Braingle: 'Homonym Sentences' Brain Teaser

Homonym Sentences

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Puzzle ID:	#14816
Fun:	(3.25)
Difficulty:	(1.9)
Category:	Language
Submitted By:	Bobbrt
Corrected By:	cnmne

The blanks in the following sentences will be filled in with three different homonyms (words that are spelled differently but sound alike) to make valid sentences. The dashes indicate the number of letters in the words. Can you fill in the blanks?

1. The cut on his _ _ _ _ won't _ _ _ _ in time for the race, so _ _ '_ _ have to drop out.
2. The man was so upset about being _ _ _ _ that he regularly _ _ _ _ _ _ himself up on the bed and _ _ _ _ _ _ his eyes out.
3. I couldn't _ _ _ _ _ any of the _ _ _ _ _ _ in the flower shop, because for some strange reason I had 50 _ _ _ _ _ crammed up my nose.
4. A bloodthirsty pirate will wander the _ _ _ _ and essentially _ _ _ _ _ everything he _ _ _ _.

Answer

1. The cut on his HEEL won't HEAL in time for the race, so HE'LL have to drop out.
2. The man was so upset about being BALD that he regularly BALLED himself up on the bed and BAWLED his eyes out.
3. I couldn't SENSE any of the SCENTS in the flower shop, because for some strange reason I had 50 CENTS crammed up my nose.
4. A bloodthirsty pirate will wander the SEAS and essentially SEIZE everything he SEES.
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Comments

