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They would take up their position and then wait for Octavian to attack. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z
A flat-screen TV takes up a whole wall, and tropical fish swim around in a tank on another wall. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z
A roast beef bigger than a horse, set on a giant platter that took up the entire front room, surrounded by steaming potatoes and parsnips, and loaves of fresh bread. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
Thus, for relief, Maurice had taken up interference microscopy to find a trick for weighing chromosomes. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z
Wart took up his position in the circle round the monster’s lair, and knelt down on one knee in the snow, with the handle of his spear couched on the ground, ready for emergencies. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z
Mr. Freeman took up the whole doorway, “Then Bailey ought not to be in there with her. Unless you want a house full of sick children.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z
At the beginning of the year he finally took up the appointment, and at the age of 29, Hooke also published his greatest work, Micrographia. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z
I can hear the air struggling to get past the mucus that takes up space in my lungs. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z
The hearer can carry it tucked away without it taking up much room. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z
There were fifty soldiers, taking up every inch of space on both floors of the clinic. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z
His smile took up nearly his entire face. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z
“Just a rumor. And it’s not as if Wylan left home to take up residence with a lover.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z
“Your beer cans take up most of the space.” The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z
“So we’re going south. Or has he taken up residence somewhere else now?” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z
Chrissie eagerly took up the subject and soon both veterans were coming out with anecdotes about all the hilarious things Martin had got up to. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z
The class took up valuable time defending Melissa’s story. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z
And I, with only the thistledown of childish care upon me, would listen lightly and take up my pencil again. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z
Half the house, thinks Marie-Laure, is taken up by wireless receivers and the parts that go into them. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z
She did take up her pencil and pad one last time. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z
“Already? You’re welcome to wait here. You don’t take up much room.” Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z
Kind of apologetic, like he hated to take up Papa’s time, he explained. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z
To fire muskets is not an act of war, but a routine with which we, ranked in concert, take up the hours between ten and noon. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z
But if you do not find solace there, perhaps you should take up embroidery. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z
Though Mary Anne rushed up to kick Red in the ribcage before Ben could calm her, no one else sallied forth to take up Red’s gauntlet. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z
As well as taking up half the tent, the long-time family has extended outside their area with a makeshift shelter of plastic sheeting and bamboo. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z
“If you join the Department of Supernatural Investigations, will you take up the search for VanQuish?” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z
He took up the letters on the table and stamped them carefully, and then turning to me, said:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z
It is not in the Party's interests to take up such matters. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
Reverend Lanier, however, lost his job when the Methodists took up the mortgage on his church. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z
Mrs. Nielsen is in and out; much of her time these days is taken up with bridge club and volunteering at the church. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z
But the problems had fallen away, the village had thrived, and Jonas had relinquished leadership to others so that he could take up an unburdened life with his family. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z
He took up his bag, but before he was gone there was a final muttered interview by the front door. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z
“But the left lateral is chipped. A piece of the tooth is still there. So that one you’ll definitely have to take up with a dentist, but I’m gonna go ahead and reimplant the others.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z
To create her formulas, Mother took up something called “muscle testing,” which she explained to me as “asking the body what it needs and letting it answer.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z
“So, Mr. Harris, just why are you taking up classroom space?” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z
The flood of extra nitrogen causes a wild growth of algae, and the algae take up all the oxygen in the water, smothering the fish. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z
Around the grove, every satyr took up the song—an eerie melody, like a creek flowing over stones. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z
That takes up a whole page in our notebook because Sara insists on making little drawings of each ingredient. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z
The fans went wild, taking up a raucous cheer: “Bring on War Admiral! Bring on War Admiral!” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z
Then the judge's small clear voice took up the thread once more. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z
He didn't move into the turreted house on the hill, but took up lodging in the Club House, reinforcing his status as a temporary fixture. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z
All it’s asked to do is take up space. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z
“You know I have school? And homework? This is going to take up a lot of my time,” Mustafa argues. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z
On the floor and taking up practically the entire room is a robotics setup. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z
“Tell me...tell me what I was doing before I took up this business.” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
Though I was scheduled to give the concluding remarks, I told him that I would take up the matter with our National Executive Committee. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
But Harlan had always considered himself too much a gentleman to take up arms against a little old lady. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
At length, however, he reached over and took up his sack and rummaged through it. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z
She brings him the cigarette and tells Mam the guards in the barracks have taken up a collection to pay our train fares to Limerick. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z
Soon after taking up his position, Davy began to bang out new elements one after another–potassium, sodium, magnesium, calcium, strontium, and aluminum or aluminium, depending on which branch of English you favor.* A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z
One last picture took up the whole back of the program. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z
A single male voice took up the princess’s cry. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z
I gave her the bowl of powder, the rouge compact, and the lipstick, and she put away the cards and took up the hand glass from the table by her side. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z
Passing the stranger the torch so he could see better, Aycliffe took up the document and cast his eyes over it. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z
Although you may have fortresses, they will not save you if the people hate you, for once the people have taken up arms, they never lack for foreigners who will assist them. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z
I thought to myself, I ought to follow them, maybe take up residence in the woods for a year or two. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z
Minerva has taken up sculpture, in prison of all places. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
The play is about a man who has taken up with a goat, but is really about the nature of love. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z
He stopped paddling and let his pirogue drift, taking up again only once the current dragged him backward. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z
She walked up to the driver's seat, sat down and took up the reins. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z
“Well, I don’t think they took up guest rooms or anything.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z
Booker Middle School was a monstrous brick building that took up an entire block. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z
Some Chicagoans who had found slavery repugnant now shuddered at the prospect of free blacks surging in to take up residence in their city. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z
I take up the offer and eat some of his flat bread. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z
She is so extra, he thought, but it was why he loved the days when she took up cooking duty in their house. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z
When she was done, she sat on her rocking chair facing the door, took up a basket of crochet, and began working. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z
He once wanted to take up something like that himself, he says, but never got around to it because of having to earn a living. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z
That plus Miss Whitlaws bags and our own boxes of possessions took up the wagon. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Control room people said most of them have taken up residence north of the river, near the Hancock building,” Amar says. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z
There is a point at which gas, in theory, takes up no space at all; Charles’ law says that a balloon of gas must shrink to zero space. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z
Dudley looked furious and sulky, and somehow seemed to be taking up even more space than usual. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z
I remember that at the end of service, the congregation took up a collection for Mrs. Duncan. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z
Caddy dressed and took up the bottle again and we went down to the kitchen. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z
A massive desk—covered with documents, an inkpot and pen neatly placed in one corner—takes up most of the room. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z
Unknown to me, those anarchists had taken up residence in my abdomen, and were even hooked up to the utilities. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z
Another reason we left Christ Temple: Daddy doesn’t like that they take up so many offerings. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z
Of course, zero space is the smallest possible volume; when a gas reaches this point, it takes up no space at all. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z
My dad thinks I should take up a sport to release my nervous energy. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z
Our Blessed Mother had been taken up into heaven, body and soul. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
The angry bubbles have taken up permanent residence inside my stomach. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z
I look, turn over the pages, take up fresh books. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z
They had taken up a collection and bought a white cake with chocolate icing that read success forever! Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z
So they went about fingering, taking up the streamers of gold, moving them back and forth, grabbing them to themselves, babbling, talking gibberish among themselves. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
Mathew Carey took up the story: “Of these, one crawled out on the commons, where he died....Two died in the circus.” An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z
She changed her position, taking up a cross-legged, Indian squat. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z
Then she took up its head, and she carried it with her up to the driver's seat. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z
Here and there a Luddite holdout refuses to open an email account, just as thousands of years ago some human bands refused to take up farming and so escaped the luxury trap. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z
She took up the brush again and met Meeks’s gaze across the table. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z
Yoshoto’s throat, take up her heart in my hand and warm it as I would a bird. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z
There was also a letter that took up a whole page in the paper, stating the rights of man, and signed with a lot of important people’s names. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z
To keep her family out of the projects and on what might be described as the upper rung of poverty, she had taken up with a man who worked handling baggage at O’Hare International Airport. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z
Blackavar ate the clover and Bigwig took up his usual place as Chervil arrived to watch the Mark go out. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z
The treatment could take up to two years—much longer than the treatment for regular TB—and the side effects were often painful for patients. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z
We moved most of the furniture out onto the enclosed porch and took up the rug in the living room, so there was a great dance floor. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z
The narrow walls took up his clear sweet voice, held it for a breath and gave it back with doubled sweetness. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z
It wasn't until he took up running, an activity that re-wards will and determination more than finesse or cunning, that he found his athletic calling. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Very good. I’ll take up astronomy in my old age. Where will it lead me?” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z
The other boys took up the cry till the mountain rang. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z
Was this their day to take up the wandering life of the wolves? Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z
Hearing his name, the dog walks into the kitchen, takes up his position by Mom. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z
As Octavian’s guards took up their positions at the city gates, Mark Antony retreated. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z
The letter would remain a mystery, its secrets hidden for ten more years, until someone came along who was brave enough—or perhaps foolish enough—to take up the challenge again. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z
I remember that bright-purple door on the short and wide gray building that takes up the whole section of this street. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z
I turn from the cabinet and go to the credenza that takes up a large portion of the living room wall. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z
Without her, Lanre’s life was nothing but a burden, and the power he had taken up lay like a hot knife in his mind. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
I let him down and saw in the mirror how he took up his trudging beside the road. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z
As the nightingales fell silent, the river larks took up their song. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z
And he stood proudly and watched while his son took up the brush and changed the mistaken sign. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z
In school, they had taken up a collection of donated clothes for him and his family. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z
The hefty ledger books waited on a huge wooden bookshelf that took up the far wall of the dim room. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z
But now I couldn’t focus on how amazing it was, not with Marcus’s letter taking up so much space in my brain. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z
The next four constructions allow a writer to shift a phrase rightward when it is too heavy or too newsworthy to be taking up space in the middle of a sentence. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z
I mentioned again that people on their own had taken up arms. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
Even though there are rational numbers everywhere on the number line, they take up no space at all. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z
I took up the silver knife and cracked off the cap of my egg. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z
He sat down again and took up his sceptre. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z
June had colored it an azure blue, and there was a red heart in its middle, taking up half of the whale’s body. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z
One may look in vain for living creatures in the daytime, but when the sun goes and the night gives consent, a world of creatures awakens and takes up its intricate pattern. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z
Then he took up the duties before him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z
The Masks leave Elias on the stage and take up positions behind it. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z
How much area does the stain take up? Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z
It turned out that the Black Panthers at the People’s Center had taken up a collection for Cecile to fly down here. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z
After passing some pieces of chicken and a glass of water through the window, he took up his usual role of talking Thomas’s ear off. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z
The Door open & it is Octavian, I thought at first it was a Specter & took up the Poker. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z
“Why don’t you take up baseball or something, Matt?” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z
Cars had taken up every inch of the dirt road running through Abba. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z
He chose one of the scrolls before him, took up his brush, and began writing. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z
The giant next to Luke must’ve been fifteen feet tall, easy, and so wide he took up three seats. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z
“Then, without remorse for the passing of his figures, he took up the cloth and began his buffing, which obliterated each face in turn as he whispered, ‘And then he died! The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z
She took up her Bible and went to sit by the window. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z
“Well, there’s plenty of work going,” Hildy says, standing and taking up her plate. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z
It seems like everybody I saw took up for me, even Miss Effie Belle. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z
Each seemed taken up with the same melancholy thoughts—thoughts which, however sad, were at least far from Efrafa. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z
“The campus is serving as a graveyard for most of the robins that attempt to take up residence in the spring,” said Dr. Wallace. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z
Papa would of stayed with her, except he had to take up collection. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z
I took up one of the daggers, then withdrew, shutting the door behind me. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z
With its formal closure thousands more workers joined the swelling army of the unemployed, and homeless men took up residence among the great abandoned palaces of the fair. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z
