He cranked up the volume to 11.

Sparks of sunlight caught on a loveliness of ladybirds that had floated into the waiting room through an open door.

The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again; for, even after she had conquered her love for the Celebrity, the mortification of having been jilted by him remained.

a drug deal gone bad, a robbery gone bad