“Lola,” she whispered, and could not deny the strange elation she felt. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“I remember you said something strange, on Svalbard, on the mountaintop, just before you left our world,” she went on. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

There were often strange cars parked outside her father's place. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

It even looked as if somebody else had been briefly moved in, then out again, leaving a strange drink can in the fridge. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

His face was arresting, sensitive, medieval in some strange inexplicable way, and I was reminded of a portrait seen in a gallery I had forgotten where, of a certain Gentleman Unknown. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He wants to strangle me but can smell the strange confidence that dresses everything I say. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

It was then, squinting through the smudged glass, that Roy spotted the strange boy running along the sidewalk. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Through the leather, the hard metal corners of the strange object dug into her palm. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Except for the odd ones about television and bravery, they had seemed easy, but perhaps he was such a strange bird that he had misunderstood everything. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

At that moment a strange loneliness took hold. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Tipping the strange box on its side, she studied the gold clasps that held it closed. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He seemed raised above them by this strange exemption and all honored him for it, except one only, Loki. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the first things Cootie said when I met him was, “You don’t act strange around me cause I’m black. You’re not from around here.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“It seems strange, don’t it, Jenny, that the sickness struck the three of them and passed over the rest of us?” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you think it’s strange how quiet the streets are?” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Next to it was a five-gallon specimen bottle of thick glass containing the strangest beast I had ever seen. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

It seemed strange to announce Look at me, I’m writing! but then again, writers were quite strange. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

It was strange sleeping in the barn with all those soldiers and it felt a lot less safe than you might have thought, given how many guns were around. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

There is a strange frozen violence in a forest out of season. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

I envied them, and found them attractive; moreover this strange quality, far from being natural, gave every indication of having been intensely cultivated. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I would stay awake at night, even after the candle was snuffed, listening for any strange sounds that might suggest eating. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet here, in this strange bleak wilderness of rock and ice, it was not hard to believe. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Aquilla, standing on the stage, looks calm, almost serene—strange for a girl holding the ax that’s to take off her best friend’s head. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Lorraine Daston has distinguished what she calls ‘strange facts’ from ‘plain facts’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“I feel a little sorry for him,” Jonas said, “even though I don’t even know him. I feel sorry for anyone who is in a place where he feels strange and stupid.” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Booth rode over to the Kirkwood House, where he accomplished his strangest errand of the day. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

For one strange second, the image of my own face had leaped to the front of a long series of jumbled thoughts, then disappeared, like a photo drifting into dark water. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

This was so unlike me, it felt strange. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

His voice sounded strange, yet musical, like a plucked violin. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

His voice had a strange, almost wistful quality to it. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Not a bit. I only came here because I don’t know many people and felt rather strange at first, you know.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

The creature was utterly strange, not like anything they had ever known, and yet when it looked at them, some kind of recognition passed between them. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was scary that Mom had said, “You have to fix this. Or so help me, I will” to some strange person—Joe?—at three a.m. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I got the strange feeling that there was a lot more under the surface than what Sahil was saying. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

That year, 1831, when Harriet regarded herself as sufficiently grown up to wear a bandanna, she kept hearing a strange, fascinating story, told and retold, in the quarter, in the fields. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The princely clothes he wore were strange to him, the stones he stood on were unfamiliar, the very air he breathed was alien; he was not himself, not the self he had been. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

But every once in a while things would come into my mind, not like a thought but like a picture, and I felt a little strange about that. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

And what was this strange woman doing in our garden anyway? The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

This is going to be a very strange week, he realized. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The strange figure was closer; it had grown into a giant! Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“I find it strange that you have not even asked for my name,” Ignatius snorted. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It felt a little strange to be going out into the dark with such a small grown-up. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

It’s pretty strange to be sitting across from someone over a pile of shattered desk pieces. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

The moonlight was bright and everything around me that had seemed strange and threatening was now beautiful. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thomas thought that was strange, but apparently there wasn’t enough room inside the Homestead. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Those early months at the Cottages had been a strange time in our friendship. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s strange: the sidewalks look brand-new, and the redbrick street makes him wonder if the road will lead him to a wizard who can send him back home. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

It was strange, always I made the trip with them and now I would be here to greet them as they arrived. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Now I understand what seemed so strange to me!’ said Pippin, shuddering at his memories as he spoke. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

They held their strange heads up proudly, looking both exotic and somehow kindly. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

When he unintentionally sniffed up some of the mist, he had the strangest desire to tie a knot. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

One night, he came home late and in a strange mood. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He returned from work late and barely ate, sitting in that same strange, troubled gloom. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

They moved like one creature, huge strange machine. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had a glass, wrote Daft Donald, but Tam Lin came up to me and said, “Don’t drink it, laddie. I’ve got a strange feeling about this wine. ’’And so I didn’t. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s strange to feel this man’s breath on my neck, his fingers on my scalp. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

The strange sheen on their bark makes me want to hug the tree closest to me, but my arms would never reach around its stout trunk. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

A creature of strange and changing shape has appeared from nowhere. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was the strange thing: arguing was all they ever did. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Ever since our foreheads had touched, looking at Colin made me feel strange. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

We know only that in some strange and melancholy way we have become a waste land. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

While he listened to her shower melody, ‘i’m as Corny as Kansas in August,” Shorty just kept on lying there, puzzled about the strange sensations buffeting his body. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly it occurred to me that I made a strange and too obvious picture there—a large Negro, standing in front of a church, absorbed in a pamphlet on racial justice. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a strange shape: a small diamond with two inverted points protruding from either side. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The name had a strange and faraway sound. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Strange in a familiar way, familiar in a strange way. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

How strange, I think—that I am in a place my parents have never been and will never see. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Could I trust this strange boy, filled with war and secrets? Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

It felt kind of strange to be back in the clutch of gravity again. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I felt strange. Because their methods were different. They were learning usages that my group hadn’t learned yet, so we felt stupid.” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

If a strange man touched me I would hit him, and I can hit people very hard. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I know...I just need some time to let it sink in. It’s strange to think that you and he...” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The lessons learned from the Great Molasses Flood give it an importance that goes well beyond its mark as a strange beginning to one of the most momentous years in the nation’s history. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

As he walked away, he wondered whether the entire family had eaten some sort of strange medicine, taken leave of their senses perhaps? The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

It was a strange but strong feeling, springing from the very depths of his life. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

A group of young women got permission from Aleksandr Gridnev to swim in a nearby river—and the following day their legs and backs were covered with strange burns. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

His face was a strange mix of proud and wistful. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“It is a sort of thing which nobody could have expected. I am sure, a month ago, I had no more idea myself!—The strangest things do take place!” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

I feel like a freak-show Cinderella, getting a strange glass slipper put on, but that image vanishes when I realize that the socket feels...good. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

His strange appearance, however, was nothing to the way he was behaving. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Let us imagine we inhabit a strange country where everyone is perfectly flat. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was strange to see them so excited about one A, since Lynnie had gotten a zillion of them. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I know it doesn’t absolve anyone of anything, but the Kabul we lived in in those days was a strange world, one in which some things mattered more than the truth. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

A strange and solemn object was that corpse to me. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

His mouth was moving, a strange little red mouth peeping out from under his bushy black mustache. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

But if a cover has spaceships or strange cities or monsters on it, I get all excited. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

A strange creature also had been seen, running with bent back and with hands near the ground, like a beast and yet not of beast-shape. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

A strange and unpleasant sensation started at Harry’s shoulder and spread all the way down to his fingertips. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

“Are you sure the business is sound? It seems strange to me that a solvent business cannot pay its employees promptly.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s as if I fell asleep ages ago and had a long, strange dream and now I’m waking up. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

In some strange way she was gleeful, as if this was what she’d been expecting for some time and now she’d been proven right. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

She even came up with a strange strip of cloth with two bags at the front to contain Nhamo’s growing breasts. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

We stopped before an expensive-looking building in a strange part of the city. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their names were as strange to me as their contents: Pinocchio, Aesop’s Fables and the fairy tales of the brothers Grimm. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

It's strange to think of her this way, as a wife making domestic decisions about the way her household is run. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

This fuzziness surrounding the rules was a strange counterpoint to the solidity of Sing Sing’s walls, the seeming immutability of the prison. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In him there was an uneasiness, and when he spoke to her his voice had a rough, strange sound. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Under the chandelier light, her red hair took on a strange, unnatural glow. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

At the time it felt terribly hurtful, terribly strange. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

I don’t think my parents would normally send me to a strange man’s house to learn how to fight with a sword, but Frank Mustilli wasn’t exactly a strange man. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I used my lovely bathroom for the first time on Sunday and, strange as it may seem, I like it better than any other place. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Because of his love of words, in a strange way, it was the language difference—English English versus American English—that started Branwell’s fascination with the au pair. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many of these fractions, the sugars and starches, the alcohols and acids, the emulsifiers and stabi lizers with the strange names, will be made into food. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

With these thoughts on my mind, I had a strange feeling earlier tonight. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The melancholy mood of evening spread along the river, and after the strange cries of birds settling to roost were gone, a strange silence fell upon the river. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

And out of the hills came a strange thing. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Who is that strange creature? I know who sportsfans is. I know who jocko is. I know who hog is. But who is this person, Mary Anne? I do not know such a person.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even if two kids didn’t get along, they usually opted for each other over the strange new girl. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Most people who live on the Hill take a strange pride in it, I’ve noticed. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

A strange thing happened to her mind then. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Where he was, he said, it was so quiet, so calm, so otherworldly and strange, that he couldn’t possibly be in danger. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

He sat down on the ground, and taking the dagger-hilt laid it on his knees, and he sang over it a slow song in a strange tongue. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

‘Salim and your Aunt Gloria have a strange relationship, Ted. For all that she nags him and he backchats her, I think they are close.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

To be in the presence of another man’s dæmon and away from his own affected Lee with a powerful throb of guilt and strange pleasure. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Indian set off at the slow trot typical of his race, and she remained in the house with the other servants, whom she feared far less than that strange individual with the courtly inclinations. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before she’d met Farmer, Haiti had seemed merely vivid—terrible and strange much of the time. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

I looked at Martin again, feeling a strange sort of pity for him. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Despite all that he had heard of him—the tales of his wickedness—he suddenly felt a strange affinity for the giant cleric. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

And this, the white wings hanging in her house, wasn’t strange at all. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a strange gaze, too, straight on and unafraid, as if apologies were no longer required. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

A strange sense of duty, not to mention a powerful curiosity, compelled him to join. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I awoke in the night with a strange, uncomfortable feeling in my 261 lower belly. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The words sound strange to me this is the first time that I’ve said them out loud. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had pursued his prosecution with a strange ferocity, while Jack turned away, vanished into his Ministry the moment he was needed. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

How strange, to encounter them again half a world away. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It seems so. strange, that two people born in Candor could end up in such different places: Dauntless, and Amity. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

These places, these people, this strange shot of freedom. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Birds started to chirp and sing in the trees and as the dawn came up we saw strange creatures in the fields, standing, looking at us. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The villagers and my uncle thought that I was strange enough with my spots, and my reading made me even stranger in their eyes and made my uncle hate me. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

There had been reports of strange, unexplained explosions. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

These were much too big for him, but he always kept them well polished—they were black leather, as black as the strange long coat that reached down to his knees. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

They were taught piano, penmanship, geography, and arithmetic, the world distilled into strange new symbols. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The strange pull she had felt before was gone. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Equally strange: The kid was wearing shorts and knee socks. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

But sickle-cell anemia must have seemed the strangest—for it was hereditary, often appeared in fits and starts, and was accompanied by sudden, wrenching bouts of pain in the bones, joints, and chest. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

There was something strange in Jen he couldn’t quite understand, that made her willing to sacrifice herself to help others. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

And they gave bread, for pity—wondering, though, at the strange man. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I wait for him to open the door, Cara gives me a strange look. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The woman looked up and gave them a smile so strange she might have been inhuman. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

When Mother finally spoke to us, it was in a strange, quiet voice. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

He said something else in a strange and southern French. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

A coordination phrase is a strange entity, and the logic of trees that applies elsewhere in English syntax does not apply to it. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Now I was in the strange position of comforting her about my brother’s deadly illness. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stick knelt beside my bed, a strange look on his face. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

An enormous hall greets us, and I gasp—it’s filled with all kinds of strange sights. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

The attempt looked so strange that Scipio started to mimic him behind his back. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

By the same token I felt disappoint­ment because an island, any island, however strange, would have been very good to come upon. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Our new arrival slept all day, and Chester, whose curiosity had been aroused by the strange behavior of the rabbit that first night, had decided to stay awake every night to observe him. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was strange how when held up to the absolute phrase—the one toy I really want—nothing quite filled the hole that was opening wide inside Sandi. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

The houses looked large and strange to them. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Kat’s idea of ‘nice play’ was to line up her naked Barbie dolls with their savage haircuts and strange biro markings and play hospitals. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

And all I could think was how strange it would be to leave all of this. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Alarming evidence has recently come to light about Harry Potter’s strange behavior, which casts doubts upon his suitability to compete in a demanding competition like the Triwizard Tournament, or even to attend Hogwarts School. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

For the past two years this DNA was said to have the strange property of lacking cytosine, a feature obviously impossible for our model. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

They were unpacking long, slim pieces of wood that folded and unfolded in strange ways, and when they put them together, they formed a strong sledge. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

But even men far tougher and more attuned to the wilderness than Thoreau were sobered by its strange and palpable menace. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

The tastes of Serena Joy are a strange blend: hard lust for quality, soft sentimental cravings. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remember strange details about the moment we pulled into the parking lot—the smell of oil floating up from our leather gloves, the sandpaper feel of dust on my fingertips. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

There was even a strange object that she eventually recognized as a teapot, and when she lifted the hinged lid, a rich aroma was released. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Love is a strange deal, I swear,” she said. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

One voice was certainly the old Gaffer’s; the other was strange, and somehow unpleasant. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“It was strange for me not to find you when I came home in the afternoon.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

As Arnauld recognized, the question of where to draw the line between facts that were too strange to be credible and facts that were strange but stubborn was far from straightforward. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I thought he would take it, but instead he leaned into the back seat where I sat and with a strange smile gave it to me. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

And now here I was, sitting in a cold room in strange clothes and wondering if I might go to prison. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

In a strange way, even though he is still a prisoner, Captain Smith seems to be winning the battle. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

My hobby is less tedious, if as strange. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed so remote and no part of him; it was a play apart and separate, wondrous to watch, not without its strange pleasure. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I tell you it's strange, Jake. When I'm like this I just want to be alone. I want to stay in my own room. I'm like a cat." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

“You poor thing,” said Florence, leaning back in her chair, her face still filled with this strange, brooding fury, “you is had a time, ain’t you?” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

As he reached the far wall, a strange scene confronted him. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He had a strange, pleased look on his face. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a strange thing to stand there on the other end of the clearing where she’d stood at the beginning of all of this. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Sorry, madam. But you know we have many saboteurs who use strange gadgets to transmit to Nigeria. Vigilance is our watchword!” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

It may be that this strange night-existence is telling on me; but would that that were all! Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

I know it’s pretty strange, but this is Chucha’s bed she sleeps in every night! Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

The heavy thighs, the thick calves, the strange roundness of the knees, the wide feet. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a strange, unbidden question, and she did not ask it aloud. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But she was afraid to spoil it, and so she just smiled shyly and walked hesitantly toward Ida and her strange companion. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

I easily take out a strange bird that must be some form of wild turkey. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

And she wore the same thing every day—a black shirt, black jeans, and some kind of strange hair thingy. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Ye,” said it, “are a strange kind of fish.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

It didn’t matter if it was in a car or in a strange house, Ernie was going to find a way to catch zzzzs. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

We found the stairs and ran up to the third floor, bumping into students and professors who gave us strange looks as we passed. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

She brought me back to the hut, where with an herbally treated razor blade she nicked two vertical cuts below each of my eyes and then smeared some strange ointment along the cuts. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the strangest thing about Momma, the thing that made some of the neighbors smile tightly and alienated all the rest, is Momma's rumored penchant for field hands—the stronger, the darker, the better. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“But then again, one sees strange things every day. In fact, if you two orphans follow me out to the backyard, I think we will all see something rather unusual.” The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

When her strange eyes burned into me, it did not seem quite sure. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the strangest thing to hold such different feelings inside myself at once. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“It goes well for us, old one, though how I can say that anything goes well which causes death and injury to living creatures is beyond me. We live in strange times, my friend.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The people of Isfahan ventured to the center of the strange neighborhood to stand in line, before the famed bakery of Akh Tamar, just for six of his cream puffs. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Science is generated by and devoted to free inquiry: the idea that any hypothesis, no matter how strange, deserves to be considered on its merits. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

And they all began to remember strange things that had happened. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly a strange rhythmic sound made me turn my head. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

It looked strange to see the mercury stretched all the way to the wrong end of the thermometer. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

In the twilight of the Easter evening, the day's strange events fill my thoughts. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

It’s the same town I’ve known for thirteen years, but I’m a stranger in a strange land. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Indians were surprised when strange-looking people appeared on their shores, but unlike Europeans they were not surprised that such strange people existed. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I feel something strange in one, something brittle and crumbly wrapped in paper. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

He made a strange gurgling sound in his throat, then he was still. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they were all small, it had been their favorite place to play, partly because the narrow opening made it feel forbidden, and partly because it was so strange. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

