Select the appropriate option to complete the following sentence with…

The correct answer is Option (3) → among themselves

Complete sentence: The four judges of the rangoli contest could not agree on a winner, so they discussed the entries among themselves for nearly an hour. The four judges talked over the entries with one another before naming a winner.

Option	Form and use	Example
(1) with themselves	follows feeling words such as angry or pleased to show how people feel about their own selves	The players were angry with themselves for losing an easy match.
(2) within themselves	means inside their own minds or hearts	The tired climbers found fresh strength within themselves for the last stretch.
(3) among themselves (answer)	means with each other, inside the group; used for a group of more than two	The five friends shared the prize money among themselves.
(4) to themselves	shows something said only to one’s own self or kept from others	The workers muttered to themselves about the late salary.