“But you didn’t tell me that you had taken up residence.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z
So I take up my pen and write. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z
The reparations were intended to weaken Germany so that it would never take up arms again. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z
“Love to see an Episcopalian take up the serpent or speak in tongues. Signs follow the faithful.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z
The cell was just like the ones on the top level of the prison, but the observation panel was on the other side—a large mirror that took up half of the opposite wall. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z
Press coverage had been exhaustive, taking up most of the front page of the daily newspapers. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z
Wood took up Loomis’s proposal to work in the developing field of ultrasonics, which involved sound waves with frequencies inaudible to humans. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z
I squint at the drained milkshake glasses and mound of empty chocolate pudding cups taking up practically the entire space. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z
Imogen took up with an old white guy in a Hawaiian shirt. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z
I meant nothing in particular by this remark but it was taken up in an unexpected way. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z
I take up Ma’s purse and search inside for another container. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z
She only knew that some deep urge made her take up her knife one morning and carve a small notch into the doorpost of her sleeping cabin. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z
They took up what others could no longer bear. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z
It was beyond comprehension; but this was indeed the truth: The rebels themselves were taking up our work and destroying Norfolk. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z
On my knees by his side, I took up one of his hands. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z
‘Bill, my lad,’ he said, ‘you oughtn’t to have took up with us. You could have stayed here and et the best hay till the new grass comes.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z
Hagrid took up two seats and sat knitting what looked like a canary-yellow circus tent. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z
Which is a million years old, because you can think classic rock was left in the last century, but it sneakily took up residence in Batavia. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z
And after that it was pretty much a blur, bits and pieces of information, and images no one would want taking up residence in one’s brain. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z
Arrows pointed toward one palace, larger than all the others, so large it took up half the map, and I gulped. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z
He had a contradictory physical presence, taking up space, a decent-sized kid, but hollowed out. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z
I lived in West Helena an undeterminedly long time before I returned to school and took up regular study. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z
Mrs. Cohen takes up a pile of socks from Mrs. de Vries's mending pile and quietly begins to darn them. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z
Abel rubbed the sleep from his eyes, took up his lute, and launched into “The Domishman’s Wife,” whilst one of his washerwomen beat time on her drum. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z
He took up a piece of paper, wrote something on it swiftly, folded it and sealed it, and addressed it to General Putnam. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
This time they would stoop over each pile, and taking up a handful of the stalks in each hand they would knot them together to make a longer strand. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z
After Dad took up preaching against milk, Grandma jammed her fridge full of it. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z
“What does that mean, taking up his mantle? What’s a mantle?” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
My flushed face takes up the giant screen once I step onstage. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z
Lord Commander Mormont had taken up residence in the King's Tower after the fire had gutted his own. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z
Back she went to her pencil and pad, scribbling and tsking and tearing off sheets, finally giving up, and taking up her New York Times. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z
It took up at least a quarter of the valley, with trees so tall and thick, you could imagine nobody had been in there since the Native Americans. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z
But I see a boy with one leg very clearly longer than the other, limping past me, with a giant hunchback taking up the rear, and I wonder: What show is this boy right for? Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z
Most of the courtyard was cobblestones, but a small, neat garden took up a significant part near the door. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z
“I wanted to see how you children were settling in, but I had a very difficult case in the High Court and it was taking up much of my time.” The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z
She hadn’t heard of odes or atmospheres before, but as she worked through the pages, these creatures took up residence in her mind. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z
Without a word Theodora took up the quilt from the foot of the doctor’s bed and folded it around Eleanor and herself, and they moved close together, slowly in order not to make a sound. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z
Half of the students didn’t even bother to open their books and simply took up the conversations they were previously having. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z
She was less than pleased when, not long after taking up the sport, Beck announced that he’d decided to have a go at the Seven Summits. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z
The whole of Gryffindor House took up the challenge enthusiastically, so that it was impossible for Harry to get to classes on time because he was surrounded by a vast, chattering crowd. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z
A drum struck savagely through the hush, sent it shivering, flying...people blinked and stared, called thus rudely to take up their ordinary existence. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z
Besides, I didn’t want to take up time I could be hearing about my precious. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Don’t you take up with no woman if her kids is little, Joe.” Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z
Winston took up his mug of gin, paused for an instant to collect his nerve, and gulped the oily-tasting stuff down. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z
At the same time, I also took up a sport that I seemed less suited for, and that was boxing. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
A window took up one whole wall, and the room was bright, the sun streaming through gauzy white curtains. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z
The focus of the activities of the invisible college shifted to Oxford, however, when several of its prominent members took up posts there in 1648, as the Civil War drew to a close. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z
The new public library, with its glistening gold dome, took up half a downtown block, its back butting up against an old-fashioned office tower. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z
In 245 bce, Eratosthenes of Cyrene left Athens to take up his position as head librarian at the Museum in Alexandria. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z
From the shadows, shots rang out in response as black snipers took up position in yards, on porches, and behind windows. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z
Laney’s face broke into a huge grin that took up half her face, and even Oliver had to admit that it was worth getting an ugly tree for that smile. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z
“You never did anything wrong!” she protested, like she wanted to take up for him. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z
My mother and father slept on a single mattress, our only piece of furniture, which took up a third of our space. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z
I counted to one hundred as I rocked, contriving the patience to get one down in order to take up another. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
The three Burgerton boys were tall and thin and pale, and they were none too thrilled to find the twins taking up space in their house. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z
Neither man had taken up a shield this morning, so it was a game of slash and parry, back and forth across the deck. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z
The laws of quantum mechanics treat particles such as the electron as points; that is, they take up no space at all. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z
Matt sat perfectly still, his head bowed, as the bodyguards took up positions in front of the door. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
I wished my arms could fold up in more places so I would take up less room. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
The kestrel sailed into view and took up station, the black-edged flange of its tail bent down and its pointed wings beating rapidly as it searched the down below. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z
The next fall Ishmael took up American literature. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z
Four of his sons had taken up land there in October, 1854.. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z
I used to think I was pretty good, but I stopped in high school when basketball started taking up all of my free time. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z
A phalanx of the Director’s security detail stomps out and takes up position in front of the Hub doors. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z
Jody stayed a little while, running his fingers over the red rough coat, and then he took up the lantern and went back to the house. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z
The markets bustled with activity; the taverns and coffeehouses buzzed with conversation; the federal, state, and local governments took up the business they had left off in September. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z
Miss Love just had eyes for Grandpa, and Grandpa was taken up with her, and now Lightfoot was about to marry Hosie Roach. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z
As always when things got behind in the family or at the store, I was the one who took up the slack. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z
We took up positions among them, keeping our eyes open. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
The gas station’s back lot was only four parking spaces wide, and one of them was taken up by an overturned Dumpster. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z
Morgant’s warriors took up the rest of the companions and they galloped swiftly into the wood. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z
If we lose the war, she ought to take up mummery, she has a gift for it. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z
Now after thirty-four years, the commemorations and interviews and presentations of posthumous honors have almost stopped, so that for months at a time Dedd is able to take up her own life again. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
It had required at least two rolls of double-sided tape for the work of art to take up one massive wall of my bedroom. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z
Shortly after Tingey, the insurance man, concluded, the committee took up a vote. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z
The darkness took up too much valuable real estate in my head. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z
Autolykos’ tall sons took up the wounded, working skillfully over the Prince Odysseus to bind his gash, and with a rune they stanched the dark flow of blood. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z
Marcus began chanting, “Shot, shot, shot!” and it was taken up by the drunken horde surrounding me. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z
Previous work in Adaurice’s lab had shown that crystalline A-form DNA fibers increase in length when they take up water and go over into the B form. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z
“Well, now! I never thought he’d take up for me against you, Will.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z
Living in the tank were not fish but a large, green snapping turtle that took up almost half the sixty-five-gallon tank. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z
Zeus took up the white fat and was angry when he saw the bones craftily tricked out. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z
"Perhaps I'll take up my da's trade after all. As I said, it's best to be what people expect of you." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z
“Mark sixteen eighteen. They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing; it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover “Bravo.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z
Viola took up arms against them to no avail. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z
I reached the promenade, a big shopping mall that took up the whole middle of the ship, and I stopped cold. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z
A large shelf took up most of the wall, with various trophies, championship plates, and photos enshrined behind glass. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z
Around that time, probably because of all the garbage, a big, nasty- looking river rat took up residence at 93 Little Hobart Street. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z
She opened a wooden chest and took up five unbaked loaves of bread. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z
Fortunately, unless you take up geology as a career, you are unlikely ever to hear any of them again. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z
All colored people will organize and there will be a revolution, and at the close colored people will take up all the territory east of the Mississippi and south of the Potomac. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z
And I also knew I took up a lot of time. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z
Franklin was leaving King’s College to take up a new job at Birkbeck College, and Wilkins thought that she was abandoning the DNA project. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z
Some young people took up the weapons abandoned by the guards and performed sentry duty. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z
After all, he had only returned from his five-year tour of duty in France six months earlier and had just taken up his post as secretary of state in March. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z
With a growing sense of horror, Jonathan took up the gun, then stood. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z
In the middle of the screen, taking up almost the whole TV, was a picture of me. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z
After he ran away from his southern California group home, he took up with other, more dangerous friends. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z
Beneath that page is another, then another, thirty or forty spirals, each taking up a whole sheet, all in the same severe lead. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z
Had the people who once lived here run away from Capricorn, or was the village already abandoned before he and his men took up residence? Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z
Kronecker hated the irrationals, but they take up all the space in the number line. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z
She and Nehemia took up behind him, and as they crossed the small patio in which the clock tower stood, Celaena looked at the spot where Cain had just been kneeling. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z
Most of the room was taken up by a long winch, handles at each end, thick loops of chain spooled around it. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z
“Shame. Her reprogramming will take up precious time. We could have used her abilities for the first mission.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z
His mind turned sluggishly in the pattern of Adam and almost wearily took up a thought he had hoped was finished. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z
There was, it seemed, more reason for merriment than the deception of malignant spirits: This day the women were rowed ashore from their ships, and have taken up residence with us. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z
A girl’s torso takes up most of the poster. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z
Mrs. Tiflin took up the spoon again and went back to her cottage cheese. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z
She takes up space, and food, and she causes problems with the discipline of the tykes, telling them stories, teaching them games so that they make noise and disrupt the work.’” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
Most of the living-room wall was taken up with pictures of Tariq at various ages. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z
He gripped his wand tightly again and took up his position in the middle of the classroom. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z
The most populous phylum in our locker room, the Kilt Pins took up three rows of lockers. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z
Just for instance, the next Sunday while she was helping Mama and Queenie take up dinner, Campbell Junior fell all the way down our stairs. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z
The Shabbat day grew shorter and shorter, my schoolwork seemed endless, and student politics took up every moment of my spare time. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z
Outside the door, the ravens in the trees took up the cry, until the night wood echoed to the murderer’s song of“Yours, yours, yours.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z
He seemed to take up half the store, though part of that could have been his wild smile, red and huge as a carved watermelon. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z
“I guess I’m pretty roundabout. The whole thing comes up because I’m tired of just sitting around. I want to get something to take up my time.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z
But sitting in front of his gas fire doing nothing bored him, and again he took up his equations. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z
She had asked the other Vessels when she had taken up residence at the Birthing Unit. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z
Marlena laughed and her feet took up the rapid pace on the treadle that caused the rhythmic motion of the loom. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
Joon lies flat on his stomach, taking up the whole back seat. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z
The demons spread out around him, taking up all the space in the museum lobby. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z
Darcy took up a book; Miss Bingley did the same; and Mrs. Hurst, principally occupied in playing with her bracelets and rings, joined now and then in her brother’s conversation with Miss Bennet. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z
Many doctors took up the pen in order to write about their experiences during the plague, as well as to argue in support of whichever treatment they favored. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z
When I returned to the courtyard, Raizel had already taken up her post by her mother. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z
I watched carefully, but none of the others took up Arthur’s cue. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z
Then he took up the rabbit, spitted it, and soon had it roasting. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z
Thirty-five years of sleep like death, and now the murdered land draws a breath, moves its fingers, takes up life through its rivers and forests. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
