Sentences for practice

Our police force is perennially (=perpetually; constantly) under-resourced

Death is a perennially popular subject with the clergy.
The perennial problem of clean water shortage has never been a top priority of any dispensation.
Corruption is a perennial theme in politics.
Caste and corruption are perennial themes of any election in India.


The crippling (=damaging) energy crunch has hit the poor

The crippling debts of Pakistan benefitted the government officials, not the poor.

Unrestrained military spending is crippling Pakistan and India.

Due to crippling energy bills, the common man finds difficult to make both ends meet.

The government should rein in runaway (=out of control) prices

Runaway inflation affects the have-nots.

The runaway success of Dr Qadri's rally has upset those who are afraid of the call to revolution.

Most of us are runaway slaves of our Lord.

Mr Sharif touted his government's attempts to facilitate talks between the Afghan Taliban and the Karzai government.

tout
praise; advertise
She's being touted as the next leader of the party.
Barely a year ago, such firms were touted as immune to an economic slowdown.
Their much-touted expansion plans have come to nothing.

antonym: understate

Vegetable prices quadruple overnight.

quadruple
increase fourfold
Sales have quadrupled in the last five years.
The number of students at the college has quadrupled in the last ten years.
We expect to quadruple our profits this year.


antonym: decrease