Confused and worried, he sat reading the subject lists with his tongue poking out, asking people whether they thought Arithmancy sounded more difficult than Study of Ancient Runes. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Brooke walked over to the television as if now she had said the definitive words on the subject of Imogen Sokoloff. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I played it off by changing the subject. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

"And you yourself? You are a loyal subject also?" The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

While we are eating, I ask Grandpa if he will be my interview subject for a school project. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Each segment of the wheel is called a wing, and every wing is for a certain subject area and is named with a number. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

“No,” he said shortly, as though Aunty Uju’s new life was a subject he would rather avoid. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“I know that,” Aron wanted to change the subject, to think of something else. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The dead woman was nobody I knew personally, and this would free my audience from having to feel awkward or embarrassed for having broached the subject in the first place. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

But the subject required too much truth, too many confrontations, and offered too little support to a failing ego. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

The subject is substance, and it stays singular no matter how many disgusting adjectives you pile on. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I understand. Well, what I’m actually interested in is the subject of the photograph. Would you happen to have any information on who she is?” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I nodded, thinking how I’d study my favorite subjects: poetry and George Washington and the map of America. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unless Eva herself introduced the subject, no one ever spoke of her disability; they pretended to ignore it, unless, in some mood of fancy, she began some fearful story about it—generally to entertain children. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

As a U.S. citizen, you are subject to the prohibitions under Executive Order 12810, dated June 5, 1992, imposing sanctions against Serbia and Montenegro. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

In response to the Southam situation, the NIH investigated all their grantee institutions and found that only nine out of fifty-two had any policy in place to protect the rights of research subjects. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

She was compliant, jovial even, and Recruiter #1 noted in his log that there might be something fatally wrong with the subject’s mind. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

They looked upon Mark Antony as their kind-hearted patron, bringing joy and goodwill to his subjects. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

He stepped into the darkness of the passage, dismissing the subject from his mind, and disappeared. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Criminologist Stanley Cohen wrote perhaps the most important book on the subject, States of Denial. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Problem was, with Rishi and his utter guilelessness, she felt guilty for her ferocity, for subjecting him to an entire lifetime of pent-up rage that had little to do with him. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The problem with dangling modifiers is that their subjects are inherently ambiguous and sometimes a sentence will inadvertently attract a reader to the wrong choice. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

He ended the subject by quoting the poem he believed in like a prayer: “Love each other or perish.” Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before Summer and I could say anything else on the subject of the accordion-man, Mrs. Atanabi brushed her hands together and said it was time to “get to work.” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

That night at home Melanie brought up the subject of playing outdoors and got her parents started on an argument about it. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Zach had gotten so weird lately on the subject of Cap, how could I trust what he was saying? Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Groups prone to primary liver cancer, as for example the Bantu tribes of Africa, are typically subject to malnutrition. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

I’m glad to change the subject and share what I’ve been mulling over since Imam Malik visited. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

And, as the days went by, the subject got harder and harder to broach. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Which, if you think about it, is a really funny subject to explore around Unity Valley. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

I had thousands of new e-mail messages waiting, and I could tell just by their subject lines what had happened while I’d been at work. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

When she was an upperclassman, one of Dorothy’s professors at Wilberforce recommended her for graduate study in mathematics at Howard University, in what would be the inaugural class for a master’s degree in the subject. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Once he had got on the subject of cat-houses, and afterward his jokes got so raw he had to be hushed up with beer. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

For the system to succeed—that is, for it to achieve the political goals described in chapter 1—black people must be labeled criminals before they are formally subject to control. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

That struck me as odd, and I often wondered why people were so mysterious or obnoxious when they talked about this subject. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Most of my mother’s paintings were trompe l’œils—à la Magritte, as she liked to say—in which the subject, person or thing, always seemed to be trying to escape the frame. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Coraline hoped that the hand had not heard this last, and she changed the subject. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

It also gave her a chance to connect with her subjects. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

Our Father eyed that little pink woman and became inspired to strike up a conversation with Tata Ndu on the subject of false idols. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the life of a class at the top of the bottom can be, and more often than not is, subject to irony, paradox, and the crisis of compromise. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Would the tsar be happy that his subjects could use the road safely? Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Marcus shifts to a new subject like the old one was never discussed. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Although no one mentioned the subject to him, he found himself a kind of underground hero. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even as I crisscrossed Florida looking for "juicy" subjects, I missed them all. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Faye thought hard how she was going to bring up the subject. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

My subject was going to be political change and revolution. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Furthermore, he should encourage his subjects to pursue their trades in tranquillity, whether in commerce, agriculture, or in any other human pursuit. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

In a small inscription preserved from the final months of Cleopatra’s life, her subjects humbly, proudly, and affectionately called her the mother of kings, queen of kings, and kind young goddess. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

I note what the girls my age are wearing and the style of their hair and the subject of their conversations, and I work hard to banish my foreignness, to make friends, to fit in. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

For you, of all people, the subject is of the utmost importance!” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

In Ashbury I am not a homeowner, not even a tenant—I’m a lodger, occupant of the small second bedroom in Cathy’s bland and inoffensive duplex, subject to her grace and favour. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was a union official, a deputy of Joe Puma’s, with whom I had had a two-hour lunch two years earlier, when I was first exploring this subject. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The real subject in both cases is party. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I told her I didn’t want to be in any math club, because math is the worst subject out of any subject in the school. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Kasigi held an emergency staff meeting to bring all the teachers up to speed. I don’t recommend that you mention Cap’s name to him. He gets very emotional on the subject.” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

“If it was to be secret,” said Jane, “say not another word on the subject. You may depend upon my seeking no further.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

In spite of all to which they have been subjected, Negroes are nonetheless a rather pleasant folk for the most part. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

They went from floor to ceiling, and they seemed to me to contain everything of importance that had ever been written on any subject in the world. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

If the thought of being Chief Powhatan’s subjects would be distasteful to the gentlemen, then I imagine that becoming subjects of King James would be just as distasteful to the Powhatan people. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Mom’s final word on the subject was to me. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The war is waged by each ruling group against its own subjects, and the object of the war is not to make or prevent conquests of territory, but to keep the structure of society intact. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“I'm not saying you're lying. I just think you might be remembering things that didn't happen. And since we’re on the subject, I think you owe Max an apology.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I had obtained A’s and B’s in all the other subjects, but because I had failed Tsonga, which carried more weight, I had failed. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Dances?” repeated Abigail Lee when I brought up the subject in homeroom. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

All night he had been warming — except for the times he seemed to have forgotten ever having discussed the subject before. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

People whose homelands were “discovered” were considered subjects of the Europeans and were expected to do what the “discoverers” wished. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

I was tempted to say, “I’m going to fail the hardest subject anyhow, so what’s the point?” Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Helen was talking to herself now: she had forgotten I could not very well understand her—that I was ignorant, or nearly so, of the subject she discussed. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Neither of the other two men was hungry, and the meal was soon eaten, but not till they were sipping their coffee did M. Bouc mention the subject that was occupying all their minds. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

What I am paid to do is to observe him in a rigorous present tense, as a subject dynamically inhabiting a scene, as a phenomenon of study. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes Ifemelu imagined him in a classroom in the fifties, an overzealous colonial subject wearing an ill-fitting school uniform of cheap cotton, jostling to impress his missionary teachers. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“There seemed to be no subject which he had not investigated and in which he was not profoundly learned.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I was behind in English, Miss Martin’s favorite subject. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps you think that the first version, the one with the unmarked subject, is an increasingly common symptom of grammatical laziness. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

It’s weak because there is a phantom subject, standing in for the real one. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s important to remember that once your adjustment-of-status application is pending, you will not be subjected to random deportation unless you commit a crime. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

“There is one subject,” he replied, “I hope but one, on which we do not think alike.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

Experiments need at least twenty test subjects to ensure reliable data. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

“Of course there isn’t,” said Harry, who became angry every time this subject cropped up. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The photos were black and white but their subjects were modern—vibrant, well defined. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

But she let the subject drop as they prepared to carry the food. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He listened to what people said, and he and Emma continued to think, read, and talk about the subject. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

But there was one subject they kept coming back to—Security. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Until then he had not thought of his speech as being subject to ridicule. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

She turned to the refrigerator and changed the subject. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

He felt like something of an expert on the subject. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

At the time of which I am telling you he had been subjected to a series of misfortunes. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Those four sets of factors constitute big environmental differences that can be quantified objectively and that are not subject to dispute. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Caroline,” I said, so anxious to change the subject I was even willing to speak of my sister’s good fortune, “Caroline is at a music school in New York City.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later in the night, though, a young medic named Mark Fossie kept coming back to the subject. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I said, sensing he didn’t want to dwell on the subject of his family’s death. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

These were the subjects I was truly interested in studying on a deeper level. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Wen Zhou, our subject, his face fleshy like a boy’s, sat quietly for us in his tiny, orderly studio apartment in Morningside Heights. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

"My father has donned the ancient crown of salt and rock, and declared himself King of the Iron Islands. He claims the north as well, by right of conquest. You are all his subjects." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

A fascinating example of the consequences of exposure to arsenic is related by Dr. Hueper in his Occupational Tumors, a classic monograph on the subject. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

It is the subject of one of Aeschylus’ plays and one of Euripides’. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I imagine a lonely queen in a cliff-top castle, looking out at her subjects below. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

The subject only made him sick and guilty, so he moved on to something else. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Taking a big slurp of lemonade, I changed the subject. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“Beg pardon, Tm sure,” said Sir Grummore, grieved at having touched upon this tender subject—and all was well. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the planting was done, it would not be such a sore subject. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Fate has always been the realm of the gods, though even the gods are subject to it. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Skardon declined, moved on to other subjects, and said a polite good- bye. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The telephone rang inside, startlingly, and as Daisy shook her head decisively at Tom the subject of the stables, in fact all subjects, vanished into air. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

The parallel of this subject to the woman’s activity tells us that, contrary to our initial impression, this cannot be simply a scene of everyday life. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I had a kind of vision of Chrissie and Rodney, back at the Cottages, in the months leading up to this moment, probing and prodding this subject between them. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t exactly true, but it allowed him to change the subject. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The animal was subjected to exhaustive laboratory tests. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

While Scythe Faraday always reviewed his notes on his chosen subject and used public transportation, Scythe Curie had an old-school sports car that required substantial skill to drive—especially on a winding mountain road. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

In fact, no one seemed to care about what happened to him in the least, so finally, I just dropped the subject. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

And I thought, too, that it would be a masterpiece or at least make me a lot of money, since the subject was so big. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know she’s just trying to change the subject, but it still makes me mad, especially when Is picks up her phone and starts looking at pictures too. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

And yet, she reminded herself, Agatha Swanburne would not waste a moment worrying about things that couldn’t be helped, or events that hadn’t happened yet, or subjects that were otherwise useless to dwell upon. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

I have a mouthful of sandwich and stare at her as I chew, relieved that she’s changed the subject. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“The injection of disease-causing organisms into unaware human subjects has occurred before in American medical science,” the article explained. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

It was clear the subject made him uncomfortable. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

And at the same time she remembered Unferth's fascinated talking on this subject, here, in the very hall where they now stood. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

“On considering the situation of things,” he recalled, “I thought the first step towards some conciliation of views would be to bring Mr. Madison and Colo. Hamilton to a friendly discussion of the subject.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Mark still couldn’t tell if he was laughing at the subject matter or just at the sounds coming out of the Toad. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

During the six months that he occupied a desk in our office, I had never heard him shooting off his mouth on subjects about which he knew nothing. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

How would it be if he refused to permit the change of subject, if he insisted upon arguing the case against Malfoy? Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

But "Let's do drugs together!" was his leading parental philosophy on the subject of illegal substances, and it definitely fit into the "Super Cool" part of the pie chart. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

I enjoy all my other school subjects, but history’s my favorite! The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

In experiments, children who are asked to read a passage and are then tested on it will invariably score higher than children asked to watch a video of the same subject matter. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rowan almost made the mistake of giving the list of parameters to the Thunderhead and asking it for a subject—until he remembered that asking the Thunderhead for assistance was strictly forbidden for scythes. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Stuart made it clear the first time he showed up on my porch his fiancee was a bad subject. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

"Well...” said Chester, "I, uh...that is…” At this point, Chester started to bathe his tail, which is a cat’s way of changing a subject he finds uncomfortable. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

Moreover, the Hulls seemed to talk together about anything, not as if conversation were divided into Adult subjects and You’re-Not-Old-Enough-to-Understand subjects. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ben tried to gracefully change the subject, but we both knew I'd been exposed. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

I felt my pulse quicken when I saw its subject line: Payback Time. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“It was a subject which they could not mention before me.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

Why a teddy bear choking on a bubble seemed appropriate subject matter, I can’t say. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Ben quickly changes the subject, and his voice shifts back to a normal level. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I shall try to open the subject with him. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

The soil of a large proportion of the land planted to tobacco has been subjected to “cumulative and well-nigh permanent poisoning,” according to Dr. Satterlee. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Dr. Treisman instructed the subject to listen to the passage coming into one ear—say, the left ear—and then to immediately repeat what he or she heard. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“My subject is History of Magic,” he said in his dry, wheezy voice. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

There was nothing demonic or unclean about them, no reason for them to be subjected to such violence, but the message on Nazi propaganda posters plastered all over the city told a different story. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Emma, finding her so determined upon neglecting her music, had nothing more to say; and, after a moment’s pause, Mrs. Elton chose another subject. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

Since 1990, when Dr. Strayer had begun digging into the issue of driving and attention/distraction, he’d studied the subject from numerous angles, amassing a host of papers on various nuances. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Apparently, the lady had heard that the child was the subject of a witches’ prophecy, but she did not know what it foretold. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

They kept it going, for I simply did not know which subjects I could acceptably bring up. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

Atticus was a wise man, so he dropped the subject. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

She opens her mouth to say something, but I quickly change the subject back to Cabo’s scenery. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

The same rule applies when subjects are paired with not only and but also: Not only the chairs but also the table was sold. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Carl generally fell silent when this happened, or agreed with her in a perfunctory fashion, afterward dismissing the subject. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He liked to complain about things: people at work, Harry, the council, Harry, the bank, and Harry were just a few of his favorite subjects. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

She was hard as iron, saying that her nuptial chamber should not be subjected to the stench of the sea-bottom that accompanied this penniless wretch. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

The subject boiled down to this: Could Seaborg devise a chemical process for separating element 94 from the stew of radioactive fission products in which it was mixed after the bombardment of uranium? Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

He’d picked on a subject that Mrs. Granger could really get her teeth into. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The routine police harassment, arbitrary searches, and widespread police intimidation of those subject to English rule helped to inspire the American Revolution. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

What new indignity would they think of to subject her to? I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shake my head primly, feeling like a real goody-goody or at least a barren subject for the gossips, present company included. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I can guess the subject of your reverie.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

David’s eyes lit up, as if this was his favorite subject. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

In fact, money is one of her least favorite subjects. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I took advantage of my mother’s momentary distraction to keep the subject from returning to my less-than- candid behavior. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

When what is the subject of two verbs in the same sentence, make the verbs match in number—both singular or both plural, not one of each. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No—I—of course not,” said Harry, disconcerted by this sudden change of subject. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

My plan was simple: no stalling, no changing the subject. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

It annoys me to be so dependent on the moods here in the Annex, but I’m not the only one: we’re all subject to them. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The subject of my writing an article somehow never got raised, but Malcolm X proved far more cooperative when I returned. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

If he is convicted of another crime he may be subject to imprisonment as a repeat offender. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

He commended her on her thoroughness, but said the idea of presenting a subject is the ability to focus. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Although her subjects gather at each new coronation to renew their fealty, authority still rests in the crown. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He made a face and changed the subject. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

That meant doing well in all my subjects: math, Pure Science, history, geography, and English were easy. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Oft cited on this subject of attention is William James, a philosopher and physician at the end of the nineteenth century, and the brother of novelist Henry James. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

In the second example, the subject really is one. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

But for Mr. Larson and his students, it was the last lesson in a unit about the most interesting subject they had ever studied. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

“I rummaged around in the Berg as much as I could,” Alec said, changing the subject. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“The subject will be at the top of our agenda for the next conclave,” he announced. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

‘It’s hardly a joking matter when one’s loyal subjects are being eaten like popcorn.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

But first we have to be frank about a subject that we would all too often rather ignore. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

All I said was English was my best subject. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

My mother dismissed that and got back to the subject at hand. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

One particular subject which encouraged artists to explore the vanishing point was the Annunciation. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

If Doc seemed to open the subject himself it would be less suspicious. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a breakfast of three biscuits and one can of water, I read what the survival manual had to say on the subject. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

And sometimes I more than held my own—as in the state’s Academic Decathlon, in English and other subjects where my curiosity and interest overcame my rebelliousness. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Did you ever wonder what all of your subject teachers do second period, if every single student on your team has gym? Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the subject of politics he offered an enigma, “Whether you use bullets or ballots, you’ve got to aim well; don’t strike at the puppet, strike at the puppeteer.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the moment, Catherine was painting the rock and the sand beneath Princesse, ignoring the main subject. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

The key to making subject and verb agree is to correctly identify the subject, and for that you have to simplify the sentence in your mind and eliminate the extraneous stuff. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

This order is subject to all judicial enforcement and sanction. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

"What are your ideas on the subject of that woman? Do you accept Blore's theory?" And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Mrs. van Daan is by no means a wonderful person, yet half the arguments could have been avoided if Mother hadn’t been so hard to deal with every time they got onto a tricky subject. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

This is off the subject but do you know who I always really felt for? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

After listening one morning to their effusions on this subject, Mr. Bennet coolly observed, Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

It was a portrait, but the subject had no skin. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“We have a mystery ghost,” I speak up, wanting to change the subject. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

There is another possible precedent: moralizing portraits, the descendants of pictures of St. Jerome, that show their subjects holding or pointing to skulls, much as Revere has the teapot in his hand. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Prisoners reported that they were still being beaten by correctional staff and subjected to humiliation in stockades and other degrading punishments. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I was planning to show Rabiya some of my favorite pictures of Zohra and me on my phone, but I change the subject. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, I discover, my favorite subject, which is the abysmal rate of pay, seems to be a painful one. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first I pretended that I’d be going as a journalist more than a climber—that I’d accepted the assignment because the commercialization of Everest was an interesting subject and the money was pretty good. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

