Kevin's Watch

He was every inch the ambitious young surveyor. "Take the azimuth* of the star that seems fit; try to set your course if you will," I thought silently. You can work, and you can work well, but nonetheless the bearing of many sorrows is ever before you.


* Did I use "azimuth" right, aTOMic? Did I use azimuth alright?

quaff
infectious
wreckage

Seeing the wreckage,a fur-trapper had the the unmitigated audacity to quaff infectious liquids from behind my igloo.

Go
To
Hell
_____

"Mommy, I want to go on the swing!" As the three-year-old tugged his mother's hand to lead her, you could see the evidences of coffee fading from her once-bright eyes, and taking her resolve with it. "They say that hell is other people," she muttered, hoisting him wearily onto the swing.

prove
hull
radiance


[Edit: didn't get "to" into the second sentence as per requirement! Fixed that.]

"I don't have to prove anything to you, you skunk!" The torpedo pierced the hull near engine room number two and exploded. "Your radiance is breathtaking my dear however there is a bit of toilet paper stuck to the heel of your $500 white, satin pumps."


stink
stank
stunk

The stink of corruption was apparent in all Julian's dealings.
The way he managed his business stank of criminal malfeasance.
it was time for Natalie to let the whole world know just how much his actions stunk.

fully
opening
reasonable

"I am fully aware that you are stupid, what I don't understand is why anyone would think otherwise." "Your opening statement is irrelevant since I disagree with everything you said including word usage." "Then you are not being reasonable at all, dumbass."

rocket
pocket
socket

"We're going to build a rocket!" Bob declared, to the horror of his co-workers.

"Do you have a mouse in your pocket?" They wondered.

"Mr. Squeaky is my Chief Engineer; he designed the main socket using nothing but cheese!"



Metallic
Clandestine
Aardvark

The metallic clink of a chain holding a swing echoed throughout the atrium as the parrot landed on on it. Under a high branch, two monkey babies passed pieces of fruit to each-other with clandestine motions. Aunt Julie called our attention away from all that with a sudden, "Look! An aardvark is snuffling around down there!"

terrestrial
dissemble
creche

"It's their terrestrial home I'm concerned about not the inter dimensional one you seemed so blasted obsessed with!"

"Why don't we simply continue to dissemble our plan and hope they don't find out about it later and kill us all?"

"Your interest in these creatures borders on creche to the point that I can't trust you to follow through with our scheme when the time comes!"

salad
oil
vinegar

"I made a salad for the company picnic," Bob explained. Explanation was necessary, as the dish in question appeared to have been deep-fried in motor oil. "Don't worry, the vinegar will hide the flavor," he added, comforting no-one.


Classic
Intrepid
Pyramid

I just finished reading a classic spy novel about a crime lord's plans to start World War III and profit from it.
It had an intrepid protagonist who used unorthodox methods to save the world.
The best part of the story was the climactic showdown that took place right by the Great Pyramid.

Contending
Temptation
Notice

The team I had trained was contending as one man - pushing forward relentlessly and coalescing around obstacles as if each knew what the other would do telepathically. The temptation was to think it was all my own genius and planning that had made them what they were. So it was a relief that as my older sister watched them perform, she was able to notice each member's unique abilities.

starchy
agitated
finesse

My dress shirt for the presentation turned out to be too starchy.

Knowing this agitated me for a moment.

But I decided to finesse the problem by having my assistant give the presentation.

anguish
reference
orbital

She looked up at us with eyes filled with anguish. "I have to add another reference or two to a paper that's due tomorrow, and it's getting close to 4am, and there's also.... this." She held the detested chemistry homework assignment out, away from her center of mass, and - plaintively - said, "this orbital thing; it doesn't make any sense."

repulsive
fragrant
punch

repulsive
fragrant
punch

the repulsive Clown brushed his cotton colored teeth, the oddly fragrant mixture he spit into the sink was a punch to the senses of the runaway tied to the radiator in the corner; the Clown grinned at the youth... "Gimee a kiss, baby!"

Quirt
Sergeant
Estuary

The big brown horse approaching our camp plunged forward when the unknown rider gave him a quick quirt with the crop. From my chilly upstairs window, I waited, then watched as the sergeant greeted our visitor. Each man's breath steamed in the icy morning air - and what was important enough to bring him across the frozen estuary?

Also-
nullllll in sentence game - woo-hoooo!
That disturbing image you gave us was some good writing. I'm still shuddering.

3 more words:
collection
instigate
dawn

The museum's recent acquisition of ancient texts for its collection of medieval writings unexpectedly mired it in controversy.

A local preservation society decided to instigate a lawsuit claiming the texts were stolen from one of the libraries it maintains.

It began to dawn on the curator that more questions should have been asked about the texts before the purchase was made.

tame
neglecting
scramble

"Your ole' hoss is gettin' plumper than a tame mule where he's put out to pas-cher," said the old man. Then he favored his blonde-headed, freshly-home-from-boarding-school granddaughter with a wide smile which whispered tales of the many ways he'd been neglecting the teeth he once had. "Grampa!" she cried, as she began to scramble under the barbed-wire fence to give him a hug.

surreptitious
caved
pine

At first, the treasurer resisted the idea of the club's accepting a surreptitious source of funding.

But he finally caved in on the matter and promised to play along.

This was because he had begun to pine for a fancy new building complex for club meetings.

fallacious
cartwheel
warrant

"Fallacious reasoning!" he accused. "You'll be dancing cartwheels on my father's grave if you win this one, ya crummy lawyer!" I spat. I gulped back my next sentence and took the warrant out of his too-well-manicured hand.

iridescent
calumny
define