The salesman presented me with a dizzying array of choices, and I was hard pressed to choose between them.

Her studyblr serves as a visual diary of the work she puts into studying, and looking over it makes her proud of how far she's come.

With mild eyes agaze, and lips ready to speak, ...

[> A transgender person is going to a lot of trouble to insist on adopting a particular gender. Why wouldn't 'they' want to adopt the usual pronoun?] Separate issues. Some cisfolk might also prefer 'they'.