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]

RESENT - The young man was perspiring faintly as he faced the Prince who had sponsored his education at Sandhurst, but he conquered his nerves and managed to say steadily, "Your Highness, it is with the utmost gratitude that I stand here today as the top graduate of my class, and I can do no better than to publicly say how greatly appreciate your assistance, support, and encouragement."

[papermoon.lady]

YOUNG - Disappointed with the world, the old man withdrew to a tiny hut by the sea, hidden behind a dune, and enjoyed the breeze and the view of random gulls flying by.

[veiled-lady]

RANDOM - He disliked disorder, and much preferred the methodical organisation of his private office over the indiscrimate arrangement of the larger communal spaces.

[countessalmirena]

SPACES - When completing his daily Wordle, George Clutterby was thrilled with the completed letters spelling out GREAT!

[papermoon.lady]

GREAT - When he looked out of the window and noticed that the sky was gloomy again, he felt quite miserable.

[veiled-lady]

NOTICED - He discovered that if he ignored his girlfriend's hints as to what she would like for her birthday, and bought her a subscription to a weight loss programme, he would be in a great deal of trouble.

[countessalmirena]

LOSS - He placed all of his chips onto Red 19, and as the croupier spun the wheel, he bellowed, “C’mon, little red, give me a great big win, ‘cause daddy wants a new car”, a plea which fortune answered!

[veiled-lady]

DADDY - The young child didn't realise that her mother was well-known around the world, as to her she was just "mummy".

[countessalmirena]

AROUND - Poppy Devenish, the new intern at Brott & Scough Attorneys-at-Law, tried to maintain her composure when she was accidentally locked within the cold and somewhat creepy basement of the building where the Louisiana law firm was located.

[papermoon.lady]

BASEMENT - When they bought a new house that looked empty and abandoned, they would never have expected to find what they found in the attic.