He’s an influential figure but has a reclusive personality.

She spent her final, reclusive years in a humble two-story cottage, writing her memoir.

I grabbed two bottles of cough syrup for Julian on my way home, and watched him force down the red, thick concoction.

It says on the package that it’s a healthy meat alternative, but if you look at the ingredients, you can easily see that it’s a garbage concoction made out of harmful chemicals.

I’m tinkering with the numbers here. Something must have gone awry–the formula is rendering a negative constant.

Dad said he’d become an inventor and has been tinkering with his bike in the garage since then. I have no idea what he’s really up to.

My partner started a sardine business last year, which broke even at the operating level this year.

Breaking even is not as easy as you might think, especially when the upfront costs are huge.

The plaintiff, in this case, is up for an uphill battle since they have to prove that the defendant’s fraudulent claims have inflicted financial damage on the plaintiff and that the defendant made these claims with malicious intent.

The court upheld the plaintiff’s claim for damage.

The onset of recession led to a stampede of investors pulling out of the market.

Last year, there was a nationwide grocery store stampede caused by people trying to stockpile food items.