She did not sketch in charcoal, but painted her subjects freehand in watercolor with a fine-pointed brush, adding layer after layer of color for depth and detail. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Janny Scott, a reporter with an unusual gift for rendering complicated subjects accessible, dug into new thinking about the impact of class on health, immigration, residential segregation, and child rearing. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

The higher he climbed, the more subject to delusion Ben became. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they more or less gave birth to the systematic education of young people, it is worth noting that their first compulsory seven subjects were grammar, rhetoric, logic, maths, geometry, astronomy and music. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

“All right,” Goober said, resigned, knowing it was useless to pursue the subject any further at the moment. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The woman selling it displayed a small pill—but not to give to the subject. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I d noticed before, marrying your cousin was a touchy subject around here. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You know Mom just did her usual and ignored their questions and changed the subject.” Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

If there now is to be any hope for conducting the match, Fischer must be subjected to just penalty. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Needing to change the subject, she asked, “Why are none of your folk here?” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Eventually, she changes the subject to Gemma and Cassidy and how neither of them have big dreams to move away. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The talk around the fire was about the new overseer, about the com crop, about the weather, but it ended with the subject of freedom—just as it always did. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was not even sure whether he would be able to see the cottage at all; he did not know what happened when the subjects of a Fidelius Charm died. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

It took the men two weeks to track down a suitable subject. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Psi subjects 3285 and 5312, who were taken from camp boundaries at approximately 03:34 by a Children’s League operative, are now believed to have been mistakenly identified as Green upon their initial classification....”’ The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The only time they touched upon the subject was when Ron told Harry about a meeting Mrs. Weasley had had with Dumbledore before going home. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Another is a confusion of the writer’s subject matter with his line of work. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Because many of the subjects were taught in English, and I had had a head start in the language through my connection with the Smiths, I quickly became one of the better students in school. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was one of those energetic teachers who loved his subject half to death and leaped about the room dramatically, waving his arms and clutching his chest and whomping people on the back. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Those whose attitude toward the war is most nearly rational are the subject peoples of the disputed territories. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Sometimes the Carter Cowboys’ football coach, Freddie James, lectured his talented subjects on the evils of what would happen if they acted too wild and showed no respect for rules and order. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jefferson probably agreed with this verdict, though his correspondence is characteristically quiet on the subject. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

And thus he has always accomplished and organized great deeds, that have always kept the minds of his subjects surprised, amazed, and occupied with their outcome. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

About five years before, most of his subjects had fallen before a terrible calamity. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Schoolteachers were told to encourage independent and critical-thinking skills in every subject and to teach students to think for themselves. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I start another subject thread on the wall: Guys to Stay Away Front. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

The new subject caught me by surprise and I almost said Los Angeles. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“So,” I said, anxious to change the subject. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

The art establishment also objects to “the new painting” for what the artists paint: contemporary subjects such as train stations, cafes, bridges. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“Well, I have been read—hearing some folks talk on the subject, and I think it’s a tiny little critter that causes the infection. You know, like the same thing that makes milk sour.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“I apologize that all I have to offer for the noon meal is some cheese and bread, but it looks like now even I am subject to the current rationing within the town.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“I feel we are moving away from the subject of the conversation—” Gherland began. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

One need not be formally convicted in a court of law to be subject to this shame and stigma. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

French was a subject that I had great difficulty passing. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

I’ll give you a brief description of the various subjects we touched on. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

He was always trying to raise the subject of my father with me. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Flames tipped the tops of slim white tapers, illuminating rough walls muffled by tapestries and old portraits in which the painted eyes of their subjects glinted like chips of glass. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“About our conversation on the subject of chivalry,” began the King in an airy tone.... The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

And not telling a girl my age about grown-up subjects is fine. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Therefore, a prince must not worry about the infamy of being considered cruel when it is a matter of keeping his subjects united and loyal. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

“There. This Miss is ready to greet her subjects.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Riddle did not want to subject the horse to the extremely high imposts he was slated to carry. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lewis observed in a discussion of the words, “is a subject on which there is not much to be said.” The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the same time, Dr. Strayer asked the subjects to talk on a cell phone. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“So,” I said, anxious to change the subject, “how do we get out of here?” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

At the end of the fifth test, the subject was sent home to New York with three or four aspirins in an engraved envelope for his sniffles, which turned out to be bronchial pneumonia. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

In the end, we cannot be sure, because Vermeer’s approach to his subject proves as subtle as his pictorial treatment. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Anyhow he gives large parties," said Jordan, changing the subject with an urbane distaste for the concrete. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

It’s like being a camera and the subject of its photographs at the same time. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

Your readers know a lot less about your subject than you think they do, and unless you keep track of what you know that they don’t, you are guaranteed to confuse them. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

At least they were excited about their discussion and had chosen their subjects. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

No structure ever had been subjected to the unique stresses that would come to bear upon and within the wheel once in motion. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

So I stood up to change the subject. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I knew all that, but perhaps it was a princely duty to explain matters to one’s subjects. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

He had probably completed biology by now, she guessed, and would be studying higher mathematics, or astrophysics, or biochemistry, one of the subjects that was whispered about, when they were young, as incomprehensibly difficult. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

This will begin to make him hateful to his subjects and, if he becomes impoverished, he will be held in low regard by everyone. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

Periodicals devoted to the subject appeared, and references to its doctrines pervaded popular literature. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

After our thirteenth birthday, we moved on from using our teacup dogs and the stray teacup cats that lurk on the grounds to enlisting our servants as subjects of our beauty work. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The challenging subjects were “delightful” and “hot stuff,” he told his brother. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gets invited on news shows and profiled in magazines, and he has been the subject of a documentary by the filmmaker Errol Morris, all because of a brain that appears to defy description. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

She didn’t get a chance to start on the subject again during class, and as soon as the bell rang, I took evasive action. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The inoculation was administered on the arm of each subject.' The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I told her I wanted some books on hawks and falcons, and she located a few, although there was not much to be had on the subject. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could talk about such subjects as the French Revolution and the Siberian gulags, the philosophy of Nietzsche, and the discourses of Disraeli. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t forgotten what Mr. Brunner had told me about this subject being life-and-death for me. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“How do you manage to stand up there?” asked Milo, for this was the subject which most interested him. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then, changing the subject to Alex Haley’s Roots: That book tells us more about his difference from his illiterate, tribal ancestors than it does about his link to them. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

And every conference would then become the subject of a sarcastic editorial, published in the very next edition of The Landry News. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

To change the subject, he said, “I bet Laurie’s as big as that tree.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every subject was given its own binder: dogs, cats, horses, farm animals, woodland animals, flowers, fruits and vegetables, rural landscapes, urban landscapes, men’s faces, women’s faces, men’s bodies, women’s bodies, and hands-feet- bottoms-and-other-miscellaneous body parts. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Grateful for the change of subject, Kaede answered, “Yes. All older than I am.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Charles told his sister Caroline that Lyell said “it beat all other nonsense he has ever read on the subject.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I assure you,” the doctor said, “that Hill House will be quiet tonight. There is a pattern to these things, as though psychic phenomena were subject to laws of a very particular sort.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

We lie down on Jenna’s bed, and she changes the subject. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

He liked Bernard; he was grateful to him for being the only man of his acquaintance with whom he could talk about the subjects he felt to be important. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

To broach the subject at all will be a risk. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

As the link between abortion and crime makes clear, unwanted children—who are disproportionately subject to neglect and abuse—have worse outcomes than children who were eagerly welcomed by their parents. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, Unc. We want a souvenir,” I said, glad that the subject had changed. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

That was one of his tricks, whenever she was put off or irritated—changing the subject in the sweetest way possible. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Arturo looked like he was annoyed that I was changing the subject. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

My eyes start to well, and I decide we need a change of subject. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

For him even your wife could be a subject. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Lie down. I’m not done with your hair yet,” I say, trying to change the subject. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I noticed more and more that Timothy always changed the subject when we began to talk about my eyes. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry had been expecting it, knew his body would not be allowed to remain unsullied upon the forest floor; it must be subjected to humiliation to prove Voldemort’s victory. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

We’d be at the same school we always went to, but a new year meant different teachers, different subjects, lots of new things. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

There wouldn’t be any group discussion and debate on this subject. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Confederate President Jefferson Davis was on the run, the subject of his own massive manhunt. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

In each subject, the anchor standards are broken down further into individual goals and objectives for each grade level. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

One day, a subject started doing something Dr. Treisman had never seen before: He started remarking about the passages from Doctor Zhivago that were being read in both ears. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Nazi teachers changed the curriculum, adding two new subjects: racial science and eugenics. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Mama and Papa, of course, expected her to bring home good grades in every subject. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

It gave me the impression she did not want to pursue the subject. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Say you’ve identified the subject of a sentence, and it’s a word that could be interpreted as either singular or plural, like couple, total, majority, number, any, all, or none. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Other males and females exhibit their submission to the alpha male by bowing before him while making grunting sounds, not unlike human subjects kowtowing before a king. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

They offer advice on subjects ranging from relationships and finance to travel and shoes. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Mathematicians who don’t deign to communicate their subject to a wider audience are a little like multimillionaires who don’t contribute anything to charity. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Oddly enough, it was a subject I’d given some thought to lately. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

The book takes into account many different perspectives on a child’s development rather than approaching it by focusing on only one subject. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

First, so that I have more time for my other subjects, and second, because of my eyes. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

So would just about every person in the state of Texas, where attitudes on the subject became quickly defined on the basis of whether you were black or white. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later he was to realize that all that then happened was merely a preliminary, a routine interrogation to which nearly all prisoners were subjected. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Guards who tried to crack down on inmate drug use were subject to death threats—purportedly by corrupt officers, according to one guard. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The subject of the turkey was brought up many more times by the end of the day and not in a friendly fashion. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Davis was quite fluent on the subject. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

It’s easy—and wrong—to diagnose the problem as a violation of a grammatical rule called subject control. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

According to an account written in the Suffragist, they burned “all the words he has ever uttered or written on the subject of democracy.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Many artists like Marrel had turned away from historic or religious subjects. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The subjects would range from report writing to the use of force, from penal law to “standards of inmate behavior,” from tool and key control to drug awareness. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She asked her neighbor for help studying Greek, a subject most often studied by boys. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

She had once been almost as emphatic in expressing herself upon the subject as the comer grocer. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frustrated prison staff frequently subject them to abusive punishment, solitary confinement, or the most extreme forms of available detention. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

As a former District politician, the fiery Moore had often been the subject of news stories in The Washington Post. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

While the stories were vivid, the lectures were abstract, treatises on obscure philosophical subjects, and it was to these abstractions that I devoted most of my study. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

No one in the audience perceived a link between the two subjects being discussed. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

I notice they’re both holding the bags of bathing suits I told them to bring, so I grab Camila’s out of her hand in a desperate attempt to change the subject. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Bill is now looking at us a little too intently and I decide to change the subject. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

He solicited an emergency meeting in Washington with Warren Weaver, refusing to divulge the subject in advance but offering to arrange government clearance for Weaver if he desired a full discussion. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Mom asked, obviously trying to change the subject. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Then Miss Love changed the subject and I had to listen instead of think. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

New educators hoped to teach in their major subject, of course, but would be expected to assume whatever duties were necessary. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

“Anyway,” Frank said, clearly anxious to change the subject. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“He and Professor Trelawney are dividing classes between them this year,” said Professor McGonagall, a hint of disapproval in her voice; it was common knowledge that she despised the subject of Divination. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

There was a long pause, and then she changed the subject. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The illumination from the lamps accompanied the fading sunlight, while the slight angle of the lamplight created soft shadows across his subjects. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Hugo continued flipping through the book, seeing if there was anything at all about automata, but the book was silent on the subject. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Atahuallpa was revered by the Incas as a sun-god and exercised absolute authority over his subjects, who obeyed even the orders he issued from captivity. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

For months, the ad played repeatedly on network news stations and was the subject of incessant political commentary. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

We prepared a secret twenty-two-page document on the subject with a covering letter from myself to be sent to Lusaka. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was quite an authority on the subject. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

"The matter is not subject to discussion. Go!" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

We’d be able to organize evenings in which everyone could take turns discussing a given subject. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I had a scholarship for college in the fall, where I would live on a beautiful campus, studying subjects I love. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Jesse was my parallel subject—I always knew he was on the other side of the ampersand—but I didn’t know where I stood with Marcus. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Gentlemen who had been present at the formation of this Constitution”—Baldwin himself had been one such gentleman—could not avoid the recollection of the pain and difficulty which the subject caused in that body.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“You will be the first test subject, Tobias. Beatrice, however . . .” She smiles. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Instead, and he is not entirely certain why, he keeps the subject alive, bringing it up as often as possible. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The study of the global climate, the comparison of the Earth with other worlds, are subjects in their earliest stages of development. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Turning to his subjects, he chuckled insanely and pointed at Matthias. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“You were unconscious,” she said, deliberately changing the subject. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He wanted the doctor to begin treatment immediately, rather than subject the patient to further tests. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, I like green beans,” Hassan said, trying to change the subject as quickly as possible. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

"I can't seem to remember much French since we got off the plane," I say, changing the subject. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Such a delicate charge as pruning the human race should not be subject to the quirks of personality. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

But that experience did not prepare me for the task of writing these pages where my own life is the subject. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve been reviewing portions of last year’s exam with him. As I told you, sir, he’s doing exceptionally well in all the subjects but math.” Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

We didn’t join a church in Washington, because we didn’t want to subject another congregation to the kind of bad-faith attacks that had rained down on Trinity, our church in Chicago. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

She offered Patrolman Mancuso a torn and oily cake box that looked as if it had been subjected to unusual abuse during someone’s attempt to take all of the doughnuts at once. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It all sounded terribly confusing to Milo, for he had always had trouble in school with just this subject. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

They talk about the finances, a subject that has agitated Vincent for so long. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

James was listening carefully, but she changed the subject. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

My intellectual pride had kept me from selecting typing, shorthand or filing as subjects in school, so office work was ruled out. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He passes over also one of the most famous tales about Hercules, how he freed Alcestis from death, which was the subject of another of Euripides’ plays. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Melanie could see that she wasn’t going to get anywhere so she let the subject drop. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

As their research wore on, Dr. Gazzaley and his peers discovered something they found remarkable: Older subjects, age sixty and above, showed increased ability to focus. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

After that fateful contact with endrin, this normal, healthy child became little more than a vegetable — unable to see or hear, subject to frequent muscular spasms, apparently completely cut off from contact with his surroundings. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Indeed, a person could be found innocent of any criminal conduct and the property could still be subject to forfeiture. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

She probably wanted to get off the subject of Romeo and Juliet. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

There is an extensive literature on the subject of prisoner’s dilemmas. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those whom I had met did not talk about the subject, didn’t seem to want to talk about it. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then he gave me his Name, Rank and Serial Number look and changed the subject. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had talked about Christmas and presents until the subject was exhausted and then they began to talk about the keys and the Professor and what he’d said the evening before. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

They used a group of undergraduates as subjects and gave everyone in the group one of two scrambled-sentence tests. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

A dismal demon who was mostly mouth, he was ready at a moment’s notice to offer misinformation on any subject. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

In addition to these traits, the subject shows mild early signs of a disorder of his thought processes. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Looking at the subject dispassionately, what evidence do we find for this theory? The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

And it turns out he is a real expert on the subject. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Representatives from the Deep South rose to express their outrage that the forbidden subject was again being allowed into public view. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

I say to Cordelia, trying for lightness, and a change of subject. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

After Miss Peregrine had dismissed a few more about my grandfather, the children turned to other subjects. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Elodin did something that could, conceivably, be referred to as teaching, but for the most part he seemed more interested in confusing me than shedding any real light on the subject of naming. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“And don't change the subject, please. Why are you still in pajamas?” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

In order to have standing, the Court reasoned, Lyons would have to show that he was highly likely to be subject to a chokehold again. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Eager to share his knowledge on any subject, he neglected to ascertain the interest of his listener or, in my case, reader. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Hannah led the conversation, as though to smooth the air, her voice calming, bringing up subjects they would all agree on, changing to something else if she sensed a looming disagreement. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

One next step for those interested in the subject is to become familiar with all the ways notes may be added to basic triads. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

“In that case, any questions on any subject at all?” In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

How could he not use his first child as a research subject? Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the subject of war never came up until Billy brought it up himself. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

We spend a lot of time together and talk about every imaginable subject. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I’ll have a Point of View on serious subjects such as Immigration, the role of the Catholic Church in an increasingly secular society, the relative suckage of professional football teams. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Chief Buthelezi agreed to provisionally register for the elections in exchange for a promise to subject our differences over constitutional issues to international mediation. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lyons argued that, as a black man, he had good reason to fear he would be stopped by the police for a minor traffic violation and subjected to a chokehold again. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

INTERVIEW: The subject spoke in rapid bursts, clearly and articulately but with the occasional breathlessness associated with anxiety. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Mama narrowed her eyes but let the subject drop. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

You’re here because you have apparently stopped doing work in your major subjects. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And, while we are on the subject of the Order, you still claim you cannot reveal the whereabouts of their headquarters, don’t you?” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Exit the streets immediately or you will be subject to arrest.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

But to get back to the subject of raising children, yesterday a silence fell after Mrs. van D. finished her little speech. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

His obnoxious remarks about the children seemed entirely in character; the man was obnoxious on every subject. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

We spent the next period writing paragraphs about Zambia, choosing one minor subject. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

In the end, he seemed to change the subject. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Emily knew the cipher challenge would be a touchy subject after Maddie had ruined all his hard work, so she tried to distract him by talking about Mr. Griswold’s latest clue. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

In the first, third, and fourth paragraphs, every subject but one consists of herons. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

When the Southern California ministers were really whipping their congregations into a froth, they would get rolling on the subject of “the Road to Hell,” a byway that ran south from San Diego. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even a decade ago, critics of President Bill Clinton’s call for a national conversation on the subject didn’t think so. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

As for asking Tam Lin, Matt didn’t know how to bring up the subject. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Available on the prison library’s shelves were books on just about every general subject. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

But there must have been books devoted to the subject that I’d never been curious enough to look into. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Blacks caught sitting in white sections of buses or trolleys, no matter how crowded, were subject to fines. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

