chatter
gamble
dictate
rumble
gristle
reply
occur
salad
bacon
fluid
linger
scowl
jangle
cobble
novel
banana
possess
defeat
esquire
wrangle
whether
increase
subtract
success
separate
My teeth chatter. A dog chews tough gristly meat. Have some bacon
or salad. It won't occur again. A train rumbled past. Try a banana.
Fluids flow easily. Choose a novel. Subtract ninety. Squire Hughes
lingers a moment. The cobblers separate. The miners jangle and
wrangle as they gamble. One chuckles, the other scowls. Increase the
learning you now possess. Sometimes defeat has led to success.
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engage
carriage
marriage
serge
gauze
sieve
whoop
giggle
wiggle
aisle
brake
script
trustee
prosper
tobacco
Copy,--due, duly; true, truly; whole, wholly.
The trustees have engaged a teacher. The carriage has a brake to
check its speed. Don't crowd in the aisle of the church to see the
marriage. May they prosper. Boys whoop. Girls giggle. Read the words
in script. Make screens of thin gauze. Use a coarse sieve. Your serge
suit smells of tobacco. Eels squirm and wiggle. Yours truly. Duly
paid. Wholly evil.
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abuse
accuse
refuse
funeral
murder
further
bury
coffin
hearse
edging
stingy
bleach
elegant
elephant
alphabet
Never abuse dumb animals. We accused him of stealing. He refused to
talk further about the murder. Bury the dead. A plain coffin. The
black hearse. Tying his shoe. The edging is torn. A stingy quart. The
cotton is bleached. The elephant's figure is not elegant or graceful.
Repeat the whole alphabet.
Dare to do right! Dare to be true!
The failings of others can never save you;
Stand by your duty, your honour, your faith,
Stand like a hero and battle till death.--_Wilson._
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cough
trough
depth
length
strength
breadth
injure
minute
promise
declare
prepare
compare
pious
famous
nervous
My clerk is cheerful but pious. A cough makes me nervous. Famous
doctors. Promise to prepare. Under the eaves is a zinc trough. Don't
injure your health. Compare answers. The judge will declare the
result in a minute. The length and breadth are equal.
All hail to the broad-leaved Maple!
With her fair and changeful dress,
A type of our youthful country,
In its pride and loveliness.
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coins
noisy
loiter
voice
rejoice
appoint
acre
agent
crate
soul
choir
reign
instant
distant
station
Collect old coins. King George reigns. The noisy freight train. A
distant station. The busy agent sells crates of choice wares. He
doesn't loiter an instant. Half an acre. Appoint the hour. The choir
sang a hymn. I rejoice to hear that the ointment will heal your
wound. The clothes were washed, wrung out, then dried on the smooth
beach. Tow the boat. Choose an awl. There is constant pain in my
eyes.
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desire
retire
advise
advice
decide
excite
pitcher
catcher
hatchet
repair
rowdy
memory
anxious
plumber
umbrella
Add --ing, --d, to dye, singe, eye, toe, hoe, shoe, canoe; as,
dyeing, dyed; toeing, toed. Dyeing the cloth red.
The pitcher is excited. The catcher desires to retire. The team is
anxious. Give the rowdy some good advice. His memory fails him. The
plumber advises me. I decided to buy a hatchet. Repair my umbrella.