[Q]: How does the sentence end?

He preferred to wear a lot of accessories instead of having many different shirts, because he thought the

[A]: shirts were dull.

[Q]: How does the sentence end?

The good friend made donations, instead of sending flowers for the funeral. He knew the

[A]: flowers would be wasteful.

[Q]: How does the sentence end?

I took the cookies out of their box and put them into the cookie jar until the

[A]:
jar was full.