The eyewitness testimony was incontrovertible.

The child merits serious attention at this age.

He cast a cursory glance over the papers before signing them.

Defection is quite common in our present day political life.

In order to tarnish the public image of his opponent, he has got a mendacious story planted in the local newspaper.

One could see the maginitude of tragedy in the limpid eyes of the earthquake victims.

He was a very docile person and thus a favourite of his neighbours.

He has travelled all over the continent by hitchhiking most of the time.

For want of adequate funds, non-plan expenditure has been further pruned on this year’s budget.

He did not succeed in his endeavour.

The collection of poems, in a slim volume, is gleaned from several anthologies of ancient Indian poetry.

How beautiful! This is really something to ponder over.

Feeling drowsy may be a side effect of too many antibiotics.

Man has to encounter many hardships in life

He was adjudged as the best orator of the college.

The employee was ousted from the office

Tax evasion amounts to larcenous accumulation of public money by some unscrupulous individuals.

A stray dog kept whimpering all night.

The attitude of the Western countries towards the Third World countries is rather callous to say the least.

He listened to my request with indifference.

Power went to her head and she could not stand even minor criticism.

The meeting was called to ruminate on recent events in the subcontinent.

Methods of spreading the family planning message have been as fecund as they have been abortive.

Malice is a feeling that we should always avoid.

If you waver at the last minute, you shall face failure.

The committee did not find him fit for the job.

The cyclone had blown some of the cars on to funny places.

The weavers have to do monotonous work.

The operator was commended for his dexterity.

The most common type of colour blindness involves inability to tell red from green.

His lascivious habits brought him nothing but bad name.

On the stage of this world, the drama of life is transitory as well as traumatic.

To avoid future complications, the boundary between neighbours should be properly defined.

The intrepid mountaineers who scaled the peak in winter should be specially congratulated.

He has saved money because his wife is frugal.

Whenever I go by that shop, the diamond necklace in the window tantalises me.

Ant is believed to be the most industrious creature.

The fetid mound of waste near the town was a major cause of the epidemic.

A civilised roman banquet was a thing of great richness, style and decorum.

The artists worked with tremendous felicity in expressive poetic language.

He gave such a vivid description of the house we wanted to rent that we did not have to look at it.

The book shows in poor light the execrable regime of corruption, falsehood and destruction of institutions by the ruler.

Too many drugs are apt to cause distress.

You cannot befool your mother by these pretences.

He is deluding himself with false hopes.

He is very discreet while deciding such matters.

During his stay in Canada, he had quite a few frustrating experiences.

A reliable friend is the gift of God.

The purpose of his speech was to lampoon the leading politicians of the day.

Please sound the Principal about the reaction of the students.

Long illness has mascerated his body so much so that he is reduced to flesh and bones.

When the editor refused to publish my first article, I was totally disheartened.

We must not take his facetious remark very seriously.

The speech was filled with rigmarole.

The workers struck work asking for interim relief.

He had to curtail his leave as a lot of work was pending in his office.

I have worked in this organization for five years trying to check the erosion of ethical values.

It is difficult to authenticate these old manuscripts.

After a dynamic speech by the Prime Minister, one often hears repercussions abroad.

We must eradicate corruption.

Slangs in a language are usually ephemeral in nature.

The merchant was renowned for his simple way of living.

He is a candid politician.

Social reformers and thinkers abominate every type of discrimination and injustice practised anywhere in the world.

Miss Margaret is a genteel lady.

The poetic art of Keats reached consummation at the end of his poetic career.

The wail of the call to prayer floated over the darkened streets.

Elsie is seventy years old and a fanatical gardener.

A rupture in the relationship of the two brothers is quite apparent.

Our talks with the foreign delegation were really productive.

He could not tolerate his friend rejoicing in his ignominy.

There has been considerable furore both within Parliament and without about the proposed hike in tele-communication tariff.

Science has revealed the mysteries of nature to man.

India’s attitude towards China has all along been pusillanimous.

The people attending the carnival looked gay and happy.

The growing disparity between the rich and the poor has been a cause of global concern.

The problem is tedious to tackle.

I had a terrible dream last night and I was very much scared.

They tolerated him though they disliked his craven behaviour.

It was incumbent on him to report the matter at once.

The thieves left her tied up with rope but she wriggled herself free.

Seeing the room in a disorderly state, Ravi concluded that someone had ransacked the place.

The data compiled by the organisation was very useful.

The slump in business made Ratanlal bankrupt.

She overruled her son’s demand of a motorbike.

The guests were offended by his uncouth manners.

Last fortnight the rains came to the parched soils of India after the merciless drought had already sapped the vitality and livelihoood of millions of peasants.

How I envy the man who can always produce his reading glasses at a moment’s notice.

The oppressive weather made the work difficult for them.

His forthright behaviour shows that he is honest but he seems rude to some people.

Drinking is a vice which ultimately ruins a person.

He had a catastrophic defeat.

Lack of occupation is not necessarily revealed by manifest idleness.

He did not continue for long with his murky intentions.

The patient began to rave incoherently in a fit of high fever.

He was not able to unearth his secret to the last.

I could achieve success through conscious efforts.

Work that does not engage a person will never seem rewarding, no matter how lucrative it becomes.

They all shunned him because he was a lecherous man always looking for an oppurtunity to cheat others.

The criterion of judgement would be fixed soon.