Dark clouds _______ the sunlight. It seemed as if it was going to rain.

— How is your sister?— She _______ quite good after the operation, but she is taking a turn for the worse today.

After going into the concert hall, the mother _____ a friend and went over to greet him.

The old couple wanted to sell their house and ______ it in a newspaper.

It was his laziness and his rudeness that ______ his success.