However, there are other studies whose conclusions are more vague on this subject. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

“So where do you live?” he asked, to change the subject. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

If the subject is hard for you to see, just delete there in your mind and turn the statement around: “A fly is in my soup! And lumps are in the gravy!” Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Neeley had “B” in conduct, the same in physical education and “C” in all his other subjects. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Other times, she winces and just changes the subject. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He was passionate and outspoken in his beliefs, no matter what the subject. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

I guess she was scared of having the subject come up in front of grownups, especially Father or the other Tories. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

In 2000 we had taken on the subject of race, not as a political construct or an exercise in demography but more intimately, as a force in how we live our lives. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

The subjects represented different ages, ethnic mixes, and body types, from muscular to obese to gaunt. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Talking to him was largely a matter of getting him away from such subjects and entangling him, if possible, in the technicalities of Newspeak, on which he was authoritative and interesting. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

He changed the subject: “How will you fare when we go?” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

As much as I liked him as a teacher, he was a figure of authority, and I, a subject. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“No, no, sir! think of other subjects, and speak of other things, and in another strain. Don’t address me as if I were a beauty; I am your plain, Quakerish governess.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Are they giving letter grades on the subject of me, or is it pass/fail? Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

He understood the nature of his acts, and that they were prohibited, and that he was subject to punishment. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like a motif, a subject has often changed when it reappears, sounding higher or lower, for example, or faster or slower. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

While there was still a king they were in name his subjects, but they were, in fact, ruled by their own chieftains and meddled not at all with events in the world outside. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The way I knew was that often they would invite my opinion on subjects off the race issue. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

An eighth-grade girl named Sam said I “capture the soul of my subjects” in my photos. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

He, too, informed the court that he had been assaulted while in prison, and subjected to electric shock treatment. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

So he sat down and, in his free evenings and weekends, wrote an eight-hundred-page textbook on the subject, painstakingly reviewing the available evidence for the most common problems a general practitioner might encounter. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

He was subjected to hours of interrogation without his parents or an attorney present. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Instead Reetika kindly turned the subject to an upcoming math test. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Windows are a heck of a lot better subject for me than silver. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“And while we’re on the subject, you do know that a whole bunch of my brothers are sweet on you, don’t you?” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“The country,” said Darcy, “can in general supply but few subjects for such a study. In a country neighbourhood you move in a very confined and unvarying society.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

She then sought her eldest sister, who had undertaken to make enquiries on the same subject of Bingley. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

As a lifelong bachelor who loved cats and books, he was the subject of plenty of whispering and judgment himself, so he wasn’t about to visit it on Dill. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

In fact, it illustrates an enormous subject of great importance: human diseases of animal origins. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Because she’s trying to be nice to us,” she retorted, and thankfully, Pearl let the subject drop. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The material will help guide educators in finding methods to incorporate music with other subjects in a way that is inherently beneficial to teachers and students rather than a hindrance. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

“We can’t I’m not going to do medical experiments on unwilling subjects.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, which runs the United States planetary space program, is subject to frequent and unpredictable budget cuts. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They gonna have a lot of doctors there talking on different subjects and different areas of the science field,” she said. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

She did not want him to give her his opinion; she asked him just to read it, and then she changed the subject to her new wardrobe. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She would not forget about this subject in the morning. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

To Kamen’s surprise, Lawrence agreed—but on condition that he not be subjected to cross-examination. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Celaena tapped her foot on the floor, wondering how he had moved on to such a different subject. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“You haven’t got any of these subjects today. It’s only Defense Against the Dark Arts this afternoon.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Maybe the subject is a ladder of the train that Beast Riders grasp for their lives. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

Typically the subject was a well-to-do immigrant supporting some potential insurgency in his old land, or else funding a fledgling trade union or radical student organization. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

"That's exactly why we want you. You've become identified with that controversy and it's our job to bring such subjects to the eyes of our readers." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

If it is not the last word on the subject, then I really, really, really do not wish to hear the last word. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

As has been said about many subjects, mathematics is too important to be left to the mathematicians. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had no subjects of conversation except the principles of Ingsoc, and no aim in life except the defeat of the Eurasian enemy and the hunting-down of spies, saboteurs, thought-criminals, and traitors generally. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I step off the scale and change the subject. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

“If you struggle, you will be subjected to the Dementor’s Kiss.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

No one wanted to trim its list of priorities, but how to raise funds when Tom White’s money eventually ran out was subject to much debate. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Virgin-soil death rates for smallpox are hard to establish because for the last century most potential research subjects have been vaccinated. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Math was the last subject that she’d expected to be behind in. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I change the subject, “You never told me how old you are. Is it a big secret or something?” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Once he became a major subject for the press, nothing was more amusing to him than creating situations that left his pursuers confused and frustrated. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I forced the proper amount of jovial unconcern into my voice so Sim would take me at my word and drop the subject for the time being. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It was well known that Liza Hamilton and the Lord God held similar convictions on nearly every subject. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I spend the short ride back to 13 curled up in a seat, trying to ignore Plutarch going on about one of his favorite subjects — weapons mankind no longer has at its disposal. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“It could affect our whole future,” she told Harry and Ron as they pored over lists of new subjects, marking them with checks. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

He always uses the same words: “Here is your first subject.... Go.” When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

“I say it to people who take their time at red lights or who can’t make a decision about a subject for their next research paper. I don’t say it about important things like this!” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Once he arrived, Captain Cox and Thomas Jones spoke casually for a few minutes until Cox could avoid the subject no longer. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t understand it because the language was almost as hard to understand as French, which is my worst subject at school. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hear a finality in her tone that tells me the subject is closed. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Even the Richardson children found themselves divided on this thorny subject. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Well,” I said, and then realized I could think of not one single word about the subject. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

And then, because she hardly knew what to say, and also to turn Digory’s mind to cheerful subjects, she asked: “Is Mr. Ketterley really mad?” The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

He is writing a learned article on this subject for the Baptist scholars back home. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could make no sense of the subject; my own thoughts swam always between me and the page I had usually found fascinating. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“We should sell the house,” Helen acknowledged once; but when Ralph continued the subject, his common sense seemed a cold box into which he could not ask her to place her heart. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Melanie seemed to feel that April’s short talk with the old man had made her an authority on the subject, so she was more or less obliged to come up with an opinion. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I was having trouble with a subject in school, I’d go home and study it until I figured it out on my own. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

This introductory course cannot go very deeply into this subject, and so will only touch on the common terms used when referring to cadences. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

She still had a slight accent, and she did not like to speak in public, subjecting herself to her classmates' ridicule. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“Thanks, Ms. Bethune,” said Fadi with relief, and changed the subject. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

These were their topics and subjects of discussion, carried on without the need of speech. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

What is meant to sound like an antislavery argument transforms itself in midpassage into a verbal fog bank that descends over the entire subject like a cloud. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Dr. Zinchenko? How many emails have we received on this same subject?” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Don’t think I didn’t notice you changing the subject. For the record, I won the office pool on how long it’d take you to cause an international incident.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

More powerful than my fear of the dreadful conditions to which I might be subjected in prison is my hatred for the dreadful conditions to which my people are subjected outside prison throughout this country.... Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

For many years, I was ashamed to show myself to my subjects. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

As mentioned in Chapter 1, education assessment for all subjects and the arts has undergone significant change over the past 30 years, from No Child Left Behind to the Common Core State Standards Initiative. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Since all of your subjects cannot be armed, when those you arm receive benefits, you can deal more securely with the others. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

These two paradigmatic examples are the subjects I turn to now. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The guards exchanged smiles and rolled their eyes while the tinker gave an impromptu sermon on the subject of temperance. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Dr. Trefusis had chosen Latin for the day, the better to show my excellence in the subject. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Nothing. Only the subject we were speaking of,” said I, “was rather painful to me.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

His subject was “Let your light so shine that men will see your good works and praise your Father, Who is in Heaven.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two days before she left, when I first heard her raise the subject of leaving, she said, “I feel so rotten in comparison.” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

I’d started addressing the subject of hopefulness in talks to small groups. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Biblical subjects tilt toward violence: Judith cutting off the head of Holofernes is now popular. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

One of my best teachers in graduate school seemed surprised that I always brought up the subject. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

In just 200 million years, possibly less, the Earth was essentially formed, though still molten and subject to constant bombardment from all the debris that remained floating about. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

After we finished taking attendance, Miss Watson talked for a while about what we’d be learning this year in mathematics and language arts, and we had our first lessons in those subjects. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“I’ll deal with the school,” I promised, anxious to change the subject. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

The moon’s surface also was the subject of great debate in 1964. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The present King of France has waged many wars without imposing extraordinary taxes on his subjects, only because his habitual parsimony has provided for the additional expenditures. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

Were you able to follow that, or have I been skipping from one subject to another again? The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

So he left and wandered, delighting in the freedom of Northern Italy, where he could ruminate on matters remote from the subjects he had been force-fed in his highly disciplined Prussian schoolroom. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he went on with the safe, changed subject. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

It was Henry he was angriest at, Henry who had betrayed him, and Henry who was always the subject of these outbursts. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

If there has ever been a conqueror who did not exact this most devastating tithe from his subjects, he is unknown to history. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Philosophy tells us that the universe consists of concentric spheres; the actual patterns made by the planets as they move through the heavens is a subject for astronomy, which is a sub-branch of mathematics. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Do you have answer sheets for every single subject at school?” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

She assured Mia that yes, Shaker schools were excellent—Pearl could enroll in AP classes in every subject; there were science labs, a planetarium, five languages she could learn. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

We cite this vignette as an example of possible recidivism; it demonstrates not only the confusion but also the fractious and insubordinate natural inclination of the African subject. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He made me promise that when I start learning college subjects in a couple of weeks I won’t read any books on psychology—that is, until he gives me permission. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

And whereas the Prince spent his life in physically following the hunt, Count Rugen read and studied anything he could get his hands on dealing with the subject of Distress. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

A nationalistic approach also began informing his choice of subject matter, especially after the Germans defeated the French in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Similar ones apply to other historical subjects whose place among the natural sciences is nevertheless secure, including astronomy, climatology, ecology, evolutionary biology, geology, and paleontology. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was a matter of whether one preferred to be kicked aside like a bit of debris or subjected to a concentrated and abusive notice. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

She had gone into her subject and had much of it by heart. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

It is desired that the investigation of subject be most searching and pointed towards ascertaining the nature of her present activity and the identity of her associate. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I was pretty well through with the subject. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

I wanted to change the subject, but for the moment my mind was a blank. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even children’s art is subject to the taste and outlook of the society that shapes his or her personality. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Until today she neither knew nor cared how, because the subject was uninteresting, but if someone had a baby without being married, her family was plunged into deep disgrace. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

The intent of his queries, as he soon established, was to introduce a subject the prosecution had emphatically avoided: the question of Wells’ own role in the murder plot, and his own moral liability. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those subjects, the ones who walked in nature, did a better job at learning. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

They criticize everything, and I mean everything, about me: my behavior, my personality, my manners; every inch of me, from head to toe and back again, is the subject of gossip and debate. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Let me pause a moment on the subject of Mrs. van Daan and tell you that her attempts to flirt with Father are a constant source of irritation to me. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t slick Pete with the subjects, or Jimmy Baptiste when things got rough, or Grace with her nose for the potential mistake or breakdown. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He shone like a Sun God, benignly warming and brightening his dark subjects. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Others cleared their throats and changed the subject. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

His assumption as to her opinion of his looks was far less favorable than her actual thoughts on the subject. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I know Momma isn’t asking me a real question, and I decide to change the subject before I get into trouble. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I was trying to think of some way to change the subject when he said: ‘Hey. November tenth? That’s the night you guys were out at Francis’s. The night you ran over that deer.’ The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

She tells me that the three days a week that we meet, teacher-collaborators will instruct on core subjects. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

To activate widget A, you insert doohickey B into slot C. Or you can delete the you, since it’s understood to be the subject. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I waited, I’d lose my nerve and change the subject to the cafeteria’s chocolate milk or something. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I decided to change the subject, rather than push my luck. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Mingling in this wide swath of strangers shifts my attention from myself, that tedious subject, to the world around me. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Bod liked Miss Borrows, and the coziness of her little crypt, and that she could all-too-easily be led off the subject. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

“Ooh, good, we’re starting some new subjects today,” she said happily. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I found that I liked this class arrangement very much; it divided my work neatly and made it easy for me to concentrate separately upon Talmud and college subjects. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Her gray-brown homesteader’s dress was the color of her subject. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

That’s because the reader’s attention usually starts out on the entity named by the subject of the sentence. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Clothes remained a subject of considerable friction, but the matter that threatened to affect Dad’s stability was jazz. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

His primary rule was that no one could talk unless the subject was of general interest. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

—But back to the subject at hand—this absolutely reprehensible report card! Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And now, relieved I got it over with, I changed the subject without actually changing the subject. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

This was now pre-empted by Hugh Huxley, who argued that muscle fibers were living and hence not subject to rules for physicists. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Specialists from several disciplines have provided global syntheses of their subjects. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Anxious though he was to leave the subject of tombs, he went on. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Judging from my accessing, it appears that I know more about the subject than Margaret does. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

She was well composed, given the subject of our conversation, and for most of the visit I struggled to separate how she actually felt from what I felt she must be feeling. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“Until we speak again on this subject, you and I,” Miss Hennepin said. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The book’s subject matter is history, but the approach is that of science—in particular, that of historical sciences such as evolutionary biology and geology. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Two new faces in one day,” Graham said gently, knowing he was touching on a delicate subject. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Anthropology? That’s a hard and deep subject, man. I respect that.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

If a sentence starts with there, its real subject follows the verb, as in: There was a young man from Darjeeling. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I got fired, didn’t you hear? That’s a painful subject, you shouldn’t have brought it up, good night, next time learn a little manners,” and he closed the hut door. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He stopped himself and changed subjects, speaking of court affairs. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

The subject of slavery was introduced because some of the counties, alarmed by the Nat Turner insurrection, had petitioned for the gradual emancipation of the slaves or for abolition of slavery. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

At home, newspapers are folded so the pictures face down, television channels are turned when the subject of race comes up. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Before Mr. Pajolli answers Juju, Juju is on to a new subject. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

It’s the strangest thing, to spend all this time in school—forced through all these mandatory lessons—despite the fact that most of these subjects lead nowhere. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“At no time did Clarence bring up the subject of his work,” Franklin reported, “and following instructions, I did not mention the subject.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are three emails waiting from your mom, all written in the subject lines. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Then Nora, who still looks smug every time the subject arises. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Which did she choose?” asked one of the laughing gentlemen, who enjoyed the subject. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Take agreement between the subject and the verb: we say The bridge is crowded, but The bridges are crowded. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

This would be a good place to start learning more on the subject of modern folk music. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

The idea was to make the subject squirm, not roast. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Private Cudjo chafed the gentleman’s wrists so they bled, and then tied them fast, that it might appear he had been subject to all the indignities of martial harrassment. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Mr. Bennet saw that her whole heart was in the subject, and affectionately taking her hand said in reply: Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

After Mr. Billy shuffled out, Papa commenced toting up some figures, which meant the subject of an all-day motor trip was closed. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

He died rich and famous, and was the subject, a few years after his death, of the first ever book-length biography of a musician. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

I paid a little more attention in math, because it was one of the most important subjects for architects. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Few middle-class parents would stand for their children’s being subjected to this method of teaching. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

When I asked her where she was from, she would say, “God made me,” and change the subject. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Which job did he want, sir? What subject did he want to teach?” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Had he obtained a copy, he would have been disappointed, as its subject is earthquakes, not Copernicanism. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

White liked to interview a subject in a place that was unfamiliar to the person in order to unsettle him, and so he had Lawson taken to a room off the warden’s office. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Dean Thomas, who, like Harry, had grown up with Muggles, ended up closing his eyes and jabbing his wand at the list, then picking the subjects it landed on. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

One of the first things needed when you begin the study of any subject is a little introduction to the "lingo." Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

He tried to change the subject by asking me why I was calling him “monsieur” and not “father.” The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Initially I had thought with hard work I could overcome a fundamental squeamishness and distaste for my subject, that perhaps with even harder work I could simulate something like a talent for it. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Those disparate rates constitute history’s broadest pattern and my book’s subject. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Nonetheless, all the subjects were swiftly approved for sterilization. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Alabama and common law pleading, for instance, was a subject so ethereal in nature that Henry passed it only by memorizing the book. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Then he told us how he didn't really do well in school because no one was ever showing him anything, so he couldn't quite understand most of the subjects. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

I could little imagine a subject of Discourse & at last fell asleep. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Before Cole could change the subject, Edwin spoke up. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The subjects will eventually recall and understand the purpose of the hard things we have done and plan to do to them. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The other subjects he was taught, fencing, wrestling, and driving, he took to more kindly, and his teachers in these branches all survived. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re right, Mary Anne, I’m an enigma, like a Chink. But a great subject for literature. No doubt about it. You can be my Boswell.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was nothing in all this either to astonish or interest, and it caught Emma’s attention only as it united with the subject which already engaged her mind. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

She nods in a sort-of understanding way, and changes the subject. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

But I’d never dreamed he was thinking of subjecting me to this. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Even this reduced, unintended message will trigger recognition if the subject is important, relevant, or highly probable.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Another almost unexplored area is the question of interactions between chemicals, a question that becomes especially urgent when they enter the marine environment where so many different minerals are subjected to mixing and transport. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Unperturbed, with no show of grief, for so a king ought to take news of a subject’s death,” she replied with the merest hint of bitterness. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

That was when I realised they were back on the subject of this rumour. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

We could have gone to live in another refugee camp, but my parents said they would rather die than subject their kids to another camp. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“Darling, you think an inch deep on every subject. Then quit.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet the sexual impulse is tremendously strong in this phase, controlling the entire personality, subjecting all other drives to its imperative. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Clause as subject: That Oedipus would learn the truth was inevitable. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

My own views on the subject had not altered in many years. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rowan held his silence on the subject, waiting for the High Blade’s response. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Any time I brought up the subject of the Golden Mountain, Mother suddenly found something going wrong on our farm. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I spoke with the man this morning,” Patrolman Mancuso said, hoping that Mrs. Reilly had exhausted the subject of her son. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though due to her height some people may find the subject’s gender at first glance somewhat indeterminate, any prolonged observation would result in a decision that she was indeed a girl. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Aye, but there is nothing unusual in that. I told you, they work together often. Let’s not talk about it any more, I am sick of the subject.” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

