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The elderly woman’s __________ tone about modern dating habits made the young men hesitant to tell her about their personal lives.

The doctors and policeman __________ to solve the case and serve justice to the kidnapper.

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The mill makes flour by __________ wheat between two large, heavy stones which are turned as horses pull them.

During World War One, a doctor had to be removed from the frontline because the sight of so much blood made him __________.

The image of the apple was starkly visible in the __________ of the painting, standing out from the coffee shop portrayed behind it.

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Due to the __________ of protein in his diet, Theodore was often sick due to malnutrition.

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During the Great Depression, President Roosevelt gave many explanatory speeches to the American public, hoping to __________ fears over the lengthening economic crisis.

When he was nervous about an exam, Sebastian would __________ the power of God to help him know the correct answers.

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Although the question of the soul’s immortality was interesting to the physicist, he was not currently concerned with it, as it was __________ to the questions he was asking in his experiment on the rotation of the earth on its axis.

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Chelsea's __________ sister almost never stops talking and interrupts every conversation she overhears.