She had auburn hair gathered back in a ponytail and strange eyes, silvery yellow like the moon. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, she stopped by to say hi to everyone like she always does. Some strange guy came into the restaurant, acting like he knew everybody. Abuela didn’t seem to like him very much.” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Aru felt a strange burst of pride in the surprisingly brave Mini. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I had seen Abenthy do something I could not explain, something strange and wonderful. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

But Ginika complained and cried, painting images of a sad, friendless life in a strange America. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I’ve been feeling a little strange about the girlfriend thing ever since Blue asked about it. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

There is a strange sense of urgency in his behavior. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

It felt strange to be in France again. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

The Hartliebs will not hear anything from me—not unless I hear about any strange break-ins over the next few week. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

He looked at his hands carefully, as if he really cared about inspecting them, and his mouth worked in a strange, convulsive grimace. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he tried to release himself from the old man, he noticed something strange. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

“That’s a strange name. Why isn’t your village named after the flowering trees?” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

In an intense but calm voice, the assassin confided to Augustus, as though trying to persuade him, the strangest thing: “I’m mad. I’m mad!” Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was strange, but right then in that room, what wasn't? Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Even then, I’d get weird phone calls in the middle of the night, strange letters delivered in the mail. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

How strange, I thought, that he nearly fainted once from watching someone else’s illness, and now he was so able to endure his own. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But if all rats were bad, who was this strange creature staring at him from across the fire, offering to be their guide? Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I sat looking at the strange reading book, following the lessons. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Celia looked confused, like she sensed a strange undercurrent but didn’t know what it was or how it had come to be. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

But suddenly he stood looking up like some startled woodland animal snuffling a strange air. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

If something strange was actually going on, Miles would tell me. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

At one point, my head cracked back against the plastic side paneling and drink holder, but no one was paying attention to the strange noises in the backseat when someone was firing a gun. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

It made me feel sick to call this strange man Papa. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

The connectors have little holes and divots in them and look like strange plumbing couplings—like something my dad might use under a sink. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Anything this complex and strange would usually be left for the Thunderhead to resolve—but this was a scythe matter, which meant the Thunderhead would not interfere. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Whatever strange hole they had slipped into, it must have a bottom. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Born into a life of sumptuous privilege–his grandfathers were dukes, respectively, of Devonshire and Kent–he was the most gifted English scientist of his age, but also the strangest. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

It being early December, I feel a little strange going to put a sweatshirt on. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

It is a strange new kind of army, a polyglot mass of vastly dissimilar men, fighting for union. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

That seemed like a strange thing to focus on as she entered womanhood, though. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

After all the secrecy that had come before, it was very strange indeed—in fact it was thrilling—to be spoken to with such candor and trust. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I see only snapshots—of the sky flipping absurdly, of fists coming at me, of a strange, savage look in the eyes of a man I don’t recognize. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She frowns, a slight twist of her mouth, and raises a hand to her neck, her fingers following the whorls of a strange blue tattoo poking out of her collar. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

After struggling with the Arabic, it helps me calm down to sing, even if it’s kind of strange to go from Quran to Motown. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

It seemed strange to be sitting outside with patches of snow still on the ground. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Then, near the bottom of the first sack, William saw a strange book—it looked beat-up and flimsy, as if made not in a monastery but by some amateur hand. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

“I am afraid of it,” said the King, and this time it was his voice which sounded strange. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

She often wore baggy secondhand clothes and a big hat that made her feel safe in this strange, alien environment. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

He turns then, he looks at me, and I feel as though he’s read my mind because he’s got a strange look on his face—contempt, or revulsion—and I’m repulsed by him, too. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the Queen spoke again, it was in a strange strangled sort of whisper. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cafeteria is called the “Nutrition Center,” which is strange. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, sir!—never rain jewels! I don’t like to hear them spoken of. Jewels for Jane Eyre sounds unnatural and strange: I would rather not have them.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

It had drawn a few strange looks on the subway. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

It was a strange and unsettling sight, like he was standing at the edge of the universe, and for a brief moment he was overcome by ver-tigo, his knees weakening before he steadied himself. The Maze Runner 2009-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Here’s some strange news for you. Russ is up in your bedroom, Finley.” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t understand why they are looking at me as if I am a strange animal, when in reality, we look very much the same. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We tried to ignore his strange remarks, but we all did hear him. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

And suddenly he put aside his weather records and began to search the cabinets, and a strange excitement grew in him. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

It seemed to him a very strange location to choose for a house, or else an odd decision to leave the trees growing nearby, blocking all light and the view of the valley below. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He opened his eyes quickly and there was the head grinning amusedly in the strange daylight, ignoring the flies, the spilled guts, even ignoring the indignity of being spiked on a stick. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

There were many other strange doings and bizarre myths, legends, and fairy tales that, taken loosely together, had wound up giving the town and the Miracle Valley their names. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once Petra remembered Fort’s sentence We shall pick up an existence by its frogs, she pointed out to Calder that perhaps it had been some kind of strange clue. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Then Carolina saw her child Benjamin, the boy who had died of leukemia, in a strange lonely pose under an apple tree. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

These young fed voraciously, seeking out the strange and varied insect life of the stream. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

She hugs me, which is strange, and heads on home. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

If things got strange or frightening, she could always change her mind. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

When she took it away the Professor, peering through his spy hole, noticed that the eye had lost its strange droopy appearance. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet on the whole they had worked steadily eastward, keeping as near as they could find a way to the outer edge of this strange twisted knot of hills. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

And, in a strange way, she was like another version of me— she acted out the way I sometimes felt. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Aron had forgotten to say it, so he said it now, after his brother, and it sounded strange. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

It’s such a strange thing, but in two years of hustling I never once thought of it as a crime. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I was raised by the music community, with dozens of aunties and uncles who took me in as their own little foundling, even after I started showing a strange preference for classical music. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I almost take it, but for a strange tug in my gut. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he noticed the strange silence on the bus. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Jan’s words were strange; he had never heard such talk before. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He felt strange about voicing it; this was much more Hermione’s territory than his. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Because she had suspicions the two strange Durmstrang boys she met before the first task were somehow involved in the disappearance of Cedric’s wand. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

Despite the landlord’s disapproval, the sweltering heat, the gloomy rooms, and the cacophony of strange noises, so unfamiliar to my country ears, I felt another swell of hope. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

It was strange for Mama to be home at three thirty in the afternoon, right when we were getting home from school, and even stranger to see her leaving the house again. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The surface was level and solid and firm, and he easily kept his balance in the strange gravitational field where everything weighed only one sixth its earth weight. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought that was strange; but I didn’t worry about it much, because I couldn’t get it out of my mind that right at that moment Sam might be in Redding somewhere. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a moment’s surprise, I realized the strange light came from a pair of sympathy lamps the old man had mounted on his wagon. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The strange threesome made their way down the golden stairs of the castle. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

In the strange light, beautiful plants grew—giant orchids, star-shaped flowers, vines bursting with orange and purple berries that crept among the crystals. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

At midday, Zeitoun heard something strange: the sound of buses at the bus station. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

That strange little blemish in one of his eyes, a ripple in an otherwise ocean-blue iris. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

He was three years older than she was, and he wasn’t exactly Prince Charming, with that strange combination of baby face and bulky wrestler’s body. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Now, as Mia stood across the living room, staring at the strange object, Teddy sat down on a bench and began playing it. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Except that every now and then I’d hear a strange noise and I couldn’t figure out what it was. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Here came the Chief Rabbi, hunched over, his face strange looking w’ithout a beard, a bundle on his back. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

They are tall and clumsy in their movements, always making strange noises, sweet highs and gruff lows and long exhalations. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

I would wear a beautiful uniform and go to see strange places. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had been following it but had not yet sighted their quarry when suddenly a strange rabbit had burst in upon them as they were nearing the edge of some woodland. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The art establishment finds these artists too avant-garde in their use of light, a bright palette, visible brushstrokes, unusual composition, and strange angles. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

It’s strange to think about your teachers as being people even when they’re Bill. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t see anything strange about it, but Rachel showed me where to look, and I recognized the faint blue symbol etched in the metal. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

If her mother hadn’t been acting so strange, Flora would have said something, would have argued more vehemently. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

We watch, and I will admit, it looks so strange, so...unnatural...that we’re afraid. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

It’s so strange to think about that now. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

At every step he took the strangest facts and made them as plain as possible. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

That night it felt strange to be in the honey house by myself. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

As summer waned I obtained a strange job. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were magicians in the forest also in those legendary days, as well as strange animals not known to modern works of natural history. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The strange concoction of fear and anxiety pushed into his bones, bled through his skin. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

They stared at me with sullen, mean eyes, like I was a strange animal. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The strangest noises oozed from behind the locked door. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

“It’s strange that Rashid Uncle lives in this big house all alone. Did you see the paintings?” The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

My fingers waggled, barely scraping the muddy fabric of the strange doll’s belly. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

They were dressed in strange and beautiful clothes, and from their shoulders rich robes flowed out behind them to where four dwarfs held up the King’s train and four river-nymphs the Queen’s. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

The words felt strange and foreign upon my tongue. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Choosing to forgive strange smells or choosing that Gadzooks is not the only place that boyfriends can shop. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Which was strange, because Daddy was usually not interested in things like our friends or what was going on in our lives. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“It is strange to see the mysteries of my discipline from outside, through your eyes. I’ve only seen them from within, as a disciple.” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Bobby had to play this strange, isolated form of chess every single game. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I open the door and a strange coolness comes out to meet me, my eyes are dim. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The detective was conscious of those strange shrewd eyes summing him up before the other spoke again. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nhamo didn’t know the meaning behind this strange saying, but Grandmother said it was the correct way to enter a muvuki s yard. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

"They looked so alone, so alien in the strange land, that I choked up." Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Imagine a ruin so strange it must never have happened. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She talked of humans with strange skills that were awoken by contact with the supernatural. Some could harness strength, others could change the weather. A few could even heal with their voices.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

‘Only some bundle of oddments, perhaps, after all,’ he thought with a strange sense of relief; but he did not put the bundle down again. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Apply this property to zero and something strange happens. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Ma stood up and gave me a strange look. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

There was a strange man in her home—the whites of his eyes seemed enormous. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

I watched her come—watched with the strangest anticipation; as though some word of doom were to be written on her disk. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

For whatever reason, a strange feeling of calm had come over us. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Abnegation is a strange faction, I have to tell you.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“I haven’t seen Dr. Stubbs, Colonel. I was brought here by three strange officers who took me down into the cellar without authority and questioned and insulted me.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He looked strange, unlike any pretty Tally had ever seen. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I had to admit it seemed pretty strange to decorate the gym and then hold the party in the parking lot. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

These were men who could afford to spend large amounts of money for two, three, or four hours indulging their strange appetites. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. But I felt strange there.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

This strange place was a nightmare, a wasteland of rubble covered with brown slime. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

We don't know how to curse, when we try to put bad words together they sound strange like new babies trying to talk and mixing up their sounds. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Alex accepts a shot off a passing tray and drinks to the strange spark in his gut at the way Henry watches them. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He was trying to put a thought together in his mind, and she had an awful suspicion what it was: This strange animal has been following us for days. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s kind of strange having someone here with me.” The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

She updated me on how everything was going back home and then shared a piece of strange local news. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Curtains swing idly from broken windows in the strange, flickering light; they unnerve him. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The thought of Dad with a cigarette in hand was very strange. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

It's strange—hope can make you forget so much, so quickly. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

It’s a strange sight in that squalid room, like a rose in a junkyard. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

The strange girl had nowhere left to go, so she would be easy to kill. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“Girl, you always got some strange way of talkin’ about stuff. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I look at all the days laid out until graduation and freedom and I feel a strange clutching in my chest. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Sorrow mixed with a strange glad feeling that, for a minute, things are back to almost normal. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He buried his head in his hands, tearing his hair and murmuring a strange litany between his teeth. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s strange that anyone would be interested in this ugly thing except for maybe wanting to burn it and dance on the ashes. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

The sun hung low on the river, seeming reluctant to enter this strange day. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Griffith’s experiment may have stuffed genetics into a one-way taxicab and sent it scuttling toward a strange future—but Avery was reluctant to climb on that bandwagon. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Another reason for the strange faces was that the parts of the brain that control facial expression had also been destroyed. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Besides, if Mother ever came through the door to find a strange parrot whooshing about the apartment, she would faint away. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

My father was in the kitchen and there was a strange brooding sadness on his face. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

She began poking at the tiles aimlessly, producing strange musical sounds. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Quietness has a strange, spongy hum that can nearly break your eardrums. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll leave out a bunch. No matter what strange combinations you leave, they always invent something delicious.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

It rained heavily the day Ade Coker died, a strange, furious rain in the middle of the parched harmattan. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

It’s still strange to imagine Alice sharing a dorm room with a random girl from Minneapolis. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

July had brought us only the strange apparition of the family Fowles, and in its aftermath, the conviction in all our separate minds that their visit could only have been a dream. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had no crown, but around her waist was a strange belt made of interlocking gold links, like the pattern of a labyrinth. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He ended his e-mail with these words: It’s strange how I have felt, with every major event that has occurred in my life, that you were the only person who would understand. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

But because they didn’t want to let the staff know what they were talking about, they had to adopt a strange, half-careless, indifferent manner, while listening with passionate curiosity. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I lurked down alleyways, jiggling strange doors and windows, trying to get in somewhere. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

After all my time in the work camps, it was strange to see people in the real world, eating dinner and going to school and watching movies. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Voices and laughter, cigarette smoke and strange sweet smells I don’t recognize wash through sudden bursts of music and electric light. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s still so strange for me, not knowing.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Last night, all I could think about was how strange it was to be pulled into a resistance meeting. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

It was strange how people didn’t talk much about the blackout. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

They felt strange at first, and made the sides of her head throb a tiny bit when she chewed her cereal, but as she walked toward school, the ears became a comforting presence. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

He was like a strange plant blooming in the day and wilting at night; but the sun that made it bloom and the cold darkness that made it wilt were never seen. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve heard strange rumors about my daughter. Things I might have once laughed at. She’ll do everything she can to keep you from winning this. Don’t expect anything less.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

"One of Capricorn's men could pass at any time, and they don't like to see strange cars here." Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“We want to be strange and we don’t want jocks or other people putting us down.” Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a strange glow, lighting eyes all over the room. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

It was strange—he should hate the new houses for replacing his woods and forcing him to stay indoors. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

At this, the strange animal’s dancing became slower. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

And the strange thing is: I want to know the answer. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

He could taste the alcohol underneath, and a strange blend of flavors. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

They yodeled any strange thing as loud as they could, and the next day everyone came to work with sore throats. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I learned they almost never made their strange screechy noise when the sun was out. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Nothing is talked about here to-day except the strange coincidence; the officials of the Board of Trade have been most exacting in seeing that every compliance has been made with existing regulations. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

He had a strange lisp, and there was a . . . tonelessness to his voice. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Jacob goes into a strange land where his uncle lives, and he don’t know where he lives, but he finds him easy. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

A foreboding, clammy and fearful, came into her heart as if, along with the visitor whose name was so strange yet somehow familiar, some menace had slipped into her life. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Of greater significance to me was the strange fact that Richard Parker had not killed it. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mam tells Dad it’s a strange thing when a child won’t have his bread and tea and Dad says, Och, he’s just nervous over the First Communion. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

But then, slavery of any kind fostered strange relationships. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Seven kids boarded the bus, but the strange shoeless boy was not among them. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The landscape passed swiftly under her, and in mere moments she was above the pine forest where she had been a captive of the two strange men and where Alice had set her free. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

He got off the boardwalk, and limped along the strange Brooklyn streets. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

And she was beginning to feel fear of this strange thing in Tea Cake’s body. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

The mouse feeder tells us that if you put a strange mouse into one of their cages, one with the wrong, alien scent, they will bite it to death. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

So it cannot be found strange, if Sciences be no further discovered, if the Art itself of Invention and Discovery, hath been passed over. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

She sat on the chair, perched really, suddenly thinking that, from reading a City Paper ad, she was now alone with a strange man in the basement of a strange house in America. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

And what was that strange noise that had woken Barry up? I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

Astrology developed into a strange combination of observations, mathematics and careful record-keeping with fuzzy thinking and pious fraud. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He says the Mvúla’s strange color would cheer up his other wives.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

But as the animals outside gazed at the scene, it seemed to them that some strange thing was happening. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

I keep thinking of Olga’s underwear, the hotel key, and that strange smirk on her face when she died. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

"I had the strangest dreams when I was in a coma. It was probably just the drugs, but sometimes I wonder." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“I can think of it,” said the bear, “but not understand what I am thinking. It is the strangest thing I have ever seen.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Now he seemed to feel nothing at all, just a strange hollow space under his ribs that refused to go away. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

A strange feature was that the ordinary ants were not excited by the songs, nor interested by the lectures. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m sorry that you will never be allowed near our daughter again because you are different and strange and a person who cannot be trusted. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Bitter hadn’t cleaned them or put them away; she must have finished, dropped everything, and just walked out, which was strange. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

He knew that sooner or later the strange animal would appear and that they would then all be in danger. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Then, quite suddenly, the strange, silvery quality of the air faded. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Which was strange too, because I hadn’t said anything out loud. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

It's strange to imagen imagine my father being so young, and hard to think about him being so sad. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

It was as if it had always been there, as if it would be strange for a school not to be pervaded by this half-enthralling, half-frightening miasma. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

They were, without a doubt, the strangest reinforcements in Roman military history. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I wanted Americans to know that my people were not some kind of strange beings “over there,” but people like them—people with hobbies and dreams and talents. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

