| 单词 | surely |
| 例句 | A conventional engine would surely have made more noise. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Around her now, although it was surely her imagination, she seemed to be hearing the swish of giant tails. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z A more general and surely less parochial view was that his face had been just barely saved from too-handsomeness, not to say gorgeousness, by virtue of one ear’s protruding slightly more than the other. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z “Your father surely didn’t send you down here to be among the dead. He surely didn’t.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z “Whoever lives in there surely heard us coming. If they aren’t out to welcome us or fight with us by now, then I don’t think anyone’s there at all.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z Wang Lung, sitting at the threshold of his door, said to himself that now surely something must be done. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z “If the peach is leaking then we shall surely sink!” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z And with his carefully chosen clothes, surely he had to shop somewhere? Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z For if Porter did not turn his head and lean toward the door to open it for her, Corinthians believed she would surely die. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Melting zinc and sulfur was not a good plan, I didn’t think—it would surely detonate before the melting began—so I used dextrose and water to see if that would work as a binder. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z That should be enough, and surely if she worked hard enough she could forget this strange feeling of emptiness, the haunting regret that a secret and lovely thing was gone forever. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z The two days at Mona's cottage had been a reprieve from cold reality, but now, as they made their way down an overgrown trail that surely hadn’t seen human traffic in generations, that reality returned. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z ‘Husband, surely you see now - this was the only way.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z This was surely some cruel joke of his. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “But my good rats, surely you must realize that I can do nothing without my stock of herbs? Now please let me pass.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z There surely is something to these terms, but too often they’re the result of minds intent on discovering meaning where there is only probability. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t trust Estraven, whose motives are forever obscure; I don’t like him; yet I feel and respond to his authority as surely as I do to the warmth of the sun. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z There were mornings when Jon Snow did not quite believe it himself, when he woke up thinking surely this was some mad dream. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Those few moments would feel like hours, surely . A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z “But surely there must be some smart kids in the B class.” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z When he first came to the library, he’d thought surely he would find answers here. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “Ah. There was surely a reason why I was assigned to attend you.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “But surely there must be times when photographs don’t sell. Through no fault of your own, of course. And how much does a photograph typically sell for?” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I tried not to be too disappointed—surely our bead sales would pick up again once we had a bigger stock of necklaces to show. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z That was surely long enough to provide the stability required of a bomb core. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The paper my name was written on was surely gone now, crumpled up in a wastebasket or fed through a paper shredder. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z His fingers ached to rip it off; it was an evil and black charm which would surely bring him death now. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z In the one full-length mirror in ladies’ wear, a medium-tall figure is hunched over a cart, her face pinched in absurd concentration—surely not me. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Mad she may be,” Ser Kevan said, “but with so much smoke drifting west, surely there must be some fire burning in the east.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Black bit down on his jaw, trying his best to hold in the butt-whooping he surely had ready for Noodles. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Before Fern could tag on a “surely anything,” Big Ma said, “Bring me my belt,” and Fern jumped away from Vonetta and next to me. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z She opened her mouth to call the rower back—she couldn’t bear the loss; it would surely cripple her—and at that moment she realized she could hear nothing. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z You might get a disease just by standing near this one, and you surely did not want to share a sewing machine with her in home economics. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z She’s alone, they kept telling themselves, and surely she danced in no one’s arms, yet somehow that seemed to matter less and less. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z “It has been a terrible carnage, we know. We saw it from the window. But surely it is better that your aunt should be safe, and all the forms of justice satisfied.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z If he could do that, surely I could do this. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Of course it does, because in the next chapter, Verse Twelve, the penalty for disobedience of that Commandment reads: ‘He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.’ In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z But everything that happens twice will surely happen a third time.’ The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z If Goeth had seen me, he surely would have shot me or ended my life in an even worse way. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z “Lord knows it surely does help to share grief with somebody else.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z What she meant was that surely his cousin Aniekwena buried her. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I crumple up the rest of the napkin: no one, surely, will bother to smooth it out, to check if any is missing. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z If they stayed, that was surely his fate. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “Then surely you can sing no less than they, for you have a soul.” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z This is surely what Tokyo must look like at rush hour. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The chief who proposed to marry my sister surely didn’t dream Father would actually hand over his whining termite! The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z If I followed a murderer down a dark alley where he stalked a young girl — if I saved her, then surely I wasn’t so terrible.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z “You was a-saying,” he observed, when we had confronted one another in silence, “that surely I must understand. What, surely must I understand?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Although it was surely an illusion, the city, with Table Mountain looming behind it, looked agonizingly close, as if one could almost reach out and grasp it. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I had been persuaded that she and I were friends, and though I knew little as yet about what friendship entailed, I felt that surely a friend would wish to say farewell. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z He would speak of bodies in the houses and in cars; he would say he knew there was no other place: surely he had searched long enough. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z The flowing draperies, expensive carpets, and hand-carved furniture that surely belonged here had been removed. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z We laughed so hard I thought surely our parents would hear us. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z If they were hanged—for that was surely the fate awaiting any Lincoln conspirator—their four young children would be orphans. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Even if you are a private citizen, you surely wouldn’t want to seem bigoted while appearing in public. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Now it seemed years ago, not months, that he had lived at the Laphams’, and then surely Cilia and Isannah were the only friends he had. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z This was surely what they were thinking and hoping. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z And surely you and Franny are the only beauties in the family. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z Some would surely make it out alive, but others would perish in their own homes and businesses as the flames spread. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “I’m intimately acquainted with the term myself, but you . . . surely—” “You are not vile, base, or depraved,” Lyddie said. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z In response to what was surely a wildly confused expression on my face, he went on: “You know...it.” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z And now Harry came to think of it, surely it wasn’t usual for the Minister of Magic himself to get involved in matters of underage magic? Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z If they are programmed to regulate human behavior according to today’s view of nature, we are surely in for apocalypse. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z For surely, there is no real doubt that is what occurred. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z “But surely it alters them very much, living like that?” asked Dandelion. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The feat surely made Richard Parker the largest stowaway, proportionally speaking, in the history of navigation. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z That’s right and it’s his feast day and special for you because you can ask St. Francis for anything and he’ll surely give it to you. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z "We can make a better pace than this, surely," Royce said when the moon was full risen. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "You were too young to go to Trade Mart. But surely you knew of it?" Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He might give the impetus to the falling building, but surely it had to be toppling on its own account before it fell? The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z These surely occurred, but the errors were of surplus, not want. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z A medevac flight was very rare, but expectations among patients would surely be raised. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z She was speaking Flemish to him, soothing him, surely telling him that everything was going to be all right. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z But surely anyone seeing Mom’s face right now would understand that she hadn’t done anything wrong. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z To take on such edgy and controversial material and fail would surely be far worse than presenting a production of Beauty and the Beast that falls just a little flat. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z I surely didn’t want to be the girl no one asked to dance. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z As I expected, the door was locked as surely and securely as those locked trunks. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z She doubted it; surely, if he had such medicine he would have given it to her the first time. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z The child might have grown to be wicked or goodness itself but almost surely ordinary. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z If a white man raised by jungle apes could retain the integrity of a white man in a flannel suit, then surely racial purity could be maintained in any circumstance. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Thomas looked at Teresa, saw the sickened look on her face that surely mirrored his own. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Slowly but surely the oxen and horses start moving forward again, pulling away from us, people still looking back but at least getting farther away. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Someone would surely see them and recognize them. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Knew so surely that it brought a cold feeling to the back of my neck—a cold, self-delusional little breeze back there. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z His father counted for at least that many, surely. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Oddly enough, the question has never been raised; yet surely the differences between the two paintings cannot be accidental. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z While she was growing up, Petey’s mother, frank as she was, would talk to Petey about falling in love and falling in lust and everything in between, because surely someone would one day notice Petey. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “It is where you belong now,” they would surely say. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z And these were surely not the best of circumstances. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z ‘But some good it will surely be, if the rats don’t get it. Come home now, though. It’s getting dark.’ Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Finding out what had happened to Clara would surely be easier with a partner. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z The voice she was hearing was surely crying out for help. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z “But surely,” she said quietly, “this is the Mudblood girl? This is Granger?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z They had surely never seriously considered going to Florida anyway. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z If she had been born a generation later, or even a half generation, she surely would have gone on to college, but she worked as a secretary. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z “If you are lying to me,” said Gwydion, “I shall soon find out. Then I will surely come back with wrath.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z And surely, she saw me as well, but we hadn’t, until that morning, looked at each other simultaneously. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z “Keep us a place in your new home, for we will surely meet again.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew it as surely as if I could see it with my eyes. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z No, surely there had to somewhere be a resting place. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Tragedy followed them as surely as their dogs and birds of prey. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I accomplished what I set out to do and drew him, slowly but surely, toward me. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “If it’s been rolling around in his trunk for a week now and hasn’t gone off yet, surely it’s okay to...” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z It sounded impossible, but she could feel his presence as surely as if he stood right next to her. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z He’s looking at me, too, but he doesn’t seem to be looking at my hair, which is surely a mess, or thinking about the sweat I’m covered in. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z He’s covered all the time with white lime dust but surely that’s better than coal dust. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Somebody else had to, surely—someone besides the German army. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z He believed in a Purpose as surely as he believed that the stars above him were really there. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z But it is illusion to think that there is anything fragile about the life of the earth; surely this is the toughest membrane imaginable in the universe, opaque to probability, impermeable to death. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Child, have you grown! Arizona surely has been good to you.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z “You would have to go to a bookstore, and the person there would surely know that you are a Mexican and call la migra.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z I had not tried to imagine the end of slavery: surely the call of justice had been heard by all, and the issue had been resolved. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Surely some of them, some of those young prime field hands, glossy skinned, supple-jointed, surely some of those strong young men must have reached the North. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z If they stopped drinking the milk, then they would surely lose all the fat which they had put on and which made them so much admired by everybody else in that place. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z When I saw the tear I thought, surely, that my mother had died. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z He would surely run in circles when he saw it. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Even if my “Geronimo!” wasn’t loud enough, Abbey surely must have heard Dusty Muleman’s goons bellowing like bull elephants. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z It seemed that Stagehand would surely rush right by and that Seabiscuit would reappear in his wake. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Even so, even taken on their own terms, his statements were, surely, far too idealistic, far too theoretical, to deserve respect. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Though I knew Sass would never do such a thing, I believed she would surely kill my spirit with her spitefulness if I didn’t fight back. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z If they suffered, they begged for God’s mercy, for surely God was punishing them. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction 1973-09-19T00:00:00Z In moments, they would surely try to seize and arrest him. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Some must bribe the gate guards or tunnel guards, but surely there’s another way out of here. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z As, surely, the richest kid in the Three Counties, I bought one for me, Dean, and Maxine. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z I surely had never thought of it as strong. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He understood that if he didn’t submit, I surely would. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z "Then surely you have chosen the right one, Your Grace," she said, and a gale of laughter erupted all around her. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Though they aimed never to show it, they were surely unsettled by the possibility that Barack could be forced out of office in a matter of months. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Be careful what you set your heart upon—for it will surely be yours. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Beto and Cari tore down the path because if a place was worth walking to, it was surely worth a run. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “But surely,” said she, “I may enter his county with impunity, and rob it of a few petrified spars without his perceiving me.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z I thought she must have come to confront me about breaking into her house, and that cops would surely be busting down my door any moment, but I resisted the urge to panic. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z We would all be trapped as surely as coneys in a snare. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Lord Tywin would surely have sent out riders when the word reached him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “So. We will see. And you know Hebrew. A son of David Malter surely knows Hebrew.