As the economic gap between the rich and the poor increased, Roman society grew increasingly stratified.
Unless we alleviate conditions in the lowest stratum of our society, we may expect grumbling and revolt.
Preceding the bride to the altar, the flower girl will strew rose petals along the aisle.
The glacier left many striated rocks.
His strictures on the author's style are prejudiced and unwarranted.
She scolded him in a strident voice
I think these regulations are too stringent.
His strut as he marched about the parade ground revealed him for what he was: a pompous buffoon.
The engineer calculated that the strut supporting the rafter needed to be reinforced.
Given Jill's previous slights, Jack felt that the omission of his name from the guest list was a studied insult.
His long hours in the blacking factory left young Dickens numb and incurious, as if the menial labor had stultified his mind.
Disapproving of drugs in general, Laura refused to take sleeping pills or any other medicine that might stupefy her.
In his stupor, the addict was unaware of the events taking place around him.
The detective was stymied by the contradictory evidence in the robbery investigation.
He is particulary good in roles that require suavity and sophistication.
The captain treated his subalterns as though they were children rather than commissioned officers.
Your analysis is highly subjective; you have permitted your emotions and your opinions to color your thinking.
It is not our aim to subjugate our foe; we are interested only in establishing peaceful relations.
We must strive to sublimate these desires and emotions into worthwhile activities.
Mother Teresa has been honored for her sublime deeds.
We may not be aware of the subliminal influences that affect our thinking.
Crushed by his authoritarian father, Will had no defiance left in him; he was totally submissive in the face of authority.
In the Godfather, the mobsters used bribery and threats to suborn the witnesses against Don Michael Corleone.
The prosecutor's office was ready to serve a subpoena on the reluctant witness.
In subsequent lessons, we shall take up more difficult problems.
He was proud and dignified; he refused to be subservient to anyone.
The doctor assured us that the fever would eventually subside.
This information may be used as subsidiary evidence but is not sufficient by itself to prove your argument.
Without this subsidy, American ship operators would not be able to compete in world markets.
In those days of inflated prices, my salary provided mere subsistence.
I intend to substantiate my statement by producing witnesses.
Although the delegates were aware of the importance of the problem, they could not agree on the substantive issues.
Does the general theory of relativity contradict Newtonian physics, or is Newton's law of gravity subsumed into Einstein's larger scheme?
As soon as we realized that you had won our support by a subterfuge we withdrew our endorsement of your candidacy.
The subtlety of his remarks was unnoticed by most of his audience.
At first glance, the notion that Styrofoam cups may actually be more ecologically sound than paper cups strikes most environmentalists as subversive.
His remarks are always succinct and pointed.
We shall be ever grateful for the succor our country gave us when we were in need.
To some people, Florida citrus fruits are more succulent than those from California.
I succumb to temptation whenever it comes my way.
In recognition of her efforts to win the vote for women, Congress authorized coining a silver dollar honoring the suffragist Susan B. Anthony.
A blush suffused her cheeks when we teased her about her love affair.
He felt that it was beneath his dignity to sully his hands in such menial labor.
He could not adjust himself to the sultry climate of the tropics.
In his summation, the lawyer emphasized the testimony given by the two witnesses.
I cannot recall when I have had such a sumptuous Thanksgiving feast.
Northern and southern Ireland are politically and religiously sundered.
My suspicions were aroused when I read sundry items in the newspapers about your behavior.
The superannuated man was indignant because he felt that he could still perform a good day's work.
I prefer Jill's modesty to Jack's supercilious and arrogant attitude.
We have more than enough witnesses to corroborate your statement; to present any more would be supererogatory.
Since your report gave only a superficial analysis of the problem, I cannot give you more than a passing grade.
Please try not to include so many superfluous details in your report; just give me the bare facts.
Your attempt to superimpose another agency in this field will merely increase the bureaucratic nature of our government.
His first appearance on the stage was as a supernumerary in a Shakespearean tragedy.
This regulation will supersede all previous rules.
The defeated pugilist lay supine on the canvas.
Corazon Aquino supplanted Ferdinand Marcos as president of the Philippines.
The angler found a supple limb and used it as a fishing rod.
He could not resist the dog's suppliant whimpering, and he gave it some food.
We supplicate Your Majesty to grant him amnesty.
I based my decision to confide in him on the supposition that he would be discreet.
I find no similarity between your supposititious illustration and the problem we are facing.
Every Thanksgiving we are surfeited with an overabundance of holiday treats.
Because of his surly attitude, many people avoided his company.
I surmise that he will be late for this meeting.
He had to surmount many obstacles in order to succeed.
Her SAT scores surpassed out expectations.
News of their surreptitious meeting gradually leaked out.
For a fatherless child, a male teacher may become a father surrogate.
The FBI kept the house under constant surveillance in the hope of capturing all the criminals at one time.
He was a very susceptible young man, and so his parents worried that he might fall into bad company.
He sustained such a severe injury that the doctors feared he would be unable to work to sustain his growing family.
In the tropics, the natives find sustenance easy to obtain because of all the fruit trees.
We will remove the sutures as soon as the wound heals.
Despite the stereotype, not all Italians are swarthy; many are fair and blond.
When I visited him in the hospital, I found him swathed in bandages.
I am going to buy an air conditioning unit for my apartment as I do not intend to swelter through another hot and humid summer.
The car swerved wildly as the driver struggled to regain control of the wheel.
Singing, "Yo, ho, ho, and a bottle of rum," Long John Silver and his fellow pirates swilled their grog.
She was gullible and trusting, an easy victim for the first swindler who came along.
Rich people are not always sybarites; some of them have little taste for a life of luxury.
The king enjoyed the servile compliments and attentions of the sycophants in his retinue.
There must be a fallacy in this syllogism; I cannot accept its conclusion.
His paintings of nymphs in sylvan backgrounds were criticized as oversentimental.
Both the crocodile bird and the crocodile derive benefit from their symbiosis; pecking away at food particles embedded in the crocodile's teeth, the bird derives nourishment; the crocodile, meanwhile, derives proper dental hygiene.
The addition of a second tower will give this edifice the symmetry that it now lacks.
We have many examples of scientists in different parts of the world who have made synchronous discoveries.
The professor turned to the latest issue of Dissertation Abstracts for a synoptic account of what was new in the field.
Now that we have succeeded in isolating this drug, our next problem is to plan its synthesis in the laboratory.
During the twentieth century, many synthetic products have replaced the natural products.
It is dangerous to drive after taking the sedative; it brings drowsiness.
The stygian room reminded him of an empty space.
We have a tacit agreement based on only a handshake.
New Englanders are reputedly taciturn people.
His callused hands had lost their tactile sensitivity.
Health authorities are always trying to prevent the sale and use of tainted food.
She wore the talisman to ward off evil.
The falconer wore a leather gauntlet to avoid being clawed by the hawk's talons.
