The family was ___ by their dog that someone was trying to brake into the house.
alerted
He spends hours ______ out the window when he should be working.
gazing
________the money to his chest, he hurried to the bank.
clutching
He was ____ by the alarm clock.
awakened
The coastal resorts are ______in winter.
deserted
He seems to be losing his _____.
nerve
Look at the ____ at that store window! They look so real.
dummies
The vaccine _____ after 10 years.
wears off
She always keeps me up to date with the latest _____.
gossip
Tom Cruise has performed his own _____ for Mission Impossible.
stunts
The woman _____ while on her way home from work.
vanished
She's been in the ____recently, following the release of her controversial new film.
limelight