It looked strange and out of place, like something from a Hollywood picture. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

When my father was not back home by our bedtime, my mother hugged and clutched us, and we felt strange, not knowing what to do, because she had never acted like that. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even the women cleaning the floor under the tables straightened up to look at Capricorn and the strange old man. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

It was like a forgotten hermitage — the cave hidden beneath the growth, the strange fertility goddess statue of Our Ladybird with her tattered Miss Miss sash in place. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

He was lost, astray in a strange house where nothing and no one now stirred in him the slightest vestige of affection. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

It’s dirty and smelly, and it’s crowded with strange people. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

The strange thing is that they are so few. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since everything else is suddenly so new, going by a new name doesn’t feel so terribly strange to Gogol. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The strange X on our door is still there, as prominent as ever. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The guardsmen had a strange, pale look, to their faces as they took in the scene of slaughter. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Let’s start with something more basic. Isn’t it strange that I know you’d risk your life to save mine...but I don’t know what your favorite color is?” he says. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“It sounds splendid, Grummore, splendid. Only it is strange, in a way, coming from behind, if you follow my argument” “I thought it sounded muffled.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was as if a strange and alien part of each of my friends had been involved in sabotaging the kayak. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Children were warned to stay away from strange flickering lights at midnight, for if a person once set foot inside a fairy ring, he would never be able to leave. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Julian’s eyes widened with childish, theatrical surprise; not for the first time, I thought how much he was like Henry, that same strange mixture of chill and warmth. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

She was strange now, erratic, sometimes needing my friendship, trusting me with her dangerous longings for freedom, her wild plans to run away again; and sometimes hating me, blaming me for her trouble. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

It was strange how lost of luster everything was without Ifemelu; even the taste of his favorite beer was different. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“His hair is quite gray,” said Taran, who could not bring himself to believe these strange creatures were indeed speaking of his old teacher. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed immodest to let a strange man into our bedchamber, but Grandfather and Eliza showed him in to see the patient. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

To hide for decades inside this strange, narrow house! All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

We’d have paperwork by the end of the week to make the club official, which meant that, for the first time in my life, I’d be involved in an extracurricular activity, which felt strange. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

This might seem a little strange to you, but I wanted to make sure I didn’t just dream about it. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

By sunset, Quintus hadn’t even broken a sweat, which seemed kind of strange; but Tyson and I were hot and sticky, so we hit the showers and got ready for dinner. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

A strange gray dust was trapped in his salt-and-pepper beard, and a thin white film had crawled over his open brown eyes. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I let the comment pass; thus became implicated in the strange reform movement that followed. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

A strange thumping noise brings us to the living room. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

When none stepped forward to engage in this strange office, Serjeant Clippinger surveyed us; I was struck with surprise when he called out my name. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

It was a strange combination to absorb — the everyday concerns of the town doctor stuck in the middle of a discussion of his early days in seventeenth-century London. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The strange thing is, it all feels so cozy. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

It had huge iron gates leading in to it, and a high wall surrounding it, and smoke belching from its chimneys, and strange whizzing sounds coming from deep inside it. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

In either case, something very strange is going on in the depths of space. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Who knows what these strange men like to eat!” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stuffed the blown-up photo of the strange man’s blurry face into it along with the phone-book page and ran downstairs again. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tell them all goodbye, thank you, my own voice sounding strange to me. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

A strange and funny word—platypus!—came to mind. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I’d already started eating when a strange little woman came in and asked me if she could sit at my table. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

As for these strange episodes, they were the product of grief, the kind that teetered dangerously close to madness. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

It's a strange silence, infinitely small, infinitely large, and I'm locked inside it, pacing, circling the question. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you think it’s strange that you go to so many funerals, Comfort?” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

However, while every one of Dobby’s strange collection of garments was so clean and well cared for that it looked brand- new, Winky was plainly not taking care of her clothes at all. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Finals of schoolboy sports, dog racing, strange little competitions in the remoter counties, all these are grist to our hungry mill. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

She wanted to welcome the reader into this strange world. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Perhaps there is still a little money stashed under those strange, tall beds, or inside our cabinet boxes? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The moon hung low over the city, just below his nipple, and was stained with a strange splotch. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

It seemed strange that people dwelt on so small and forlorn a place, a mere sandbar; maybe they were castaways; but he was too weary to puzzle his head about them then. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Western Biological deals in strange and beautiful wares. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed very strange now to think of morality, or that minister long ago, or the poor runaway black. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

A strange kind of elation bubbles inside me. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

He takes in a sudden sharp breath, jerks his left arm, and widens his eyes, pupils returning to life, strange sounds sputtering from his freshly unpouted mouth. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“It’s only a mile or two, and if there’s anything strange going on in the north bluffs, we’ll have a clear view of it from there.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Creüsa felt her purpose grow weak and ebb away while the strange boy spoke. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were in a strange driveway, and even before I got out of the car he was on the steps of a typical southern California ranch-type house. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I remembered strange things that got me laughed at in school. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

There wasn’t much light in the land of Egypt that afternoon, which didn’t make it all less strange. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Often we ended up with some very strange combinations. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Mom didn’t travel for her job very often, but when she did, Finn always felt strange the whole time. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

But nothing more had been seen of the strange rabbit; and the loss of Mallow, with nothing to show for it, had upset and demoralized the Owsla a good deal. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boy picked up Urim and Thummim, and, once again, had the strange sensation that the old king was nearby. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is strange and perhaps fortunate that when one’s time grows nearer one’s interest in it flags as death becomes a fact rather than a pageantry. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You ought to be ashamed,” my mother said to the strange woman. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

What a strange fellow, I see her think, but she takes me over. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

It was a strange letter, written in a tense and rigid hand: Forgive me, my daughter. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone knew her by name, even the most obscure outcasts—a lady with swollen feet and a cloud of flies around her, a strange drooling man with a lisp. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I heard cussing, and then there was a strange popping, like a car backfiring. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Their daughters all helped, and the look in their eyes told me how strange it was for them to see a girl wandering after school. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

Most of the day I slept, but I had many dreams and when I awoke everything around me was strange. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed strange to me now that it should be so bright. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Yes, I know,” said Papa, “but still it’s strange, very strange.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I study her, cool and objective in my corner, and because now the Shaper is dead, strange thoughts come over me. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

His chess prowess and velvet tongue may have blinded some people to his despicable past, proving the adage that sometimes chess players make strange team fellows. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Then Lee said slowly, in a strange, soft, slow tone of voice, “Soldiering has one great trap.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The water’s very clear, and schools of bright-hued fish and strange sea flowers decorate the sand floor. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

With the tip of her finger she traced the strange markings: straight lines like beetle tracks through a dead log, or birds swarming in a white sky. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I watched Drew talk with the Bedouins, heard the strange, smooth sounds falling from his lips, and was struck by the implausibility of my presence there. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

It gives me a strange feeling to think about how big our universe is. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m thinking of all that and watching the rush-hour traffic on Military Trail when I spot something strange up ahead. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“New or old, that’s a strange world down there,” said Lee. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, anyway,” Jesse went on, “the water tasted —sort of strange. But we camped there overnight. And Pa carved a T on the tree trunk, to mark where we’d been. And then we went on.” Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed a strange way to live, without family, but he was just as glad not to have to pretend to love another set of parents. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was too hard to work out, when there were so many strange things happening at once. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had a wonderful memory of journeying to a strange part of Brooklyn to see the great Sarah Bernhardt in a one-act play in a Keith vaudeville house. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

A strange paralysis accompanied his thoughts; a sudden overwhelming fatigue took hold, and his heart pounded furiously, and he panted trying to walk only a few feet from the place he had tied the mare. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

They mix together into a confusing sludge of familiar and strange faces, something that sounds like Tess's laughter, something else that sounds like June's voice. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

‘Last night you began to tell me strange things about my ring, Gandalf,’ he said. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I’d seen her picture not five minutes earlier, and in it she looked much the same as she did now, even cradling the same strange light between her hands. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I picture it now, and I feel strange, tense all over, my stomach churning. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I thought about this more often now that I was an adult, especially when people applauded me for my achievements, as if there weren’t a strange and cruel randomness to it all. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Too, Penelope longed to ask about the strange staircase the children had discovered upstairs, but she did not feel it wise to confess to Lady Constance that they had wandered into the attic without permission. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Once I knew I would be going hunting and gathering, something strange happened. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“But I don’t speak much Quichua either, senora. I used to, but now the words feel strange coming out of my mouth.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It now sounds like a strange sporting ritual for teenage boys born under the astrological signs Capricorn, Aquarius, and Pisces. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“Pretty hard for a strange Indian to walk down there without getting stopped every five miles. Nobody’s going to bother a boy.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The meteorite that fell on Lucé was too strange; the ones that fell on Siena were not so strange. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

She didn’t know if she could love her own mangled, strange heart. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

They are clear, straightforward, comprehensible; they contain nothing strange, wild or laughable. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

My voice sounded strange to me, how I might sound as an old man, if I lived long enough. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

A huge tawny creature, its body low to the ground, like a cat streaking across the lawn to a tree when a strange dog has got into the garden, was behind them. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

It was the polite thing to say; still, I felt strange asking about the cousins I hardly knew. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Anya grabbed the cart’s handles so she could pull it away from this strange boy. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

If he feels at all strange, at all different, he’s not showing it. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

He was muscular, well-built, but no taller than my own five-eight so that I found myself looking directly into the strange eyes. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Nervously, he clutched the slim stalk of the paddle, the only thing in this strange place that felt familiar and comforting. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Now he also experienced belatedly, for once in his life, the strongest and strangest passion; he suffered tre-mendously through it and yet was uplifted, in some way renewed and richer. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lots a cars passing us today, which is strange, cause Myrtle a dead end. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

She was looking up at the strange woman. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

On the table there was a little Japanese pagoda with glass pendants that tinkled with strange musical tones in a draught. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

There was solace in its strange formulas and equations. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

It's strange not being able to talk to your parents about something so important. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Mom laughs, but it comes out airy and strange. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I know what I’m saying sounds strange. It’s all outlined here.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

A strange sight you hardly ever see: men crying so openly. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

In her sticky hands dripped a greeny-red fruit the shape of a strange egg. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

They did not chase him out or comment about how strange he was. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shut the closet to conceal the strange, wraith-like apparel it contained; which, at this evening hour—nine o’clock—gave out certainly a most ghostly shimmer through the shadow of my apartment. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

It was a perfectly normal thing to do to a dog, but seemed a strange thing to do to a talking one. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Is that strange look on Tori’s face because she doesn’t know how to tell me what a terrible person I am? Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

It had been so long since I’d made simple conversation with someone that I felt strange and hesitant. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The incident revealed a pair of explorers still finding their way on the strange urban frontier. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It does not seem strange that we go hand in hand. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

And strange; the Wyrdmarks made this something more than a brutal killing. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I stopped in Melbourne to get some gas and thought of Jim Morrison singing about how people are strange. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

See, I got a way of attracting strange characters. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

‘So many strange things have chanced that to learn the praise of a fair lady under the loving strokes of a Dwarf’s axe will seem no great wonder. Farewell!’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Every trip was an adventure into a strange, fearful city; and yet I felt safe by my fathers side. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

It felt strange dropping through it this time, landing on the stairs amid fragments of wood from the door Adiah had destroyed. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“What? What strange stuff is happening in this town? I haven’t seen any white bulls lately.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

This strange fact is caused by an electric charge which surrounds the spacecraft, and which in turn is caused by the great friction produced when the spacecraft hits the atmosphere at high speed. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“When I went to check it out, I got sucked right down here. See, they have this strange phenomenon with the air currents....” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I look into his eyes—they are dark blue, a strange color—and take it. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“She liked to bother me, but she never did anything to other people. I think something strange is going on, but I don’t know what.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Surprised at seeing a strange man sitting on the floor, Captain Cook quietly walked over and began to peck him curiously. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

For hundreds of years people in the Congo Valley spoke of this beautiful, strange beast. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

My armlessness wasn’t strange or weird to them because, like I said, I had always gone to the same school. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

It’s so strange how one day you can be on this earth, and the next day not. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

When it stopped, it was strange how much quieter it seemed than before. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“I'm all right. I had strange dreams. I'm sorry I slept so late. You should have woken me. Is Jonas here?” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

They had ended up with a strange assignment. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

One of the strangest parts of the industrial food chain is the way it forces some animals to eat corn. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

In less than a year, he would have doubled his flock, and he would be able to do business with the Arabs, because he was now able to speak their strange language. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The music was still playing: somewhere, at the edge of perception, solemn and strange. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

They are white and pale blue and dull green, and they draw me to them by some strange magnetism. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

This southron king seemed to be one of those men to whom women are another race, as strange and unfathomable as giants and grumkins and the children of the forest. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Her sudden disappearance confused Mr. Levy as much as her strange biography of Mr. Reilly had. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he was younger, that collection of features looked strange, but now it suits him. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He thinks of the kitchen cupboard with its strange potions. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“You are the strange one,” she said, and pointed at my face. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The memories of that night are hard and bright within me like a diamond, and the fires that flash from it have strange powers. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But doesn’t it seem strange that Mr. Benedict would let her join us if she wasn’t important?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

He flipped past more pages stacked with strange letters until he found a drawing of one of these life stages. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Enough strange things began happening to the men who brought him to justice to make his claim seem almost plausible. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

It's strange to be so physically close to someone who's so distant. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

From the beginning there existed a strange balance between my grandfather and me. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

But now here is a strange thing: he wasn’t really happy—not the way he used to be. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everything felt strange, alien, as if she were on another planet, as if she were on the moon. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

This year, the strange, lingering winter, combined with the unexpected spoilage of much of the Kingdom’s food stores, had led to growing panic among the people. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

As I was heading back to Base Camp through the lower Icefall, I overtook a pair of slower climbers outfitted with very strange looking clothing and equipment. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Once, as they drifted silently past a massive white cloud, they saw on the top of it a group of strange, tall, wispy-looking things that were about twice the height of ordinary men. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m game,” says Muhammad, a sudden strange seriousness replacing the previous glee in his eyes. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Of course, my one big worry was that Grandma might say it was too grown-up, but she only peered at me with a strange and lingering expression. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is indeed strange to be looked in the eye by this fearless wild animal. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t see the rocket-launcher boxes, but tucked against the back wall was a strange contraption like an artist's easel, fitted with rows of missile launchers. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The stream gurgled out of the rain forest, and it was a strange color, milky with volcanic dust. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I turned my head away from my auntie’s strange words and looked at my mother. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a calmness of manner which somewhat but not quite concealed her astonishment of a moment ago, she finally spoke. she explained, was of a different, strange, but harmless nature. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

This increased Cohn's distaste for boxing, but it gave him a certain satisfaction of some strange sort, and it certainly improved his nose. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

In a short time my life would depend on them; the wagon, and everything it held, would sustain me in a strange world. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, as if they had caught a strange scent, they turned to face the water and began to bark so noisily and angrily that Ida jumped and dropped her binoculars. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

It has always seemed strange to me that it is usually men like Adam who have to do the soldiering. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Joseph felt a strange combination of joy and terror, but he didn’t say a word. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

When he was satisfied, Duchess and Lady tried the strange food again. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

But as she turned the corner and saw those strange child-like trees that Will had seen, she knew that something at least was true about all this. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But she had a strange feeling...as if more than six sets of eyes were watching her. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He was on a dark street in a strange city far from his home. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

When he got older, he learned about love as a strange thing that could fall apart no matter how badly you wanted it, a choice you make anyway. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

She’d been so distracted by Ekon that she hadn’t noticed the strange lightness on her back, the absence of something crucial. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“Boys sometimes show that they like girls in strange ways. When I was your age, boys showed interest in girls by ignoring them or treating them badly.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Holding my hand to keep his balance, as trees and bushes made strange, sliding movements in his peripheral vision, Lefty was confronting the possibility that consciousness was a biological accident. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“I love how strange they are. The pupils!” Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

I could not account for the strange tone of his voice, an unnatural sound, how it was almost, but not quite, kind. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But as time passed and the game progressed, Set’s face hardened and cracked into a wicked leer, and it became clear that his strange, sunken, formless body was the very shape of evil. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next morning, he awoke to a strange void: No kapo was yelling at him or trying to beat him over the head. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

It’s strange that someone like Branwell who loves words so much would be silent. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Death, that strange being with the huge square toes who lived way in the West. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

It felt strange, like there were two halves to his body. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

I’m terribly busy at the moment, and strange as it may sound, I don’t have enough time to get through my pile of work. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

It was strange, going forward with the earth ebbing and flowing beneath him, in the utter silence of his down-fringed feathers. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘I shall return to Isengard, and those who will may come with me. There we may see strange things.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Roy had left out the part about the strange running boy. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It felt a little strange, putting that hat back on my head after what it had just been through. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

A root bag might work, but it also felt strange to think of using magic to make Jay care about me again. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Below, it was a hot, humid labyrinth of shadows, strange vats, and rumbling pipes, not a place of storage but a place of process, the slaughterhouse’s digestive tract. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“We lead strange lives, chasing our dreams around from place to place,” Elizabeth says quietly, looking out the window. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Petey left his bench and tore one of his strange schematics off the corkboard wall. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The story surfaced in bits and pieces, like segments of a strange puzzle. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I looked at photographs in Cousteau and Cousteau’s book, stopping at page thirty to look at a strange photograph. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

How strange that it was me sitting here on this beach with them. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

