Maybe, he thought, it was just what you were supposed to be. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

I whirl around, perhaps too quickly considering that I ain’t supposed to know anything about missing families, but I meet Miss Anderson’s eyes. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

He was supposed to have sent it to the company. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I hold my breath and squint, I can see where she gets that: all Muses are supposed to be female, and one of these is not. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Today was supposed to be the day I finally got through to her. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Joey Pow wasn’t supposed to win. Some rough people wanted Bruiser to win. They told Joey Pow to throw the fight or else...” Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Good lord, how was a person supposed to eat through this garbage? The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Genie didn’t really know what else he was supposed to say. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I supposed some might have considered me blessed in that I was of high blood. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Miyamoto can turn and face you all right, but that’s about it, you see. I’m not supposed to let him move around much.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Peeking was supposed to stop over today and look at my dad’s bonefish boat.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“What are you afraid of? Is it because you’re supposed to be a genius?” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“But I am supposed to tell her about Luke, right?” she asked in a more deferential manner. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

It’s supposed to cool and set for several hours before the so-called treat gets decorated with pistachios and coconut, then cut into something like bar cookies. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Ms. Gievers told me that foster parents are not supposed to have more than five children in a home, including birth children. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

I wonder how it tastes, wonder if anything that looks this fancy can still taste how soul food is supposed to taste. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

By nightfall, we’d already reached objectives that were supposed to have taken days. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He supposed he’d have to learn to write in cursive if he became a scythe, but right now he’d be stuck with inelegant, sloppy printing. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“We're not supposed to be here. It says minors need to be accompanied by adults.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Semaj was supposed to be a boy—at least according to every sonogram—and my parents were going to name her James. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

“She was supposed to be home half an hour ago! Who knows what could have happened?” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“I thought we were just supposed to look at the pictures.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She smiled when she saw me, and it wasn’t a scary smile, like the ones in movies I’m not supposed to be old enough to watch. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

Of course, officially, guardians weren’t supposed to show favouritism, but there were little displays of affection all the time within certain parameters; and most of what Ruth suggested fell easily within them. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

We buried Harry on a hill, the hill where we were supposed to live but never got a chance to. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

What was he supposed to do about that? The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was almost too miffed to even look down, but when I did, I saw a dark velvet box where the chocolate cake was supposed to be. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“I’m a doctor. Doctors are supposed to understand everything. But I don’t understand everything, and I don’t intend to let it worry me.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

“Are you getting your citizenship soon? My mom is too. Or—she’s supposed to. I hope.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

And then I hope that she swept under the bed like she was supposed to, and that Max will not sneeze. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“You took a lot of cuts. Skin’s supposed to protect you, but water’s dirty here, and you were in oil.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I think I’m supposed to be afraid, but I can’t seem to feel it. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think this is supposed to be here,” she says, throwing it away. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

If he’s refusing tea, then what are we supposed to make forced conversation over? Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

For that matter, shallow and self-centered was how brand- new pretties were supposed to be. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

How was he supposed to find himself a new wand? Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“I apologize for being a little distracted. I have a client who was supposed to be here two hours ago, and I’m worried. You didn’t see him, did you?” Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

We are supposed to be calling the shots here, but it doesn’t look to me like we’re in charge of a thing, not even our own selves. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You weren’t supposed to come here,” he said, the front seat a barrier against the two women over whom a spell of old age had been cast. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She gave me a hall pass so that I could go to the gym when I was supposed to be in Spanish. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

We get the drill about behaving, things being old, and how we’re not supposed to touch them. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

She asked Billy Pilgrim what he was supposed to be, Billy said he didn’t know. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But don’t tell anyone what I just said if you know what’s good for you. It’s supposed to be top secret. Classified.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“He’s supposed to work out the clue on his own,” Hermione said swiftly. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

"Besides, what happened to me is supposed to be funny. I never think about it." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

“Tonight. Right now, actually. It was supposed to be this morning, but since the school agreed to let me come here, they pushed it back...” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I loved hearing these histories, because officers were not supposed to know them. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was our hands that were supposed to be full, of the future; which could be held but not seen. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

It took the platoon four hours to cover the three miles from the landing zone to the tiny village they were supposed to search. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

But now she slept like she was supposed to, also. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Inmates were crossing from the R side to the W side and back again through the center passage, which I had a feeling they weren’t supposed to do. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yes, I supposed it was quite a good name for a boat. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

When folks came by to wish the minister well, they looked at Mrs. Buckminster with embarrassed eyes, and she, too, knew—though she had known all along, Turner supposed. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

The story of Bors, allowing the twelve supposed gentlewomen to be hurled from the castle turret rather than save them by committing a mortal sin, had shocked her to the heart. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were supposed to slice their throats on the corporals command. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Mr. Clutter pointed out the rooms where the boy and girl were supposed to be sleeping, then opened his wife’s door. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We’re supposed to go fishing tomorrow and she decided to catch her own bait.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“I’m supposed to be a writer from New York,” he said finally. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

There was the part she was supposed to be doing, the part that justified her time with the instrument, which was an investigation into the hourglass range of meanings. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

She had tried phoning him three times before she set out, but she supposed he'd gone to see his daughter again. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“I thought we weren’t supposed to talk about Alcatraz,” I say. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I think standing under a tree is the exact opposite of what you’re supposed to do in a lightning storm.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

One of the female officers then asked an eminently sensible question: “But are we supposed to talk to them?” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was supposed to ask Mean Lady Ming, but I knew she would say yes to me. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Middle school is supposed to be the worst. It’s like a giant hazing for adulthood. We all gotta go through it.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“What exactly are you supposed to be sorry for?” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

In his hand he held a paper bag that was supposed to hold a month’s worth of lunch money. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

After all, this time is a celebration, like Pasta-paloozas are supposed to be. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

We’re supposed to chew slowly and take notes about what we taste, without using the word salty. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

If living in the projects is supposed to make me a stronger person, then I would rather be weak. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Other people said that men were supposed to be free to govern themselves and we should rebel and drive the Lobsterbacks out altogether. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad was supposed to be here twenty minutes ago. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

I looked up and down the line to see who was supposed to be my momma when a woman pointed her finger at her feet and said, “Clarence, you get over here right now.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

The eighth grade president wasn’t supposed to set a good example. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Whispering seems like what you’re supposed to do in such a situation. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“But he was supposed to be better, and he’s not. He was gonna have to go back in for another round of treatment tomorrow.” The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“Money’s supposed to make things easier, but it’s always doing the opposite. I sort of wish we worked on a barter system.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

School is supposed to reopen on Monday, January 9, soon after Epiphany, but we get a notice from the principal that classes will not resume until the end of the month. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

“You know you do. He was supposed to be the next Chagall, not the next doorstop. You are your brother’s keeper, dear.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“We put the cover on, but I’m supposed to unscrew the casket so you can see her.” The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

“This was supposed to be a peaceful protest.” The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Uncle Jack—she was supposed to go see him sometime. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

They were supposed to remind him of pain. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

They read about Egypt in the library during the day, and at home in the evening, and in bed late at night when they were supposed to be asleep. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were supposed to be protected from this kind of stuff. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Kluck is on her cell phone about some piece of kitchen equipment that was supposed to arrive this week. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“The scented candles that are supposed to smell like summer night never smell this way. They always smell like scary-guy cologne.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

You were not supposed to be this big of a mess. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

"We're supposed to meet the rest of the group at the Sorbonne." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I waited to make sure Ms. Faraci was finished before I said, “Is this supposed to make me feel better? That the people who bullied you didn’t get what they deserved?” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t supposed to let him know that. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The bottle on the shelf behind the bar was still full, but I supposed it was like any craving. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

We took it with us and were supposed to keep it a secret and drink it before we studied for exams. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

"The queen was supposed to stand up after my exhibition, Camille. So I would know. So everyone would know. Maman told me I had to be the favorite. There's no point in being anything else." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Are we supposed to believe that he didn’t get up and run to his door and see the kid tearing down the stairs fifteen seconds after the killing? Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was supposed to be ensuring that his experience with Sidley & Austin was bright and positive. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I’m supposed to have accumulated things by now: possessions, responsibilities, achievements, experience and wisdom. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“There is supposed to be a passion in your face that works you strongly. You’re on a knife’s edge.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

It will be a total disruption to her routine, a complete twist in the way her life is supposed to go. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

She’d never considered that Spares didn’t have their own meetings, but she supposed it made sense. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

You were supposed to hit them with rolled-up newspapers, my mother said. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

All doors in the house are supposed to be shut at all times, unless you’re entering or leaving. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Dress. Wear the cloak with the hood and keep your head down. We’re supposed to be a pair of likely lads, just in case the slave-catchers are watching.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“It might work like it’s supposed to and take you where you want to go. But we can’t be sure. The island’s magic is obviously unstable. You must rig up your guidance device to navigate.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Maybe I was breaking some sort of long-standing code that the newest member on the team wasn’t supposed to win and make her teammates look bad. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Military tribunals weren't supposed to be used when civilian courts were functioning. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

He was supposed to get me a few hours ago to relieve him, but he tried to soldier through the night on his own. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

A few steps in, I remember I’m supposed to look like I’m cowering, so I slow my pace and hug the wall, keeping my head down. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I was supposed to edit the story, but after reading it over and over, I felt the words needed to remain the way they are. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“You know, growing up, I never felt like I was enough of anything either, or too much of what I wasn’t supposed to be. Not Mexican enough, too nerdy.” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

His wife had not turned bitter against him and his children did not know that they were supposed to be ashamed of him. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You listen, too. Many’s the time I caught you when Mama and Sissy or Aunt Evy were talking and you were supposed to be asleep in bed.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Honestly, how am I supposed to know how to pick a destination and set the mood and charm Ben’s pants off? What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

According to the instructions, each 500-gram carton was supposed to last one survivor three days. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. One of these pressure points is supposed to help.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

‘So your cousins ... did they have any advice about what comes next? This chained god we’re supposed to find in Sparta?’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

One, in the middle, was neatly done up with turf, and is supposed to contain the remains of the late Lord of Gosport. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I thought: You’re supposed to put these flakes in a bowl of milk and eat them? How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The original plan was that we would return to New York in July, since I was supposed to go to rock-and-roll camp with Henry and Miles. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

There was a safety feature that was supposed to keep kids from doing something stupid—like jumping. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Mami sometimes turns off the air-conditioning when the electricity bill has been too high or when the calendar says it’s supposed to be fall, regardless of what the temperature is. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Boyfriends are supposed to be the ultimate hype men. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“How pathetic is that? Hey, Albert,” she calls, “is that supposed to be a fashion statement?” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

In the corner is a device whose hum is supposed to keep the bats away. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Come to think of it, why am I in your office in the first place? Aren’t you supposed to be important or something?” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“She got it for her fifteenth birthday. Each of those charms represents a different...uh...intimacy act, and she’s supposed to give the charm to the first person she does each act with.” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

The order in which John liked things in the world was supposed to be magic, sex, money, fun, and love. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Are you sure? You’re supposed to use that money for yourself.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I supposed her attitude was deliberate and for some odd feminine reason she resented this marriage, her scale of values had received a shock. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“It would still be nice if you taught me, like you’re supposed to,” said Ben, looking hurt. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want Mom to see the food, since I was only supposed to be seeing a movie and getting ice cream while I was gone. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Because you got the sword out of the pool. I think it’s supposed to be you.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

It was not supposed to be this easy. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

It’s supposed to make it easier for them to change their allegiance from family to faction—to embrace the principle “faction before blood.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

She responded with what I guess was supposed to be a musical laugh, “My goodness, sir, aren’t you just too, too delightful.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

He was supposed to be waiting in a burial chamber much deeper in the dungeon. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Wrong. The rule was we weren’t supposed to talk about the accident with each other. The rule doesn’t apply to anyone else.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

The last room she looked at had, she supposed, once been a bedroom; she could imagine that the rectangular dust shadow on the floorboards had once been a bed. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Today was supposed to be about joy and love. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“But it’s a bit much, isn’t it? Especially for a scythe. Aren’t you all supposed to live simple lives?” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“Easier said than done. Where am I supposed to find an exorcist?” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Whites, darks, colors...what was he supposed to do with Boots’s black-and-white-striped shorts? Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You were supposed to take care of him,” said Louisiana to the lady. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

In an emergency, I was supposed to step outside the block into the corridor and lock the door from there. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A few days. I’m supposed to just sit around and wait for a few days? I’ve got better things to do.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“How do you suggest we do that? I’ve never been able to think of a way, and I’m supposed to be the one with all the wisdom.” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Manman was supposed to be here taking care of that face. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Ms. Rochambeau, are we just supposed to talk about regular people killing people, or are we going to talk about the times when cops kill people, like black people specifically?” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

“I just remembered it is All Hallows Eve. This is the night the witches are supposed to ride abroad on broomsticks, and the spirits do all sorts of queer things.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Today you are more likely to find commentary on their “disappearance,” either as a supposed demographic reality or as a shortcoming of the middle-class imagination. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know this room is supposed to be more or less soundproof . . . but I swear I hear the sound of guns and the vibrations of distant screams. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

I didn’t ask what I was supposed to call her, because I could see that she hoped I would never have the occasion to call her anything at all. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe politics and borders were supposed to keep us apart, but David and I built a safe space, a nest where our differences brought us together. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Another one, popular with inhabitants of northern Europe, invokes the supposed stimulatory effects of their homeland’s cold climate and the inhibitory effects of hot, humid, tropical climates on human creativity and energy. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Porters mopping the floor and new arrivals moving into empty cells were the only ones who were supposed to be out of their cells. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Am I supposed to feel sorry for her? Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Stumbling around, getting in the way, don’t know what the hell you’re supposed to do.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

They never knew they were supposed to be afraid. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

"Thirteen is supposed to be extra special," he says. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was beginning to loosen, and I supposed I needed to redo it. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

He’s supposed to go to play practice at noon, but as soon as he leaves his house, he calls his director and tells him he has a bad flu bug—hopefully the twenty-four-hour kind. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think so. I think we already did whatever it was we were supposed to do, and now we have to wait.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Buildings are supposed to stand up,” I say. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

I take the seat beside her, and though I tell myself that I am just an undercover agent obeying his supposed leader, I feel like I am a son comforting his grieving mother. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

When everyone at the head table looked down at me, I smiled and nodded like I was supposed to, since I'm the Son Who Is Going to Inherit Hoodhood and Associates. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

“Jabir,” she said sternly, “those dogs are supposed to be on leashes.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Sam and I were supposed to sleep in the living room until Lynn got better. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

It didn’t matter that he was their five-tool talent who was supposed to be the next Willie Mays. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

I thought this was supposed to be over by now. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

She sounds like a six-year-old reciting lines from a school play about the food groups: You mean you’re supposed to eat jive servings of fruit and vegetables a day? If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

People with red hair are supposed to get mad very easily, but Allie never did, and he had very red hair. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“But I’m supposed to be free. I was free, born free!” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

It was past midnight when a frantic telephone call came in from the site where the practice bombing was supposed to take place. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Shan laughed, short sounds that seemed cut off prematurely, as though more were supposed to follow but did not, and because she merely laughed, not saying anything, Ifemelu added, “It’s interesting.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He was supposed to date girls like Diana. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Are we really supposed to know what we want to do for the rest of our lives at the ripe old age of seventeen?” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

The order in which I was supposed to prefer these qualities was magic, love, fun, sex, and money. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

She says I’m only supposed to be using it for schoolwork, but I’m sure the fact that Olly has started school and only gets home after 3 P.M. has something to do with it. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Here's my situation: The surface mission was supposed to be thirty-one days. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

In our family we fought with vigor, adults as well as children, even though we knew we weren’t supposed to. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

"You're supposed to take them to a recycling depot. They'll pay you for the glass. Not much, but at least it's something." A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“In front of her classmates? What kind of professional is he supposed to be?” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

I let my mind drift off to when I was supposed to pose for Karen. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

We may pause briefly before a famous masterpiece that we have been told we are supposed to admire, then ignore the gallery full of equally beautiful and important works around it. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shudder, as you’re supposed to when someone walks over your grave. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

And she was supposed to be a good girl. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He’s not focused on me, clearly, even though this was supposed to be a date. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He wondered aloud how he was supposed to report on a story from twenty miles away. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Look . . . were just not supposed to get along, okay? Our parents are rivals.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Pancakes ain’t supposed to make you look like you want to cry. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Lord knows what they’re supposed to do, once they get there. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know I am not supposed to interfere. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

But Mami says how is she supposed to remember all the crazy ways the Americans have changed Spanish around. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

