This is a participle. It cannot be a gerund, because gerunds have a nominal or adjectival meaning (for example, Swimming is fun - swimming would be a gerund). The -ing form itself is not a 'verb phrase', but 'sneezing uncontrollably' is. So if we are looking only at 'sneezing', the answer is 'participle'.
Answer:
Make a desperate attempt at saving oneself. For example, He had lost the argument, but he kept grasping at straws, naming numerous previous cases that had little to do with this one. This metaphoric expression alludes to a drowning person trying to save himself by grabbing at flimsy reeds.
be in such a desperate situation as to resort to even the most unlikely means of salvation.
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Rip Van Winkle and his wife often got into; termagants. Thus, option "C" is correct.
<h3>What is the story "Rip Van Winkle" by Washington Irving?</h3>
In the story "Rip Van Winkle" by Washington Irving, Dame Van Winkle is the wife of the main character Rip Van Winkle. Though there is really no direct characterization of the wife in the story, the narrator mentions her a lot. She is the nagging wife whose constant complaints and a barrage of words led to her husband escaping to the woods. And though she may complain, we find no evidence of her ever changed behaviour or any change about her really. So, she is a static character.
Thus, option "C" is correct.
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