“No,” said he, smiling, “that is no subject of regret at all. I have no pleasure in seeing my friends, unless I can believe myself fit to be seen.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

English kings had allowed their subjects to participate in making laws through representatives in Parliament. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

The shelves of bookstores are stuffed with books on the subject, and almost every newspaper publishes a daily horoscope. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But would you say that, sir, even in the light of General Peckem’s recent memorandum on the subject of appropriate military attire in combat areas?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I suppose I shall never know, for I dare not open the subject to him.... Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“I know it sounds crazy, but I find myself wondering what his favorite qurma will be, or his favorite subject in school. I picture myself helping him with homework...” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The words merely serve the pictures of the subject in question, employing the facts for the tabloid polemic of how a city should be run, justice served. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I asked her why I’d want to take my subjects’ money, she was surprised. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Except for Aeschylus’ Persians, written to celebrate the victory of the Greeks over the Persians at Salamis, all the plays have mythological subjects. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I will not trust myself on the subject,” replied Wickham; “I can hardly be just to him.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

I want to ask him about it, but the look on his face tells me that he’s eager to change the subject. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

But at KIPP, by the end of fifth grade, many of the students call math their favorite subject. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

No matter how much you know on the subject, if he just starts asking all sorts of unexpected questions, your mind and brain seize up like a pump in the winter. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

As subjects got more flags, they progressed to a new game level. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

"Careful, young lady. I have been teaching this subject for twenty years." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

But I didn't become really excited until she got on to the subject of witches. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Powell grunted vaguely, and when Donovan broke the resulting silence, it was to change the subject completely. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

“Do not change the subject!” the ghost growled. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Such barons as these have their own dominions and subjects, who recognize them as masters and have natural affection for them. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

He was deliberately making some eloquent unspoken plea to her, he was deliberately keeping off the subject. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“A typical thing for my brothers to say! Do you think I need more subjects? Did you not see the sprawl of the Asphodel Fields?” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I liked that we were going to write research papers for Mrs. Turton’s class and that we could choose any subject we wanted as long as it related to science. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“With this sword I defend my subjects and destroy those who menace them. Bend the knee, and I promise you food, land, and justice. Kneel and live. Or go and die. The choice is yours.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Tonight,” she said in a lemony voice, “I would like to discuss the subject of sex with you.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I began to despair, but reminding myself of my skill in learning, I vowed to master this new subject. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He was having trouble learning the subject because he didn't have much interest in it. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

“Lucky Edward happened to be standing next to me,” I amended with a hard glance at the subject of my statement. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Moche artists confined themselves to perhaps half a dozen subjects, painting stories of supernatural figures on pottery and murals with ever more naturalistic technique. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Someone who knew that my favorite subject in the whole world is art. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“Aye, curious. I know the ways of boys. They are like cats who thrust their noses into everything and oftentimes are sorry. You had best save your curiosity, young one, for safer subjects.” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

And not just that, the subjects who performed better at the game had greater increases in dopamine. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I waited but she didn't say any more, and after a moment I returned rather feebly to the subject of her daughter. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Edna and her father had a warm, and almost violent dispute upon the subject of her refusal to attend her sister’s wedding. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I bring the subject up at dinner. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Natural history, the subject that gripped Darwin at Cambridge, was not particularly poised to solve Herschel’s “mystery of mysteries.” The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Since only men were encouraged to pursue careers in these subjects, the lists she was given had no women on them. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Some princes were tolerant and allowed freedom of worship; others insisted that all their subjects convert to the new flavour of the month or forfeit their property at once. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

In addition, blood tests revealed that the subject was suffering from 5-alpha-reductase deficiency syndrome. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The structure of their societies, the management of their industry, agriculture, commerce, the size of their settlements, the subjects of their stories, everything is shaped to fit the somer-kemmer cycle. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

She was sure they could come up with another worthwhile subject to investigate. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

They would certainly be subject to arrest, and for black men and women in the South this carried with it the possibility of a savage jailhouse beating. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

She decided to change the subject, pointing up to the sky overhead. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“In fact, that’s the reason I came here today. I wanted to do some research. Find a book or two on the subject.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

They require fundamentally different talents and attitudes toward material as well as subject matter. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Certain subjects, such as politics and military history, were prohibited. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we couldn’t avoid the subject of food any longer, I would remind the boys in my group of an old Dinka saying: “Hunger does not know nguik.” Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Marshall, after all, was well aware of Darrach’s reputation for revealing the most intimate details of the lives of his subjects. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Divination was his least favorite subject, apart from Potions. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I want to take this opportunity to affirm my husband’s undying loyalty to Your Person and to avow that both myself and my daughters will continue in his footsteps as your loyal and devoted subjects. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nor can he ever count upon his subjects, who, because of their recent and continuous injuries, cannot feel secure with him. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

But when the subject arrives at wages, his face falls. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, Briony herself had no clear idea of what she meant, but Robbie could not know this as he moved in quickly to change the subject. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

In formal terms, the scientific panel would have the opportunity to give its advice on any subject brought before the interim committee. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“I’m proud to be a test subject for the Collective.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

My prescription, when anyone asked, was more ambitious journalism—launching the best reporters at the hardest subjects, and holding their reporting and thinking to the highest standards. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Noah caught my eye and quickly changed the subject. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Before the law could declare him to be just another piece of property subject to disposal as the tailor’s heirs saw fit, Jones applied to the courts for protection and obtained a certificate of freedom. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Do you mind if we change the subject?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

It was hard to avoid the subject of the cub’s escape at school. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

Had they spoken and voiced their thoughts, they would have mentioned the same subject, the safety of Redwall. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Take Charms,” said Professor McGonagall, “and I shall drop Augusta a line reminding her that just because she failed her Charms O.W.L., the subject is not necessarily worthless.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

It was infuriating to find herself behind in almost every subject, but she knew that the fault lay in Hollywood Gardens Elementary and not in herself. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

She didn’t seem to want to dwell on the subject. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

And Chamberlain had gone on to school to make an oration on the subject: Man, the Killer Angel. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

We wondered: Is he looking for the world’s longest The Verse to give Leah on the subject of impudence? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Roy,” he said gently, “this is an excellent subject for biology or social studies, but perhaps not for current events.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our spies among your loyal subjects tell us that only very few want another war, and that word is starting to leak out that the army is on the march right toward the goblins. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Gradually the sufferer grows thoroughly disoriented and subject to increasingly dangerous hallucinations—including the decidedly cruel misconception that he is not freezing but burning up. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

No surviving medieval plainchant reveals to us that a pulse was intended, and books of theory and instruction are ambiguous on the subject. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

They are more subject to disease in winter and the cold lowers their vitality. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her participation in these ancient rites helped her to earn the approval and respect of her subjects. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

We began by talking of old times, but when we were alone, the first subject he raised was the leadership of the organization. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The interest lies solely in the seemingly insignificant subject and in the sense of enchantment imparted by the children’s rapt attention to the moment. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

She shifted on the step, trying to think of some way to change the subject. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

“You’ve lived in the neighbourhood for a long time?” asked Joseph’s mother, changing the subject. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Unnerved, Oppenheimer confided that every other registered student had already done the same—the hall was filled with students auditing the course for no credit, struggling to understand the subject matter without risking a grade. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

And Ruth, for one reason or another—maybe she was embarrassed how things had turned out with her possible, maybe she was enjoying the mystery—had remained completely closed on the subject. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not having a nose like a human, and being, moreover, subjected to stone- throwing by the other village children, he had become more comfortable with animals. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Claire and I could dance around a subject for days and weeks. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Odin took Hel down to the lightless world, and he showed her the immense hall in which she would receive her subjects, and watched as she named her possessions. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

When I had my fill of serious subjects I began to think about my life before prison, and I found so much more to write about. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

She considered it a deplorable lapse on the part of her subjects not to tell her everything and at once. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

But then he took the liberty of reminding the Lord that some of His subjects were more downtrodden than others, and that it sometimes seemed as though He was not paying attention. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

All we could return to is a rented, joint-family flat in the overcrowded city of Calcutta, where Ma's inability to have a son would be a constant subject of conversation for other women. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Recently I have been fascinated by the subject of wild animals of North America.” The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Look,” said Ron, obviously casting around for a change of subject, “it’s the holidays! It’s nearly Christmas! Let’s — let’s go down and see Hagrid. We haven’t visited him for ages!” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I was already down three guaranteed subjects, with Thomas and his parents in DC. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I waited all through the morning subjects, hoping Miss Watson might read us another of her favorite poems. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“But how on earth did they run it without a fanbelt?” our mother asked, understanding by the Reverend’s irritation that she was expected to return to the subject at hand. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

And here's the cream of the joke: Weren't we part of them as well as apart from them and subject to die when they died? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grace suddenly wished that she had never brought up the subject in the first place. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Traveling with her warrior by her side, Cleopatra conjured up an image of the goddess that left a lasting impression on her subjects. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

Although no one became a special mentor to me, I became friends with some of my subject teachers. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Often the subject of a sentence—whoever or whatever is doing the action—is a two-headed creature with or or nor in the middle: Milk or cream is fine, thank you. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I usually abstained completely on the job, much less matched a subject shot for shot. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had the raw ingredients and a test subject, all under the same roof. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“We keep all our old subjects, or I’d’ve ditched Defense Against the Dark Arts.” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

I might well have added “Transgressors will be subject to confinement!'’ The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“You don’t know anything about the boy across the street, Papi. Now don’t change the subject.” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“Every day I am subjected to a McCarthyite witch-hunt in this crumbling building. No! I told you before. I am not a fellow traveler. What in the world has put that into your head?” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Skeeter refuses to give any more away on this intriguing subject, so we turn instead to the relationship that will undoubtedly fascinate her readers more than any other. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The whole farm was deeply divided on the subject of the windmill. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Part of the song’s popularity is the subject matter. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

I opened some drawers, closed them, then lifted the corner of the blotter to look at the picture of my aunt Minerva, the subject of my new book, The Outside Child. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“Are you avoiding the subject at hand? Using social obligations to ignore the uncomfortable issue?” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Most teachers avoided controversial subjects, but Mr. Brown’s classroom reverberated with them. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I would be happy to write on a subject with which I can personally identify.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She followed a bunch of vintage photography accounts on Instagram, and old apothecary bottles were a favorite subject. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The capture of Troy is the subject of the second book of the Aeneid, and it is one of the best, if not the best, story Virgil ever told—concise, pointed, vivid. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

They’re all sent around 3 A.M. and, naturally, he doesn’t write a subject. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

What I mean is, I couldn’t help thinking she represented what anyone with any distance on the subject would think. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he returned us to the subject of his little coup, expecting more of my gratitude. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knew enough about Riddle to believe that the old owner would never subject his skittish colt to a five-day rail journey to race in what he viewed as the sport’s minor leagues. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had asked his Mother who it was and Mother had not seemed to want to talk about the subject much. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

This will always be the case when he abstains from the property of his citizens and subjects, and from their women. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I am fond of all of your parts,” Tyrion said, in hopes of ending any further discussion of the subject, “and even fonder of mine own.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Those labeled felons will continue to cycle in and out of prison, subject to perpetual surveillance by the police, and unable to integrate into the mainstream society and economy. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

It is with regret that I confirm the report that has come to your ears: The experimental subject has indeed absconded from the property, and, at present, has not been located. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I was either first or second in every subject, and he even gave me a satisfactory in conduct. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

The subject matter—the power and peril of sex, secrets and lies that spin out of control—speaks to high schoolers. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

The only subject I’m not sure about is math. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

That phone call when I’d told Conner about Grandpa, he hadn’t interrupted once, or tried to change the subject, or talked about himself. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

The subject Mill had in mind was the nature of women. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He, however, was not even sure what his subject was. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“What’ve we got this afternoon?” said Harry, hastily changing the subject. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Even students who have a reasonable math background are not always aware of the extent to which other subjects are becoming “mathematicized,” and they, too, take a minimum of mathematics in college. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Allied bombing of German cities remains a controversial subject, especially in areas where no military or industrial sites were targeted. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

She did not attend loud, lavish parties, nor did she train against five subjects. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He was soft and obese, subject to twitches and trembles, incoherent as often as not. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Whatever family opinions, or whatever the world’s opinions, on that subject may be, Pip, your sister is,” Joe tapped the top bar with the poker after every word following, “a-fine-figure—of—a—woman!” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

No, he had seen the way she looked at Tzara, and the way Tzara looked at her, and that made for a fairly thorough education on the subject of desire. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

You’ve used your irreverent, hectoring funny and thought-provoking voice to create a space for real conversations about an important subject. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Coherence depends on more than mechanical decisions such as keeping the topic in subject position and choosing appropriate connectives. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“I’ve...I’ve been subject to them lately. I want to...to congratulate you, of course. I’m very glad—” The inexpertly applied rouge made a pair of nasty red splotches upon her chalk-white face. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

While this book is thus ultimately about history and prehistory, its subject is not of just academic interest but also of overwhelming practical and political importance. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t stop worrying, but I smiled and changed the subject. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The results of this were inconclusive, beyond the extraordinary discomfort it apparently occasioned the subject, who protested weakly as we placed her in the steam chamber the first several times; eventually falling silent. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

A great many newspaper articles would be written on the subject. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

But these state-based deliberations quite naturally tended to focus on local or regional interpretations of the Constitution’s rather elliptical handling of the forbidden subject. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

His thoughts on this subject were abundantly clear: “When a clerk says he must leave the office because it is five o’clock, you’ll never see his name over a front door.” A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“School is school. But don’t change the subject. Something must have happened.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

While it is charming to imagine the scene, the fact is the cameras that existed during Mudgett’s boyhood made candid moments almost impossible to capture, especially when the subject was a child. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Ricci realized that Galileo had an aptitude for the subject and supported him when he asked Vincenzio if he could switch his studies from medicine to mathematics. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

But I'd have been interested to hear what the likes of yourself would have to say to him on the subject, sir.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Asking what happened to the ancient Maya is like asking what happened in the Cold War—the subject is so big that one hardly knows where to begin. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Language arts is my best subject,” she says, which is true. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I have my old cracked phone out, my hack allowing me to track down the other Phoenix Riders without being subjected to the new NeuroLink algorithm. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Chief and subject, warrior and medicine man, all took part and endeavored to influence its decisions. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

If mathematics education communicated this playful aspect of the subject, formally at the elementary, secondary, or college level or informally via popular books, I don’t think innumeracy would be as widespread as it is. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I usually change the subject when someone talks about the future. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

To Mr. Bennet’s acknowledgments he briefly replied, with assurance of his eagerness to promote the welfare of any of his family; and concluded with entreaties that the subject might never be mentioned to him again. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

“In this climate of heightened accountability, some believe that schools will give instructional time only to subjects that are included in high-stakes testing,” it states. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Then Dad went off into his favorite subject: ventilating air through the mine. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The subject had been discussed by brilliant philosophers and mathematicians for 2,000 years. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Though tribal indoctrination was still the focus of our curriculum in Standard Four, a few new and challenging subjects were introduced. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Any dictatorship takes a psychological toll on its subjects. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

By 1823 the whole subject of scandal had become a nostalgic joke. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Thus every scientist is subject to two competing and conflicting imperatives: they are obliged to be both competitive and cooperative. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

These areas would show changes— like increases and decreases in blood flow—when study subjects were trying to focus on something, or when they were overwhelmed with information, putting intensified pressure on the attention networks. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

If something has to do with the subject of history, it’s historical. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

And on that subject why was it that the smartest people mostly missed that point? The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I was trying to think of a quick change of subject, to let him off the hook, but then he shifted in his chair and squinted across the room. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

It was apparent that she did not want to sleep, so I tackled the subject at once:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Over the years, the list of properties subject to forfeiture expanded greatly, and the required connection to illegal drug activity became increasingly remote, leading to many instances of abuse. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

If she approached when someone was speaking of him, people immediately changed the subject—and here was Grandmother revealing the secret to a whole crowd of strangers! A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t concentrate on the movie — I didn’t even know what subject it was on. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Stuart said you were trying to get into more serious subjects. Anything particular?” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Harry waited, but Dumbledore did not say anything about the disagreement with Scrimgeour that the Daily Prophet had reported, and he did not have the nerve to pursue the subject, so he changed it. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I waited a few moments, expecting he would go on with the subject first broached: but he seemed to have entered another train of reflection: his look denoted abstraction from me and my business. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

The clumsy examples above show that long and complicated subjects are best left unmarked, whereas simpler ones like pronouns work well in the genitive, as in I appreciate your coming over to help. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Somehow I felt mixed up in their wickedness, mixed up and not knowing how to get out of it Ruthanne took a deep breath, ready to change the subject. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

He saw his mother hanged, Park’s body on the fence, and visualized the torture he believed his father was subjected to after his escape. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Mrs. B had always been there for me, ready to volunteer as one of my test subjects for my experiments or answer all my questions about space. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Silence had enshrined the subject of Olanna with each month, each year, that passed without their bringing it up. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

‘You is trying to change the subject,’ the Giant said sternly. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turn to my parents, curious and ready to change the subject. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Her unlooked for achievement was the subject of wonder, applause, and admiration. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tiptoed her mind around the whole subject and back to an elusive thing that peeped out and then withdrew. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

But he remained still, despite an odd urge to apologize and change the subject; he wanted to know everything about them. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Shackleton and the rest of the men on board Endurance were tortured by indecision: they were all patriotic subjects of a country heading into war, and yet they all now burned to voyage south. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

For a prince should have two fears: one internal, concerning his subjects; the other external, concerning foreign powers. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

It was at dinner on their first day back at Falling Water that Citra finally broached the subject she had been dreading. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

There was no sense fighting with him about this; I was going home soon and wouldn’t have been driving the truck much anyway, so I cooled off and changed the subject. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

It was harder going, but he expected it to be, and the subject was exciting even if he didn’t understand everything the author said about it. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Wedging an extra phrase into a tree is just one of the ways in which a subject can be separated from its verb. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Food and writing are how our moms met,” I said, trying to change the subject. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He could expound on nearly any subject in class until the teacher had to ask him to stop, and if he’d ever made less than a hundred on a test, I wasn’t aware of it. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

