When the police broke into the room, they were terrified at the scene: a middle-aged man lying on the floor, with a cupboard _______him, his feet and hands ______ tight with electric wires, his throat _____ open and a pair of scissors ______ deep in the chest.
The housewife got her hands and arms _____ while trying to pour the boiling water from the kettle into the thermos; she ______ some healing ointment to her burn but the pain was still unbearable