The uniform is supposed to make us all the same. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Dying. Losing my parents. Staying here for the rest of my life. Never figuring out what I’m supposed to do. Being ordinary. Losing everyone I love.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“We already know the difference between this world and, um, the other one,” she said, as if that was supposed to make everything better. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The maps all looked ancient, but Dimple supposed they would have to do. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I hear him the way she must: this is not what people are supposed to talk about at the dinner table. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

But with so few distractions in this place, what else am I supposed to think of? In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were supposed to start there, in a smaller group, before he’d change things up. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

They were supposed to relieve another patrol, but who knew where anything was in this rat’s nest of a sector? The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I’m not sure I’m supposed to hear this. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The code was supposed to— “Maybe you should just push that button,” Chuck said. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He was supposed to take her straight home but she told him to just ride around for a bit while I cooled off. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

The campus seemed deserted—everyone was at the party, I supposed—and the green lawn, the gaudy tulips, were hushed and expectant beneath the overcast sky. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Looking at it, you see right away that the biggest problem is the massive chunk of clay in the middle of the face that’s not supposed to be there. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Nigeria became where she was supposed to be, the only place she could sink her roots in without the constant urge to tug them out and shake off the soil. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Are they supposed to make you dizzy or something? Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Looking back on it, she supposed it was all those years of people attempting to claim her, choose her, of feeling an invisible net cast around her, that had led her to this proposal. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Am I supposed to care what the kids at a little old place like Wilson School wear?” The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t supposed to know that all of them—except for him—were brain dead. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She saw a few white women fanning themselves and whispering in the ears of well-dressed men—their husbands, she supposed. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nan and I were supposed to hand out cakes and pastries this year. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Here? With her? And where am I supposed to stay?” Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

The following day, Thursday, June 25, Haupt was supposed to start his job at Simpson Optical. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

You weren’t supposed to turn it on unless you were going at least thirty miles per hour. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

His mother would know exactly how much change she was supposed to get, and she'd send him down after it. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The seniors had to be at the gym at six-thirty so they could learn where they were supposed to stand and what they were supposed to do. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That man was one of the Secret Service agents who were supposed to be guarding me.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I Robert James Fischer do hereby irrevocably and permanently renounce my U.S. citizenship and all the supposed rights and privileges of United States citizenship. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The refutation of the supposed antipathy between garlic and magnets was like a loose thread on a sweater: pull on it and the whole thing would unravel. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

"I'm supposed to know all things when it comes to you and your transition to court." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

‘I know! The Portuguese have taste. Anyway, I supposed this was a decent place to lie low for a couple of days.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“How was I supposed to know he was about to hang up?” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

These things Kazi tells me are the memories I was supposed to have. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“All those supposed to be attending the eleven o’clock shift instead of the eight o’clock one, please step outside.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If there’s supposed to be some secret code here, I don’t see it,” he said. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I’m supposed to hype myself up, but all I get out is, “I’m Bri.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Louis was supposed to be on duty behind the counter. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I’d been mesmerized by her beauty and just the idea of her—I didn’t know I was supposed to talk to her. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Instead she took another slice of bread and was just wondering how nice the cheese standing on the supposed scriptorium table would be when she noticed Mo whispering something to Elinor. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

It’s always supposed to be there, like milk in the refrigerator or God. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

That was how it was supposed to work; some things just couldn’t be talked about in the light. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I can see now, it’s the Commander, he isn’t supposed to be here. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, technology is supposed to make life better,” she says. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Was she supposed to be happy that Park had called her his girlfriend? Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“And if Violet finds out, what am I supposed to say?” Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She locked it. How are we supposed to...?” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

If that was supposed to make me feel afraid, stupid, and small, it worked. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He thought he could just show up and everybody was supposed to fall down and go crazy or something. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She supposed her mother must have locked it again. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

“I can’t. I got econ homework, a speech to write—man, I thought you were supposed to do all the work. I just put up the money.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Am I supposed to tell you my name, or am I supposed to come up with something clever?” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Fall was supposed to be the year’s busiest time, but travelers were scarce lately. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

My mother was supposed to host the next meeting of the Joy Luck Club. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I was supposed to be an engineer, myself.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I am hot supposed to speak of it.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I am supposed to be having all the words in all the languages, but I am not. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

She was supposed to tell me if a line was off or hype me up when a verse was good. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

She liked knowing exactly what she was supposed to do. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The way they said it, the way it’s supposed to be, all the storybooks and movies, why did you lie to me? The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

"What are we supposed to be looking for?" Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

If that was supposed to make me feel any better, it didn’t work. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The film is supposed to give refugees going to America an idea of what our new home is like. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Was I supposed to ‘just trust you’ when you left me at the studio?” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

All Hanako could make out was that it was a “bad” book, something they weren’t supposed to be reading. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I try to redirect my dream the way it’s supposed to go, but nothing changes. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I was supposed to get a cake shaped like the Eiffel Tower, one of his favorite places in the world. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She hadn’t put on sunscreen since they were supposed to have gone to the movies. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Ida Spavento had wanted to come in her own boat, and she was supposed to be picking Scipio up on the way. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

I really felt like we were supposed to kiss or something, but I didn’t know. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Total diffusion of rapid communication devices, which is supposed to bring about nationalism almost inevitably, had not done so. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Star Trek was supposed to be me and Dad’s special thing. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Also at the top of the mountain is supposed to be an old man, a man who too has many names. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Roy had almost had a little sister, though he wasn’t supposed to know about it. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had no idea where he was supposed to go. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

PPS What am I supposed to do with this chicken now? Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

I had to watch my grandmother die, but Ivy was supposed to save hers. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

They weren’t in a room, as he had supposed. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

He led me into the library, where we children were not supposed to go. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“That’s your problem. What is that supposed to mean? ‘Here or elsewhere’? Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

“It’s supposed to be in that file,” he said, “but it’s not. That means the company never did one—or they lost it on purpose.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m there more often than some of the gangbangers, and it’s always for running my mouth when I’m not supposed to. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

We were supposed to be sleeping; we were supposed to have been sleeping for maybe an hour, but we weren’t at all. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

The nails in it were supposed to kill the evil jumbi. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

But affirmative action was never supposed to address broad economic inequities, just the ones that stem from specific kinds of discrimination. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Her tone is polished, befitting a lady of her supposed station. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The night the Boggs Ferry town council was supposed to vote on this amendment, there had been the first cuco attacks. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Grandpa’s boxcar stopped right where it was supposed to at the platform, and Mr. Tuttle helped Loomis open the big door. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

On the other hand, I supposed his first choice was actually an inanimate injection-molded plastic figurine. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Be happy your mom will be there. Only my grandfather and TJ are coming. Tanisha was supposed to come, but I doubt it now.” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I had stayed exactly where I was in the driver’s seat, mostly because I wasn’t sure what I was supposed to be doing. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

If there’s someone untrustworthy around, it’s supposed to light up and spin. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“But Shay, you said it yourself: I wasn’t supposed to be giving out directions to the Smoke. I feel really bad about the whole thing. I’m not going to go advertising it.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I got into my bunk and pulled the mosquito netting around it and then Peewee sprayed the netting, which was supposed to be his good idea. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m supposed to be at Hilly’s at six to meet Stuart. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Whether I'm supposed to be reading it or not. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“I heard the seeds are supposed to be bad for you,” she said. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Girls aren’t supposed to play on the lower field. Better get up there before one of the teachers sees you.” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Sierra felt an invisible thread of possibility hanging in the air between them, but she didn’t know what was supposed to happen next. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

“And I’m supposed to give up because you tried?” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The other man, I supposed, was the one I’d seen with him the night before. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m pretty sure it’s supposed to work the other way around.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I don’t know what I’m supposed to say. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Each room has its own displays, grouped according to. whlat you are supposed to learn. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

We were supposed to come back that evening, so we carried no food or water. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I wondered if Jennifer was going to remember we were supposed to spend the morning running our lines. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

They refused to stand at attention when Marina entered the classroom, as they were supposed to do for a senior instructor, and had to be scolded by Marina’s superiors. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

He supposed Gwydion had been cast in another dungeon; Taran fervently hoped so. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

He was a “coyote” and was supposed to help us get through our second obstacle—the border, without getting caught by Immigration. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

He takes the ball out and he’s shaking his shoulders and nodding his head like I’m supposed to be nervous. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Farmer was supposed to be there as well, but he was stuck in Paris due to a delay in getting a visa. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Tyrion had hoped for both Stark girls, but he supposed one would have to do. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She didn’t understand how she was supposed to learn magic with no training. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The site was supposed to be very old—well before the local invention of pottery. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“What was I supposed to do? She called home when all I did was skip a detention. I got my beating, so she had to get hers.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

“This whole tournament’s supposed to be about getting to know foreign wizards and making friends with them!” said Hermione hotly. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Close enough, I supposed, so that God would definitely know we were there, but not so close that we appeared to be hogging too much of the Holy Spirit. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

We are supposed to talk about it tomorrow during lunch period. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

If it doesn’t, you can blame the shrimper who was supposed to mail it for me when he got to port. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

"It was a long time ago. How am I supposed to remember stupid stuff that happened a long time ago?" Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

When Ivy handed all the drawings over to her homeroom teacher, she told Ms. Lafontaine that they were supposed to be seen as one piece, one story. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Besides, I'm supposed to be introducing the arts center to the tour groups.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Not in this lifetime. You’re supposed to be at practice, which means I get to play my music as loud as I want. That’s the deal.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

How was I supposed to respond to that? Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Were those kids supposed to know anything about him? The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

She never paid attention to the things she was supposed to. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

The journey is supposed to take fifty-four minutes, but it rarely does: this section of the track is ancient, decrepit, beset with signalling problems and never-ending engineering works. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

How the hell was I supposed to know how to raise a girl by myself? Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“We were supposed to! That man told me—he said—I asked for another week.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“I hardly know the guy. How am I supposed to get him to put together a whole game just for me?” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Enigma operators were supposed to change their machine settings daily, plus make other minor changes for each message. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Did I tell you guys I’m supposed to be an eyeball?” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“And I am supposed to have managed your education!” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

That means if there are supposed to be three bananas you have only two of the three. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Their minds were fuzzy at best, like the ghosts Frank had seen in Asphodel, but they remembered one thing clearly: they were supposed to protect their eagle. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“I think something that was supposed to happen didn’t happen,” Poppet says. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

We were supposed to pick up another escort. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And what sound is that supposed to imitate?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

This kiss is supposed to sweep me off my feet, make my heart leap from my chest, and give me all the tingles. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“But—” Two hours later, there was not a single “snake” still attached to anything to which it was supposed to be attached. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

They supposed that he was a splendid specimen. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

No: they continued to test at about the same levels as before the supposed brain drain. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Had Dumbledore forgotten the lessons he was supposed to be giving Harry? Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I guess it was supposed to look like something from under the sea, but I don’t think there are any lakes or oceans that really have rocks that color. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Also, every ‘good’ human being is supposed to love others as himself, protect his fellow man, risk his life to save another. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

When she climbed out of the pond, a glimpse of the triangular darkness her knickers were supposed to conceal. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I go home like I’m supposed to, but the second my mom leaves, I let Natalie get her buttons and I give her as much lemon cake as she wants. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was shocked to read that the sixth graders are supposed to return to school on Thursday. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Blanca cleaned her face with Harem Cream, a pinkish grease that smelled of roses and was supposed to perform miracles on women’s skin. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Excuse me, Mr. Plum, but what are these clues clues to? 1 mean, exactly what are we supposed to find?" The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when the chalk his troops used for surveying ran out, he turned to the grain that was supposed to sustain them on their trip through the desert. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

Lon was supposed to be working on his letters, though he’d memorized the alphabet before the end of his first week, and now found these exercises dull. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“She’s supposed to be, but—” One of the boys stepped forward and prodded the light with a finger. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“Unless—wait, do you think I should’ve written a letter for her? Was I not supposed to wait for her in line today? Was that wrong?” The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“I was all mixed up with how I was supposed to feel. No. I did not love him.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“But I’m supposed to be falling,” the girl said. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Boys ain’t supposed to cry at times like this. Are they, Momma?” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

“They’re not supposed to see each other until the ceremony,” Caroline said. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Now what were they supposed to do with this clue? Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Why didn’t his father understand that Las Vegas was supposed to be for just the two of them! Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Sure, I was supposed to be in college, but it wasn't about that. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I mean, how are we supposed to shower?” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

From the beginning, I looked around and figured what I was supposed to do. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

"But-" "Before you came here, the Resistance sent a boy. Zain. He was supposed to be a gardener. Did they tell you about him?" An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“No. Someone from animal control is supposed to pick him up today or tomorrow.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know how to act at a party, or where I’m supposed to plant myself to stay out of the way of constant traffic. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

According to this book, I’m supposed to be caught in a whirlwind of teenage emotions, laughing one minute, crying the next, zooming around on a roller coaster, which is their term. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I know what I’m supposed to do to solve the equations; somehow I just manage to get all mixed-up in the middle. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

“Stop muttering about the drafts,” Doli ordered brusquely, “and think of some way to get us out of here safely. If you’re in charge of a way post, you’re supposed to be ready in emergencies.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay. I’m sold. I am shipping you with the boy you met when you were supposed to be shipping relationship relics to your last boy.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

My supposed friends have been a lot more secretive. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. Rieser or something. He’s supposed to be very good.” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

But I did all the chores I was supposed to do at the home. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Or...it’s not how it’s supposed to work. Can’t you see that?” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“But Gaea is supposed to wake in Greece. That’s where the giants are gathering.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I don’t know what I’m supposed to say or do now. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

But how am I supposed to be brave when I’m terrified? Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I’ve gotten used to it, walking around as if I have a time bomb glued to my back, except the bomb maker forgot to tell me when the thing is supposed to go off. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

He isn’t supposed to speak to me except when it’s absolutely necessary. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Catholics weren’t supposed to, of course, but that didn’t stop anyone. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t have bandages or a purple scratched-up face so how am I supposed to know how it feels? Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t know what he was supposed to be figuring out. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

It got later and later and later, and Marly was supposed to go to bed but nobody mentioned it. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Mother was supposed to drive me to BYU the next morning, but during the night, she was called to deliver a baby. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

And Jack wasn’t there, and she hated when he wasn’t where he was supposed to be. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

It was heading out with day workers to Santa Monica, which was supposed to be on the ocean. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They cut to what is supposed to be live footage of a female reporter, encased in a protective suit, standing in front of the ruins of the Justice Building in 13. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

How am I supposed to know about the money for the room? Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Though, Otto supposed, the flip side was someone like Leen Ellison, who failed to keep her inventions contained anywhere, usually resulting in mayhem. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

‘Well,” Grandpa said, “there’s supposed to be a white flag in the mouth of Black Fox. That’s where we leave the road. The camp is in the river bottoms.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

We all know that we aren’t supposed to talk about the test, not even now that we have chosen, but for them that rule must not be as serious as it is for me. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“We could teach you to control your gifts. You could help people. Protect them. The way your parents were supposed to.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Look at our camp. We can’t even stop fighting each other. And I’m supposed to get my stupid soul reaped.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I’m supposed to call Mom or Dad after school so they know I got home okay. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

"I'm not supposed to have opinions of royalty. I'm supposed to do my job." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I didn't, but what was I supposed to do, put it forward as evidence against myself? How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“And anyway I thought the two sides were supposed to be us and the British. Why are we fighting each other?” The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Potter,” said Professor McGonagall, hurrying up to him, as students flooded the platform, jostling for position, receiving instructions, “Aren’t you supposed to be looking for something?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I was supposed to drop each ticket that I took from a customer into a metal receptacle. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The copy desk is supposed to catch those kinds of errors before they make the paper. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m studying for my bar mitzvah and the paper chain is supposed to start tomorrow. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“You were supposed to be back at five.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Maybe I’m supposed to follow, now that I’ve said my piece and all. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Girls weren’t supposed to use them, but Nhamo was so elated, she didn’t care. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Private enterprise was supposed to build an industrial duty-free port in Bolivia Mar. Thus far the free market has not accepted the challenge. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

If I had to, I supposed I could purposefully put myself in danger to keep him close. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Maids were expected to clean fifteen to sixteen rooms a day by themselves, and though the shifts were supposed to be eight hours long, in reality it took much longer to clean so many rooms. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

I’m sad to say he is the person I’m supposed to look up to for good solid fatherly advice. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The doctor recorded his regiment and company and dressed his wounds, but without much hope of success; the loss of blood being great, it was supposed he would soon give up the ghost. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

But isn’t this system still doing what it’s supposed to do? The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

And how could it be supposed that his uncle and aunt would spare him again?’ and so forth—I always felt that something would happen in our favour; and so it has, you see. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