“It’s like the biggest tug-of-war contest ever,” Tiara said as they formed two lines on either side of the ship, dug their feet into the sand, and took up the ropes. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z
The other had gone down to take up his watch on one of the lower branches. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z
But instead she sprang away and took up Briony’s hairbrush and stood in front of the mirror vigorously brushing out her hair. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z
In an instant, an unconditional silence filled the bus, cutting off from the Chief any alternative but to take up his narrating position. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z
The workbench took up a whole gable wall of the barn. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z
When he returned, he took up station at the top of the run. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z
He wrung my hand, and taking up his hat, went straight out of the room without looking back, without a tear or a quiver or a pause; and I am crying like a baby. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z
Besides she seemed taken up completely with book reading, pamphlet writing and the adoration of the orphan. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z
Berosty took up the great table of red stone as if it had been a sheet of tin and brought it down on Herbor’s head. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z
Other voices took up the cry, and now the arrowhead flew, a long scream of steel and silk, pounding hooves and sharp blades kissed by fire. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z
They paddled out of the racing lanes and took up a position along the bank at about the fifteen-hundred-meter mark. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z
I hastily made the sign of the cross over my heart, called on Saint Giles to protect me, and with trembling fingers took up the recorder and began to play. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z
In a matter of seconds, the entire assembly of witches had taken up the dreaded cry of dogs' droppings. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z
Bill’s long fingernails scraped on the table as he took up the matches. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z
Anything to stop them from taking up the sword and flamethrower against us again and pouring out of those mountains in their faceless swarms to burn our forests and our homes. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z
Everyone laughs—Micah, Maddy, and the band kids who take up the other half of our table. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z
I wanted to impress upon the court that we had not acted irresponsibly or without thought to the ramifications of taking up violent action. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
I took both our plates into the kitchen, where the platters of kabob and rice took up every square inch of available counter space. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z
“Silence!” he said fiercely, and took up his indoor ball bat. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z
The first month of the trial was taken up by the state’s submission of evidence. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
And I myself should hold it shame for any girl to flout her own dear parents, taking up with a man, before her marriage. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z
Serafina took up a position by the door, knowing that she could not stay unseen for long; this was too hard. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
She took up a hoe instead, and began to put every square inch of her sandy two-acre rented lot under cultivation: peanuts, sweet potatoes, and four dozen kinds of flowers. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
They descend from the trees and take up positions in the water beside crab holes. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
The shortwave-broadcasting boat took up its position behind the starting line. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z
But my parents wouldn’t let me go outside for fear I’d be taken up in a work gang. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z
Yet even as he said the words, he heard Patchface take up his song again. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z
Truman hurried into the White House and was taken up to the second floor, to an office used by Eleanor Roosevelt, the president’s wife. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
Catherine’s got a busy day, she says—three meetings before afternoon tea to discuss relocating into a royal residence more centrally located in London, since she’s begun taking up more duties than ever. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z
After several repetitions of this pattern, Jethro tethered his team and, taking up his rifle, walked into the woods. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z
What flooded Sarai was the emotion of everyone ever left behind, every family member or fiancé, childhood sweetheart or best friend who could do nothing but surrender as their loved one was taken up. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z
Instead of leaving a blank space where my baby picture was meant to be, the editors made my senior portrait big enough to take up both spaces. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z
Being called to stand to arms again, we rose, stooping, and took up our muskets. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z
And when she refused him, full of dread, He took up his sword, and smote off her head — But there was the miracle! Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z
I had taken up a position behind Summer, who smiled and waved one of her cute happy hellos at me. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z
After his discharge, he got a job in New York as a bicycle mechanic, took up competitive bicycle racing, got married, and had two sons. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z
When I was fourteen, my mother took up two new hobbies: riding a bicycle and playing piano. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z
While I was away Francis had taken up the structure of the DNA molecule in the A form. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z
“But really, I am half ashamed, and wish I had never taken up the idea.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z
Then Matthew went into the sixth grade and his classmate wanted to start a band, so her brother took up the guitar. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z
It took up most of the tiny cell, far smaller than my chamber at Elsinore. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z
Worse, she’s taken up ice dancing; she goes to classes at the local indoor rink, and tangos and waltzes in time to tinny music, holding hands with other women. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z
“And if you decide to take up arms against us,” she says, “you will be hard pressed to find any arms to take up.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z
Could he be a lonely bachelor, taking up with odd company for lack of an ordinary life? My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z
He counted our golden coins into his pouch, then took up his pole. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z
The room was mostly taken up by a makeshift desk—an old warehouse door atop stacked fruit crates—piled high with papers. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z
A woman and two wailing babies took up most of the gray space. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z
The opposing page is entirely taken up by a colour photo of the swim­ming pool of the Aurobindo Ashram. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z
The only trouble was, Church, even the Catholic Church, didn't take up the whole of your life. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z
I take up the wounded leg carefully, then he gives a jump and I take the knee of the sound leg also under my arm. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z
Crazy Horse finished with his horse’s front hooves and next took up the back feet. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z
She took up a plate, dried it, and placed it on the counter. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z
Inside, I try not to take up too much space or make any noise, because if I do, I may wake up the darkness, and I want the darkness to sleep. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z
I took up my position at second base. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z
It took up two columns there and was continued on page 10. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
Renault, refusing to take up the defensive, swept forward again, landing a few strong blows on Cain’s blade. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z
But what happens to the eighty pounds of man-made nitrogen that Naylor’s corn plants don’t take up? The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z
At the welcoming feast, the prince had taken up his silver-stringed harp and played for them. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z
“I can at least take up the food issue with the queen.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z
Rather forlorn, more than a little dissatisfied, I leant back in my chair and took up the book of poems. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z
Portia took up the Bible from the table in the center of the room. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z
With the leisure I now had I took up writing again. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z
They arrive and take up residence in the deserted homes. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
With permission from the Grand Duke of Tuscany, Galileo took up his new post in October 1592, when he was 28 years old. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z
This means that the rational numbers take up less than two units of space. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z
Bon puts the cloak about Henry and goes and takes up his tumbled blanket and swings it about his shoulders, and they move aside and sit on a log. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Only later he put the Bracken girl aside and took up with a Blackwood, was that the way of it?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z
Jody’s father gave him an old pair of spurs and bent in the side bars and cut down the straps and took up the chainlets until they fitted. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z
Ron shoved his own beautifully cut roots across the table at Malfoy, then took up the knife again. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z
My brother had a bench press in his bedroom that took up half the floor. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z
“It won’t. I’ll get caught. But it don’t make no difference. I’m lost anyhow. I was lost when I took up with you. I’m lost and it don’t matter. ...” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z
The children took up their station at the head of the casket. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
I walked away from him and took up my position near the base. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z
Many had taken up positions in the trees. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z
A well-grown gopher took up residence in a thicket of mallow weeds in the vacant lot on Cannery Row. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z
Dusk was approaching, early because of the sullen lowering clouds; when I took up the sack, not full today, the stones rattled loosely inside. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z
I took up station once more on the steps. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z
Side by side, Jason and I take up the whole path. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z
Then he took up the paper bag in his teeth and gently shook it so that more treasures rolled out, among them a balled- up piece of heavy white paper. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z
With their hands free, they took up tools and beat from the bush their own food and shelter and their own fine business of right and wrong. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Oh—I strapped it on back. I was practically standing up the whole way. The cooler took up half my seat.” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z
He learned Greek in order to read Plato in the original and later took up Sanskrit to study the Bhagavad Gita. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z
The first watch had taken up their stations around the perimeter of the camp. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z
The other space is taken up by a long metal table where two hot plates and a microwave can be seen next to cans of bamboo shoots and water chestnuts. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z
Robert took up his hom again, filled it with beer from a barrel in the comer, and thrust it at Ned. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z
I gave it to her and she unwrapped it and put the third bun in and wrapped it and took up the coins and found two coppers in her apron and gave them to me. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z
Under the floor of the queen’s sister’s hut was a beehive, and we would sometimes take up a floorboard or two and feast on its honey. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
"Listen, if scrapbooking don't work out, you can always take up scrapping," I joked to make her feel better. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z
This was saying something, as he always took up an entire side of the square table by himself. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z
Mama s eyes had grown round, taking up more space on her face. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z
“He got at them, in spite of all that I could do, and they took up with him. They behaved very queer all the time they were here: wilful, you might say.” The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z
We eased closer and took up a spot with our shoes in soft black soil and our backs against the bark of a tree. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z
When others took up European intellectuals’ books and histories, images of Indian freedom exerted an impact far removed in time and space from the sixteenth-century Northeast. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z
I immediately agreed to take up his case. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
Not that life wouldn’t take up again, but it’d be in other realms. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z
We all nodded, and took up innocent stances. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z
I took up my customary position on the chaise, my arms folded behind me on the cowhide. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z
“Very odd! but one never does form a just idea of any body beforehand. One takes up a notion, and runs away with it. Mr. Dixon, you say, is not, strictly speaking, handsome?” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z
It takes up the entirety of the tent save for a raised path along the perimeter, a winding loop that begins at the tent entrance and circles around. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z
When our food arrived, it took up the whole table. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z
Gregor immediately took up a position by the living room door, determined to bring in the hesitant visitor somehow or other or at least to find out who it might be. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
“No stinting, I see,” Luke said, taking up a fork with a gesture which would have confirmed his aunt’s worst suspicions. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z
We take up our positions on either side of the gate in the square that surrounds the mosque. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z
Darius raises the volume on the music, and this is what takes up the widening silence between us. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z
She popped me into her handbag with Bruno, and at once I took up my usual perch in the small side-pocket so that I could poke my head out and see what was going on. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z
Her house took up the slack for frigid wives. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z
At school, most of the morning was taken up with an assembly program. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z
A big, L-shaped couch takes up most of the living room, along with a big TV, but smaller than the one we have at home. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z
Although he had no friends he was welcomed by his obsequious class mates and took up a natural and cold position of leadership in the schoolyard. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z
And he stooped and took up a handful of the soil and he held it and he muttered, “If you sell the land, it is the end.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z
When Red made it north, he took up with the railroad and dedicated himself to the cause with a sinister resourcefulness. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z
The Holy Spirit had never moved in him that way, just as it had never permitted him to take up the deadly serpent. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z
I couldn’t help grinning as I took up a shovel. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z
They were spreading, tips touching opposite sides of the well, taking up all the space that he and Gulliver couldn’t manage to fill. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z
“Because you are taking up this court not with a real game but just hitting tennis balls this way and that.” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z
He took up his glass, and his shoulders straightened again. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z
Gave up drinking when she took up religion. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z
The fish tank took up half the desk space, and there was still room for writing. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z
They would be home by now, Beatrice with her suit-case unpacked, going out into her garden and taking up her ordinary routine, and Giles preparing for his match, renewing the whipping on his bat. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z
Willum and several other doctors who had recently taken up residence in the house shoved their way through the crowd. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
And the cry was taken up by others. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
She holds it in front of her, almost vertical to take up less room, her fingers on it like it's a long pencil, and it comes up almost to her nose. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
There was apprehension and prejudice on both sides when Valentin Markov took up his new post. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z
“She didn’t want to take up so much space.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z
The men had taken up the floor already in the hall and the flowers had been carried away. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z
He arose and, taking up his crook, began to awaken the sheep that still slept. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
A good part of her life was taken up with bearing and raising. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z
“Why would you want to live in something that size? I already feel squished in here. John takes up half the room when we’re together.” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z
“Riflemen, to the rear! Everyone else, close up those holes.'' The drovers fall back, and the rest of us cover down to take up their slack. “Shoot until you're out of ammo, then fall back.'' Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z
He took up a second ball, and along with the first, began to throw it back and forth. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z
I sat down for a few minutes with my head in my hands, until I heard the phone taken up inside and the butler's voice calling a taxi. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z
Owen the Oaf took up his fiddle, and several of the free folk joined in with pipes and drums. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z
His sons took up five-tined forks in their hands, while the altar flame ate through the bones, and bits of tripe went round. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z
They had nothing to compare it to, and in any case their attention was fully taken up with the novelty of being clothed. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z
