Example Sentences

Can you skip a pebble across the lake .

Historically, the word dumb meant that a person could not speak.

If you mean artistic . . .

She may be an average student academically, but her artistic skills are beyond belief.

Taking a course at the art school may improve your artistic abilities.

"Appositives is a sort of big word"

Ski slopes get slippery when used a lot.

That teacher is very harsh on me and she gives us a lot of homework.

Obloquy is a noun for strong public criticism or abuse; disgrace, especially public disgrace, dishonor, shame, libel, or slander. Example sentence:

He had enough obloquy for one day.

Superman never revealed his true identity.

he has been dinonysed

the doctor gave my mom an gastrotomy.

The Los Angeles basin was quite arid prior to the introduction of irrigation.

Without irrigation, Las Vegas Nevada will wither.

Without irrigation, the garden would wither and die.

Swear before no man. Also you could say "Don't swear to God"

Some of my proposals have caused much angst among the workplace.

There is a soupcon of peper flavor in this sauce.

Mercantilism still rules the financial press.

As a adjective, humdrum means monotonous, dull, tedious, or tame. Example sentence:

The humdrum sermon seemed to go on forever.

As a noun, humdrum means monotony, monotone, sameness, or boredom. Example sentence:

We beat the humdrum of daily life by picking a new place to eat out once a week.

The digit 6 is in the hundreds place value in the number 657.

My leg is a bit cold.

Come on mate, leg it!
(British slang meaning "run for it).

I've lost my prophetic leg again.

Yes. People who vacillate are often poor leaders.

The chariot race will be held this weekend.

The escaped slave was run down with the general's chariot.

Boadicea often rode a chariot into battle against the Romans.

The Elevator was Ascending.

yes because there is no subject