Smithy Oct 18, 2003	In the answer for number 3 it says room rather than flower shop. Mistake aside, nice teaser
brainjelly Oct 20, 2003	I really enjoyed this puzzle, although I wasn't able to figure out #2. Great job!
(user deleted) Oct 20, 2003	I really liked this one... except the 50 cents part ... not very realistic. ... good job nonetheless
BrenBeadSP Oct 21, 2003	I loved number 2, about the bald man - it made me giggle. Thanks!
mrazmerized Oct 22, 2003	Very fun, I have one question and anyone can answer, how do you do the little symboles in ur name?
mrazmerized Oct 22, 2003	Very fun, I have one question and anyone can answer, how do you do the little symboles in ur name?.. Like the happy faces and stars...?
Goat Oct 18, 2004	Interesting... And mrazmerized, you can click on the symbols and it will tell you what they are.
I_am_the_Omega Oct 18, 2004	Nice. 1 and 4 were very easy, but couldn't get 2 or 4. But 4 was "ok" and 2 was meh... really liked four though
I_am_the_Omega Oct 18, 2004	Nice. 1 and 4 were very easy, but couldn't get 2 or 3. But 3 was "ok" and 2 was meh... really liked four though
I_am_the_Omega Oct 18, 2004	Nice. 1 and 4 were very easy, but couldn't get 2 or 3. But 3 was "ok" and 2 was meh... really liked four though
Chelsie Oct 18, 2004	Well I'm glad to see I'm not the only bloke with 50 CENTS CRAMMED UP MY NOSE! Otherwise I enjoyed this one!
craftymom2896 Oct 18, 2004	This one was cool. I like playing around with words.
Mogmatt16 Oct 18, 2004	This teaser is OK. I don't see how it is rated so high, however.
gnosys Oct 21, 2004	1. He _ _ _ _ the _ _ _ was _ _ _, but what else had changed at the zoo? 2. The play_ _ _ _ _ _ went to mass because he intended to _ _ _ _ _ about the _ _ _ _ and he wanted to get it _ _ _ _ _. 3. _ _ now it was clear that he wasn't going to get a good _ _ _ on the car, so he said good _ _ _ and left. 4. _ _ _ to the _ _ _ we don't need to _ _ any watering this morning. 5. With an animal hatred of apartheid, the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ down on the _ _ _ _.
gnosys Oct 21, 2004	In #5 above, the first eight blanks were supposed to be two separate words of four letters each.
marigold Feb 12, 2005	I got the first one right... That's good, isn't it?
waffle Mar 18, 2005	really fun teaser
waffle Mar 18, 2005	really fun teaser
dsquared Apr 27, 2005	A great teaser. Loved it.
smarty_blondy Oct 09, 2005	Very well done, keep them coming!
redraptor50 Oct 18, 2005	I loved this one, although #2 stumped me a little until I figured it out, fun teaser
NTaliesen Oct 18, 2005	Very enjoyable and decently challenging, Thank you
solidgordy Oct 18, 2005	These were fun, I got them all, but I thought it was fun. Maybe you could do more. The other guy above: I liked yours too, I got them all also, but they were maybe a little harder. I've been thinking lately that many Tesers of the Day could be either longer, harder, or both, but they all are good and fun.
pawz73 Oct 18, 2005	Hooray! Loved it. Yeah, I got it and maybe that's why I loved it so much, cuz most of these teasers stump me. Still think this is a good one. Words can be such a trip.
CHICANA812 Oct 18, 2005	loved it!
kimberlykay Oct 18, 2005	Nice work...some people are so critical though. I have come to notice this in the past several days, and am a relatively new to Braingle. I wonder if the critics ever realize the thought and the effort put into this. Though some may be short and/or easy, the submitter takes time out of his/her day for our enjoyment. Thank You!!!
prettysharp45 Oct 18, 2005	I liked this one. It was pretty easy to do, but it made for a fun break in my day. Thanks!
cleothemuse Oct 18, 2005	Not terribly challenging, but quite enjoyable!
mekaboo27 Oct 18, 2005	It is funny that this is on here today because I was just helping my dauhgter with her homework last night and she had to do alot of these. It took awhile but we got them. I was still going from last night so it was very easy to get it today. Good one!!!!
mo_5603 Oct 18, 2005	really enjoyed that one. Didn't get all of them, but had a fun time trying.
aweisgrau2 Oct 18, 2005	that was fun
nstock Oct 18, 2005	Fun "puns". Trouble is, like most puns they don't translate well - even across the Atlantic. HEnce I got 1 & 4, but struggled with 2 (becauseof the way i would pronounce bald), and 3 (what is a cent ;-> ). Still I enjoyed them all!!
quantumpbrane Oct 18, 2005	really good one. loved it.
Aarghonauts Oct 18, 2005	Tres bien We likes!! We put in favorites We thank you. We go now
christine77 Oct 18, 2005	This was a fun one, I only got one right but Im not patient enough to try to figure them out!!
sweetmama Oct 18, 2005	I loved this one, maybe because I got them all right away!!! Great teaser, keep 'em coming!!
jaydeco Oct 18, 2005	THAT WAS A GOOD ONE!
JudgeJosh Oct 18, 2005	Really good!! Number one was easy, but the others were a bit more challenging!
Zobeg Oct 18, 2005	This one was awesome. I liked this one a lot. I only got two of them though