After about thirty seconds, the subject’s ability to focus—his “signal detection”—went down markedly. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“I do not understand why our children must be subjected to these sort of security measures.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

While we’re on the subject of the tokens, I want just to say a bit about our Sales, which I’ve mentioned a few times already. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t like the way that felt, didn’t want to be apart from them, ever, even if Juanita was changing the subject to avoid focusing on what could go wrong. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Roy couldn’t think of what to say, so he quietly dropped the subject. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No,” she replied, looking relieved at the change of subject. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

How could anyone subject Freud’s concept of the unconscious to a laboratory test? The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I really, really want to change the subject from Sandy Sanders. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

He carried an alphanumeric beeper and consulted it often; his plans were subject to constant change. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The prognosis is looking up: in test subjects, lymphoid tumors have been seen to reduce in size. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

In America, renewed interest in the subject of women in space emerged after Tereshkova made history. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

Jefferson concurred, though the subject touched the most explosive issue of all—namely, the unmentionable fact of slavery. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

The House had then decided never again to allow itself to become inflamed by the mere rant and rhapsody of a meddling fanatic” and had argued “that the subject would never be stirred again.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

They talked about comfortable topics— school, sports, sports in school—until Roy nudged the conversation back toward the delicate subject of Mullet Fingers. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the evening before we left for England, my grandmother got on to her favourite subject once again. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

The subject must have a history of heroism in a nonprofessional capacity. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

If she could keep him on this subject, she’d have nothing to worry about. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Perhaps he hadn’t explained it fully because it would upset his subjects. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He would have a cluster of people riveted, often on odd subjects you never would think of. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I change the subject by asking them to tell me what college was like for them. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

English and history were the subjects I liked most. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the subject came up, I found it best to ask which team my questioner preferred. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

They both looked relieved to change the subject. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

All around the main subject the brothers beat. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Excellent on everything from boils to blackheads, but don’t change the subject. Are you or are you not currently going out with a boy called Dean Thomas?” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Studies have shown that most of the new inmates swelling the system are nonviolent drug offenders subject to mandatory sentencing laws. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The technical side of the subject is now recognized as equally important with advances that follow from the use of these techniques, and more important, I hope, than the theories that endeavor to explain them.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

In the spirit of mock inquisition, we called the subject the “victim.” Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

I didn’t wait for Mother to tell me what to do: I brought the subject up myself. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I take a sip of water to help me swallow down Well, we wouldn't want to subject her to the male gaze, now, would we? Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Finally I get sick of looking and decide I’ll row up the creek to Mr. Woodwell’s place and see if he has any ideas on the subject. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I can tell she is itching to talk about Celia Foote, but she always stops after a minute of it and changes the subject. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Claudius and Gertrude nodded to acknowledge their subjects, though few cheers greeted them and fewer smiles. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He had mentioned a tabooed subject and I wanted to wait until I knew what he meant. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

"That's very flattering," I said, "but I'm afraid I'm too busy for an interview. I suggest, however, that you interview our youth leader, Brother Tod Clifton; you'll find him a much more interesting subject." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

About this time, Dr. C. Eric Lincoln’s book The Black Muslims in America was published and the Black Muslims became a subject of growing interest. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was then that the prosecution began its exam-ination of expert witnesses commencing with the long-suffering Professor Murray, its supposed expert in communism who had proved so inept in his subject during the preparatory examination. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I asked Mrs. Donnelly about it, but the subject really seemed to bother her. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

"Just general subjects, a regular college course," I said. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll have to study it,” she said, as if that was the end of the subject. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

In other tests in which both pheasants and quail were the subjects, the adults produced no eggs whatever if they had been fed insecticide-contaminated diets throughout the year. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Potato Head spoke up for the first time since they’d drifted from the subject of malaria pills. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had passed the four subjects she had elected. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was one Sunday, I remember, when we had an invasion of visitors during the afternoon, that the subject of the fancy dress ball was first brought up. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Then, considering the subject more attentively, he added in a loud, indignant voice, “Splendour of God!” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rationale for its construction is the subject of yet another lengthy archaeological dispute. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

In ghetto communities, nearly everyone is either directly or indirectly subject to the new caste system. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

The authors also share an attitude: they do not hide the passion and relish that drive them to tell us about their subjects. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

The subject of school doesn’t come up again. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Math is my least favorite and worst subject. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then, when I realized he had no more to say on the subject, I said, “Thank you, Mr. Morrow. Thank you for telling me all of that.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Because his subjects had not gotten full-blown yellow fever, many scientists thought that Finlay had failed to prove the relationship between mosquitoes and the disease. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

They did not quite know what to say or do, as they were ignorant of the amount of my knowledge; so they had to keep on neutral subjects. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

At these words, both Harry and Ron glanced, grinning, at Hermione, who looked startled at the news that books wouldn’t be much help in this subject. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Some were subjected to unmatched blood transfusions, limb amputations, or operations without anesthesia. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

The only subjects that came easily were those taught by Writing Mistress: composition and ciphering. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was like cramming for a test without knowing the subject. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Drug forfeiture laws are frequently used to allow those with assets to buy their freedom, while drug users and small-time dealers with few assets to trade are subjected to lengthy prison terms. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

I had to study many subjects and get passing grades to get to the equivalent of high school. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The subject is still spring, and is singular. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many lacked basic skills because the Nazi system of education did not emphasize academic subjects. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

The first line in that code says, “The voluntary consent of the human subject is absolutely essential.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

The subject, glory, is still singular, no matter how much information you add to it. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was flattered but changed the subject immediately. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

San Piedro lived and breathed by the salmon, and the cryptic places where they ran at night were the subject of perpetual conversation. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Señora Oralia was obviously not going to sympathize with me so I changed the subject. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

‘Your twenty-six loyal subjects were all eaten by giants,’ the Queen said. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am to be a clean writer, of the most reasonable eye, and present the subject in question like some sentient machine of transcription. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

To be sure, the Ptolemies did commission massive new temples in the ancient style, largely to help the Macedonian rulers ingratiate themselves with their native subjects. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

As I have said, what makes him hated above all else is being rapacious and a usurper of the property and the women of his subjects. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

Then he wrote subjects on the board and began to talk about the “objectives for our group discussions and presentations.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Dad was the one who decided what subjects were of general interest. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many scientists believed that since patients were treated for free in the public wards, it was fair to use them as research subjects as a form of payment. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Blanche and Louis could not be closer. So this is our chance. Tonight, during the meal, I will bring up the burning of the Talmuds. I will pretend to have no opinion on the subject.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

But in any case an elaborate mental training, undergone in childhood and grouping itself round the Newspeak words crimestop, blackwhite, and doublethink, makes him unwilling and unable to think too deeply on any subject whatever. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Of course, I’d have at least twenty test subjects this time, but I was also thinking of building a mood-music app. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

At the time of his death, he says, he is in Chicago to address a large crowd on the subject of flying saucers and the true nature of time. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She blinked her eyes and changed the subject. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Music is a very large subject, and the advanced theory that students will want to pursue after mastering the basics will vary greatly. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

They yelled “foul,” that I’d made the subject a race issue. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

"His Grace has a unique way of winning the hearts of his subjects," lyrion said with a crooked smile. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I avoided unit meetings for fear of being subjected to discipline. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was wondering desperately how to fulfill my assignment, struggling to think of a way to broach the subject. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Only in the 1950’s did their study become an exciting and fruitful field of research; suddenly they began to engage so much attention that 1000 papers on this subject alone appeared within a five-year period. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Most important of all, he had to buy his new schoolbooks, which would include those for his two new subjects, Care of Magical Creatures and Divination. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Even without such complications, normal agricultural use subjects fish to far heavier concentrations of chemicals than would be required to kill them. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

He looked completely mystified, as if I had just changed the subject from something very normal to something completely insane, instead of the other way around. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

There was a pause, in which the subject of Ron’s departure seemed to rise like a wall between them. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Other globs of verbal fat include the metaconcepts we suctioned out in chapter 2, including matter, view, subject, process, basis, factor, level, and model. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Atahuallpa was in the middle of his own empire of millions of subjects and immediately surrounded by his army of 80,000 soldiers, recently victorious in a war with other Indians. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Thousands of books, about every subject you could think of. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

“It was a boat-house originally,” he said, his voice constrained again, difficult, the voice of someone who is uncomfortable about his subject. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Neither the Brotherhood nor the book was a subject that any ordinary Party member would mention if there was a way of avoiding it. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Mom gets a lot of calls from school, where my only good subjects are Creative Writing and Getting Taunted. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“About what a human subject shows for most questions. Except for the extreme ones, such as those dealing with human pelts used decoratively...the truly pathological ones.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

But the subject was acne—which I was sorry Cletus wasn’t around to hear—and I was left with nothing to go on except my own common sense. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Sorry. Anyway, back to the subject at hand. Yeah. Timing. Bad. I know,” Lydia said. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t my favorite subject on account of the fact that I don’t really have ears. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

I brought him a half a dozen books on Jewish subjects that my father had suggested he read, and he thanked me for them gratefully. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

The white man had told the Thembus that their true chief was the great white queen across the ocean and that they were her subjects. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let’s do something easier, like introductions,” Polly said, trying to change the subject. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ethan looked away, and I got the feeling that was one subject he would not discuss. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Nhamo wanted badly to ask about Mother’s spirit, but didn’t know how to introduce the subject. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If we knew the treatment would work safely, then we could give it to Shay and see how she felt about it later. But to test it we need a willing subject.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

When he started middle school and began failing every subject, I finally realized that he and I hated school for very different reasons. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Mr. Pumblechook added, after a short interval of reflection, “Look at Pork alone. There’s a subject! If you want a subject, look at Pork!” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

They had no way to indicate verbs or adjectives, no way to distinguish subject from object, and only a limited vocabulary. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Set after set of the Queen’s fireworks exploded over the roofs of the city, over Canvastown, over the mansions that held the King’s subjects in their ball gowns and fancy dress uniforms. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hermione took out a list of subjects and titles she had decided to search while Ron strode off down a row of books and started pulling them off the shelves at random. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Many participles have turned into prepositions, such as according, allowing, barring, concerning, considering, excepting, excluding, failing, following, given, granted, including, owing, regarding, and respecting, and they don’t need subjects at all. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Rowan did not offer any further opinion on the subject. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“Come, Mr. Drummle, since we are on the subject, I’ll tell you what passed between Herbert here and me, when you borrowed that money.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Washington preferred agents who “live with the other side; whose local circumstances, without subjecting them to suspicions, give them an opportunity of making observations.” George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I decide now’s a good time to change the subject. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

The law stated that a passport “shall not be issued to an applicant subject to a federal arrest warrant or subpoena for any matter involving a felony.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Some comments amused her, because they were wildly unconnected to the subject of the post. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He spoke with an awkward indifference; this was not a subject that he cared to talk about. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Let us not forget, however, that such assessments must always remain incomplete and subject to revision. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Changing the subject, she said, “Show him your easy books, and then get your things ready so I can drive you over to your friend’s birthday party.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two nights later, they lodged in a tiny village perched on the banks of the Nir, and Ento was the only subject of conversation in the village’s lone tavern. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Carlos sits in the row across from me through every subject. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

Glad to be on a new subject, I said, “I been readin’ a novel, Miss Love, one called Damaged Goods. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I get it: she doesn’t want to be anyone’s test subject, and I shouldn’t have done what I did. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

We do, Mrs. O’Connell, though Wouldn’t be a fit subject to be talking about. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

We have seen certain species frozen in solid blocks of ice, and yet regain their activity when subjected to the influences of warmth. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He said we all did a fine job presenting our subject and making our arguments. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Percy Weasley, meanwhile, had much to say on the subject of Sirius’s escape. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Harry still hadn’t decided what he was going to say to Professor McGonagall when the bell rang at the end of the lesson, but it was she who brought up the subject of Hogsmeade first. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

The subject matter was beyond obscure: a challenge even to the most experienced theoreticians in the world. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Some princes have disarmed their subjects in order to hold the state securely. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

If della Porta happens to hold the same view as we do on the subject of garlic and magnets, it is not because he is better at handling evidence than Plutarch or Ptolemy. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

A few minutes later, Ron was cleared to do the same subjects as Harry, and the two of them left the table together. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The Rough Guide series is a good place to start learning about this subject. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

It was a daring suggestion, considering Grandma’s opinions on the subject. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She taught all subjects, but she loved science best of all. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Simone, if you were struggling in all these subjects, why on earth didn’t you ask for help?” he said. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“The new Nigerian upper class is a collection of illiterates who read nothing and eat food they dislike at overpriced Lebanese restaurants and have social conversations around one subject: ‘How’s the new car behaving?’” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She’d look at me hard if the subject came up in the office and casually draw a finger across her throat. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would appear that, a day before the moment of demise, the subject was blind, and sufficiently fevered as to be insensate. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The other was that I cared deeply about the subject matter of the book. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

On our way out of the cafeteria, mostly to change the subject, I tell Brenda about Germ and ask if she’d like to be a part of it. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I propose to take our countrymen’s claims of American exceptionalism seriously, which is to say I propose subjecting our country to an exceptional moral standard. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“You have had five teachers in this subject so far, I believe.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

When Jason didn’t say any more, Percy changed the subject. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Language has been the great subject of my life. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

In his pursuit of the dream, he was being constantly subjected to tests of his persistence and courage. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because of this history, black residents near Hopkins have long believed the hospital was built in a poor black neighborhood for the benefit of scientists —to give them easy access to potential research subjects. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

The game was called NeuroRacer, a three-dimensional driving game that asked the subjects to drive while simultaneously doing perceptual tasks, like recognizing objects around them. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I could tell from the set of his lips, he would say no more on this subject. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He completely ignored Dr. Grossman’s suggestion that he rest more, and every time I brought up the subject he either waved it away or talked about the violence now going on in Palestine. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

She clicked open a post with even the subject line screaming in all caps. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

He moved on to other subjects, but it was clear that his heart and his mind were aligned with the plight of the condemned and those facing unjust treatment in jails and prisons. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

And it’s normal for your thoughts to center on this subject. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lee Evans's Modes and Their Use in Jazz is both comprehensive and accessible for any musician who wants to begin to study that subject. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

He glanced at the door again and changed the subject. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

At the end of my freshman year, I received good grades in all subjects except English, even though I had worked the hardest in it. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Even the Commander is subject to its whims. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet we were all subject to the same weather and pests, the same neighborhood, and the same parental emotions toward our plants. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it was a puzzle about feelings, and Jessie knew that feelings were her weakest subject. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

And on the subject of love, a woman was verbally expansive. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Phelan, You certainly may hone your writing skills on such flat, passionless subjects as drunk driving and illiteracy. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

If this is true, it may explain why some studies on men subjected to continuous occupational exposure find little evidence of toxic effects. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

I remembered Frank, his quiet turning of the subject, the way he had come to Maxim’s aid in his quiet unobtrusive manner if there was ever any question of difficulty. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

She understood him when he spoke of history, or of politics—though she claimed to loathe the subject—and even had a great deal to say about the theater. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Of course, there were a million self-help books on these subjects, and plenty of cable TV shows, and $90- per-hour consultation sessions. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Is this enough evidence to warrant rejecting an assumption that the subject does not have ESP? Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This young person is going to be the subject of my sermon today,” Pastor Patton said. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Celaena asked, eager to change the subject, but also wondering why the question stung as much as her wounds. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Glad at the change of subject, Dicey told him about the marsh and how easy it was to catch fish there. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We have to find Gaily,” Newt said through a bite of carrot, changing the subject. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I would lose that, plus the self-confidence I’ve worked so hard to achieve, if I were to be subjected to criticism halfway through the job. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

It makes me nervous, so I change the subject. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“It’ll make your headaches worse and we have to leave the subject alone.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

History is one of my favorite subjects because I’m good at it. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

“Oh, yes. All my life I encounter sacred subjects. But very few with you. I suppose you must have them too.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

There was something comforting in those subjects, a connectedness with the past that was soothing when the present was so bad and the future so terrifying. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

He had overheard people in the hotel corridor talking about a fire, but paid little attention to it since the subject “did not interest me.” The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

“He does very well, for a boy,” was Meg’s somewhat ungracious answer, for the subject did not interest her. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was one of the least disciplined, so by the time I was ten, the only subject I had studied systematically was Morse code, because Dad insisted that I learn it. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

"This is no fit subject for the queen's ears." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Well, I was planning on discussing it with our subjects here,” Matthew says. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

By subjecting it to the economist’s favorite trick: regression analysis. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Healthy subjects spent the night in one tent with a swarm of infected mosquitoes hungry for a meal. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

She changes the subject real quick, not giving me a chance to ask any more questions. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Father Joseph seemed to understand that and he changed the subject. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would be better for Uncle Jet to change the subject and talk like none of this was happening, so that it wasn’t so heartbreaking. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

To stay awake and alert, the captain, a Greek man of middle age, liked to take up provocative subjects. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Then, like a bolt of sunlight he changed the subject from goodbye. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each time her sisters seem on the verge of loaded talk, the new mother changes the subject to her favorite topic, her newborn daughter. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

This has been made clear by an infinite number of experiments on animals and by observations on human subjects as well. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Discovering two new sisters had been really helpful when it came to avoiding difficult subjects. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Although she was assured that no farms would be sprayed, her property received two direct sprayings and, in addition, was twice subjected to drifting spray. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Yes’m, he’s right. He gets away with a lot that way. And if he don’t want to hear about something, he just changes the subject or makes a joke.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

They argued that it was unnecessary to disclose all information to research subjects or get consent in all cases, and that Southam’s behavior was considered ethical in the field. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Please see Standing Waves in Wind Instruments if you want more information on that subject. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Also a factor was his laugh, against which many dons would most certainly rebel if subjected to its shattering bang more than once a week. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Then—it seemed to me such an odd, abrupt change of subject: “You know, I’m glad I’ve been the first to establish official ties between Afro-Americans and our blood brothers in Africa.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

During their conversation, the subject of registering for the draft came up. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

To Western ears, it seems strange that the flight engineer would bring up this subject just once. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

I tried to get her off the subject, but she kept coming back to it. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

TOMBSTONE: Always put the subject of a sentence before the verb. r.i.p. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have dreams,” she said in a tone of voice that made it clear that was all she had to say on the subject. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

