prescribed by custom
prevented by chance
prompted by coquetry
purged by sorrow
R
racked by suffering
refuted by reason
repelled by censure
restrained by violence
rising by industry
S
sanctioned by experience
shaped by tradition
soured by misfortune
stung by derision
supplanted by others
supported by evidence
T
thwarted by fortune
tempered by charity
tormented by jealousy
tortured by doubt
U
unadorned by artifice
undaunted by failure
undetermined by sorrow
undone by treachery
unfettered by fear
urged by curiosity
V
vitalized by thought
W
won by aggression
worn by time
wrenched by emotions
Preposition “in”
A
absorbed in meditation
affable in manner [affable = gentle and gracious]
atone in measure
B
barren in intellect
basking in sunshine
buried in solitude
C
call in question
clothed in truth
cloying in sweetness [cloying = too filling, rich, or sweet]
confident in opinion
confute in argument
contemplative in aspect
cumbrous in style [cumbrous = cumbersome; difficult to use]
D
deficient in insight
delight in learning
deterioration in quality
difference in detail
diligent in application
diminish in respect
dwarfed in numbers
E
end in smoke
enumerate in detail
experienced in duplicity
F
feeble in influence
fertile in consequence
flourish in luxuriance
founded in truth
G
gaze in astonishment
go in pursuit
graceful in proportion
grievously in error
H
hold in bondage