De Roos was supposed to have seen her at a news conference last year on subway crime, held down inside the station where she sold tokens. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dimple wondered if she was supposed to understand that. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I grinned in a way that was supposed to show that at least I wasn’t anyone to be scared of. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tapestries clung to the walls, which were supposed to keep the corridors warm, but also made everything smell vaguely of damp silk. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

The guys are supposed to be hitting Stone Mountain, but if Manny’s holey wife-beater, flannel pajama pants, house slippers, and scowl are any indication, hiking isn’t real high on his to-do list at the moment. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

How am I supposed to leave here without telling him? Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

It is supposed that said girl is in the vicinity of Mrs. Steel’s plantation. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The index is supposed to keep the world free from cultural and genetic bias, but aren’t there underlying factors that we can’t escape? Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Ron, who was supposed to be jinxing Harry, was purple in the face, his lips tightly compressed to save himself from the temptation of muttering the incantation. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Today, we’re each supposed to bring in something that represents us and tell the class about it. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

“I know, Ophie. But it’s not enough. I was supposed to have a life, a grand one! And instead I’m...nothing but wisp.” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

But of course I knew that I wasn’t supposed to have any opinion in the matter so I kept my mouth shut. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was that cool and cute Arthur guy, who clearly hasn’t been burned by the universe before, because he actually thought we were supposed to meet. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Naturally, I head behind the menagerie to find out what Marlena’s not supposed to see. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The new team was supposed to help with the workload. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

One evening when Eliot’s mother came to pick him up, Mrs. Sen served her a tuna croquette, explaining that it was really supposed to be made with a fish called bhetki. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Hello was supposed to come over that evening, but he called around six. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

And even if I got Shiloh for my very own, how was I supposed to feed him? Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

"We're supposed to gather at the Giant's Bridge on Sunday after the sun goes down. They said to bring a long pole or a stick." A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, but that wasn’t supposed to be us. It’s not our fault the virus is mutating.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“But we was all three of us supposed to be fishermans.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

She wasn’t supposed to make it; we weren’t supposed to make it. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

We are supposed to sew pot holders, for our mothers. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“How I’m supposed to see the money? It’s so dark in here I can hardly see the eyes even.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Was I supposed to know that they knew that I knew, or not? Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

She takes my hand and drags me merrily forward, like she's one of my sisters and we're headed to lessons, or breakfast, or to sneak off someplace we aren't supposed to go. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I was only six months old and I was supposed to croak during the surgery. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

As for the women, we’re supposed to make extra money modeling nude. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t learn to put limits on what I was supposed to like or not like. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

How in the world am I supposed to do that? Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Parents are supposed to pass down physical traits to their children, but it’s my belief that all sorts of other things get passed down, too: motifs, scenarios, even fates. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

It’s supposed to limber us up, but it feels like dancing in a chorus line. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

She supposed it was just a matter of time until they could field an invasion force. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Wes wondered where people like him were supposed to go once they’d been priced out of the old neighborhoods, once the land changed hands right under their feet. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Everyone knows you are not supposed to speak to strangers. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Billy could not imagine how the curtain was supported in nothingness, and he supposed that the magic curtain and the theatrical grief were part of some religious ceremony he knew nothing about. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

How is he supposed to know that Ma always gets her price? You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The finale was supposed to be a couple of hundred-foot-tall Spartan warriors who would crackle to life above the ocean, fight a batde, then explode into a million colors. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

He’s the one who was driving the car when he wasn’t supposed to. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

“This wasn’t supposed to happen,” she blurted out. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“My father doesn’t live here anymore. My mom kicked him out last year. I’m not supposed to know the reason, but I do. Do you want me to tell you?” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

"It feels like I'm supposed to. It feels..." How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“They’re supposed to be running shoes. I never run in them.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

But though, what with the new war, the unemployment rate was supposed to be dropping, there were still enough women around for the stores to be picky. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am to be Captain Smith’s page, which means I’m supposed to serve him and learn from him. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

This was neither as large as the locket he remembered seeing in the Pensieve, nor were there any markings upon it, no sign of the ornate S that was supposed to be Slytherin’s mark. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Now he was supposed to be reading quietly while Mr. Habazz helped some other kids with math. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“I can only conclude that this potion is supposed to be drunk.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“All these years I’ve been somebody I didn’t even know I was! You’re supposed to tell me big things like this!” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“Am I supposed to say ‘Where am I?”’ she said. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

He felt awkward, not sure whether they were supposed to talk about what had happened. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He was quite active, even though people were supposed to relax in the bath. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

She snuffled and adjusted her clothes to make certain all the seams were lined up precisely the way they were supposed to be. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Nothing is supposed to get in the way of the four of us all sitting down at the same time. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

They were supposed to bomb enemy defenses northeast of Stalingrad, near an important tractor factory. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

The bombs were all supposed to go off later, and in three waves, to make people think that the person behind the attacks was somewhere near the school, setting them off with a cell phone. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I sat frozen, staring at Gary, thinking, Wait a minute, that wasn’t supposed to happen! The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Yes. I’m supposed to eat dinner with my family,” he says. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“The king of the city, I guess. Once I find him, I’m supposed to ask for the borrowed line, which, according to the fish, is something I’ll need for Never-Ending Mountain.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

"Your husband was supposed to present himself for deportation last week," the oldest-looking officer says. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

This is exactly the kind of thing I am supposed to be defusing! Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Nobody was hurt. What was I supposed to say? Rumors that several bodies were removed from the woods . . . well, there certainly will be rumors now she’s printed that.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I tell Mami we’re supposed to have the pancakes with maple syrup, but we don’t have maple syrup, so we sprinkle sugar on them and they taste good. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

For the first time Nat remembered that Lem wasn’t supposed to have charge of the guns. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We’ve all been taught it’s supposed to be the man who has the money and the status and the power.” Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Asked if it was in one of the parks, she said truthfully enough that she supposed it might be a sort of park. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

His one-volume history of the Army Air Force in World War Two was supposed to be a readable condensation of the twenty-seven-volume Official History of the Army Air Force in World War Two. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

We aren’t supposed to chew gum in school, so we hold the Chiclets in our mouths until we go outside for recess. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

"A whipping boy is supposed to yowl like a stuck pig! We dress you up fancy and feed you royal, don't we? It's no fun if you don't bawl!" The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

There was supposed to be a time at recess but few children were able to take advantage of that. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s supposed to be easier to like yourself when someone else likes you. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Economic man,” that great abstraction of economic science, is supposed to do whatever it takes, within certain limits, to maximize his economic advantage. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

To be an actor you’re supposed to have thick skin, but Samuel’s skin was never thick enough. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Harry supposed that the wind must have caught him in mid-jump. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

This is supposed to be El Jefe’s favorite party mansion, where he keeps his favorite of the moment. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he reached his front door, he remembered that he was supposed to be following someone for a new client that night. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“How I’m supposed to know who’s a cop? Everybody looks the same to me.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I supposed that he thought before that I was not only ugly but old too, and that now the knowledge that I was probably unused attracted him. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We're meeting our other friends inside the theater. Whoever gets there first is supposed to save seats for the rest of us.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

“But maybe Lucy wasn’t supposed to be your compass forever. Maybe she was there for you just long enough so you could learn how to be your own compass and find your own way.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Men like him, the article would suggest, weren’t supposed to lose their cool—though it was never specified whether “like him” meant lawyers or something else entirely. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Intoxicated by what he heard from the prisoner he was supposed to betray, Shin made perhaps the first free decision of his life. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t supposed to be eating, because we were going to eat with my dad, so I ran out of the kitchen and found my mom in the bathroom. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Back to Bridgeport, Dicey supposed, the long way back. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Austrians were supposed to attack but he did not believe it. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

I supposed it was too much to expect an apology from Ucho, the Hot Pepper, but at least he wasn’t speaking harsh words anymore. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Jaden played a few more guys and then it was supposed to be my turn again, but I said somebody else could take my spot. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I was supposed to have been at Jill’s party on Friday. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

As a member of the relief committee, my father was already there and would be going back and forth for a long time, I supposed. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You two were supposed to make me rich,” griped Big Tony. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Here’s what happened: Mom and Dad were supposed to be at a planning meeting for Vacation Bible School tonight, but it got out early. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“I’m supposed to be there at seven,” I said. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Mr. Andrews tells the class what we were supposed to have heard. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“For instance, you’re supposed to be dead. And you—” He turned to Frank. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

We moved along smoothly, until we got to the part when Sinita was supposed to stand before me, the bound Fatherland. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought the Igwe was supposed to stay at his palace and receive guests. I didn’t know he visits people’s homes,” Amaka said, as we went downstairs. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

For the first time in so many sleeps, she knew she was doing exactly what she was supposed to do. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

She had been too wrapped up in homework, reading “The Black Cat” in hopes of figuring out what she was supposed to do next in Mr. Griswold’s game, and her family’s adventures. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

She liked shows that are supposed to be very sophisticated and dry and all, with the Lunts and all. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Mama was supposed to pick me up at three. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

How would I know how a breakup’s supposed to feel? Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Noah asked, "What is that supposed to mean?" The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

There are also long stories with characters, and although the story is supposed to end with some number, all the words block my path to getting there. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

“What am I supposed to do with you?” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

"But Madam Du Barry said we had a month together. She's supposed to show me how to do everything perfectly and take over her clients." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

They were supposed to look as a stone looks and feel as a stone feels. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“This stuff was supposed to be off the stage for my class tomorrow,” Miss Saunders is saying. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

What Reynie had supposed were light switches were only decorative wooden panels. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

In Spanish class today, they were supposed to write a letter in Spanish to a friend. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

The rain was supposed to take a minor break, and so maybe his beach trip would be possible. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

It was supposed to generate aggression, he said. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Chris says, “Thanks. You too,” but it’s so robotic, like he’s saying what he’s supposed to and not what he wants to. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

A few inches below what she had thought would be the last layer of human habitation she hit another—a culture, Roosevelt said later, that wasn’t supposed to be there. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I’m supposed to have the answer to the question by the time Dad gets home from work. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She acted like she was supposed to be walking out out of the building in the middle of the day, like she was on some kind of weeping/half-dressed/ drippy-bag mission. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“We’re supposed to be meeting the squadron at the club for drinks right now. Then we’re all driving over to the mess hall together for the ball.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

How was he supposed to do that now? Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I am supposed to know what to do later on that evening, when I hear other kids whispering and giggling in the dark. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He would have to face her, he supposed. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I tell myself it’s because that wouldn’t be wise, when I’m supposed to be sick at home. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

You were supposed to stitch a hundred or so of these squares and then sew them together to make a bedspread. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

How was she supposed to convince the princess that bringing back her papa was worth it? Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

I guess that was supposed to be my head. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Because they point to something that isn’t supposed to exist: a silent revolution. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Their teacher is supposed to be doing poetry again next year. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You know. That word game they had yesterday and the day before, where you’re supposed to. supply the missing words. It’s mostly that you have to put everything in context.” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

She and Rabiya were supposed to join us at the mall, and I wish they were here to help. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Crazy Kelvin was supposed to talk to us about our rights, not to stand there going “The who? The who?” One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was supposed to be an expert, being the head counselor for Aphrodite cabin. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Somehow Oliver Wood had never managed to convey with all his wriggling diagrams what that move was supposed to look like. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Look at your precious Lucille, supposed to be purged, supposed to be safe.” Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Afterward, the Reverend was supposed to get up and give the blessing, but he stayed seated. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

On them, you're supposed to write down your top five choices. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Then, at the part where Pa was supposed to pat me on the head for saying the right thing, Miss Marva Hendrix said, “Why can’t Vonetta be in charge of saving?” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

“You call that food? I want something I can sink my teeth into. Something that crunches. And what, exactly, is this supposed to be?” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

It’s a holiday and everyone is supposed to be happy. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

In an emergency they are supposed to say a code word, MAMAN, and speak directly to me in German. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

ZIP was supposed to stand for Zoned for Individual Progress, but all the kids called it the Underground Railroad because it was the last stop you made before you dropped out of high school. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Indian boys weren’t supposed to dream like that. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Heaven, the place I was supposed to go, but instead I ended up here. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

No doubt she was not supposed to be here. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

My mother asked the diviner to tell us why we were there; this was supposed to be a test of the diviner’s powers. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You . . . were . . . supposed . .. ?” the man stammered, obviously unused to French. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

The boat was gone, already at home on the river, I supposed, but my little friend was there. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a disgusted shake of his head Mr. Curtain exclaimed, “Children! Am I supposed to fear unarmed children? No doubt they’re in cahoots with my prisoner. Unlikely agents, but no matter—they’ll soon join him.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Bewildered, wondering what on earth he was supposed to have done this time, Harry got up and followed Uncle Vernon out of the kitchen and into the next room. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

"I thought I’m supposed to celebrate my life in exile here?" Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

All such clothing was supposed to have been destroyed. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What am I supposed to do about it?” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s also taller than my good leg, which Hank says it’s supposed to be, but I feel off-kilter. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

You were never supposed to betray your ignorance to inmates. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You were supposed to be witnessing for Jesus to me,” Lydia murmured. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

When I entered the apartment my mother was supposed to clean, I felt like I was inside the Museum of the City of New York. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

“This was supposed to be a party, not some kinda funeral.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

She probably forgot she was supposed to be sore at me. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

The image was on the screen for 200 milliseconds, and everyone was supposed to identify what he or she had just seen on the screen. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Shortly before the news was supposed to come on, a hideous scream arose from my sister’s room. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

I supposed he was thinking: there might be someone there, they could hardly hear from here. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

She was supposed to call first thing because Willow was going to be assigned a social worker and officially have her case file opened. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

We were being separated from the rest of the outfit, which was supposed to be operating further north above Phuoc Ha. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

We forget that we aren't supposed to be seen together until we get to the corner of our block. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“It’s with the police. The Germans. I’m supposed to be there, and...you know they don’t care anything about my job.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“I’m not supposed to bother you with the details, but you deserve to know,” he told me. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

If you drink a Coke and mix two aspirins in with it, it’s supposed to make you drunk. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

She had been too wrapped up in homework, reading “The Black Cat” in hopes of figuring out what she was supposed to do next in Mr. Griswold’s game, and her family’s adventures. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“My entire house is flammable, and it’s filled with fireplaces and candles, and that’s supposed to make me feel better?” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

She wanted to comfort him, but what was she supposed to say to someone who’d had his magic ripped away from him? Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Sometimes it weighed a little more, sometimes a little less, than it was supposed to. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was supposed to be a moment to thank God for the nourishment before us, but through my cracked eyelids, the meager offering didn’t look like much to be thankful for. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

JoJo was supposed to relieve me but I let him sleep. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

But she’s also supposed to keep an ear out for her phone, in case a text comes in. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“It’s almost dark. I’m not supposed to be out so late.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

The way it smells, really, really smells like something the inside is not supposed to smell like. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Since you’re so smart, tell me what I’m supposed to do!” Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was all I could do not to sprint out of Mrs. Baker’s classroom—even though we weren’t supposed to run in the halls—to the safe world of junior high geography. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

The day after the coup, the lists of people who were supposed to present themselves to the authorities had been published and the name of Pedro Tercero Garcia was among them. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Newt had said they were supposed to have come back by noon, just enough time for them to get to the dead Griever, explore for an hour or two, then return. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Anyway, I was supposed to meet with the lawyer again, so I was surprised when Sister showed up a few minutes before and asked if she could talk to me. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I suck my sleeve but I can’t help moaning even though I’m not supposed to. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

What are they supposed to do, go back to digging up roots? Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He considers finding a couch to sleep on, but what if these demons from hell break out of their cages and murder each other during the night when he’s supposed to be watching them? Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

This time he won’t show mine, the one that’s supposed to be mine, as I’m no longer in official existence, for now. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Who was he supposed to make a phone call to now? Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I’m back in my room before I realize she didn’t tell me what I’m supposed to do to get Jace to notice me. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“He’s supposed to explore his environment. That’s where he lives and everywhere.” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

One day he heard a chance remark that surprised him so much that he walked half a mile out of his way before he remembered where he was supposed to go. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was supposed to stand out without overshadowing others, to blend in but not fade away. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I supposed it was contraband because of the ease with which it could start a fire, trip the cell’s circuit breaker, burn the inmate, or burn someone the inmate didn’t like. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My mother thinks girls are supposed to like shiny clothes. Crazy, right?” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

In Guth’s original proposal the phase transition was supposed to occur suddenly, rather like the appearance of ice crystals in very cold water. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Being a pillow felt like the kind of thing a big brother was supposed to do. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Definitely red, but make it browner, like turmeric or cinnamon. The color red is supposed to make you hungry.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

So that’s the girl whose boot I’m supposed to live in. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

