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Hundreds of old trees were blown down in the gales

The missile strike was devastating - the target was totally obliterated.-+-+- All of a sudden the view was obliterated by the fog.

Did I hurt you? I thought I saw you wince. --++ It makes me wince even thinking about eye operations.

His head throbbed, and his body ached.

entice someone into something The adverts entice the customer into buying things they don't really want.--++-- be enticed away from People are being enticed away from the profession by higher salaries elsewhere.

The children grinned happily for the photographer.

She whirled around to look at me

The dry branches crackled under my feet as I stepped on them. ---A fire crackled in the hearth.

He trudged wearily up the hill.

Grandpa regaled us with tales of his small-town childhood.

I vaguely remember my childhood

The storm/wind/rain has started to abate

Through the window came the last few oblique rays of evening sunshine.--- He gave her an oblique glance.

The suggestion is sheer nonsense.--- His success was due to sheer willpower/determination.--- It was sheer coincidence that we met.

He left me stranded in town with no car and no money for a bus. If the tide comes in, we'll be stranded on these rocks