Knowing their son failed in the exam, the parents stood there, ________.
The party, which had been greatly _____, was spoiled by the rude behavior of an uninvited guest.
Everything he said then was _____ by what happened later.
The chances of discovering life on Neptune are about a million _____.
It was _____ by the railway board that the cost of rail fares would be increased by ten percent.
Our Party has always devoted great attention to raising the living _____ of the working people.