I try to remind her but Emma’s voice takes up all the room. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z
In the center, taking up most of the room, are two worn leather couches and four sling chairs. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z
In fact, he took up all her attention, even more than the baby! The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z
“Arrest him!” a voice said from the audience, and other people took up the cry. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z
Then Phyllis says, “Maybe we can ask Bethel to take up a special offering. His family doesn’t go to our church, but we could still help out.” Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z
Mr. Lyte took up the cup, studied it, compared it with one of his own. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z
They will take up space, and I’m definitely not going to be reading them. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z
“What you going to take up at this cabinet meeting?” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z
This simple task had taken up her day. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z
Joe and the other boys rushed back to the rails, waving their flags now, unabashedly taking up the chant: “Ray! Ray! Ray! For the USA!” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z
Curled up and breathing deeply, Fang didn’t take up a lot of space, so I collapsed beside him. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z
On those few occasions when secular Sacramento took up the sacred calendar they got it all wrong. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
She takes up her teaspoon and begins to stir slowly. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z
Already, there are hundreds have flocked to his standard—and have taken up arms—and are gratified with the name of Lord Dunmore’s Royal Ethiopians. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z
He wasn’t an average kid who’d decided to take up basketball in his spare time. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z
In the afternoon, finding myself dull, I have taken up the old disciplines I learned in Rotherer. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z
When one is spent, the other takes up the fight. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z
We told Dr. Xuma that the ANC was in danger of becoming marginalized unless it stirred itself and took up new methods. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
Diana took up a collection for the hospital fees, but Lyddie had no money on her person. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z
After Salvador left to go around the corner to take up his post, Lupita walked down the alley till she stood across from the charro shop. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z
All that was left was a single hoof, which the giant took up as a trophy and showed the crowd. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z
Experimental work for his thesis was broken off so that the coiled-coil equations could be taken up with redoubled effort. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z
“Very well,” said Stuart, “what’s the first subject you usually take up in the morning?” Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z
Last-minute adjustments and inspections took up most of Friday, but just before dusk Rice told Gronau that everything appeared to be ready. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z
There was a checked tablecloth spread out, and, smiling, the mother leaned over to take up a plate of bright fruit; then Theodora screamed. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z
She gave up her post by the orchestra room and took up a new waiting spot outside the faculty lounge, her handbag clutched across her abdomen like a shield. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
“Do you all know this little girl? She sort of took up with me and I cant find where she lives.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z
At the head of the room, a desk with a black chair took up much of the floor. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z
I guess there was a whole other pretty girl now taking up his attention. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
Frank looked me over as I took up my unusual stance. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z
In 1919, now aged thirty, he moved to California and took up a position at the Mount Wilson Observatory near Los Angeles. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z
In a heartbeat, a thousand voices took up the chant. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z
It was during this gap that Vesalius opened negotiations to take up the post, and if it hadn’t been for his ill-fated trip to Jerusalem he would probably have got the job ahead of Fabricius. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z
“When men take up arms to set other men free, there is something sacred and holy in the warfare.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
One-fourth of the time, or 91 days, is taken up by summer and other vacations, and two-sevenths of the year, 104 days, is weekend. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
She managed to soothe him, but when he took up the cry again late that night, she resolved to end his misery once and for all. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z
They weren’t her favorite, but if Ophie was going to take up her own investigation it was best to be prepared, so she relied on the professionals. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z
There wasn’t any hurry; unless the twins had taken up a vow of silence, they weren’t there yet. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z
A woman with graying hair pulled into a severe bun sat behind a wooden desk that took up nearly the whole room. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z
They shouldered their packs and took up their sticks, and walked round the corner to the west side of Bag End. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z
She wiped her tears away, and took up her beadwork again. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z
Her dress had once been red, but it seemed to have been much patched and taken up and faded over the years. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z
They were dead and they were still taking up my time. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z
He took up his pen again and wrote: I understand HOW: I do not understand WHY. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z
Dorian made a wide sweep of his sword, and Chaol took up the defensive. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z
Over and over on the news, it’s the same image: the massive neoclassical building that used to take up an entire city block. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z
The companions sat on the ground at his feet, and Aragorn took up the tale. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z
‘Behold the White Rider!’ cried Aragorn, and all took up the words. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z
The box took up most of the afternoon. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z
One of the Blue Graces took up the tale from there. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z
Two summers ago we went to Chicago, where the real painting takes up one entire wall of the Art Institute. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z
The shout was taken up by several other people. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
“This, my dear, is something you should take up with your father. All I’ll say is—I just want him to be happy. I know I’m not the right person for him.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z
You mean those big grandfather cars that take up two lanes? A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z
I ascended to the hall and took up my position again. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z
I ran to the side of the palace and took up Bear’s sack, then rejoined him. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z
So I took up the tiles and poured them out again. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z
The government owed the tribe annuity payments for the sale of its Kansas land but refused to distribute them until able-bodied men like Ne-kah-e-se-y took up farming. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z
“It’s not like I take up a lot of space.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z
The boy was taken up to see him. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z
My brain took up the chant to the pounding rhythm of my feet: Granddaddy Granddaddy Granddaddy. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z
But as he was taken up in the universities of medieval and Renaissance Europe his works became a textbook of acquired knowledge, not a project to provoke further enquiry. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
More like, she took up for Candice when people—usually adults—said she couldn’t do something. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z
“This is always the problem with infiltrating the Court. Lots of etiquette taking up time. When can you get away?” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z
A contained way of moving; she seemed instinctively careful not to take up too much space. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z
So Drummer took up his regular duties again. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z
Gradually, one after the other, the spirits that attended the Masks took up residence. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z
They took up their stand one at each end of the sofa. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z
And also because it took up my Sunday—not to mention the trouble of getting to the bus, buying tickets, and spending two hours traveling. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z
At midnight, she went to bed and Louis took up where she had left off. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z
The ice plant did not take up much of his time, and he had a clear service record and an honorable discharge him- self. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z
Most of the hotel courtyard was taken up by circles of old men or women sitting on cinder blocks. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z
He took up a lot of time, but they’d liked him anyway. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z
From that point on, I demanded a signed and written statement from a prisoner before I agreed to take up his case. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
After a short, unhappy silence, the others agreed, and Constance took up the flashlight. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z
He'd grown out his silky brown hair so that it reached his lower back and had sideburns that took up half his face. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z
The time I would have had for a social life was completely taken up by my new school hours. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z
The younger men leaned back on their stools with their knees wide apart, taking up all the room they needed, and were quick to yell out what was on their minds. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
And then she goes outside again to take up her new favorite pastime, staring down that mimosa tree with the axe in her hand. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z
He’s boxed up most of his books, saying they take up too much space. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z
Some multiple-choice questions take up most of my laptop, but the clock though. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z
And she took up her singing where she had left off. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z
So intensely taken up was he with his own immediate sensations, that he did not look up until he felt something strange in the long silence. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z
William was a doubles tennis champion and later took up golf. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z
Then he took up the oar with the knife lashed to it. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z
He spent that afternoon with his orphans, even took up sword and shield himself to provide a sterner test for a few of the older lads. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z
In theory the gym was open all day long, and students were encouraged to use it “any time at all,” but of course classes, meals, and studytime took up most of the day. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z
Had Theresa really taken up residence in herself? Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z
“You could say we’ve taken up residence here,” Charity says, addressing us all. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z
“Well, tell me. You see, there’s a responsibility in being a person. It’s more than just taking up space where air would be. What are you like?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z
After he lost Beth, he took himself out of retirement and took up smoking again. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z
Hall had for some years been an avid hill walker; about the same time he went to work for Alp Sports, he took up rock and ice climbing as well. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z
He shrugged and took up his lookout post at the back of the boat. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z
He took up the rope and made it fast over the stump nearest to the brink; then the other end he tied about his own waist. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z
On the first form, I answer several variations on the questions of whether I’m a communist, a criminal, or a terrorist and whether I would take up arms to defend the United States. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z
Even my daydreams about him were beginning to fade because integration was taking up all the space in my mind. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
They must be hungry for honor, Bran thought as he watched them take up their lances. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z
He unpacks the embroidered handbag, and some good sausages come to light; Lewandowski takes up the knife with a flourish and saws the meat into slices. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z
The stats on the Phoenix Riders and Demon Brigade take up one entire wall. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
Glenn Seaborg arrived in Chicago to take up his assignment from Compton on Sunday, April 19, 1942. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z
In June each year the summer people arrived en force to take up balmy residence along South Beach. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z
Nodding, Brienne took up a position just outside the cell, her hand resting on the pommel of her sword. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z
This concept of argument from analogy had been taken up by the Epicureans from medicine, but it was also familiar to lawyers. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
These were all staples that would take up too much room in the small vegetable garden near the house. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z
These slower-growing leaves develop thicker walls and take up less water, helping them stay fresher longer. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z
For the next twenty minutes, he dares me to pick out ties to go with these shirts and I take up the challenge. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z
There was a short period of time when I was obsessed with the study of the ocean, since it takes up more than 70 percent of the planet. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z
He was to succeed the regent as chief and had decided to remain in Mqhekezweni and take up his birthright. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
This belief causes them to take up arms against their ruler, but they fool themselves in this, since they then see through experience that matters have become worse. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z
I take up her defense, though speaking in a way my father can understand. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z
Their mom sighs, too stressed to continue humoring her, so Dalton looks at the boards, and takes up the slack. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z
I went for the cabinet and Bobby Gene took up the whisk. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z
Booker Middle School was a monstrous brick building that took up an entire block. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z
Then the umpire, who had taken up his position behind the pitcher, called for the ball and someone tossed it to him. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z
As Tom took up the receiver the compressed heat exploded into sound and we were listening to the portentous chords of Mendelssohn's Wedding March from the ballroom below. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z
He got a head like a Martian—his head takes up about sixty percent of his natural body weight! Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
A small potbellied stove took up one corner, and next to it was a dry sink under a window that looked out to the sea. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z
A lumpy bed, shrouded by a thin white spread, pencil-striped with blue, took up most of the space. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z
Vola took up the bowl, began stirring the green paste inside with her finger. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z
At the age of twenty-two he returned to Glasgow University to take up a professorship in natural philosophy, a position he would hold for the next fifty-three years. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z
She took up a place near the archery targets; Nox joined her a moment later, and started firing his knives at the target. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z
“The ginormous eyes that practically take up his whole head. The girls don’t have those kind.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z
The routine of school for himself, and work for his father, had been taken up and they both threw themselves into it. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
She pokes my exposed nerves, exploring whether she’ll take up residence in my skull. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z
There might have been an elaborate sponge fight that took up a chunk of those hours, but still. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z
I attempted to remind the chief of the discussions that we had in Durban about taking up violence, but he did not recall them. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
In 1999, food took up only 16 percent of the family budget, while housing had soared to 37 percent. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z
In every one, the handwriting was the same: tiny, precise, taking up no more room than was necessary. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z
Another Pole took up “Hey, falcons!” with him, and then there was a chorus. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z
The things Maddy said at the mall, the things she shouted in the hallway the other day, take up all the space in my brain. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z
Then he asks the class, “Just glancing at the samples in our book, which takes up less space on the page? A poem or a story?” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z
His bulk takes up half the bed, but I’m tempted to lie down in the space next to him, to put my arm across his chest, to comfort him. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z
The worst sort of scoundrels took up the chase. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z
Tree-ear took up a handful of clay from the corner of the bed and kneaded it. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z
Her glasses take up most of her face, and her curly red hair is in a bun. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z
Loss takes up inside of everything sooner or later and eats right through it. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
She took up the bottle and took the stopper out and held it to my nose. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z
She took up several of them, knotted their ends together, and began to braid. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z
At exactly four forty-five, sunset, the warship Michigan fired one of its cannon and continued to fire twenty times more as one thousand men quietly took up positions at each of the exposition’s flags. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z