“You were supposed to dress up,” a skeleton guy chastised me before offering me a beer. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, I'm flat on my back beneath the very same platform where I was supposed to have died. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Crazy, but I feel like she didn't mind our ride, even though she's supposed to be on the police officer's side. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He turns into a little boy when Momma raises her voice at him, and he’s supposed to be the oldest. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know...I’m afraid we’ve made too much noise already. We were supposed to surprise it, remember?” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

"What am I supposed to do? Sit here and watch you die?" The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“What”—I said, struggling to work the blanket around so that I could walk—“is that supposed to mean? What did I do?” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I watch my hands unlatch the window that opens farther than it’s supposed to; I watch my body bend and ease onto the fire escape. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“We might go to my granny’s for a few days, but we’ll be home most of the break. I’m supposed to go out with Danny sometime, but nothing solid. You?” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I thought there were supposed to be similarities beyond the design of one house and people with the same names being in both worlds. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I’d have to give them the true location, and they’d know I did not take them where I was supposed to take them. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

The heat wave was supposed to last at least five days. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

“But how did you find out? We’re not supposed to know. “Never mind,” said Harry quickly — he knew Hagrid would be in trouble if he told the truth. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

But I suck it up like a Jackson’s supposed to and look her dead in her eyes. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“This is not how this is supposed to happen at all. Lita, why are you changing the stories?” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Well, what was I supposed to do—*it there while the period ticked away? Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

“I paid, like, twenty-eight dollars for this stupid cream that was supposed to boost my radiance. What did I get for it? A four-dimensional zit!” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

“It was supposed to be rotten,” she wails backstage, where I have gone to congratulate her. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You know we ain’t supposed to eat anything this close to dinner.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

It’s supposed to be like a new set of brakes for his memory loss. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“But I am supposed to take care of just my group. I have to take care of Scott. So I say to Andy, no, I go fast down.” Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

There was also an ambush in the forest but nobody was supposed to know about that King Arthur paid no attention to the coming battle. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were supposed to be an English literature class, but Miss Nesbitt used literature to teach life. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

“But they got off right after you, and it didn’t look like anyone was following them. Maddy said they were heading straight for the ruins. We’re supposed to meet them there tomorrow night” “Tomorrow?” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

With the excitement of watching the snow fall all day and school dismissed an hour early, I was on the bus home before I remembered that I was supposed to see her. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I guess I’m supposed to pretend I don’t see what you’re about to do?” she says. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“My head is killing me—why did I agree to go to work? I’m supposed to be off today, with you in Washington.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Without complaint, he ate his dinner—a dry brown sponge that he thought was supposed to be meat loaf and gelatinous mashed potatoes, though he left the hockey-puck roll alone. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“You are not supposed to be in here. The Collective has restricted this area.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Is that what you’re supposed to say when you find out someone has a new girlfriend?” King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

I forgot to feel what I was supposed to be feeling, we both did, because I can remember now. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, what am I supposed to do with it now?” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I say, “Yeah,” though, because that’s what I’m supposed to say. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Because clearly we’d done something we were not supposed to do, and we knew we were going to be punished. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

And with it, the realization that she already missed a life she was never supposed to miss and missed Dill a thousand times more deeply than she ever imagined. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

I was supposed to kill the man, and here I am worrying about his well-being. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

What are the odds we were both supposed to be there, but now neither one of us is going? All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She was with him when she was supposed to be in class. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

An audition is supposed to be an exercise in listening. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

A blade was supposed to reap my souL As a general rule, I preferred not to have my soul reaped. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I walk with the force field on my left, because that’s supposed to be the side with my superhuman ear. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

A guy like me, a guy my size, isn’t supposed to be scared, but I was. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t want to start Ess weeping again, but she did wonder what an Elder was supposed to do about a habit like that. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I am supposed to repeat my affirmations like incantations to drive the nasty voices out of my head. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

It was supposed to be a joke, but it backfired and someone got hurt. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were supposed to be going to Minnesota. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

From that day forward I sat pretending to read by the window, watching for Mami to come down the street when she was supposed to. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I feel like I'm supposed to make some comment to underscore the ridiculousness of it all, but honestly? Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

“I thought the dog was supposed to be dead,” said the bald knight. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

“And were supposed to take his other one,” Piper said. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

We were supposed to ignore those benighted sheep, as Dad called them. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

They are supposed to show respect, because of the nature of our service. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wild little thing that he was, Kira had no doubt that Matt had crossed the boundaries often and had gone to places tykes were not supposed to go. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I was supposed to go to Dillard and give a lecture Monday,” he said sadly. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

We are supposed to be capable of anything. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“Your Abbot was supposed to meet me with a reward,” Sela whispered. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The universe might be telling us we are not supposed to be together or something. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

“And God wouldn't lead you to kiss a girl unless you were supposed to marry her, so God wants you to marry the girl who believed I was a Frenchman suffering from hemorrhoidal Tourette's?” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

“We were supposed to meet up and read Deathstorm together. We were also going to go to the Renaissance festival. I guess we had a lot of plans.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Why, for example, am I supposed to leave her with my purse while she doesn’t even trust me not to sprinkle some drug-dissolving substance into my urine? Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Some of them are supposed to be as bad as Death Eaters,” said Ron. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“And one was at the hands of a person who was supposed to protect her! What, you think if you live next door to them, they’ll treat you different?” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Grief driving her to salvage something, she supposed. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

On Valentine’s Day in elementary school, everyone was supposed to pass out cards to every other student in their class, to make sure nobody was left out. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I’m puzzled because money is supposed to make you happy. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Being,” said Mama, “that we lost Christmas this year, let’s skip the part we’re supposed to read and go to the birth of the Baby Jesus. We’ll take turns reading. You start, Francie.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was invited, but I wasn’t supposed to be there. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

He didn’t know where Tool was, but Lucky Girl was supposed to be cleaning pots for a fishhouse down on the water’s edge. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Harry supposed that as Hogsmeade was the only all-wizard village in Britain, it was a bit of a haven for creatures like hags, who were not as adept as wizards at disguising themselves. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Later, before they buried the urn, we were each supposed to throw a flower into the hole. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

He supposed folks were all in their houses eating, even the children. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“One o’clock. I don’t even know the address of where I’m supposed to be.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Does that mean I’m supposed to go get Cokes for the two of us?” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“A uniform’s supposed to be snug. It isn’t supposed to fit like a nightgown.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s doing pretend semaphore, waving his arms in ornate patterns as if I’m supposed to understand some kind of secret code. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

We were definitely supposed to tell Mom before we went this far. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Mr. Neely sped through a two-minute lesson on what we were actually supposed to be learning from this whole dissection business, but none of us were listening. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Since we are all supposed to be equal, if one person starves, then all should starve. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve seen the commercials on television for the aquarium—it’s supposed to have sharks and turtles and penguins and a million other sea animals. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

I used to feel so proud, inside myself, because I knew that I was supposed to be top of the averages. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I believe you are supposed to be in typing class.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

A chopper was supposed to take us and one other guy out to the company. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You guys are supposed to tell me how important it is for you to get home,” Dill said. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Tomorrow’s Tuesday—when I’m supposed to meet with Sandy in front of the cathedral. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Look: You know how awkward it is when a lonely, early guest shows up hours before the party is supposed to start. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Martin would watch me steal from a supposed stranger and most likely would intercede. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

In Iran—especially in older homes—you were supposed to squat over the toilet instead of sitting on it. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Orders were barked at the new arrivals as they tried to figure out where they were supposed to be, and what they were supposed to be doing. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

It had never brought them anything else, so she supposed it must be the latter. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Do you know it wasn’t supposed to be in his personal collection when you found it? Do you have confirmation of that? Or are you making an assumption?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Always wore big flowered hats and bright-colored dresses, never “quiet” clothes like nice ladies were supposed to wear on the street. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

A frantic feeling started to grow, travel through my body, as if I was supposed to find that plug, put it back in, and stop whatever was happening. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“What were we supposed to accomplish? Can you at least tell us that much?” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Across the field, the kids from Ms. Alvarez’s portable came walking out with their belongings, in single file, like they were supposed to do in a fire drill. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I want them to stop moving, but they’re not supposed to for another few hours. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

I’m supposed to be coming up with a plan. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I was supposed to be the smart girl. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Why did they kill the soldiers? They were wounded. They couldn’t fight! Weren’t they supposed to be prisoners of war or something?” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

It bent back in a, way wrists weren’t supposed to bend, but I ate the pain, swallowed it down with blood, and became stronger. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

We were supposed to read “Rappaccini’s Daughter” and write a response paper on it, but I had until Wednesday. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Sure. Brown is warm. I miss brown. Everything that’s supposed to be brown — tree trunks, rocks, dirt — is all covered up with squashy green stuff here,” I complained. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Putting the dogs in the yard was Abel’s way of saying, “We’re going to do things around here the way they’re supposed to be done.” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

But this money was supposed to pay for the Halloween dance! Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

“I feel like I’m supposed to be here,” he said. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

He supposed it could have been worse; they could have been on the boat when it exploded. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

As soon as he was tall enough—age seven-ish?—he reached up and touched the lacquered side just because...well, because he wasn’t supposed to touch it. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

“I thought they were supposed to be slow! You must think I’m a total lamebrain.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

“I’m supposed to be studying. For summer courses.” Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

And all these magazines are supposed to be created FOR WOMEN.” Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

Unrelated Muslims of the opposite gender aren’t supposed to touch each other, so his gesture’s funny. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

He needs help and I am supposed to help him. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“My mother was supposed to bring me my stuff?” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“What am I supposed to do, then? Sit in the sand dunes until I die?” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Now we are supposed to separate and hate one another. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

This is supposed to signify that we are one flesh, one being. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

But what am I supposed to say to her? The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

My mind drifted and then I forgot what I was supposed to do. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

She’d learned they were supposed to stand formally when a teacher entered the classroom. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

He’d stand silhouetted in the grainy light of the bedroom, and though all of us were supposed to be asleep, and pretended to be, we were rapt, awed by his cheer and bravado. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

No one over thirty-two or under seventeen was supposed to be accepted. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Vanessa made little pink and blue dots where different family members were supposed to stand. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

You’re not supposed to see the limbs of your friends and relatives crammed into plastic bags, all tangled up together because no one knows who the limbs belong to. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“I thought things were supposed to be much better now.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Beneath was an article detailing how the United States, under President Eisenhower, had secretly worked to undermine elections that were supposed to unite North and South Vietnam. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He was supposed to call this thing cheii, like the horned toad. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I felt I was supposed to be the cautionary voice that prepared family members for the worst even while I urged them to hope for the best. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Maybe she went down to the landing like we’re supposed to,” said Sticky. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Her voice was unmoved as she replied: "What's that supposed to mean?" Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

He’s not supposed to carry it since he’s a felon, but he says that technically he doesn’t carry it. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I heard the door crack open, as Charlie peeked in to make sure I was where I was supposed to be. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Every big construction project is supposed to do one. That’s the law.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Was it all right to stop loving someone you’re supposed to always love? P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

You weren't supposed to call students up late at night, but I had it all figured out. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

It should be evident that many of the supposed facts we have been looking at—the weapon salve, for example—are rather odd, and always have seemed odd. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

When the horses did this, Charlie was supposed to take a bottle filled with water and crack them between their ears as hard as he could. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“We? I’m not supposed to go! It’s only for parents. Can’t you drop me home first?” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“Okay, your cab to the bus station is supposed to get here in, like, ten minutes,” Libby says, walking me to my own fence. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I do exactly what you’re not supposed to do when lying to someone: I don’t meet his eyes. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, he was supposed to have since moved to Florida. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And it seems to me that in order to get things back the way they’re supposed to be, you have to go,” Cabot said with some hesitation. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

“I’m supposed to meet a friend after school.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

The haircut I’m supposed to be getting is going to have to wait. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

When she was younger, she’d supposed it had belonged to a maid, but at some point she came to understand that it had been for Isagol’s consorts, paramours, whatever you chose to call them. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Justin has a game, so he’s supposed to come later, after dinner. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

The prejudice that islanders are supposed to learn from superior continentals wasn’t the sole reason why record-breaking Japanese pottery caused such a shock. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“If I do move ahead, how am I supposed to remember Jermaine?” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

She had to wear one of those clunky boots and wasn’t supposed to walk. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was there the day I failed my Trial, the day I was supposed to die. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

I knew what I was supposed to say. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

When people began chipping away at the Berlin Wall, more joined in—including the very East German border guards who were supposed to protect it. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Rain poured down on the meadows that were never supposed to have violent weather. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

And tonight was supposed to be the night when everything clicked into place. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“I heard the audience is supposed to be a mix of art and theater students attending summer camps,” Louis, a quiet, blond boy said. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Hermione wasn’t there -— he supposed she was still in the hospital wing having her teeth fixed. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Isn’t there a depraved activity you’re supposed to be taking part in? Kicking puppies or spying on girls while they change, or something?” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The open sea was supposed to be his territory. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I was supposed to stay in my room after bedtime. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

There was something she was supposed to remember. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

He tells Theo that young people are supposed to be “happy and jolly.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

If I can’t figure out how to live on my own—how to do things on my own—how am I supposed to live at all? Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Christ! You could have drowned! They’re just supposed to throw you in the water in your underwear and run!” he shouted. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Affairs of honor were supposed to involve only personal charges. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

It was not supposed to end like that for them. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“It’s my ribs,” I explain to the trainer, a no-nonsense middle-aged woman we’re supposed to address as Soldier York. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

That’s less than four dollars in American money and how are we supposed to live on that? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

If their center left Jose and cut over and picked Ducky up then he was supposed to dish the ball back over to Jose. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

You were supposed to take care of your siblings, but no. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Only I forgot to tuck his business card under the jar like I was supposed to. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

But what exactly am I supposed to fix? Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

I know I’m supposed to go in there, but tonight doesn’t feel quite right. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I consider Jesus, who is supposed to love me. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You said I was supposed to be holding the ladder. You accused me of letting it go.” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“Bax. I was kinda thinking I was supposed to leave the two of you alone. Is everything okay?” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

My penny hasn't gone cold, and this seems like the place where I'm supposed to be, so I walk on in. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The first salve was something that was supposed to make hair grow. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

One thing I know, you ain’t supposed to see daylight when you look at the bottom of a boat. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

It’s supposed to orient us in time, in preparation for later, more specialized courses. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s in a meeting. That's all I know. It’s not like I’ve memorized his schedule. I’m just supposed to do all this cataloging by myself, I suppose.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Roosevelt supposed that the monkey must have been dangling from a tree branch, trying to take a drink of water from the river, when the catfish swam up and ate him. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

“I never meant to cheat off Abigail. I was trying to cheat off Noah. How was I supposed to know he puts down the wrong answers on purpose? I thought he was this big genius.” Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

It was supposed to be sealed inside a can, but some might have leaked out and might have been blown into our suits by the oxygen fan. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What else was I supposed to do?” he demands. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

What were they supposed to do after they had visited the flowers and the Church of the Nativity and the other holy spots lined up like pearly buttons across the stony ground? Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

She's supposed to check to see if they have a reservation, seat them, and hand them their menus. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

What she saw was a lot of inmates out of their cells when they weren’t supposed to be, hanging out mainly in anticipation of rec. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s nothing to do with that. I don’t want to visit a carer. We’re not supposed to and I don’t even know this guy.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

This kind of reminiscing is supposed to be done at the end, and I haven’t finished yet. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Hunting is one of those skills that the all-American boy is supposed to have. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I supposed that whatever I had breathed in, its vapors had been strong enough to throw me from the real world into Yakov’s. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Once, in another era, she supposed the massive tent might have been considered grand, even impressive to some. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“You aren’t supposed to be able to just walk away from your patron.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

What they didn’t tell me was what my message in Iowa was supposed to be. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Just before Quincy was supposed to come home, the doorbell rang. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The old man wasn’t supposed to know, but from the smile he gave Tendai at the dare it was clear he had been informed about the victory. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

But I followed her instructions, because suddenly that's what it felt like—like she’d given me an order and I was supposed to obey it. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I know I was supposed to keep my head down. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“Was that supposed to be comforting? Because, no offense, it wasn t. “ Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Tonight is when Dray is supposed to go and sell those pills. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

It’s really supposed to be fifteen percent, but it depends on how much you like me. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

So how am I supposed to know for sure? From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Is that supposed to make all of this okay? The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I'm supposed to hate you for what you did, I think. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

"I'm not supposed to touch a girl I'm not related to, you know." What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“What? He’s not supposed to know that I know that he knows about you.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

"Du Barry told me she'd have the Beauty Minister speak with me. Like I'm supposed to be afraid or something." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

If so, how was she supposed to get it out? Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She put her head on one side as she spoke, flashing her too prominent teeth in what she supposed was a smile. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