We sat in silence for a minute before I switched gears, the uncomfortable subject making it easier to ask what I really wanted to. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Now to be fair, it was probably natural to run these two subjects together. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was processed behind the locked door, so, when pressed for an explanation, all Maier’s subjects could do was make up what seemed to them the most plausible one. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I knew when Dante was changing the subject. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“I have a valve which is subject to vicissitudes which may force me to lie abed on certain days. Several more attractive organizations are currently vying for my services. I must consider them first.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t try to change the subject,” he says. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

I should be used to the fact that these squabbles are daily occurrences, but I’m not and never will be as long as I’m the subject of nearly every discussion. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

In one condition, the subjects walked in a dense urban environment and then tried to learn and remember information. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I could sense her mental shields going up, like this was not a safe subject. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“When was the last time we saw each other?” he says, in an effort to change the subject. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

They are subject to all the sicknesses of other fowl, together with some they have invented. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And how are your rockets doing these days?” he asked, clearly wanting to change the subject. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The Underdowns and mother were just finishing up with the fascinating subject of quinine pills, and then it went quiet for, as they say, an uncomfortable silence. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Desperately wanting to change the subject, he said, “Why were you screaming at those mirrors?” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

But when subjects thought that there were four others also overhearing the seizure, they came to the student’s aid only 31 percent of the time. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I nodded, hoping he would be satisfied and let the subject drop. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

To activate widget A, doohickey B is inserted into slot C. If the one trying to activate the silly thing is you, make you the subject. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m the director. Kareem and Maya are the subjects in the movie. Go with it.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Me— it's the first time I've ever gotten to change classes for different subjects in my life! Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

The butcher had held no strong opinions on the subject of colored education and had permitted the boy to study with the children of some freemen. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Isn’t the chief interest of being in charge that you can enjoy the crushed or giddy reactions of your subjects? Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

How are we supposed to get better when we’re subjected to such a vulgar display? I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I wasn't supposed to come back after Christmas vacation on account of I was flunking four subjects and not applying myself and all. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“So they still don’t know where you go?” asked Harry, hoping for more information on this intriguing subject, but Dumbledore merely smiled over the top of his half-moon spectacles. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“You are, I see, a naturalized American subject?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

The choice can be tricky, because there is only a phantom subject. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mami turns to me now and frowns as she changes the subject. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“We shall storm the office very shortly, thereby surprising the foe when his senses are still subject to the psychic mists of early morning.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The subjects we would now call ‘science’ formed, in the sixteenth century, part of philosophy, so Montaigne’s ‘Apology’ is, among other things, an attack on the science of his day. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

But concerning his subjects, when external affairs do not change, he has to fear that they may be plotting in secret. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Let’s change the subject. Data, big news, and so forth?” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I wonder if it’s too late for me to switch the subject of my project, to be someone, anyone, other than Malala. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

This occasioned the subject discomfort only; and we feared that the vital juices would cease circulation. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Moreover, the importance of the compass in navigation meant that the magnet was bound to be a subject of discussion. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

This is a huge question, probably the subject of many a dissertation in the field of industrial psychology, and here I can only comment on the things I observed. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sensing his friend’s growing irritation, Dorian changed the subject. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“No really,” replied Elizabeth; “I think there cannot be too little said on the subject.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

The person doing the marrying, referred to by the one-word phrase Oedipus, has the function “subject.” The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

When I asked my father, he simply changed the subject. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Of course not, I like to win arguments. In fact, I always win arguments. Back to the subject—have you noticed how bad your face has been breaking out lately?” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said, “I just center the subject as best I can and lop off whatever hangs over on either end.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Then there was the painful subject of the purse. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

All she had to do now was discover the stories, not just the subjects, but a way of unfolding them, that would do justice to her new knowledge. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

History ain’t one of my favorite subjects, but I ain’t ever learned any history about colored folks being physicians and directors. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

A hard winter had been followed by no sign of spring, and Maesie had delayed planting at first, hoping for sunshine and warmth before she subjected her seedlings to the cold earth. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Once in a while Bertha asked me if I had homework, and I was pretty good at just shrugging and changing the subject. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

If he persisted in talking of such subjects, she had a disconcerting habit of falling asleep. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

But in the years between the two world wars, children in Soviet schools were treated with complete gender equality, with girls and boys studying the same subjects. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Since we are on the subject, I became as constipated as Richard Parker. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

C.P. put away his concerns from the night before and concentrated on leading a group discussion of interracial violence, the subject he had broached on Monday night. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I said, “The subject is ‘What if a woman ran for president?’ P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

The Advisory Board meetings were perfunctory and bureaucratic, but the ANC meetings were lively with debate and discussion about Parliament, the pass laws, rents, bus fares — any subject under the sun that affected Africans. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when Inkatha was informed that the election date was not subject to mediation, they refused to see the mediators, who left without talking to anyone. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the subject of interior decorating, my general feeling has long been that it’s too bad we’re fur-less and have to live indoors. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

They have been kept for years in pill boxes, and yet on subjecting them to moisture, have crawled about appearing as well as ever. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t stop thinking of what he’d just said, though, so I decided to change the subject. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

After many pauses and many trials of other subjects, Elizabeth could not help reverting once more to the first, and saying: Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

I faked, but before he could call me on it, I changed the subject, which, when I think about it, might be one of my hidden talents. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Of course, the subject of the murders and the murderer came up, as it often still did throughout the neighborhood. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Human sacrifice is such a charged subject that its practice by the Triple Alliance has inevitably become shrouded in myths. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The rules of English syntax force him to put the subject before the verb, and the verb before the object. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

But, as far as Berg could make out, Heisenberg was talking about a completely different subject. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Power was the subject of the speeches I heard. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

All her stories were subject to breaking down at descriptions of food. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

The students showed dramatic improvements in their test scores in several subjects, and many more of them graduated from high school and applied to college. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

The reasons are the same: both subjects are still too complicated for us. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I begin sweeping scraps into a dustpan and change the subject. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

But all of these new structures were illegal: and would subject the participants to arrest and imprisonment. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a time he fussed with the dishes, whistling to himself as if the subject had been settled. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because of this, they would encourage factional strife in some of their subject towns in order to control them more easily. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

We went to school together at the University of Cape Town and studied culture and reconciliation—a subject for which post-apartheid South Africa had become a living laboratory. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Certainly, it hadn’t been from the guardians: they never mentioned the Gallery, and there was an unspoken rule that we should never even raise the subject in their presence. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I just wanted to get off the subject. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“You are materially changed since we talked on this subject before.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

Only someone who knew Phineas as well as I did could realize that he was not changing the subject. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

According to the article, the result of the experiment was that the two test subjects did indeed fall in love and get married. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

And in that day it was even more disturbing than it is now, because the subject was unmentionable and unmentioned. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He took a while in Jajas room, though; I knew he was looking through each individual subject score, checking to see if any had decreased by one or two marks since last term. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, I tried to keep up in all my other subjects and help Ma shine up her tinker tools. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Beginning with the night they moved in, the Myers family was subjected to terror, organized by an ad hoc group calling itself the Levittown Betterment Committee. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Geography is actually one of the subjects the children enjoy most. Christiania!” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

I knew he was trying to change the subject, and although I wanted him to answer my question, I let him. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Among these repeated subjects is a crouched, blobby figure with a monstrously swollen head. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

By omission, any national not of “German or related blood” was thereby relegated to the status of a subject of the state. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

She pointed to the trinkets on the blanket, eager to change the subject. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“Disperse now, or you will be subject to arrest.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I jumped on this change of subject with relief. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Unmarried women who were thought to be pregnant were subjected to physical exams. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

It’s true, I don’t know anything about these subjects. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

On a completely unrelated subject, she’d sold her first life-size concrete sculpture, entided The Poker Player, to a collector, through an art gallery in Soho. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Just about any interesting subject you could mention, April was sure to know a lot of weird and wonderful facts about it. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

It made such an impact upon me that it later became one of my favorite subjects when I became a minister of Mr. Muhammad’s. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first case has already been treated, and later on I shall say whatever else is necessary on the subject. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

When the subject of this instinctive trust returned to the table and sat down Mr. Wolfshiem drank his coffee with a jerk and got to his feet. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

But he didn’t broach the subject until I was in my seat and he was perched on my desk. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Because of the war, Wegener’s theory didn’t attract much notice at first, but by 1920, when he produced a revised and expanded edition, it quickly became a subject of discussion. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Sticky wasn’t puzzled by the change of subject. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

As usual when Charles had a question, he went to someone who knew far more about the subject than he. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the Wrights, it turned out, were unexpectedly easy subjects. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

O’Neill, Jesse said, was teaching his Enlightenment course that day, so the subject had been on his mind. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I were at home with my sisters, I would pick our subject and tell Vonetta and Fern which subtopics they would discuss, case closed. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

He had come out from Pennsylvania three years earlier to study at McKendree College, where an uncle was professor of natural philosophy, a subject that later generations would call physics. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

A trailer is difficult to maneuver on mountain roads, is impossible and often illegal to park, and is subject to many restrictions. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

At this point, I’m more than ready to change the subject. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

The subjects will be allowed one full night’s sleep before Stage 2 implementation. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

So, I might have given you the wrong idea with this subject line. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

“The lived body—object and subject in research of music activities with preschool children.” Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

And he never brought up the subject again. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She knew that, while we were advanced for our age in some subjects, we were only average or below in some intangibles such as leadership and sociability. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he may not want the reader to think about the content of the subject before she thinks about the contents of the verb and object. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

That Parr was a worthy subject precisely because he did nothing, because he was so monumentally good at doing nothing? Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

The merits of line versus color have been the subject of a debate that first arose between partisans of Michelangelo and Titian, his great contemporary in Venice. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The subject of white folks is associationally swept into the orbit of talk. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Formerly, when the subject of relocating came up, Royal told Cora he favored Canada over the west. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

He’d read that of all subjects, people made the best photographs, since nothing fascinated humans more than looking at other people. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Now you might have gleaned from some of the hints dropped so far that food was not my best subject. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Dispatch your subjects with speed. You will be timed.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

As the passage proceeds, O’Connor keeps the herons in subject position. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

I decided to take a notebook and simply write down words or subjects she liked or disliked and see if there was a pattern. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Can one of the subjects be the early settlers in Zambia?” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

So, in other words, my parents declined the opportunity to be the subjects of a Nate Crosby film. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

“You have been pleased to enter upon some subjects which call for a reply,” she began ominously. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

In laboratory tests on animal subjects, DDT has produced suspicious liver tumors. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

He believed in an infinite number of worlds, all inhabited, and all subject to cycles of dissolution and regeneration. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Linton, like the others in his office, didn’t know much about the subject of texting and driving. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

The disagreement, which has ramifying political implications, is encapsulated by Amazonia, the subject to which I will now turn. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Shouldn’t those who were born to expect death be the sole subjects of gleaning?” went the popular wisdom. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He advocated teaching poor as well as rich children, breaking down a subject to its elements, and a broad, liberal education along with teacher training. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

It was hard to drop the subject, but Apollo insisted that Rachel needed to rest, and she. did look pretty disoriented. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Best of all, grammar is a fascinating subject in its own right, at least when it is properly explained. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

The subjects had no idea what kind of experiment they were involved with, or what the newscasters were talking about. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the way he acted, talking about Mr. Griswold, made her worry that maybe it was a touchy subject. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know who he is,” my mother said in a tone expressing a reluctance to talk about the subject. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had been a good long while since Maddie had given her answer, but Queenie did not need to remind her what the subject had been. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

She vaguely knew that divorce was an affliction, but she did not regard it as a proper subject, and gave it no thought. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

As soon as the girls were alone in Melanie’s room, April brought up the subject of Elizabeth. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Artists often use croquis for subjects who won’t or can’t stay still—like a feral cat or a small child, someone whose whole being cannot be captured on paper in one steady view. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

It always seemed to be accompanied by a sheepish half smile and the don’t-take-this-the-wrong-way inflection that people often use when approaching the subject of race. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He glanced up at the window and changed the subject. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

They did not return to the subject until they had been in bed for half an hour. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

He toiled silently at a desk inside the Russian Section, which, like all departments, was locked, heavily guarded, and subject to strict rules about what could be taken in—or out. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

One hand slowly makes some crosses while the other gently guides the heads of his subject backward into the sea. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry didn’t want to press the subject, not with the spiders pressing closer on all sides. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

“We got a beauteous subject, Kev; Crosby laughed at first, but then he signed off on it.” Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I really had never given that particular subject much thought. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

She had to change the subject or else she’d indeed laugh. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Why would she subject herself to these forever-wedgies when she didn’t even have a boyfriend? I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Back in June 1993, during the course of putting together Mommy’s will—something I had to force her to do—the macabre subject of her burial came up. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re a funny fellow, Quinzy! But you have a point. Poetry and Latin, those were my most dreaded subjects at school.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

We also began what was to be a running debate—and joke— on the subject of whether or not Jesse was intense, a word that came to mind. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although the final draft of the document was conspicuously silent on slavery, the subject itself haunted the closed-door debates. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Our minds were turned, I suppose, to our fates, should our expedition fail, and to the torments that awaited us; and thus our conversation turned upon the dismal subject of punishment. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

He didn’t say another word on the subject as they went upstairs to bed. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Some of their diary entries deal with subjects like murder and molestation. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Especially me, when the subject was my father. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

In the first example, the real subject is fly, in the second, it’s lumps. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Agravaine returned tenaciously to the subject which they had been discussing. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Assume that one of three possible symbols chosen at random is placed under a piece of cardboard and the subject is asked to identify it. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He thought he knew what was behind this, and as he had no wish to discuss Sirius’s death or any other miserable subject at the moment, he said, “What’s the time? Have I missed breakfast?” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

A sign warned that all visitors were subject to search, but he just walked through the metal detector and went with the officer up to the second floor. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

She was teaching me how to ruthlessly interrogate the subject that elicited the most sympathy and rationalizing— myself. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

It tarried, however: days and weeks passed: I had regained my normal state of health, but no new allusion was made to the subject over which I brooded. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

But in the presence of their subjects, King Hamlet and Queen Gertrude were yoked to each other in rule and in love, bestowing all their pride on their son. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I suddenly felt the need to change the subject. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I did want to get good marks in school, but they were never of major importance to me, except in the sense of “winning” the best grade in a subject. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

In preparation for integration, and for using music with other art and subject areas, train yourself to explore the full potential of each song. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

To try to put them on their best behavior, he told his subjects that their performance would be scrutinized later by a classmate. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I’m interested in almost any subject you can mention. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

As you can see, what can be either singular or plural when it’s the subject of a verb. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The subject at hand was a particle known then as the “deuton.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Just as I had known, the press wanted to get me off that subject. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Instead of taking up any special subject this morning, why wouldn’t it be a good idea if we just talked about something.” Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

They can spend days and weeks debating the subject, trading information, arguing with one another on websites and mailing lists. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Besides, Millie was engaged and there was a wedding to plan, a subject Caroline found far more interesting than her own education. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I let the subject drop as Jessica returned to show us the rhinestone jewelry she’d found to match her silver shoes. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

And it was a subject we never discussed in class. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

I know exactly what he means because he’s been trying to get me to talk about this subject ever since I was a freshman, and it’s really none of his business. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He got me off the subject by making a joke. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grayson had a way of jumping into a subject without warning; it was during Maniac’s dessert that he abruptly said, “Them black people, they eat mashed potatoes, too?” Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

My hope is that, with no one to explain it to them, the gentlemen simply won’t find out that Powhatan now considers us his subjects. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Then he avoided the tender subject altogether, wrote philosophical notes to Jo, turned studious, and gave out that he was going to ‘dig’, intending to graduate in a blaze of glory. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

But to understand Impressionism, you have to see the light, the brushstrokes, the unusual points of view, the suggestion of a boat, a bridge, water, sky, the use of light as a subject. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

It would break poor Harker’s heart—certainly his nerve—if he knew that we had even a suspicion on the subject. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Italy’s a cool subject, especially since Mr. Gardner said we could choose any aspect of the country. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

His mother said nothing to him about the matter, as she said little to him on any subject. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Records show that Cleopatra studied subjects based on Greek literature. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

By this late stage in the expedition we had all been subjected to levels of misery and peril that would have sent more balanced individuals packing for home long ago. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

I must confess I find Sonata Form a numbingly tedious subject and am not going to dwell on it. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

There was not much time to consider the subject, for we were soon in Miss Havisham’s room, where she and everything else were just as I had left them. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Chrissie eagerly took up the subject and soon both veterans were coming out with anecdotes about all the hilarious things Martin had got up to. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Selma had been “subjected to something fantastic and terroristic,” he declared. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

We would cluster in small groups, four or five men in a rough circle, and talk all day long, about every subject under the sun. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Certainly; better than she likes any one else. She talks of you continually: there is no subject she enjoys so much or touches upon so often.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

It took time to prepare subjects for the operation, especially if they were older than sixteen. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The subject was then considered by most professional astronomers to be at least slightly disreputable, tainted with Lowellian excesses. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Justice Rumpff: Are they not subject as much to the influence of election leaders as children would be? Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But from the first stirrings of this project in the late summer of 2003 it was clear that the subject of class was more formidable—vast, amorphous, politically charged, largely unacknowledged. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

No. Like many amateurs, Dr. Phil assumed that the only proper subject for art was a picturesque landscape that had nothing to do with his experience. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She looked too fierce to argue with at that moment, so Harry dropped the subject of Ron and recounted all that he had overheard between Malfoy and Snape. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

There was a moment of silence and I hurried to change the subject while I had the chance. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Some of us do survive into adulthood, you know. Not all of us are the subject of terrible prophecies.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

As a high school student, Marina decided her favorite subjects were biology and chemistry. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

They were printed on cheap tan-colored paper with the most lurid paper covers, and they ranged across a wide variety of subjects. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like Jesse, they use computers to distribute a growing variety of information on subjects and in places to which access has long been tightly controlled: legal and medical data, academic libraries, stock trading, films. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The subject of this unique experience grew into manhood with a hairless, pecan-shaped head and a face that featured, instead of a mouth, an enormous oval cavity below the nose. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

I have added the account of what Jason and Medea did there, taking it from the fifth-century tragic poet Euripides, who made it the subject of one of his best plays. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The occupation of astronomer became a hereditary office, a practice inconsistent with the advance of the subject. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Neighbors sought him out for advice on all subjects, for he had made much money and was therefore wise. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