It’s shot from behind, and it’s strange to see myself from that angle. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

It was also strange that although no one seemed to see him, no one tripped over him. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Midnight is a strange time for Basil to go anywhere. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

It was one of those rare occasions when the true story is even more strange and exciting than the wild rumors. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“Hmm . . .” said the old man, looking at all sides of the book, as if it were some strange object. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dead weren’t all that far off when the light faded, and the fact that we’ve yet to have one stumble into the light of our lanterns is more than a little strange. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“Tobias,” I say, because “Four” sounds strange here, where people would never identify themselves by how many fears they have. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

My tears finally stop and I feel a strange sense of calm, the glassy surface of a lake once the wind stops. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her mouth was too taut and her tongue too still to attempt the strange sounds. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was sitting in a white home; dim lights burned round him; strange objects challenged him; and he was feeling angry and uncomfortable. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

This was a woods for looming bears, dangling snakes, wolves with laser-red eyes, strange noises, sudden terrors—a place of “standing night,” as Thoreau neatly and nervously put it. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

It's strange to have a boy's eyes on me. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

It was strange to step into this house and not feel terrified. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

But it is the first since my leave, and besides, the lie of the land is still rather strange to me. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was plain that they were afraid of the great, bristling buck, with his strange shock of fur and his smell of fresh blood. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked kind of embarrassed, and as he passed her on his way to get his tarp to put away in his car, he did a strange thing. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

None of it yielded gold, of course, but a strange and interesting thing did happen. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

There were people who had trances, I had surely heard of them, and they followed strange laws of which we could know nothing, they obeyed the tangled orders of their own sub-conscious minds. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

It was exceptionally strange talking on the phone with teachers. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He appears to be lost in thought and whatever has got his brain cells occupied is having a strange effect on his facial muscles. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes looked wild and strange from the fever; he trembled continuously, and each breath he took sounded like a gasp for life. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

And all the other Cloud-Men immediately let out a strange high-pitched whoop of joy and started jumping up and down and waving their arms in the air. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

But I awoke to a pressure, a strange feeling on my left leg. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would be worse, alone in the city streets, full of strange people, than it had been alone in Hang Wood. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

There was a strange silence over the camp. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

And these were the strangest moments, for Bridge, everyone standing up and walking away from their desks without the usual screech of a hundred chair legs against the floor. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Most of us walk unseeing through the world, unaware alike of its beauties, its wonders, and the strange and sometimes terrible intensity of the lives that are being lived about us. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Then she forgot how strange he looked and ran to him. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

As they pushed on, they encountered a strange universe of unknown creatures that included a 450-pound, six-foot kangaroo, and a marsupial lion, as massive as a modern tiger, that was the continent’s largest predator. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I crafted my first tweet in the fall of 2011 to promote Joining Forces and then watched it zing through the strange, boundless ether where people increasingly spent their time. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I have stumbled into a very strange universe. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

But it seemed strange that there was no one to see her off on this end. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“We seem strange to you, don’t we, Bigger?” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

She shivers in anticipation, and Cook makes a strange sound that could be a laugh or a groan. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

All day they have moved through this strange and desolate region and have seen nothing but sunflowers. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

It created deserts, sank ships, felled entire forests, and blew through cities filled with music and strange noises. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

By noon, we were back at the cottage, with the strange contraption Connor had created out of reeds and willow branches. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

It was a matter of chance that I should have rented a house in one of the strangest communities in North America. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

I knew things had gotten strange between us, but I didn’t know Jay wanted a brother. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Sun Ra preaching about the “alter destiny” and “the living myth” and powering his spaceship with music—all over strange noises that sound more like a computer malfunctioning than jazz. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the strangest thing to find within these walls someone who was more like myself than I could have imagined. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He was shocked and delighted and overwhelmed, wagging his tail nervously, sniffing about in this strange, fluffy substance, whimpering with the mystery of it all. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It still felt strange not to see him there. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Why had he given the showy song to Betty Jean and a strange thin melody to Caroline? Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Doctors noticed that the Marburg agent had a strange effect on the brain. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was strange to reach the marble steps and find no stir of bright dresses in and out the door, and hear no sound but bird voices in the trees. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Agent Fiona gives the far wall a knock and it shifts into clear glass, revealing a strange group of people. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

It’s strange to see brand names in the hospital. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

She rocked backward as if assaulted by a strange wind. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

What followed, as one geneticist wrote, was “one of the strangest silences in the history of biology.” The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

A tap on the door was a strange thing. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

The fit feels strange atfirst, but once you \\e worn them for a while you get to feeling comfortable. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

This feels strange to you, because as long as you can remember there has always been a second person. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

When a traveling Klansman wanted to locate brethren in a strange town, he would ask for a “Mr. Ayak”—“Ayak” being code for “Are You a Klansman?” Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

At the heart of it, magnified by the curved surface, there was a strange, pink, convoluted object that recalled a rose or a sea anemone. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Her shoulders heaved and she made a strange noise. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

By dinnertime all the village was talking of the strange animal that even Thomas At-the-Bridge could not identify. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Far off there's a strange ridge, even and uniform, and I can't make out what it is even as I squint against the sun. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

A strange feeling goes through me—a sweet, aching weakness. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

In the strange stillness, I can feel the breath of Papa’s shame. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I only came from the other side of the state and it was like they talked some strange language out here. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

The strange man was walking briskly down the platform and up a flight of steps. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why did they stare at this strange man and say nothing? Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“And don't put anything strange in the refrigerator.” The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

I feel like I’m four years old again—isn’t that strange? Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Even the one bicycle she saw was strange. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

The two were comfortable together, when Jesse stopped by to visit and to introduce this strange writer guy, but said very little. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

At one point people outside rushed the bus, their clothes ratty, hair matted to their heads, strange sores like those Thomas had seen on the woman covering their terrified faces. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

All my life my father had followed the water, so it had never seemed strange to have him gone, but Call had always been around, either with me or close by. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He told them about the dark giant, and the strange woman on Half-Blood Hill, offering him a multiple-choice death. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Kitty Now, that letter seemed strange at first because it was written to Mack but it was never sent to him. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was strange, even though this was the bedroom of some little girl who’d kicked the bucket, I wasn’t feeling scared or nervous at all. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

He was waving his arms, and he had the strangest thing she ever saw over his shoulders—a kind of yoke, with a bucket hanging on each end. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

“He looks so strange,” Mama said after he left. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t going to grow out of his strange distraction. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

His gaze fell on the Little Comic Con flyer on the dresser, and he felt a strange warmth come to his cheeks when he remembered Dimple asking if she could come with him. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Upon a day I saw strange eyes and hands like butterflies; For me at morning larks flew from the thyme And children came to bathe in little streams. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once more she lifted her strange bright eyes to him, and her gaze pierced him so that he trembled as if with cold. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

It was the way it had been back there in that strange vision. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Now, however, he was wearing the strangest assortment of garments Harry had ever seen; he had done an even worse job of dressing himself than the wizards at the World Cup. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Usually I ignored his lecturing but today I was gripped by it, and by this strange, thirsty terrain. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Alex might be sleeping in there, too, which is strange to think about. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

A strange woman stood in the living room. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was strange enough for a man to wear a hat inside; it was very rude, I knew. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ranofer thought he could guess the causes of this strange preoccupation, and his guesses gave him considerable satisfaction. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

It’s strange to imagine us not together anymore, Ashton said. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Here among all these strange names was a Henry. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He looked at it a long time with a strange look, but he said, “No.” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

‘It is rather a strange and sad story,’ he went on after a pause. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

As the old woman approached in a rowboat, the birds swooped away in a billowing black curve and she saw that in the middle of the empty rock grew a strange tree. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Was some tested principle given a new and strange refinement because of fresh, remarkable evidence? Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

And as I speak, I feel something strange happen. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

A strange but harmonious feeling infused the surrounding desolation. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Seeing, I suppose, some expression in my face strange to him, he added:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

But he had the strange feeling of not being alone. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

I must have been a strange sight, always dressed in men’s work clothes, my hands as rough and weathered as the sides of the crab house where I worked. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It must be a strange thing that nobody wants to talk about. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

They complain about him to Theo, calling him “eccentric” and “strange.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

This region of East Prussia is quite strange. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“That is my least concern; I am, by a course of strange events, become the most miserable of mortals. Persecuted and tortured as I am and have been, can death be any evil to me?” Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z

I find myself in a strange part of the mansion, and immediately lose my bearings. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

As if they had thoughts buzzing around in their heads that, if said aloud, would make them seem strange. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Some hours, eighty or ninety of these flares would go off, one after another, and the night would turn stark and strange in that magnesium glow. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

In school the next day, my last day there, I felt a strange sort of elation. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“If you’re not tired, fish,” he said aloud, “you must be very strange.” The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was strange, smelling his food smell and, at the same time, liking to be held close to him. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

I never laughed at presentiments in my life, because I have had strange ones of my own. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

And if for some strange reason either of those things happened, at least she knew TJ was right there to help. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

A part of him wanted to tell Brother Ugo everything he’d seen last night—about the old woman, the strange girl, and his actual encounter with the Shetani—but something held him back. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Years later, after her death, my dad would talk of how strange she had sounded when he first met her. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

I know only that it had a strange effect on me: it no longer filled me with doubt and distress, loneliness, shame. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

She spun slowly, taking in the curious twinning of familiarity and the strange that was stranger in its way than the wholly alien had been. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I recognized it as the strange watering can tool that Cray-Cray used every year at the pep rally. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“No. My shoes are fine. It’s strange, though. While we were walking, I kept having to stop to pull twigs out of my shoes. You probably noticed.” Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

But though his brain was dulled, or perhaps because of that, he had a strange affinity with dumb beasts. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Little by little the town names along the way began to take on a frank industrial tone—Port Carbon, Minersville, Slatedale—and I realized I was entering the strange, half-forgotten world of Pennsylvania’s anthracite region. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Go ahead, call me an idiot for walking into a strange lady’s shop like that just because I was hungry, but I do impulsive stuff sometimes. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“I know how to care for them. In the night I spat something strange and felt something in my chest was broken.” The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mother had gone back in the house, where we could hear her strange, tireless industry moving upon the empty rooms. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She told him first how Minya had saved the rest of them from the Carnage, which she had witnessed, and she told him the strange fact of her agelessness. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

It’s pleasantly strange to see Hideo in a way no one else does—boyish, relaxed, wholly vulnerable, hair rumpled and wet from a shower, his sweatpants hanging low on his hips. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The evening’s shadows dance across Hel’s face, and it reminds me of how she looked when Rowan Goldgale grabbed her and lit her with that strange glow. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Hooded and tethered, she had traveled with two strange men for several days. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Her face looks a little strange to me. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

You may find the ears slightly strange at first. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I started shoveling Bob’s driveway, which is a strange thing to do at a New Year’s Eve party really. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

But he did not grieve about it; no, he even felt a great desire to laugh, to laugh at himself, to laugh at this strange foolish world! Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their robes were of crimson and silvery gray and deep purple and vivid green: and there were patterns, and pictures of flowers and strange beasts, in needlework all over them. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

My father had a strange look on his face, as if he was trying to hold back his anger. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Walter didn't say anything as I explained the situation, but he had a strange, despairing look on his face. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Mother had sent him over as soon as she heard of Arm’s strange state. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I leaned in closer, picking up on a strange mix of sadness, guilt, and something else that seemed to be seeping through his pores. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I've only eaten half an apple since my encounter with the strange government agent last night. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The problem was, strange things often happened around Harry and it was just no good telling the Dursleys he didn’t make them happen. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

I miss him terribly, which is strange, because we never really talked much when he was here. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

The image was so strange, and yet it was nothing like my grandfather’s pictures. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“Yes. Something strange and improbable would happen so that the impossible couldn’t.” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

While I’m not sure taking off your shoes in a strange hotel room and swallowing too many sleeping pills is what I would call dying valiantly and with acclamation, it’s the thought that counts. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Still, I remembered too well the strange green mist—the spirit of the Oracle—that lived inside the mummy. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Siobhan asked whether Father had hit me and I said I didn’t know because I got very cross and it made my memory go strange. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She was tiny, not much taller than Louisiana, and she, too, had bunny barrettes in her hair, which was strange because you did not necessarily think that old people wore barrettes. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

They taught us in the vet course in school that when an animal starts acting strange, it may be a sign of rabies. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

He found her beautiful, if a bit strange and sour. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I nodded, feeling a strange combination of relief and disappointment. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The previous tenants said the house was chilled even with the fireplace packed near to overflowing and that there were strange sounds all hours of the night. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

He owned a sharp pocketknife—which I had been forbidden to touch— and sat for long hours in the sun, whittling, whistling quietly, or maybe, if he was feeling well, humming some strange tune. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Oliver looked at the presents from his family and a strange feeling settled over him. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Her hair was the strangest color golden-red— as though her head had just burst into flame. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was there many years, thinking, meditating, singing his strange songs, listening to the birds, learning from peasant women how to heal sickness with grasses and herbs, to write amulets, to drive out evil spirits. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t sure why, exactly, but I had this sudden, strange feeling that something was wrong. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

He spent the whole day on this strange farewell tour, until finally one of his cousins called him out. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He was always talking about the woods, the berries that grew there, the strange haunting cries of some of the birds, the loud sound their wings made when they were disturbed and flew up suddenly. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

My life turned to Hollywood oddly enough, and it proved a strange place to live and a surprising place to run into an animal that could and did change my life. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He stormed into La Casa Nera, dragging the python by its tail like a very strange Santa Claus bag, and dropped it next to the bed. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

It contained pictures of the strangest of insects: beetles with horns, beetles with proboscises—one even had a proper nose. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

But that had been spontaneous, forced upon us by bad weather and strange circumstances, just some random act of God, the type of thing you can’t get insurance for. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

A strange wave of excitement boiled within me as I peered out at the sinister light. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

You have read this strange and terrific story, Margaret; and do you not feel your blood congeal with horror, like that which even now curdles mine? Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z

Salvador seemed to hate her, and the hall would be full of strange pochos. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Dried algae stuck to the walls and the sand formed a strange topography on the floors. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But I cannot refuse you, lord. He is in such a strange, dark mood, I am afraid of what he will do if I ask him.” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

He squinted at the window above, saw the same grey sky, heard the same strange quiet. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

He had a strange, distracted look on his face. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

"I don't think it's strange for parents to dream about their kids." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Though he felt he was cut off from them forever, he had a strange hankering for their presence. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The sacks, as they pass, seem strange: they look as though they have been sculpted out of gray clay Neumann Two raises his chin. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

What a strange world it was when a girl who wanted to go to school had to defy militants with machine guns—as well as her own family. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The strange thing was that they already looked finished...and of course they had to be. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

And then I said the strangest thing, “Don’t throw my T-shirt away. Dad gave it to me.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

I continued also the wish to be with you, and experienced a strange, regretful consciousness of some barrier dividing us. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

He steps next to the stretcher, looking at me as if I were not his sister but some kind of strange bug. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

It felt strange when, on the third day, Badwa told them their lessons were concluded. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Bod tried to look up, to see the grave through which they had entered this strange world, but he could see nothing but headstones. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

And then there were the creatures she had seen, each one equally strange and beautiful. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

As they rode into the draw and under the oak trees Samuel said, “I hope you haven’t got me in a state, Lee. It’s a strange day, and I don’t know why.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“This is the painter’s house, Mr. Peale. You know, the one who gave all those strange names to his poor children: Rubens, Raphaelle, Rembrandt, and I don’t know what other nonsense.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Is that all? He’s lucky they haven’t had him strung up from the nearest tree” “I noticed something strange,” Comrade Pillai said as he peeled his banana. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a long pond that was heated in some way so the water wouldn’t freeze and kill the fish, and she looked strange surrounded by the mist that rose from its surface. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

A strange noise stopped us at the door. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Last night I went over some scenarios and got almost giddy—a strange sort of giddy that was speckled with big drops of fear. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Afternoons and weekends, which usually rang with a medley of shouts and laughter and pounding feet, dragged by in a strange, uneasy silence broken only by the dull hum of traffic. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon they heard Moody’s distinctive clunking footsteps coming down the corridor, and he entered the room, looking as strange and frightening as ever. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He stopped his task and stood near the tree in case the strange animal should be coming. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

A rosy golden glow filled the salon, and Aru had a strange vision of someone gathering up the first light of dawn in hundreds of buckets. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He almost started at my sudden and strange abruptness: he looked at me astonished. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

It sure was a strange and complex world outside Garland. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

I felt almost as strange as I had after my first trip back to Rufus—caught between his home and mine. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

And it made a strange rattling sound Jinny had never heard before. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Nothing as strange, however, as the day that two visitors from Asgard, Loki and Thor, arrived at their farm in a chariot pulled by two huge goats, whom Thor called Snarler and Grinder. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

“I wasn’t sure what to think when I got that strange phone call and video.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Further, she had had a strange feeling in her right side ever since a man had pushed her into a railing as they scrambled for seats on the IRT line. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Outside, strange voices were speaking in a tongue he did not know. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It was strange, how Aunty Uju often spoke about the former heads of state, invoking their names with poisoned blame, but never mentioning The General. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

They heard strange music as they drew near the shack, like somebody playing a rubber band while clacking castanets. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The air was cold and suffused with a strange odor, like clothes left to rot in a flooded basement. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Your leg,” said Orr with a strange, mysterious laugh. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

