Words From Novels or Stories - Nov 2018

Less requested to arrive a day before all these events, and for some reason they acceded to his request

John started his new job with alacrity.

You can have alacrity, it is a noun, not an adjective.

Uncle Nick is avuncular with all his neices and nephews.

What are some cognate subjects in school? Science, biology, chemistry.

I like colloquial prose, written for the masses, not the erudite among us.

Metal is often corrugated to build structures that can connect together.

Some women use a décolletage as part of their personal style.

Trump tried to disabuse the public that John Kelly hated his job.

The president sent an envoy to the UN to represent America.

A fecund imagination is quite useful while sitting around a campfire.

He grew up with a haughty view of his peers, and in turn they didn’t like him much either.

He was too impetuous to handle the stock market, he just didn’t have the patience required to make real money and not give it up stupidly.

After years of procrastination he finally sat down and indited a masterpiece.

Trump won the presidency even though his life was full with iniquities. He even admitted to grabbing women by their crotch just because he could. Yet, he still conned the country into thinking he would be good for them.

The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the iniquities of the selfish and evil men. And I will strike down with furious anger, those who attempt to poison and destroy my brother. For you will know my name is the Lord, when I lay may vengeance upon thee.

He wants to inter me when I die, heck I think he wants to inter me while I am still alive!

He no alacrity, in fact, he was quite languid.

The kids went down to the river after school just for a lark.

His grandfather was a minstrel, they say his singing ability is cognate.

He tried talking to me about the program, but my head was all muzzy because I had just found out my grandfather had died. It wasn’t his fault, he didn’t know what had happened.

Despite Trump destroying the United States government, the environment, and the United States standing in the world, Democratic voters are simply sanguine after the landslide blue wave victories in the House. 

John was a sucker for sinewy men, they often took advantage of his weakness.

The rain was sluicing, the kids had to stay inside

I was a mere straphanger and had nothing to do with the beating of the woman.

So many critics deliver strictures in the papers, but few offer any real solutions.

He gave me a troth and I believed him, his sincerity was palpable.

The new wind turbines turned the energy field upside down by eliminating the need for a liquid force to turn the blades.

He was wary of the new security system.

He was wary about his safety, and weary from the long night of worrying.

He was still weary after being desperate for so long.

He was wary about his safety, and weary from the long night of worrying.

Thankfully Eliot turned his wistful mood into a beautiful poem about the hardships he's faced in his early life.

It was scary to watch little Jimmy on the ground, writhing in pain after the 90 mph fastball hit him square on the elbow.