A few days ago
Jim McD

Do these vocab sentences make sense?

Not known for his forbearance, Henry precariously malingered in hopes of being sent home early from detention.

The assiduous administrator was arrantly furious and when she learned he had equivocated.

(This is for a vocab assignment in which I have to use 3 vocab words in each sentence. The definitions are rather vague on our handout, so I want to know if these sentences make sense or if the words are misused.)

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A few days ago
pink

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Not known for his forbearance, Henry precariously malingered in hopes of being sent home early from detention. (no changes… great job!)

The assiduous administrator was arrantly furious and when she learned he had equivocated. (drop the ‘and’ … and finish the thought.)

(Changed to:)*****The assiduous tone of the administrator was arrantly furious, when she learned he had equivocated his explaination about his involvement in the start of the riot.

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A few days ago
Jacqueline C
Both sentences are stretching the meanings of the words a little too much.

Especially with forbearance, precarious, and equivocated.

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A few days ago
angie p
Hi. You could use these. Please also check a word in your second sentence – did you mean “arrogantly” instead of “arrantly”?

“Not known for his forbearance, the detention officer glared at Henry as the boy explained why he had malingered that morning.”

“The assiduous administrator arrogantly reprimanded Henry as he equivocated about his misdemeanor.”

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A few days ago
Too much information
They sound pretty good to me but if you have doubts why not consult a dictionary and a thesaurus instead of a bunch of silly people on Answers like me that have nothing better to do?
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A few days ago
picador
The words you were obliged to use would make anything you said look pompous. I think you did a terrific job. Well done!
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5 years ago
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Your use isn’t wrong, just awkward. Suggestion… How about, ‘She was bereft of her house after the tornado.’ How about, ‘The soldier fought with fortitude.’ How about, ‘Looking at the resume, the interviewer tried to conceal his gibe.’
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