And besides, I didn't even know where I was supposed to go. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“But you’ll have to show me what I’m supposed to be looking for. I’m a city girl.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Dari was supposed to be there already, and the minutes kept ticking by, and fluttery panic bloomed in my chest. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

"This wasn’t some taunts at a lunch counter! This wasn’t ketchup on their heads! Look at my face! I’m not supposed to fight back to that?" The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

And if he was selected, how was he supposed to react in front of Benji and Mr. and Mrs. Porter? Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Back in the United States, Liyana’s classes had oral history assignments where they were supposed to go home and ask their oldest relatives or neighbors what the world was like long ago. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, how am I supposed to do that if my hands are in my lap?” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Samantha knew it was important to be pretty and cute, but she had no idea how to be those things, or even why she was supposed to want to be. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“They were supposed to drag me and the backpack into Tartarus.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“What are we doing in here? We’re supposed to be hunting those children.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The Shift hasn’t happened yet, maybe it never will, but sometimes—just enough times to give me hope—my brain jars back into where it’s supposed to be. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

They would, of course, be selected by the infantry but we were supposed to work it out. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

He supposed this was some stupid new fashion. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“What sort of light am I supposed to bring back?” asked Gregor. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“She said you’re supposed to take it easy and remember things in your own time. All the aunties know,” says Mirren. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

He knew that he was supposed to shout, to act offended, to pretend to take his business elsewhere. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

But this year, with new teachers and changing classes, it’s all supposed to get even harder. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

They were the rainy stars, supposed to bring rain because the time of their evening and morning setting, which comes in early May and November, is usually rainy. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over and over, thinking of the unlucky pair of refugees who were supposed to be ferried back to England on my return trip. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“It’s the one thing none of us are supposed to bring up until someone’s ready. Heck, I bawled my eyes out the first few weeks.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

There, with all those eyes and that one little space next to her where he was supposed to be, he would feel so much more gone. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“What? I’m supposed to just sit with people I don’t know? Jules and Is are my best friends.” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“I’m supposed to be at that Tech Crew meeting,” Bridge said. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Barely a reaction to my being out when I wasn't supposed to be. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

“And sit on the floor. Bullets don’t know where they’re supposed to go.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

And after it happens again, I tell the others, “This is supposed to be about Rosa, not me.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

She didn’t realize you were supposed to wash out the mayonnaise, and in the picture that year I was peering out from under one stiff shingle of hair. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

"You were supposed to have died. Everyone knows the story." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“The Long Walkway is supposed to show a picture from every important legend,” she said. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Now Mr. Patterson had me bogged down in some kind of investigation, and I wasn't supposed to talk about anything until he had outlined the clearest course of action. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

She remembered her best friend Rosemary, who’d had braces the year before she did and had showed her how to eat jelly beans with them on, even though you weren’t supposed to. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was supposed to take me from the international terminal to the domestic terminal so I could catch my flight to Syracuse. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m supposed to be the one that you grab for your purse when I walk by. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It was supposed to be your son, Simon. When I called, he remembered, but he’d already made other plans. There was no answer at the other numbers.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Well, that was supposed to be the new library,” Brandon said. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“She was supposed to have been dropped by parachute and had to find her way to this pub.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Fie looked at me and I figured that I was supposed to say something. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Popper, who was still panting for breath, had not supposed the determined bird would plunge so quickly. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

I felt I wasn't where I was supposed to be. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“What was I supposed to say, ‘Which way to the Vermeer?’ Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

“And how am I supposed to find curtains for those windows? They don’t make curtains that big. Everyone can see right in!” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“I’m supposed to make up a phony quote?” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“They’re supposed to be signing a truce or something in Paris. ” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later, when I'm supposed to be asleep, my mom tells my dad in the hallway, “So he’s hiding from King, and you think he should hide here?” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Probably so, because I truly believe I was supposed to take this journey, which means God would have made a way. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Does that mean you don’t have any contact with Mbandaka right now? I thought it was supposed to be safer farther north.” Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

"I'm supposed to wait for them. I'm their nephew." The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Tell me, what is this supposed to mean?” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“There’s a mass and then a big party. Everyone gets dressed up and dances a lot. It’s supposed to mark the transition to womanhood. My grandmother has been planning mine since I was, like, two.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

This was the “big game”! We were supposed to win! The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

What we were supposed to be doing was what they called an interdiction number. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The palace itself is known as the Hall of the Sun, and it’s supposed to be a marvel, but I’ve never seen it. Red Queen 2015-02-10T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know what I knew, but I knew I was supposed to be here. You made me feel better too. So much better. I was so locked in.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

And if they did, they certainly weren’t supposed to show it. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

You’re supposed to put your coin in a slot and let it go. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

You were supposed to be my wife, to bear me children with silver hair and purple eyes, to keep the blood of the dragon pure. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The first answer is that Copernicus himself was less of a revolutionary than is commonly supposed. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Stares and silence greet us as we follow Edward deeper into the building that is supposed to be abandoned. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

And I knew I was supposed to be. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Michael Brown did not die as so many of his defenders supposed. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Officers around us were smoking, though nobody was supposed to. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the ceremony we were all supposed to leave feeling good. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s supposed to be tied up! He’s our prisoner.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

And yet it still scared me being out there in a place I was supposed to be watching. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The men were spooked by the story. I guess the old witch was supposed to live near Loomis Lake, in that old-growth forest, right where they were supposed to be cutting.” I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

These were supposed to keep any moon germs inside with us, so that we would not contaminate the world. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Clothes are supposed to have a body inside them, and mine is missing. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Isn’t hair remover supposed to sting like the dickens?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

They’re not supposed to be in the program but if they got an aunt or cousin or someone in the city they use their address. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

I’m supposed to use this time to make my own notes on the radio interview yesterday—as a kind of backstop in case the actual broadcast doesn’t match up with what v.L. remembers of it. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you know you aren’t supposed to barge in through people’s front doors?” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“He was supposed to perform today, but I saw him leave about fifteen minutes ago. He said he was going to the Fair.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He grinds his teeth against me like we’re supposed to mold together, but it feels like two pieces of metal that are shaped all wrong for each other. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

My mom says, “What were we supposed to do?” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She wondered what she was supposed to do. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

University was supposed to be the thing that gave him direction, but instead he’d wandered down a different path. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He supposed that the intent of the Gospels was to teach people, among other things, to be merciful, even to the lowest of the low. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was the sort of thing she was not supposed to say out loud. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

I’m not supposed to question that, am I? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

She told Dad, “I don’t care if this is supposed to be about football. He’s going to tell me why he won’t answer the letter and the phone calls from the Architectural Committee.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The last one was supposed to buy my slip. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

At my first recital, held just a few weeks after I joined the JO program, we were supposed to perform basic conditioning exercises. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Isn’t the whole house supposed to be safe?” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

New SS-HJ recruits were supposed to be volunteers, and most boys joined willingly. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe I was supposed to be a different kind of angel, one of those that swoop down from above when peoples die and then lead them up to heaven. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

It occurred to him for the first time that Grog, who was supposed to be in California, hadn’t made an appearance out there in a good long time. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What? Because of the inhaler? Isn’t it supposed to help?” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

But Miss Celia, the way she stares at me with those big eyes like I’m the best thing since hair spray in the can, I almost rather she’d order me around like she’s supposed to. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I was supposed to send the contest host my picture to be featured on the website, but I didn’t think the boy-goofing-around-in-the-Luigi-hat was very me so I never submitted it. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

We were supposed to be happy with our limitations. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Kinda smoky? And cold. Like snow. I think it’s supposed to taste like my favorite book.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

They were supposed to include her in family celebrations and vacations and help her enroll in educational programs and even pay her tuition if necessary. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Marina did exactly what she was supposed to and then made a faultless landing. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

When you set those traps up you’re supposed to hide somewhere nearby, so you can put the dead down real quick. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I took another step, and she gave what was supposed to be a fierce growl, like a crabby kitten, then whacked her tail again. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

The other is growing the right branches, that is, inferring how the words are supposed to join up in phrases. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

It was terrible when people weren’t at the places they were supposed to be. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Schools were places for information, and answers, and guidance, but was there supposed to be information, and answers, and guidance about frozen time at Fry High’s empty gym? The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I supposed there was some sense in creating practical things. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

I glance at Papa, trying to figure out how I'm supposed to respond, but he won't meet my gaze. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Raven said the game wasn’t supposed to start for a few weeks.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“And how about you? You know you’re not supposed to win.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The moment she tosses cumin seeds into the hot oil, I know this club is where I’m supposed to be. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

There were actually only supposed to be six kids to a table, but the seven of us squeezed in and made it work. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Tears dripped from my eyes, but blood dripped from my fangs, blood of the people I was supposed to love. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The beepers, newspapers, and magazines were distractions—we weren’t supposed to be occupied with any of that while on the job. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Was I supposed to eat the candy heart? P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“I’m not supposed to exist. And even if your camp had children of Minerva—” “They wouldn’t be like you,” Reyna said. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I supposed that meant he was still mad at me. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Is she supposed to whip out her own and kill him? Because that’s the kind of decision she needs weighing on her, right?” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Newton’s supposed discovery only imposed itself on the scientific community because Newton acquired ‘control over the social institutions of experimental authority’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Or should I find my story, listen to it, then just enough of the next tape to see who I’m supposed to pass them off to? Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Bailey stares at the card, wondering where the knight is going and what the card is supposed to mean. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She supposed she could bring her small suitcase in at some other time; she was too tired right now. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

In jeeps and marching in formations up and down Crenshaw, protecting the stores and businesses, I supposed. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

So, the day I was supposed to be a welcome buddy, she dropped me off in front of the middle school. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

After the books were transferred they were supposed to go to the shredder, but sometimes I took them home with me. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Jay, is Mama supposed to have company today?” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

If Hirschig had not found Theo at the office at 19 Boulevard Montmartre, he was supposed to track him down wherever he was. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Could it be supposed that simply because color was important to me, it had always been so? Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“This is supposed to keep the jock itch down,” Monaco said. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

We greeted each other on sight with the outstretched hands, the demi-hugs, the cries of surprise and delight that women are supposed to make who haven’t seen each other for a while. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

They’re big complainers—“their” gym is being hogged by a bunch of do-gooders; where are they supposed to shoot around before school; sixth and seventh graders will volunteer for anything; blah, blah, blah. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know I was even supposed to have issues until I came to America. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“The camera. Mr. Flux said it was supposed to capture the best time of our lives. Are you thinking what I’m thinking?” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“And you’re thinking about how rats are supposed to go for people’s throats.” Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

They were angry at us for living on prime land that was supposed to be reserved for whites. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

We weren't supposed to be tainted by the outside world. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Also, he had constantly to be reminded of what he was supposed to have done. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

We do have something in common: both of us are supposed to be invisible, both of us are functionaries. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bank managers were probably not supposed to suggest armed robbery as a way of doing business. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

We were supposed to smile a lot and treat the people with dignity. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Amá was supposed to pick her up, but because she had to deal with me at school, she couldn’t. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Once scientists knew how many chromosomes people were supposed to have, they could tell when a person had too many or too few, which made it possible to diagnose genetic diseases. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

According to Kyro’s workout schedule, I’m supposed to be “tapering”—doing easier, shorter runs—but I’m starting to panic. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

"What are you doing? You're supposed to be here, not running around in the woods!" The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“How am I supposed to manage all these kids on my own, and where are you going dressed like that?” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

She was only supposed to feel that smooth base when the tree tips were green and the swallows were awake and singing. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

We weren’t supposed to have cell phones, but I’d noticed that some of the Weekday Warriors carried them surreptitiously. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Because at Tab’s everyone was supposed to take their shoes off by the front door. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

In junior high, we run a mile every week and we’re supposed to get faster each time. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

The men who had captured her group had killed all of the children—she had supposed because they were too much trouble to take care of. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was actually supposed to land the plane, not dump me out of it in the air. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“He couldn’t—my mom was sick and she couldn’t, wasn’t supposed to, you know, and so he started coming to find me.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She held on to the fact that Louisiana was holding on to her, she supposed. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

“What am I supposed to do with them packages all afternoon? I can’t do nothing till after three. I don’t want to be carrying that stuff around.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I hold her hand—which, strictly speaking, we’re not supposed to do. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“Maybe it’s not supposed to be a phone number. Maybe it means something else. A math equation? A cipher?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I expected to receive instructions on where we should sit on the plane or how we were supposed to claim our luggage when we arrived in Miami. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

I was supposed to match negatives with their prints, just look at the picture and look for the same one on the negative strip, put it in the envelope, and do the next one. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

After two bouts of Danuta boiling her lower regions in a pot and one vigorous run up and down the stairs, I ask Emilika what time she’s supposed to be at the photography shop. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

We were supposed to be all sad, and we were, but it was also fun to bounce on the seats. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

When I left the arena, when the trumpets played, I was supposed to be safe. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

During the second, a Level Two drill meant for minor crises—such as a temporary quarantine while citizens were tested for contagion during a flu outbreak—we were supposed to return to our living quarters. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

He ran forward, pushing past people who didn’t quite seem to know what they were supposed to be doing, and leaped onto the ledge running up the outside of the stairs. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Bran did not remember falling, yet they said he had, so he supposed it must be true. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

But he wasn’t supposed to know that, and nothing would have made him admit that he knew anything about the baby. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

On Monday, the day I'm supposed to talk to the detectives, I'm crying out of nowhere, hunched over my bed as the iron in my hand spits out steam. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Christopher was supposed to meet him after work to get him down the stairs out front, but Lucas decided he would take them himself. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Mom,” I whisper, “I know we aren’t supposed to get close to them, but I .. . could I.. . ?” Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Fredericks supposed to stay two weeks this time. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I mean, guys are not supposed to love their little sisters. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Romans were supposed to be unselfish and help their comrades, but Frank wasn’t sure anyone else at camp would have made that choice. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Not even a whole angel, just a wing. And that’s supposed to be worth five million lire?” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Without looking up, I say, “Mom told you to stop chewing gum like a goat. The whole room is not supposed to hear you.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

How was I supposed to stop this thing? Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

We’re supposed to be keeping pace with each other so we can talk. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I still didn’t know exactly what the job was, or what I was supposed to do. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

It was okay when you were a little girl, but as you grew up, you were supposed to wear dresses and make yourself into marriage material. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“Tourism,” Dad said, because that is what he was supposed to say. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I know I’m not supposed to go see him. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Where we were supposed to find somewhere private? Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

I supposed that Papa was saving it for something because I never saw anything new tum up around our home, but, like any young boy, I wasn’t bothered by it and I asked no questions. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dory felt clumsy, and it would not keep its nose where it was supposed to go. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Were we supposed to come here, to the United States? The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

If you went to the nearest curiosity shop you might find some clever copies of the furniture which it was supposed to contain. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was in charge of an adult and he supposed in this situation it was the best way. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

‘You’re supposed to be an expert at that sort of thing.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

In some jurisdictions, they are billed for drug testing and even for the drug treatment they are supposed to receive as a condition of parole. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

I forgot what I was supposed to be feeling. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The meds might have worked if I dosed them the way I was supposed to, but they made me feel like I was packed in cotton. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Maybe meeting Arthur is supposed to teach me to be open to another dude in the future, to be bold and get his name and number if we meet somewhere out in the world. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Because you are supposed to be alive, Max, I think, holding his hand with both of mine. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Why is she always telling me I’m supposed to know this and that? The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

The Lord never sends you more than you can bear— That was an ancient Maycomb phrase employed by its fragile ladies who sat up with corpses, supposed to be profoundly comforting to the bereaved. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

We were supposed to all be together—my aunt, my cousins, my mother, and I. And in just a few hours everything changed. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Most of the narrators had joined the circle around George, as had a few of the barnyard animals, who were supposed to be clucking and mooing onstage. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

She wasn’t sure how she was supposed to solve the task with her bully and someone she didn’t even know. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

He was lying, even though he was Evangelical and they were supposed to tell the truth. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I think she’s supposed to be helping Mr. Pomodoro get the school ready for students from all over the world who are going to be nice to each other and make the world peaceful. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

He knows he's supposed to honor his country and his leaders, and that means to obey, honor, and sustain its laws. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

The threeheaded dog, Cerberus, who was supposed to guard Hades’s door, was nowhere to be seen. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

And even though there weren’t supposed to be any hostiles in the manor, she found her gun hand automatically straying to the Neutrino 2000. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Very calmly, I am proud to report, I tell him, “It’s supposed to make you more of a person.” Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I supposed when Maxim was away things automatically became slack. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“The whole thing’s weird. What was that writing on the wall about? The Chamber Has Been Opened. What’s that supposed to mean?” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