graffiti_cave Oct 18, 2005	That was really well thought out! But I must say, I didn't even want to attempt to figure it out . Wow! That's good stuff!
realm2346 Oct 18, 2005	Great teaser!!!!! I didn't get #2 , though. i really like playing with words. I'll be sure to add this to my favorites. Yesterday's teaser was good too, even if it was easy. The Christmas song teaser was pretty hard, though. Well, it made me think of how much we ignore the lyrics of common Christmas songs. Hard or not, if someone takes the time to write them, that's good enough for me.
kkobes Oct 18, 2005	I love a challenge! Great job.
mrtickles Oct 18, 2005	Easy, but I like the easy ones--if I can't get it in 10 seconds I give up.
halfmoonscott Oct 18, 2005	This was OK, but REALLY 50 cents up your nose. Just a tad unrealistic don't you think. What's next, an eggplant in your ear?
lynx Oct 18, 2005	great teaser! I had a fun time trying to figure them out! (Even though I only got one completely right)
learnbyosmosis Oct 18, 2005	I loved it. 1 and 4 were easy, but I thought smell instead of scent on 2 and didn't even get close on 3. And I'm sure if you really, really, really tried you could get 50 cents up your nose. It might hurt though.
learnbyosmosis Oct 18, 2005	sorry, I thought smell instead of scent on 3, and didn't even come close on 2.
lindquist_25 Oct 18, 2005	That was really cute. Definately one of my favorites!
POPS Oct 18, 2005	I got NO 1 and 4 I dont understand the 50 cent up my nose bit It was fun trying !!!!!! Good job
POPS Oct 18, 2005	I got NO 1 and 4 I dont understand the 50 cent up my nose bit It was fun trying !!!!!! Good job
congbyrd Oct 18, 2005	hey, GREAT teaser!!! (great job thinking of one too!!!)
talkinghands Oct 18, 2005	I liked it, 3 was hard. The one in the comments, got all but one of them, will you post the answers please?
bluehawk Oct 18, 2005	Good teaser. I liked it. #1, 3,4 were easy. #2 well I didn't get it till I read the answer. The best one was #4. Theres something about pirates I like. Maybe I was male and a pirate in my previous life. Thanks for the Teasers, keep them coming.
bluehawk Oct 18, 2005	Good teaser. I liked it. #1, 3,4 were easy. #2 well I didn't get it till I read the answer. The best one was #4. Theres something about pirates I like. Maybe I was male and a pirate in my previous life. Thanks for the Teasers, keep them coming.
jabdr Oct 18, 2005	I love this kind of teaser. Only got 1 and 4 but will try harder. I got all but #1 of gnosys, what was it, Solid?
halfmoonscott Oct 18, 2005	What the heck is it with so many people posting their comments twice?
paintballa944 Oct 18, 2005	Very creative. I loved it. I got 1 & 4 because they were the easiest. Good job!!!
Lady_Lani Oct 18, 2005	Good job! I only got number one and four But it was fun.
Dwpsnoboarder Oct 18, 2005	very good, i got the heal one and the balled one.
Dwpsnoboarder Oct 18, 2005	very good, i got the heal one and the balled one.
Tangle Oct 18, 2005	I only got the first one, i'm brain dead tonight!
Haylie1506 Oct 18, 2005	I only got the first one right. My brain is fried...I just finished my homework...
pkpatmc Oct 18, 2005	I got 1 and 4 easily but not the other two. It was fun. Thanks.
AnaM Oct 18, 2005	This was a really good one. But I didn't get any of it.
shgaard Oct 19, 2005	Good one! And hey, on Tonight Show one night there was a guy who shoved like $2.75 in quarters up his nose! So not too unrealistic for some.
cornfused Oct 19, 2005	Very good. Thank you for the fun. Got them all, and got all of the one from that person in the comments. On a roll tonite. Thanks again.
cuteandditzy Oct 19, 2005	Iactually got them all. It was alot of fun.
gotabody Oct 19, 2005	It was fun figuring out. I got all but 2. Balled on the bed??? i dont get it
suganue Oct 20, 2005	I thought that teaser was great. It was a great way to get my brain a ticking. what is the answer to #5 homonym sentence from the comments.
Maggirl23 Oct 27, 2005	the first two i got but had trouble with the other ones, very funny. good job
SPUTNIK2 Mar 09, 2006	Theres always one sour apple in the batch, your teaser was very good, I liked it alot! thanks
Trishgal Oct 18, 2006	Made me smile. Good night all.Teaser was good .thx.
coachpisco Oct 18, 2006	I got 2 and 3, but 1 and 4 were difficult. Very good teaser.
bradon182001 Oct 18, 2006	I got 1 and 4 but 2 & 3 were a toss up, so I tossed in the towel and looked at the answer. Not any of my guesses. Good teaser, it sure teased me.
flamehead Oct 18, 2006	Very fun I loved it!
schmedley9 Oct 18, 2006	GREAT JOB!!! LOVED IT. ESCPECIALLY THE ONE ABOUT THE FLOWER SHOP AND THE MONEY STUCK UP HIS NOSE.
kman613 Oct 18, 2006	got all but the balled one... couldn't get that one for some reason...
locutus13ds Oct 18, 2006	Got 1 and 4 But had trouble with 2 &3. Good one though!
rhmaustin Oct 18, 2006	Got 'em all. Why is every comment marked "This is offensive" today? I'm certainly not offended.
MalcolmReynolds Oct 18, 2006	Got 1, 2 and 4, three was hard! I thought of sense right before I decided to check the answer and decided that couldn't be it! Lol.
