Right, I can see myself that the old clock doesn't work, but I'd like to keep it for ...... reasons. It was a gift by my late grandfather.

The speaker was very passionate about the subject and so many people labelled him a ...... .

The author's narration completely ...... the world of witchcraft and its impact on society.

Several writers of this period expressed ideas of ...... in their works of art which brought some of the visitors on the verge of tears.

The old man sounded rather ...... about the clothes he used to wear some twenty years ago.