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- 01. He was an [utter] failure as a used car salesman because he was not aggressive enough.02. If you ask me, it's [utterly] ridiculous to pay £20 for a T-shirt.03. Looking down at the speeding ticket in his hand, he [uttered] a few quiet curses as the cop walked away from his car.04. A team of researchers studied millions of [utterances] by native speakers of English to determine the frequency of use of each item of vocabulary.05. Your [utter] disregard for the safety of others put your entire group in danger.06. This government has shown itself to be [utterly] incompetent in handling the financial affairs of this country.07. The winner quickly [uttered] a few words of thanks, and then left the stage.08. I am [utterly] amazed at how fast your children are growing.09. It is [utter] nonsense to suggest that man and dinosaurs lived at the same time.10. Gandhi once stated that a "No" [uttered] from deepest conviction is better and greater than a "Yes" merely [uttered] to please, or what is worse, to avoid trouble.11. Kate Millett once suggested that because of our social circumstances, male and female are really two cultures, and their life experiences are [utterly] different.12. A Saudi Arabian proverb notes that the tongue of experience [utters] the most truth.13. Eugene Kennedy once said, "The real test of friendship is: can you literally do nothing with the other person? Can you enjoy those moments of life that are [utterly] simple?"14. André Kostelanetz once said, "One of the greatest sounds of them all - and to me it is a sound - is [utter], complete silence."15. When he first came to this country, he could only make a few basic [utterances] in the language, but now he is completely fluent.16. It is said that Isaac Newton's only recorded [utterance] while he was a member of Parliament in Britain was a request to open the window.17. Ralph Waldo Emerson once said that a man cannot [utter] 2 or 3 sentences without disclosing to intelligent ears precisely where he stands in life and thought.18. Herman Melville once suggested that an [utterly] fearless man is a far more dangerous comrade than a coward.19. Children typically begin to produce two-word and three-word [utterances] around the age of eighteen months.20. A human baby generally [utters] its first word by the age of 18 months.21. It is said that as the Buddha laying dying under a tree, the birds did not [utter] a sound, the winds ceased to move, and the trees shed flowers, which came down like tears.22. A Greek proverb states that truth is not [uttered] from behind masks.
Grammatical examples in English. 2013.