She relaxed a little, but she still watched him intently, and he stayed calm and quiet as if she were a strange cat he was making friends with. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She has a strange power, this woman,” I said, half to myself. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

And since politics makes strange bedfellows, Alfred Lanning sat at the other side of the desk with his ferocious white eyebrows bent far forward over eyes in which chronic impatience had sharpened to acuity. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

They had all tried in their own way: Riccio with his jokes, Mosca by showing Prosper all the strange things hidden behind the dark doors in Ida's house. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

That whole setup always looks strange to me, because this place used to be an auto-repair shop when I was little. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Even though I understand the physics of it, I find it strange that my body could be moving though I am sitting still. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

But over the summer the virus underwent some strange transformation and over the next six months ended up killing between 20 and 40 million people worldwide. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then only again the rockets, the singing of the shells and the stars there—most strange. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

If what they kept and clung to seemed strange, part of me sympathized: it was all they had left of their home. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Carmen thinks these pale foreigners are funny and strange, but I feel a bond with them, because like me, they don’t exactly belong here. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is a complex and sometimes strange story. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Creeping along the shadows toward home, we saw an orange glow beyond a corner and heard a strange sound, like a fierce gust of wind. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

When I looked at my lantern I knew that it had made the strange sound. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were like a troupe of great, strange animals, of two different species; great apes with intelligent eyes, all of them in hit, in kemmer....They took my hand, touched me, held me. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

When it opened into a cave, Aru knew where the strange smell was coming from…. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

And on the day set, a wagon would come driving up to the gate in the morning and there would be strange children to play with. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Raizel, something very strange happened yesterday. I think someone was following me on my way home.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

"Such a strange world we live in," she says when I finish. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

It’s strange to think that in a couple years Maribel will be the same age my mom was when she had me. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

The prisoners showed up in all kinds of strange garb; it looked like a masquerade. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he leaves his flat in the early afternoon to find something to eat, the streets are already buzzing with the news: a strange circus has appeared overnight, just west of the city. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Maybe these were two women who lived far enough off the beaten path that there was some strange common ground between them. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

The bad blood of spring filled us with strange yearnings and tumult, and the boys from Los Jaros split off from the boys from town and there were gang fights. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

And, before they could answer, he went on in his strange croaking way: “Well, don’t just stand there in the cold; come in, come in. It’s lucky you happened by; none of you looks well.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

The people on the other end of the Road were strange. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

It seemed strange beyond belief that he had ever lain so long in the room. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bigger listened to the tone of their voices, to their strange accents, to the exuberant phrases that flowed so freely from their lips. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The pearly taste of barley would have been strange to them, for it had not yet come to Gramarye. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were taller and darker than the Men of Bree and were believed to have strange powers of sight and hearing, and to understand the languages of beasts and birds. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Very slowly I drew a wavy line through theories five and seven even though a strange feeling went up my esophagus. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I wish I had done the same to my oldest son,” the strange woman said in a regretful voice, gazing at me. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gideon nodded, like he didn’t think that was strange at all. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Washington sympathized with whites who recoiled at “the incoming of those of foreign birth and strange tongue and habits...” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Behind them, the rest of the bears were engaging with the strange cavalry, helped by the Gallivespians, whose stings enraged the horses. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“I must look strange to you, all beaten up like this, but I hope I still sound like your old friend.” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

As they waited, hearts pounding from their flight from the monastery and the strange, terrifying encounter they had had there, Jeanne looked at Michelangelo. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

This tremor was more extreme, caused by something bigger than a strange stampede. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Yes, very strange things. People said that a few turns on the merry-go-round of the Merciful Sisters made adults out of children and children out of adults.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

"None," he said, with a strange air of satisfaction. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

It was strange to see that expression on his face, because Rocky had always known what he was doing, without asking anyone. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I listened to the strange music they made, like it was an old, favorite song. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Shadow thought it a strange song to find on a jukebox. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

They sing, an antique language as ragged and strange as their beards, a language closer to mine than to their own. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

As they flew over the dark, twisting lane down which they had walked earlier, Harry heard, over the whistling of the night air in his ears, Dumbledore muttering in some strange language again. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

There was a strange sound, like the murmur and crackle you hear before you realize that what you’re hearing is your house on fire. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

It always shocked me when I realized that I wasn’t the only person in the world who thought and felt such strange and awful things. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Before Peach, Grace hadn’t really given her biological mom much thought, but now this strange woman kept dominating her mind. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I didn’t understand any of it, but he seemed so somber and strange that I didn’t want to talk about it anymore. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

For a fleeting second, Harry had a strange desire to join the Ravenclaw table too. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I dreamed instead about my grandfather as a boy, about his first night here, a stranger in a strange land, under a strange roof, owing his life to people who spoke a strange tongue. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

It was strange how quiet the whole crowd was. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

According to the evening broadcast, an elderly woman in Chicago had just notified the authorities about receiving a strange delivery. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

When his front paws were unstuck, the strange sticky tape trapped his back paws and tail. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

He had a strange skimpy-looking little beard and his eyes were deep set and as blank as an empty well. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I noticed for the first time how strange it was that the guards hadn’t rushed forward to arrest us. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I even looked up and down the shore to see if there were any strange footprints on the ground. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a strange, almost mournful version of “Time After Time.” Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

He’s looking at me, and I’m looking back at him, and it’s the strangest thing, because I thought Locke would never notice anyone like me. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It was strange how someone else’s dress made her feel new. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

It felt strange to be soaking wet and yet wading through dust. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The strangest sight was the old giant Thoon, who was getting bludgeoned to death by three old ladies with brass clubs - the Fates, armed for war. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

But the strange thing was, if I looked at this kid directly for more than a moment, dark spaces sort of swallowed him up. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

When the gravity approaches a billion g’s, something still more strange happens. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why enter this jungle of foreignness where everything is new, strange and difficult? Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was strange to see the hat rack in the corner with no hat. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Then a strange thing happened: the hurt stopped hurting. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

For a moment the face seems almost healthy;—then it collapses suddenly into the strange face of the dead that I have so often seen, strange faces, all alike. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had heard of the Wisconsin Dells but was not prepared for the weird country sculptured by the Ice Age, a strange, gleaming country of water and carved rock, black and green. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

And it had just occurred to me that, while yes, there was some fault on my end for not asking him more questions about himself, his omission was also strange. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Then the strange little dude jerks himself around and he catches sight of me and he lifts a crutch and points it up at my heart and he goes, "Identify yourself, earthling." Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

But I always have thought it was strange, if our mother cells done so much for medicine, how come her family can’t afford to see no doctors? The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Small and strange was the writing, overwritten and interlined by many hands, and all those hands were dust now. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

“We were so scared for you! We thought it was strange when he took you to the woods, away from the base. We kept our eyes on you, then you disappeared!” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

After her strange mother climbed the stairs, Flora pulled back Ulysses’s chair. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

The mare splashed through the stream, peppering her riders with droplets of cool water, then headed for the cemetery, which was clouded over with a strange silvery mist. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“I’m not trying to be rude,” I said, gritting my teeth and keeping my words low enough not be overheard by the strange little boy standing only a few feet away from us. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I was free, but inside me I felt strange, like I’d lost something but couldn’t remember what it was. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Yet when she looked into his eyes she found there a strange humility, an altogether unexpected kindness. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

The air was a strange, silvery color, and the gray-green trees melted into the sky. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kat told her in a quiet voice, not like her normal voice, all about the strange man, the free ticket, tracking the pod and waiting for Salim to come down, and how he hadn’t. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lost boys have a strange kind of brotherhood. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I said this rather to myself than to the gipsy, whose strange talk, voice, manner, had by this time wrapped me in a kind of dream. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Oh!” cried Elizabeth, “I am excessively diverted. But it is so strange!” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

It looked strange, not as glamorous as it did on Amaka; it did not even have the same bronze shimmer. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He’s watching me with a strange, almost apologetic expression in his eyes. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Here on 42nd Street it was less elegant but no less strange. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

And then the Joker—a strange one for sure. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

“Some of them are strange, and personally, I love strange. I really do. But most of us in Truman theater are—I don’t know what the word for it is—normal, I guess.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

The attic where the boys commonly slept looked strange enough with those chairs pulled out and arranged for the meeting. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wrote to Harry Codman, who was himself ill with a strange abdominal illness, “I can only conclude now that I am older and more used up than I had supposed.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

No matter how strange her mom acted, I could see she loved her daughter. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

And I feel so restless and strange and unhappy. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

He moved with a strange gait reminiscent to me of something I couldn’t place. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’s such a sad, strange sight that I have to stop. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

I love my neighborhood of North River Heights, which is why it was so strange to be walking down these blocks feeling like it was all new to me suddenly. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

If one likes, one could ascribe this randomness to the intervention of God, but it would be a very strange kind of intervention: there is no evidence that it is directed toward any purpose. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

"In every case a strange lady was seen outside the house, just before it happened." The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

How strange when I had had such feelings of death shoot through my hand and into my body so that I would surely die. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

And why had she given me that strange look? Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

It’s so strange to have a name for the place that was always just home to me. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The second strange thing was Hannah’s coming into her mother’s room with an empty bowl and a peck of Kentucky Wonders and saying, “Mamma, did you ever love us?” Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

You can hear their cars, an occasional shout, and a strange metallic tinkling. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“I’m going because I like life,” was her strange reason. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Eberhardt thoughtfully watched the strange scene through the car window. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

In reduced circumstances the desire to live attaches itself to strange objects. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

An onlooker, not understanding the situation, would have wondered at the strange intensity of the two; an onlooker might have believed for a moment that they were man and boy suddenly bereft of their reason. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then what's especially strange is that suddenly it feels as if we all really do live at the Gardens of Glenwood. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

He showed me each item, handling the strange machines as if he had tamed whatever demons were trapped inside. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Thank you for the . . .’’—whatever the strange parcel was. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

I have strange feelings and sometimes when I’m sitting by the fire with Mam and my brothers I feel tears coming and I’m ashamed of myself for being weak. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The strange thing was, he wanted to like everyone. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Not wanting to end on such an experience, he places the strange little bottle back on its shelf and decides to choose one more before leaving to catch up with Poppet and Widget again. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Peering into the dimness, I see Ma and Starry locked in a strange tug-of-war by a small square in the wall. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Gurgi and the bard, however, appeared delighted at the strange turn of events, and set heartily to eating the food that soon arrived at the table. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

The idea that my big brother sometimes felt not good enough was strange, and a bit scary. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He is wonderful and strange and who knows how old he is, he thought. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gregor was reluctant to give her any of the strange medicine, but Boots was so hot. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

It’s strange, because in reality, I’m not the leading guy. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

It’s strange to be inside this game with its own creator and see him play with it as its god. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

As we entered the cave, a strange terror seized me. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The room was stifling with a weird tension, this strange sadness, when finally Shannon spoke up. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Hel gives me a strange look and nods at my mask, still sitting on the bed. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Wolf spoke with a strange, slightly foreign accent. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

It’s strange, but I have to stop and breathe for a few seconds before I can keep practicing again. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

My other sisters, in different ways, have become stricken with strange behavior regarding men. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were apparently waiting for the effects of the Nirvana gun to wear off the Gondwannans who had been shot by the strange man. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The house was filling with people and the hours passed in a dreadful streaky blur of relatives, neighbors, crying children, covered dishes, blocked driveways, ringing telephones, bright lights, strange faces, awkward conversations. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The strange woman said, “There is one thing you must remember: Those who know you will still recognize you. Do you understand?” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You can’t help but come up with a strange idea. Any idea you have is a Strange idea. Get it?” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

In this strange room, which smells faintly of traveling salesmen, the clapping sounds like encouragement, even though it’s only praise for the lasagna that has come out of the oven. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The Tribune called the ball “the strangest gathering since the destruction of the Tower of Babel.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

They thought about her words a lot when facing the strange things in their world. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

It feels so strange, saying her name out loud after such a long time. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The faces were covered in purple patterns, tattooed in swirls of indigo, turning the dead faces into strange, expressive monstrous things. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

I'm going to die now, it said; how strange. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

It's strange to hear her say my old name again. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

First there was a strange thwip sound as the robot’s right foot popped off her leg and sailed through the air. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The study provided a strange interior solace—answering some of the questions that had so haunted my father and grandmother. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

It did not seem strange that they should be, for all his life he had felt that things had been happening to him that should have gone into them. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

And when she was halfway down, near a little grove of knot-wood bushes, she saw something strange out on the mudflats. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I looked for Deborah and Theresa, but every face I saw was strange. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard him saying, looking straight at me, “Hello, hello, hello—” And I knew that Sophia, taking no chances with the strange voice, had hung up. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

But as they passed the bay of water by the city, Minli saw something strange, like an orange shadow streaking across the sky. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

It’s strange to describe reading a book as a really great experience, but that’s kind of how it felt. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

He was more fawning and would-be friendly; but Sam surprised some strange looks in his eyes at times, especially towards Frodo; and he went back more and more into his old manner of speaking. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Nothing warped seemed bizarre any more in his strange, distorted surroundings. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

How strange that he would never speak anywhere again. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

It’s so strange to hear them talking like this. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

It was a strange blend, sharp and faint all at once. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Being swallowed by a strange animal had taught the aunt not to waste her time shouting; now, all that she wanted to do was to sit quietly in the sun. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

“Money. Someone could be holding her for ransom. It’s strange that her laptop is missing. Or she could have been murdered. Like, by someone who made her write the note.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“A bit strange not to have live-in servants, don’t you think?” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Don’t they pump your body full of strange chemicals to prevent your skin from stretching and puckering, to keep your face from resembling a rubber mask? I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

A week later, my test came out clean, and there was nothing the doctor could say about what they called my strange habits. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

It’s a strange thing to realize that you’re willing to die. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I would just ask directions, pretending I was lost in a strange neighborhood. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

As it was, the Europeans had their hands full trying to understand the strange behavior of the electron. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

There was a window, which was strange, because surely she was underground, wasn’t she? The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

He had a strange feeling as the slow gurgling stream slipped by: his old life lay behind in the mists, dark adventure lay in front. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Then I looked around the beach and saw, drawn up in ranks, regiment after regiment of strange, silent, scaled soldiers, but I paid little attention to them. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know why we didn’t catch on that something different was really going to happen this time, Momma and Dad started acting real strange right after they talked to Grandma Sands. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have kept up what some people would consider my strange religious practices. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes when she walked near home on the first little ridge, she’d get a strange feeling about the world. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

The roar of his voice echoed in her ears, calling up a strange fear she had not felt since she was a child. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

The weapon salve was thus to be brought within the sphere of experimental science, and strange facts were to be naturalized. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

It was so strange—he had known the old woman for only a few days, but now he could not imagine what he would do once she was gone. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had never imagined that there would be a statue....How strange it was to see himself represented in stone, a happy baby without a scar on his forehead.... Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

What a strange dream: the long hall, the plea for help, the armored mouse.... Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

She makes a strange, shocked sound, and notes it in a ledger book. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Near this place there were caves, and the boy had heard that a strange animal lived in these caves. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

It was a strange kind of forgiveness, mixed with desperate pity and hope. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Oh, these people’s minds work in strange ways, Petunia, they’re not like you and me,” said Uncle Vernon, trying to knock in a nail with the piece of fruitcake Aunt Petunia had just brought him. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

It was strange, but in that moment I realized that if I said the right things I could get him to step in and do something. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

It’s strange that something she was born with, that’s of no choice of hers, is now the sole thing that defines her in the eyes of others. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Or maybe shrug at how strange everyone was, especially me. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

But the contact of tongues, alive and slippery muscle, moist flesh on flesh, and the strange sound it drew from her, changed that. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

She thought she might put it on a chain, someday, and it would remind her of the fairy who had, in his own strange way, shown her how to save herself. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then a strange look crossed his features and he pointed off behind the man in black. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

A strange friendship; grim and gambling Longstreet, formal and pious old Bobby Lee. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not only was the language still a problem but also the terminology and ideas he encountered were strange and bewildering to him. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Worried by the noise and vibration and unable to feed, the does kept wandering downstream to look at the body and whisper together about the strange and dangerous surroundings. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Percy strung it on his leather necklace with the strange beads. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

And she didn’t even say anything to refute his statement, didn’t even argue with him, which to me was strange. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

And he and Lady Meng had always acted a bit strange with each other. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

It was strange that I was the one with words suddenly. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She’s giving him a weird look he can’t parse, and he decides to chalk it up to June being confusing and strange. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

By the end of the dinner, it seemed like we were all connected in some strange way that none of us had imagined, and it stayed that way as we came to practice on Monday. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

When he was a baby, she had looked at his wine stain and listened to him whimper in his sleep, and she’d thought he was the strangest and most beautiful baby in the world. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Cole awoke during the night to strange noises deep in the trees. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Which was strange, because just minutes earlier he had been acting like we were all murderers for not crying our eyes out. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

Then it was as though I hadn't asked him; the name sounded strange. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those post-cards would be very fine in America; strange and mysterious. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

They watched him, half skeptical, half wondering whether this little Jewish boy was as strange and potent as his companion. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

It wouldn't be strange if I was used to people coming in my room and touching things, but nobody comes in here. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

That was strange, no doubt; but neither of them knew what to make of it. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

It was like being a swimmer in a strange and terrible sea. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But they all looked strange to me, men and women, well as I knew them. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly she reined Horse, for standing in the dimness beyond was the strangest trio she had ever seen. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I sit down on the couch, ready to turn on the television, when I notice a strange odor in the air. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

