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