Leaning against the tree with his notepad in hand, he stared at the water with a pensive gaze while memories slowly flooded back into his mind.

When my boss called me into the office to give me the employee of the month citation, I knew this was just part of her insidious plan to make me work more overtime.

If they all need to connect into a paragraph form:

Jan’s constant badgering was a poor attempt at trying to elicit a response from her obviously angry friend. The rest of the group sat with a pensive gaze, remembering how long Jan and Rachel had been friends, hoping this would not be the argument to finally end the friendship. They all knew that the insideous plan Jan devised to steal away Rachel’s boyfriend was cruel and heartless.

2. The prosecution attorney devised an insidious plan to elicit the truth out of the accused which stunned the pensive jury.

3. The prosecution attorney devised an insidious plan to elicit the truth out of the accused which stunned the pensive jury.