She must hate me for subjecting her to something so demeaning. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Is another subject the national pastimes in Zambia?” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Captain Newport has also brought orders from the Virginia Company to place an English crown on Chief Powhatan’s head, making him a prince under King James and making all of his people English subjects. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

There was a silence while Grandpa struck a match on the sole of his shoe, put it to the cigar, and changed the subject. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“Today, you shall lay the groundwork for my next gleaning,” Scythe Faraday told him, then gave him a list of parameters that tomorrow’s subject should have. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I simply never felt compelled to subject another human being to our way of life. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

For some reason, Sticky was avoiding the subject. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Back at home, I opened my e-mail and saw that Angelo had sent me some pictures under the subject heading Look the great hunter! The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Fights between bears were common, and the subject of much ritual. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want to sit through study hall,” I said, trying to change the subject. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

With such a street cry, he did not lack subjects. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

But in general the divisions between the major parts of a clause, such as subject and predicate, are comma-free zones, no matter how complex the syntax. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

But the offer was merely a “toy telephone,” as all parliamentary action by Indians and Coloureds was subject to a white veto. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

So he went to the pool and jumped in, declaring himself captain of the team and joining Scythe Goddard’s loyal subjects in their game. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

They came back to the subject of Macún, how things seemed to be better now that we had electricity and running water was weeks away. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

A subject would show up in a small room with a short wooden desk adorned simply with a Brenell Mark 5 two-channel tape recorder and a pair of headphones. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

They submitted to searches of their person and property and subjected themselves to long waits in order to spend a short time in Sing Sing’s Visit Room. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew his past was a painful subject. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

These jurors, though they sat under oath, were subject to no regulation or review or supervision or appeal. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

He said, “My judgment often fluctuates. Moreover whether a man deserves to be called a theist depends on the definition of the term: which is much too large a subject for a note.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have various books on this subject too. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Every time I imagined this night, I never thought my subject would resist. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

That revolution forms the subject of the next chapter. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

And they all seemed to the children to be discussing the same subject. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Packaged foods in warehouses are subjected to repeated aerosol treatments with DDT, lindane, and other insecticides, which may penetrate the packaging materials and occur in measurable quantities on the contained foods. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

I change the subject back to what the subject was. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“All right,” she said cheerfully, and he thought he heard her, as he hurried off into the crowd, resume the subject of the Rotfang Conspiracy with Professor Trelawney, who seemed sincerely interested. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

My progress in all my subjects astounded the mistresses. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Gradually, a specialization process began to occur and music became a regular subject with its own certification, an educational tradition that continues to this day. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

I sat on the library floor and hand-copied books on history, geography, civics, agriculture, and other subjects. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The High King’s subjects and the Courts with which there are truces, however wobbly. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“We don’t even have a pretty human subject to study.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I feel we’re each standing a good hundred feet from the real subject. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

They do groundbreaking work on important subjects, reason well about clear ideas, and are honest, down-to-earth people, the kind you’d enjoy having a beer with. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Every single person on this street is subject to a mandatory search, by high order of the Kuhani. Failure to comply may result in fines and imprisonment. Make a neat and orderly line.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Black holes are very, very massive, so they are subject to the laws of relativity; at the same time, black holes are very, very tiny, so they are in the domain of quantum mechanics. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Harry and Ron walked back to Gryffindor Tower, and Harry, who had been thinking of nothing else all through dinner, now raised the subject of the Unforgivable Curses himself. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“No one has tried to do away with me today,” I reminded him, grateful for the lighter subject. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Since symbolic logic was part of philosophy, I had chosen philosophy as my major subject, and I was finding it very exciting. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

In Manchester he became something of an intellectual whirlwind, producing books and papers on subjects ranging from meteorology to grammar. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Celia asks, attempting to find a subject to fill the silence, anything to distract herself from her still-shaking hands, and remembering the fallen glass at dinner. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

To derail this morbid train of thought, I tried changing the subject again. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

The matter is considered settled for the moment, and throughout dessert and after-dinner drinks, the only subject discussed is the circus itself. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Her parents laughed, but Naheed could tell they were pleased, and science became her favorite subject. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Concerning the private affairs of his subjects, he must insist that his decisions be irrevocable. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

Have the objectives evolved since the last time the students engaged with this subject matter? Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

They looked at the faces of their subjects and rated how much anger they saw. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

For the first days since the beginning I can write three or four pages on my subject and then another page of breezy analysis in less than an hour. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was upset by the idea and changed the subject. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Using a good stage voice I spoke to the students, “I thank Master Hemme for this opportunity. I only hope that I can help him shed some light on this most important subject.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

If I seem to be caught in a slow circling of the subject, it is only appropriate, as she and I have always moved toward each other in slow circles. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Taking a whipping was bad enough, but to learn that his subjects dreaded the day he'd grow up and become king had deeply shaken him. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

So far I had never gotten a B or a D in any subject. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Here are a couple of tips on simplifying a sentence: • Extra information inserted between subject and verb doesn’t alter the verb. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

How long would it take him to make another batch, and what would they subject her to before that? Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“I never in my life exchanged a word with any person on the subject,” he noted, “till I found my name brought forward generally, in competition with that of Mr. Adams.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Do you like your school?” asked the boy, changing the subject, after a little pause, during which he stared at the fire and Jo looked about her, well pleased. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is to be noted that subject is a well-educated, widely traveled intelligent woman who has for years been associated with communists and persons with procommunist leanings. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I play with the fantasy that I am a princess who, in penance for some tiny transgression, has undertaken to feed each of her subjects by hand. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Concentrate on what you notice most about your subject,” Mr. Kenny said. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

For instance, other words may get in between the subject and the verb. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

In sixth grade, all the girls had been taken to the auditorium for a special film on the subject. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

"My learned counsel was blind, too. I say this is a gloomy subject. Are we going down and see these bulls unloaded or not?" The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

There was a professional air to him, the teacher approaching the class, utterly in command of his subject. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let this be a lesson to you,” replied Merlyn, “not to swear. I think we had better change the subject” “We were talking about Kay.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

You would be astonished to know how worked up convict debaters and audiences would get over subjects like “Should Babies Be Fed Milk?” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stayed wholly off the subject of morality. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Now YOU're started on the subject," she answered with a wan smile. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

"I suppose you failed in every single subject again," she said--very snotty. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

It embarrasses me greatly to read the pages dealing with subjects that I remembered as being nicer than they actually were. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“I’m satisfied with my own research on the subject. I’m not in the mood to learn anything new.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Everybody has TVs in China now,” says Auntie Lin, changing the subject. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

If heat was the subject, then at that time the papers listed Fargo as hotter than any place else, or wetter or drier, or deeper in snow. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

But they seemed exhausted, by her presence, or by the subject. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Cora changed the subject when he engaged in such talk. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

One big reason is that dividends and investment gains, which go mostly to the richest, are not subject to the tax. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Hazel had followed this reasoning to a certain point but he abandoned it before it was resolved, not only abandoned it but searched for some way to change the subject. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The chaplain returned to the subject with caution. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Here are a few of them: The subject of a tensed verb must be in nominative case, such as I, he, she, and they. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

But as we shall see in chapter 6, using a comma to separate a subject from its predicate or a verb from one of its complements is among the most grievous sins of mispunctuation. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

The professor had told us to find a subject and go take some portraits. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Is Integrative: Provides excellent opportunities for integration as a natural entry or pivot point to other subject areas such as social studies, history, literature, language, and all of the arts. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

He wondered if Lord Petyr would find that subject amusing as well. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Colonel, why does the Lord send two or three Marines a year to torment me on this subject? Why does he punish me?” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their divine union would inspire all of their subjects, who had closely held ties to Greece. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

"And you left him in the lurch, didn't you? You let him go to jail for a month over in New Jersey. God! You ought to hear Walter on the subject of YOU." The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

We crossed to the faded red love seat and sat together, waiting to discover the subject of that afternoon's lecture. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Has any of your sons found a bride?” asked Mother, determined not to let her subject slip away. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The feral pig is considered a “pest animal,” and as such is not subject to protections afforded, say, a deer, or a person. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

The two of them were getting along so well that Abbey and I were extra careful not to mention the sticky subject of Dusty Muleman’s casino boat. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

From the onset of adolescence she’d been subjected to a series of unsuccessful schemes; every so often a small group of unmarried Bengali men materialized in the house, young colleagues of her father’s. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You go ahead,” Taisin said, taking the opportunity to change the subject. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

As the evening wore on, the talk turned to politics, a dangerous subject since even casual banter or a joke about the war or Adolf Hitler was considered treason. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve already told you. I could see you did not want to go. Oh, do let’s have an end to it. I’m sick to death of the subject.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

But now there was a new imprecision in the way Mary Anne expressed her thoughts on certain subjects. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was a sure sign she was warming up to her subject. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Ptolemy borrowed a huge sum of money to meet their demands, stacking debt upon debt for his subjects to repay. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

I was also the subject of a lot of questions people were asking my mother. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

I hoped the subject would be left at that, but Beatrice had to harp on it. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Still, even as he admitted that he might not be in the mainstream technologically, he was surprised at how little he could find on the subject of texting and driving and the law. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

The curriculum was quite specialized: You had to choose three core subjects and focus on them. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wonder what happened to it ” He pondered it a minute before I brought him back to the subject at hand. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Saidy later related, the house was subjected to an unending media barrage. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

And Sam, he know so much into things, Ah wants some information on de subject.” Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

They laughed, and to my relief the subject was closed. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s like I’ve taken every class there is on the subject. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Like all matters philosophical, it is subject to debate. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

It says, “Men and women shall have equal rights throughout the United States and every place subject to its jurisdiction.” 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

The park’s gravest flaw, at least from Olmsted’s perspective, was that its shoreline was subject to dramatic annual changes in the level of the lake, sometimes as much as four feet. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The subject is complex, and I break it into two parts. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The very first subject after being seated was Maple Grove, “My brother Mr. Suckling’s seat;”—a comparison of Hartfield to Maple Grove. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

Then they all got to yelling about foreigners, the army takeover, and somebody thrown in prison which if you ask me is at least a more favorable subject than rats. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

All that business about “unzipping,” that was typical of the way the whole subject impinged on us when we were thirteen. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m glad to talk with an educated man on the subject.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Jupe refuses to “publicly participate in an activity so subjected to the male gaze,” but she lets me toss her around in the backyard. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

We speak different dialects and have learned different subjects. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

She wanted, badly, to change the subject, but she didn't. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

In the meantime, those millions of African Americans who had not migrated became subject to increased discrimination and acts of terror on the part of white southerners. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Not all, of course, are suitable subjects for this technique, much depending on details of the life history, population density, and reactions to radiation. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

We talked about one of Morrie’s favorite subjects, compassion, and why our society had such a shortage of it. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were required to write a research paper for Psychology and I chose it as my subject, then used the paper as an excuse to interrogate every neuroscientist and cognitive specialist at the university. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I could see that he had something on his mind which he wanted to say, but felt some hesitancy about broaching the subject. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

I never broach the subjects I long to bring out into the open. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

He changed the subject to the only one that could bring the majority of them together. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

I’m perfectly willing to tutor him in exchange for his assistance with French and other subjects. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Otto had had a raspy cough ever since we’d been forced to sleep on the wet ground, and I wasn’t about to let her subject him to that again. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Müller returns to the subject of the boots. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I write the final Grade Thirteen exams, subject after subject, day after day, sitting at a desk in the gymnasium. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

They were divided on the subject of capitulation or resistance. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

She worried about the big subject that was in the way of their happiness. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet we have certainly not reduced these subjects to the status of solved problems: we have, as yet, had little success in predicting human behavior from mathematical equations! A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no subject she could not discuss with Lee. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

In addition, the subject has been raised in the Greek Orthodox tradition, with its strongly sex-defined roles. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He started to talk about the accident but I concentrated on the escape method and the subject was dropped. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The men who had invested in them were the subjects of cautionary tales, derision, and a fair measure of public loathing. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tone he used was a delicate cue that he had tired of the subject and wished to stop talking about it. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

On some subjects, there are strong differences among income groups. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Waker once said something very interesting to me on that subject—in fact, I’m merely parroting what he said to me. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

If you got him started on the subject, it was the end of any pleasant meal. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

This is where she’d smile and change the subject to the price of silver polish or white rice. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

You could tell this because her eyes rolled whenever the subject came up—which was plenty lately, since that’s what her class was going to do to celebrate the end of the school year. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

“Chocolate chip is my favorite ice cream!” he said, trying to put an end to the subject but instead sounding like a little kid. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Celia changes the subject then, though the cards remain on the table and Isobel does not move to put them away. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Then Payne showed his subjects either a picture of a gun or a picture of a wrench. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

My subject is a whole library of texts that at first sight make no sense. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Valley shrugged and smiled back, and then she changed the subject. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Tiny quickly changes the subject, and I try to laugh at all the appropriate moments for the rest of lunch, but I'm not listening. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

“Very little. It is not a subject we are interested in.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I dropped the subject, for I knew that once my mother had said: “You’re still too young ...” I would get nowhere no matter how insistent I became. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

While things were going well, he said, “Now class, suppose Zambia was the main subject of a report....” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

I see how he's looking at me, and I have to change the subject. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

So I try to change the subject, because I don’t want to waste the little time I get with Dad being upset. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The subject professed great familiarity with his uncle’s work. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

At the time, Jean Louise was so overcome with despair at the prospect of being too old to enjoy anything when it would finally be over, she refrained from pursuing the subject. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“Other people’s tragedies should not be the subject of idle conversation. There was no reason for me to tell you.” Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, her subject's skin warms and their spine begins to protrude from their back, as if it might actually push through their skin. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

After the subjects went through the simulator, a senior thesis student plotted the individual performances on a graph. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I was a spokesman—why shouldn't I speak about women, or any other subject? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

And quickly, desperate to change the subject, I ask, “Where did you get that pretty barrette?” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could have let Big Ma have her say or changed the subject. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

She posted a flyer around campus, asking students if they’d like to be subjects in a psychology experiment, and got plenty of takers. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

That’s not unusual, since the real subject isn’t always easy to see. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

When both halves of the subject—the parts on either side of or or nor—are singular, so is the verb: Neither alcohol nor tobacco is allowed. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

However, too many schools have succumbed to funding challenges or embraced a narrow focus on tested subjects, resulting in minimal, if any, arts experiences for the children they serve. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

In Miss Palma’s class, she offered to come over after school a few days that week and catch me up on my class work in every subject we had together. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I get a burning in my stomach every time I think about the book so I keep changing the subject. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Did I like history? Was it my favorite subject?” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Elizabeth found the interest of the subject increase, and listened with all her heart; but the delicacy of it prevented further enquiry. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

A family without ritual and order was a rootless tribe subject to boredom and anarchy, lowered heads, pouting mouths, and sorrowing memories of friends left behind. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he finished, I hastily changed the subject. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

We, the men, did not plunge deeply into any subject, for, clearly, we were all waiting for the appearance of Elijah. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

Some of its methods have ancient roots, based on the knowledge that, like ourselves, insects are subject to disease. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

The noun phrase containing view is the subject of the third is-phrase, is not based on a lack of understanding. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

As to the matter of when they would fly, the subject was broached on the fifth afternoon, at a meeting of city leaders that Lazlo attended with Eril-Fane. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Yes, this is the standard work on the subject,” the assistant would say. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

History of Magic was the dullest subject on their schedule. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

For my last two years I took a strange mixture of subjects—Biology, English, and History. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

A whale looks like a big fish; Obama has been the subject of rumors about his religion; Nabokov was denied the Nobel Prize in Literature that many critics thought he deserved. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

He was well read in a wide variety of subjects—religion, literature, history, and philosophy. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He was not, I suspected, a naturally loquacious man, but that morning he had a subject that interested him. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

"If my wish would come true,” Mother hastened to change the subject, "you’d all be sitting in bathtubs right this minute, washing soot out of your hair.” Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Actually, at this time, on this subject, Dewey was undecided. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could see he was beginning to get excited now, too, so to change the subject quickly, I told him Reb Saunders had sent his regards. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

The way the others received it, too, puzzled me; the last time we talked of the subject we agreed that there was to be no more concealment of anything amongst us. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Everyone is quiet and then someone changes the subject to the weather. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“There’s only one thing,” Brian said, hesitating to bring the subject up. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Let me stress two things about the Crusades before I leave the subject. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

He generally attempts to avoid the subject, thinking he knows perfectly well where she stands. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

To subject people who test positive to stigmas, especially when most of them may be false positives, is counterproductive and wrong. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pedestrian stops, too, have been the subject of study and controversy. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

An ill-bred falcon, who was subject to the vice of screaming, stood hooded and motionless on a perch like a parrot’s, brooding in some ancestral nightmare. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the end, he chose the same new subjects as Ron, feeling that if he was lousy at them, at least he’d have someone friendly to help him. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

The subjects stormed the queen's castle with such fury that the stones of its very walls tumbled. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

She always wanted to change the subject when Kainene came up. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Fatalities in parking lots made up 1.25 percent of all accidental deaths during the last days of the Age of Mortality. Last night I decided I would choose today’s subject from a parking lot.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

"Kings have no friends," Stannis said bluntly, "only subjects and enemies." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Anyway, the subject skims the joy off a pan of conversation.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I love their program, but I’ve already broached the subject. It’s the farthest thing. It’s an absurd suggestion.” The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Would you be so good as to help me locate a book concerning women? I have been instructed by my betters to inform myself on this most subtle subject.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“It’s chilly out there, Jonah,” she said, deliberately changing the subject, Stella thought. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

It is important to approach this subject from a variety of strategies, including mental health assistance but also from a law enforcement perspective. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Her husband had left her for a Jamaican woman, with whom it turned out he had a secret four-year-old child, and she somehow managed to veer every conversation towards the subject of Jamaicans. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

When he retires from Bowdoin he has taught every subject in the curriculum except mathematics. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“For an hour! And stop changing the subject.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

He toned the show down some, but the subject matter was the same. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

What I knew about those subjects would fit on the head of a pin. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Of course I liked some subjects more than others. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She waited for Grandmother to introduce the subject, but Am buy a merely signaled for Aunt Shuvai to massage her feet. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She takes a sip of her tea before adding, “And not to bring up a delicate subject, my dear, but I keep him far away from trains.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“With great energy; but it is a subject which always makes a lady energetic.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

