Vocabulary #3: The Outsiders Ch 5-8 - Practice Sentences #2

I _______ walked through the halls of my new school, looking for my classroom.

aimlessly

I _______ when I was looking a the events my coach put me in, knowing that those were not my best events.

griped

I didn't get enough sleep so I was walking through school in a _______.

daze

I knew the answer to the test, but it quickly _______ me.

elude

I looked at my sister's bed _______ after the argument that we had on who was going to move out of the room to do their homework, and I had missed her hugs even though it was only for ten minutes.

wistfully

I was _______ when I heard two of my friends broke up. I was surprised because I couldn't believe that Franklin cheated on Tanis.

aghast

I was in awe at the athlete's _______, since they were so strong no one could tackle them.

brawn

I was so exausted that I _______ over in class.

keeled

Julia _______ confidence whenever she walks into a room.

radiates

Our whole grade was _______ when everyone got bathroom passes after only 10 of us deserved them.

indignant

That little boy hated his greens as _______ as adults hated taxes.

contemptuously

The little boy walked back _______ when he realized he couldn't find his dog.

sullenly

The quarterback was not on the same page as the offensive coordinator; therefore, he threw an interception because of his _______ attention to the play call.

detached

The woman held true to her _______, regardles of what people were saying and the proof that the earth was round.

conviction

When I found out I misunderstood the 1,000 word essay halfway through, I _______ kept writing it because I was just too tired.

doggedly