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z “If you cannot make the distinction, you may surely count yourself among the dead.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The best knight of the world: everybody envied the self-esteem which must surely be his. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Had I considered my prospects in the light of reason, I surely would have given up and let go of the oar, hoping that I might drown before being eaten. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z And there was someone in the room—She had heard something—surely she had heard something... And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z But as the world’s greatest scientist, I could surely determine whether Fig was really sick. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z He evidently thought his life was so valuable that someone would surely save it even at the cost of the supreme sacrifice. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z If he prayed very hard, Celia would surely come for him now. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He thought War Admiral simply had more God-given speed than Seabiscuit, and that the Triple Crown winner would surely beat him off of the line. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Howard was surely amazed at such a huge wager from a complete stranger, but he was not one to back down from a challenge. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z All the people living at Pipo Place would surely go buy ice cream. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z If operations are to be conducted in a smoothly coordinated way, it is surely obvious that the butler's pantry must be the one place in the house where privacy and solitude are guaranteed. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z “Our brother, young Benton Sage, you will surely bring many to the Lord!” Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z “And surely I am not familiar with every avenue and street, having been there only twice in my life.” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Slowly but surely, my teammates’ hands land on top of mine, and I can feel the air shift. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z As with Lincoln, the decision is made not to transport Booth because any movement will surely kill him. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z And if Masha and her crew tried to parachute out of their burning plane, they would surely be killed by the enemy’s guns as they fell. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z And though they surely knew no permission would be granted, they kept up their soft, steady chant for a very long time in the pouring rain. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “I mean, he may not want to. He may get bored. He’s talked about leaving before. There’s no reason he’s got to be here, and he’s surely never going to have a job.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z How Flux was all there a moment ago, and slowly, surely, wasn’t. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Yet if I had been Beatrice, and had a brother, and the brother married, surely one would have said something, expressed an opinion, written two words? Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z If I passed a Catholic sister or mother dressed in black and smiled and allowed her to see my teeth, I would surely die. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z "Sweet Petyr, surely you do not mean to suggest that these puissant lords and noble knights could be bought like so many chickens in the market." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z There is no problem of access, the entire health-care delivery system is immediately at hand, and the cost of all items is surely less than that for nonmedical families. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z There would surely come a bad year, moreover, and even the town could not withstand robbers, as it had not in the past when the great house fell. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z On the road to the next world, surely, she and Neewo would meet, thought Omakayas, tears blinding her as she tipped water to her father’s lips. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z The crows would surely avoid it and the crops would be protected. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z In my mind, she’d been so vigorous, so staunch, that surely if death was to approach her, she would give it a good tongue-lashing and send it on its way. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Had he refused to give the belt he would surely have died. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Katz and I looked at each other—something wrong here surely. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Griff will see that too, surely, he thought, surprised to find how much he cared. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The lynching and the callous decision of the Pearl River County Grand Jury were surely on all their minds. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Flame is a wonder, and useful too; surely a gift from powerful beings. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “No, surely. They’re in Poseidon’s service. Their business is to save any ship in distress.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z And he surely would not scruple, even on that day, to be angry at the Lord. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z I scan the area for the pods that will surely be detonating. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Several of the neighbors had watchdogs, which barked at the slightest disturbance; surely, these animals would signal if the intruders returned. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “I don’t. But without it he would surely die.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The candle had burst at the same moment she’d exhaled, but...surely that was a coincidence, it had to be. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z His immediate thought was that someone, surely, would check the compartments before the train departed again. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z The vans are surely more silent than the other cars. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z “Joe, surely there’s somewhere else he can go—where his leg can be taken care of.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Osh pulled the rope taut and wound it next around one wrist and then, fast as he could, the other, cinching the two together, the rope surely burning and pinching as he worked. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z With the most common spelling of the name, Brittany, at number eighteen among high-end families and number five among low-end families, it is surely approaching its pull date. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z “Fire devours books,” he always said, but she was twelve years old, she surely could be trusted to keep an eye on a couple of candle flames. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z It gurgled under the walls, and was rising slowly but surely. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “It’s like I wrote to Charlie. This world is surely a puzzle. I wonder how old I’ll be before I get it all figured out.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Their brother was surely one of them; to believe otherwise was folly. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z "But, surely, the tide will come back and carry the seaweed—and the turtles along with it—back out." The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z Of all the species that have adapted to thrive in a world dominated by humans, surely no other has done better than Zea mays. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Mr. Quisling gestured to his lecture outline about the Roman Empire and said, “Then surely you know what Edgar Allan Poe and Julius Caesar have in common?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z I thought, “Anyone that is kind to birds surely wouldn’t be mean to a boy.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Deydey surely had stopped to camp and to wait until the ice was thick before moving on. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Most people would assume that if a child intended to cheat, then surely she would call as little attention to herself as possible, would be as quiet as a mouse and as plain as wallpaper. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z For if we fail in this our fight he must surely win; and then where end we? Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Timing is everything, as one of the actors from Leeds could surely have told her. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z “What else? Homer, surely. And the lyric poets.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z When he first joined the army, he kept to himself, convinced that someone would surely realize he wasn’t who he claimed to be. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Still, he was surely the bridegroom; I saw that his forehead had been painted, and he wore a marigold garland. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z If I am in possession of your bones, I can witness the miracles they perform—and surely, they will perform miracles! The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Maybe you’ll think it’s nuts that the brother of a cancer patient would feel lucky, but at that instant, I most surely did. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Of course, it was surely better than being crammed into a one-room apartment with my entire family in Rwanda. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z There were surely more than a million already. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z If he wanted to win, surely, they thought, he would vote against the bill. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z And when she did, because surely that would happen one day—wouldn’t it?—there would be all the jokes, because that was also inevitable. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z This was surely a cynical attempt to win forgiveness for what could never be forgiven. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “She would surely have come to further grief, for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are deceivers both. They are vile traitors, loyal only to themselves.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Leon had made a speech as well as his father, and Cecilia had been there surely. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “Oh! Oh! Spare her, Lord! Spare her, Lord! For I surely will get her! I surely will! Where’s my tambourine?” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z That was surely determined as a matter of pictorial and expressive necessity. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z That would surely violate the Rule of the Twins. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z I knew that I had to find a safe way to be myself without breaking the law, or else I would surely go mad. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z But not a bad wound, surely not a bad wound. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z A king of gods required golden tokens, surely, as all rulers did. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z If he had fallen that hard earlier in the day, surely he would have cut himself. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z She also remembered the fairy who had been waiting for her — for surely he could not have been human, could he? Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “And if the dear Lord can forgive me for all the times I wished my husband dead,” said Angelina, crossing herself, “surely he has forgiven poor Agnes her sin.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Vetch thought to see him fall and sink down in the sea, the sea that surely was there behind this dry, dim veil that hid away water, sky, and light. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Some evil befell him surely, for he was an honorable servant. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z For this was the point, surely: he would be a better doctor for having read literature. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He knew that today was the day that the animal he had so often petted, and felt jealous of, and admired, was surely going to die. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Of all of us, she thought, I am surely the one least likely to turn against the others. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z “It is only—” I try again, surely she must know what I mean. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z My choices would no doubt horrify Aunt Ivy, but if they brought me friends like Perilee, it seemed like I was surely headed in the right direction. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z “He’s got a wife he cares about. He’s got a child he surely loves. He’s gotta know what it feels like to be crazy with worry for them.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The police in that nearby town had surely circulated our general descriptions. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z It would surely be believed that they were plotting vengeance. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z All three—Hobbes, Digby and Charleton—had a great deal of reading in common, reading which surely included Montaigne, Galileo and Bacon. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z And James Henry Trotter, holding on madly to one of the silk strings above the peach stem, told himself that this must surely be the end of everything at last. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z And now that the Gallivespian spies had left to go with Will and Lyra, surely Asriel couldn’t resist an offer like that. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z I sat there for surely an hour, staring at a daylit hole in the window blind, without smoking or taking off my coat or loosening my necktie. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Leo swept his flashlight across the Celestial bronze plates and pistons he’d been installing slowly but surely. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z ‘These concerts surely are as much yours as mine.’ The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z Mr. Bolton had said maybe I could write a book someday, so surely this would be easy. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z Otherwise, we might be tempted to take over the control of ourselves in order to make long- range plans, and that would surely be the end of us. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Nor was there anything new about working with models: Desaguliers was building model steam engines by the 1720s, and he was surely not the first. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z When she didn’t say anything, he continued, less surely. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Mrs. Clarke had said something about a “search party”—surely they meant to search and not to hunt? The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z She looks at me sideways, as if estimating how far, how much farther I’ll go in what we both know, surely, is base treachery. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z But if he’d gotten to the training center in the first place, it surely meant that somewhere along the line he probably lied. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Dancing with disaster all the same, surely; he was a revolutionary before I met him. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “They surely were, Ophelia. They communicated with the dead for folks. They kept villages safe from haints and made sure everyone passed on when it was their time.” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z He does have a name, I do not know why, for surely our hearts will feel stabs of sadness when he goes. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z Or perhaps it was the pepper spray at Greyhound—he had surely inhaled enough of the gas to cause some internal reaction. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z And surely you know about the dangerous journey we took across the ocean in order to make a new life in America? The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z As a result, the many thousands of people I now see in the water will surely perish, despite their life vests. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I have nothing left here except Mother and Daddy and staying here for my parents will surely ruin the relationship we have, but... The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Another extremely brave little boy in the front row spoke up and said, "But surely you were a small person once, Miss Trunchbull, weren't you?" Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z But if she had ever met her grandparents before, she surely would have dreamed that! A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z His declaration replays in my mind, as surely and sharply as if I had recorded it as a Memory. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z What was coming would surely come; nothing could stop it. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z If Christ spent an anguished night in prayer, if He burst out from the Cross, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” then surely we are also permitted doubt. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Mam tells her, In another week school will be over and if you give Frank sixpence a week he’ll surely be glad to take Bill Galvin his dinner. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Suddenly, with a burst of strength and a wail that surely reaches down to the basement, Ma gives a fierce tug and then a hefty shove. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z A bowl of fresh bing cherries is nice, but to turn them into a pastry is surely a more thoughtful gesture. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Pollard, surely overwrought from the reducing, lost control. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z And not only is Mr Farraday a most excellent employer, he is an American gentleman to whom, surely, one has a special duty to show all that is best about service in England. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z “At least that’s what I hope. Surely they . . . surely they wouldn’t have left her behind on purpose.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z I am not truly free if I am taking away someone else’s freedom, just as surely as I am not free when my freedom is taken from me. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Whitby had surely been driven by numb, mechanical logic when he had chosen the Cold Storage building as the place to set the first fire. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I might as well try the bacon and cabbage too and if I eat the other potato he’ll surely think she didn’t send one at all. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z He became obsessed with this emotion, for such it surely was, until it blotted out any possible thinking in its area. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I asked, though I knew he was perhaps twenty by now and surely long gone from St. Luke’s. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z They surely would not approve of a liaison between their eldest daughter and their charlady’s son. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “No, but such a...such a violent scene must surely have been carved by goblins. Since that is—what your people—what you like. Brutality. Bloodshed. Evil.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z “Please,” the executive said, “I’m Maxim Easley—surely the name means something to you?” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z According to proponents, when the technology is perfected and extended it will surely lead to new possibilities for therapy. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He had not thought to find Lord Balon himself at quayside, but surely his father would have sent someone to meet him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z What was surely the oldest celebration of all, the sharing of plenty, had fallen to ruin in our hands. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Their faces told me that they thought my imminent departure a dream from which they would surely awaken, and find I was going nowhere. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z If our souls could go to eternal glory, our hardworking motherbodies surely deserved more. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He told her that what he had promised would surely come to pass. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z However, as far as that second idea—that we Navajos were ready for anything—we were surely wrong about that. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet she knew she could not leave the foolish crow there to be killed—and killed he surely would be before sunrise—just for want of a few minutes’ work. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z One lie surely wouldn’t be worth a man’s life. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z She set her feet down as lightly as she could, imagining that she was a cloud, a mist, snaking slowly but surely around the gnarled oak trees. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z If he got there I would surely lose him. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z The north and west were surely never meant to be left out of his diabolical scheme—let alone the City itself and the very heart of fashionable London in the south-west and west. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z “These ones will be ready when the beacon fire is lit. But the Hand must surely know that when we attack, the Yunkai’i will kill the hostages.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “But surely you do know what makes the prince so wild and mad lately. Some say it is his father’s untimely death, while others blame his mother’s hasty marriage.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Not everything in the letter to Courtney had been absolutely true, but surely the part about Trotter being a religious fanatic was. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z “I don’t understand a word of what you just said. Why don’t you have a choice? I know things are bad with your father, but surely he won’t—” She silenced him with a pointed stare. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z We cannot be human without it; if we were to be separated from it our minds would die, as surely as bees lost from the hive. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “You surely don’t mean,” said the Jackdaw to the Badger, ‘ that you think it’s a talking animal! It didn’t say any words.” The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z No. His father would surely emerge and see him and laugh. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z I simply walked into what was surely the largest colony of meerkats in the world, one of the strangest, most wonderful experiences of my life. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Blood flowed from the tree when he struck it and a voice came from within warning him that Ceres would surely punish his crime. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Holmes even wanted Ned to buy life insurance, for surely once his marital strife subsided, he would want to protect Julia and Pearl from destitution in the event of his death. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “Oh, sure, it’s the darndest house you ever saw. Painted like Pepto-Bismol. Your grandmother surely’s seen it—you go through town on Main Street till it turns into the highway to Florence.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Galileo was living in Padua but frequently visited Venice; equally, Donne, when in Venice, would surely have visited Padua, where there was a significant English and Scottish community. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z If a chimpanzee can reach out to help a human, then surely we humans can reach out and try to help the chimpanzees and all the other creatures we live with in the world today. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z The crime decline in New York surely happened the same way It wasn’t that some huge percentage of would- be murderers suddenly sat up in 1993 and decided not to commit any more crimes. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Riders would be after them within the day, birds would take wing, and surely one of the river lords would want to curry favor with his father enough to take a hand. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “But you, who are so extremely fond of it—there can be no danger, surely?” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z If he needed something he didn’t have, someone would surely be able to supply it. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z So it would have been in a poem, surely, if Unferth were a character, good or evil, heroic or not. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z “My poor friend,” Vincent writes to him, “our neurosis &c. surely also comes from our rather too artistic way of life—but it’s also a fatal inheritance.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z When taxpayers understand that the bill for spraying the town roads should come due only once a generation instead of once a year, they will surely rise up and demand a change of method. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The divining rod in my mind dipped sharply and a spring gushed water when I remembered that I was on a genuine, regulation lifeboat and that such a lifeboat was surely outfitted with supplies. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “How on earth am I supposed to live a lie, one that will surely end up with me dead if anyone discovers the truth?” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z They surely wouldn’t have been comfortable in the presence of wickedness. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She doesn’t say I’ve drawn the wrong thing, or that surely there’s something else I do after school besides going to bed. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z They had never dealt with Americans before, but they surely understood this general sort of freight. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z And yet surely there is nothing new about experience? The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z It’s hard to make sense of such a tragedy, surely it is, but the good Lord works in mysterious ways. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z She peered in and thought she must see it, for she knew it was surely there. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z “Lord Captain, he told me ... he told me you would surely die unless we brought him to you.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Hope has brought me this far; surely it’ll get me my brother back healthy. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z “Afi,” she whispered, “the land is lovely. I thought it must surely be an ugly place.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z If the Party could thrust its hand into the past and say of this or that event, it never happened—that, surely, was more terrifying than mere torture and death. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z “But surely your sons will come back to see you.” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z And when they did have food, table manners were surely the last thing on their minds. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z If it was good enough for Arletta Paisley, then surely it could be good enough for us too. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z “There was a lot of commotion just before you came. They surely know we’re gone.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z "But surely he's not the same Dr. Bright who authored the Treatise on Melancholy!" The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z He would surely be a good man and find work for them. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z But surely their grandmother wouldn’t ask them to leave on a day like this. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z “Now the wheels of justice will turn. 299 Slowly but surely. Each of them will have to answer for whatever it was that he did. I’m not interfering anymore.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I tell Mam I want to go home but she says I’m a bit too weak and surely I’ll be out in no time. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z To which my answer is, Oh pish, sir, ’tis a tale of poison, escape, and desperate flight; surely of no interest to thee. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z They would have surely found Uncle Willie and just as surely lynched him. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z They had not been there when she went in—she surely would have noticed. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Slowly, surely, stalking his way down Interstate 10. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “When you have been lying out there in the trenches, surely we can wash a sheet,” she goes on. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The finished pieces were surely locked up somewhere in the house. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Any boy with a name like George Washington must surely have great things expected of him. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z True, his nose is long but not so long, his hair dark but surely not so dark, his skin pale but certainly not so pale. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z If he was floating atop water shared with the lake, surely fish had been swept into the city. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z White-hot knives were piercing every inch of his skin, his head was surely going to burst with pain, he was screaming more loudly than he’d ever screamed in his life — And then it stopped. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z As they drew closer, the black cloud, which surely came from a burning refinery in Dunkirk, was beginning to rule the northern sky. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The bread she gives them always means less for us and if we complain she says there are always people worse off and we can surely spare a little from what we have. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z If not for that, she surely would’ve been lost in the clouds by now. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z I worried that in this new condition he might not tolerate another male in his territory, his night territory in particular, especially if his insistent cries went unanswered, as surely they would. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z She might not have a bead on the future, but Miss Sadie surely had second sight when it came to the present. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z I knew He had surely helped, for He had given me the heart, courage, and determination. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z And I closed the opening so that he would not follow me, for if the Aleuts had brought their dogs, he would surely smell them out. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z No one had ever known him to be related to the Gaunts, he had hidden the connection, the killings had never been traced to him: The ring, surely, was safe. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z I would communicate the meaning of their lives to people whom they could not reach; then, surely, my intentions would merit their confidence. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The commerçant paid it, muttering curses that seemed too strong for the early hour, since this was surely only the first irritation of a very long trip. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “But...surely you know where your nephew is going?” she asked, looking bewildered. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Early farmers surely didn’t use molecular genetic techniques to arrive at their results. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “Yes. At first I was too stunned to believe it. I thought surely there was some mistake.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z There, surely, the witch would never find them. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z “I surely don’t. But she’s had use of the room, and meals, and I had the doctor out to patch her up.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Even though it’s never happened before, surely the subtrans is bound to break down eventually. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Her sacrifice would be both to the old gods and her secret new one—surely some powerful being would be won over by her deed! Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z They warned her about the physical abuse she would surely receive. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Ah, now, missus, surely you should have a nice egg in your condition. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “Just tell me this,” said I, “and since you know so much, you surely can tell it me—what of Mr. Rochester? How and where is he? What is he doing? Is he well?” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z He is afraid of offending Booth but even more terrified of this mob, which would surely tear him limb from limb. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Surely, surely she was—happy and greatly relieved. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z After losing one major race on a highly regarded runner, he flatly told the national press, surely to the horror of the owner, that the horse just wasn’t any good. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Forgotten was the word, because surely no gentleman would deliberately choose to go tieless. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The room sang, its air electric with the ringing; surely someone would hear and come help. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Wittgenstein was surely doing both, and he deliberately moves back and forth between the first person singular and the first person plural to convey both views. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Max is surely at the hospital by now, but I still want to stay clear of the spot where I left her. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z He had to have realized by this point, surely, that he had gone wrong. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z I said: “It was your idea to plant more things, and I agreed that it was right. Now surely you want them to grow.” Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z And the time of fulfillment was surely at hand. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z If we were born with all these knacks inbuilt, automated like ants, we would surely miss the variety. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a bestial, lunatic cry, surely ripping the boy’s vocal cords to shreds. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Mother was surely getting stronger with every hour. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Papa argued that the family surely must be educated, judging by the way Miss Love talked so proper. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “Then you must surely know much about this Wood that I—that we do not. Will you look at our maps and share your knowledge about the land here?” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z And if excessive amounts of rehearsal time were any indication of success, we were surely destined to go down in jazz history. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “Wait for me, my friend. I may be a little late, but I shall surely come.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z “In short, the boy has had a death sentence pronounced upon him as surely as I have,” said Dumbledore. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The answer, surely, is that they had recendy acquired these extraordinary new gifts - the notation of music and the multiple layering of voices - and they were flexing their intellectual muscles. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Driving my own minivan was surely a step up from driving someone else’s. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z I am an agent of the prince as surely as he is. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “As surely true as the sun a-coming up,” says the woman, having succeeded in getting Manchee on his back for a tummy rub. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z But folks have been sowing seeds for centuries—surely even one such as I can manage. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z If I ran, even to bring help, I would be letting Nick go, and the play book with him, and betraying the company as surely as if I had taken it myself. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z For example, the success of Microsoft has surely had something to do with the personal talents of Bill Gates. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z They’d never seen the likes of this, but they’d leave their mark on this new land, as surely as those famous souls at Jamestown, making it theirs through unstoppable racial logic. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The two Polish Annas surely had clear notions of what they loved and hated, but like the rest of us, they were limited in terms of vocabulary, and this made them appear less than sophisticated. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z If someone among the present company looked like Satan, Jeanne thought, surely it was Michelangelo. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z She would surely find means to let the world know what he had done, she told him, and he would be an outcast among men. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z There is surely little in his statements that merits serious consideration. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z After what happened she’ll surely want to get into her own bed and I’m ready to go to the small one against the wall. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Charles awakened on the stroke of four-thirty as surely as though the brass pendulum of the clock had nudged him. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “If I stand beside you, my lord, they will surely know it is I. If they see me in the courtyard, they may think I am but one of the stableboys. I shall stay here.” The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z And if a few entertained private doubts, surely they would be wise enough to keep those misgivings to themselves. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He could surely spear a fish with one of his arrows. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z We were not trying for a real wheat crop, but only a harvest of seeds, and it would surely produce that, at least. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z “Luke, when I laid my hands upon you, I felt Satan dwelling within you surely as I felt the glory of God.” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z She quickly pulled out her books and started reading, surely to avoid having to talk to me anymore. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “But surely it is grounded in culture, and cultures are specific?” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z It was late afternoon, and there was no way I could take the bus to Tembisa to confront the principal about what surely must be a mistake. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Briony had not even been cast as Arabella’s mother, and now was surely the time to sidle from the room and tumble into facedown darkness on the bed. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z "Better to hazard but a single life, surely? Our cause is righteous, so the gods must surely bless our champion's arms with victory." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He said it as if he’d surely get all the ribbons if he wasn’t gone. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z She knelt close to Stella, then called out happily, “Ooh-wee! Look what I found—elderberries! These are surely the last of the season.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The eyes were larger surely, the mouth narrower, the skin white and clear? Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Lines, surely, from one of her books, one she had read lately, or one she had written. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z She clanked the door shut, circled again, more surely this time. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “But—surely, the children didn’t ask to be taken in.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z This effect surely contributes a non-genetic component to the superior average mental function displayed by New Guineans. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z More than that, surely; a chocolate magnate, the creator of Amo. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z It was the face of a girl who knew that no evil could undo her, and who could laugh, surely, as his mother did not laugh now. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Whoever tends to the brown Mercedes will surely know how to change a tire. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z "The cold winds have worn her away, I hear. Will you not go see her? Harlaw is only a day's sail, and surely Lady Greyjoy yearns for a last sight of her son." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z That is, in mental ability New Guineans are probably genetically superior to Westerners, and they surely are superior in escaping the devastating developmental disadvantages under which most children in industrialized societies now grow up. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z She snakes herself against me, surely knowing there is no way I can refuse. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z For surely there would have been some of the unfamiliar plants surrounding me. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z If Frank stayed, and Todd and Charlie had weathered the storm, surely there were tens of thousands more. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z So they would have to turn to the English, who would surely raise their prices. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z She glanced at the African girl, who surely had no idea what her future held. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “Arthur, you’re supposed to be on holiday! This hasn’t got anything to do with your office; surely they can handle this without you. “I’ve got to go, Molly,” said Mr. Weasley. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z If there are gods, surely they will forgive me. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The dormouse had faithfully carried out his part in the dreadful scheme; Cluny must surely keep to his word. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He talks about American history, If the American farmer, with flintlock and musket, could wrest from the English a continent, surely we, warriors ever, can recover our island. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Some unfortunate just behind him was pulled out to help hold off the onslaught which must surely come within two or three days, while the last of the BEF was piling into the boats. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z It is a vicious thing, and a cursed thing, surely to be cast away by gods and men alike. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z “But he must know it, surely?” muttered Blackberry to Hazel. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Making these stamps must have entailed a great deal of work, and they surely weren’t manufactured just to print this single document. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The new science often presented itself as a system of axioms and demonstrations, in Galileo’s Two New Sciences for example, or Newton’s Principia, but it was always grounded in facts and, less surely, in analogies. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z This was an important decision, yes, but surely she understood how this was affecting them? Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Yet surely there were none here, in the Council Edifice; even Matt had sensed that and consigned his dog’s fleas to the corridor. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z And surely a hyena would smell of a predator to an orangutan, a reason for being vigilant when a piece of durian has been dropped to the ground accidentally. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z And if the Germans learned how seriously the Americans were working on an atomic bomb, they’d surely double their own efforts. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet he knew more and more surely now that the thing was not far off, seeking blindly down his cold trail. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z There was surely a baker in her town. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z His foul breath jolted me awake as surely as if I’d been electrocuted by sluggers. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z “Witchery, you can be sure. She and that servant—that base laundry maid—are surely conspiring in some evil,” growls Durufle. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z But Pascal’s Provincial Letters surely had an even greater influence. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z For surely no one except Grete would ever trust themselves to enter a room in which Gregor ruled the empty walls all by himself. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z Old Dan would have followed, and he surely would have broken all of his legs. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z If a death sentence was passed, we did not want to hamper the mass campaign that would surely spring up. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z With the benefit of hindsight, surely we can see that piecemeal policy reform or litigation alone would have been a futile approach to dismantling Jim Crow segregation. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “I know, but surely he wouldn’t have singled you out in his will just to help us turn out the lights!” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z After all, they had been kind to me and surely my father wouldn’t allow his daughter to be ill treated. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Dany had only meant their rooms in Illyrio's estate, no true home surely, though all they had, but her brother did not want to hear that. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z For what was surely the first time, he had not placed bets on his own horses. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z They left knowing—all but Antain—that it was not a matter of if the child were eaten by animals, but rather that she surely would be. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z And Éomer seeing that he was both sorrowful and weary said: ‘First you must rest, surely, and at the least eat a little?’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Fishing was surely a better way of passing the time than yarn-spinning or playing I Spy. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z I thought surely we would be going home soon, and my family would all be together again. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z And surely Zero isn’t tacky enough to wear sunglasses indoors. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z "Tell him that not using one most surely can cause pregnancy." How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z The kind of person who would own such a window must surely have been royalty in some other life. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z And what did she mean by talking to him this way in front of Mr. Dalton, who, surely, didn’t like unions? Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z He’d cared enough about me to leave me this place; surely he was watching over me now. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Later it would seem to Pearl that the Richardsons must have arranged themselves into a tableau for her enjoyment, for surely they could not always exist in this state of domestic perfection. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Theirs is a gesture of love, surely, but also a gesture of what might be called obsessive parenting. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z More complicated even than this—for surely no Sassenach could be so simple as to come in the garb of the Sassenach—were they perhaps not representatives of King Arthur at all? The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z They might not let you in but surely you can come here to see him. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z You bet he will, as long as there’s any grub or warmth going, but surely we’re not going to have the warren overrun with mice and—and stag beetles, are we?” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He was obviously unaware of it, and I don’t think his friends had seen it either or they’d surely have made something of it. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z I do not know how many people recognized the name, but surely no one ever asked about it. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z I surely won't answer it in the middle of the street with two women gawking at me. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z But people think we spread diseases, and I suppose possibly we do, though never intentionally, and surely we never spread as many diseases as people themselves do. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z "Of course, but surely you suspect there is more to it than that. Aren't you curious about what lies behind the face of things?" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Drowned possibly, as the cat would surely have been except for a little girl.... The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z That may sound like a bad idea, because surely having two officers work together makes more sense. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Cap was new, and surely he had questions about everything that was happening to him. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z The next day, after what surely had been a difficult night, Dora Root wrote to Burnham to thank him for the tour and to attempt to convey the complexity of her feelings. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z She thought they must surely be getting to the end of the warehouse when Kinzie opened a large set of double doors and led them into another cavern, just as big as the first. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z They were so stupid, surely they weren’t adults yet. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z When it stopped moving, the giant landing pad began to move upward again, slowly but surely. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Each growl that echoed up that metal throat was his as surely as if issued from his own flesh throat. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z And surely, as mean as Judah was and as crazy as Clarissa might be, they would not let their own sister or her child go hungry. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z And surely, two people who have caused the Capitol so much trouble can think of a way to get Peeta home alive. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “I will send cloth and food to Goré’s family, and a cow to take the place of this girl. That, surely, will please the Mtokos.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Mam said, Look at you.Your shoes are drenched and you’ll catch your death and your father will surely get the pneumonia without a shoe to his foot. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “But what if we are? If were not prepared, we’ll surely freeze or starve.” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z I'm no marathon runner, but I've surely put lots of miles on them today, I think. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The Shearwater was a smallish ship whose captain surely knew these waters well enough to manage on his own. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z When the newscaster gravely reminded us that this new tragedy sealed the final ending to “our nation’s Camelot story,” Big Ma said, “Yes, sir. It surely does.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z I thought surely he was going to get away. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z If I fought, that dog would have surely put a bullet in me, and gladly! The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z If we fall back, we will have fought here for two days and we will leave knowing that we did not drive them off, and if it was no defeat, surely it was no victory. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z If they could say what they mean in words, they would surely be writers instead. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z It was too early to predict exactly how much would be required, but surely it would be a lot. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z And Mrs. Sylvester was surely at her desk, typing, the giant jar of candy corn in front of her trembling slightly from the hum and clatter of the electric typewriter. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z Slowly and surely, if prodded correctly, Dr. Finch would unwind the reel of his strange lore to reveal reasoning that glittered with a private light of its own. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Raced constantly, he surely no longer lacked for fitness. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The other thing that sprang to mind was that the moon was beautiful at night from a distance, but it surely was a lonely place up close. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z “Jockey Harry Richards outrode Jack Pollard at the wire, otherwise Seabiscuit, streaking along in midstretch with a length lead, must surely have won,” he wrote in the Los Angeles Times. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z "But surely, Mrs. Phillips, you must know where your own son is. You don't seem worried at all." Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “No, Ellie used to be nice to me,” she answered very surely. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z And no matter how much Ivory tried to hate it and belittle it and scoff at it, something took hold of him on game day as surely powerful as spreading the word of Jesus. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z God moves in mysterious ways His wonders to perform and surely He has a special purpose for Mikey, fits and all. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “What did I say? Your own people are asking for a ball. If you don’t care for us surely you care about them.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z I tried to keep out of her sight and to eat as little as possible, but I think if she could have snapped her fingers and made me disappear, I would surely have been gone. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Amari thought once more that surely this man must be mad. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z He lit a cigarette, surely the twenty-fifth that day, and we had only just finished lunch; he threw the match into the empty grate, he picked up the paper. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Others, too, were surely copying and testing Gilbert’s experiments, although no one else seems to have found a way of making money out of doing so. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z They were making such a tremendous racket that I thought surely Mr Stringer would hear it and come banging at the door. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z After all, if God had allowed us to survive the crash, surely He would not allow crocodiles to eat us! My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z “There is someone there, no? Ivan something, he is in that department, he can surely help you with this piece?” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z The meeting was breaking up just as Stella decided she and Tony were about to surely freeze to death. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Trip was the hesitant one, fumbling over the clasp of her bra, though surely he’d unhooked many before. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I knew she'd wonder why I was staying in the house all day, which I surely would be, for who knows how long. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z This, I reasoned, surely, was why he had slipped away so quickly. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z There was a window, which was strange, because surely she was underground, wasn’t she? The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z “But surely werewolves don’t kill, they just turn you into one of them?” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Without asking my mother's permission, since she surely would not have given it, I sneaked out of our apartment to take a look for myself. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Because it had occurred to her that if he recognized the picture, then surely he was who he said he was—Franklin B. Sanborn. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “He is one of the bravest men I know. That and more, for he has the heart of a true bard. Someday he will surely be our greatest, you can mark my words.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z I must surely remember to eat the tuna after it gets light. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z That is surely childhood’s end, when you look at a thing like a rabbit needing skinned and have to say: “Nobody else is going to do this.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z A few more recipe cards and prescription forms tossed in amongst the teeming contents of our two libraries will surely go unnoticed. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z “Mister Brekker, surely you must know that I sent my son packing months ago.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Aibileen is as exhausted as I am, surely more since she works all day and then comes home to the interviews at night. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z The temple, for the mound was surely built for religious reasons, was laid out in a wide, shallow U about 150 feet long and 60 feet high, with a sunken plaza between the arms. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z I was initially assigned to the hospital ward but I will find a replacement, of course, as they will surely discover my talents are better suited in other areas. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “Who am I? What is my name? Don’t say you don’t know me? Oh, surely, surely——” The child seemed very surprised and a little disappointed. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z I felt superstitious about even thinking about diseases that would surely kill her. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z He walked surely down the line of kids, lifted Sam in a hug, and carried him wordlessly away. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z I pumped up one of my arms and thought surely the muscle was going to pop right through my thin blue shirt. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z His son looked on in wonder at the godlike bloom upon him, and called out happily: “Oh, Father, surely one of the gods who are young forever has made you magnificent before my eyes!” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The invention of writing makes a convenient landmark, for the absence of written records is surely one of the key differences between prehistoric and historic societies. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z We try to keep it straight and we’re having a great time because it must be after midnight and surely Mam won’t make us go to school tomorrow. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z I tried and failed to imagine her, this woman who could after so many years renounce altogether her husband, break the bond that must surely have existed despite his long absences. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z I surely wanted to get back in that water, but I couldn’t help but feel that if I took Dinitia up on her offer, I’d be violating some sort of taboo. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z In one more verse, surely they will have captured the melody, as it’s simple and repeats four times with little variation. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “Not us. We look old enough. I am only ten but everybody thinks I am older. And you two can surely pass. You have ...” She motioned toward her own undeveloped chest. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s a skeleton with rags and if they were making a film about the famine he’d surely be put in the middle of it. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “I thank you, kind Horatio. I will trust you. For if I do not, I will surely die.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z He surely appreciated the assignment for another reason: it was his first chance to move out of the shadow of Ernest Lawrence. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z She will listen to reason, and if not, surely Lázaro will help me convince her. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z "Still, the loss of her red cloaks will surely make her uneasy." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Your Grace needs more than wine to break her fast. You are such a tiny thing, and you will surely need your strength today.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It surely made more sense to go outside and fill the vase at the fountain. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Because this is surely not very far from the place where madness begins. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z But it takes all kinds, he says, and surely God had some purpose when He sent the likes of ye to infest this earth. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “Why,” said Snape, without preamble, “why did you put on that ring? It carries a curse, surely you realized that. Why even touch it?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z "Only he may say when a boy is ready to swear his vow, as you surely know. Why then come to me?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z If God would save their souls, surely, surely He would save Jacob’s, too. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z It was surely one thing to respect the Dark Arts as a dangerous enemy, another to speak of them, as Snape was doing, with a loving caress in his voice? Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Each time she returned, she could see that slowly but surely the patch of cleared earth was growing larger. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Our cowboy scrunches his brows, surely thinking, why are his refugees so picky? Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Now she would surely ask to go home. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Anything that would steal power surely was evil. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Grandpa said surely that’s what it was, and he ripped off a chunk of it. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Mam says surely I’m ready for sixth class. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “Think instead that had you not been near, he surely would have killed me. Now continue your story.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z But Weaver did appreciate what was surely the main point urged upon him by his host: “Biology and medicine will have first call on the machine.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z They left her knowing that there surely wasn’t a witch. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z I knew this plant from long ago because my mother, who was surely not a curandera, often used it. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z "But surely you saw enough symptoms to make one of your famous diagnosises." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z We would surely become the environment to worry about the most. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z That was surely a factor in his becoming perhaps the most accomplished American physicist not to receive a Nobel Prize, but it does not mean he failed to do pioneering research. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z He must surely be around here somewhere, too. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z Uncle D winked at me as if to say, ‘Girl, you were surely missed,’ and my heart clanged worse than when I got my first kiss from Ellis Carter. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z "No men were hurled from the walls. I would surely remember that." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Part of me wanted to laugh at the thought of Lin Nai-Nai maybe meeting Dr. Carhart, our minister, whose face would surely puff up, the way it always did when he was flustered. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s my brand of sloth, surely, that I could fail my wife so miserably but seem to provide all the necessary objects and affections. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The girl took the pencil and wrote surely; she did not leave out a single stroke. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z She was young, and the boy wasn't in the picture, but surely, Gramps must have felt some gladness in spite of it. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z It was a good bull, a big bull, and with horns, and it turned and recharged easily and surely. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Which is pure folly: ’tis surely God’s will that fish should rot in the water, but the beasts should rot on the land. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z The announcer said there was a crowd, but surely it couldn’t be that big. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z And the instant it found the answer, it guided them—silently and surely—to the solution. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Slowly and surely the doctors drew their plans to carve up my cranium, move some pieces around, toss away the chunks they didn’t need, and put some new stuff in for good measure. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z “I shall do what Mr. Turner tells me to do, of course. But surely you must know there is no hope for this class, no hope at all.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The lake, surely impossible...though was there a slight possibility that Dumbledore might have known some of his past misdeeds, through the orphanage. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z There it lay, fixed in future time, preceding death as surely as 99 precedes 100. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z No matter how long the sentence, on the day of her release Mabel, as surely as tigers devour flesh, would still be around. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z She waited a moment, and when she thought surely he had gone back to bed, she opened her eyes and gulped in a breath. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The sea does not become a solid mass of cod as it would surely do if all the progeny of all the cod were to survive. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Now surely, since Africa harbors 1,500 languages today, it is big enough to have harbored more than four ancestral languages thousands of years ago. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z And first thing in the morning surely fell in the latter category. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Bentley surely did not think that Boyle, Newton, Sydenham and Ratcliffe had directly attacked belief in witchcraft; and he probably knew that Boyle had been all in favour of such belief. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The late afternoon sun slanted through the open door and fell across Hannah’s gnarled hands as they moved swiftly and surely. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Charles did not tell his father about the beating, and Adam did not, and surely Alice did not, and yet he seemed to know. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z And if he did, which surely he must have, Mother must have whispered a reply, or maybe she wasn’t able to whisper anything, I don’t know. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I gave thirty-five years' service to Lord Darlington; one would surely not be unjustified in claiming that during those years, one was, in the truest terms, 'attached to a distinguished household'. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z “Turn back: on so lovely a night it is a shame to sit in the house; and surely no one can wish to go to bed while sunset is thus at meeting with moonrise.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z "You will. You found forty thousand golden dragons for a champion's purse, surely you can scrape together a few coppers to keep the king's peace." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z But surely minority officers’ allegiance to the system was constantly tested in ways that white officers’ was not. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But this Cinna, my stylist, will surely make me remove it at once. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z It is arguable that 2 + 2 will equal 4 in any universe; and, surely, levers and balances would work in the same way in any universe. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Only by life’s best things are your children protected—this much I surely believe. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “We must flee! If he gets loose, he will surely find us and kill us.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Her face and hair and figure were right enough, and she surely had the mouth—she made the squad easily. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z Then, softly, surely, an angel’s voice broke through the tumult, offering a place for that raggedy mix of voices to land. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z If God had amused himself inventing the lilies of the field, he surely knocked His own socks off with the African parasites. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Just as surely she knew that Adam Trask was ill, for she had seen him walking along the street. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “You surely don’t believe a word of Black’s story?” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z “As surely, saith Descartes, as if we were struck in the face.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z And surely Kevin would give up on me if I went home without him again—left him here for more long years. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Because surely he remembers that he showed me how to spot a force field, and probably it’s impossible to hear force fields, anyway. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z He could overcome two boys of eight, surely. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I only caught a brief glimpse of her profile, but I recognized her as surely as I know the backs of my own hands. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Mr. Fitzgibbon was surely aware that some of his crops were being removed. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Except he would surely attempt to kill her before she could do so. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Pacioli is a mathematician; the person who painted him was surely also a mathematician, as demonstrated by his understanding of complex mathematical shapes. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z She was a gray-haired woman, surely a head taller than her husband, with features that looked rather more Malayan than Japanese. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z And these were people who would surely gather round and investigate. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z She had come to find out the truth, shielding Papi from the news and the heart attack he would surely die of if he knew. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z So much there is to see, but our morning eyes describe a different world than do our afternoon eyes, and surely our wearied evening eyes can report only a weary evening world. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z My mother thanked God so many times that I thought He or She would surely appear and say: “That’s no miracle. I do this all the time.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z "Any which looks prosperous or reputable," Sander said, "we can surely pass by." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z One man surrendered a shirt of silver scales that had surely been made for some great lord. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z If Wick really was putting throng haints into Robbie’s paintings like the Sorrows said, he would surely send them after Sierra and her family first. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Mr. Lewis flipped through her file and kept asking her questions, and she knew what the notes in the file said just as surely as if she was reading them herself. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z I was glad the knife was dull or she surely would’ve cut me. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Everybody had to do his act, he thought, for surely anybody who was interested in Dudberry Point already knew where it was. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “If you want to know his name,” he said, “surely it is on his passport?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z Sorry for your troubles, mister, and surely you’ll have a pint. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Somebody golden, like my own golden boy, who I never ever saw but who tore up my girlhood as surely as if we’d been the best of lovers? Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Dublin is big and surely there’s work there or in the farms around. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Surely she would not have to go in there with the students, she thought; surely he would open the faculty lounge soon and she could use the unisex restroom there, the one reserved for teachers. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The thought made me newly determined to have it as a shield against his wrath when he caught up with me, as he surely would. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z A tall building in Stonetown’s busiest district must surely have many offices inside, he thought. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z There must surely be an empty room in this enormous hotel. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z So that leaves Cato and the girl from District 2, who are now surely celebrating the new rule. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z It’s collapsing and surely we could use some of the wood for the fire. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z He was not a likable man, but surely . Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z He had a duty to Robert, to the realm, to the shade of Jon Arryn . . . and to Bran, who surely must have stumbled on some part of the truth. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He took care not to mention the green galleys of Old Volantis that surely must be sailing up through the Gulf of Grief even as he spoke. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z And surely Ralph’s new building was not like his old one. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Bears are shy, and these wouldn’t seek Omakayas out to attack, surely. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z If I had recovered from the fever, surely she was on her feet again. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z And if God acted, then surely my going to school was His will. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “Even if I had,” Kaltain chuckled, “Your Majesty surely would not have approved—I’m far too lowly for the attentions of your son.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Granted the children could not yet read, but surely they could turn pages and admire the illustrations? The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Not that she has brought the medicine, surely. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z And surely it was only an act now. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z At least she had no freckles to conceal or soften, and that surely saved labor. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z "But surely The Grand High Witch wouldn't have put her real name and address in the hotel register?" The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z These conclusions surely apply with much greater force to the undocumented history of ancient technology. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The Khmer Rouge soldiers surely feel these people betrayed them by staying with the Youns.” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Anyway,” Reynie said, “it’s in plain sight and you’d surely be spotted. I don’t think that’s what Mr. Benedict had in mind when he told us not to take unnecessary risks.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Instead, the utility of the wheel surely caused it to diffuse rapidly east and west over the Old World from its sole site of invention. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Art has been called a visual dialogue, for though the object itself is mute, it expresses its creator’s intention just as surely as if it were speaking to us. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z But surely the most striking fact about that day is how close it all came to disaster. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z But even though the alchemist had put his hand in the hole, and had surely already been bitten, his expression was calm. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z But if I hadn't been there, if I hadn't seen, I'd surely be marching right along with them. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Civil war is supposed to be the bitterest of wars, and surely family politics are the most vehement and venomous. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Manhattan Doe sounds like a name a celebrity would give her kid, and I'm surely not the child of a celebrity. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z When Virginia left the Union she bore his home away as surely as if she were a ship setting out to sea, and what was left behind on the shore was not his any more. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It made sense, surely, to see if the twins were there, fooling about with the hoses, or floating facedown in death, indistinguishable to the last. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Still, just throwing me the bread was an enormous kindness that would have surely resulted in a beating if discovered. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z After more than an hour had gone by, he thought he had surely seen the last hole, but then off to the left he saw another cluster of them. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z There was a stiffness in him that would be hard to break, but that, nevertheless, would one day surely be broken. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z But, surely, agreeing to move to Montana, to Uncle Chester’s claim, showed some familial gumption. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z The boys among us liked to think on how the Mexican girl surely got wet doing the laundry. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z If the soldiers were dead, surely it was not unreasonable to assume that he would eventually follow. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Mam says don’t be too worried between noon and two because so many telegram boys go for their dinner and there will surely be a big rush between two and the Angelus. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “I think the sign outside of town is right. Manifest surely does appear to be a town with a bright future.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Mark knew his brain was still jumbled up from being hit during the crash, but surely the old man didn’t want to hike all that way before going back to the settlement. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Mrs. Hidalgo would surely be around, and I didn’t think I could face her, either. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z “Baba, when there’s nothing left for us here except death, then surely it must be time to leave?” Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z He can help, I thought; surely he can do something. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z In the jockeys’ room, Pollard surely never heard the end of it: George Woolf had ridden Heelfly. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z There were people who had trances, I had surely heard of them, and they followed strange laws of which we could know nothing, they obeyed the tangled orders of their own sub-conscious minds. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z That butchery business was long ago; surely by now the sharks would be out of the habit of congregating here. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z But surely some parental encouragement on your part would be helpful in reminding him that he’s really only hurting himself. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The ship began to circle the kelp bed and I thought surely that it was going to return to the shore. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew as well as I knew anything that the oppressor must be liberated just as surely as the oppressed. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z If there had been anything in abundance in all those years, it had surely been tears. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Not that this is likely, but if the death penalty were assessed to anyone carrying an illegal gun, and if the penalty were actually enforced, gun crimes would surely plunge. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z If he were nearby, surely I'd have had some suspicion of it. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Then surely the High King would relent and put the crown on the head of the prince with the most power, the one with the military on his side. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Surely this woman who had helped her out, who had laughed with her and shared Ophie’s excitement over stories, surely she couldn’t be awful? Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z It is surely a professional responsibility for all of us to think deeply about these things so that each of us may better strive towards attaining 'dignity' for ourselves. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z By that age, surely any rational person knows not to go around setting people’s clothing on fire. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “Alas! Yes, my father,” replied I; “some destiny of the most horrible kind hangs over me, and I must live to fulfil it, or surely I should have died on the coffin of Henry.” Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z Slowly but surely, everybody in the house began to starve. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z Yet such a flow of blood must be a natural wonder that physicians have surely witnessed and philosophers written of. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z A walk down to the village could be accomplished in a half-hour or so and there I could surely find accommodation and a can of petrol. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Anyone on the Island she might go to for pills or a diaphragm would know who she is and would surely rat on her to the family. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z If I could have used a bat with two hands I could have killed the Rrst one surely. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Mom gently pulled me back with a warning that I was in that territory where I would surely mess up my eyesight. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z “But surely Snape will have told the Death Eaters the address by now?” asked Harry. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z We would be bragging, of course, but it is surely excusable for us to put the best possible face on at the beginning of such an acquaintance. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I had breathed it before, touched it surely, that very afternoon. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “I understand,” the man said crossly, “but surely you do not expect to see him without showing him the work. Where is it?” A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z She left for Brazil within a year, hopefully somewhat wiser and surely less rich than when she arrived. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Weather like this surely wouldn’t sink a ship? Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z She was glad she had never fallen for a horse or pony, for she would surely be neglecting it by this stage of her life. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “That the man was already dead—some little time dead—when they were delivered. But that is surely absurd.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z My sisters all seemed determined to fly, or in Rachel’s case, to ascend to heaven directly through a superior mind-set, but my way was slowly and surely to walk. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Just as surely, they knew that the men were still raw and not ready to make peace. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Across the room, Dovid didn’t even stir, though my alarm had surely woken him. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z No, if that were true, Ned would be here too, and surely he would have come to her. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, in the space where his legend was gathering up words, monster was surely among them. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z It must, surely, surely . . . and Robb would welcome him, for a certainty. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I don't know if Mellie cried at the thought, but I surely cried into my pink satin pillow that night. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z If the Nazis entered the shed, spotted it, and became suspicious, they would surely look up and discover our hiding place. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z “Aunt Ivy’s right again. The Lord surely does work in mysterious ways.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z The kids would surely call her “a shiner of apples for teacher’s dog” next. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z He himself had changed so marvelously over the past two years, surely something should have happened to me. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘We surely aren’t going to stay here for the night, are we, sir?’ he exclaimed. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z There was no cellar—surely they knew by now that the park houses did not have cellars. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I thought that surely here in the dark shadow of this bridge la Llorona lurked. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z But the centurion was a man of faith, and, looking into the eyes of the rabbi, he knew that he was surely in the presence of the Son of God.’ The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Papa said, gesturing at the remaining bags—bags someone else in another barrack was surely missing—then shrugging. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z For someone so active in the labor movement, Raizel surely knew the risk we were taking just by coming here. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Harry and Ron waited with bated breath: Malfoy was surely seconds away from telling them it was him — but then — “I wish I knew who it is,” said Malfoy petulantly. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z “But surely, my father and mother can come along as fellow sufferers in my error.” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In the dim distance of the tunnel, Asmodeus could be seen advancing slowly but surely towards them. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z If my brother had any other enemies, surely there’d be a clue somewhere in his writing. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Lara stood up at the meeting— surely a first for her—and said they should do something funnier, something Alaska herself would have done. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z If we showed him what polite, hardworking girls we were, surely he’d let us work for him again. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Then one day I thought I would set myself up as a reader of letters such as there are in most villages, and surely also in cities? Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z I wanted him to know that Mom had mentioned the d-word— surely that would shake him up enough to come home. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Everything was a month late, which meant the peas would not do much if it turned hot—not many to eat, but surely enough for seeds next spring. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z But surely Boots could never have become a man-eater. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z “My dear Merlyn,” exclaimed the Queen, “but surely you will stay the night?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He had waited so long, surely the gods would grant him a few more years, enough time to see the boy he’d called a son seated on the Iron Throne. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I surely couldn’t drive it back to school the next day. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z On a cold day like this the fleas would surely freeze to death and we’d all have a good night’s sleep. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Surely — surely—they weren’t about to be punished? Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z And then surely the civilian population will be evacuated . Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Will had appeared out of nowhere in order to help her; surely that was obvious. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She stands on one foot, her entire body shaking, surely about to tumble forward any moment now. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z She felt faint—surely this could not be real. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, surely not the whole trip,” said Ripred, bored to pieces by the argument. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z They had feathers, and heads and beaks not unlike swans’, but those wings were situated one in front of the other, surely... The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z School allowed me to creep out of my shell slowly, but surely. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z 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 But surely he kept it for their safety. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z "Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness. Armor yourself in it, and it will never be used to hurt you." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He had even attended school the previous winter when work was slack, which was surely a fool thing to do unless one was interested in “breakin’ up school.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z At least this grim place was not her destination, and surely the colony at Wethersfield would prove more inviting. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Let him be wise, or let me be blind; don’t let me, she hoped concretely, don’t let me know too surely what he thinks of me. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z Then of course the black phone rang, and Dad heard there was a fall, men were hurt, maybe trapped, methane was surely seeping in. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Throughout the first few scoldings, Tree-ear had braced himself, ready for the pummeling that would surely follow, like those he had endured when caught raiding a rubbish heap. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z It’s coming as surely as are the beasts that protect the mysteries of Challenger Deep. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z He no longer knows who he’s writing to, because I have surely changed beyond all recognition. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z If the priest, who had for so long been unwilling to condemn the Trementinas’ doings, had taken a stand then surely that would lend courage to the villagers. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z As my personal cowboy for the day, he will surely let me ride his horse. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z I was getting there, slowly, and maybe not entirely surely, but there was something almost delicious about feeling the same powerful swell of abilities that had once terrorized me corked and controlled. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Stevie Wonder, surely one of the greatest of all twentieth- century musicians in any field, was one such gatherer of styles. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z “But surely you know how to get rid of them? I thought all rabbits knew that.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He does not say what sort of ‘engines’ were employed, but Swift surely had in mind the first steam engines, which were generally used for raising water. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “But surely it doesn’t run the way we want to go?” said Silver. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Delsie, you surely are the smartest thing on two feet. You could even be a game show champion someday.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z Now that your father is gone to England surely our troubles will be over. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z His goal was to expose them at close quarters to the charismatic energy of his protege Ernest Lawrence, and he was surely successful at finalizing their approval for the cyclotron grant. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z But it’s almost dawn, and I think when there’s light, someone will surely find us. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z She felt that her husband would surely be killed by the wild and barbarous rebels, and she prepared herself to get in touch with him in what she called the beyond. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Right, but surely you must have thought about what happens to them, I mean as characters, I mean independent of their metaphorical meanings or whatever.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z My duty will be to develop these germs: surely I shall find some happiness in discharging that office. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z ‘But surely you must have heard of Captain Loosestrife? He was an officer of the Owsla in the fighting.’ Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “If I ask little, and less than the others, custom there will surely be,” said I. “In any case one must try. Even a few annas would help.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z “My dear friend, surely there is no doubt of it? I thought your reassuring manner was only to smooth things over till we are dug out of the snow and the police take charge.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t know what kind of welcome I’d receive in North Carolina, but I figured on Duke’s campus I’d be in a safe environment where I would surely be able to find my “people.” Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z This is surely part of the explanation for why Paul Revere’s message was so powerful on the night of his midnight ride. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She told them where they were and advised them to go straight to Carthage whose Queen would surely help them. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z One spur surely was the 1921 transformation of Throop Polytechnic Institute, a modest private technical school in Pasadena, into the California Institute of Technology. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Faced with achievements that seemed to have no classical parallel, Alberti nevertheless felt obliged to express himself with great caution: ‘surely’, ‘if I am not mistaken’, ‘probably’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z He was probably too small to scare away strangers, but surely he’d bark in warning if someone tried to sneak up on us when we went to sleep. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “But they could not take so strong a castle, surely,” said Robin. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z Originally, of course, people as distinctive as the Pygmies, living in a place as distinctive as the equatorial African rain forest, were surely isolated enough to develop their own language family. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z But surely no real friend would keep us sitting on those hard seats long enough for a hundred people to testify. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Well, an hour passed and I surely didn’t feel like going home. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z The truck was a beater, but it could surely make the trip. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z If our hearts were feet, they'd surely kick somebody! the other infinity We are the chosen people, our grandmother tells us. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z He said, “If white folks find out you’re pregnant by me, I will surely hang.” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z All the while, Emily and Cecilia Tallis maintained a patter that surely robbed the guests of the ease it was supposed to confer. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z But these extravagant numbers were surely a form of self-aggrandizement, and reckless to the point of irresponsibility. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z This was surely not because there weren’t any. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I thought I might do some writing along the way, perhaps essays, surely notes, certainly letters. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The nudgings and jerks and winks of the bigger children surely didn’t belong in a church. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “Above all, don’t jump at conclusions too quickly, or you’ll surely stub your toes.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z I knew my father could taste those Kentucky Wonder beans as surely as any pure soul can taste heaven. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z If I could make him understand, then surely he would believe me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z He didn’t know what, but as surely as one feels the sting of shards when an hourglass tips off a shelf and smashes, he knew that something was happening. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z She’s an extreme example of surgical enhancement gone wrong, for surely not even in the Capitol could they find this face attractive. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Because you will surely die then, Glerk thought but did not say. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Had he still been alive to respond, though, Descartes would surely have replied to Newton that the problem was nobody could run fast enough to make the trick work. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Gracious to a fault, Fowler comforted Lawrence with the gratifying assertion, surely untrue, that “for a long time Rutherford and Chadwick were nearly convinced that your explanation was right.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Down and down and down, racing closer and closer to the houses and streets below, where it would surely smash into a million pieces when it hit. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z I said, although surely I didn’t sound quite as effusive now that I was completely faking it. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z He could not but have hope, he said, because her loveliness must surely mean that she excelled in gentle courtesy. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “They could wait for other trains. With this one so packed, surely there’s bound to be a roomy, if not empty, one shortly.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z They were unlabeled, but it wasn’t hard to guess that the top button would be for an entrance outside the Whispering Gallery, and the one below it—that would surely be the computer room. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z “Yet surely you have time for a little business with me?” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, the full stop is surely the simplest mark to understand - so long as everyone continues to have some idea what a sentence is, which is a condition that can’t be guaranteed. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z If I stopped it, they would surely fight again, perhaps at some other place less favorable to him. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Honesty, surely, would help her feel better, as she’d put it. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z “The way to save Wilbur’s life is to play a trick on Zuckerman. If I can fool a bug,” thought Charlotte, “I can surely fool a man. People are not as smart as bugs.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z “With a name like Bridget you are surely not French, are you, Mrs. Flagg?” asked Grandfather. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z If the wound and the stingers haven't killed him, surely thirst would have taken him by now. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Then, after two solid minutes, Dumbledore said quietly, “Oh, surely not. So crude.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z The Indians’ appearance in this European city surely caused a stir. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z She searched the distance anxiously for the shadow that would surely connect the trees, the rocks, and the abundant animal life to the north shore. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z America, it appeared, had once been the home of a truly substantial creature–one that would surely disprove Buffon’s foolish Gallic contentions. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z I thought my father’s rough grip had surely got the better of that poor native creature, and that it would fall to the ground. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z My sister would surely be going to hell for making fun of someone else’s religion—all to make a boy notice her. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z ‘But you won’t send him off alone surely, Master?’ cried Sam, unable to contain himself any longer, and jumping up from the corner where he had been quietly sitting on the floor. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The low solar neutrino flux probably does not put our view of stellar nucleosynthesis in jeopardy, but it surely means something important. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Removing it, she thrust it deep into her pocket, where the curve of her old body surely protected many secrets. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The Ministry wouldn’t presume to trouble you, sir, surely?” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z If this used to be some kind of building, surely it wouldn’t be made of only two-by-fours. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z They were made of wood, with lopsided porches, sagging roofs, rusted-out gutters, and balding tar paper or asphalt shingles slowly but surely parting from the underwall. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z It was so wrong that surely all the black people round him would do something about it; so wrong that all the white people would stop and listen. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z I regarded this as a fairy-tale farm as surely imagined as gnomes sitting under toadstools. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z But it was surely too much to hope that it had taught the father a permanent lesson. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z Then I decide to just enjoy it since in a matter of hours I surely won’t be magic anymore. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Besides, the black elite had always wrung concessions from the white power structure—slowly but surely—through back-channel meetings, arguing their case in a dignified, rational, and, above all, civil manner. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z In spite of poetry and beautiful clothes, such people were surely not fully human—were primitive; that’s a word the Portuguese must have used, to salve their conscience for what was to come. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z It seemed the presence of a tiger had saved me from a hyena—surely a textbook example of jumping from the frying pan into the fire. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Her childhood was as tangible as the shot silk—a taste, a sound, a smell, all of these, blended into an entity that was surely more than a mood. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z They had the technology to travel the universe and draw out my memories; surely, they could have returned me to Earth fully dressed. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Yes, autumn had surely come when the hot-chestnut man appeared—no matter what the weather said to the contrary. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Miss Trotter said, “I call that waiting, sister. I surely do.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z “Could well be. But not on her own, surely?” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z I could feel the terror that loomed over the church as people turned around to see these men, who had surely not come for good deeds. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The witch held the reins, steering the sled surely through the trees as if they were no obstacle at all, as if they were not even there. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z It mostly said the farm was fine and she surely missed him. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z I tell Mrs. Howard I got to be home by late afternoon to help out, and she says surely I can stay for lunch, which is what I was hoping. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “Grendel had no might left. I broke more than his arm. He is surely dead.” Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z By now, surely, all of her hostages would have been released. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He couldn’t say it, but surely Natalie understood that he meant, Except now. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z But she had a beautiful house, a steady job, a loving husband, a brood of healthy and happy children; surely that was worth the trade. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I had a can—surely I had a can opener? Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z It was better, Ash told herself, to let it be as it was, for it would surely end soon enough. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “Destined to be inseparable friends, in fact. A courtesan, a pilgrim, a princess, and a bullfighter. Hill House has surely never seen our like.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z It seemed he was speaking of someone else, as surely as the man with horns had flown away with someone other than Rachel. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t dare add more, here on my phone, which is surely tapped. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z If the initial thrill of discovery had been allowed to wear off, surely he would have seen his folly, even naïve as he was. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Inch by inch, he raised the window, breathing so loud that he thought surely people must hear him even in the streets. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The newspaper, she would try the newspaper; surely someone was snowbound there. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z It is surely only a matter of time before a tray falls from his hands on to a lady or gentleman's lap. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Father Franco would surely see that and help Alex find a way to save her. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z It refuses to die or run cold, always finding its way back into Mary’s body But one night, surely, it has to succumb. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z I was helpless to stop any of it; I’d been robbed of hope as surely as Nana was being robbed of her memories. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z We had not known of plastic when I was a boy, and though it surely improved life in some ways, its presence in Qunu appeared to me to be a kind of blight. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But in their triumph they did not stop to think that this death, too, like all the others, would surely bring evil in its train. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “He and the others are surely feeling it, too. Just tell him that Constance is hearing voices. He hadn’t expected that.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z "Yet we still must have a Warden of the East. If Robert Arryn will not do, name one of your brothers. Stannis proved himself at the siege of Storm's End, surely." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z On the other hand Liza, who surely loved her family as deeply as did her husband, was not destroyed or warped. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Because I actually had believed that if Mr. Muhammad was not God, then he surely stood next to God. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, if I didn’t know before I would surely know now.” Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z If her mom and the rest of the world had recovered, then surely by now…. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z But at last he met Hector face to face and his doom was sealed as surely as a boar is doomed when he faces a lion. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z "But if there is no will, Miss Honey, then surely the house goes automatically to you. You are the next of kin." Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z Their life together had happened to her, she would not have been able to imagine it if she had tried, and so, surely, she could return to what was before. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z He’d surely get less this week at his job at the mill, assuming he still had a job when Mr. Smitherman returned to work, she thought furiously. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z But if I have the power to push, then surely I also have the power to lift? Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z But in that case the men inside the wooden horse would surely die. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z I heard her make her way down the creaky-floored hallway, each step counting down to what would surely be an epic Mom freak-out. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z Plenty for Mr. Quisling to find, and surely he’d solve the Pigpen clue in no time. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z I’m not certain if I was Sumac or myself, but I saw the earth and the mountains from his eyes as surely as if they were my own. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z ‘But he was alive and strong when we parted. And he lives still for all that I know. Though surely there are many perils in the world.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z “She wasn’t brought up to be running in public places. No, sir. She surely wasn’t.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z It is surely easier to give an uncommon phrase a new meaning than a common phrase. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z But surely the woman would not have the heart . Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z “But surely, sir,” he said, keeping his voice as respectful as possible, “you don’t need me — you could use Legilimency...or Veritaserum...” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z “You surely do not want to have a magical duel here in your shop! Why, something like that could get you permanently shut down.” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z He was too scared and too chicken to act, and he abhorred the deep-down feeling of relief in himself, for this must mean, surely, thank God, it signaled the end of the affair. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z If Rufus was vindictive enough, he could surely have the man killed. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z The wooden man she had glimpsed, though, and the boy with the wolf’s face ... they were his servants, surely ... his champions, as Stannis was hers. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She knew there had been fighting, but surely no one would harm a steward. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z As for her being able to read and write, surely that could not be true. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z By time Campbell Junior came along, Granny surely wasn’t still hoping to have another baby herself. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Gilly hesitated for a moment, waiting for the sermon that was bound to pour forth, if not from him, surely from Trotter. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z He told her that she was the apple of his eye, that she was wound around his heartstrings, that she was surely the finest little lady in the land. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z These rock gardens had outlived the barracks and the towers and would surely outlive the asphalt road and rusted pipes and shattered slabs of concrete. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z At least this picture, which Gregor at the moment completely concealed, surely no one would now take away. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z "Oh, surely you can save me a peasant or two, Father," Tyrion replied. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z It thrives, surely, only because the facts are not known. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Then she said: 'I had a little difficulty on first arriving, but that is surely only normal.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z I thought surely you would have had sense enough to tell the officers that your mother was a gentile, that you would have aligned yourself to the greater being inside you. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Mingo didn’t need a place to put his doghouse, but surely he was on the lookout to expand his domain. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “I thought maybe she was a bobcat,” said the blond man, who was surely Burke’s father. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z I think, If I fold into a small ball of patience, surely things can't get any worse. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “The rats at Elsinore are not so big! The prince is surely mad.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z As she went up the steps, a servant came to block her way, and she thought she must surely have looked a bit crazed, but she said, “Please, I am here to see the huntress.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Unfortunately, the text also specifically says not to use this trick on a demon, for the demon will surely overpower and possess or even kill you. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z "For the joy of my company, surely," he said lightly. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z And so we, the Jews of Sighet, waited for better days that surely were soon to come. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Francie thought that if she touched it, it would burn her hand surely. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Under better conditions, on a day with fewer horrors and more rest, someone would surely know what to say. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z She surely would not be able to lie to him indefinitely about his father, for one day he would be old enough to realize that it was not his father’s name he bore. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z They did not know, it seemed a fine pearl to them, but they had never seen such a pearl before, and surely the dealers knew more about the value of pearls than they. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Us giants is making whizzpoppers all the time! Whizzpopping is a sign of happiness. It is music in our ears! You surely is not telling me that a little whizzpopping is forbidden among human beans?’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Anyone who had a problem with rainbows, he said, would surely have trouble with Islam. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Something will surely have to be found to take the place of sitting on the porch re-examining one’s watch. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The police and attendants moved calmly, surely as if they were performing a ritual and had forgotten the meaning of it. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z Sheet music, surely also the ill-gotten spoils of the Château des Bourreaux—a lot of popular songs from the last decade and some pieces by French composers, scored for flute and piano. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z When he inhaled, he thought his lungs would surely freeze solid and stop working. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z If the arcana can kill, surely they must be able to heal? The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z We surely didn’t have a pond in Boston. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z It hadn’t, surely, though maybe it leaned forward, like a craned neck. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z And when he heard, when he saw how much she missed him when he was gone, he would surely take her with him. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z The most notorious recent example of this phenomenon is surely Kennewick Man. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z They had been riding since dawn, everyone was tired and cold, surely they should refresh themselves first. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z If our captain was leaving, surely I should depart as well. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Where we are opposed, as we surely will be, this must be the basis of all our counterarguments. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z I guess that in terms of grades I was just as consistent as Lynn was, which, when you thought about it, was surely something to be proud of Lynn got straight A’s. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “She surely does favor them,” Miss Trotter said, studying my mother. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z The night air was cold and damp, but he saw no sign of snow though surely winter was close at hand. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z And if some of us are prepared to sacrifice much in life in order to pursue such aspirations, surely that is in itself, whatever the outcome, cause for pride and contentment. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z “The American Standard translation orders men to triumph over sin, and you can call sin ignorance. The King James translation makes a promise in ‘Thou shalt,’ meaning that men will surely triumph over sin. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Yet here they were, sailing closer and closer to the mighty rocks, now surely less than a quarter-mile away. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Beans was boss as surely and naturally as any king who ever sat upon a throne. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z But surely she could not pretend not to know how he felt about her. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z His agony and anguish rippled through my muscles and bones; for him, this division was surely just as excruciating. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z His glance was empty, but I felt it, as surely as I’d felt the gun this morning. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z I’m fourteen now and if I save something every week surely I should be able to go to America by the time I’m twenty. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z He loves her more than life itself—surely she knows that. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z So without telling Maman, who would surely say no, I went. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Then there’s a channel entirely in Spanish playing what is surely a sappy soap opera. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z But I did hear the lispings, the whispers, the mutters which some day, under one stimulus or another, will surely grow into open revolt unless the conditions which produce Bigger Thomases are changed. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Périer was surely glad to have witnesses, but they were there because they believed this was an opportunity to watch history being made. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “Yeah, so if that guy can make it in drunk, surely we can make it in sober. I mean, were ninjas.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z My neighborhood is buried as surely as my mother is buried in St. Louis Cemetery. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z He wanted to, for surely Village had also become his true home, and saved him, but he felt a little shy. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z That gets me to thinking that Neutral Milk Hotel is going to see me just as surely as I'm going to see them, so I give myself a once-over in the rearview. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z And surely, she must have asked about it, too, but she couldn’t seem to remember doing so. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z It was as if I had contracted a disfiguring disease that was slowly but surely reshaping my face. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z He would come to it as surely as nine follows eight and ten follows nine. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z Living with a pet name and a good name, in a place where such distinctions do not exist—surely that was emblematic of the greatest confusion of all. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Howard would surely appreciate a relatively low and equal impost. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z But surely the forest didn’t go on forever. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Someone was walking around, she thought without interest; Luke was walking back and forth in the room, talking softly to himself; surely an odd way to play chess? The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z I’d seen her smooth out her own eyebrows but surely it couldn’t be time for me to pay attention to mine. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Ah, no, she says, surely you could take that home to your children. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Wouldn’t that be a sin and surely you wouldn’t want Frank to commit a sin on his First Communion day. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Wherever he was going he surely would not make it. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “All these things ... your cross, your prayers. As God is near—and surely He always is—you need no special words or objects to approach Him.” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z The door surely locked, he would have to ring the bell. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He found the village on the map, but not the track, though it surely led there. