| abatements | At the abatement of the race I collapsed to the ground. |
| adulterate | At mile two, I saw an adulterate girl who was cheating the course. |
| appurtenance | My shoelace untied and became an appurtenance to my stride. |
| augury | I asked my coach for an augury before the race began. |
| auspicious | I was really hoping for an auspicious race because there were many college recruiters at the meet. |
| bulwark | The other racers shot me glances but I put up a mental bulwark to keep my game face intact. |
| calumnious | The girls on the other team whispered calumnious exchanges about our team. |
| clemency | After the race, my coach told me to run for 10 minutes and I asked for clemency since my legs were throbbing. |
| contumely | The freshmen on our team had contumely when she threw her ribbon in my face. |
| dirge | I heard my dirge playing in my head as I tiredly approached mile 3. |
| equivocation | My coach uttered an equivocation about my performance. |
| exhort | I tried to exhort my teammate to warm up so she would have a better race. |
| extolment | I hold my coach in extolment for suffering through the cold weather with us. |
| fetters | I put fetters on my nervous conscious before the race began. |
| germane | While we were debriefing the race, I started complaining about homework and Leigh asked my to talk about a more germane topic. |
| importunity | My coach yelled at me to go faster but I would not respond to her importunity. |
| malefactions | I saw a girl trip someone but I did not confront anyone about her malefaction. |
| obsequious | Trumansburg’s obsequious behavior toward the officials made my annoyed. |
| paragon | Mikaela was the paragon of our team when she set a school record and came in first. |
| perdition | I was worried if I did not pass the girl I would suffer perdition from my team. |
| portentous | The portentous official yelled at me to take off my running watch. |
| prate | On the starting line, the prate of the other teams was very distracting. |
| precepts | She violated one of the basic precepts of cross country by passing on the inside. |
| wantonness | Teresa saw a mud puddle and dove into it in sheer wantonness. |
Hamlet Sentences
September 8, 2019