Michael Clay Thompson Practice Town, Student Edition

Sentences

• 1 Oh, many bilingual citizens lived in the town.
• 2 The mayor of the town had a happy countenance.
• 3 Then the low clouds descended toward the tiled rooftops.
• 4 Yes, after the ceremony the enthusiasm was manifest.
• 5 The speaker glared down with a supercilious expression.
• 6 He and I developed a proufound respect for the artist.
• 7 The previous comment interested you and me immediately.
• 8 The stone bridge was a prodicious feat of construction.
• 9 The terrible storm gave the mayor unimaginable problems.
• 10 In the long summer days we sank slowly into a sleepy langour.
• 11 Suddenly, clamorous voices interrupted the peaceful serenity.
• 12 A serene dawn cast a soft, pink light on the chimneys.
• 13 The semicircle of the dome was black against the sunset.
• 14 The venerable inspector gave us a series of acute observations.
• 15 Yes, he dismissed our concerns too soon.
• 16 That is a grotesque and tragic scene.
• 17 Sympathy helped in that situation.
• 18 The golden dome had a circumference of ninety feet.
• 19 With a condescending sneer, he gave them his answer.
• 20 The postscript of the letter was an apology to the community.
• 21 An odious, noxious smog lay like a blanket over the city.
• 22 No, she had no malice in her words or thoughts.
• 23 Sudden thunder tumbled down upon the mountain town.
• 24 Exquisite architectural features adorned the old theater.
• 25 Why did they ask you and me that question?
• 26 From the beginning, the two commissioners were he and I.
• 27 The surgeon bought her husband an antebellum mansion.
• 28 The gust of wind caused a tremulous flutter in the leaves.
• 29 The town's water came down through a very old stone aqueduct.
• 30 We felt a singular, silent serenity in the snowy streets.
• 31 The generous benefactor gave the citizens a new auditorium.
• 32 She gently alluded to the deteriorated condition of the walls.
• 33 In the legend he was approached by a scribe from the temple.
• 34 The purple morning sky was peaceful, placid and pale.
• 35 The director chose you and me for the unprecedented honor.
• 36 It was a perfectly amiable gathering of old colleagues.
• 37 It was a concise speech, and he thanked you and me.
• 38 The icredulous architect sat on the sidewalk and laughed aloud.
• 39 A defeated and dismissed assistant offered you and me his apology.
• 40 She felt a strange perplexity about the reasons for the change.
• 41 The highly toxic pesticide gave everyone a headache.
• 42 Soft, gray clouds draped the town with a melancholy drizzle.
• 43 The department issued a terse dictum about official procedures.
• 44 The sculture was the mayor's visage cast in bronze.
• 45 Our streets were inspected b the Department of Sanitation.
• 46 What are the tangible rewards for this difficult project?
• 47 Who among the group did the committee eventually replace?
• 48 The citizens left their shelters as the storm finally abated.
• 49 A subtle, undulating rumble of thunder was the only warning.
• 50 There was an omnipresent feeling of optimism in the city.
• 51 They wanted to traverse the city from east to west.
• 52 A sense of impending disaster hit Jones, the venerable overseer.
• 53 Designing vulgar structures is typical of that architect.
• 54 Expressing her philosophy, the director rrapidly gained control.
• 55 With vivid images the man, a weary traveler, gave them an account.
• 56 Looking pallid and puny, the surgeon described the broken limb.
• 57 Completely exhausted by their labors, they anticipated a long repose.
• 58 Yes, doing benevolent deeds was his only purpose.
• 59 At the old theater they profoundly enjoyed meeting you and me.
• 60 His sonorous voice encouraged you and me to act immediately.
• 61 With a wistful gaze, she wanted to visit him an me.
• 62 Renovating the old neighborhood was a brilliant idea.
• 63 Remonstrating vehemently, the young fellow followed him and me.
• 64 We were not sanguine about the prospects for completing the project.
• 65 The new chairman was expected to think sagacioiusly.
• 66 Thinking profoundly, he was cognizant of the acute difficulties.
• 67 Wanting to leave, they listened to the tedious, interminable complaint.
• 68 The rejection, a printed document, was delivered to his door.
• 69 Articulating ideas clearly is a necessity for an elected official.
• 70 The magnate to contact first is the fellow in the corner.
• 71 He tried to vex the chairman with ireelevant questions.
• 72 He lived to vex the chairman with irrelevant questions.
• 73 The jury's decision, a guilty verdict, was the talk of the town.
• 74 The prostrate runner, completel exhausted, gasped for breath.
• 75 To write well is to think well.
• 76 An abyss of misunderstanding developed; we were sad.
• 77 After the dispute we laughed, she left, and he loafed.
• 78 When they elected her opponent, she felt like a martyr.
• 79 An oligarchy controlled the city; therefore, voting was important.
• 80 The acrid smoke pervaded everything; we had to leave the city.
• 81 We went to the mountains when her chronic cough abated.
• 82 We paused; the sound gave us a feeling of apprehension.
• 83 I drove, and she watched as we enjoyed the biodiversity.
• 84 Words were superfluous because the architecture spoke for itself.
• 85 Green plants are autotropic: they make heir own food.
• 86 At night the area, a cinema district, glowed with lurid, neon signs.
• 87 We saw him, sunken in trouble and decimated by problems.
• 88 As she spoke with genial concern, troubled citizens listened carefully.
• 89 Why is he here, and where is that antidote?
• 90 Do it, feel the palpable tension in the air, right now.
• 91 Protected well, the telescope is housed in a gleaming, white dome.
• 92 The stolid, stoical citizens stood around the statue; it started to rain.
• 93 He is introverted, but she is gregarious, not taciturn.
• 94 As you told us, the architecture was ausere and classical.
• 95 A neolithic ruin lay just outside the city, and we often went there.
• 96 There were furtive efforts to avoid compliance; we never participated.
• 97 We always knew that the child had a sublime talent.
• 98 Building the bridge was immensely difficult; it took five ears.
• 99 The weather was serene and placid, and we began to rebuild the wall.
• 100 When the dust finally settled, nobody articulated the idea.