I will PEDAL, PEDDLE my bike up the hill.

He wanted to PEDAL, PEDDLE magazine subscriptions to put himself through college.

The PENULTIMATE month of the year is NOVEMBER, DECEMBER, JANUARY, FEBRUARY

The prosecutor tried to PERSUADE, CONVINCE her to change her story.

Listening to the evidence, I became PERSUADED, CONVINCED that she was innocent.

He stood on the PODIUM, LECTURN and spoke to the crowd.

As he spoke, he hit the PODIUM, LECTURN so hard with his fist that it wobbled.

PORE, POUR yourself another cup of chamomile tea.

He could hardly wait to get home from the bookstore and PORE, POUR over his new textbooks.

The mountain path ended abruptly at a PRECIPITATE, PRECIPITOUS cliff.

With his fake British accent, his curled moustache and his bowler hat, he struck some of the audience as a PORTENTIOUS, PRETENTIOUS fop.

The prisoner gave the witness a PORTENTIOUS, PRETENTIOUS look, dripping with the threat of retribution.

Her friendliness was all PRETENSE, PRETEXT. Once she had what she wanted, she treated me coldly.

Her questions about my family were a PRETENSE, PRETEXT for finding out if my brother was still unmarried.

The controversial high school PRINCIPAL, PRINCIPLE was questioned by the school board.

She opposes war on PRINCIPAL, PRINCIPLE.

The internet is the PRINCIPAL, PRINCIPLE medium of instruction in some courses.

He was sent to PRISON/JAIL for a week for failing to pay parking tickets.

After being convicted of embezzlement, she was sentenced to five years in PRISON, JAIL.

I lay PRONE, SUPINE with my face on the floor.

I lay PRONE, SUPINE on the grass, watching the clouds.

The president's PROSTATE, PROSTRATE operation brought national attention to male health problems.

Prisoners were forced to PROSTATE, PROSTRATE themselves before their captors.

The general sent tanks to QUELL, QUENCH the protest.

Tanker planes dropped loads of water in an attempt to QUELL, QUENCH the wildfire.

I had to RACK, WRACK my brain to remember where I had left the keys.

In his most oratorical tones, he declaimed, "We are all going to RACK, WRACK and ruin!"

John Rosemond writes an advice column on how to RAISE, REAR, RAZE children.

As a child, she used to RAISE, REAR, RAZE chickens.

The demolition crew arrived to RAISE, REAR, RAZE the condemned building.

Hurricanes periodically RAVAGE, RAVISH the crowded islands.

After sacking Troy, the Greek soldiers RAVAGED, RAVISHED the Trojan women.

He was RELUCTANT, RETICENT to take advantage of his opponent's weakness.

Though talkative among friends, he was RELUCTANT, RETICENT in public.

At the outdoor fair, the unexpected sounds, exotic foods, and profusion of flowers provided a SENSUOUS, SENSUAL experience.

Some ascetics argue that the only alternative to a strict life of self-denial is a life of surrendering to SENSUOUS, SENSUAL excesses.

Every student reporter should write about the city SEWAGE, SEWERAGE system.

The pipe burst and released raw SEWAGE, SEWERAGE into a nearby pond.

SINCE, BECAUSE it was raining, we postponed our walk.

SINCE, BECAUSE I was last here, it has rained three times.

The old motel had one slightly larger room that it called the Royal SUIT, SUITE.

An experienced traveler, he packed only one SUIT, SUITE for the trip.

The TEMPERATURE, WEATHER dropped 20 degrees.

The TEMPERATURE, WEATHER grew unseasonably warm.

The car ____________ was running yesterday, will not start today.
(In considering this sentence, imagine that we have only one car, and it won't start.)

The car THAT, WHICH was running yesterday will not start today.
(In considering this sentence, imagine that we have ten cars. Only one of them ran yesterday. Today it does not start.)

THEIR, THERE, THEY'RE about to start the contest.

I miss Paris. I wish I could be THEIR, THERE, THEY'RE now.

Some people forget THEIR, THERE, THEY'RE manners.