| 单词 | television |
| 例句 | As Isidore knocked on the apartment door, the television died immediately into nonbeing. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z On the night of Monday, March 15, as seventy million Americans watched on television, the president made his case before a joint session of Congress. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Human beings would split the atom and invent television, nylon, and instant coffee before they could figure out the age of their own planet. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z For one thing, neither one of us was allowed to watch television during the day. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z As a result, Mr. Pirzada lived in a room in a graduate dormitory, and did not own a proper stove or a television set. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z After returning home, he appeared on television constantly and his face became so familiar that people on the streets of New York City asked him for his autograph. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Bobby preferred listening to the radio rather than watching television. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z After the television was shut off, and the dishes washed and dried, they joked, and told stories, and dipped biscuits in their tea. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Our parents are engrossed in conversation while the television blares in the background. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z I pushed the door open and there Mr. Charles was, standing behind the counter as usual, staring at his television. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Kochu Maria hadn’t yet made her acquaintance with the television addict waiting inside her. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z You remember how we went to the village to see the television? Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z After that, we came to the quarters every other weekend to study that kind of music on television. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z So instead of watching television, I’m copying words for her practice session tonight. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z Well, I used to have dreams where you were an astranaut and you were on the television and I thought that’s my son. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes he slept right through the day, getting up only to eat and doze in front of the television set. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z I even pulled out one of Uncle Joe’s old television sets to watch the snow. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z In fact, he’s consulted on numerous television shows, including Sesame Street, Dora the Explorer; and Blue's Clues. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z I’m thinking I might be able to slip away when Plutarch, whose ample frame has been blocking the television, catches sight of me and waves urgently for me to join them. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z When you fell asleep with your head on my lap, the television. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z I’d catch the flicker of television light coming from my parents' room and hear them murmuring quietly, laughing to themselves. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z With 2,300 journalists around the world, in 197 bureaus, serving a market including investment bankers, derivatives traders, stockbrokers, newspapers, radio, television, and Internet outlets, Reuters has always had a very complex audience to satisfy. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z “Are the classes like a three-channel television set? What will I do when they’re on the other channels? Will they think I’m a dunce for speaking only English?” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z The stadium “was something the community took a lot of pride in and he went on television and said you’re a bunch of idiots for building it.” Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The girls were busy watching television and Seema and I were getting settled at the table to go over her notes for the day's geography lesson when my mother’s friends knocked at the door. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z They got together and gave me a big television. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Because the mountains interfered with reception, in 1954 he erected an antenna on a high ridge and provided one of the first cable television systems in the United States as a free service. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z A small television sat on a TV tray, a game show playing silently. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “I saw something on the mayor’s television. I wasn’t supposed to. There was a crowd, and fires, and the Peacekeepers were gunning people down but they were fighting back....” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Rain said television was a vast wasteland that lowered our standards until we couldn’t tell the difference between bad and good. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z I woke during the night, finding the picture on the television turned to snow. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The announcer on the television show gives the cousins some kind of test, asking them questions they should be able to answer with their “abilities.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z I turned the television off and took the tape out. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z At five o’clock Mom reached for the remote control to turn on the news, but there was no picture on the television screen—only ripples and fuzz. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z The only thing we seemed to care about was our television set. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The side of my face slamming against the corner of the television stand. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He thought he might have seen their faces on television. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z They don't have a television and we don't either. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z “Cool,” I said, though I was seriously tempted to rush home and break the television. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z She just nods vaguely and turns on the television. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z In my room I kept the curtains pulled, the door locked, and the television turned up loud. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z If you are in the business of educational television, this is a critical difference. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They hobbled over the finish line, booed at the defeated music that played on the television, and vowed together to crush Mario in the fourth and final round of the match. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z A movie was playing on the television screen. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z In Gey’s one appearance on television, he didn’t mention Henrietta or her cells by name, so the general public knew nothing of HeLa. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Bill rose from the couch and went into the living room, snapping on the television before sitting down. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Having Rachel in charge was very much as if Mrs. Donna Reed from television suddenly showed up to be your mother. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I could go into the tea stall and watch television if I wanted. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z I watched more singing on television and added being a singing star to my daydream collection. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I listen today to the radio, and watch television, and read the headlines about the collective white man’s fear and tension concerning China. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Last month at school we saw your island on a television show. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Before very long, radio and television people began asking me to defend our Nation of Islam in panel discussions and debates. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z It might have been an ambulance off in the distance or a police chase on television—it didn’t matter. