Her advice was comforting in ways I hadn't expected.

After being wrongfully convicted, she spent five years in prison before the evidence was reexamined.

She offered to proofread his report in return for his help with the presentation.

To keep one's eye in, practice the drill for twenty minutes each morning.

To bury one's head in the sand is to deliberately ignore the reality of a situation, and that won't make the problem disappear.

Everyone says Mr. Thompson has a few toys in the attic, but we still trust his judgment.

The tall fence hems in the garden, keeping the rabbits out.

After the city expanded, the old farmhouse felt hemmed in by new apartment buildings.

The tall hedges, hemming in the garden path, made the small yard feel oddly secretive.