They’re not supposed to be the reason someone is heartbroken in the first place. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“We’re supposed to stay away. Patrollers must have smoked it out, I figure.” The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

This was not how the first night of the rest of my shiny, new, non-invisible life was supposed to start. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“What am I supposed to do with all those kids once they get back from Sunday School? You know Morgan’s off this morning. I can’t manage all these rowdy kids by myself.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

I know we’re supposed to meet for coffee today, but could you come over to Maya’s instead? Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Bridge listened to the audience get quiet, probably checking their programs, before she remembered that she was supposed to be sprinting toward the lights. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

“And how else is his mom supposed to spy on us if I don’t talk to her?” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Seeing a respectably-dressed person, a lady as she supposed, she came forward with civility. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Was she supposed to be looking for them? Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Also, how are you supposed to greet a fellow magician? Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“That is what they are supposed to do. They will disappear from Tartarus. They will appear somewhere else, where Gaea cannot use them.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Even when he was supposed to be readying his watch. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

But these were supposed to have been burned, I said. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Stingers were supposed to rush the car and shoot us, and I was supposed to follow Tariq into the easy quiet spaces of death. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

And an oval with a tic-tac-toe board in the middle of it, which Canton assumed was supposed to be the mouth. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Aunty Phillipa is asking Mom to come over. At least people there get paid when they are supposed to,” Amaka said, bitterly, as though she were accusing someone of something. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought we weren’t supposed to talk about Mom.” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

And since an owl was supposed to be wise, what could be better than an owl’s head for a symbol? The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The six planes were supposed to travel together as a group. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

“Have they posted the list? How am I supposed to know who to make fun of first?” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

He wouldn’t be able to intervene, to save me; the transgressions of women in the household, whether Martha or Handmaid, are supposed to be under the jurisdiction of the Wives alone. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“While the Imperial Palace is supposed to be grander, the dungeons are all the same.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

What are you supposed to do, sway or bob? A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I didn’t even want to, but how was I supposed to act normal with that thing in my room? The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

“I’ve got nothing,” she said, before remembering it was supposed to be a rhyme and adding, “too. How ’bout taking Boo?” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I don’t know who I’m supposed to be in my new world. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I cycle through the things you’re supposed to say at times like these, the apologies and the sympathy, and I don’t find a single phrase that feels right to me. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Or maybe I was supposed to figure out that kindness to Trey also meant me? Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

It was supposed to depict Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh and his airplane, the Spirit of St. Louis. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

And the mountain I was supposed to climb. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“And who’s supposed to believe a grown man was that scared of two children?” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

At about six Fm supposed to call two motels charging only $40 a day, where something may have opened up, but I realize I’ve left the phone numbers in the car. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Father once tried to explain to me just how the aeroplane was supposed to work, but I never did follow much of it, though I do remember the shape. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the day of my hearing he was supposed to sit with me and tell the judges that I had stayed out of trouble, had a good job, and was a model prisoner. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Myron’s leg bent in a way it was never supposed to. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

The question we were supposed to answer in our report was: What is the theme of The Call of the Wild?. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

These arrows are supposed to be straight and from a specific tree called a siteti. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh yeah, that’ll be cozy. Just the three of us. And where the hell are we supposed to go, anyway?” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I was supposed to fill in all this stuff so my new teacher could get to know me. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

And everybody else thought it was there because it was supposed to be? Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

How much loss were we supposed to endure? The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mom and I look at real ones on house tours, and I love running my hand against the wooden railings, even though you’re not supposed to touch anything. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

“The girls will call me a baby. And what am I supposed to tell Miss McDaniels when she asks me what I’ve done with my buddy?” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The dudes had short spiky hair and big collars and flip-flops and they all walked around like they were supposed to be somebody, but I’d never seen none of ’em on TV. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Some of the poultry plants were supposed to be filthy. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

But only if the exploding helicopter hadn’t already wiped all of us out, I supposed. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Aren’t you supposed to ask us if we would rather have a million dollars now or a penny doubled every day for a month? That’s the riddle math teachers like to give.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Where you are supposed to say all those “Ido’s,” we did. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Weren’t you wearing a purity ring when we got here? Aren’t you supposed to be saving yourself?” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“That pearl was supposed to be worth the Emperor’s entire fortune. A single pearl. I suppose it could’ve belonged to a dragon.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

He supposed it was as good a place as any to store wildfire, and better than most, but it would have been nice if the late Lord Rossart had told someone. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“She wasn’t supposed to eat the fruit and the serpent tempted her, and she did.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I stand up and push in my chair, like we’re always supposed to, grateful that picture day means that class ends early. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

How was he supposed to know what the difference between “fear” and “fright” was? The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Lucy was next to them, as tiny and quiet as ever, but she reached up and patted Liam on the shoulder in what I guess was supposed to be a reassuring way. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

They set up a play for Ducky where he was supposed to move off a pick at the top of the key and cut across the lane. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

There was no way to avoid mentioning the moped, but Bobby Gene kept calling it a bike, so I supposed Mom could picture it however she wanted. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I heard the murmur of their voices as I crossed the hall, and one of them laughed, Robert, I supposed. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“How was I supposed to know they were her skates?” The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Well, then, what am I supposed to do?” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Mandy was as tall as a fairy was supposed to be, but who ever heard of a fairy with frizzy gray hair and two chins? Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“It said I was obese. When I stepped on the console, the little guy that was supposed to be me on the screen blew up like a tick.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

That they would cross the river and be where they weren’t supposed to be, with a man they weren’t supposed to love. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shrug because what else am I supposed to do? Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I’m supposed to be a person of substance. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

For the life of him, he couldn’t see why plankton was supposed to taste better if everyone was stuck with it. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Whoever’s supposed to be in all those bandages. You might really be weeping for somebody else. How do you know he’s even alive ?” “What a terrible thing to say!” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Mama says it’s not supposed to be all fun and games. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Fischer signed his score sheet, made a helpless gesture as if to say “What am I supposed to do now?” and left the stage. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, when Pierre was supposed to be in Antioch, he was actually in Bayeux, having a jolly time with his mistress. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

That’s what his father assumed and he supposed that was what he had assumed as well. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If he didn’t make it, it was supposed to be served at his funeral. I propose we drink it to celebrate the old buzzard’s death!” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, Mr. Brademas reminds us of that about every eight seconds. It’s supposed to be more about trying than succeeding.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

She goes on and on about how dangerous it used to be, how the houses are small, how it’s supposed to be the new cool place, but in her opinion, “it’s just a polished ghetto.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Claudia. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. The museum is supposed to be beautiful. Paintings, drawings, sculptures from all over the world.” Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

“You’re supposed to keep taking the pills, four a day for another ten days.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I had forgotten that I was supposed to shield him from his own excesses. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Women were “supposed” to wait for the assignments from their supervisors, and weren’t expected to take the lead by asking questions or pushing for plum assignments. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

“What’s that supposed to mean? Of course I’m mortal! How did you get that sword past security?” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

"She was supposed to be sailing alone,” I whispered, "there must have been someone with her then, all the time, and no one ever knew?” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Powell said, “I suppose furniture is built into the wall. Or maybe we’re not supposed to sit or sleep.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

She supposed the school was just as big as it had ever been only her eyes had grown used to looking at bigger things. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was supposed to have sauntered right through that crooked door and into the bar with the rest of Hatchet’s men. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

No human beings had names like that “These guys are moving here next year,” Sloan bragged, like that was supposed to scare me. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“We’re supposed to bring guests, so I thought you might like...I mean...” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

What else am I supposed to say but “No ma’am.” Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

He thinks I’m supposed to be afraid of him just because I’m in seventh grade. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

And yet I am supposed to feel American. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

How we feel lonely, sometimes to the point of tears, but we don’t let those tears come because we are not supposed to cry. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d never told her I knew Dad wasn’t sending us checks the way he was supposed to. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

She was supposed to be with Joey, not here, not with Zed, not with Zed touching her. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And send your friends away. You’re supposed to be on guard.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“It’s a fact that spell is supposed to be a quiet one, or I would’ve never tried it.” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

I’m supposed to walk east from the station once I get there—toward the lake—but I still get lost for almost twenty minutes, going in circles and ending up in a cul-de-sac. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Am I supposed to feel sorry for you?” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

We were supposed to make the ditch deeper. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

I’m supposed to be one of the big shots this year—the eighth-graders rule the school. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

A fox barked nearby—the vixen, I supposed—warning the kits I was coming. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

But I wasn’t supposed to hear it then. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

It was supposed to remind cubicle workers to stand and stretch every hour, but it sounded like an ergonomic torture device. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I was supposed to be with her that weekend in Arizona, but I was struggling so hard to breathe the night before our flight that I had to stay behind. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Alex lets that sink in for half a second and remembers this is supposed to be about his gay panic, not Henry’s. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“You were supposed to feed it the slumber berries in these bushes. But you managed it well enough.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“I wasn’t supposed to tell anyone I was coming here. David made me promise I wouldn’t even tell you.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The water in this lake is supposed to be sa- cred. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s nothing for me to do. Am I supposed to just sit in this room the rest of my life?” Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought this was supposed to be no big deal,” I say. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

“Oh, I wish I could get Buddy on that crazy phone for a few minutes. The one person that’s supposed to know about all this funny business.” Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

It’d been forever, plus Dad made it very clear that they were supposed to look out for each other. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“Is it supposed to be covered in ice like that?” asked Bronwyn. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I was worried that if she saw me crying, she would be very unhappy and maybe she wouldn’t be able to leave the earth the way she was supposed to. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“About a day. I’m supposed to escort you to the showers.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“And this,” said Mrs. Windermere, “is Mr. Gregory, who is supposed to be producing my play at the end of the month but who is not making much headway.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He believed, as I did, we were supposed to have come prepared. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first they had supposed that there must be a large number of rabbits underground. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Nah, I’m supposed to do this journal thing for some counselor. But I just put whatever comes in my head.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

The bathroom smelled like an old person, and some of the tiles that were supposed to be on the wall were on the floor. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“How am I supposed to test whether you can think? That’s ridiculous! Now, how much force is required—” “Stop!” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Is it supposed to snow today?” she asked. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Julia was awaiting the rail pass that the groom was supposed to have put in the mail. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

In two weeks, he and this gorgeous girl are supposed to get into his car and drive up the East Coast together. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

"Yeah, I thought coaches were supposed to set an example," said Lu. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Pastel colors are supposed to be cool, but all of us are sweating just the same. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

“You became best friends with Twig, and I couldn’t compete with that. Like, the second you saw her, you thought she was so shiny and awesome and whatever, so what was I supposed to do?” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Me, the younger sister who was supposed to be the essence of the others. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

In homeroom everyone is all in a tizzy because today was supposed to be the last day that you could order valentine carnations, but Mr. Bontaff accidentally turned in our homeroom’s envelope early. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

He’s not sure this is exactly what Martin meant, but what is he supposed to say? Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Great. The weather’s actually supposed to be hot next week. We should take advantage of global warming while we can.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

He was supposed to be at 170 by now, one match before Herrera. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

All right, he paused on the staircase landing before leading us to our floor, and the kick that was supposed to delight my classmates by just missing the teacher hit him squarely in the backside. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

My country brother’s not supposed to have to school me. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I supposed she had heard of my efforts through Clarice in some way. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Am I supposed to look like that when I come on stage?” said Lil. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The wisdom is what you’re supposed to remember long after the sting of the whipping became a memory. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

“I should have come into that courtroom this morning. I was supposed to be in that courtroom this morning,” she said and began to weep. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Joe was evidently made uncomfortable by what he supposed to be my loss of appetite, and took a thoughtful bite out of his slice, which he didn’t seem to enjoy. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

“The Chamber of Secrets was supposed to be a myth, wasn’t it?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I was supposed to be helping, so I started up the path, hoping to get there before they finished. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“You’re the one who put the sign up! What was I supposed to do? Spend twenty minutes throwing out the garbage? He’d come down here looking for me.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“But we’re supposed to be six feet—” I start to say as she moves away from me, stretching our arms out but refusing to let go. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“When they finish their dinners,” explained Nala, “they leave their trays on the floor outside their door, where a hotel staff person is supposed to pick them up and take them back to the kitchen.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He’s supposed to run his show and everybody is supposed to fall out because he got a game. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Is that really how you’re supposed to eat it? People eat oil like that?” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Todd asked where they were supposed to stand. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

How were you supposed to make the stitches the same size? The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Then I looked away, remembering that I was supposed to be a slave. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Scythes were supposed to be above the petty, just as they were above the law. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Even if I wasn’t supposed to be friends with Anna, I knew she wasn’t stupid. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

Is your shirt supposed to match your shoes or is that your purse? Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Mrs. Baker, if it’s a comedy, it’s supposed to be funny. That’s what comedies are.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

“We’re hungry but we’re not savages! He is a guest! What was I supposed to do?” he said in a strained voice. “—to find something tomorrow.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t supposed to know how they were made. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the last game of the year, and you were supposed to commit suicide or something if old Pencey didn't win. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Twice, Bellevue sent bills for impossibly large amounts of money for services her insurance was supposed to cover. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

My voice squeaks when I ask, “Where am I supposed to shower before school?” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Petra suddenly felt as though she had forgotten something important, or as if she was supposed to be someplace but couldn’t quite remember where. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

He was supposed to just hang out, not basically challenge Hari to a duel. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He announced what was supposed to happen: “Naomi, we ought to marry.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I pretended that it was my mother sitting there and she would still have the baby and everything would be the way it was supposed to be. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

I wish I could speak to him like I want to instead of like I’m supposed to. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

They were puffing away on fat cigars—I supposed the cigars were stolen, too. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

How am I supposed to buy a bike when nobody pays me for anything? Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

"When? When are we supposed to meet him in the Basilica?" he asked as Barbarossa stepped up to the mirror again—this time to pluck his eyebrows. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was supposed to be off that day but was covering for a friend who needed the day off. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“Are you listening to something you’re not supposed to be listening to?” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

They were supposed to meet at the World War I cannon. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

At this point I became so deeply suspicious of everyone in the room that I could not remember what I was supposed to say. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

He grabbed for things—scissors—that he wasn’t supposed to have. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now we were supposed to bite our tongues. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Outside, I find Julia in a tight circle with the group of girls we sat with at lunch the other day, instead of waiting for me with Isabella like she’s supposed to. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I wandered into the yard, wondering how I was supposed to get the image of that withered apple out of my head. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

My real family is supposed to be meeting us here. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve got an e-ticket number. I was supposed to be traveling on Friday but I have to go today. There was a death in my family.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

“We humans are not supposed to eat with utensils,” she said. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The noise and movement began to die down eventually; I supposed the rats in the square had all either been caught or had escaped. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

What are you supposed to do when someone swings at you? The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“She wasn’t supposed to come until next week!” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“The birthday feast was supposed to take place at eleven a.m. But since somebody stole all the food...” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

“Even though I’m a teenager and I’m not supposed to.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

But how was Cady supposed to know what her favorite cake was? A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Marjoram probably supposed that he, Bigwig, had been promoted out of another Mark. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Am I about to discover where you, Ron, and Hermione disappeared to while you were supposed to be in the back room of Fred and George’s shop?” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Stevens’s first anatomy course required two complete dissections—how was he supposed to pay for that? The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“This is how I’m supposed to save Sir Fig Newton.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

“Oh. I didn’t know you, um...I thought you weren’t supposed to drink?” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

The other Titans were supposed to be here in Tartarus—maybe bound in chains, or roaming aimlessly, or hiding in some of those dark crevices. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Purely out of curiosity, Maniac replied, “How’s all that supposed to happen?” Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like I should have known that I wasn’t supposed to talk first. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

She tried to tell Day when Galen touched her in ways she didn’t think he was supposed to, but Day never believed her. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“This is supposed to be our business,” I say. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Elsie shoots Dylan a look and says, “It’s supposed to be a surprise.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

She is supposed to tell us the outcome of the conversation, but she just stands with her arms folded, her fingers tapping against her elbow. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

This was supposed to be burned along with my body. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

"So we're supposed to turn in baby pictures for yearbook. For the senior pages. I'm wondering, do you think you have one somewhere?" We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Though we are all supposed to be equal, there are nonetheless three levels of citizenship in the village. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The day my mother packed Oreos in my lunch. She’s a health nut. It was supposed to be a nice surprise.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Those words lap me a few times, and I know that this is exactly where I’m supposed to be. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The idea that you were not supposed to think in school seemed funny. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

He did everything he was supposed to do, fulfilled every promise. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

How was he supposed to do that now? Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