It was late in the summer and we were all seated around the kitchen table making our plans to go to El Puerto for the harvest when my mother with strange premonition remembered Narciso. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The deal is the deal,” said Rollins, eager to be done with this strange lot. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Nov 15—I was looking at some of my old progress reports and its very strange but I cant read what I wrote. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

As we neared them I heard a strange sound like that of running feet. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shasta wormed his way through the crowd and there saw Edmund, looking very angry indeed, Corin looking a little ashamed of himself, and a strange Dwarf sitting on the ground making faces. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Whatever happened in the future, however superficially strange or shocking, would also have an unsurprising, familiar quality, inviting her to say, but only to herself, Oh yes, of course. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

And suddenly she was so strange he couldn't believe he knew her at all. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

So strange, to sit around the table and feel like everything and nothing has changed all at once. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What do you mean, and? Call me crazy, but that’s pretty strange.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Fangburn knew better than to question the reason for his Chief’s order, no matter how strange it sounded. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Well, I’m not surprised,’ and then I went to sleep again, and I’m sure I should never have mentioned anything of the kind to three strange gentlemen if you hadn’t dragged it out of me.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their loop had been raided, they explained in their strange and broken way, but they’d managed to escape into the catacombs and hide among the bones. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Upon their shields they bore a strange device: a small white hand in the centre of a black field; on the front of their iron helms was set an S-rune, wrought of some white metal. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

So it wasn’t at all surprising to me that they took the time to explain the strange circumstances surrounding the arrival of the little bundle with the glistening eyes now among us. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

His name is as strange as he is, this new baby brother so pale and quiet and wide-eyed. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

We pass a man making dollar bills disappear and reappear again in strange places. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

It was strange, for the wintry sky was clear and the weather had seemed settled mild that morning. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

She—he—looked strange crouching at Hades’s shoulder. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

My heart no longer beat in a strange excited way. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The strange man raised his palms upwards as well as his hands and the bus jerked forward and gathered speed down the high street. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’d not forgot. I just never expected—” “I wondered if thee would know me in this strange garb.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Sword in hand, he strode through the snow, putting himself between the riders and the king’s tower, its beacon glimmering behind him like the orange eye of some strange god. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Under this strange nocturnal sky Milton pulled his car as close to the train platform as possible and stopped. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“It’s still strange not to see you in blue,” I say. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Here, I am the strange one, with my blunt fingers, round ears, and mayfly life. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He looks at the world with a strange, sullen, fixed-from- under stare, as though defying all efforts of compassion. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Thinking of venison, his mind had gone about cataloguing the sitting room and his mind nudged him, saying, “Hey, there’s something wrong here—something strange.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

In his heart, he felt a strange sense of joy: he was about to die in pursuit of his Personal Legend. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whatever strange words of parting we exchange can wait until tomorrow. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

And this dactyl—this strange and beautiful creature with its wrinkled, gray-brown hide, barrel chest, and slender neck—she wanted to hug it. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The broken walls were covered with friezes of men and women in strange outfits with bands of cuneiform running both above and below. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“I really was a strange one,” is the first thing Massari tells me after I track him down in Florida, as if this were something that must be stated at the outset. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Still, it’s strange to think of Mr. and Mrs. Campbell lying in them at night, with different heads—his with a mustache, hers without—but nevertheless twinlike, identical, under the sheets and blankets. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I awoke later, in the backseat of a strange automobile. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

For he did not know about seeing a calf born, everything here was strange, and potentially dangerous to him. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

When they arrive in New York, Bailey is immediately struck by how strange everything looks. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

It was a strange question, but the woman seemed genuinely concerned. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

And the strangest thing is that these lies I told, these fictions, did wonders for my popularity. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

There were many who considered him the victim of some strange spell. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

The next morning, when I arrived at work in another jeans and sneakers ensemble, she seemed startled, as if some strange vagrant had made a wrong turn into the office. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I think of Eden's face, of the medicine he and John and my mother will need, and of the strange red X with the line through it. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

It was a strange thing to say, and he said it in a strange way, but Armpit went inside. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Alec twisted and pulled the Transvice up so that its business end— that strange little spout coming from the long bubble—was pointing straight at him. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t take my eyes off the strange contraptions in the sky. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

The strange man said he’d give us the one he had if we liked. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

His father said, “Sit down and watch television with us,” and he turned back to the TV, apparently unmoved by the presence of a large, strange dog. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

All living things contain a measure of madness that moves them in strange, sometimes inexplicable ways. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“But jealousy . . . it’s a strange thing. So much more powerful than I would have thought. And irrational! Just now, when Charlie asked you about that vile Mike Newton ...” He shook his head angrily. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I reasoned with the strange shadows impersonating my family, and when reasoning failed, I lied. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

People looked strange wearing face masks, like a convention of surgeons had accidentally assembled in front of the ballpark. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

And strange having to wade through the gaggle of press still camped out in front of the Johnsons' building. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

When she opened it, a strange thing happened. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Let me go, and I will tell you a tale passing strange.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Her hands had a strange orange color and she had a distinct smell, not unpleasant but very strong. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to think about what I had left behind at the Stockyards, or who had seized me, or why the taste of chemicals lingered sweet and strange on my tongue. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Shaking her head, she smiled and spoke to him again in that strange, even tone she takes when she’s dead serious. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He was still clutching the sword of Gryffindor, and wore a strange look: half truculent, half intrigued. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Shrugging her shoulders, she began a strange mixture of the two, speeding along until the line “Gosh, Toto, this sure doesn’t look like Kansas.” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

A strange sort of excitement was upon me. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

A strange breeze rustled through the clearing, temporarily overpowering the stink of trash and muck. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Still, I thought it strange that in Shady’s whole establishment, I hadn’t seen but one bottle of liquor, and it was sitting right out in the open. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

The garden was in a strange location, and I couldn’t figure out its purpose until I saw the large tombstone at its center. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I remember watching that foot of hers in its striped sandal swinging backwards and forwards, and my eyes and my brain began to burn in a strange quick way. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

And then, one day, it turned out little Jeanne was just as strange as Theresa. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

It was only the beginning of her dark, strange ability. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

She’d never been a touchy-feely person, but she had the strangest desire to drape her cloak over Nico’s shoulders and tuck him in. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“Okay,” I say, my voice hoarse and strange. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

It’s not a strange question, after what we’ve been through, but I tense up when he asks it, worried that he’ll somehow see into my mind. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

A strange scenario: a small comet hits the Earth, as millions of them have, and the response of our civilization is promptly to self-destruct. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe it’s because she’s totally drunk, but I don’t notice any shred of shame or embarrassment, which I admire in a strange way. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“And then,” she said, “this man, who said his strange name was Nathaniel York, told me I was beautiful and— and kissed me.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was strange approaching it from the other side. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

A strange expression passed over his lean hungry face. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

It was strange how everything had been so full of life and funny and in a way sad, and now everything was quiet. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was still hot, and everything was very strange. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“We could tell you where we’ve been, and maybe you’d be interested, I don’t know. We saw all kinds of strange things on the way here.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

And my thoughts became more urgent, more strange. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

His face took on a strange expression—one I was to see only a few more times in the years to come. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I grip Fina’s gloved hand and drag her with me, weaving through the crowd of strange and familiar faces. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

But then I see that the strange yellow pattern is writing. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

“I have strange ways of eating things too.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

It was strange, a little laugh was starting to get into Momma’s voice. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

With some little difficulty—for it was very dark, and the whole place seemed so strange to us—we found the Westenra tomb. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Now they lay under the spindle trees and sniffed in weariness and doubt at the strange, bare country round them. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nguyen was starting to think that no amount of money was worth another minute in this strange company. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

It was a strange feature—now that Lancelot was in the conversation—that Mordred's vivid feeling was exchanged for indifference. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It was a strange sight as we passed through the burned district ...” Kinzie recalled. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

The tip of his nose touched the strange substance into which he was staring. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

To his right stood a beautiful woman in green armor with flowing black hair and strange little horns like crab claws. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

At night they stopped beside a bubbling stream to water the animals, and the Xi set up small, strange tents in the spaces between trees. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

All Clara had to do to see her uncle was close her eyes and there he was, weather-beaten and thin, with a pirate’s mustache through which his strange, sharklike smile peered out at her. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked at them with fear and suspicion; but when he saw that Gandalf was there, and that his companions were hobbits, in spite of their strange gear, then he brightened and wished them welcome. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

A strange thought crossed her mind, and Tally said, “I’d hate it if you got the operation.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

His eyes met Henry’s, for a long, strange moment. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

It was very strange to a boy weaned on the fists and calluses of Catholic schools. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had been three weeks since a strange boy made her laugh and then solved her cipher when she wasn’t looking. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I knew that this machine-city was governed by strange laws and I wondered if I would ever learn them. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Liam had only just reached me when I felt the strangest sensation of burning, right at my core. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Yes, strange as it sounds, this has become my home, these girls are like my sisters. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But now it hit him: how strange it was that the ship had collided with the iceberg at the exact moment the scar-faced man had opened the lid of Mr. Burrows’s crate. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

He’s as strange to me as a demon. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn't strange to see him pretending to crawl up the lockers, or for him to perform tactical movements like barrel rolls in the middle of the hallway. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

We sat there awhile, holding hands, reveling in the strange new sensation of actually touching one another. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He supposed he was still in some kind of shock from the crash and there was still the pain, the dizziness, the strange feeling. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, but Dexter started out like me, too—making strange noises and movements. And then one day he said ‘chicken nipple,’ and everything changed. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The strange and indescribable pleasure, interlaced with the pain. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Soon all traces of Dictionopolis had vanished in the distance and all those strange and unknown lands that lay between the kingdom of words and the kingdom of numbers stretched before them. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

As our van pulled up next to the launch-pad elevator, I noticed a strange thing. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to wake her, but I feel strange, going to meet a girl in the middle of the night without telling her about it. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I did not find it strange that I was raised with no one father, nor did I marvel at the singularity of any other article in my upbringing. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Safe enough to sink into a strange dream where I'm bobbing up and down in a stormy ocean that carries me far away from Amma. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Maybe not to moan, but the tune was so slow and the meter so strange that she could have been moaning. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he hung up he had a strange look on his face. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

It felt strange to speak of beings she’d worshipped all her life this way. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He was on his side not moving and his eyes were open and Brian thought how strange it was that he would sleep that way—mashed on his stomach. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

It was strange to see him work without his gloves, but in moments, the lock clicked open, and they were free. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

And they had a strange smell—one that seemed familiar to Luna, somehow, though she could not place it. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

A few months after I witnessed the grisly murder a strange feeling that I should end my own life suddenly came over me. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

There ’mongst the rows of his ma’s beets and corn and green peas were some of the strangest markings I’d ever seen. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

I know it sounds strange, but a praying Dussel is a terrible sight to behold. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“And there have been other things. There have been sightings of strange creatures near the border of the Wood. Creatures that are not human. We have encountered them ourselves on our journey here.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

There’s stuff G’pop wasn’t even aware of, and strange sleep talk about fixing it... Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

Despite all the trouble and danger we found ourselves in, and despite the fact that this strange new world had started to crumble the moment I’d discovered it, I was profoundly glad I was here. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

And then she thought of Aron’s beautiful face so like her own and a strange pain— a little collapsing pain—arose in her chest. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

A sharp pain rose in Harry’s throat at this sight: For a moment, the strange music and the knowledge that Dumbledore’s body was so close seemed to take all warmth from the day. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I looked at my mother, at the strange woman, at my father, then into the fire. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The goldfish are used to David dropping strange beings into their tank. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

They hoped the answers were cruel and strange. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

It’s called the Rule of 150, and it is a fascinating example of the strange and unexpected ways in which context affects the course of social epidemics. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the holy hymn taken from the bone and sinew of the family’s life together, the anthem of both their discontent and strange belabored love for their way of life. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Always she waited, her eyes straining to make out the figure on the prow, and always, at the sight of those strange, glistening white figureheads, her heart sank. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

There was something strange about a girl who couldn’t hear. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Sam had heard about the strange little creature. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

My brain is filled with all the strange facts about the world. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

He laughed his strange simpleton’s laugh, and set about discovering how the five pieces of leather came undone. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

It sounds strange, somewhat on the line between irony and absurdity, to think that people would rather label and judge something as significant as each other but completely bypass a peanut. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The story of how Tyler decided to leave the mountain is a strange one, full of gaps and twists. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

It was a strange scientific conference; the fate of the entire medical research institute rested in our ignorant, black hands. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The roar and clatter of water, the great swirl against the horses' fetlocks, the cool, stirring air and the darting dragon-flies, filled Shasta with a strange excitement. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

The visions had been so strange; she hadn't understood them. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

She was still looking at this strange man from the homeland she had never known when Magister Illyrio placed a moist hand on her bare shoulder. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

When I wake up from my long, strange dreams, there is sun in my room. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The walls of the corridor leading into the tomb were covered with dozens of strange paintings depicting enslaved humans, orcs, elves, and other creatures. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

And when they blew again upon their golden horns the strange music came forth and passed slowly over the audience, which now talked aloud and stood up. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boy made a strange grunt as he collapsed to the ground. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The two of them had been very close to each other from their earliest years, and it was not strange that Thambi should follow his brother. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

The moment of genetic exchange is particularly strange and wonderful. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

I have a strange feeling at the back of my throat; it’s closing up. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I guess whatever “wires” are mixed up in my brain are responsible for all sorts of strange things. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

The granules of sand at my feet and the sun and sky above me seemed to dissolve into one strange, complete being. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The movement was strange with the slipperiness of the house shoes, but she managed to sink down and return to her standing position without falling. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

It took over two hours, and he had to stop several times because he still felt a bit weak and once because he felt a strange new twinge in his stomach. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was something strange and extraordinary about her—something that was frightening and at the same time most exciting. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Suddenly a strange and strong emotion took over me: I felt homesick. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

He did nothing unknightly, and, as it happened, did no harm to Lancelot But the strange turn of feeling was there all the same. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I find it strange that the sisters’ eating is governed by silence and strict rules. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Who could possibly have left such an enormous package and such a strange one? The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

No one ever discovered what happened to him to cause this strange affliction. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

That’s one thing you should know about me: My head is a strange—and maybe a little dangerous—place to be for too long. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

Hyacinth was so surprised by Franz’s strange behavior she let herself be pulled. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

It’s a strange word to use for that, isn’t it? The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could see well enough, but it still looked strange. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know it’s sort of strange, but Dad is just as much my best friend as Lidia is. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Siddhartha understood that the spoilt and grieving boy could not suddenly be content in a strange and poor place. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

What a strange word in an adult voice. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was seawater coming in on the tide, and it was strange to Lyra, who had never swum in salt water before. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

My voice sounds strange, outside of my body. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sprawled on his belly, a cut on one hand, dirt in his mouth, he heard something rustling through the foliage behind him, and a strange sound that was either laughter or running water. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

One thing you sure couldn’t miss was how many strange alliances were forged in a war. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s not just that the room is bare— it’s that there’s a strange, dead stillness to the air, as if the room is an empty shell left behind by an animal. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

It was strange to find a stream, no matter how small, on such a tiny island. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Ekon didn’t want to watch her eat necessarily—that would be strange—but he did want to know whether she liked the food. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I hear strange sounds, something like a bubbling test tube and a sigh of steam pipes, a breath of air. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

It began not as the gorgeous fanfare over the ocean I had expected, but as a strange gray thing, like sun- shine seen through burlap. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

She told me I must keep myself as covered as I could with my shawl, that I’m bigger now and strange men can’t be trusted. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

But on a brighter note, my strange, tragedy- induced popularity at school was growing. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were fashioned of ebony and weirwood, die black and white grains swirling and twisting in strange interwoven patterns. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She doesn’t miss a beat, or even act like the question is strange. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Now a strange man came up to him, an easterner fresh from spilling blood in distant Argos, a hunted man. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was something strange down there—a mass of gray and brownish material. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her voice had a strange wobble in it that made a pumping start in my ears. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It is a strange world, though no doubt some feel at home there.” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was feeling something strange, right then and there. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“Nor have you stopped and told it your name. And yet it knew it. On the moors in Osskil it called you by your name, the name I gave you. It is strange, strange...” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

It was a strange day indeed, and when Mrs. Caruthers decided to take a nap before dinner Ophie took that moment to escape to the safety of the kitchen. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I was struck for the first time by the spectacle of him—this strange mix-of-everything man. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He sat there, the TV muted in the background, and he felt at home again, a strange sensation after such an intense day. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

When the strange fit was over, the disease was truly defeated. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now, looking at her and at the strange swelling she had on her body, he was stricken with remorse, although he did not know why, and he argued with himself. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

He is four now, curls long gone, his dark brown hair straight as a bone, strange to us but our little brother, the four of us again in one place. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

It is strange that he is traveling against the flow of traffic. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dumbledore’s eyes were closed; but for the strange angle of his arms and legs, he might have been sleeping. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Your life ... It must be kind of strange?” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Amari’s voice sounded off—too slow for rapping but too strange to be anything else. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I had the strangest sensation of floating, of drifting farther and farther away with nothing and no one to cling to. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

It looked good, but it was strange after the long, straight hair her mother had had all of Candice’s life. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

What was this strange creature doing in his territory? Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

No wonder the Romans had been giving her strange looks. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

It also seemed strange that not even the best workers could reproduce her results. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The first time she ever went into his dream, she had stood right in front of him, secure in her invisibility, and wistful, wishing this strange dreamer might fix his sweet gray eyes on her. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Fears have been raised that in their enthusiasm scientists might inadvertently create a black hole or even something called "strange quarks," which could, theoretically, interact with other subatomic particles and propagate uncontrollably. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

