The surgeon placed a ______ on the femoral artery to bind it during the long and exhausting surgery
Every evening at the restaurant, the reporter would eavesdrop on the Mayor’s conversations in order to ______ any information that could make headlines
The peasants passed their weary days in much ______ and little comfort
It is every American person’s ______ to live the life he or she chooses
Sometimes late at night Sharon would gaze joyfully at her children as they slept and ______ in their innocence
It was ______ to think that it could possibly snow in the middle of the desert
Justin’s ______ solution to the problem revealed that he did not spend much time considering the consequences
Please don’t ______ me my success—I’ve worked hard to earn this promotion!
The defense attorney’s choice of words ______ that there were other possible versions of the crime, but the jury was unconvinced
By sheer ______ force, the men pushed the truck to the side of the road and out of danger
In the famous balcony scene, Romeo ______ Juliet’s beauty in one of the most romantic soliloquies ever written
The ______ man with amnesia was unable to recognize where he was
The children knew that once their father made his decision, the new rule would be ______ because he would never change his mind
To settle the dispute, the students elected a faculty member to serve as a(n) ______