Homophone word game
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Frieze / freeze / frees
If the artist frees himself from those cumbersome gloves he should be able to create a frieze around the ceiling even though it is so cold his fingers might freeze. Whew!0 -
mean / mein
I could tell by his mein that he was a mean person.
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cored / cord
I cored apples and hung them on a cord to dry.
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halve / have
I will halve my slice of pie so we can both have some.
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Quartz / quarts
We have quarts of gravel to sift through looking for pieces of quartz for our collection.0 -
mien / mean
What does his glowering mien mean?
(Oops - Sorry for the plagiarism!)
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Wrest / rest
I can rest once I wrest the sofa away for the dog.0 -
right / write / rite / right / right
Do I have the right to write about the natives' secret rite? It involves cutting the right arm, which doesn't quite seem right to me.
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Paws / pause / Pa's
Pa's dog would pause and lift its paws, one at a time, so he could dry them when her feet were wet.
windlass, amazing how a word gets in to our subconscious . I'm sure I've done the same thing.0 -
sense / scents / cents
Does it make sense to sell our flowery scents for just cents on the dollar?
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does / Duz
Does anyone use Duz detergent anymore?
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censor / censer / sensor
The censor could barely see the illicit scene through all the incense smoke from the censer, but the smoke alarm sensor soon rendered his opinion moot.
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Taut / taught / tot
Do you think a tot could be taught to pull a rope taut?0 -
caught / cot
I got caught in the tangled strings dangling from the cot.
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daze / days
I've been in a daze for days!
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Holey / holy
The priest's holy robes were getting holey with age.0 -
bizarre / bazaar
It's bizarre how crowded the bazaar is today.
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Humorous / humerus
They all thought it was humorous when I hit my humerus but I didn't think it was funny.0 -
four / for / fore
I had been calmly golfing for four hours in contemplative silence when I was shocked by someome yelling "FORE!"
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Sighs / size
There were a lot of sighs when I saw the size of the mess in the kitchen.0 -
massive / massif (saw this word today in The Plains of Passage - it's a large mountain mass or compact group of connected mountains forming an independent portion of a range).
The massif bordering the steppes is massive.
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Pleas / please
The children's pleas worked better when they said pretty please.0 -
maid / made
The maid made the beds.
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Lief /Leif / leaf
Leif declared he would as lief wear a fig leaf as a tuxedo to the party.0 -
Venus / venous
Venus learned about venous circulation in anatomy class.
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Basal / basil
My basal body temperature goes up when my DH, Basil, says he thinks that basil will make a basal cell carcinoma go away.0 -
Cain / Caine / cane
Herman Cain and Michael Caine both wanted the last candy cane.
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Broach / brooch
I was afraid to broach the subject of who should inherit Mother's pearl brooch.0 -
I'd / eyed
I'd eyed that dress in the window for weeks.
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Brews /. Bruise
Ok, I am stuck for a sentence
. Help?0