But he didn’t shout out the marks; Harry supposed the judges were holding them up and showing them to the crowd. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The money was supposed to make them happy, so we felt a little weird. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Everything went fine until they got to the spot where they were supposed to set it down. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had just embarked upon the immensely difficult topic of human Transfiguration; working in front of mirrors, they were supposed to be changing the color of their own eyebrows. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Wasn’t this supposed to make us happy?” he asked. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

He scraped the ground with his boot heel, to mark where each boy was supposed to dig. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I’m glad I’m not supposed to talk for the next few days, because there’s nothing I want to say. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“Then how are we supposed to get out to the clippers?” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

We are in a factionless storehouse, and the factionless, who are supposed to he scattered, isolated, and without community... are together inside it. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

After the reaping, everyone is supposed to celebrate. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Basically, we were all supposed to do anything that we were good at. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I’ve been lost in thought, thinking about what these sessions with Kamal are actually supposed to achieve: am I really planning to rifle through his desk drawers if he happens to leave the room? The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But how are they supposed to have ‘stolen’ magic?” said Ron. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“You mentioned during the course of your testimony these ‘dirty looks’ Mr. Miyamoto is supposed to have aimed at your mother-in-law. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Here, in the small bleachers alongside the basketball court, under the glow of the gym lights, I was supposed to be in my element. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

We all had sticks that were supposed to be the guns. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was thinking to myself, Three weeks, I’m supposed to get three weeks. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first is missing the hyphen that bolts together the pieces of the compound word that was supposed to remind readers of the problem with piranhas, man-eating. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

At break, as the only mixed kid out of a thousand, I faced the same predicament I had on the playground at H. A. Jack: Where was I supposed to go? Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“We’re not supposed to go there at all, yet. They’re still not letting us play outside because of the murder and everything. But my folks are weakening, I think.” The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was something so incarnately evil in the man’s expression that Ben looked toward his father for assurance that they were indeed supposed to be there. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think of all those people in Savannah the moment Hurricane Noah made that unexpected turn and barreled straight toward them, instead of heading back out to sea like it was supposed to. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

It can be either singular or plural, depending on whether it’s supposed to mean two individuals or a package deal. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Where’s my professionalism, anyway, the journalistic detachment that was supposed to guide and sustain me every inch of the way? Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know this was supposed to be a magical night. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He was supposed to be turning a beetle into a button, but all he managed to do was give his beetle a lot of exercise as it scuttled over the desktop avoiding his wand. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

And no one else was supposed to know how T was coming up in the Kings. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“They were supposed to go to storage. Before I came here, I was—well—I suppose you could say that I was getting out of Dodge.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

I’m supposed to point it at his chest, but at this angle all I have is his back, and a bullet in the back could go straight through him and into Alyssa. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

When she finally got to the end and shouted out the climax—which was supposed to make us all scream in fascinated terror—not much happened. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

“No! Well...I wasn’t supposed to be using Errol. You know he’s not really up to long journeys...but how else was I supposed to get Harry’s present to him?” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

She moved her hand to Hazel’s wrist and lifted her arm above her head, twisting it in a way it was absolutely not supposed to go. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

The truck was gone and Henry was supposed to be on a twelve-hour shift, but she needed to make sure. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“The party was supposed to start, but I told them it couldn’t begin until you were here. Two of my friends already left.” Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

The gray dot was hidden right where it was supposed to be. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

This saver stuff wasn’t going anything like I thought it was supposed to. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Seven hundred and twenty dollars. Talk about a rip-off. They’re supposed to sell for fifty-five a piece, but they charge a five-dollar service charge for each ticket.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Was I supposed to write down what he said? Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I’m not supposed to be thinking it or feeling it. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

At least that is what is supposed to happen, but you can always question the competence of the person who carried out the observation. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know what I’m supposed to do with her. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“No. I really did try to get him to like you, but he doesn’t. I mean, you showed zero interest in him. How was he supposed to know?” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

But what exactly was she supposed to aim at? Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Border Patrol found them all two weeks after they were supposed to arrive on the other side, and shipped his decomposed body to his hometown in Mexico, where they buried him. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“I'm not sure it's supposed to be called anything though, really. It's just my own brand of nonsense.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

As he disappeared Ophie wondered how she was supposed to help Clara when she couldn’t even find a way to help herself. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“I thought she was supposed to be the best bull. Al said she was the best bull.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

A lady’s Attendant is always supposed to have a pleasant expression, but I can’t seem to keep a grimace from my face. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

They had a device that made a loud clicking sound up there in the balcony, and when that noisy dicker sounded, the contestant was supposed to stop singing in midpassage and walk off the stage. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

A man is supposed to work and take pride in what he does no matter what the work is. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Not exactly. He said you weren’t supposed to be dangerous. But the Quileutes still didn’t want you on their land, just in case.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I was still supposed to keep up on my schoolwork, though, so it’s not like I totally got to goof off. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

It was as red as pokeberry juice and anything that color was supposed to be healthy. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

After all that, they were supposed to go back to sleep. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He always kept money which he was supposed to put into a Post Office book, in a navy-blue cotton bag, inside a Lego box. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Sure, they weren’t supposed to call her at work unless it was an emergency, but they hadn’t heard from her in over twenty-four hours and that was emergency enough. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t remember what she had done that I was supposed to be mad at her for. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know about no crew. We were just supposed to stop you from getting out of the harbor.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

And now I was out there in the world, going to class again, hanging out with people again, laying down the foundation for the future I was told I was supposed to have. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Who the hell are you supposed to be?” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Where I’m headed is supposed to be better, they tell me. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone complains, because they block the sun, which was supposed to fall on the glass columns of the Vuvv First Landing Monument. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“To work, or that’s what they say. We are all supposed to work.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I was supposed to be having the time of my life. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

If Dad had caught me with a book when I was supposed to be working, I’d have skittered, but Tyler was steady. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Am I supposed to feel inexperienced in jungle ways? I covered Asia for three years,” the redhead said, and smiled. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“And did you know it’s supposed to be a bad omen to tie shoes together and hang them from a nail?” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

“And what are you supposed to do for Capricorn? What does he want you for, Mo?” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

O’Dell said he thought Buck had “lit out for Detroit,” gone there, I supposed, to build cars. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The Union Army was supposed to be up on the ridge. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I suppose I could have said “I am supposed to vanish into the Night and the Fog—” Don’t know what she’d have made of that. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

She supposed the dinner would be at his college, where the porter, he’d said, was a gossip, though, of course, there was more than one porter at Jordan; nevertheless, it was puzzling. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I knew I was supposed to dash down the steps and hop on like a good boy, like Mom told me to do, but I just stood there and stared at it. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She was supposed to get married to somebody else a long time ago,” said May. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I let her drive my car that even I wasn’t supposed to drive yet. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Each segment was supposed to be no longer than five minutes, and Dimple and Rishi didn’t come on till the middle, so they probably had close to two hours of waiting left. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

In this approach the particle is not supposed to have a single history or path in space-time, as it would in a classical, nonquantum theory. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s not supposed to be open,” I whisper. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

I needed to remember I was in sixth grade and not in eighth grade, and I was not the hero who was supposed to be going to the rescue all the time. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

We have a sense of what a leader is supposed to look like, and that stereotype is so powerful that when someone fits it, we simply become blind to other considerations. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“I’m also supposed to rehearse with some pianist from the college that Professor Christie dug up.” If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Pima says I’m supposed to hook you up good. If I find you.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

After a moment of silence, Tim said, "You know he was telling a joke, right? That was supposed to be funny." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He was supposed to take the chocolates a couple of days ago. The assignment was over. But he still refused to take them.” The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had to tell several to quiet down—there was supposed to be no talking at all at this hour. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was learning how a boy is supposed to live, learning our traditions, how to be brave, how to protect the cattle—and not to involve myself too much with women. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Good grief. Is this smut supposed to be comedy?” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even in an emergency the council was supposed to appoint a committee to determine a course of action. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

I was supposed to have been listening not to the Paqo’s words but to something else. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Like that news flash was supposed to make what they’d done better. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I had naively supposed that I would have much in common with them, but I found them preoccupied with twisted sex problems. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was supposed to mean go away and leave me alone, but apparently he thought it meant please go on, because he kept talking. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

But in my case, since I don’t have outer ears, they had to put the earbuds on this heavy-duty headband that was supposed to wrap around the back of my head. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“You were supposed to write a research paper, not a personal essay,” he says, handing me back the homework. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

They were not supposed to talk to each other either. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not supposed to talk about this, but I don’t sell mirrors. I store them. For safekeeping.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“That’s how it’s supposed to happen. How it should happen. How it would have happened if I didn’t exist — and I shouldn’t exist. ” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Because she was thirteen, everybody supposed her nature was coming down, but it was hard to put up with her sulking and irritation. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Hey, so I don’t know if this is supposed to be a joke or a prank or what, but I saw your flyer about the post office. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

I kept thinking how Jaden was supposed to take us to San Francisco in a few days anyway. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I thought doctors were supposed to be smart. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

I know what I’m supposed to do next—I’m supposed to release the splendor back into the earth—but I can’t resist the temptation to hold on to it just a little longer. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Of course, Dell wasn't supposed to give the kids any kind of classifications, but what good is an organizing system without methods of separation? Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

‘The patients stayed here overnight. The god Asclepius was supposed to send them a dream, telling them what cure to ask for.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

In an ideal world, communism is supposed to create a society without class. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Imogen was supposed to say they were friends for life and that yes, they were family. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Sorry,” I say, unsure if I've opened a door I’m not supposed to. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

She was supposed to have cried out: “I see and feel daily that thy love beginneth to slake.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Something about how he wasn’t supposed to be paying that much attention. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

If you have a sister back home, you’re supposed to think of her as a pretty girl in a propaganda poster: rosy-cheeked, brave, steadfast. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“What am I supposed to do with a blank page, Abuelo?” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“What am I supposed to do with that?” he said. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

They weren’t supposed to fly more than three loops in a row, but Anya Demchenko got in trouble for doing six! A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

When I find out we’re supposed to invite our families, especially our mothers, an anxious knot forms inside me. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She seemed pleased, so Nailer supposed it was a good thing. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was not supposed to happen this way. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I’d learned the lessons I was supposed to learn and done well enough at the start of the year to progress to grade two. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

She enjoyed the stories and parables and supposed that white men had a point: Talk of salvation could give an African ideas. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“Why are you here? Aren’t you supposed to be on a date?” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Wights were supposed to be masters of disguise, but this one was clearly not a star pupil. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Every faction is supposed to have holding rooms for those who make trouble, but I’ve never been in one before. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Not any more. I’ll see Dr. Parker next week like I’m supposed to.” Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

“I mean, the thing is: he always follows me around. What am I supposed to do?” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

But she didn’t know how Mr. Griswold’s scavenger hunt was supposed to work—did this man know about it and he had a clue waiting for them? Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Maybe they were supposed to be festive, like the decorations people put out for July Fourth, Halloween, or Christmas. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Is the library lock-in over? Are we supposed to go home now?” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

We were supposed to go to the mall that morning. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

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

He supposed he’d lost a lot of blood; well, there was no need to suppose, with the evidence all over him. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Kids are not supposed to be here,” she said, her pencil-thin eyebrows raising up to her hairline. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

And honestly, I don’t even know how I’m supposed to do this without Mom. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Curtis is the youngest teacher in the school and is so honest with us that sometimes I wonder if she’s supposed to be telling us everything she tells us. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

According to the lie I told Daddy, my homework is supposed to be done, but I’ve been on a “Tumblr break,” a.k.a. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“There’s not much we can do until after the funeral. Vatete's sisters are supposed to prepare the body, but for all we know they’re dead, too.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Natalie raised an eyebrow at Chess, like he was supposed to understand something the younger kids wouldn’t. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I was supposed to get more than bread. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

I’m supposed to take the bus after school and meet her at the store. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

You think they were somewhere saying, ‘Well, this is supposed to be the land of the free and the home of the brave’? Nah, man. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“If they can take any form,” Zak speaks up for the first time, “then how are we supposed to prepare? How will we know they’ve begun?” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

And so she picked me up and I did what grandchildren are supposed to do: I erased the years between us. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

When you lose someone, you’re supposed to have time to say good-bye, time to cry, time to mourn. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Mr. Alacran said they were all supposed to toast El Patron at the same time and then smash their glasses on his coffin. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the town’s doctors, including the Shoun brothers, had been giving her injections of what was supposed to be insulin, but instead of improving, Mollie seemed to be getting worse. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“Have I ever done anything I wasn’t supposed to? I’ve always done what I’m supposed to as part of this family, right?” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

"Your rules are twisted. Besides, Elias wasn't the only one who violated your instructions. Marcus was supposed to kill me, and he didn't. You still made him Emperor." An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Now you and Bushra are making all the decisions. It’s nothing to do with her. I’m supposed to be making my own choices. I’m supposed to be growing up.” Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

I was supposed to come here every few nights and write out the daily register. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was supposed to move but not move. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

“I guess we’re supposed to be grateful there’s no fee to register.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

He gave no reason why he supposed she would want to know, and made no comment on the matter himself. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I'm not sure what I'm supposed to say; my second instinct is to feel bad for her. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“The thrill of moving from one job to another. Once you settle in, the Keepers will let you do only one thing. It’s supposed to be efficient.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I leave Sandy in the yard, sitting in my tent, because I don’t know what else I’m supposed to do. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

You shouldn’t smile when you do something bad because a smile is supposed to mean you’re being nice. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The map said RLS—Robert Louis Stevenson! He wrote Treasure Island. This has to be it. Whatever we’re supposed to find must be somewhere near here.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“I’m supposed to put the milk out on the sly.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I know that it’s supposed to be weird or maybe a little scary, but I love filling this empty house with noise. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“I’m not supposed to be able to remember things, but I found out that when I’m doing a play, I can memorize dialogue,” she says. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

When Malcolm X, the supposed demon of the white man, was killed, I asked her who he was and she said, “He was a man ahead of his time.” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I know what you’re looking for. I know the kind of responses I’m supposed to have, to create a certain picture of what my mind is like. All I’ve got to do is...” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Sir,” he said, “this is supposed to be Hiroshima. What should we do?” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

In her fierce concentration over her work, she’d forgotten that Father was supposed to come to the shop after his evening route. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

You have a clearly stated policy that children are supposed to be picked up by 4 p.m. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Not by a rainy season come and gone where none was supposed to be, nor by the plain green bushes changing themselves bang into poinsettias. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their shelling was supposed to soften up the beaches, drive back the enemy, and destroy his positions. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

How are we supposed to listen to this music? Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Which meant that we were supposed to be cutting off the routes the Congs could use to cut off First Corps from the rest of the war. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I broke my arm it was the day Mr. Axelroot was supposed to come. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This is really scary, okay? You’re supposed to be my friend.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

It rolls under a plank and onto a miniature diving board that plunks down and hits another marble that is supposed to jump a stick, only it doesn’t. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

She walked when she was supposed to walk and ate when she sat down to the table. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

When he was honest with himself, he supposed he always felt it in a way, lurking in the back of his mind, waiting for the quiet moments. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Our place was supposed to be worth almost a million.” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“It was supposed to be Scott’s job to turn clients around,” Beidleman explained. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

She put an arm around my shoulder as if she welcomed me, as if good friends were supposed to share bad times. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they ask him if the gold is real, he’s supposed to tell them “It’s real Stagecoach Pass gold!” with a cheesy southern accent. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The proles were supposed not to drink gin, though in practice they could get hold of it easily enough. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

There were broad perpendicular lines at gates, where inmates were supposed to stop and wait for permission to proceed. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stares at me as if I’m supposed to do something. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

He always called her "Ranee," but wives aren't supposed to call their husbands by proper names. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He’s supposed to be at the bottom of the ocean. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Cleaning out the attic. Isn’t that what you were supposed to be doing?” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Now what were they supposed to do with this clue? Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

"I was supposed to be the best. I was supposed to be named the favorite." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I click the lights up full and sweep the floor clean, like I’m supposed to. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I must be too excited to see something happening after all those hours, because I plain forget I’m supposed to be hiding. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

“So what was I supposed to do?” asked the Iceman, aggrieved, when he had told Shadow the whole sad tale. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

I’m not sure if I’m supposed to speak, but I can’t help it. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Only thing is, it went trampling around in agony and squashed half the real eggs — they took marks off for that, he wasn’t supposed to do any damage to them.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

She wonders how she is supposed to retaliate. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Isn’t that what I’m supposed to look like?” The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

After unloading us on the beach, our alligators were supposed to crawl inland another fifty yards to form a line of fire protecting the men who came after us. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How am I supposed to fight you wearing that? You can’t even get your arms up.” X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is how things are supposed to be. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

There was something it was supposed to be doing. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“I was supposed to in school, but I blew it off.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He was supposed to drive away as soon as the door opened, as soon as it was clear that somebody was home. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

