Crime, Mysteries & Thrillers discussion

The first person (me) delivers a sentence that suggests BOTH words that make up a pair of homonyms.

The next person answers that clue and then provides a similar sentence of their own, suggesting two more homonyms.

EXAMPLE:

Sentence: We went on a trip during which we decided to toss our computer.

Answer: Junket/junk it

So here we go...

Sentence: I have a tenant right now who is always on edge...

Boarder/border

Sentence:

I am bound to watch the ocean come in.

Tied/tide

I am viewing ursidae skyclad

Bear/bare

I am completely religious at the moment.

Wholly/holy

I killed my brother with a walking stick.

Cain/Cane


My mother's sister is such a pest!

Aunt/ant

Gosh, did I forget the homonym part????!!!!!! Try again...

Aunt/Ant

I am able to look over a vast expanse of blueness.

See/Sea

My neck began to ache as I watched the eagle ascend over the mountains.

Sore/soar

It could take hours for me to grow that herb.

Time/thyme

After carrying that bucket you look pretty washed out.

Hair/hare

Pail/Pale

I would perish before I would color my hair.

Die/dye

I know only a few people who are capable of finding out the answer to that math problem.

Some/sum

The group of military cadets worked on their abdominal section.

Naval/Navel


She complained about her husband as she nursed the drink in her hand.

Hah! Actually I was thinking of corps/core, Freda, but I cannot begin to claim you were off the mark. Good one.

Whine/wine

I might shadow you to see just what kind of financial investment you invest in.

Stalk/Stock (haha, thank you Jefferey!)


He gave me several letters.

Male/mail

"Those aquatic mammals are incredible!" she exults.

Whale\wail

"It's a basic truth, an essential law!" exclaimed the school's headmaster.

Principal/principle

Eat too much of that refuse and it mught go straight to your midsection.

Waste/waist

(I like this game; it really makes me think!) - that's not the sentence.....

His exalted seat didn't save him when the first pitch was hurled.

Great one Linda! Throne/thrown

The first part of the play was looked at but rejected.

Scene\seen

I will listen at this exact spot.

Hear/here

I store my money in a secret location.

Cash/cache

This is one of the primary states in New England.

Main/Maine

That tool you use to shred the cheese is terrific!

Grate(r)/great

I told my friend how well her scarf completed her outfit.

compliment/complement

My wallet is very skinny now that I was too lazy to return my library books.

Linda:

Bare/bear?

My wallet is BARE now that I couldn't BEAR to return my library books?

I was thinking lacks/lax but that one works just as well!

Let's see how this goes.

I don't need wool since I'll be wearing a translucent dress.

Shear/sheer

Sitting on a stack of hay, I contemplated how I would come up with the money needed to get him out of prison.

Bale/bail

I paid money for the bus ride to a county festival.

Fare/fair

I think we should pilfer some strong metal from that yard over there.

Steal/Steel


Thou shalt not chase after the female sheep.

You/ewe

The instructor teaching my class has a very rough manner.

course/coarse



The big apes in the jungle did not like the villainous trespassers.

Gorillas/guerillas

(Whew -- I needed a friend to help me with that one, Freda)

Replacing that portion of the window caused my shoulder to ache.

Pane/Pain (*smiles* Wouldn't be fun if it was too easy Jeffrey)

The young girl sat motionless as she wrote of her troubles on her favorite pink note paper, to her grandmother.

stationary/stationery

Are you going to consume the entire center of that donut?

whole/hole


The janitor saw how disarranged the office had become and therefore felt required to clean it up.

Mussed/must


He is my false enemy.

Wow, very good Linda.

Faux/foe

We need to strategize our trip around the world.

Project/project? (Pro ject')

On the corner over there, one structure will be torn down and another one built.

Linda: Actually, the answer was:

Plan it/planet

To yours: razed/raised

"She shot off the fiery projectile with great elan."

flare/flair

If you don't tell that horse to stop, you'll be in deep doodoo.

Whoa/woe

She got well but then got pelted with ice particles.

Hale/hail

I pursued the virginal maiden down the street.

Chased/chaste

"I'm not so certain you can compare that to something that is derived from algae."