Please don’t contaminate the food with your dirty hands.

Throughout the trial the lawyer stated his case with great conviction.

Do not dawdle on your way to school.

There is a dearth of funds in my bank account, so I will not be going to the Milli Vanilli Concert tonight.

The amount of penalties that the Chargers committed during the game debilitated their chances of winning.

Out of deference for my parents, I decided not to throw a party at their house when they were out of town.

Smoking cigarettes is deleterious to your health.

Despotism does not exist in our country because we have a system of checks and balances.

During the lecture, the speaker began a digression into irrelevant details.

The dilapidated house on the corner has not been inhabited for years.

Ms. Curtis was revered by all the students in her English 11 class.