The trial would now take up even more of our time and money — neither of which we had in abundance. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
Complicated though it was, Procedure 40 takes up only four pages of the huge History of Coast Guard Unit #387. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z
Bobby disliked the timer because it took up too much room on the table—plus, you had to push the plunger forward to stop your clock and start your opponent’s. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z
If he would’ve been able to even take up for himself. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z
Then she took up a position standing right at the back. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z
He brushed his fingers on a napkin, looked at his watch, arose, and took up his little bag. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z
It’s a volcano nearly sixteen miles high, and it takes up more square mileage than the entire state of Oregon. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z
I had the feeling that they disapproved of us being there, drinking only water, taking up space. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z
Repeated appeals to the church authorities failed to resolve the situation, but took up time that Kepler might have spent on his planetary work. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z
‘Then who would you take up with?’ asked Strider. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z
They take up only a handful of space, and yet their touch fills me in immeasurable ways. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z
“Well... yeah,” Joey said, “but remember, there can be headlines and drawings and pictures and dingbats— they all take up space, too.” The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z
Quietly, I take up a basket of mending and sit at the worktable. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z
He bent down, took up a double handful of lukewarm water and rubbed the mess from his face. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z
She takes up residence inside him, a living doppelgiinger to face down the dead Viennese girl who haunts him every night. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z
Of course, Pacheco’s pig in certain ways had become just such a scapegoat, taking up some of the slack created by the Abuelo’s demise. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
The elder of the two silent sisters took up the shears. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z
The story took up the entire front page of the Island Examiner, including photographs of Dusty Muleman and the burned boat. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z
The boldness in my chest is growing, taking up all the air. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z
Many of the people in the ANC were restive, and in September, at a press conference, I said that the continuing violence might necessitate taking up arms once more. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
The scandal of her child was forgotten; there had been more recent disgraces—a woman who took up with her sister s husband, a fisherman who was caught stealing from his own brother. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z
By the time the four-year conflict ended, four million men had taken up weapons. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z
How do we begin, I wonder, to take up the broken thread of our long-ago story? Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z
“Children and dogs are always taking up with him like that. He cant help it.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z
I nodded, seeing her turn without a word and go toward a vanity with a large oval mirror, taking up an ivory telephone. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z
It was waiting for the moment when it would take up residence. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z
In my other hours, I have taken up again the pen of the naturalist; it being my purpose to supply an entry lacking in the System of the great Linnæus. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z
This time as she came away, she absently untied and re-tied her apron strings, taking up what little slack her enormous waistline allowed. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z
He had been forced by Aladdin’s false uncle, the magician, to take up residence in the lamp and had been given power to grant everyone’s wishes but his own. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z
“All in a trumpet case? I should have taken up the bass fiddle.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z
One entire glass wall opens up to my own private patio, half of which is taken up by a shimmering blue infinity pool that goes all the way to the edge of the balcony. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
“This matter of ‘we’ you and I shall take up later,” said Vikus severely. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z
As before, when she finished eating, she took up her ukulele. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z
It was about this time that the pigs suddenly moved into the farmhouse and took up their residence there. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z
Eleanor heard Arthur take up a book, and put it down, and light a cigarette, and sigh, and stir, and finally say, “Listen, isn’t there anything to do around here? Where is everybody?” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z
The issue was taken up at a meeting of the National Executive Committee and my view was voted down, even by those who were considered staunch African nationalists. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
We took up arms because of the sense of insecurity generated in our people by the massacres. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z
I took up my bow and fitted an arrow, but as I did this the big dog faded away into the brush and was quickly followed by the others. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z
Of course, women’s freedom—here, he shook his head ruefully—is also one of the reasons people out there took up arms in the first place. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z
The crowd takes up the whole street in front of the hall. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z
Nothing stupid and selfish just taking up space. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z
A car full of work people with tired, flat faces took up nearly all of the seats and standing space. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z
Every morning when she took up the house telephone and spoke to me, and I answered “Yes, Mrs. Danvers,” she must be thinking of another voice. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z
She put the spoon down and took up an enormous saltshaker and sprinkled salt into the kettle. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z
For two years, people suspended their lives to take up the battle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
They loom inside the small space, taking up all the air. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z
“They are returned to their families to take up life where they left off.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z
For a few weeks the packs stay at this den; then they leave and take up the nomadic winter life of the wolf. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z
Emma was good at everything she took up—languages, archery, skating, needlework, horseback riding—but her great talent was music. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
The old one took up his seat at the table and kept rubbing a hand along his mustache. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z
The envelope was a pale blue gray, small and square, and plastered with colorful stamps that took up one-third of its surface. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z
He took up a paddle, and steered towards the western bank, following Aragorn’s boat ahead, which had already moved out of the middle stream. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z
You could see him take up his place. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z
Or they took up positions in the glitzy new downtown hotels and restaurants, waiting on tables and cleaning floors. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z
Then taking up his helmet he left her and she went to her house, often looking back at him and weeping bitterly. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z
I must have sounded uncomfortable because he said, “I’m sorry if I’m taking up too much of your time, Miss Truman. You wanted a donation, did you say—for what charity?” The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z
Mom avoids eye contact and finds a place a few seats down from a family taking up most of a row. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z
The cemetery had a regal iron gate wrapped around it and took up the entire block. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z
In the end she was too mortified, and decided to go home rather than take up two seats on the plane. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z
We took up the struggle with our eyes wide open, under no illusion that the path would be an easy one. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
Now the doctor took up two of the hakata sticks in one hand and two in the other. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z
Did she instead take up work as a consultant elsewhere, as she had at the IMF? The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z
Just like Cole, he barely makes eye contact, and probably only knows I exist because I’m taking up space in front of him in the lunch line. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z
I was going to ask to see the rubies when the phone rang and Gatsby took up the receiver. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z
Some were wearing life vests, which took up even more space. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z
The soldier took up a smoky torch and led the way. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z
Any spots on the walls not taken up by books were covered with pictures of American presidents and various Roosevelts. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z
Even when the seats get full, kids decide they’d rather take up spots on the floor. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z
But there were any number of things that would seem incredible about Dumbledore; that he had once received bottom marks in a Transfiguration test, for instance, or had taken up goat-charming like Aberforth.... Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z
There was nothing to do but take up his wet clothes and put them back on. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z
The early settlers took up land they didn’t need and couldn’t use; they took up worthless land just to own it. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z
Dark circles have taken up residence under my eyes. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z
Baba takes up his own luggage, ties the blankets over the empty water barrel, checks that nothing is left. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z
I stood behind Emma, taking up the rear of our strange little conga line, and we began to plod forward across the wreck toward the lighthouse. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z
Dr. Montague stamped across the room to the chessboard and took up a knight and regarded it furiously. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z
This landscape takes up much of the painting. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z
All it ever did was take up space, dangling uselessly over my shoulder in its haversack like a wingless khaki albatross for the past four years. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z
And he left the fireside and the warm kitchen, taking up his cloak and going out alone into the drizzling cold rain of winter in the streets. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z
As her talents developed, so did family resistance to her taking up music as a career. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z
When one tired, the other took up the task, putting Lupita through her paces. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z
Then Denethor leaped upon the table, and standing there wreathed in fire and smoke he took up the staff of his stewardship that lay at his feet and broke it on his knee. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z
Bill says nothing, jaw tight, but takes up a guard position, while Katherine and I follow Mr. Gideon down into the gloom. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z
As there is nothing else to read, I take up my book of prayers, the gift from Gertrude. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z
Then the problem was taken up of how I might establish a connection with the high-class boarding house run by Camille “Pop” Prior at 8 Scroope Terrace. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z
"I will take up the gage, if it please the king." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z
Rolling to his desk, he took up a pot of hot water S.Q. had brought him for his tea. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z
Mrs. Lowe made me clean the erasers for a week and apologize in front of the whole class for taking up their time with my nonsense. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z
‘I have been so taken up with the thoughts of leaving Bag End, and of saying farewell, that I have never even considered the direction,’ said Frodo. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z
Now other laboratories of the Department are taking up the problem, testing chemicals against stable flies, mosquitoes, boll weevils, and an assortment of fruit flies. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z
Up and down the line others take up the call. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z
A guard appeared, taking up a position outside the door of the little office. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z
“Who will take up the call for the dignity and redemption of the boys?” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z
I trusted Christina to take up this mission when I thought I would die, so it seemed stupid not to trust her now. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z
He put it on the floor and we sat, Aaron between me and Nia, the ashtray taking up the fourth spot. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z
As he became more serious about music, he took up the piano, organ, and recorder. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z
Zach started shouting, “Speech! Speech!” and some other people took up the cry. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z
I thought I’d learn new things every day, but mostly it was simply something to do that took up time and got me out of the house. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z
His father was head deacon in this church—there were only two, the other a round, black man named Deacon Braithwaite—and he took up the collection, and sometimes he preached. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z
They hunt only one day out of three, and gathering takes up just three to six hours daily. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z
His smile seemed to take up the whole base of his tri­angular head. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z
While a large window giving a view of the backyard and woods beyond takes up a decent portion of the rounded wall opposite the door, every other inch of space is covered in pictures. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z
He spent hours crawling over the statue, which took up most of the lower deck. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z
“Her real name is Miss Kuckenbacker, but she told us to call her Miss K, because calling her Miss Kuckenbacker would take up too much classroom time.” Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z
He was a big guy and he took up a lot of sand. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z
Malcolm took up the paddle with shaking hands and moved the canoe swiftly towards the left-hand bank, where a smooth lawn came down to a little landing. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z
Joe Trace counted on flirty laughing women to buy his wares, and he knew better than to take up with any of them. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z
She had been complaining about it taking up so much room. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z
When she faltered, Daft Donald would take up the narrative on his computer. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
After an evening’s workout I would wake up the next morning feeling strong and refreshed, ready to take up the fight again. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
His father, Aaron, had taken up the trade as well, building racing shells for Eton College, where gentlemen’s sons had been rowing competitively since the 1790s. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z
As Syme had done earlier, Winston had taken up his spoon and was dabbling in the pale-colored gravy that dribbled across the table, drawing a long streak of it out into a pattern. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z
When the collection was taken up and the last hymn given to the praise of God, the evangelist asked that everyone in his presence rededicate his soul to God and his life’s work to Charity. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z
When rival thieves took up the racket, he suspended the stealing until the culprits were caught and the bakery owners dropped their guard. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z
But Mom says the bones in the chicken take up too much space and you don’t get enough meat for your money. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z
Smoothing it out, I see Cardan’s furious, arrogant handwriting scrawled over the page, taking up all available space. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z
The snow had mostly stopped, and Turner smelled the salty sea breeze taking up its place behind him—not playful but solemn and steady. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z
Others took up the mantle of “social motherhood,” focused on care of black children and the poor. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z
It was these tasks that took up far more of Ophie’s time. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z
An elaborate wooden desk took up almost half the room, papers covering it like autumn leaves. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z
I am an old woman, too tired to take up a new life. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z
We know the average link takes up about four inches, so if the count is off, we'll catch it. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z
Like me, they're thinking of something positive to say once the spectacle is over and the performer takes up her post beside the front door. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z
When he learned that a pair of English boatbuilders had taken up residence just to the north, in Vancouver, he set out in search of them. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z
If the carpet covers the stain entirely, we know that the stain is smaller than the carpet; if the carpet is one square foot, then the stain must take up less than one square foot. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z
The rest just “took up” with one another. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z
I took up my place behind a yew-tree, and I saw his dark figure move until the intervening headstones and trees hid it from my sight. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z
The bus shudders to a stop, and I take up my bag and look out at the car, where my brother and sister stand waving. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z
This was right in her strike zone: an aggrieved victim, a remorseless alleged perpetrator, and no one taking up the fight. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z
When Mr. Pontellier learned of his wife’s intention to abandon her home and take up her residence elsewhere, he immediately wrote her a letter of unqualified disapproval and remonstrance. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z
He pulled his hood up over his head, took up his staff and bag, and followed the Osskilian through the streets of the town and upward into the snowy hills. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z
And Ma was losing patience with it taking up so much space. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z
