Everyone was silent as the organizer ________ the result of the speech competition.
In our class, when the bell rang and the teacher closed his book, it was a ______ for everyone to stand up.
Hiking by oneself can be fun and good for health. It may also be good for ______ building.
Some parents are just too protective. They want to ______ their kids from every kind of danger, real or imagined.
The loss has not yet been ______ accurately, but it is believed to be well beyond a hundred million dollars.
During the war there was a serious lack of food. It was not unusual that even the wealthy families had to ______ bread for days.