—Why didn’t you go to Shelly’s birthday party yesterday evening?—I ______ but I had an unexpected visitor.
Usually a child’s behavior is a(n) ________ of his family environment.
You have been sitting on my hat and now it is badly out of __________.
I can't say which wine is stronger—it's a (n)_____ of personal taste.
Our public transportation system is not ________ for the needs of people.
One day I _______ a newspaper article about the retirement of an English professor at a nearby state college.