Armed guards, helmets and weapons bright, their livery blue and gold, took up positions before them. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z
Although I had boxed a bit at Fort Hare, it was not until I had lived in Johannesburg that I took up the sport in earnest. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
Lyddie would have felt shy about forming her letters so laboriously in front of Diana, but Diana took up a book and made Lyddie feel as though she were alone. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z
“We were taken up to ‘serve,’” Suheyla went on, her pronoun shift reminding him that she had herself been one of these taken girls. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z
Many reformers took up this cause before they took on other social issues, such as abolition and suffrage. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z
It was a small room, taken up mostly with a wide plank desk and three stools. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z
A black hole takes up no space at all, but it still has mass. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z
Others at once took up the cry, and the phrase w'as repeated, parrot-fashion, again and again, with an ever-growing volume of sound, until, by the seventh or eighth reiteration, no other word was being spoken. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z
Strangest of all was the hive of bees that had taken up residence inside of me. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z
Even they moved hurriedly, no doubt wanting to get behind doors lest they be taken up and charged. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z
They settled into the chairs, taking up half the waiting area. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z
Mr. Benedict had replaced his spectacles and lowered himself onto the floor again, was again leaning against the desk, and had taken up a book. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z
Howard had obtained special permission to knock down the wall between it and the next stall so that Pumpkin could take up his customary sidekick position. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z
Because when you left that room, you took up post right outside. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z
Maybe take up thumb-sucking, too, because I was going to need some more coping skills. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z
He stopped short when he saw Ashish sprawled on the couch, mantislike legs splayed out so he took up every inch of space on the love seat. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z
Kabuo took up a pawn in each hand and put them behind his back. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z
"I have not asked you to take up a sword, only to lend me your ships." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z
As we hopped off our bus, I started to wonder if the old men waiting to help teach us had originally taken up the sport as soon as the ban was lifted. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z
Not a whisper of disturbance could be allowed into the room containing the apparatus, so Cavendish took up a position in an adjoining room and made his observations with a telescope aimed through a peephole. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z
They take up most of the space between this main building and the steel bleachers of the high school football stadium. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
How many young men and women had been taken up in all that time, and returned with no memories after this moment—this moment at their door or window when the leering god came calling. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z
Our small bodies didn’t take up much space. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z
The boy in the biker gear is so slow, taking up sidewalk space with the bike he’s walking beside—bikes are meant to be ridden! They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z
While I was considering it, he took up the hoe blade that had crossed the Atlantic in our mother’s purse and shoved it onto a long pole he’d whittled to fit its socket. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
Ned smoothed the paper out across his knee and took up the quill. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z
I told her therefore that likely my master—for so I called Dr. Trefusis, though he would have protested—would soon return with me and we would take up residence there. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z
Across the street, sullen white counterdemonstrators took up positions. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z
I took up the rear, trying to figure out what I would say to Miss Peregrine when I met her. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z
After team practice, Coach takes up a foil—and we fence. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z
Henri had taken up his post across the street at Red Williams’ gas station. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z
Harry did not stay to watch Slughorn splutter: He and Luna ran after Professor McGonagall, who had taken up a position in the middle of the corridor and raised her wand. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z
A phrase that the other two were taking up and building on. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z
Toward the end of the year, before Thanksgiving, he’d taken up an offer from Van Park, the varsity coach, to help coach the sophomores. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z
Frank’s drawing table takes up most of the basement. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z
Rajar took up his post by the sideboard and crossed his arms. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z
The party from New York took up two rows, front and center, on the sixth and final night of Les Mis at Truman. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z
We pack up, take up our bags and walk again. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z
But we were all dizzy and silent by that time, having grown accustomed to taking up no more space in a seat than was our honest due. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
I shut the book with a snap, and put it away under my gloves; and stretching to a near-by chair, I took up an old copy of L’llustration and turned the pages. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z
“Folks—friends!” he calls across the crowd of about thirty people who take up the space usually occupied by Marlena’s horses. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z
“The computer. I’m too old to take up such fads.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z
When elephants encounter the skeleton of an elephant out in the open, they methodically take up each of the bones and distribute them, in a ponderous ceremony, over neighboring acres. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
Your talent is the activity you take up since you don’t have to work either in school or your district’s industry. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z
He leans back on the sofa, his legs spread wide apart, the big man, taking up space. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z
It is not surprising that this concept was taken up so wholeheartedly in the sceptical philosophy of Hume. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
This is in large part why the story has gained currency that Chief Luthuli was not informed about the creation of MK and was deeply opposed to the ANC taking up violence. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
Then Matthew went into the sixth grade and his classmate wanted to start a band, so her brother took up the guitar. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z
A pregnant girl in love, a kindly shoemaker, an orphan boy, a blind girl, and a giantess who complained that everyone was in her way when she herself took up the most room. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z
Evenings were often taken up with political work and meetings. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
Waiting takes up a lot more energy than people give it credit for. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
“By my calculations, Michael will take up too much plaster,” she says. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z
And when Chi-Boy disappeared into the room, I panicked a bit and crossed the hall to take up the space he’d left in the doorway. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z
Dill said, “It’s time to take up collection,” and hit her for the two nickels she had in her pocket. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z
The darkness came, and he sprawled out at the foot of the huge bed, taking up more than half of it with his mangy, flea-bitten form. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z
For centuries in Europe, they had been forbidden to own land, so they had clustered in cities and towns, taking up urban trades and professions. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z
Pictures of Carlton line the wall, taken up until about the day before yesterday. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z
By night—when it was too dark for the piercing gaze of the adversary—we formed and took up our line of march. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z
The herd surrounds us and takes up everything, leaving just the sky and us. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z
Later, he would replace his cowboy hat with a fedora and, like Hoover, take up golf, putting the ball across the immaculate greens, where the new American men of money and power and leisure gathered. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z
During the winter months at that time, the court of the Grand Duke of Tuscany always took up residence in Pisa, from Christmas to Easter. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z
We should work hard to improve the prisons in our society—take up the unfinished work of Thomas Mott Osborne and transform these scrap heaps into repair shops, to paraphrase the great reformer. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
I also told them about the cruise we took up the Potomac River. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z
A telephone call makes my throat bleed and takes up that day’s courage. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z
I do not know whether he has taken up a vocation or an art to pass the solemnity of the hours. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z
It will always happen that he who is not your friend will request your neutrality, and he who is your friend will ask you to disclose your intentions by taking up arms. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z
I took up the narrow, slender pen, with the bright pointed nib. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z
He was smaller than Mychal, but he took up more room—Davis’s gangly limbs occupied space like an army holds territory. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z
Then when her ready cash was gone, had come Who Flung to denounce his predecessor as a scoundrel and took up around the house himself. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z
He took up almost the entire room all by himself. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z
Pausing briefly to take up a candle from one of the wall sconces, the steward proceeded to go down the steps I had noticed in the corner of the great room. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z
Shady took up his rag and wiped the bar top to a shine. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z
She has no children but has a dog named Lassie and a garden that takes up her backyard. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z
“We’ll go right ahead and get ready. You may want to take up the hems on your skirts, Myrtle.” Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
As far as I remember, this suggestion wasn’t taken up; maybe hardly anyone heard it, because a lot of us were talking all at once. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z
She had been really active in church only a year or less, and that was because the children were grown now and took up less time and less space in her mind. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z
“Why in God’s name can’t you pick out somebody decent to defend sometimes? Somebody who’ll appreciate it. Why do you Reds take up with scum like this. . . ?” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z
We are taken up on a shuttle with kids from all over New England. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
All but a few inches are taken up by the unfolded opklapbed. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z
I ask to please be taken up to heaven with my mum. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z
After breaking Bud that spring, Shawn had taken up horses in a serious way. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z
The bedroom was so small that a double bed took up almost the entire floor space. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
The newspapers took up the cause in outraged editorials; the law stepped in. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z
"Because he can come, too. He don't take up much space." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z
Percy stepped back while Nico took up the slack on his ropes. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z
Instrument-specific music seems commonplace to us now, but it was a real novelty during this period, and one which was rapidly taken up by composers on mainland Europe. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z
Link was crawling, and his face was taken up by it. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
Wives took up work outside the home, earning what they could to sustain their families over the rough patch. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z
The next few meetings of the Egyptians were taken up with finishing the hieroglyphic alphabet and memorizing it. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z
On Ash Wednesday in February or March and the Day of the Migrant in September, all of the churches take up a collection. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z
The Magpie climbed the steps and took up her position behind him. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z
The plant took up residence in the southern windowsill of the laboratory and, after some anxiety on my part, grabbed a firm hold on life. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z
"Well, this would interest you. It wouldn't take up much of your time and you might pick up a nice bit of money. It happens to be a rather confidential sort of thing." The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z
His large body took up most of the area and completely blocked the door. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z
"Your own . . . my lord, that would not be possible. The King's Hand has taken up residence in your former chambers." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z
Jonathan dreamed of one day taking up a gun himself and fighting the enemy. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z
“Yes, and get taken up for burglars! No thanks.” The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z
He took up a piece of paper and a pencil and drew off what he meant with one sure sweep of his hand. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z
And it was then that your father and I took up the torch of the Butterflies and began the struggle again. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z
By then, he had already returned to Britain to take up a professorship at the University of Manchester. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z
He was dressed in tattered clothing and his face was dirty, a red gash taking up most of his cheek. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z
“You and Dill can take up collection,” said Jem. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z
“It’s just...I’m sure I’ve taken up enough of your time.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z
“I haven’t done a blessed thing this whole morning. You’ve been the Amen Corner, you sang a solo, and you took up collection. It’s my time, now.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z
And I had taken up a spot that’d opened up in the middle of it all, somewhere between desperation and resolve. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z
Kyle noticed several TV news satellite trucks taking up the parking spaces along the curb. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z
Although she applied to local flight schools, she was turned down due to her age—so she took up parachute training. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z
I took up the two packages and gave the bread to the little girl, the woman all iron-gray behind the counter, watching us with cold certitude. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z
The entire entrance foyer was taken up with a floor-to-ceiling poster about it. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z
We take up our places along the wall opposite the serving board, a space left vacant for serving girls and Attendants. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z
They were all pretty much empty, because all the shoes, and stinky shorts, and towels took up about half the space of the entire trunk! Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z
She took up position in a discrete corner of the playground, which she calculated was the best place to observe the door without being seen. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z
One wall was taken up by a massive hearth, a wolf’s head carved into the stone above it. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z
Now the second dealer, a little man with a shy soft voice, took up the pearl, and he examined it carefully. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z
Her swords were drawn, shimmering with poison, and with her bat wings extended, she took up the entire corridor. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z
But Cantor’s hierarchy of infinities would tell a different tale: it would show just how little space the rational numbers take up on the number line. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z
But two days later, he was strong enough to call for his painting gear, intent on pursuing a hobby he had taken up at the urging of Manette Loomis. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z
So a tray was fitted out before anyone began, and taken up with the cook’s compliments. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z
The ice cream machine is taking up one hundred percent of my vision. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z
I knew she hoped it would make me quit taking up for Miss Love Simpson. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z
From tip of nose to tip of tail he took up over a third of the length of the ship he was on. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z
It would've been easier to take up the stained tiles, but marble is expensive and hard to come by. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z
He had been so deeply taken up with his own thoughts that he did not know if he had actually heard anything or had imagined it. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z
Then he jumped into the stern and took up the pole. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
They were stunned when the cooperative president quickly adjourned without taking up the matter. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z
He took up a lot of room in the kitchen, and it wasn’t because of his size. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z
Could he take up his bed and walk? Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z
Was he trying to find out whether I had taken up any of his accusations with the national leadership of the party? Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Jane, I don’t like cavillers or questioners; besides, there is something truly forbidding in a child taking up her elders in that manner. Be seated somewhere; and until you can speak pleasantly, remain silent.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z
The rest of the night was taken up by my father’s lecture. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z
They took up work in the stockyards, steel mills, and other industrial plants, accomplishing what they had been recruited to do. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z
He took up a piece of paper and quickly wrote something on it. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
