pseudo-cleft sentence

[ soo-doh-kleft, soo-doh-kleft ]

/ ˈsu doʊˌklɛft, ˌsu doʊˈklɛft /

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The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.

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Brown had been serving a life sentence; McCollum had been on Death Row.
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Had he been competently represented, the jury might well have failed to concur on a death sentence.
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Before he could finish the sentence the Hole-keeper said snappishly, "Well, drop out again—quick!"
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Each sentence came as if torn piecemeal from his unwilling tongue; short, jerky phrases, conceived in pain and delivered in agony.
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Sentence of fine and imprisonment passed upon lord Bacon in the house of peers for bribery.
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