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The New York Times at Special Bargain Rates by Stephen King




"The New York Times at Special Bargain Rates" is a horror short story by American writer Stephen King, originally published in the October/November 2008 issue of The Magazine of fantasy & Science Fiction, and collected in King's 2008 collection Just After Sunset.


 Words to be Hunted:




Wrapping

“Anne goes to the extension on the bed-table, wrapping a towel around her.”


Pronunciation: [ rapiNG ] (noun)
Meaning: paper or plastic that covers or protects something.
Synonyms: Swathe, wrap, wrapper.


Sentences:

  1. He spent the evening wrapping up the Christmas presents.

  2. The service also extends to wrapping and delivering gifts.

  3.  It was a lollipop still in its wrapping.

  4. The bedroom floor was littered with wrapping papers.





Shrewish

“In her normal voice, this might have come out sounding shrewish.”

Pronunciation: [ SHro͞oiSH ] (adjective)
Meaning: (of a woman) unpleasant, easily annoyed, and arguing a lot.
Synonyms: Ill-tempered, irritable, peevish, petulant, quarrelsome.


Sentences: 

  1. Her anger grew and with it she became shrewish.
  2. Would he leave his shrewish wife?
  3. The old fisherman was cursed by his shrewish wife.
  4. The most silly , lazy , artful , shrewish, child lived here.






Fling

“She wipes it away with the back of her hand and then flings it into the wherever.”

Pronunciation: [fliNG] (verb)
Meaning: to throw something or someone suddenly and with a lot of force.
Synonyms: Heave, hurl, launching, pitch, slinging, toss.



Sentences: 


  1. Fling a dress on and let's go to the party at once.
  2. Let's fling that old furniture away and buy some new.
  3. Don't fling your shoes in the cupboard.
  4. Fling back the ball to me.

    


Slam

“The police will come and slam your a**.”


Pronunciation: [ slรฆm ] (verb)
Meaning: Shut (a door, window, or lid) forcefully and loudly.
Synonyms: Bang, close, shut, smack.


Sentences:
  1. The wind made the door/window slam.
  2. I heard the door slam behind him.
  3. They were surprised by the slam of a car door.
  4. He could hear it slam to the floor.



Scolding
“A mother scolding her wayward eleven-year-old who’s come late to the supper-table yet again.”



Pronunciation: [ skลldiNG ] (noun)
Meaning: the act of speaking angrily to someone because you disapprove of their behavior.
Synonyms: Berating, chiding, rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, chewing-out.



Sentences:
  1. I gave him a good scolding.
  2. She is always scolding.
  3. I got a scolding from my mother.
  4. The old woman is always scolding and chiding.



Bewildered

“James chuckles. It is a bewildered sound.”



Pronunciation: [ bษ™หˆwildษ™rd ] (adjective)
Meaning: perplexed and confused; very puzzled.
Synonyms: Bafflement, befuddlement, confusion, perplexity, puzzlement, stupefaction.



Sentences: 
  1. The driver was bewildered by the conflicting road signs.
  2. The driver was bewildered by the conflicting road signs.
  3. I confess myself bewildered by their explanation.
  4. He was bewildered by his daughter's reaction.
    





Grinning

“Others might picture burned bodies or dismembered heads with grinning teeth.”


Pronunciation: [ ษกriniNG ] (noun)
Meaning: Grin means a wide smile.
Synonyms: smile, smirk. 

Sentences:
  1. He was grinning from ear to ear.
  2. Stop grinning and tell me what happened!
  3. He was grinning proudly, delighted with his achievements.
  4. What are you grinning about?



Chuckle

“He chuckles as if this is funny.”

Pronunciation: [หˆCHษ™k(ษ™)l ]  (verb)
Meaning: to laugh quietly.
Synonyms: Giggle, laugh, titter.

Sentences:
  1. The man's chuckle was terrifying.
  2. His soft chuckle interrupted her.
  3. His chuckle was deep.
  4. Her chuckle was low and soft.
    



Plump


“She feels now as if she is floating outside and slightly above her plump damp middle-aged body.”


Pronunciation: [ plษ™mp ] (adjective)
Meaning: having a pleasantly soft, rounded body or shape.
Synonyms: Chubby, chunky, corpulent, fat, fleshy, obese, pudgy, round, stocky, tubby.


Sentences:
  1. The nurse was a cheerful plump woman.
  2. His plump face was wreathed in smiles.
  3. Maria was small and plump with a mass of curly hair.
  4. The baby's nice and plump.
    




Wayward

“Her wayward eleven-year-old who’s come late to the supper-table yet again.”


Pronunciation: [ wฤwษ™rd ] (adjective)
Meaning: doing only what you want and often changing your behavior in a way that is difficult to
control. Difficult to control or predict because of wilful or perverse behaviour. 
Synonyms: Disobedient, erratic, immoral, irregular, lawless, perverse, troublesome, undisciplined.

Sentences:
  1. She could be wayward, petulant, and disagreeable.
  2. In a wayward mood, he ran away from home.
  3. The boy's wayward behavior cost his mother many a sleepless night.
  4. Putin came to power vowing to crack down on wayward regions.
    




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