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"The overflow from the overflowing bin of recyclable materials was a mess on the floor. "

"I toasted a muffin and spread it with butter for breakfast. "

"My brother loves baseball, and he practices hitting every day after school. "

"The teacher determined the parameters of the history project, specifying the required length and number of sources. "

"The firemen battered down the door."

""Ponder the fact that God has made you a gardener, to root out vice and to plant virtue." — St. Catherine of Siena"

"He had something of his mother in him."

"As soon as she heard that her father had died, she went into a rage and beat the wall with her fists until her knuckles bled."

"It is hard work to swim against the current."

"They carried an assortment of gardening implements in the truck."

"The mother spoke to her child gently, trying to calm him down. "

"The student's action of studying diligently improved her grades. "