Example Sentences

He began to sob at the news.

Brace yourselves, he is about to tell us his sob story again.

The antiphony started with the teacher singing a note, and the kids repeated it.

I learned that an adolescent is in the house.

I learned that an adolescent is driving my car all over town!

I learned that an adolescent is dating my pre-teen sister!

It takes several weeks for the package to reach the United States from overseas.

He's stationed overseas now, but he'll return home in six months.

The wine's rich flavor left a lingering sweetness on her palate.

YOu have many choices. You could use the word literally, as in "The dark cloud passed overhead and cast a shadow on my face." You could write a figurative description, such as "A cloud of sadness hung over the group after they learned of Bill's death." You could even write a metaphor, like "Depression is a black cloud covering the sun of happiness."

Yes. It comes from an old proverb stating that "words are silver but silence is golden", or something along those lines.

A sentence for young is, my brother is young, :)

The injured cat gave a piteous cry.

The shipwrecked crew was found in a piteous state on a small Pacific atoll.

The gallant knight bravely rescued the damsel in distress from the dragon.

This is a figure of speech where a term is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable, in order to suggest a resemblance. Therefore one word will not answer the question, but to say 'He is a lion in battle' will explain

Its raining cats and dogs!

Every night the chicken sat on the same perch

One critical intellectual accomplishment of emerging adulthood is the development of abstract thinking skills, allowing individuals to think more critically and reflect on complex ideas. This stage also involves the ability to form one's own values and beliefs independently of authority figures, contributing to a deeper sense of personal identity and direction.

The rich mother and father dotes their child by buying her anything she wants.

Her resolve was like a towering oak tree in a storm, refusing to surrender.

"Well, you have a very fruitful diet! I thought for a minute you were munching on a rainbow."

small, lost, big, little, founded, hurry,

The boy felt loftily of himself for winning 6 awards.

My smart brother likes to sing songs that rhyme.

When I was told that my loving wife had died, I was too heartsick to do anything but sit and stare.

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The clouds drifted serenely over the tropical islands.

The river flowed serenely through the lush valley.

The full moon floated serenely above the sleeping town.

The queen walked serenely down the aisle.

Hope this helped,

Sherry.

I would not say it. "I encountered an opportunity"-- sounds redundant to me, and it sounds like staining a little to use more sophisticated language, and failing a little because the language isn't the clearest. You can be given an opportunity, or you had an opportunity.

An opportunity is usually a general situation, and an encounter is usually a specific meeting of some kind. Think of opportunity as being good fortune of some kind, and think of an encounter as being a meeting. "I had an opportunity to travel to Australia with a friend who offered to pay my way; unfortunately I encountered a snag. I was not able to arrange the time away from work."