Choose and Change (New Game)

[papermoon.lady]

Let's try this new game... 🙂

You have a word and have to write a sentence with an antonym of this word (it must not be a perfect antonym/opposite). The sentence must contain at least three other words (not including articles, pronouns etc.)

The next poster then chooses a word from the sentence of the previous poster (not the antonym, any other word) and builds a new sentence with the antonym of the word he or she has chosen.

For example:

START - She finished her delicious meal in no time.

The antonym of "start" is "finish/finished", so the next poster has to choose between "delicious", "meal" and "time" (the antonym can't be used) and has to write a sentence with the antonym of the chosen word and with at least three other nouns.

Let's get started... 🙂

[countessalmirena]

GRINNING - It was in vain that Hyron Penkerville obsequiously adjured his distinguished subject to avoid scowling while sitting for his portrait, for the fifth Earl of Dabmorton had a face like a dyspeptic pug waiting to bite a convenient ankle while being denied a meaty bone.

[mytreechange]

ANKLE - She walked quickly along the dark deserted street, giving every doorway and niche a wide berth in case a deranged assailant grabbed her wrist with the intention of dragging her into a dank cellar and subjecting her to who-knows-what indignities.

[countessalmirena]

INDIGNITIES - The swimmer adjusted his goggles, feeling water clogging his right ear while his swimming trunks dug uncomfortably into his waist where he’d been bitten by mosquitoes - but it would all be worth it, every moment of pain, every struggle, every sacrifice, as long as he won the honours of gold at the Olympics.

[mytreechange]

PAIN - What a wonderful feeling it was, the surge of pleasure she felt whenever she visited the isolated national park, wandering around the walking tracks, hearing nothing but the wonderful bird calls, and the slight breeze rustling in the leaves, with no sign of hustling commuters or smell of exhaust fumes.

[countessalmirena]

FUMES - As the acrid blackness tarred the air, she could taste ash in her tongue and a sharp causticity stung her eyes; while the bushfires raged through the dry grasses and trees, she would need to use an air purifier, she realised grimly.

[mytreechange]

DRY - The harbour had been very rough during the ferry crossing, and many of the passengers were completely soaked with sea water from the waves splashing over the rails during their evening commute.

[countessalmirena]

Harbour - After a week of sailing upon waters painted with the bright palette of Apollo’s glories, in a smiling blue that curled lazily under the Greek sun, they finally decided to drop their anchor in the half-moon port at Gythion.

[mytreechange]

BRIGHT - Sometimes she wondered whether her wardrobe was rather dull, and if she should follow her sister's lead and buy some more colourful clothes, but worried that she would end up looking as if she was part of a street carnival rather than just an ordinary person going about her normal day.

[countessalmirena]

LOOKING - Blayne nervously twitched his toenails in his school shoes, trying to maintain his tough-guy demeanour in the face of Mrs Gimlosvk’s unblinking stare; she was observing his every breath as she said grimly, “If you think that you can get away with lying to me, Blayne Temple, you are sadly mistaken – so let’s take it again from the top: Who blew up the chemistry lab?”

[mytreechange]

MISTAKEN - She studied every page of the research paper conscientiously, trying to discover which step, however small, could have led to the erroneous conclusion that her fellow researchers had drawn, and which had caused a great amount of trouble when applying that result to her continuing research.