Creative Writing Challenge – Past information

February 27, 2021

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February 2026

Words:

Linked
Stoically
Violin
Pure
Household
Invention
Watch
Give
Orange
Name

Sentence:

If I told you once, I told you twice to…

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January 2026

Words:

Example
Creation
Twinkle
Nugget
Blackberries
Actionable
Interaction
Smart
Besotted
Winter

Sentence:

Can you tell me who’s coming…

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December 2025

Words:

Volunteer
Extensive
Festivities
Protein
Help
Customer
Okra
Pond
Lean
Sharp

Sentence:

It was good but I think you should…

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November 2025

Words:

Board
Grocery
Sunday
Wreak
Anymore
Dissolve
Menagerie
Frolic
Eager
Person

Sentence:

The cat ran out of the kitchen because…

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October 2025

Words:

Talking
Business
Shine
Data
Muffins
Lemonade
Night
Anthropological
Chime
Honest

Sentence:

The big TV’s are on sell, logically this means…

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September 2025

Words:

Funny
Echoing
Imitate
Pepper
Challenge
Raspberry
Original
Section
Misrepresent
Unbeatable

Sentence:

Yes, I like lemon and water because …

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August 2025

Words:

Movie
Consumer
Forever
Drive
Minute
Special
Ink
Euphoria
Tuesday
Galaxy

Sentence:

My printer has a lot of sticky notes which …v

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July 2025

Words:

Oatmeal Cookies
Excuse
Bugs
Hope
Where
Flower
Justify
Lately
Anthropological
Continuity

Sentence:

Looking at that color makes me think of…

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June 2025

Words:

Sunshine
Excited
Really
Moment
Avoid
Question
There
Picture
Surgery
Believe

Sentence:

I want to do something outside the box like…

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May 2025

Words:

Day
Hammer
Great
Welcome
Solicitation
Obligation
Little
Wall
Theatre
Enter

Sentence:

I found this great place for lunch, it has…

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April 2025

Words:

Drink
Weekly
Extravaganza
Appliance
Filet Mignon
Reserves
Caulk
Ingredient
Active
Garden

Sentence:

I find the best thing to do is…

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March 2025

Words:

Antibiotic
Upgrade
Rest
Interacting
Shop
Pig
Coffee
Plumber
Train
Candle

Sentence:

My favorite color is yellow because…

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February 2025

Words:

Flair
Dramatic
Innermost
Techniques
Arrangement
Ice Cream
Boat
Market
Space
Forward

Sentence:

What are you trying to prove by….

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January 2025

Words:

Code
Decade
Suffering
Ginger
Pacific
Rescue
Three
Window
Introduce
Light

Sentence:

I need you more than ever, please….

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December 2024

Words:

Dancing
Amazing
Ever
Fantastic
Cell Phone
Bells
Distribution
Walnut
Arrange
Join

Sentence:

How did you find out about…

November 2024

Words:

Zero
Slash
Pen
Renew
Hello
More
Invoice
View
Time
Flute

Sentence:

The water in the pool keeps going down, you need….

October 2024

Words:

Incredulous
Genesis
Reason
Billion
Favor
Joke
Costume
Fun
Olive Oil
Television

Sentence:

Are you listening, I need to tell you that….

September 2024

Words:

Profess
Fees
Visits
Vodka
Hair
Impression
Draft
Email
Accept
Nothing

Sentence:

It’s amazing that the weather has changed because….

August 2024

Words:

Message
Inestimable
Tea and Honey
Luminescence
Copier
Book
Guide
Chair
Speed
Sponsor

Sentence:

So many spam calls every day, wish I could….

July 2024

Words:

Fair Grounds
Bundle
Pharmacist
Salad Dressing
Opportunity
Foundation
June
Because
Table
Venue

Sentence:

I know I’m on your mind, so tell me….

June 2024

Words:

Stretch
Dog
Weekend
Greenery
The Park
Waterfalls
Fork lift
Porch
Wave runner
Golf

Sentence:

The dream I want to follow is….

