Example Sentences

The haggard old man could dance as well as anyone.

Her face was drawn and haggard from sleeplessness.

The haggard expression of the private suggested he had spent many months in captivity.

The rebellion in the ranks has continued to this day.

PETA practices can be seen as a rebellion again animal cruelty.

"It is a sign of the decadent state of education that so many students attempt to meet scholastic requirements by dishonest means."

"The decadent society of Paris in the 1920s has been depicted in several films."

The minute President Barack Obama entered the room, the amazing ardor of the audience was obvious.

Overgrazing has caused serious degeneration of grassland.

Realpolitik is a noun. So use it like this:

-"My sister eagerly wanted to be the class president. Sometimes, she thought that realpolitik would suffice."

Realpolitik, as you know, came from Machiavelli's 'The Prince' but it seemed to be used in uniting Italy lol.

-Heinrich-

We use live at when the number and street are given, or a specific geographic location (at the end of the road, at the corner of Fifth and Main, at the foot of Mount Rainier, at the Roosevelt Hotel).

Examples:

Diane lives at 88 Mahinhin Street.

The old hermit lives at the top of the mountain.

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Chesterfield was selfish, calculating and contemptuous; he was not naturally generous, and he practiced dissimulation till it became part of his nature. Richelieu, therefore, passed his time in safeguarding himself from his rivals and in spying upon them; his suspicious nature, rendered still more irritable by his painful practice of a dissimulation repugnant to his headstrong character, making him fancy himself threatened more than was actually the case. If he refrained from actual invective, he accomplished his purpose, according to Guizot, by "omission, palliation and dissimulation." He says of himself, and justly, "that he was incapable of dissimulation" xxvi. He was, however, full of vindictiveness, dissimulation and treachery, and there can be little doubt that in his historic conflict with Warren Hastings unworthy personal motives played a leading part. Dissemble federalists in Brussels, London and elsewhere worked on with stealth, guile, dissembling, dissimulation, half-truths and often lies. It is true that in addressing the Christian people he used different language from that which he employed to the cultured; but there was no dissimulation in that - on the contrary, it was a requirement of his system. His personal morality was irreproachable, except that he inherited the Plantagenet taste for crooked courses and dissimulation in political affairs; even in this respect the king's reputation has suffered unduly at the hands of Matthew Paris, whose literary skill is only equaled by his malice.

Adept as she was in the most exquisite delicacy of dissimulation, the most salient note of her original disposition was daring rather than subtlety.

The interference of the state with his education, when he was quite a child, was, however, doubly harmful, as his parents taught him to despise the preceptors imposed upon him by the diet, and the atmosphere of intrigue and duplicity in which he grew up made him precociously experienced in the art of dissimulation.

Nothing is impossible as long as there is unity and cooperation in the group.

"Could have" is used to talk about a past possibility, something that was possible but did not happen. For example, "I could have studied harder for the exam" means that studying harder was a possibility, but the person did not do it.

Since the thunder and lightning were so load and scary everyone got out of there cars and

home as fast as they could

The Lion was very fierce.

The winds during the storm were fierce.

Someone who is superannuated is usually well beyond the age of retirement. In the United States, it would likely be someone older than 85 years old.

His health had deteriorated while he was in prison.

Demographics refer to statistical data relating to specific populations, such as age, gender, income, and education levels.

on Remebrance day,people all gateher round the tall stone memorial.

Sure! "Buzz" is an example of onomatopoeia because the word imitates the sound of a bee buzzing.

A telling part of a sentence usually includes the main idea or the crucial information that the sentence is trying to convey. It is the part that is most important for understanding the meaning of the sentence.

Evil has tainted her.

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<P>His administration now has the taint of corruption.</P>

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<P>His achievements on the baseball field will be forever tainted by his steroid use.</P>

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<P>Mary's soul was never tainted by the evil of sin.</P>

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<P>A past tainted with drug arrests will keep you from winning the election.</P>

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<P>Tainted by sin and corruption, he was forced out of office.</P>

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<P>I hate to allow vicious rumors to taint an otherwise spotless record.</P>

The new fighter jet had a stealthy appearance.
The secret agent moved stealthy in the darkness of the night.

It took a great effort for the police to regain control of the rioters.

Although he won some bets later, He was unable to regain all of the money he lost.

His death was a tragedy but he left a marvelous legacy that will live on and on.

What a fine legacy you will leave behind!

Because the employee frequently called in sick to work, he was labeled a malingerer.