My father often remarked that it was strange, but now it doesn’t matter. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

All winter, we had been anticipating snow—everyone kept saying how strange it was that we hadn’t had any yet—but I’d never heard anything about falling ice. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

For the first time, my grandfather’s last words began to make a strange kind of sense. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

My strange hours are somehow revamping our sexual life. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was more than that, but the title of Lucera didn’t feel real to Sierra yet; it was still some strange inheritance she couldn’t fully grasp. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Papa told her about this strange neighborhood: how its families had been Americans for more than a hundred years back; how they were mostly Scotch, English and Welsh extraction. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stopped again and looked at us in a strange way. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh!” said Sam, when he caught sight of the strange beast, its many legs dragging in the sand. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

It makes me feel strange inside, knowing my big, strong daddy sees someone else the way I see him. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

"But whatever happens, and I say it again, we must tread carefully from now on. I have not forgotten that strange and distant glimmer on your face after you tipped over the last glass." Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t know what her heart wanted for the strange black boy, who seemed an emissary from a different country. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

A strange look came over the bartender’s face. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I untied the strange knots that the Amoses had put in my twine and opened the suitcase. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

In the shallow water beyond the rocks there were sea stars too, a field of their strange bumpy bodies. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The first packet that she passed to Winston had a strange and yet vaguely familiar feeling. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

A strange woman from a bar filled with petty and not-so-petty criminals brought a drunk, underage teenager back to her house, where he spent the night. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Half a century ago, something strange and horrible had happened there, something that the older inhabitants of the village still liked to discuss when topics for gossip were scarce. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

When the family reached the tree there was no strange animal. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Breathlessly, I tell her about seeing colors and about how I thought everybody saw things that way and then I found out that nobody did and I felt so alone and strange. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

He gave me a strange look, as if he found me slightly disgusting. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

I could feel myself slipping into a strange funk, one in which every little noise or sight outside the window was enough to distract me. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

It was really, really strange having Park's mom wash her hair. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

By a strange coincidence—or maybe not—he looks eerily like he does on YouTube, since his voluminous scarf and ski hat cover his face everywhere except the letterbox view from eyes to lower lip. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

For some strange reason I felt relieved when I thought about what I had to do. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The day had a strange but comforting feel to it, like a rest between the end of one time and the beginning of another. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She moves my hand up and down, over her strange and wonderful valleys. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

But these weren’t wild bonobos — they’d been raised with people, and had been cast out of their tiny familiar world and into a strange planet, where the hunters with guns, those mother-killers, were back. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

HARRY: “Dad Hello Good Hello”? No. This is ... a strange joke. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

What they found was a strange accent, a pervasive fear of their religion and firm resistance to their attempts to find work. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Nana was dead, and she was here, in a strange city, separated from the life she’d known by valleys and chains of snow-capped mountains and entire deserts. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Noodles kept analyzing it, and for some reason, for some strange reason, I just knew what was about to go down. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

And later they would laugh about that, about how strange it was that their marriage should have turned so loverlike after so many years. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was strange to be here again, and to be here alone, without the clatter and chatter of other children. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

So, I was listening to him talk and waiting for an opportunity to tell him—but he just kept talking and talking, and it was strange and tangential and boring. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

On the site in Blackfoot, he dreamed up strange tasks for me to do, as if he thought my doing them would remind me who I was. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Jacob pulled the rubble off me, and then he did the strangest thing—he ran away. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

He’s clearly smart, but lacks basic common sense in the strangest of ways. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

We will have to give up the notion that death is catastrophe, or detestable, or avoidable, or even strange. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Out of the mouths of sucklings,” he said in a small, strange voice and remained very still for five minutes. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

We returned to the ship to find a strange envoy from a man of wealth but two miles down the river. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

It was strange, but I missed those clothes. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

He looked up to see a strange, new face on the other side of the bars. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was also thinking, “It's strange,” but she was looking for the silver lining. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was a strange moment for me, among these big, bad strangers. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The thought provoked a strange feeling to rise within me, causing me to stand there hovering in the corridor for some moments. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Something is going out; I can feel it pass me like a cold wind. I can hear, far off, confused sounds—as of men talking in strange tongues, fierce-falling water, and the howling of wolves.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Nevertheless, Harry had the strangest feeling that she knew that they were there, and also who they were. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

We searched one another’s faces for an explanation of this strange sound. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

They ate and drank; and they talked now of Gondor and its ways and customs, now of the Shire and the strange countries that Pippin had seen. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Ten days later, the poor farmer noticed a strange white flower growing from her grave. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, Jean,” my father said, “some people in Washington don’t know any better. China seems so far away they imagine strange things.” Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The woman told me, “What a strange family you are.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

The really great thing about laughing was that it made me forget about the strange and awful feeling in my legs. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Any occasion for visitors was a cause for excitement, so after the initial amazement and curiosity at the strange men, the village bubbled with anticipation as preparations were made for a formal welcoming ceremony. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The process of choosing an agent was a strange new experience for me. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Rumours of strange events had by now spread all over the field, but Frodo would only say no doubt everything will be cleared up in the morning. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Such strange creatures, all of them—they looked like aliens, almost. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Not long after dawn, while I was thinking of this strange place and what it would look like, the canoe began to leak again. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had been three weeks since a strange boy made her laugh and then solved her cipher when she wasn’t looking. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I was thinking that it was very strange for me, a boy from Virginia, to be lying beside this giant Negro out on the ocean. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Doubtless it is all to do with our historic impulse to tame and exploit the wilderness, but America’s attitude to nature is, from all sides, very strange if you ask me. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

I thumbed the pages and saw strange words and strange names. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m assuming,” he said to Roy, “that the book will cast some light on tonight’s strange events.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

A strange listlessness had settled over Castle Black since Stannis had marched south, as if the free folk and the black brothers alike were holding their breath, waiting to see what would come. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The fox froze, wary eyes fixed upon this strange new phenomenon. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Above it, on a deep ledge that ran from one side of the room to the other, my gaze fell upon a row of strange figures. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The project brought in Purdue engineers, crews of Texas roughnecks, and their families, who lived outside Léopoldville in a strange city called Little America. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is so strange to be in the very same house as Oscar, and he doesn’t even know! Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Instead of lunch, we sneak into the auditorium, and it’s strange seeing the stage stripped of the set for Oliver! Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Mariam pictured herself in Kabul, a big, strange, crowded city that, Jalil had once told her, was some six hundred and fifty kilometers to the east of Herat. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

In the summer of 1583 a strange little Italian gave a series of lectures in Oxford. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

It’s strange to hear her own name reverberating in the auditorium. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

We were about to enter eight weeks of the strangest training any Marine in World War Two had to go through. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bod could see it on his face: a strange, delighted smile that seemed out of place on that face, a smile of discovery and of understanding. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

They would have been totally ignored, in fact, had it not been for their strange house, which parents took their children to see on Sunday afternoon drives in the countryside. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Occasionally someone would stand up from his chair and begin to twitch and snap his fingers to the strange music, while his companions laughed. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

To this day, you can find the Great Houses of old plantations on hilltops throughout the Caribbean, and yet the strange thing is that the men who built and owned the homes hardly used them. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

She took that print to Mr. Wilkinson’s the next day, only to find a strange woman at the door. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She felt excited and strange, and not knowing what else to do, followed a capricious impulse, and, withdrawing her hands, said petulantly, “I don’t choose. Please go away and let me be!” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Will she think I’m strange, that I’m a girl who doesn’t like jewelry? Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She did not want to see her mother’s empty face, her strange swollen body drained of color. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The book was about a girl named Dorothy who gets sucked into a tornado and dropped down in a strange land called Oz. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

I watched him for a few minutes, thinking about what a strange kid he was. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I had been away long enough for the streets to seem strange. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve read that newspaper clipping from the trunk more often that I can count, and spent time at the public library in the archive of “periodicals”—such a strange word. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

In 1911, he produced a strange novel, entitled Kantsaywhere, about a future utopia in which roughly half the population was marked as “unfit” and severely restricted in its ability to reproduce. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Away to the north, close to two or three miles distant, the swells looked strange. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No. But I would think it was strange if you didn’t come to Aunt Florentine’s funeral—you were a member of our family to her!” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Especially high against me it stood, strange and forbidding, although why this should be I could not think, finally putting it down to my imagination. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was, without a doubt, the strangest sensation of his life, standing behind the tree, and watching himself in the pumpkin patch. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Later, and little by little, feelings, like sea trash expelled on a beach—strange and recognizable, stark and murky—returned. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

It may be some Ages hence, a voyage to the Southern unknown Tracts, yea possibly the Moon, will not be more strange then one to America. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“What’s happening? I don’t understand — Tiara was fine after she ate that fruit. You didn’t see or hear anything strange, right?” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

His eyes had gone as deep as they had when he had spoken of learning to fly on that strange beach. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

And they would laugh, and she would find the strength to continue, partly out of a strange sort of logic: wasn’t it more absurd to give up? Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

At last they got the idea that enemies were in Buckland, some strange invasion from the Old Forest. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I’d driven her around and gotten lost in the dark—a young girl alone in a car in the middle of nowhere with some strange guy, no idea where I was taking her. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

It was so strange to see him from a distance. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Even now, three months after leaving Georgia, Ophie still found Pittsburgh strange. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Others, seeing a Specter making for them, so strange and blank and greedy, raised their guns and fired, but of course with no effect. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Then, as a strange dispassionate afterthought, he hit the snake with the stick, breaking the serpent in two or three places, and crushed its head under his boot heel. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could not believe this strange story, and yet I could not disbelieve Samuel. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He also made a strange yelling sound like nothing I had ever heard—like he sucked in air so fast it made a shrieking sound. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

It’s been a strange twenty-four hours, and I didn’t sleep much last night. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There was no way for everybody to know about alchemy. Why did they use such strange language, with so many drawings?” The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, please give them our regards, and tell them to stay safe! Things are getting strange out there.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Uncle Kufa was telling one of his favorite stories about a willful girl who insisted on running off with a strange man her parents didn’t like. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now it is five in the morning and I am still at the writing desk, thinking over my strange two days. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

My brother, Conrad’s, bedroom was filled with strange trucks, glass jars of crawly bugs, and a wooden train Daddy made for him. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

People with strange haircuts, things sheared into geometrical shapes. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps he was one of those white men she had read about, with strange tastes, who wanted women to drag a feather over their back or urinate on them. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

To Janie’s strange eyes, everything in the Everglades was big and new. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

I have never seen something so beautiful and strange. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

His explanations, as heartbreaking as they are, are also a little strange. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Then she smoored the fire, stretched herself on the big bed with a strange motion, and lay then in the darkness for a long time without sleeping—her body moving discontentedly. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nathan was about to open the door when he heard that strange voice from earlier. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Her skin was warm to touch and it slid around on her bones a little, which was strange, but I didn’t let her know I thought so. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Then the owl came out to hunt, and foxes, weasels and strange wild cats stalked among the tree trunks. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Harry had never even imagined such a strange and splendid place. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“Do you think that’s strange? Do you think because I’m dying, I shouldn’t care what happens in this world?” Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Koffi didn’t find his counting strange, it seemed; she thought it could be useful. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“It’s so strange to find your mother gone. She used to be around here all the time.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She blew out her candle and stepped out into the strange room, making no more noise than a mouse. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Now that the strange old man was there, the house was no longer empty, and the whole island was trying to unravel the mystery. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

And now, strange as it seems, he wants to go to another school. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Up close it was a strange, crude-looking thing, its head a stump of rounded clay, its face a smeared thumbprint. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Once again he saw that, in that strange land, he was applying the same lessons he had learned with his sheep. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bran had found that strange at first, hut he was growing used to it. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Something strange had happened to the squirrel's brain. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

I'd wondered why her voice sounded so strange, hoarse and broken, more like a bullfrog than my sainted Momma. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Sitting in a moving train feels as strange to me as when I sat in the police van. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

My father looked at me with a new face, strange and terrifying to me for what it lacked in confidence. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet somehow there were people who found that strange ideological mosaic to be enticing. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Mosquitoes exposed to DDT for several generations turned into strange creatures called gynandromorphs — part male and part female. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“It seems strange that a young man like you would get into trouble.” Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

My relationship with my mother was in a strange place. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Suddenly a strange madness took hold of him, a yearning to look once more off the end of the world. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Now a penguin may look very strange in a living room, but a living room looks very strange to a penguin. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

The orders were given more harshly than on other days, and there were strange vibrations in the air. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But it is not just a day, it is a strange one. I don’t feel too good about it,” Musa said. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“There’s nothing so strange about weaving, but beyond that I can’t make any sense of what you say.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

How strange a vision was that, thought the Martian, rushing on, thinking of the festival, the canals, the boats, the women with golden eyes, and the songs. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was four years old when I was lifted into the arms of two strange men. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Their eyes met over the basin, each pale face lit with that strange, green light. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Chicken nuggets for breakfast is strange enough, but is this chicken or just plastic?” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She had seen how it fled when it heard a strange noise. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Something strange was happening to Piggy, for he was gasping for breath. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

She herself was shouting out things I had meant to tell her— that I took my brothers and sisters to explore strange people’s houses, ghost children’s houses, and haunted houses blackened by fire. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is the first time I’ve ever written to the person whose life I’ve occupied, and it feels both strange and comfortable, knowing that Rhiannon will be the reader of these words. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

If they found it strange that the Argo II was populated by half-asleep kids in armor and pajamas and a man with goat legs, they didn’t let on. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Frowning, I instantly thought about Thomas and how he must have felt moving to a strange new city. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

The bus, along with the strange man, disappeared under a bridge. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

What kind of life had I lived that made the reality of this girl so strange? Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet, a strange feeling, as irrational as Basta's good-luck charms, had driven him out: a feeling that he could protect the book just by his presence. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

It was strange to think about a dead person in the house, but if it helped us say good-bye better, then okay, I could see the point of it. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was no longer a girl but a strange woman. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He realized quickly the strange doorkeeper resembled certain of the Fair Folk he had once seen in Eiddileg’s kingdom; only this individual seemed in a woeful state of disrepair. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

It’s strange, the way I feel when he says this. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seems strange to me that I will get through all this and Mama and Papa will never know what happened. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Harry laughed: The strange idea that had occurred to him was, after all, ridiculous. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Annabeth frowned Last summer, before my quest, I’d visited the.strange spirit that lived in the Big House attic and it had given me a prophecy that came true in ways I’d never expected. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“You are a strange color of blue,” said Spurge. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Holding the actual devices in my hands was a little strange. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

He didn’t know what he would say to the strange children if they appeared again, but he was determined to try to talk to them. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It took twice as long to read Watchmen as it did any other comic, and it took even longer tonight because it was so strange to be sitting together somewhere other than on the bus. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“Do you see anything around the place? Anything strange?” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

The master went back to Kentucky and told about this strange disappearance, how his slave, Tice, had literally vanished before his eyes. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every one of these “creatures” was at least as big as James himself, and in the strange greenish light that shone down from somewhere in the ceiling, they were absolutely terrifying to behold. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

My father and a strange woman were sitting before a bright fire that blazed in a grate. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a while, she became aware that something strange was happening. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She kept talking about how much she loves fires and how she wanted to marry a man and live in Vermont someday, which was strange, too, because Mary Elizabeth never talks about things like that. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

In other lands they would have greeted him with kind words; but now they stood silent, each feeling a strange expectancy: something was approaching that held a hidden power — or menace. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

My parents never wait for me like this and it’s really strange to see the warden here. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was strange—they almost always stayed together. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

We knew something strange was up because the front door was hanging open. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Just as strange is the second man’s claim not to have heard the sound of his gun going off. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Pride and some strange sense of honor must have anchored my parents to their chairs. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

A strange misty wind seemed to be blowing them upward. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

No painter trapped on Earth ever imagined a world so strange and lovely. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was strange how calm she felt the minute she entered his presence. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

A strange, chilly feeling settled around me then, like an invisible fog. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

In terms of reason, it was strange only because I found it so. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

For her part, Lyra was a little surprised to find that the Scholar she sought was female, but the alethiometer hadn’t said a man, and this was a strange world, after all. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m embarrassed by how he’s standing there, letting me clean him, but if Hannah thinks it’s strange, she doesn’t say so. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“Leper’s here,” he said in a voice so quiet, and with such quiet unconscious dignity, that he was suddenly terrifyingly strange to me. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s strange to look at myself that way, but I like it. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

But then last night, the strangest thing happened: Scoob called to check on me. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

The strange elephants were a few feet from me now and I saw that their faces were like the faces of men! Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

They told stories about famous peculiars and about Miss Peregrine in the strange, exciting, early days of her loop, and eventually they came around to telling their own stories. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

The ghosts couldn’t cross the water to help him so he had to make his own way in a strange place, sometimes with an iron collar around his neck. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Seeing that he was game, he took a final look at the strange white back and then went straight up to the edge of the hollow. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was strange, that we didn’t have any words. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, when there’s been an accident and reality is too sudden and strange to comprehend, the surreal will take over. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Something is not understood: the robbers and their strange commands, the lady and her gyrations, the tricks she’s compelled to perform, like a trained dog. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The words were strange, unlike any I had ever heard. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the two heroes explored the strange country, Venus disguised as a huntress appeared to them. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it’s very strange to look down and see a pipe leg and a fake foot attached to me. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Silly to look for a girl he only met once under extremely strange circumstances several years ago. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

