His constant delusions of grandeur made it difficult for him to accept any criticism.

She tucked a sprig of lily-of-the-valley into the lapel of her coat before the ceremony.

At this stage of the game, making dramatic demands will only harden the other side's position.

When designing the flywheel, engineers carefully calculated the moment of inertia to ensure stable rotational behavior.

When the storm knocked out power for a week, the community reminded themselves that necessity is the mother of invention and worked together to build a shared generator.

Her drug of choice was heroin, which had ruined her health and relationships.

They bought the end of terrace because it had a larger garden and more windows than the middle houses.

The parish is organizing a sale of work this Saturday to raise funds for the community hall.

In the old legend, the Prince of Darkness whispered promises of power to those who strayed.

The laboratory disposed of the contaminated bottle of sugar of lead according to hazardous waste protocols.