After she returned with the scissors, Omakayas quietly took up the deer bone from her mother’s skin bag and began working on the moose hide without being asked. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z
She was short—almost squat—but her hair was so huge, once it was freed from her headscarf, that it took up the whole room. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z
Her mind seemed wholly taken up with reminiscences of past gaiety, and aspirations after dissipations to come. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z
Athena’s serene face took up most of the aft pegasus stables, which were fortunately unoccupied. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z
Hamlet took up his pen again and wrote a letter hailing me as the beautified Ophelia. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z
Finny hobbled over to the dresser and took up his soap dish. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z
Then Lame Einar took up his sticks again; he righted himself between them, for balance, and went slowly away. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z
I took up the brandy bottle and poured Brett a drink and one for myself. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z
The story took up six of the seven columns of the front page. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z
Louis Sullivan, engorged with praise and awards for his Transportation Building—especially its Golden Door—again took up his work with Dankmar Adler but under changed circumstances. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z
At twenty-one, he was an emergency room tech on his way to medical school when their mother, Didi, took up with an orthodontist she’d met over the internet and announced she was moving to Oregon. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z
In the early Morning, armed Regiments began to take up Muskets & move about the Fortification; & many who had labored all Night now prepared to defend their Works all Day. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z
He took up the reins when most of its leaders were either in prison or in exile. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
Dandelion took up his cue with the same plucky readiness that he had shown in the wood. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z
He shoved his papers aside, took up a pipe, and filled the bowl of it with tobacco from an earthenware jar. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z
Bail out, dress the dead, pay the rent, find new rooms, start a school, storm an office, take up collections, rout the block and keep their eyes on all the children. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z
The throb would cease suddenly and then be taken up again at some other point, now nearer, now further off. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z
Jack took up a coconut shell that brimmed with fresh water from among a group that was arranged in the shade, and drank. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z
They’re both about to take up a spot on the floor next to some other legacy kids when Dylan stops, turns around, and comes to sit next to me. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z
He was never one of those backwoods ministers who urge the taking up of copperhead snakes, baby-flinging, or the shrieking of nonsense syllables. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
I loved the impaled-on-the-fence story and, never having heard his version, I stayed put, pressed his take up against mine to see how it fit. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z
“Well now,” he cackles and takes up his instrument again. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z
If would-be artists sense that their gifts are not large enough to succeed as painters, sculptors, or architects, they may take up one of the countless special fields known collectively as “the applied arts.” History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z
Roger took up a small stone and flung it between the twins, aiming to miss. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z
The fair takes up a huge section of the mall parking lot. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z
His three massive rolling tool cabinets - Chico, Harpo and Groucho - took up most of the room. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z
A hundred human-sized fairies took up much more space than a hundred tiny ones. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z
Will took up his rucksack and cloak and made his way along the edge of the lake and up onto the rock Balthamos had pointed out. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z
After we decorated, Daisy Mae and Lucifer immediately began to pull down every bulb and bauble within paw’s reach, and Chipper took up residence deep within, squawking at anyone who walked past. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z
“You know,” Dolores told her, “if I’d found my Talent when I was your age, I never would have taken up archaeology.” A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z
The Lord hath given to Each his especial Gift & Work; & I reckon that when that mysterious Work is taken up, we finding it at long last, then do we most fulfill what we Need Be. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z
A dozen voices took up a song in a guttural tongue strange to Arya's ears. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z
And on Thursdays, when Joey was assembling everything on the computer screen, Cara often had to cut articles or features that took up too much space. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z
Though not a true holiday, it had the same effect: I felt rejuvenated and ready to take up the fight once more. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
But the truth is, I didn't need Ghost or Lu or Sunny or anybody to take up for me. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z
I take up my bow and the sheath of normal arrows that Beetee made, knowing they would never let me walk around with the loaded ones. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z
The Washington marching band now took up a position in the observation room, switched on the microphones, and began to play dance music. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z
Or even back in Brooklyn, how Ernie always took up for Genie, fought his fights. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z
If we start with a carpet the size of half an atom, we can cover all the rational numbers on the number line with carpets that, in total, take up less room than an atom. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z
I took up my muff and walked on. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z
I reach with my toes as far as I can, taking up as much of the net as possible. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z
Then, the applause having come to an end, the company took up their cards and continued the game that had been interrupted, and the animals crept silently away. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z
The employees in suite 601—which took up the entire north half of the floor, had no warning. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z
“Some beg. Some steal. Lots o’ young girls taking up the trade, the way girls always do when it’s all they got to sell. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z
She took up smoking again in the psychiatric hospital. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z
It’s like they sense I’m taking up space. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z
For a moment Ishmael caught them in the beam of his flashlight; then he reached in and took up a nearby egg left untended in the cold. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z
Again she saw the baby; the thin trickle of blood on its face; the way it held out its arms to be taken up. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Chicago takes up about two hundred twenty-seven square miles,” says Zoe. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z
In early April, I returned to Willemstad with my mother, and we took up life where it had been left off the previous April. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z
I loved my baby sister Faizah, but she took up a lot of my mother’s snuggle time, so when I got my chance, I took it. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z
Wang Lung took up the bowl of cold rice and began to eat. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z
"I thought if you were taking up a collection," I told her, "I could make a small contribution. You could keep the money for when you do take up a collection." The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z
Upon the air a bell came, then as if at a signal, other bells took up the sound and repeated it. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z
The pool took up a large portion of the backyard space, but I wasn’t going to complain. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z
The remainder of the morning was taken up with bookkeeping matters such as passing out supplies and assigning seats. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z
The fire took up Mark’s entire field of vision now, the flames close and high and illuminating the night. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z
The river’s floodplain and that of its tributaries take up another 5 to 10 percent of the basin. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z
“Now,” he said, “we will take up the history of Hill House.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z
As earnestly as Mother had taken up seed catalogs, I took up the catalog of Emory University and studied my possibilities. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
With that blank filled, I took up my duties as assistant senior crew manager. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z
“The Lord Regent has taken up residence in the Red Keep. We will send for him at once.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z
Bigwig was still lying in the bilgewater, in the place he had taken up when they came to the first bridge. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z
Jake takes up position next to me, pressing his arm into mine, bolstering my resolve. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z
When in English, ‘twas thus: “No, sir, this, this—Aye, you, this”—There was much negotiation, and a tune played or sung, taken up by others, learned by those newly hearing it. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z
The queen’s men took up the cry, beating the butts of their spears against their shields. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z
The school board was clearly reluctant to take up the issue. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Mira,” Mom sighed, “it could take up to ten visits to get his blood sugar in line. We’d need enough money to cover expenses for at least three months.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z
The Queen took up her needle again, and pushed it carefully through. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z
Smoke has taken up a permanent residence, and glass and all kinds of trash litter the streets. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z
I was sitting next to him that afternoon, and as he took up his pencil, I grabbed it away. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z
“I want him to read Tom’s letter,” she said, taking up the envelope. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z
He rose to his full height and took up his trident. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z
“Get—” The spirits of the dead began shimmering dangerously bright, and Nico had to take up the chant again to keep them at bay. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z
Hazel shivered, thinking of the massive statue that took up most of the hold. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z
I’m going to take up more space in a room than my father. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z
She Was not an insensate piece of property, to be taken up or laid down at his convenience. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z
On land, the ground was so steady that her leg muscles took up the motion of the boat. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z
The bees had taken up residence in an old termite nest. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z
Janae’s not crying, but she’s taking up a whole lot of space with her heavy sighs, and moping around as if she doesn’t have her whole life ahead of her. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z
The foragers could either run away, abandoning their hunting grounds to field and pasture, or take up the ploughshare themselves. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z
We walked into the night, into the blurring song of katydids, the thud-splat of raindrops on the umbrella, all those terrible rhythms that take up inside when you let your guard down. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
On the other hand, the Romans urged them to take up arms with them. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z
That summer, just before motoring across country to take up his new post, he stopped in Washington to see Merle Tuve. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z
He told us that he was taking up a collection among the miners to put us on a train back to the Transkei. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
The curvature goes off to infinity because the black hole takes up zero space; the star has torn a hole in space-time. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z
My father insisted that I repay him for bringing me into this world by taking up the job and providing for him. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z
Lee took up the pipe and picked out the ash with a little brass pin and filled the bowl again. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z
The place almost takes up the whole block. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z
The old ladies took up the hymn and shared it in tight harmony. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z
Her brother Viserys had once feasted the captains of the Golden Company, in hopes they might take up his cause. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z
“You know who I mean. That useless cripple who’s been scarfing my food and taking up space on my train for weeks without doing a lick of work. How about him?” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z
Rolls of parchment littered that part of his desk that was not taken up by the large, empty cage in which his snowy owl, Hedwig, usually perched. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z
She picked up her sandals and thrust them under her arm, put the fragments in the pocket of her skirt and took up the vase. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z
The rest of the weekend will be taken up with experiments. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z
He took up her hand and kissed the back of it. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
A mile above the finish line, he finally called on them to take up the stroke rate. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z
She placed a small jar of cream at his plate and took up the letter again. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z
As he took up a brush and a tin of blacking, he said, “So the future’s looking bright for Molly.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z
The deaths stood politely along the wall, and it was strange to see how little space they took up, and to find how little notice they attracted. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z
Navy destroyer and two coast guard cutters had taken up positions among the usual flotilla of yachts, sailboats, launches, dinghies, and canoes assembling near the finish line. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z
His eyes seemed to bulge out of his head and to take up the whole upper part of his face, and they were shiny with sickness, intense and myopic. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z
“You mind stepping out to talk with me in private for a minute? I won’t take up much of your time.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z
But he cut that too, and inside the smallest little bit there was all the Specters packed in, twisted over and folded up so tight they took up no space at all. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
So they took up arms again: on the battlefields, in the classrooms and voting booths, in the nation’s capital—and in the offices of the Langley Aeronautical Laboratory. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z
He took up his glass and sniffed at it. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z
The Ford seemed to be in fine form again, and since the pond in question was but a small detour off my route, I decided to take up the batman's suggestion. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z
Those are no longer the questions of proximate causation that this chapter has been discussing, but questions of ultimate causation that will take up the next two parts of this book. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z
A photograph takes up most of the space above the fold. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z
The fact that an enterprise makes progress does not necessarily mean I should adopt it: athletes run faster every year, but that is no reason why I should take up athletics. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
And now he said that's why he really wasn't surprised about me taking up for Needles, that I've been that way since I was young. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z
I am not taking up tennis again just because I played one single afternoon, and in no capacity do I ever want to hit with Mummy. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z
‘But if I was in your plight, I wouldn’t take up with a Ranger.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z
Terry leads the way to the third floor, bustling up the stairs, with Vivian moving more slowly behind her and Molly taking up the rear. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z
“Twas thim same numbers had thim destroyed altogether. Who would want to be killing a mortal for what he didn’t understand, or for nothing? I took up with the single combats instead.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z
Mr. Apatan was even shorter than Fatty Bolger, but somehow he managed to take up more space as he stepped between us to fill a sample cup of his own. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z
He pushed his pannikin aside, took up his hunk of bread in one delicate hand and his cheese in the other, and leaned across the table so as to be able to speak without shouting. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z
School does not take up as many hours as he would like. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z
She had even left the Store untended to take up my case with God. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z
Most of the wall space was taken up by towering bookshelves that reached high above my head and held more books than I’d ever seen outside a library. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z
We took up our guns again, wiping our hands upon the table to rid them of mush. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z
In the years after Rivonia, the ANC’s External Mission, formerly responsible for fundraising, diplomacy, and establishing a military training program, took up the reins of the organization as a whole. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
Now understanding the maze’s algorithm, he took up his pencil again, cut though the Gordian knot, and completed the task. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z
A big one that took up the third page of the memo. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z
But there was only hazy glitter where the blue of the sky paled at the edge of the sea, and the sea took up the pallor and made it sparkle through the shimmering air. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z
An older Theodore Roosevelt jumping on horseback, a hobby that he took up as a teenager. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z
There were real glass bottles of Coke looking cold as ice in the refrigerator and a great big half of a watermelon taking up space. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z
Although the vet had said it could take up to ten weekly visits to get his blood sugar in check, I was optimistic. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z
Mrs. Dudley turned and started up the stairs, and Eleanor took up her suitcase and followed, hurrying after anything else alive in this house. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z
