When his daughter solved the complex puzzle with the same quiet focus as he always did, everyone joked, 'the apple does not fall far from the tree.'

Whenever I considered tossing the extra vegetables, my grandmother would remind me, 'waste not, want not.'

The aftermath of the storm, with fallen trees and flooded streets, was not a pretty sight.

The old pocket watch was not worth a dime, but he couldn't bring himself to throw it away.

The antique chair was not long for the living room and would soon be moved to storage.

She was not quite ready to leave when the phone rang.

When teaching basic logic gates, the instructor demonstrated how the NOT operator inverts a signal from true to false.

Visitors must not feed the animals in the sanctuary.

She seems to not know which end is up when she's asked to make basic decisions.

Believe it or not, I found a handwritten letter from my great-grandfather in the attic.