"I can't leave. Where would I go? I worked so hard to get here. All I ever wanted was to be the favorite. I'm supposed to be here. I'm supposed to help." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

And what am I supposed to do with these old thighs now, just walk up and down these rooms? Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

This was the part where Pa was supposed to scold Fern for getting into grown folk’s business. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

I heard my mom say to someone, “We moved here because it was supposed to be safer! Where can we go after this?” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

I want to say more, but don’t know what the words are supposed to be. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

It’s supposed to guarantee that I will never be able to fade, finally, into another landscape. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

How was I supposed to take care of Frankie if we weren’t even in the same place? The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

He was supposed to be here an hour ago. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Daddy’s been an English teacher at Forest Heights Junior High for a long time, but Mother’s first day of teaching home economics at Hall High School was supposed to be tomorrow. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He acted as if I was supposed to know who he was. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m supposed to refold the shirts, sticking them with eleven pins. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

I’m supposed to dress and do my makeup at Hilly’s so Mother won’t suspect anything. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He was supposed to have lived a generation earlier than the most famous Greek traveler, the hero of the Odyssey. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knows about Patricia in two days because she got out of the bed to go to the lavatory when she was supposed to use a bedpan and collapsed and died in the lavatory. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

"Nobody's opened the box yet, they're all out flat. I'm supposed to be carting soup in to everybody, seeing as I'm the only one on my feet, but I brought you yours first." The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

It had become a place where no one had any idea what was supposed to occur . . . increasingly unmanageable. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They don’t even let Caleb help them, because we’re supposed to keep to ourselves tonight instead of gathering in the family room, so we can think about our results. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He supposed, in the end, that the morning was about as passable a morning as anyone could pass when he was forging through a Latin exercise. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

“I’m just a kid\\ I couldn’t kill my own parents. What am I supposed to do without them? Get a job? I’m four- foot-eight. I’m in the fifth grade.” Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

“I’m not supposed to be here at all. We threw away our GPS beacons weeks ago, trying to get away.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

They were supposed to be practicing the opposite of the Summoning Charm today — the Banishing Charm. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Are you supposed to be here?” she asked. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“Mrs. Capone,” Piper says, apparently forgetting she isn’t supposed to know her name, “let me introduce you to baby Rocky.” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

But how was she supposed to make friends with an aggressive forest elf who could make trees attack people? Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

When it was time for bed, she kissed Glerk good night and went to the house with Fyrian, who wasn’t supposed to sleep in Luna’s bed, but surely would. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Like how maybe I like someone who I’m not supposed to like and I feel like a complete freak because of it. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He laughs and Dad smiles and I laugh because I think that’s what you’re supposed to do when Uncle Pa says something. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I supposed screechers got the rheumatism, same as people. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“I know, and I feel you. But what am I supposed to do?” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He’s working on something else: a growth hormone that will throw their systems out of whack and make them pupate before they’re supposed to. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

How were you supposed to see anything wearing mirrored sunglasses underground? Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

I’m not sure if you’re supposed to mix the two, but the drink tastes okay. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Where were they supposed to get that much money? Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

He was supposed to have late afternoon practice too. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Do you remember those career surveys we had to fill out freshman year, the ones that were supposed to help us choose electives? Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

But by their very definition, black holes are objects that are not supposed to emit anything. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sorry,” she said, “I know I’m not supposed to laugh, but sometimes I can’t help it. I keep thinking of you tickling your teacher,” Another giggle spouted. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

“The mark of Daedalus,” she said, as if that was supposed to make sense. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“I haven’t got a clue what this lot’s supposed to mean,” he said, staring down at a long list of calculations. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

How was I supposed to learn anything if I couldn’t talk? Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

It would not have been so bad if they had been able to, kick and slash their way, but they were supposed to move in silence. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Robert supposed he was not, as there were a good many New Orleans dub men over at Klein's. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

It's supposed to hold oxygen, but a tank's a tank. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were banners and streamers, ringing every possible change on his supposed robotcy. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know what I was supposed to do. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“It’s supposed to be a tulip,” he said. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

“Harry, if that really is the Elder Wand, how the hell are we supposed to finish off You-Know-Who?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Keffers, observing this, would again shake his head, but when we asked him what else we were supposed to do, the floors being in the state they were, he’d make no reply. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What is up with the menagerie, lady? How are we supposed to cut this tree down?” Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

It was only when our flight back was supposed to land that I realized Abby really wasn’t coming home. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

And now I’ll never know what I was supposed to find. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

She thought of those snowflake and fingerprint stories about the perfect uniqueness of each one and wondered, “Are we supposed to feel good about that?” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

She supposed he had his heart set on their going down the river by themselves. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Or supposed to be asleep — once they woke up, as Ralph knew by peering through the dining room window. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Callum, it’s supposed to work both ways. So also you have to keep twenty feet from me.” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Is the woman in your painting supposed to be your mom?” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He never brought me candy or asked me to the movies or did any of the things a boyfriend was supposed to do. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why, I remember now. He was supposed to visit us tomorrow afternoon. How stupid of me.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I would say...that I wanted a different life than the one that was supposed to be my lot,” said Jule slowly. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

This was supposed to be our first interview with Yule May and even though I know that’s not going to happen, I’ve decided to come anyway. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I remember you telling me that after the cast list went up, two senior girls got mad at you because a sophomore wasn’t supposed to get the lead role. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

But you were supposed to have them, I think, at sleepovers. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“I'm not supposed to eat anything until sunrise,” he croaked. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

When your sister cries, you were supposed to comfort her . . . but this was Casa! A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“I’m a Spare—what am I supposed to do?” she grumbled. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

She was supposed to want to meet men, to keep her eyes open; she was supposed to see The General as an option that could be bettered. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I’m not supposed to go over my depth. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Are you supposed to make everyone look perfect?” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Are you sure we weren’t just supposed to go straight?” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

She felt stitches in her stomach and supposed they were from fear. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I mean, what are you supposed to do with that? Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“I’m not supposed to start yet, but I got anxious.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Even when somebody else was speaking and she was supposed to be focused on that person, her eyes would be on Master. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I’m not supposed to know what I know. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like I was supposed to be there and so was the mower. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

“Well, he must have forgotten it. You’re supposed to attend to that, too. I’ll show you where it is before you go.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

And then there’s the date she’s supposed to show up, scrawled in blue pen on a line at the bottom of the card: April 27,1979. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

I think that as we listened to the William Tell Overture, we were supposed to be imagining the Lone Ranger and Tonto riding their horses through the desert. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Mothers are not supposed to be more beautiful than their daughters, and daughters are not supposed to die before their mothers. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“How am I supposed to know? I can’t see the future,” I answer. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Concealed lamps flooded it with cold light, and there was a low, steady humming sound which he supposed had something to do with the air supply. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“It shakes one’s faith in democracy to think that such hysteria and panic can affect people who are supposed to vote intelligently next week.” Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

The next step in the plan was to homeschool me, which just means go to school at home, and Aurelia was supposed to be my teacher, all along. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

I’m singing the song, as if buried within its lyrics are instructions, a musical road map to where I’m supposed to go and how to get there. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You were supposed to call me yesterday. I thought we had a”—she glances at Zack and lowers her voice to a whisper—“a PIC mission.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

“It says Laboratorio on the plan and I wondered what that was supposed to mean. It's a photographer's dark room!” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

It had a little bit to do with jurisdictions, I supposed. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Luke could tell the boys weren’t sure if they were supposed to be happy or not. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“I knew she was going to open the box the minute that you said she was not supposed to open it.” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Then, without warning, the third sentence shifts to the imperative mood and we are supposed to have the reader, not the nouns, forming plurals in a certain way. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Sobbing into a crumpled white handkerchief, she says, “I thought this stupid war was supposed to be over by now. Why does my fiance have to go?” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Just big tortoise-framed glasses, as well as a retainer she was supposed to wear at night. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

My father always said when you want to go somewhere you’re not supposed to be, just walk in like you own the place, and nine times out of ten, you’ll get in. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

So fifteen years later, when I was selected to integrate Central High, Grandmother said, “Now you see, that’s the reason God spared your life. You’re supposed to carry this banner for our people.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s embarrassing to spend all your time with a seven-year-old girl, but Jimmy is always fiddling with his mechanical devices, so what am I supposed to do? Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How are we supposed to wait—with all of you eating like starving hyenas? I suppose he plans to push up the price, the dirty child murderer!” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re not supposed to laugh at your own father,” I said to him. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Harry and Seamus swished and flicked, but the feather they were supposed to be sending skyward just lay on the desktop. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

I’m thinking of Mami’s rule about how I’m not supposed to cause any calls home from school. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I think it’s supposed to be an old-fashioned beehive. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

"But aren't women supposed to be more beautiful than men in order to be enjoyed?" The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Turner supposed that if the Apocalypse had come, he could hardly have been more surprised. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

“He was supposed to stay a few paces behind me so it wouldn’t look like we were together,” says Schillinger, crossing his legs, which looks strange with coveralls. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Was the Ping-Pong table the one I was supposed to put the romaine on? Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“We were having fun! Rock ’n’ roll is supposed to be spontaneous!” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

He was there, just as he was supposed to be. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

It didn’t matter to me, but I didn’t know what I was supposed to say. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Everything had been shut tight while so much was still supposed to happen. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“We were all supposed to get familiar with his technique,” recalled Jackson Laslett, who earned his doctorate at the Rad Lab. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“How did you...? Where have you been? We looked everywhere for you. We were worried sick. You were supposed to come right back!” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Of course, he wasn’t supposed to ride a skateboard or go-cart down the ramp, but who could resist the temptation? Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Waylon was supposed to die on that plane with Buddy Holly,” Jimmy yelled. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I wondered if Joseph was supposed to hear it, though. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

“So he wouldn’t even tell you who’s supposed to be plotting all this stuff?” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Sure, sometimes they watched videos in science, but today they were supposed to continue working on their theories and experiments. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

“Right. We’re supposed to get him a hundred dollars’ worth of flowers.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The red veins were only weirwood sap, he supposed, but in the torchlight they looked remarkably like blood. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

So now they were supposed to obey her; at least there was that. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, that’s just great, Mom. What am I supposed to do? Turn you in?” A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I was supposed to say, “Yes, you may.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

It was Mrs. She’d picked up the phone when she was supposed to let it ring. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

“What are we supposed to do? What if they start attacking?” Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

“I remember looking in the mirror when I was little and thinking, Who are you supposed to be?” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

All Matt’s activities were supposed to be risk free. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

How am I supposed to control the Mist? The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

School is supposed to teach you about life, not death, I think. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

“There are supposed to be fifty hidden copies of The Gold-Bug James said. “How many do you think he hid before this one?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“The dishes are supposed to be back on the shelves. I take them out again for lunch. I set out lunch at one, but first the dishes have to be back on the shelves.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t supposed to foul out of a game that would determine whether our season ended or kept going. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

The sirens wailed, as if to remind us that there was supposed to be absolute silence. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

He isn’t supposed to meddle in such household discipline, that’s women’s business. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though this was supposed to be a chartered train that the deportees had paid for, a mass of Japanese soldiers in their khaki uniforms and caps pushed on board. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Weren’t there supposed to be three days after the Crucifixion— so it’d be Saturday, Sunday, Monday, right? Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

The holiday season is supposed to be a time of happiness that you can spend with your family, but this year turned out to be tragic. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I was supposed to make Granddad feel in control when his world was spinning because Gran had died. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

When Dodger and Oliver enter, all of us are supposed to jump up and make a grab for Oliver’s satchel. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Harris, who was thirty-one, said there was supposed to be another client arriving on the same flight from Bangkok, a fifty- three-year-old attorney from Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, named Lou Kasischke. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

"I thought I was supposed to show them all what I could do. Isn't that the point of the carnaval?" The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

We were supposed to be the center of their lives, but instead, they had constructed a new family consisting of Melina and the founding members of her fan club. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“And just what am I supposed to read out of his books for you?” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I’m not supposed to be back there but it’s the only place they can’t follow me. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

I pointed at it, said: “Look at it. What the hell’s it supposed to be, anyway?” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“We’re not really supposed to talk to the alive ones, but looking for dead guys is my job. Piper said.” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m supposed to give you this,” he says. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

What we were supposed to do was to set up an ambush on what we figured to be their route. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I supposed I knew what Mr. Ali wanted to talk about. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

And how does Zola know what angels are supposed to do? The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

“But, my dear papa, it is supposed to be summer; a warm day in summer. Look at the tree.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

How were they supposed to eat then, Dicey asked herself. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was supposed to return to Denver for a series of meetings. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“We were supposed to launch one this year too. I can’t believe the Russians beat us to it!” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

You’re disappointed in me, you expected more restraint from me, you no doubt want me to act the way a fourteen-year-old is supposed to. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“Yeah . . . well. . .” said Harry, bending his knees slightly, just to make absolutely sure Myrtle couldn’t see anything but his head, “I’m not supposed to come into your bathroom, am I? It’s a girls’ one. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Girls are always supposed to be so pure. Here’s one who isn’t, anyway.” 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I’m supposed to be at a party, living that College Arthur life. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

The struts were supposed to take the jolt out of the landing, but I wanted to be out before they hit. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know if I believe in God, but I know you’re not supposed say his name like a curse word. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“The tunnel’s supposed to bring us out above ground,” Taran said. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

This was obviously the point where she, Gilly, was supposed to come into the story, but it still seemed far too remote, like something that had happened once to a friend of a friend. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

“She was supposed to come straight down from the hospital. She left ten minutes before I did. Where is she? Where could she have gone?” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

It was to Dean Town I was supposed to go year after next, to the Teachers’ College. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

He handed her back the single sock he was supposed to be identifying, which was patterned with golden bulrushes. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

But what are you supposed to do when you’re also required to be kind and helpful as well as vigilant? A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“New Hampshire,” I say, before I remember that I’m not supposed to tell anyone my destination. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Haven’t we been a little too calm? They get to do whatever they want to us, to him—to your son—and we’re supposed to just calm down?” All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

This week that was supposed to be a fun break for my brain had just turned into my worst nightmare. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I don’t have the decency to keep their memories alive, yet I’m supposed to be their best friend. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I supposed it could have been buried in our fields, but if that was the case, there was no way I’d ever be able to find it. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Whatever he was supposed to get done as squadron commander apparently was getting done without any assistance from him. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“How am I supposed to open it?” she asked. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I totally forgot, I was supposed to text him when I got in. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

The question reminds me that he is my instructor, and I am supposed to learn something from this. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Because my father left when I was three, I have no idea what a father is supposed to do, so I’m winging it. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“It’s supposed to be Apollo 11. The moon landing, remember? One giant step for humankind?” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Maybe it was supposed to be this way, like part of a trial. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“What the hell are we supposed to do, just dump her here?” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“I wasn’t even supposed to have gone. But we didn’t actually land there.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Mother and I were supposed to go to the zoo the following Saturday to celebrate finishing all 30,000 cards. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then he wasn’t supposed to walk much but would drive in the car to a place he wanted her to see and then walk along slowly and look at everything there was. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

He was supposed to be in Room 23. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

Scythes were supposed to be random in their choices, but this random? Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

That couldn't be Mrs. Baylor in the bathroom because she was supposed to be gone—on her weekend! It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“How was I supposed to know it would make noise? It was supposed to be a silent spell!” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“That,” Zack says, “is not the way the body is supposed to work.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

It is supposed to be a joke, as if Gram and Gramps were going away by themselves and might not reappear until the following spring when the tulips were in bloom. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

An artificial smile spread across her face, and Hazel got the feeling she was supposed to congratulate the teacher on her generosity. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Akira was taking a lot of the rice he was supposed to share with her, but she didn’t say anything. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Raising a kid isn’t supposed to be fun.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

All I hope is that tonight is great for the people whom it’s supposed to be great for. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Clancy blinked once, then again, as if to clear his own cloudy gaze, to remember what he was supposed to be doing. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“We’ll make an award. What were they supposed to be for, meritorious service and bravery?” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the people whose world Kenna was supposed to be changing, it seemed, couldn’t disagree more, and when the results of all of the consumer research came in, Kenna’s once promising career suddenly stalled. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Besides, I was supposed to be mad at him, not worried about his dumb feelings. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Others remained in groups, gossiping, or so I supposed. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

I’m supposed to figure out how to turn the capture of the missing prince of Faerie to my advantage. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He was looking at her, soliciting her agreement with his eyes: they were not supposed to watch Nollywood, people like them, and if they did, then only as amusing anthropology. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“This isn’t how it was supposed to be!” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

This servant was supposed to watch the candle during the banquet and all night to make sure neither end went out. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z