I feel really _____________ here, there’s nowhere to hide.

The computer was ________________, turned on but not running any programs.

Life can feel like ___________________ when things get hectic.

__________________ rumors are rumors that people make up when they’re bored but have no grounding in fact.

A parent often tries to ________________ his child from the dangers of the world.

If you take off your coat and _________________ your bare arms to the terrible cold, your tattoos might freeze off.

You can _______________ a wall to keep sound out.

A ______________________ is a narrow, pointed sliver that breaks off something larger.

________________ is when you have too much of a boring thing: one tone of voice going on and on, one piece of flat music playing over and over, one infomercial droning on and on.

When something __________________, it breaks into individual bits.

If you have lots of homework you shouldn’t _______________ away the afternoon.

Do I want to spend all my time left swimming ________________________, against the current, struggling? - Five Feet Apart

When you get too much of the same boring, one-note thing, you experience _______________. 

Why does this remind me of salmon swimming _____________ to spawn and die? - Winger

The fog was so thick that the football players were vague, ____________ forms in the mist.

The ground rumbled, and a sound like an _________________ overpowered the monster's roar.

She said his life would be like walking upstream in a rushing river. What does this simile mean?

The man was ghosting over the water as if effortlessly, his boat _____________________ looking in a light mist that had settled on the water, fairy-like.

Emily and James wandered through the store, _______________ for the best hiding spot. - Book Scavenger

“Traveling changes you. It opens you up in ways you’d never imagine, and it makes you _____________________________ home.”

—Well, a couple of days ago some basketball _______ were here from Ohio State and Michigan State—friends of mine from college—and they were looking for you.

The cold digs through flesh and bone, revealing places within that were never meant to be _________________________ to the light of day. - Challenger Deep

But you won’t _____________________ my father’s skill if you think flying a kite—any kind of a kite—is just putting a bunch of paper and sticks up into the air. - Dragonwings

What I wouldn't give for a brief interruption in our ____________________ routine.

Chelsea opens her mouth, I think to say goodbye, but instead an avalanche of tears falls. - Watch Us Rise

What does "avalanche of tears" indicate in this sentence?