The dog likes having its tum-tum rubbed.

The string quartet, one of the most popular groupings in chamber music, is composed entirely of violins: two violins proper, one viola, and one cello.

A sorcelled mist clouded her mind, and the sounds of the vehement flies and the bated breathing of those around her folded back.

The essence of the spiritual warfare in which Christians are involved is battling to say no when the world, the flesh, and the devil urge you to say yes, and to say yes when weariness, dead-heartedness, and unbelief prompt you to say no.