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z And if Emeline had come to the building bearing marriage announcements, she surely would have presented one in person. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z If I’d had my knife, I would surely have killed someone. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t you blow that thing!” he warned, in what surely sounded like a joke to the woman sitting next to him; she smiled. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “You only have to risk your life every second you spend with me, that’s surely not much. You only have to turn your back on nature, on humanity . . . what’s that worth?” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Snape was sweeping about in his usual bad temper, which surely meant that the Stone was still safe. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Animated by this new certainty—choosing the right dress had surely helped—she crossed the hallway, pushed through the baize door and strode along the checkered tiled corridor to the kitchen. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I hope to ride the horse our cowboy surely has. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z “Everything is going to be fine,” Mom said right away, and I could tell that they’d been rehearsing because of how quickly and surely she spoke. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Quisling gestured to his lecture outline about the Roman Empire and said, “Then surely you know what Edgar Allan Poe and Julius Caesar have in common?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “You must surely have gotten letters,” said Billy. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The half-broken mini blind that would surely invalidate their deposit if they ever moved out. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Not all robins receive a lethal dose, but another consequence may lead to the extinction of their kind as surely as fatal poisoning. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z She's coming down now, stepping surely, right hand on the railing, her face a flurry of emotions. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z They would be incomplete, surely, but they would be more than nothing, and nothing was basically what she had now, all she’d ever had. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z “Because surely our stuff is so precious, anyone who sees it would want to steal it,” Muthu joked as we laid down the bundle of things we’d salvaged from the bridge. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z I’d wait to hear her voice return to soft-sounding Spanish, which assured me, as surely as did the clicking tongue of the lock on the door, that the stranger was gone. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She reached down to touch the hot, wet, moving mass, surely smaller than anything human, and could feel that it was human after all—fingers, toes, nails, nose. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z But if, as he forever insisted, the Alien and Sedition Acts never enjoyed his enthusiastic support, Abigail’s unequivocal endorsement of the legislation almost surely tilted the decision toward the affirmative. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z If they found out I was leaving, they would surely try to marry me off before I could escape, so they could get the cows that man would give them for me. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z According to the family story, Samuel called the family together, girls and boys, and made them promise to take care of Joe after he was gone, for if they did not Joe would surely starve. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Since this was the first day at school, we would be dismissed at noon, and surely things would improve by then. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z In a city where every woman over the age of fifty has blond hair, my Mr. Science miracle soap would surely have the Parisians lined up all the way to Bethlehem. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Slowly but surely, they were on their way out of Antarctica’s grip. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z He felt certain he would regain his role as starting fullback by the Odessa High game, when the stadium would surely be rockin’ ’n’ rollin’. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z That electric bulb is too dim, surely, for you to be reading by.' it is perfectly adequate, thank you, Miss Kenton.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Whoever had made of Hector Street a barrier, it was surely not these people. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z If they allowed this, then surely it must be right. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The belief that nothing exists outside your own mind—surely there must be some way of demonstrating that it was false. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z But his mother surely would have been even less sympathetic about that. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Someone would notice the salt, surely, and it’d be yet another reason why Caroline Murphy should not be allowed to have any friends. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “Oh, yes, we surely do. I have a daddy and a little brother who love her very much. She’s my mother, sir.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z These fruit must surely be heavy and juicy, I thought. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z To enter them, we would somehow have to penetrate a fourth physical dimension—not an easy undertaking, surely, but perhaps a black hole would provide a way. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z There was something very strange going on around here, surely. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z The first letter was from Uncle Holt, with a small postscript that pleased me to no end: I surely enjoyed your last letter. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Seven wished Valley, who would surely know how best to defeat this kind of monstruo, was here. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z “She can go forth on the sea, surely, if she must go.” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Voldemort had known about the Deathly Hallows, surely he would have sought them, done anything to possess them: three objects that made the possessor master of Death? Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z It came to Gabriel then how his own mother must have suffered to watch him in the unredeemed innocence that so surely led to death and Hell. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Surely, he cried indignantly, whisking his tail and skipping from side to side, surely they knew their beloved Leader, Comrade Napoleon, better than that? Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z She snapped the clutch bag shut and looked around with a sweeping, raptor-like gaze—the only thing about her, surely, that could remind me of my father, and it did. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z A forest had surely been felled to make the tall staffs that held the banners. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Our muscles have surely atrophied these past weeks.” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z And of all the men he had met, surely Max knew what he was trying to say. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Finnick and I try to station ourselves in Command, where surely first word of the rescue will come, but we are barred because serious war business is being carried out. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The fair buildings were complete and all exhibits were in place, but just as surely as silver tarnishes, the fair became subject to the inevitable forces of degradation and decline—and tragedy. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “Maybe he does,” Reynie said, “but surely he wouldn’t let his feelings spoil the mission. He must have good reasons for including her.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z The Howards motored down and watched, too, feeding sugar cubes to their horses and surely wondering what they had gotten themselves into. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought surely it was going to hop right out on the depot platform. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z As for this truck-and-fanbelt story, the Reverend loved to speak in parables, and we could surely spot one coming. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z A few questions: “Pardon, I’m not crazy, but have you seen any six-fingered noblemen lately?” and surely, sooner or later, there would be an answering “yes.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z A sprain would surely have healed by now. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Yet there was something besides scorn in those eyes of hers, something surely of positive dislike, or actual malice? Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z The village would surely smell the rum on her breath when she returned home and would conjecture quickly as to where she had gotten it. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z How strange when I had had such feelings of death shoot through my hand and into my body so that I would surely die. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I hadn’t been on my own as long as Arul and Muthu—surely they knew this world better than I did. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z A “fantastic” house is surely fantastic enough to warrant a high price, isn’t it? Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Surprised, she tried again, with the same result He moved far more quickly and surely than she did. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z She felt as though she had stepped into someone else’s shoes — for surely the King’s Huntress could not mean to invite her? Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z In all these years, surely one person would have found a way out and come home. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z There was surely nothing to indicate at the time that such evidently small incidents would render whole dreams forever irredeem-able. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z “You surely do. I am glad you both are here. I figured you’d eventually come around.” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z She was the most confusing person he had ever met, and surely as wicked as everyone else in the castle—although he could not quite bring himself to believe it completely. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z A few days later she heard that Edward Brodas, the master, was sick, and that the doctor had told the family he would surely die. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Because if we all start listening and helping, then surely, together, we can make the world a better place for all living things. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z In any case, while it is all very well to talk of 'turning points', one can surely only recognize such moments in retrospect. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z An immersion into greenery and sunlight will surely help me sort out my thoughts. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z There were so many things to do in those three days that surely I would do some of them wrong. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Without a family, the unhatched gosling inside would surely die. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “Respected elder, surely we have done enough...,” one of the prophets said. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Slowly but surely she transformed the empty rooms into a labyrinth of secret nooks where she hid those she took under her wing, sometimes whole families. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z There was one snag: Wake, surely expected to be an easy conquest, wouldn’t give in. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z And when Scoob takes that out, he uncovers enough shiny, sparkly, glittery stuff to surely pay for college, buy him a car, and maybe get him a decent-sized house, too. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z "Lady Sansa," he called from the saddle, "surely my sister has asked you to join the other highborn ladies in Maegor's?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z But the more she thought about it, the more surely she knew there had never been a moment like that. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z If I did, surely I would come upon the gate through which Bear and I had entered the town. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z The United Party and General Smuts had beaten the Nazis, and surely they would defeat the National Party. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z If discovery was new with Vespucci, then surely invention was not? The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z It had just been an argument and surely he would come back once he calmed down, once he got hold of himself. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The best translation into English is perhaps a phrase of John Wilkins’s of 1675 which is surely meant to be the English equivalent: ‘this visible frame which we call the World’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I tried to imagine the world as it should be, the way Father could surely see it in his mind. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z This nightmare—because it was surely a nightmare, of course it was—was so different from the other nightmare. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z “No joke—oh, surely, no joke. Tell me about yourself—that is, if you want to.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Something fluttered from a dark corner of the room—another shadow about to burst to life, surely. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z “Yet if I run again, it will as surely find me again...And all my strength is spent in the running.” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z “All right, for the sight of my blood does make me swoon. But surely you will look at my water.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The earring is surely worth more than two train tickets. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z This seems wrong, because we use maps to get from one place to another: surely maps are about places? The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “But surely I’m not old enough to get married,” Violet said. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z Because Hunt, Smith’s subordinate, had the smaller of the two vessels, the actual number was surely less. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “I grew up in a holler, I surely did,” she tells jurors as she lays out the boundary conflict. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z The old man knew if the Leopard and the Lion discovered that the girls had gone, they would surely eat him for supper instead. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z If they are like the factionless, then they are surely desperate like the factionless, and I am wary of desperate people. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z If they had found something they would still be there, surely; it must take hours, going over everything, processing the evidence. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I decide it doesn't matter, if I move, the rope will surely wake him. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z “You let go,” said the woman, who was surely Beverly’s mother, even though she wasn’t really acting like a mother. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z ‘But if all these people are disappearing every night, surely there’s some sort of an outcry?’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “We won’t dwell on it, but to us—and surely to you as well—it is something to commemorate.” Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z God surely meant for humans to live like that. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Slowly, but surely, the tide had been turned. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, ma’am, I surely would,” Lizzie said, and then put her hand to her mouth, startled. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z “But surely there must be something,” the newscaster said. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Plenty for Mr. Quisling to find, and surely he’d solve the Pigpen clue in no time. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z A leader was surely forced to offer something which appealed to those he led? The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z "But surely you could have complained to somebody?" Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z The black man gave him a look of disgust that would surely have angered him if he had seen it. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z And every time there was another crack of thunder, Winn-Dixie acted all over again like it was surely the end of the world. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z I remembered so much—surely I would have recalled if he touched me. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z If I took the sword, which my hate must surely have forged out of the air, and gutted him, I would put color and wrinkles into his shirt. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “But surely—I mean—that was rather careless of the old man?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z But Manetti, who had held the board in his hand, would surely have noticed this. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Hence if a productive crop is already available, incipient farmers will surely proceed to grow it rather than start all over again by gathering its not yet so useful wild relative and redomesticating it. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “You wouldn’t be interested ... no, surely not. You got a mighty herd already.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z “Maybe you don’t have things like that here,” he went on, “but surely you know they exist outside the wall?” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The sound of a voice can be soothing; surely he must be bored and restless with inactivity. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Even if I could believe what he said, my actions today had surely ruined any favor Father may have felt for me. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z George Pocock, surprised, said, “The sophomores looked like something today for the first time in weeks. It surely looked like a crew that is coming.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The ghetto-reared officers from New York City surely knew the most. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They were kind—he was sure that they were kind—and on the day that he would bring himself to their attention they would surely love and honor him. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z A lovely world, surely, but there is—from our parochial point of view—much wrong with Mars, chiefly the low oxygen abundance, the absence of liquid water, and the high ultraviolet flux. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z If only I could talk to her—surely I could convince her she was wrong to fear me. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z “Perhaps if you’d put on your little play fifty years ago it would have been a joke but the way science has progressed in that time, surely nothing is impossible....Scorchingly...” Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z And he had dropped the photograph of the thief, and it would surely be easy now for Voldemort to find out who he was....Voldemort had all the information now.... Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z But I was determined not to participate in any way, for that would have surely, by implication, incriminated me in a network of guilt which I did not share. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z There will surely always be people with straight hair and blue eyes, as there have been for all history. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Of course, if she had known anything, she would have told Flitwick or Dumbledore, who had surely asked her the same question. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z It’s ruddy dark in the barn now and I can hear grunts and barks and clanks and then I hear Matthew cry out in pain at what must surely be a bite. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z It surely wasn’t Hogwarts; he had never seen a room like that here in the castle. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z |
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