Some of the boulders were teetery and tippety and some were not and you never knew which was which until you stepped on or grabbed one.

Playing pinball requires total concentration, the right combination of skill and chance, a mastery of indeterminacy as the ball moves across the playboard and interacts with bumpers and cushions.

Eventually his long stories became tiresome.

The Egyptian tomb remained unlooted until its discovery in the early twentieth century.