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z At seven PM on October 22, 1962, President Kennedy went on television to explain the crisis to the American people. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z I made Nigerian radio and television program appearances. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I get closer to the television to try and see if I can find Hana, but Momma tells me to scoot back so I don’t ruin my eyes. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z She wanders around with Gogol, letting him run across the quadrangle, or sitting with him on rainy days to watch television in the student lounge. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The lamp shades and the television screen were covered with a light dusting of...was that flour? Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z My parents keep the television on in the living room even though they’re in the basement, watching Pretty in Pink on an ancient portable DVD player. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z A satellite truck from a Naples television station came next, followed by a newspaper photographer. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z A horde of television cameras and journalists spilled out of the crowded courtroom. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He’d probably heard the word on television, or seen it on the cover of a magazine. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Even on the color television screen, the moon wasn’t yellow or silver. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z He is a handsome, lightskinned Black who speaks with a precise television- newscaster accent. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z When Judge Joseph Wapner, most famous for being the judge on The People’s Court television show, ended up refereeing the depositions, Moore figured no one would take the case seriously. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z “They would read right away, and hear on television, that their father was a traitor.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z I wasn’t about to say any of that romance stuff that Hollywood and television had filled women’s heads with. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Nine televisions mounted to the wall were each tuned to a different network; each network showed the launch pad. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Jamie had been filming for a television show when it happened, and they caught the whole thing on camera. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z I see my first television set, which is like a small black-and-white puppet show of no great interest. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z They were watching a brand-new television, a welcome-home-for-the-summer present for Dudley, who had been complaining loudly about the long walk between the fridge and the television in the living room. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Watching a celebrity talk show on television, they listen for several minutes as a movie star with bright teeth recounts details of his recent divorce. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The pervasive television, billboard, and Internet ads featured a lush green oasis, complete with palm trees and a pool of crystal blue water, surrounded on all sides by a vast barren desert. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z I never would have expected to see my face on a television screen in New York City! The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z They stare at the walls, speechless, passive, won’t even watch television. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z My worries about having a bomb shelter and about the war in Korea began to grow again because there was so much talk about General MacArthur on the television news. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z One evening Lourdes and her boyfriend are watching a soap opera on the living room television. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z We ate at a steakhouse down the street and retired happily to our televisions and beds. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z I look back to the television screen, which is split in two by a flashing lightning bolt. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z All I said was, “So, what’s it like being on television?” The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z Each resident seemed to be making some contribution, however small, to the general cacophony of dropping pots, booming television sets, arguing voices, screaming children, and slamming doors. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z For many black people in the region, watching the evidence that we had presented in court now laid out on national television was therapeutic. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Fifi is watching television when I get to my dad’s after school on Wednesday. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z “Yes. They both grew up here, and this was her television set. When Edith got her first job, Theo said she went out and spent her entire first paycheck on this thing.” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Newspapers, television, books, and movies always show the bad guy caught. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z I had seen people beaten on television and in the movies. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z After the news, a gendarme would come and turn off the television set, taking home the key. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z That some viewer will be relieved of his gastric pains just as a television evangelist calls out the symptoms is considerably more likely than that a particular viewer will be. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “And none of us watches television or listens to the radio,” said Kate, “because of our minds’ unusually powerful love of truth, right?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Somewhere between the television saying "I thought you died in the car crash" and "I love you too much to let you marry him," I heard a key being pushed into the deadbolt. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z What the pioneering television researchers of the 1960s and 1970s — in particular, Daniel Anderson at the University of Massachusetts — began to realize, however, is that this isn’t how preschoolers watch TV at all. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “The Great Humberto’s on tonight. I want to stay somewhere with a television. ” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z “We might even get this on regular television.” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z But she remained frozen in place, staring at the television. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z She and her three sisters had attended church three times a week, rarely watched television, and had each enrolled at Christian colleges after high school. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z A new technology called television was on exhibit in the village office. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z That night, like every night, we did not eat at the dining table, because it did not provide an unobstructed view of the television set. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z In Faerie, there are no fish sticks, no ketchup, no television. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Harry could see him itching to go and examine the television and the video recorder. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z In the study, parents interacted with their children 68 percent of the time when the television was off and 54 percent of the time when it was on. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z He spoke like somebody on television, his sharp, quick New York accent overlaying a slight Southern drawl. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z And one day, just after I had turned fourteen, I arrived home from school expecting to eat some snacks, watch some television, and begrudgingly start my homework, when my parents said the day had arrived. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z Compared to the man on the television, however, whose gaunt face was surrounded by a matted, elbow-length tangle, Harry felt very well groomed indeed. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Like one of those corny after-school television specials. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Because telephones, radios, and televisions did not exist, people in the distant portions of Chicago did not know very much about the fire. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z The house was wired for basic television, Vonage, and Internet service. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z And all the sterile wonders of movies and television and radio will fail to wipe it out—a living man in communication with a living audience. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “It rounds me out,” he said, folding laundry in the family room and watching a Georgia Tech football game on television. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z It looked as though Dudley had gotten the new computer he wanted, not to mention the second television and the racing bike. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z When she went downstairs to say good night to her father, he was sitting in his favorite chair staring at the television, but the television wasn’t on. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z It said that Bobby had been invited to be a contestant on the television show I’ve Got a Secret at four-thirty that afternoon. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Now frowning, now smiling a secret smile, Turtle acted the part of every brilliant lawyer she had seen on television who was about to win an impossible case. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes he feared that his children knew better English than he did, just from watching television. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Mom patted the space on the couch next to her, closed the computer, and turned off the television. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z My talents consist of watching television, being Ellen’s best friend, sighing, and knowing the lyrics to nearly every Dolly Parton song. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z He broke our teacups and one time he broke the television set when he threw a vase through the screen. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Once I finally made it out to the kitchen, my mother—who had taken the day off—was sitting at the table in her robe, sipping coffee, staring at the television. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Inside the front room a couple of dudes were watching a talk show on television. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z After the expedition was over, Weathers was interviewed for the television program Turning Point. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z They turned down the television, went upstairs and changed out of their good, dark clothes, then crashed beside me on the couch. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z There are nights he still falls asleep on the sofa, without deliberation, waking up at three A.M. with the television still on. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z That’s what many people mean when they say that television is passive. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z On an average night, one need engage in only a few minutes of channel surfing during prime-time hours to stumble across images of gangsta culture on television. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z It sparkled from the condensation that lined the edges, the television reflecting off of it. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “Not a television set in this whole blessed country,” he announced to the palm trees. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z We’d have dozed off in front of the television set, angry and impotent, perhaps, but without setting fire to anything. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z "Boxing is a dying sport. People aren't much interested anymore. They want easy things like television, bowling, car rides. Get yourself a good job. Finish high school. Go at night if you have to." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z While he agonizes over song choice, I watch the K-pop videos playing on the television. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z The television announces that it's time for The Brady Bunch to air, so I sit back and watch closely. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z And adverts are pictures or television programs to make you buy things like cars or Snickers or use an Internet Service Provider. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Or think about how you might present yourself if you were going on national television for the first time. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z His son, Muhammad Faisal, had “met” me on American television while attending a Northern California university. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The salespeople on television: Buy one and get two free! Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z The remote control didn’t work, so Cade left the television tuned to a sports channel with the sound turned down. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z If you grew up in the 1960s and 1970s as I did, wives seemed to be a genus of white women who lived inside television sitcoms—cheery, coiffed, corseted. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Would he be sitting watching television and suddenly think about die sunset up in back of the ridge and wonder how die color looked in the lake? Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z On television the sound track was made to blur or had crowd noises cut in to cover. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The only light in the room came from the television, which was turned up extremely loud. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He was home watching his kids and a “Ghost- busters” cartoon wafted over the television. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The kids saw the impact of the newspaper and television coverage. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z Media depictions of Muslims as terrorists and foreigners had inundated our televisions and movie screens, and these harsh misrepresentations fueled anti-Muslim bigotry and policies in America. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z At home, they watched a dancing competition on television as they ate a dinner of spaghetti. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z But after landing, the spacecraft returned a twenty-second fragment of a featureless television picture to Earth and then mysteriously failed. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z At home, newspapers are folded so the pictures face down, television channels are turned when the subject of race comes up. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Twice I was invited to dinner in a mobile home and several times watched a football game on television. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z My parents took my computer away today, because of what they saw on television. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Since the Lilienthals were supportive of Bobby, he reciprocated with gifts: a television satellite dish, a vacuum cleaner, leather goods that he’d buy on trips to Vienna, and special gifts for birthdays and other holidays. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I think of the eyes glued to the television screens in the districts, seeing if I will run, as the Capitol wishes, or hold my ground. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z We put the television on Francis’s dining room table and fooled around with it until we got a decent picture. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z And so the pleasant evening unraveled—the noisy meal at which I even drank a little wine, the presents, bedtime for the younger children, while their bigger brothers and sisters went off to watch television. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z My hospital room even had its very own television set up on the wall. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I looked over at Rosaleen, who sat there shaking her head, mumbling, “Lord have mercy,” just looking so disbelieving and happy, like people on television when they answered the $64,000 Question. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z There were so many of them now published in the newspapers, and they echoed the radio and television, even the chatter of some of the men in the warehouse. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z They were standard television spots designed simply to raise awareness. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m sitting in front of the television at the Hotel Beverly, where my grandparents have been renting an apartment on the top floor. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z I can hear the television in the Rose house as I hurry past. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Guitar smiled at the sun, and talked lovingly of televisions, and brass beds, and week-long card games, but his mind was on the wonders of TNT. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z And Miss Trotter said, “I tell you, I don’t miss the picture shows or television at all. Not at all.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z But I was excited about something else that I saw on television. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z When he got up, he could go into the Headmaster’s house and watch television and eat fruit. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z When I had just come to the city, I saw on Madame’s television that a lot of poor city women throw out their babies because they can’t afford to feed them. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z They weren’t client files; they were for family, stuff like birth certificates and house insurance and life insurance and repair bills and receipts for major items like our refrigerator and television and washing machine. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z It had been years since he’d gone a whole night without television, and he wasn’t sure how else to amuse himself. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Bilingual education, two ways to understand...,’ television and radio commercials glibly announce. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Cool,” I said, though I was seriously tempted to rush home and break the television. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z It also appears young children who watch television can experience shorter-term effects. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Then, brimming with confidence, he overreached by taking on both the US Army and the most popular television news anchorman in the country, Edward R. Murrow. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Later, at Police Headquarters in Salt Lake City, a local television company was allowed to film an interview with them. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z The message I heard everywhere—from television, from people at school—was that I should exercise and eat healthy food so that I could stay skinny. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z How could he tell her that he hated the house, that his mother and father were dead and didn’t know it, that if it wasn’t for television the place would be like a tomb. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Their accents sounded just like the ones Mr. Kapasi heard on American television programs, though not like the ones on Dallas. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z She said, “No one needs a television set.” One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z In the evenings we would watch whatever television show Grandpa wanted to see while Adele crocheted or sewed. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z There, Papa tinkered with the television knobs until it lit up. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He argued over when the television could be on, when inmates could cook in the kitchen, and whether someone could leave a box of personal stuff in a common area. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Sherm made his voice low, like a television announcer’s: “Stove Top. Really great for after the dentist!” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z “Mom” was a TV mom, and Cecile wasn’t like any mom on television. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z I’ve seen the commercials on television for the aquarium—it’s supposed to have sharks and turtles and penguins and a million other sea animals. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z Back home, I sit with the Doorman, occasionally reading and watching the picture frames above the television. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z “Hi, Alex,” says a voice from somewhere behind the television as he settles in with his pizza. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The height of violence for us was on the weekly television Western imported from Hollywood and dubbed clumsily in Spanish. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z The rain came down hard, sounded like television static. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Her old fears of the Revolution and the Marxist-Leninist menace had been rekindled by new television worries about the growing numbers of desperate and dispossessed people. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z When I returned home, my mother was still up, watching television. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s fine. We never see it on television, but the president always visits the victors before the tour to wish them luck,” I say brightly. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z She has a nice mom and an awesome television. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Instead I turned down the volume on the television. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The television set is on and I glance at it. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z In the fall of 1959, the television and newspapers were filled with stories about American rockets roaring successfully into the sky. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z They all posed side by side—the company V.P., the mayor, Mother Paula, Councilman Grandy, and the boss of the chamber of commerce—for the television crew and the news photographer. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Some are in jogging shorts and sun halters, some in exercise costumes like the ones they used to show on television, body-tight, with knitted pastel leg warmers. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z People stayed home at night, watching television, looking for some direction. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Wonderingly, I lift my long, flowing sleeves into the air, and that’s when I see myself on the television screen. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Bed—without canopy—dresser, closet, electric light, television, radio, electric clock, books. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Then like this television actress I used to have a crush on in fifth grade. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z And so she drew the items as best as she could — the sofa, the director’s chairs, the television, the telephone. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z “What else do you like to watch on television?” she probed. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z She had seen the boys through the opened door of the front patio, watching television. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Do you think Papá will see us? On television?” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z I sit on the rug in front of the couch, staring at the television. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “Ma’am,” I said to Mrs. Moss as I interrupted the television show. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z On Friday night, I was reading my new book, but my brain got tired, so I decided to watch some television instead. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z The Mike Douglas Show wasn’t the only place to find colored people on television. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z British producers from the BBC came calling, and she appeared on television, sharing tales from her rumrunner days. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z He had listened to so many children and watched so much television that he had learned to talk. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z Father was on television, getting interviewed by some reporters. