| Was infected with | 17 |
| Was influential | 15 |
| Was infomed | 11 |
| Was informed | 12 |
| Was informed of | 15 |
| Was ingrained | 13 |
| Was injured | 11 |
| Was inquisitive | 15 |
| Was insistent | 13 |
| Was interested | 14 |
| Was intimidated by | 18 |
| Was into | 8 |
| Was introduced to | 17 |
| Was intuitively certain | 23 |
| Was inventive, and then some | 28 |
| Was irate | 9 |
| Was irritated and made some noise about it? | 43 |
| Was irritating to hear | 22 |
| Was irritating, in a way | 24 |
| Was jealous of | 14 |
| Was jerky | 9 |
| Was jubilant | 12 |
| Was just asking for a citation | 30 |
| Was just fine | 13 |
| Was just getting started | 24 |
| Was just what was needed | 24 |
| Was king | 8 |
| Was knighted | 12 |
| Was known as, in the society pages | 34 |
| Was Kong Fay's? | 19 |
| Was lachrymose | 14 |
| Was lacking | 11 |
| Was laden with | 14 |
| Was laid up | 11 |
| Was late to an appointment at the cosmetician? | 46 |
| Was left idle | 13 |
| Was left on base | 16 |
| Was left out, facetiously | 25 |
| Was less than perfect | 21 |
| Was less than warm toward | 25 |
| Was liable, with "for" | 32 |
| Was like | 8 |
| Was like a bell | 15 |
| Was like a lark with laryngitis? | 32 |
| Was like-minded | 15 |
| Was linked with | 15 |
| Was liquefied | 13 |
| Was livid | 9 |
| Was logical | 11 |
| Was logically consistent | 24 |
| Was long-winded | 15 |
| Was lost in thought | 19 |
| Was loud | 8 |
| Was loud in bed? | 16 |
| Was lousy | 9 |
| Was lucid | 9 |
| Was lured in | 12 |
| Was mad for | 11 |
| Was malicious toward | 20 |
| Was malodorous | 14 |
| Was manic | 9 |
| Was married to an Amazon? | 25 |
| Was master | 10 |
| Was meddlesome | 14 |
| Was melodramatic | 16 |
| Was mendacious | 14 |
| Was mentioned | 13 |
| Was mentioned, as a name | 24 |
| Was merciful | 12 |
| Was merciful to | 15 |
| Was merciful, in a way | 22 |
| Was miserable | 13 |
| Was missing | 11 |
| Was mistaken | 12 |
| Was mopey | 9 |
| Was more important than | 23 |
| Was more than inventive | 23 |
| Was more than miffed | 20 |
| Was more than misleading | 24 |
| Was more than nice to, with "on" | 42 |
| Was moribund | 12 |
| Was mortified, hyperbolically | 29 |
| Was most irate | 14 |
| Was moved, perhaps | 18 |
| WAS MR. GIBSON HATCHED DOWN UNDER? NO, ___ IN PEEKSKILL | 55 |
| Was much bigger than | 20 |
| Was nasty to | 12 |
| Was natural and unrestrained, slangily | 38 |
| Was naturally present | 21 |
| Was nearly as good as | 21 |
| Was nearly depleted | 19 |
| Was nearly out of stock | 23 |
| Was nervous | 11 |
| Was nervy enough | 16 |
| Was next to | 11 |
| Was nice to the baby sitter | 27 |
| Was nice to the babysitter | 26 |
| Was no dummy | 12 |
| Was no more | 11 |
| Was noisy at night | 18 |