More Sentences from Red Badge of Courage

Proverbial- adj.- Widely referred to, as if the subject of a proverb; famous.
The man was proverbial for his worldwide cheesecake.
Impudent- adj.- Characterized by offensive boldness; insolent or impertinent.
Being the impudent woman she was, Sue fled from the grocery store without paying.
Abashed- v.- To make ashamed or uneasy; disconcert.
The judge made the abashed killer pay the price for his actions.
Philippic- n.- A verbal denunciation characterized by harsh, often insulting language; a tirade. The philippic words from the soldier caused the platoon to be excited.
Musing- v.- To be absorbed in one's thoughts; engage in meditation.
The man was musing at the thought of going into battle.
Docile- adj.- Ready and willing to be taught; teachable.
Being docile made it extremely easy for the instructor to teach the student.
Sublime- adj.- Characterized by nobility; majestic.
Being sublime made it easy for the man’s name to be spread around.
Craven- adj.- Characterized by abject fear; cowardly.
The craven Henry ran from the battle because he feared for his life.
Compunction- n.- A strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt.
The compunction within the man grew, for he had left the elder stranded earlier.
Railing- v.- Expressing reproach; insulting.
The railing woman was infuriated by the judge’s sentence.
Petulantly- adv.- Unreasonably irritable or ill-tempered; peevish.
Petulantly annoyed, he said “Go Away!”
Lugubrious- adj.- Mournful, dismal, or gloomy.
The lugubrious man committed suicide because he couldn’t stand the depression any longer.
Temerity- n.- Foolhardy disregard of danger; recklessness.
The temerity of the man led to a pileup of 15 cars on the highway.
Respite- n.- A usually short interval of rest or relief; a pause.
The quick respite between workouts was badly needed.
Harangued- n.- A long pompous speech, especially one delivered before a gathering.
The harangue before the track meet gave everyone the will power to compete aggressively.
Perturbation- n.- an unhappy and worried mental state.
The soldier was in a perturbation before the battle, in fear that he might die.
Emaciate- v.- To make or become extremely thin, especially as a result of starvation.
In order to emaciate herself, the woman had to starve herself for weeks.
Wane- v.- To continue for a long time.
The night waned with no sign of ever ending.
Stentorian- adj.- Extremely loud.The stentorian man wouldn’t shut his mouth after being tortured to near death.

Some Red Badge of Courage Sentences

The iconoclast man attempted to overthrow the form of government known as democracy.
The stoical acting man expressed no feelings whatsoever when his car was stolen.
To have acted so blatantly, the women must have been very sardonic.
The boy effaced the white board in an orderly manner.
It was impregnable to seize control of the fort.
The new Matrix movie was extremely vivacious.
Unfortunately, feeling despondent was the lease of the poor child’s problems.
He belonged in the epithets of the jail.
The school of fish could be found 8 fathoms below the surface of the ocean.
The vindication that the man had was no match for the prosecution.
The dauntless men climbed Mount Everest very bravely.
The outbreak was an extremely vociferous brawl.
The woman received an impetus to perform even better than usual.
In hopes of finding buried treasures, the woman went perambulating along the beach.
Within himself, the boy felt formidable because he was crossing a busy road.
The poor man suffered from impotency due to a generic defect.
The necklace was resplendent with all of its diamonds and 14kt. gold. The abject man felt that his life was worth nothing, and that he couldn’t survive much longer.