But when you’re talking to people, they say some things that are so strange that you don’t know how to continue the conversation. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She shoves the last inch of roll into her mouth and mumbles, “Wow, it’d be so strange if you didn’t live near us anymore.” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

Then within a second or two, I began to feel a new kind of alarm, because I could see there was something strange about the situation. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The deaths stood politely along the wall, and it was strange to see how little space they took up, and to find how little notice they attracted. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

They gleamed as he drew them from their black sheaths, wrought of some strange metal, light and strong, and set with many fiery stones. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

If for some reason, some strange reason, that side door is locked well, Satchmo you'll have to just pray for a miracle. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

“He’s so strange, that boy. Too strange. Maybe he had something to do with what happened to that other girl...you never know. Even your own brother believes this.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

But I stayed for a while, for it seemed strange, and then I hastened back. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

This wasn’t a strange place; it was a new one. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

So strange an accident has happened to us that I cannot forbear recording it, although it is very probable that you will see me before these papers can come into your possession. Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was a little strange; last time there were too many ships to count. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not interrogating you, Ma. I just want to know what’s going on. I mean, let’s face it. You’re acting...well, kind of strange!” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

The black crown, which now appears red-hot, casts strange shadows on my dramatically made-up face. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

It feels strange hearing these words from a teacher. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

A strange sensation creeps up the back of my neck. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

In the intense, strange light, the plants and leaves seemed magnified and the fields beyond the river very near. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was that strange smile of his again. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

For some strange reason, Aunt Ivy’s voice came to me at that moment. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

A strange thought occurred to Cole: the world was beautiful. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

I thought the manual itself was kind of strange. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her voice wasn’t exactly strange, but she was speaking very loudly, in the sort of voice she’d use to announce something to the lot of us, and that was why we’d all gone quiet. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Singer had a strange feeling about Charles Parker. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I did not like this iteration of one idea—this strange recurrence of one image, and I grew nervous as bedtime approached and the hour of the vision drew near. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

There is a strange blankness on his face that sends a shiver through me. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“It is strange bow they come here,” said his friend. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The musicians, with strange orchestras of bells, large horns, harps, viols, zithers and organs, were playing as the people ate. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Also the strange habit of shaking their bills sideways, which was usual before flight, began to grow upon them. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it is a very strange kind of environmentalism. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wandered to the strange kitchen, thawed some iced huckleberries, ate them disconsolately. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

About the same time, a strange traffic began at home: college football coaches, come to entice Jim to their schools. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then he stepped on the starter and, with his head full of strange new thoughts, drove out the far end of the forest. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Now only a few feet away, the visitor grew louder and louder until Thomas caught a shadowed glimpse of a skinny boy limping along in a strange, lilting run. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

It was strange for only a moment, talking to a mouse. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

All day long Roy couldn’t stop thinking about the strange running boy. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The symbol had a meaning, and a sound, as if it had been plucked from the real world and pressed flat, like some strange dark flower, between the pieces of paper. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, Minli thought about her own home — the wood floor always swept by Ma, the extra blanket Ba put over her when the wind blew cold — and she felt a strange tightness in her throat. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

How familiar the village looked, even from this strange new angle! A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

I had on new overalls, strange white ones. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boy found himself surrounded by strange inquiring eyes. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Joseph couldn’t believe this strange man was related to his mother. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t hear anything, just a slithery noise. It made me feel strange. All prickly in my tummy. Like something horrible is going to happen.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Singer tried to make eager conversation to hide this strange behavior, but the Greek was persistent. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

How strange, then, that now I find myself in a clique of one, even when I’m with a group. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“Not in all my years here. And we’ve both seen some strange things in our time.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

It was an exciting place of rows of lacquered bins and strange, romantic, exotic odors. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is clear that this strange peep-show set-up ensured that the viewer looked at both the painting and the Baptistry with one eye—geometrical perspective depends on a single point of view. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

When he took the wand away, hair seemed to be clinging to it — but then Harry saw that it was in fact a glistening strand of the same strange silvery-white substance that filled the Pensieve. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Luwin was always tucking things into those sleeves and producing other things from them: books, messages, strange artifacts, toys for the children. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

A middle-aged woman handed out tests and strange pink sheets I’d never seen before. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

A strange man in a fig leaf pushing her and others toward safety. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Back then, the molasses tank was just one of many strange things about America. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

She also felt a strange flattery: the idea of herself as swift and darting and birdlike was new and pleasant, because she had always thought of herself as dogged and plodding. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Joffrey said nothing, but a man strange to Arya, a tall knight with black hair and bum scars on his face, pushed forward in front of the prince. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

How strange to see a three-dimensional Morrie, so healthy, so young, watching over us as we spoke. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can’t wrap my head and my heart around this strange new possibility. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Maybe there was something here, some strange mystery waiting to be unraveled. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The whole day ended on a strange note after that. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Papa’s proper name felt strange coming from my mouth. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Living at the edge of the wild country meant that Thialfi and Roskva were used to miracles and strange things happening in their world. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

His parents do not find it strange that their son doesn’t date, does not rent a tuxedo for his junior prom. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Although such interior exhibits were compelling, the earliest visitors to Jackson Park saw immediately that the fair’s greatest power lay in the strange gravity of the buildings themselves. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He said something to the pilot, who nodded and looked at Brian through the windshield with a strange look, a studying look. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

It's strange to describe a person who doesn't wear shoes because he doesn't have feet. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Earthquake report: TV weather guys feel some strange activity coming from a local school. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“It would feel strange for me to be in the Kurdish section.” Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

As Tatterfell moves around the room, my eyes close, and I fall into a strange, fitful sleep. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

There were ten in the class: a bunch of juniors and seniors, one sophomore, and three freshmen, with me being a strange new addition. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Except for this strange movement and the bandages from the surgery, he looked normal, no swelling, no bruises. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

When I explain, it will seem strange that I did not choose to leave long before now, for my life during this time has been more miserable than I ever thought possible. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Some people have a strange way of going about making friends,” he said. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

There seemed a strange stillness over everything; but as I listened I heard as if from down below in the valley the howling of many wolves. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

For a moment he had a fleeting picture of the strange glamour that had once invested the beaches. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

There were hints of much worse things around us now like a faint odor in the air, evoked by words like “plasma” and “psycho” and “sulfa,” strange words like that with endings like Latin nouns. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s strange the way thirty square miles can look like heaven or hell, depending on what the weather blows in. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

It was a strange thing for a teacher to say. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

It would be a long trip, longer than any she had ever made, through territory that was strange and new to her, with the known hazard of the Fugitive Slave Law pacing her every footstep. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dinner would be whatever strange thing we’d been able to buy at the side of the river, but breakfast and lunch were always limp cassava bread and fish wrapped in banana leaf. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

The odd tracks suddenly made sense, and he understood why they’d gone in strange directions. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The small group is standing around the cart, staring at it like it’s some strange fish, washed ashore. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

I look at her, she is young and crisp, spotless and neat, like everything here; a man cannot realize that it isn’t for officers only, and feels himself strange and in some way even alarmed. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

While the girl rode comfortably on the ox, the strange animal loped along beside her. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

It was an odd thought, the idea of some strange magic coursing through her veins. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

When she wakes in that strange place, all the comfort flees, and she’s hit with overpowering anxiety. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He was also equipped with a compass, a telescope, and several strange maps that he had traced himself based on various theories of Leonardo da Vinci and on the polar knowledge of the Incas. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

A long time ago, back in Poland, a horse had kicked a boy in the head, rendering him senseless and strange. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Gripped by a split second of fear, realizing the only thing supporting me was the water, I’d start paddling madly to get somewhere, anywhere that didn’t give me this strange feeling of falling-but-not-falling. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

‘They say in my land that he can govern the storms in the Mountains of Shadow that stand upon the borders of Mordor. He has strange powers and many allies.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Or maybe the girls were right and he was some strange fever dream brought on by the island, a prince mirage. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

The old woman's sobbing was having a strange effect upon me-as when a child, seeing the tears of its parents, is moved by both fear and sympathy to cry. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I believe the answer lies in something I mentioned earlier, that measure of madness that moves life in strange but saving ways. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mary had come out of one of the huts, her faded blue shirt, her stocky figure, her warm, ruddy cheeks both strange and familiar. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

She let herself in boldly at the kitchen door of the strange farm. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

At Minersville, I turned onto a back highway and headed through a landscape of overgrown mine tailings and rusting machinery towards Centralia, the strangest, saddest town I believe I have ever seen. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

He said, “You think that’s strange. You should have seen what I saw one day. “One of the girls threw two cold biscuits out in the back yard to Old Dan. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s strange how time can make a place shrink, make its strangeness ordinary. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

For days the Store was a strange country, and we were all newly arrived immigrants. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was also, strange as it is to say, a refreshing sort of female presence in a place where macho was the rule. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I blew the dust into the air and heard strange sounds coming from outside. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

But, somehow, hearing that these strange shadows thought so too made it even worse. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

“It sounds strange to say, but I think it was them. It sounds like something out of a story, so I don’t want to believe it. But I do.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I always found a certain strange comfort in routines like that. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

The stillness of the street gave him a strange feeling. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Piper remembered her vision in the knife: the strange man in purple, holding out a goblet and beckoning to her. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Wayne said, “I’ll see y’all in an hour,” and backed out, leaving us standing before one of the strangest structures I have ever seen. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

They pointed to the settlement of the desegregation suit and the strange zigs and zags of the boundary line that resulted in Permian’s getting more blacks than Odessa High. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet this isn’t the strangest aspect of infinite sums. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

It was held in a huge church, which seemed strange considering Kerry was an outspoken atheist, but that part I could understand. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A strange creature, that one. I’ve never heard of a salvage company that would bond that sort of muscle.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was strange that they didn’t make any noise. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘I can see no sign of the enemy,’ he said, ‘and I wonder very much what that means. But I have found something very strange.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

At first I think somewhat strange, but soon I see that there be only one such by-road. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Ashima thinks it’s strange that her child will be born in a place most people enter either to suffer or to die. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, there are strange winds blowing through the world now, sir.” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

As they slogged their way through the snow, a strange feeling began to grow on each of the men. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

My voice sounded flat and strange to me. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Anyway, for some strange reason I was thinking about this as I watched Annabeth straighten up. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Being up there, with the egg just a speck and the results unknown, was strange. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I sometimes felt as if I were floating through a strange universe, waving at strangers who acted as if they knew me, boarding planes that lifted me out of my normal world. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I had this strange feeling like they were uncomfortable around me, or around each other. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

A strange crew was aboard the Astrea, making ready to sail. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is the second day Dad and I have spent here, and already strange things are happening. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, well...I know. It was so strange. Mess was everywhere out there.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

It’s so strange that we are meeting him now. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

For strange though it may seem, it was safe to declare this to me. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

What struggle there was in him between Nature and Grace in this interval, I cannot tell: only singular gleams scintillated in his eyes, and strange shadows passed over his face. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

We piled up the boxes he’d brought in the back room, and then we stood a moment, a strange sadness in our eyes. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had just flushed and washed my hands while performing the strange task of looking at my bruised and broken face, but only in glimpses. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

It was okay for a strange man to put a knife at my throat, but it wasn’t okay for us to speak to a little girl playing in the back of her house? The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He thinks about his special mission, his unique talents, his strength, his strange, violent life and all the sacrifices he makes to live it. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Phineas bought things only on impulse and only when he had the money, and since the two states rarely coincided his purchases were few and strange. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was strange for all of us to see Dad talking so much. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then with sudden clinical interest he observed the white man’s face, for in his eyes he saw a strange, fixed, and withdrawn look of madness. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Along the ridge at the top of the meadow came a gang of strange boys and another herd of catde. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I kind of understand, but it’s still strange to have witnessed Baba pretending to agree with his brother. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

The fire flickered and threw strange shadow patterns on his hands, making them seem bigger, then smaller. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

After so many weeks of walking, Salva found it strange to be staying in one place. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

For some strange reason, she flipped through the pages. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

No doubt I sounded as strange to her as I looked. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

It was really very strange that a woman as beautiful and slender and willowy and graceful, a creature as perfectly packaged, as supremely dressed as the Countess should be hung up on teeth that way. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The CD opens with strange outer-space noises and a woman chanting, “It’s after the end of the world. Don’t you know that yet?” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then my scratching hands find it, the memory of my mother’s face, and the strange angles of her limbs on the pavement, and the blood seeping from my father’s body. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

It seemed strange that this was only his third night in the jungle; so much had happened in such little time. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Admetus had just lost his wife in a very strange way. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

All those things old Betonie had told him were swirling inside his head, doing strange things; he wanted to laugh. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Her ugly nickname sounded strange coming from a pretty. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

However hard I try, I will always feel alien and strange. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

We lay in the dark, in our strange beds, until we fell asleep. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Luma became a regular customer at Talars, and each time she visited she again encountered the strange sight of African and Middle Eastern dress on the streets. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

How could we really be safe if we were alone, in a strange country? The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

It was strange that he had not noticed that before. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He is with Susan and her brother, Robert, and Susan is giving me a strange look, like I am a different person than the one she knew this morning. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

There were so many creatures, of such strange and wondrous shapes; although the conditions they were kept in distressed him, Julius could never have enough of seeing them. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

There was one strange thing about her that I found fascinating: She always had a delicate mist of perspiration across the bridge of her nose, winter or summer. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

They were the size of toddlers, with rolls of baby fat, but their skin had a strange greenish hue, as if chlorophyll ran through their veins. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

This was an outrageous lie, of course, but the man said, “Yes, sir. You don’t catch me fooling around with no strange dog.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe now he thinks I’m stupid, or strange. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Throughout the day, except for the strange companionship of the voices, she was alone, but in some inexplicable way she felt sure that with the coming of the night her husband would be with her. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The air out here was only slightly less murky than it had been in the auditorium, and it made Emma feel almost as strange. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

One who has strange visitors in a black car with a license plate number engraved on that same weird tombstone. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

She was pointing out that we Robinsons had been reduced to a true and ridiculous mess—unrecognizable with our swollen eyelids and dripping noses, our hurt and strange helplessness here in our own kitchen. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Things that had been so familiar just days before my last visit to Stuyvesant became strange, and I felt I was losing the mental faculty for making sense of the world around me. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

It was strange she never once adverted either to her mother’s illness, or her brother’s death, or the present gloomy state of the family prospects. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

About this time there occurred a strange incident which hardly anyone was able to understand. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

How very strange it was to watch people who would have crossed the street if they'd seen him coming a few weeks before, now giving him vegetables, more than he could eat. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

What a strange word that was; it didn’t really mean anything in itself. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

First we are soldiers and afterwards, in a strange and shamefaced fashion, individual men as well. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

It looked strange and awkward in her hands. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Its mane, and some strange and solemn perfume that hung about the mane, was all round him. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

‘But now we come to strange matters,’ he said. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Reluctantly, the boy again began to play the drum and the strange animal began to dance more quickly. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Galina Burdina learned how close she herself had come to being killed when she had a strange encounter with a Romanian pilot who surrendered to the Red Army with other Romanian troops. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

It’s strange to think we have that in common when everything else is so different here. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

It hits me hard, but in a strange, hollow kind of way. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

A strange stillness prevailed over the scene as the stentorian thunder of bombardment yielded to the minuscule cries and commands of distant voices. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

On Monday morning, July 13,1 was walking back to the honey house after breakfast when I noticed a strange black Ford parked in the driveway. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps the strange boy was on the other side of one of them? Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I was feeling kind of strange, like, I can’t really explain it, like as if hypodermics were in the air again, but thrown all ways and still traveling. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

That seemed strange to me since they didn’t have a degree either. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Cletus shrugged his shoulders and gave me one of his strange smiles. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

The interview with Lady Constance had been so brief and strange that there had been no chance to delve into such details. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

I did not have a family, not really, and the army seemed to be then a very strange place. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Their voices sounded strange: too deep, too shrill. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

It didn’t seem strange to me at the time, what with everything going on, but the chickens knew where they were going. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

Dumbledore approached the wall of the cave and caressed it with his blackened fingertips, murmuring words in a strange tongue that Harry did not understand. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t like he just acted a little strange; he was a different person. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The trip to the cemetery, the family praying, a strange woman singing “Precious Lord,” were unfamiliar rituals. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Gone to a ruin so strange it must be called by another name. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She remembered those strange noises she and Tony had heard, how they’d run away in fear, and then fallen down laughing. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

No one had known him all that well but it was a strange feature of his personality that the less one actually knew him, the more one felt one did. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

We were brothers: strangers in a strange land who had banded together for mutual help and protection. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some had pictures and words that seemed totally strange. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

You have to come to this side because this new family of mine is both familiar and strange—just like how I am American by birth and Haitian by blood, bones, and tears. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

In fact, a strange white man had come to her house, written up the statement, and forced her to sign it, even though none of it was true. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

There are no strange smells, no lingering aroma of cooking oils. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He joked about how strange it was to be able to see his feet again. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had a strange feeling the news would end our trip to Montauk, and I didn’t want that. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

If He meant for me to be replaced why didn’t He just kill me outright instead of busting me up and leaving me here to watch some strange boy take over my life? Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

The doctor who has been brought in seems to find the entire situation strange. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Thomas had the same strange urge he’d had the night before—to reach out and take one of her hands. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I decided the latter was the lesser of evils, so I went downstairs to have what would likely be the strangest meal of my life while dressed like a clown without makeup. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z