His sober demeanor quieted the noisy revelers.
She became increasingly demented and had to be hospitalized.
Upon the demise of the dictator, a bitter dispute about succession to power developed.
In conducting a survey, one should take into account demographic trends in the region.
One of the major aims of the air force was the complete demolition of all means of transportation by the bombing of rail lines and the terminals.
The Spanish Inquisition devised many demoniac means of torture.
He lamented the passing of aristocratic society and maintained that a demotic society would lower the nation's standards.
To demur at this time will only worsen the already serious situation; now is the time for action.
She was demure and reserved.
All attempts to denigrate the character of our late President have failed; the people still love him and cherish his memory.
Ghosts are denizens of the land of the dead who return to earth.
A dictionary will always give us the denotation of a word; frequently, it will always give us its connotation.
The play was childishly written; the denouement was obvious to sophisticated theatergoers as early as the middle of the first act.
The reform candidate denounced the corrupt city officers for having betrayed the public's trust.
In this book, the author depicts the slave owners as kind and benevolent masters.
We must wait until we deplete our present inventory before we order replacements.
Although I deplore the vulgarity of your language, I defend your right to express yourself freely.
The general ordered the battalion to deploy in order to meet the offensive of the enemy.
The army attempted to depose the king and set up a military government.
He made his deposition in the judge's chamber.
The depravity of the tyrant's behavior shocked us all.
A firm believer in old-fashioned courtesy, Miss Post deprecated the modern tendency to address new acquaintances by their first names.
If you neglect this properly, it will depreciate.
After the depredations of the invaders, the people were penniless.
He had to be institutionalized because he was deranged.
The corporal who fell asleep while on watch was thrown into the guardhouse for being derelic in his duty.
The people derided his grandiose schemes.
They greeted his proposal with derision and refused to consider it seriously.
Although her early poetry was clearly derivative in nature, the critics thought she had promise and eventually would find her own voice.
I advise you to consult a dermatologist about your acne.
I resent your derogatory remarks.
In the distance, we could barely descry the enemy vessels.
The soldiers desecrated the temple.
A tour of this smokehouse will give you an idea of how the pioneers used to desiccate food in order to preserve it.
The bandits desolated the countryside, burning farms and carrying off the harvest.
Butch Cassidy was a bold desperado with a price on his head.
Your despicable remarks call for no reply.
I despise your attempts at a reconciliation at this time and refuse to meet you.
If you do not yield, I am afraid the enemy will despoil the countryside.
To the dismay of his parents, he became more and more depondent every day.
The people rebelled against the despotism of the king.
The costs of the father's illness left the family destitute.
In prison Malcolm X set himself the task of reading straight through the dictionary; to him reading was purposeful, not desultory.
A psychoanalyst must maintain a detached point of view and stay uninvolved with her patients' perssonal lives.
At the royal wedding, the procession of the nobles followed a determinate order of precedence.
Does the threat of capital punishment serve as a deterrent to potential killers?
The detonation of the bomb could be heard miles away.
He is offended by your frequent detractions of his ability as a leader.
Your acceptance of her support will ultimately prove detrimental rather than helpful to your cause.
Do not deviate from the truth; you must face the facts.
Your devious behavior in this matter puzzles me since you are usually direct and straightforward.
He was devoid of any personal desire for gain in his endeavor to secure improvement in the community.
It devolved upon us, the survivors, to arrange peace terms with the enemy.
A devotee of the opera, he bought season tickets every year.
The devout man prayed daily.
The magician was so dexterous that we could not follow his movements as he performed his tricks.
This scheme is so diabolical that I must reject it.
The king's diadem was on display at the museum.
I am not skilled in dialectic and therefore, cannot answer your arguments as forcefully as I wish.
They saw the burglar clearly through the diaphanous curtain.
During the lengthy diatribe delivered by his opponent he remained calm and self-controlled.
The dichotomy of our legislative system provides us with many safeguards.
She repeated the statement as though it were the dictum of the most expert worker in the group.
The didactic qualities of his poetry overshadow its literary qualities; the lesson he teaches is more memorable than the lines.
In coining pennies, workers at the old mint squeezed sheets of softened copper between two dies.
You must overcome your diffidence if you intend to become a salesperson.
Your composition suffers from a diffusion of ideas; try to be more compact.
Nobody minded when Professor Renoir's lectures wandered away from their offical theme; his digressions were always more fascinating than the topic of the day.
We felt that the dilapidated building needed several coats of paint.
In the dark, the pupils of your eyes dilate.
Your dilatory tactics may compel me to cancel the contract.
In this dilemma, he knew no one to whom he could turn for advice.
He was not serious in his painting; he was rather a dilettante.
Her employers were greatly impressed by her diligence and offered her a partnership in the firm.
She preferred her coffee diluted with milk.
The blockaders hoped to achieve victory as soon as the diminution of the enemy's supplies became serious.
The din of the jackhammers outside the classroom window drowned out the lecturer's voice.
In the film Lifeboat, an ill-assorted group of passengers from a sunken ocean liner are marooned at sea in a dinghy.
Refusing to be depressed by her dingy studio apartment, Bea spent the weekend polishing the floors and windows and hanging bright posters on the walls.
By dint of much hard work, the volunteers were able to control the raging forest fire.
Because they dramatically pose actual stuffed animals against realistic painted landscapes, the dioramas at the Museum of Natural History particularly impress high school biology students.
People ignored her dire predictions of an approaching depression.
The funeral dirge stirred us to tears.
I will attempt to diabuse you of your impression of my client's guilt; I know he is innocent.
Once the most loyal of Gorbachev's supporters, Shverdnaze found himself becoming increasingly disaffected.
The conservative father viewed his daughter's radical boyfriend with disapprobation.
After the New Year's party, the once orderly house was in total disarray.
His disavowal of his part in the conspiracy was not believed by the jury.
The chess club disbanded after its disastrous initial season.
When you disburse money on the company's behalf, be sure to get a receipt.
The ships in the harbor were not discernible in the fog.
Because he was considered the most discerning member of the firm, he was assigned the most difficult cases.
If I grant you this previlege, will you disclaim all other rights?
Although competitors offered him bribes, he refused to disclose any information about his company's forthcoming product.
The novice square dancer became so discombobulated that he wandered into wrong set.
This ruse will discomfit the enemy.
The lawyer was disconcerted by the evidence produced by her adversary.
The death of his wife left him disconsolate.
She tried to unite the discordant factions.
Be prepared to discount what he has to say about his ex-wife.
