The search was________ when night came，even though the child had not been found.

Lawrence’s novel was rejected at first, but it later came to be ______ as a work of genius.

 Vincent van Gogh’s paintings were at last _____ as works of genius.

The little boy _____on the mat ____ to his parents that blackbirds had _____their eggs on Mars．

 Hurricane Sandy's arrival and its effects ________ New York's offices being closed for three days.