May 2024

Words:

Bagel
Place
Beach
Insurance
Garage
Sincerely
Whisper
Mercy
Engineer
Rock Climbing

Sentence:

The trash was put in the bag and then….

April 2024

Words:

Conclude
Metronome
Bahamas
Milk
Teeth
Omnipotent
Acknowledge
Hamburger
Jet ski
Spreadsheet

Sentence:

If you know its my birthday then why did you….

March 2024

Words:

Seaweed
Ham and eggs
Virtue
Basic
Delivery
Purple
Necessitate
Occasion
Scalability
Tuesday

Sentence:

It’s good to know that you are okay because….

February 2024

Words:

Take Care
Afterwards
Fishing
Single
Enchiladas
Network
Capitulate
Serious
Tea
Logic

Sentence:

I offer to take care of your puppy, if you….

January 2024

Words:

New Year
Merry
Home
Before
Red
Glasses
Security
Prompt
Again
Music

Sentence:

This house really feels good because it….

December 2023

Words:

Self sacrifice
Interest
Cookies
Mistake
Opening
Friends
Sugar cane
Reaffirm
Memories
Northern Lights

Sentence:

I believe ice cream is best, when mixed….

November 2023

Words:

Irreparable
Fibers
Ruptured
Never
Candy apple
Stop
Evade
Fortunate
Activate
Visual

Sentence:

All I am suggesting is that watermelon and…..

October 2023

Words:

Cancer
Eternal
Grail
Spotlight
Wisely
Forth
Number
Below
Peanut Butter
Iced Tea

Sentence:

What was that? I’ve been on your mind because…..

September 2023

Words:

Benchmark
Hour
Ninja
Deep
Arrow
Air
Pizza
Cellophane
Warehouse
Timer

Sentence:

Summer is leaving us, I guess we…..

August 2023

Words:

Benevolent
Cherries
Potato
Block
Filter
Tangent
Symptoms
Energy
Reader
Mold

Sentence:

Please describe your actions because…..

July 2023

Words:

Incompetence
Episode
Monster
Crazy
Explanation
Power
Cure
Refrigerator
Development
Money

Sentence:

Are you all set to take…..

June 2023

Words:

Exacerbate
Donut
Molecule
Love
Profound
Definition
Option
Ancient
Counterproductive
Voyager

Sentence:

It will take a little more work to…

May 2023

Words:

Children
Talent
Intensive
Musical
Encourage
Ritual
Cushion
Acai Fruit
Piano
Worried

Sentence:

That particular television show is excellent, I really enjoyed…

April 2023

Words:

Assimilate
Birthday
Singer
Certified
Dolphin
Honey
Secret
Thermometer
Kitten
Airplane

Sentence:

That food was delicious because…

March 2023

Words:

Anticipate
Legs
Capable
Trouble
Degrade
Tongue
Remove
Nature
Idiot
Physiology

Sentence:

It’s time for you to look at the…

February 2023

Words:

Fire Safety
Scan
Onion
Express
Service
Cherry Blossom
Cat
Lethargic
Electronics
Transfer

Sentence:

Call directly to schedule a pick-up if you…

January 2023

Words:

Holiday
New Year
Setup
Bank
Elated
Food
Blueberries
Perpetual
Dream
Recycle

Sentence:

Wishing we could start over and…

December 2022

Words:

Avenue
Shredding
Call
Central
Together
Protect
Energetic
Socially
Appreciate
Kitchen

Sentence:

Let’s look at how we can…

November 2022

Words:

Patience
Building
Cat
Scanning
Express
Lotto
Aromatherapy
Relocation
Search
Reporter

Sentence:

Although you will be receiving a gift, shouldn’t you…

October 2022

Words:

Medication
Hospital
Argument
Typically
Lemon Meringue
Decision
Unconscionable
Brevity
October
Chicken sandwich

