I grew tired / weary of marking my graduating class’s formulaic situational writing emails.

So, I decided to switch tasks. Buoyed / uplifted by determination, I looked cursorily / hastily through my notes and extracted 12 collocations related to the -ous suffix.

It took me some time, but I managed to capitalise on / leverage ChatGPT to create a magnificent / wonderful poster.

My guilt is assuaged / relieved because I went the extra mile / went out of my way to create something value-added for my fourth graders.