“Although shiny with an uneven layer of thick ice, the path was gritty with half-embedded pebbles and dirt along the edges.”

“The food's lousy, there's no privacy, and the sleeping accommodations are confined to sitting upright in a chair.”

“It is an absorbing documentary about a subject high up on the interest list of anybody in the movie business.”

“I'm not a very demonstrative person, having always been taught that emotion leads to weakness.”

“Cassidy was interrogated for an hour before making a partial confession to felony murder.”

“As a consequence of the fluctuating weather, the forecasts have to be updated daily.”

“The outhouse had a large hole that she could fall into, that was rather deep.”

“The filet mignon was equally satisfying, and so was the tougher, more flavorful sirloin.”

“There was one time when Thor lay passed out at the rudder as we hit a patch of choppy seas.”

“In my experience children become quite involved with the details of their imagery and are enthusiastic to share these with others.”

“Taylor was always playing catch up against an energetic, ungainly player who just would not lie down.”

“Sitting in that busy cafe and talking to Estelle, time seemed to speed up and race past.”

“The percentile is based on a fractional number of people with appropriate weighting for smoothing.”

“The company says a full battery charge lasts up to ten hours for web browsing, videos, and listening to music.”

“In the shelter of the steep declivity of a range of hills, stood a huge roofless shed, on which an already inflated air balloon was impatiently tugging at its ropes.”

“She'd drunk from a can of fizzy drink and hadn't realized a wasp had got inside the can.”