Sentence:

Taking care of Mom is good and bad, however…

September 2022

Words:

Sleeping
Resume
Curious
Freedom
Trusting
Mango
Tomorrow
January
House
Paint

Sentence:

The big tree is in the way because…

August 2022

Words:

Structure
Conscious
However
Elaborate
Door
Okay
Ear buds
Sensitive
Birthday
Firefly

Sentence:

I can say with some conviction that…

July 2022

Words:

Salt
Horse
Tribble
Prolific
Evaluate
Communicator
Headache
Assessment
Fractures
Motive

Sentence:

Are you OK? I thought…

June 2022

Words:

Dinosaur
Historical
Classification
Infinitesimal
Fallible
Watermelon
Ketchup
Hot Dog
Calendar
Eraser

Sentence:

Thanks for that bit of information, however…

May 2022

Words:

Promise
May
Family
Neglect
Culture
Trespassing
Thank you
Unreliable
Heartache
Digress

Sentence:

That movie was just wonderful because…

April 2022

Words:

Mystical
Frequently
Intuition
Forgiveness
Own
Apple
April
Report
Water
Exotic

Sentence:

Why is it so hard to come up with…

March 2022

Words:

Lotto
Spectacular
Tonight
Fabrication
Grotesque
Shore
Maquillage
Herbal
Listen
Festival

Sentence:

I am never wrong because there is no…

February 2022

Words:

Valentine
Waiting
Postulate
Commodities
Delicious
Goodness
Smile
Blue Marker
Mango
Celebrate

Sentence:

Thank you for the flowers but I would have preferred a very…

January 2022

Words:

Happiness
Intellectual
Communication
Financial
Harvest
Powerful
Independent
Motivational
Preventative
Overview

Sentence:

You know when you have to think of something, you….

December 2021

Words:

Envoi
Abundant
Quizzes
Gifts
Super
Man
Season
Idea
Portfolio
Contact

Sentence:

Since it’s sometimes hard to talk, maybe you can…

November 2021

Words:

Paleontologist
Unaccountable
Mystifying
Hurricane
Organic
Skydiving
Leadership
Medical
Education
Trig

Sentence:

What I think is that you are selling these kids short because…..

October 2021

Words:

Clarification
Peach cobbler
Thrill
Stairway
Turmoil
Library
Cupboard
Mouthwash
Social
Doctor

Sentence:

Either way, the candles were….

September 2021

Words:

Problem
Reward
Volcano
Snorkeling
Adaptogen
Elevate
Ancient
Soy
Think
Sodium

Sentence:

The pulse is 110 on this patient; this means….

August 2021

Words:

Wish
Voice
Island
Detergent
Sample
Indeed
High Tide
Founded
Access
Banana

Sentence:

The toilet is making noises because….

July 2021

Words:

Monday
Support
Century
Dictionary
Simply
Bunny Rabbit
Stars
Promote
Understand
Forty Five

Sentence:

The beach was really fun even though……

June 2021

Words:

Land
Wonderful
Maybe
Florida
Snow
Inbox
Paint
July
Save
Monitor
Side

Sentence:

Place this cucumber over here because……..

May 2021

Words:

Panther
Car
Screwdriver
Paper
Honey Bun
Science
Paragraph
Two
Word
Sick

Sentence:

I don’t know how that donut….

April 2021

Words:

Precious
Donut
Understand
Include
My life
Today
Computer
Record
Martini
Print

Sentence:

It seems to me this purchase is incorrect, the order was…

March 2021

Words:

Paper
Stove
Greetings
Reward
Horror
It’s time
Ninety nine
Teddy bear
Candy cane
Motorcycle

Sentence:

I was not enjoying being set up on this particular date because….

February 2021

Words:

Buttons
Write
File copy
Twenty four
Approach
Miracles
Puppy
Choose
No more
Cruise ship

Sentence:

Somehow I feel that this may be a good time to let you in on this secret, I added pudding to….

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