“If you leave, you lose Spanish protection and are subject to the laws of the colonies.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

If a woman at the table happens to be pregnant, as Astrid is now, the subject is inevitable. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

His gaze settled on the top of the distant mountain and Robert changed the unspoken subject. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

There was no subject too dark or too painful for her to tackle with humor. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Biographers of great authors always try to track down the books their subjects read when they were young, because they know these sources hold the key to their development as writers. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Rather than go away and come back later, Galileo sat in on the lecture and became fascinated by the subject—his first encounter with mathematics proper, rather than mere arithmetic. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

Even many of the Tories were talking like that, for the punishment fell equally heavily upon the King’s most loyal subjects in Boston and on the very ‘Indians’ who had tossed the tea overboard. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

A good rule of thumb when you drink with a subject is that you keep yourself twice as sober as he is. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

In between placing phone calls and writing long-drawn-out, pathetic, and often incoherent letters, Cabot continued his study of the very subject that had, unbeknownst to him, driven Alma away: the potential of humankind. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

“That’s okay. I’m willing to give it a shot. Science was my favorite subject at my old school.” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

“Now, if we could get back to the subject at hand...” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Very well,” said Stuart, “what’s the first subject you usually take up in the morning?” Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

At the time, however, I changed the subject to something less controversial. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“She must feel very lonely without her son,” said Edna, desiring to change the subject. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z

Ted doesn’t have much sympathy for illness, though; one of our morning meetings was on the subject of “working through it.” Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I loved your photo exhibit at last semester’s Arts Night,” I said, trying to change the subject. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

I swear I didn’t know when I opened my mouth that I would say what I said, but it changed the subject all right: “Y’all want to hear about Aunt Loma nursin’ a pig?” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

He was positive that there was nothing wrong with the Firebolt now, but what sort of state would it be in once it had been subjected to all sorts of anti-jinx tests? Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Thinking that made me sad, though, so I changed the subject and we started investigating. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Perhaps I was being subjected to a test of some kind. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now that they are retired they seem to think about subjects they never considered before. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

About 6 percent of the time, as the subjects were repeating what they heard in the left ear, a word from the right ear, the unattended one, would slip through into their report. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Intrigued, he began to study the subject in his spare time. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Keloids. No, thank God, I’m not subject to them. What I’ve got is bad enough.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Teller, irrepressibly voluble on his favorite subject, joined them for the drive back to Albuquerque, prattling all the way about the essential requirements of a program to build the Super. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“Not yet. To be honest, it’s been hard to talk about this with anyone. I keep finding ways to avoid the subject with Esperanza, and I usually tell her everything, Mama.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The young voice, frustrated, would end up saying, ‘Never mind’—the subject was closed. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The closer the subject is to the verb, the less likely the reader will get lost. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Seconds later, the desktop appeared with icons for math, science, French—every subject—ready for access. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Whatever you like. I leave both the choice of subject and the manner of treating it entirely to yourself.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

The idea that the Earth might be subjected to devastating impacts from time to time was not quite as new as it is now sometimes presented. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

I don’t care how Susan and Robert got home from school, but I need to change the subject. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Exactly what Hagrid would say when he realized his three favorite students had given up his subject, he did not like to think. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Surely she would rather be taunted than subject herself to the smells of this place — smoke, she made out, and other odors. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

But my father had taught me that there are not two reasonable opinions to be had on any subject: there is Truth and there are Lies. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

They serve as a kind of packing material in which academics, bureaucrats, and corporate mouthpieces clad their subject matter. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Even educated white Americans, Europeans, and Australians, when the subject of Australian Aborigines comes up, assume that there is something primitive about the Aborigines themselves. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m a naturally curious person. Don’t change the subject.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, Mother, I’m sure of that,” said Meg, listening respectfully to the little lecture, for the best of women will hold forth upon the all absorbing subject of house keeping. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

I name my little subject Holly, after the flower that can survive even the coldest Orléans snows and still remain lovely. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

His father would deny it at first, try to change the subject. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

His first sermon in August waxed great and long on the subject of baptism. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

For example, the San Diego and Los Angeles zoos are now subjecting the last surviving California condors to a more draconian control of breeding than that imposed upon any domesticated species. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

We thought it was a great joke, once the black rings had been around for a few weeks, long enough for us to get used to them and make them the subject of jokes. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The change of subject had worked the trick, for the area around Lola’s eyes which had been inflamed was freckly and pale once more and she was very much her old self. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

If a subject interested me, I could usually recollect what I needed. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

His authority was so great that his word was taken on any subject, be it politics or love. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were two main horrors to which it was subject, the first of which was toe horror peculiar to all balls of string—that they invariably became tangles instead of balk. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

"How many subjects did you carry this term?" The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Any mention of her ‘works’ always had a bad effect upon Jo, who either grew rigid and looked offended, or changed the subject with a brusque remark, as now. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That is entirely too coarse a subject for young ladies to discuss, even ladies of color.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“Not just a theory. We did have a test subject.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

I suppose you were equally wonderful at all your subjects—but were you? Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Experiments show that the younger the animal is when it is subjected to a cancer-producing agent the more certain is the production of cancer. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Because of the many parallels between the background and personality of Perry Smith and the subjects of his study, Dr. Satten feels secure in assigning him to a position among their ranks. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bomb shelter subject stuck in my brain. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I will not speak for high school, having neither firsthand experience nor an older sibling to shed wisdom on the subject. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

We left the class together to find subjects for our portraits, and nabbed some boys in the hall who were game. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Weeks could go by with no one mentioning the subject, then one reported sighting would trigger off a whole spate of others. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pash reported to General Groves’s office in Washington, D.C., suggesting that the “subject still is or may be connected with the Communist Party.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m fine,” I said, and because I don’t like being fussed over, I changed the subject. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

The carving, to my taste, is beautifully done, as graphically elegant, despite the gory subject matter, as a Matisse. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Relief fills his eyes, and I change the subject quickly before he can ask any more treatment-related questions. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Buzz Aldrin was assigned mission planning, which meant he attended all the meetings on that subject. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fair buildings were complete and all exhibits were in place, but just as surely as silver tarnishes, the fair became subject to the inevitable forces of degradation and decline—and tragedy. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

It surprised her how quickly, during reunions with old friends, the subject of marriage came up, a waspish tone in the voices of the unmarried, a smugness in those of the married. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Regardless, Reggie’s brain, and his performance, was right on par with most test subjects. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Thank you, College Counselor Jacobsen,” she says, and then changes the subject. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

And while we’re on the subject, was I the only one who was shocked by those old Ball Park ads with their shots of red franks swelling and lengthening? Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

That question is the subject of this chapter. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

But the “subject” and “verb” that have to agree are defined by branches in the tree, not words in the string. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

During the French and Indian War, Washington and other people living in America thought of themselves as British, subjects of the king, and citizens of their colony. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m about to say, desperate to change the subject. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

It might give them the most disastrous ideas about the subject, might upset them into reacting in the entirely wrong, the utterly antisocial way. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

William Still gave them advice “on the subject of temperance, industry, education, etc. Clothing, food and money were also given them to meet their wants, and they were sent on their way rejoicing.” Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Nope again. But I will allow you to change the subject temporarily.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

She’d been aware of all that was wrong in her world when she was a subject in my Save Dad from His Funk project. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

The subject of this chapter, though, is not the voyages of discovery as such. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The Iowa experiment is just that, of course, a simple card game involving a handful of subjects and a stress detector. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

And because he had found his way from one to the other and had even seen his dream come true, he felt a certain qualification on the subject. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

It was not a subject to discuss over the phone. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Then they varied the subject of the theme the students were asked to talk about. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think he didn’t like himself, and when that is so the subject usually must find an area for dislike outside himself. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

She shook her head again and the subject was closed. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

It’s like painting—you don’t just use any color you feel like; you pick the color that fits the subject the best. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

It underpinned the more difficult “quadrivium”—arithmetic, geometry, music, and astronomy— that students went on to learn; all seven subjects taken in toto being the so-called liberal arts. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

He was not only a distinguished clerk and authority on his own subjects—he was also one of the finest swordsmen in France. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Other than paying for bandwidth, which he bitterly resented, he was subject to no regulation, no taxes, no restrictions on his ability to say what he wished. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the subjects used the video game, the researchers studied their performance with behavioral tests, and used eye scanners and captured the electrical activity in their brain with EEG. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

As was customary, high priests subjected this choice to a divination. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

If it was quiet, she was painting or contemplating potential subjects. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Bertha had asked me about a million questions, like what was my favorite subject in school and did I have a lucky number? Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Prior to rendering a verdict, jurors expressed concerns about Mrs. Colbey being subject to the death penalty, so the State agreed not to pursue an execution if she was found guilty. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

To change the subject, Brad asked, “Is Ralph going to try to run the maze again?” Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

We had defended ourselves since memory against everything and everybody, considered all speech a code to be broken by us, and all gestures subject to careful analysis; we had become headstrong, devious and arrogant. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt it necessary to change the subject, however awkwardly, as we were heading here towards treacherous waters. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

My Trigonometry teacher, Mr. Varner, who I would have hated anyway just because of the subject he taught, was the only one who made me stand in front of the class and introduce myself. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

It is sometimes the gift: of the artist to know more about her subject than he himself does, to go beyond the moment. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Some callers sought clarification of a particular point in the case that had been the subject of serious debate in a barbershop or at a social gathering. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

As to the subject, I propose a simple one, easily solved within ten years. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

But, Uncle Pumblechook, who was omnipotent in that kitchen, wouldn’t hear the word, wouldn’t hear of the subject, imperiously waved it all away with his hand, and asked for hot gin and water. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

"You know," he added, changing the subject, "I left my bag in that madwoman's inn. We have nothing now, save the clothes we stand up in." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

In the houses of the neighbors the subject that would lead all conversations for a long time to come was aired for the first time to see how it would go. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a separate tent other healthy subjects slept wrapped in blankets soiled by the black vomit of patients. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

But the subject of this chapter — the Power of Context — is no less important than the first two. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He is the subject of schoolwide speculation, and slight scandal, having once been married to Ms. Sagan, who teaches French. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She paused, watching Ash finish the last of the venison, and then said, “On the subject of traditions ... you have never told me your favorite fairy tale.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The conversation that follows involves more creative coercion than outright job offer, and there are several deviations into the subjects of the ballet, modern fashion, and Japanese mythology. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He continued, “On a different, though related, subject, it is my wish that you take private lessons with me this year.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“He has been here this very morning, on a most extraordinary errand. It is impossible to express our surprize. He came to speak to his father on a subject,—to announce an attachment—” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

Two subjects about which I was very dim. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was natural to have some civil hopes on the subject, and he said, Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

However, Penelope could not think of a way to bring up the subject that would not be awkward; with regret she let the moment pass. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Just what subject I got off on I don’t remember, but she readily opened up and began talking, and she was veiy friendly. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first and only inmate to be subjected to this method endured fifty seconds of torture before the power was turned off and he was found to be very much alive. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In their wartime letters, it was Elizebeth who first broached the subject, saying she sometimes wished that they’d had a child before he left for France. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The subject was death, the first item on my list. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Words that he hoped would make Benji feel better and would also change the subject. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was reluctant to bring up the subject, but he knew this might be their only chance to be alone. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

As Jefferson remembered it later, “we took leave, and he never after that said one word to me on the subject or ever consulted me as to any measure of the government.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

I was authorized to join with whomever I wanted or needed to create this organization and would not be subject to the direct control of the mother organization. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He read broadly in philosophy, science, art, and religion and was known throughout Chicago’s upper echelon for his ability to converse on almost any subject and to do so with great wit. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Worried that Ishtar might somehow be listening, I changed the subject. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t been aware of us avoiding the subject, but somehow, we’d never gotten around to it. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

An immediate consequence, therefore, which is the subject of Chapter 4, was a radical transformation in the understanding of how the Earth is constructed: the emergence of the concept of the terraqueous globe. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Conger, Baker, and Doherty had failed to give them any orders at all on the subject. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have not gone to it, however, for my story, but to the Elder Edda, where the love and death of Sigurd and Brynhild and Gudrun are the subject of a number of the poems. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suicide is a powerful temptation for North Koreans plucked out of ordinary lives and subjected to the labor camps’ regime of hard labor, hunger, beatings, and sleep deprivation. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Anyway, they argued about the weather, sports, sex, war, race, politics, and religion; neither of them knew the subjects they debated, but it seemed that the less they knew the better they could argue. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now, there has never been a time when a new prince disarmed his subjects. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

Moreover, in recent generations, foragers have been increasingly subject to the authority of modern states, which prevent the eruption of large-scale conflicts. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And what of other subjects? French? History? Geography?” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

It was an historical subject, painted at my father’s desire, and represented Caroline Beaufort in an agony of despair, kneeling by the coffin of her dead father. Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the important subject of science and the decline of magic the work done by the last generation of historians is curiously unhelpful. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

They are also subject to legalized discrimination in employment, housing, education, public benefits, and jury service, just as their parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents once were. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

For a moment he looked as though he was going to cry, and then suddenly he changed the subject. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

If only Beatrice would leave the subject alone. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“What shall you do all your vacation?” asked Amy, changing the subject with tact. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Part of her was subject to this tide that was moving through the cosmos. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I knew I had to change the subject or the counselor would start talking about my story. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Then Rukia said, “I know what our specific subject can be. We can talk about what would happen if a woman ran for president of the United States.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

“It’s kind of a hardcore ornithology-geek thing. Roughing it gets you closer to your subjects, both physically and psychologically. Achievement through adversity and all that.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Dismayed, Elizebeth noted that some writers were “afraid of the technicality of the subject.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Working out some scheme of their own on him, making him the subject of their dreams of wealth, or love, or martyrdom. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And furthermore,” the King continued, “if my race has driven out the Gaelic race, then I think the Queen of Orkney’s subjects have a good reason too.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fig always made a great test subject and an awesome assistant. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I did remember, what with history being my best subject and all. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

He cleared his throat, as if wanting to change subjects. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Royal joined the singing to change the subject and to remind her that there were things a body could feel good about. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I kept taking pictures, hoping I’d look at one and know its subject was a hallucination. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

To find out more about these subjects, please see Frequency, Wavelength, and Pitch9 , Harmonic Seriesl0 , or Musical Intervals, Frequency, and Ratio. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Informed consent focused on what doctors were required to tell their patients; there was little mention of how it might apply to research like Southam’s, in which subjects weren’t the researcher’s patients. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“We need to find out what happened.Those people dancing around the fire got attacked way before us. At least their settlement did. Maybe they were some kind of test subjects?” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I always did math first, because it was my best subject. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Upon my word, my dear, I do not know, for I never heard the subject talked of.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

“And the only person whom I’ll be subjecting to questioning is you, tomorrow afternoon, regarding the proper use of grammatical tenses!” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

And so she sat stiff-tongued, surrounded by students who were all folded easily on their seats, all flush with knowledge, not of the subject of the classes, but of how to he in the classes. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He smiled again, and then he changed the subject. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Although this attitude wasn’t uncommon at the time, NIH guidelines stipulated that all human subject research funded by NIH—as McKusick’s was —required both informed consent and approval from a Hopkins review board. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Mathematics is often viewed as a subject for technicians, and mathematical talent is confused with rote skills, elementary programming ability, or speed of calculation. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That” needed no amplification; it was a subject that the two friends had discussed completely, and upon which they agreed. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when Dad brings it up, they do their best to change the subject. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tracy—Mom—had a most awkward talk with me about the subject near the end of last baseball season, during our school's spring break. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Suburban homemakers could have been placed under surveillance and subjected to undercover operations designed to catch them violating laws regulating the use and sale of prescription “uppers.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Driving the big highway near Toledo I had a conversation with Charley on the subject of roots. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

She knew why I was there, and had plenty to say on the subject, but seemed utterly exhausted at the idea of talking to me, yet another white person wanting something from the family. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Journalists, educators, and pundits frequently fuss that kids like Jesse don’t read or aren’t well informed; in fact, they read enormous amounts of material online, and are astonishingly well informed about subjects they’re interested in. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

If knowing the exact steps of complicated and exhausting dances was so important, why had this subject not been taught at Swanburne? The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

I was surprised that he said it, because, naturally, I was just starting to work my way into that subject matter. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

National and state laws and a trend toward teaching and testing “core subjects” reshape social perceptions and create a permanent culture that continually marginalizes the arts in the curriculum. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

He had to cut his victory tour short, however, when troubling news arrived from home: his Egyptian subjects were in revolt. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

They saw she was near them, and they changed the subject. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

In class she was always flapping her hand in the air, asking questions, though the question often had nothing to do with the subject. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

On that subject I bet they both agree: Let’s make Isabella wait until she’s really old—like twenty-one—before we allow her to wear lipstick or feel real pretty. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

My favorite subject in school is French class. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

I change the subject and gesture back to the street we have just exited. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

So I backed off as best I could from the subject of the Sarf. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

The engineers subjected the airplanes to tests, capturing and analyzing the numbers, recommending improvements, some slight, others significant. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

“Sorry, I’ll change the subject. We don’t have to talk about this.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

But also I wanted from her a life more ceremonious, less subject to makeshift and decampment. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

He polished his glass again and went back to his subject. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

When the subject of whether the dog smells comes up, for example, Bill and Sue banter back and forth happily, both with a half smile on their lips. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

For the first time in the history of the world, every human being is now subjected to contact with dangerous chemicals. from the moment of conception until death. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

More generally, a modifier can dangle when its implied subject is the writer and the reader, as in To summarize and In order to start the motor in the examples above. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Teaching and learning occurs between the art forms and any number of diverse subject areas. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Would they ever study regular subjects, like the other classes did? Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Having subjected hundreds of victims to experiments, he produced no more than a scratched, poorly annotated notebook with no noteworthy results. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

I am dying to try a different subject, something easy like designing an entire city or copying the Mona Lisa, but he won’t budge. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

I never discussed the subject with him after that. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

For weeks now, the whole boat had been the subject of relentless second-guessing and humiliation. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

She wrote, “Church and state, priest and legislators, all political parties and religious denominations have alike taught that woman was made after man, of man, and for man, an inferior being, subject to man.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z