justhattie Oct 18, 2006	More! More! More! I love this puzzle. Got them all right within about two minutes - writing the answers so I wouldn't be able to cheat. Great game. Love words. Love puzzles. Love homonyms!
saleprice Oct 18, 2006	Loved these, got 1 & 4 right had no patience for 2 & 3 tho` had to peek,,, LOL. Thx for the fun send us more pls
cleothemuse Oct 18, 2006	Not bad... but you are incorrect about many of these being homonyms. When pronounced with proper diction, "bald" and "bawled" are two very different words... as are "sense" and "scents".
marschie Oct 18, 2006	Great teaser today! More, please!
jcann Oct 18, 2006	I love these language teasers! Cleothmuse, I wish I coud hear you pronounce these words. When I say them, I say them exactly the same. I don't know what the proper diction is. And wihen I look them up in my newest Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary the pronunciation respellings are exacatly the same for each word in each pair. That makes them homonyms in my book.
jcann Oct 18, 2006	exactly--excuse the typo
feste Oct 18, 2006	I didn't get #3, and think the 50 cents up the nose hilarious. By the way #2 must have been a "girlie man."
foreverfree Oct 18, 2006	that was great, but i have a question. it was about a year ago when i started looking at these daily teasers every day, and is it just me, or do you other people remember these from a year ago... i don't have time to go through all the teasers, i just look the the daily one, so it would be great if the staff or whoever could change them and not make the same ones come up every year... i'm not compaining, just offering a suggestion....
speedqueenkmw Oct 18, 2006	great! more please
POPS Oct 18, 2006	Good one BUT the 50 cent one really baffled me
Blondie116 Oct 18, 2006	Great Teaser
angelacd Oct 18, 2006	i like this teaser a lot, good job.
RRAMMOHAN Oct 18, 2006	Got 1 and 4 easily but 2 and 3 left me puzzled. Good teaser, though.
tdbrsun Oct 18, 2006	good work. It was fun.
FeaerFactorY666 Oct 18, 2006	nice!
scallio Oct 18, 2006	So funny! Laughed out loud when I got to the guy who couldn't smell because "for some strange reason he had 50 cents crammed" up his nose! Bald guy crying was pretty funny too.
lmurray Oct 19, 2006	TOO MANY REPEATS!! WO BU XIHUAN!
luvdoritos706 Oct 19, 2006	nice one......crazy
vlerma Oct 28, 2006	This one became a tongue twister before it was over. Liked it very much. Nice job and more please?
solarsistim321 Nov 11, 2006	Very clever, deserves a big 3 pointer!
Qrystal Nov 18, 2006	I had fun with this, this morning, and like most of the crowd I struggled most with #2. I couldn't think of anything sounding like 'bawled' that was anything worth crying over. Men without hair rock, by the way.
jennsingergirl Aug 20, 2007	Cute! But number 3 was kinda gross. LOL. =)
Stack1607 Oct 18, 2009	Great teaser.. But like everyone else, I couldn't figure out #2... THNX
patiencewithaP Oct 18, 2009	Fun teaser even though I couldn't figure out #2.
auntiesis Oct 18, 2009	Easy, but very well thought out. Really good job. On a scale of 1 to 10 I give it an 11.
wordmama Oct 18, 2009	I'm usually good at this kind of teaser (note my 'handle'), but not this time! I got 1 & 4 very handily, but 2 & 3 I hadn't a clue. Thx to the poster for his/her hard work.
precious1026 Oct 18, 2009	i did get the first one correct, but it was difficult to find an answer for the others. The Teaser was corrected, but I thought the Teaser was fun and in good taste.
hubbamutt777 Oct 18, 2009	inly got #1. great job on the teaser. yah, i agree that the braingle ppl should send out different ones each day, each year.
hubbamutt777 Oct 18, 2009	*only-excuse the typo.
MajorAlan Oct 18, 2009	Sometimes with these teasers, it's easier to work backwards from the parts you can figure out. For instance, I quickly got bawled his eyes out, which allowed to to figure out he was balled up on the bed so of course the missing word had to be hairless. Excellent puzzle!
avonma Oct 20, 2009	That was fun! I didn't get everything figured out; but it was still fun!
HABS2933 Oct 18, 2012	Being a "word nerd" I absolutely loved this teaser. Anyone can come up with sentences that have two homonyms in them, but to be able to come up with so many with three blanks and still have them make sense, is impressive. The examples in the comment above were also fun to get.
gaylewolf Oct 18, 2012	I enjoyed it, too - this is one of my favorite type of teaser. Thanks!
iggy39 Oct 18, 2012	I really really like it. I did better on gnosys one though. LOL look at the year that was posted. Hope that person is still with Briangle. Fun n clever.
jklv Oct 20, 2012	Great puzzle - well done, but I have to take exception with the title. These are not homonyms. Homonyms are words that are spelled the same but have different meanings. Words that sound the same are called "homophones."
MoMoney638 Mar 26, 2013	I was thinking of pedal, peddle and petal.. Nice quiz. Thanks.