Hie first thing he had done after taking up residence in the Tower of the Hand was inquire after the finest cook in the city and take her into his service. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z
One entire wall was taken up with a huge stained glass window. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z
He passed the entrance examination for the university in 1588, then had to complete a final year at Maulbronn before he could take up his place at the university, at the age of 17. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z
The cemetery looked as if the living had taken up residence. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z
We later learned that Mrs. Suzman had taken up our case in Parliament, and within a few weeks of her visit, Suitcase was transferred off the island. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
When I told him No, he said she must have gone down then, and yet she “took up too,” when she left there. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z
I have taken up the middle-class sport of long-distance running. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
"But I didn't come in here to take up your time, I want to put something on the wall." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z
Every man who wore the black walked the Wall, and every man was expected to take up steel in its defense, but die rangers were the true fighting heart of the Night's Watch. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z
Two cardboard boxes of stuff are stacked by the kitchen, two mattresses lie on the ground by the window, and an ancient TV and old, mustard-yellow couch take up the rest of the space. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
Three of the porters take up the other ropes, and I ask for the fourth. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z
Mrs. O’Leary still took up the entire living room, but she’d settled her head in the kitchen doorway so she could see us, which made her happy. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z
It took up half the page, emerging from his face like a massive mountain. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z
Fern said, just to have something to say back, “I'm tired of taking up for you.” One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z
Babies then began to take up the cry. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z
The Mews was neatly kept, with sawdust on the floor to absorb the mutes, and the castings taken up every day. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z
This house is on Filmore Ave. and the corner of a lane leading to where many soldiers were buried and later taken up and carried to their burial ground in Winchester. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z
One of them wonders if the police officer is going to make them move the truck that's been taking up two parking spots in front of the apartment building. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z
Obsle’s attention had been taken up by his other neighbor, and most people were listening to Slose at the head of the table. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z
Luzan always preferred that I speak to him in skeins such as this; he urged me to take up story-forms, even prepare something for our sessions. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z
Emma also took up gardening more than she had before; it was something she and Charles shared, a love for flowers. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
It was clear that Wilfrido wanted it to take up more space on Main Street. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z
"We'll take up where we left off, Esther," she had said, with her sweet, martyr's smile. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z
But never in a million years would I take up a gun and force people to give up being mean. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
He bade me return to the dance and take up my fiddle again, and so I stepped out of the chamber, he kneeling beside my mother to minister to her. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z
Gimli took up one of the cakes and looked at it with a doubtful eye. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z
And searching for the Jade Key takes up the rest. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z
Frank’s blue shirt is covered in plenty of soil, and her plants no longer take up the special spot behind the driver’s seat. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z
They were watching the soccer team’s “informal practice,” which was taking up most of the yard. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z
Then Gandalf and Beregond taking up the bier bore it away towards the Houses of Healing, while behind them walked Pippin with downcast head. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z
Then she came back, took up another three, and carried them across the street to the Petronis. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z
Then as now, when a knight took the black, tradition decreed that he set aside his former arms and take up the plain black shield of the brotherhood. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z
My heart was thudding so hard it felt like it was taking up my whole chest, but at least I’d gotten him away from Maribel. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z
The harsh cicada seemed to take up its melody, and the twittering tree frogs called little phrases of it. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z
This agreement enabled Mark Antony to take up arms again and finish what he so disastrously started. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z
When he didn’t seem to understand, I took up his raw hand and gently pulled at it. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z
Bells began to tinkle; at their sound the priests began intoning the prayers, one taking up where the other left off. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Particularly? Let me remember, then, what he said as to that. His expression was, ‘a round score o’ year ago, and a’most directly after I took up wi’ Compeyson.’ Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z
She was obsessed with balance and often slapped my knees to remind me to stand powerfully, to take up my own space. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z
To stay awake and alert, the captain, a Greek man of middle age, liked to take up provocative subjects. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z
We can see two beds taking up all the space in the bedroom, a great acre of a bed and a smaller one near the window. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z
I looked around anxiously to see if anyone else felt as I did, if anyone else would take up the charge, but everyone had their heads down. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z
Eric took up; and then the twins started their antiphonal speech. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z
"Yes, you do. Now why don't you take up that stick, and we'll start over. High ward." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z
The canvas is not especially large, but the beetle takes up the entire space. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z
“Instead of taking up any special subject this morning, why wouldn’t it be a good idea if we just talked about something.” Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z
Flamsteed took up residence there in July 1676 and was elected as one of the Fellows of the Royal Society in the same year. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z
Though they were relatively small—the size of puppies standing on their hind legs—they took up a lot of space and couldn’t seem to stop knocking into one another. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z
I was keen to discuss policy issues with Sobukwe, and one of the matters I took up with him was the PAC slogan “Freedom in 1963.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
So the rest of the afternoon was taken up in preparing a saltwater bath for Prince Pete-ho-tep and placing him in it with the proper pomp. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z
There was a natural reluctance among many African states to support violent struggles elsewhere; but the speech convinced people that freedom fighters in South Africa had no alternative but to take up arms. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
He put on the gloves and took up the pencil in a trembling hand and held it poised over the paper. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z
The congregation wanted to show its appreciation, so one Sunday morning the pastor, the Reverend Wesley Parks, took up a special collection for her after the regular collection. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z
He took up one jug and reached for the other. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z
Mass entertainment is another matter, and when Hollywood took up the class theme, which it did in the 1930s, it made a crucial adjustment. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z
Hizdahr had not taken up residence there, preferring to establish his own suite of rooms deep in the heart of the Great Pyramid, where massive brick walls surrounded him on all sides. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z
“This is where we will sleep,” Gladys said, stepping into a narrow room by a neatly made bed that took up most of the floor space. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z
“Why do dudes always have to take up as much space as possible on the train? This isn’t Manifest Destiny, man.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z
“Oh, indeed...very nice...a great pleasure…,” they said, taking up their buckets and hurrying down the other side of the hill. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z
All the animals took up the cry of“Get out, Boxer, get out!” Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z
But still, this didn’t stop us—two lawyers, after all—from taking up the topic with hot gusto. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z
The neighbors took up a collection because Pilate and Reba had spent everything getting Hagar the things needed to fix herself up. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z
Sometimes the photos did not sell—a project Mia did with skeletal leaves sold only one, and for several months she took up a series of odd jobs: housecleaning, flower arranging, cake decorating. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
One girl in her group had taken up the study of law, as Claire’s brother had six years earlier, and still went each day after school to the hall of Law and Justice for training. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z
She noticed some fingermarks on the door and taking up her washrag she scrubbed them away. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z
Clarence the security guard marched into the reading room and, folding his arms over his chest, took up a position near the three envelopes. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z
Tatyana was a secretary, but what she really enjoyed was parachuting, a sport she had taken up in her teens. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z
Was that the job he had taken up again? Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z
Portia knocked her head on the table and the blows had a rhythm like the slow beat of a drum and his heart took up this rhythm also. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z
And when elected President of the Royal Society, in 1680, he expressed his regrets that he could not take up the post because his personal religious beliefs prevented him from swearing the necessary oaths. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z
John Taske, at fifty-six the oldest member of our group, was an anesthesiologist from Brisbane who’d taken up climbing after retiring from the Australian army. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z
“The pictures take up a lot of room,” I say. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z
“Oh, those things! The spiky ones without a base so you can't put them down? Are they still taking up loft space?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z
She next took up with one of the sweet boys from the southern half. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z
It was precisely because we knew that such incidents would occur that our decision to take up arms had been so grave and reluctant. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
Then they could take up from where they left off. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
“How did you convince the Golden Company to take up the cause of our sweet queen when they have spent so much of their history fighting against the Targaryens?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z
Maya had never realized how much space their mom had taken up. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z
Rasheed, who took up the window and middle seat, put his thick hand on hers. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z
But his father did not take up the conversation. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z
With all the kids on the team plus their parents, we took up a big chunk of the table space in the place. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z
The crickets seemed to take up the conversation then; their loud shrilling seemed so close, although they well might have been miles away. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z
We watched her unfold it and carefully unwind the sheet of paper, which took up the entire width and length of the lunch table. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z
Father has boxed up most of his books, saying they take up too much space. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z
She lifted the box away and took up the piece of paper covering the patched-together document. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z
"Light the candles, light the candles!" the little cousins say, taking up a chant. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z
Once again taking up the stashes of guns from their clubhouses, they piled into cars, revved up their engines, and sped across the deadline into the Black Belt. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z
He worked like a dog for her and nearly killed himself saving her in the storm, then soon as he got a little fever from the water, she had took up with another man. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z
What took up the slack was the shrewdness and craft of Rutherford’s associates, their ability to extract the maximum results from experimental apparatus of marked simplicity and elegance. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z
Before long the Rottenführer is sitting at their table every morning, taking up all the air in the flat. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z
About half the spaces are taken up with extra sets of clothing, and the Duchess points to the shelves. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z
He was smaller than Shadow, but he seemed to take up a hell of a lot of room. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z
There must be something to take up one’s time—some clouds to darn, some weary wings to rub with liniment. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z
The report she wrote took up four sheets of the special India paper she used, even cramming her writing as tightly as she could and using a super-sharp hard pencil. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z
Joe took up the big meat knife and selected a piece of side meat to cut. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z
When she took up television, Baby Kochamma dropped the car and the garden simultaneously. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
Then they’ll fall and sunlight will take up the whole sky. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z
Elizebeth had taken up top-secret duties, and William was about to disappear overseas for a while, preparing for a possible war. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z
This important aspect of the problem will be taken up in the next chapter. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z
Parents and other relatives took up the right and left sides of the auditorium stage. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z
But he, taking up most of the space on the pallet, remained asleep. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z
It takes up zero space, so there is no outer edge, no place where space begins to flatten out again. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z
A month later, Congress had another chance to take up the bill. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z
When I came home from school, I’d get the jug of water, take up my position by the door, and wait there until bedtime. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z
She took up my hurt hand and compared it with the other one. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z
Their wealth is washing over the upper reaches of society as it did a century ago, bringing cultural and political clout as they take up positions on museum boards and organize presidential campaign fund-raising dinners. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z
Rebeca's old friends, among them four of the Moscote sisters who were still single, once more took up the sessions of embroidery that had been interrupted years before on the porch with the begonias. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z
They simply had to take up the chase. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z
Her pupils were daughters of the best families who had nothing to do and had taken up the fashion of ceramics, which was more elegant than knitting for the poor, as their grandmothers had done. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
After I get the plank cut out, Mr. Woodwell has me set it in his bench vise and he takes up a block plane. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z
The Moor’s slaves—in other words the chorus—had taken up their song a bar too soon and this had nullified the simple rhythm of the magic bells. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z
Reluctantly, I took up the recorder, and with fingers like soft clay, tried to play. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z
He turned from me, took up the book and read ten pages or more. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z
I clicked on the collage of pictures, and the first photo loaded, taking up the full screen. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z
Whoever will take up either or both of said runaways, and return them to the subscriber or secure them in any way shall have a reward of 30 dollars for each. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z
Nothing that gave her the hope she needed to rise and take up the rest of her life. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z
Mr Coombes stood back and took up a firm stance with his legs well apart. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z
When the waitress brings our meals, my grandfather’s order takes up half the table. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z
I took up my position near second base, and Sidney Goldberg came over to me. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z
The spirit of musical invention heralded by Monteverdi was enthusiastically taken up by his successors over the following century. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z
But to accelerate his progress, she began to speak to him in Spanish, coaxed him to take up his text, and tutored him, and within a short while he was receiving high grades. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z
It takes up half a block behind black iron gates. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z
I spread myself out and take up both seats. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z
Travis laughed and poked at the pot while we unloaded and took up seats around the fire. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z
Slowly, thoughtfully, I took up catching the hedge apple again, One, two, three..., but I wasn’t really paying attention to my counting anymore. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z
The costume practically swallowed him up, and his head looked tiny compared to the horror that took up his midsection. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z
“Why do girls always feel like they have to apologize for giving an opinion or taking up space in the world? Have you ever noticed that?” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z
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