In the country guests tend to feel they are not highly __________ if the invitation to a dinner party is given only three or four days before the party date.

The young man, who had rushed into the fire to save the old man, _____ rewarding.

The prisoners _____ to escape, but failed.

He was a bit nervous. He _________his spare breath with a soft sound that was almost heard by the audience.

A pilot climbed into the jet and off he ______, leaving the ground far behind.