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z There’s a clatter as she gropes on the lamp table, then a click, and the television set runs through its warm-up. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Within ninety minutes, Soviet and European television audiences watched a live telecast of Valentina in her capsule. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z While a daytime television show may not be groundbreaking, I think Ellen is helping to make the world a little bit more tolerant and accepting in her own way. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z From the center of the room, I turn a 360 to see what’s considered necessary in a temporary home—television, a small fridge, an enormous closet, a desk and chair. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Disconcertingly, people were seated all around me, and some of the questions came from behind; a television sound man waded carefully among those on the floor. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Exactly—he’s the best!” said Uncle Vernon, pointing at the blank television screen. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z He looked over to the television to see a shot of a news program being broadcast from Lily, Arkansas. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z Brew wrote a letter to President Johnson saying that if he wanted us to fight, he’d better send us some good televisions, and we all signed it. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The DVD player whirred and groaned for almost a minute, but the television screen remained blue. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z At the foot of every bed, confronting its moribund occupant, was a television box. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z She would have the small television on the kitchen counter on and be watching die news and talking about how awful it was in South Africa or how cute the baby in the commercial looked. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z The battlefield roared to life on the television, and Moss laughed as Javier began to jump Tracer around the screen, shooting at every object in the waiting room he was stuck in. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z An ice cream maker, the rapid-freeze kind they use on television cooking shows. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Peeta goes off to retrieve his notebook on the remaining living victors, and we gather in the compartment with the television to see who our competition will be in the arena. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Together with her boyfriend, she burglarizes two homes, stealing televisions they hope to sell. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z To make matters worse, television cameras were zooming in on my face, and reporters were following me around, even to the bathroom, waiting to see if I would cry. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The hidden messages had begun to transmit directly into their minds—no more need for television, radios, or anything else. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z I often watch television while doing my chores, making sure to turn off the set fifteen minutes before they come home, so it has time to cool off. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I ate my meat loaf and green beans and then went into the living room and watched a little television. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z My mother is standing in front of the television, listening to the news anchor. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z As they turned into the parking lot, they saw a television van parked in front of the monkey house, the newscaster and his crew drinking coffee and waiting for something to happen. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z When we return, we watch television in the living room with Pop Pop. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z I didn’t know what she was doing at the time, but I knew she had once assembled television sets. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z By profession, Zooey was an actor, a leading man, in television, and had been for a little more than three years. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z I stared through the windshield as if I was watching the test pattern that came on television at midnight. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She presses the power button, and the television hums to life in a blur of static. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z He married and has two children, but watching television footage of the Gulf War in 1990 threw him into a deep depression. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Luke went over and turned up the television. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Robin, Lily, Dale, and I went up to the den to watch television. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Jasmine was watching television when she saw that police had arrested a suspect in the bus passenger burning that had been all over the news. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z When Jackson had gone, Sticky switched off the television. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z He hears the sound of a television faintly through the ceiling. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z My brother and my sister and I were watching television with my Aunt Helen. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z Alex half expected the snooker table to rise out of the floor, but instead, on every wall, a panel slid up to reveal floor-to-ceiling television screens that immediately flickered into life. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Tune your television to any channel it doesn’t receive, and about 1 percent of the dancing static you see is accounted for by this ancient remnant of the Big Bang. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Once Petey and Jack-Jack were in front of the television again, Luke said, “At least tell me you get how this looks on my side.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Now Naheed knew for sure what Eliza had been upset about in science and why Mrs. Salinger had snapped off the television. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z Grandma stood and walked over to the television set, signaling us to be silent. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But it’s been six months now since Lucy’s funeral, and she’s still watching her shows in the kitchen on her portable television. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z There’s never been anything like it on television. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z But tonight my mother is dead set on me watching television with her while she crafts props for the pageant’s opening dance number. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z She could not watch television because she was afraid she would see a gun. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z As an alternative to eating cake while watching television, she turned to pistachios, and then ate a pound in a single sitting. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Cases are won on closing arguments only on television, not in a real courtroom. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z He runs off toward the television, with his trusty twin sidekick behind him. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z I would spend my days in your father’s house, up in the study, reading your mother’s old books, listening to the news, watching the communist propaganda on television. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z We gather around the television set and a red-eyed Effie rejoins us. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Father was sitting on the sofa watching snooker on the television and drinking scotch. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I have called up reporters and radio and television newscasters long-distance and asked them never to use that phrasing again, explaining to them: “All Muslims are number two—after Mr. Muhammad.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z It may be that honesty is more important to good parenting than spanking is to bad parenting. matters: The child’s parents are involved in the PTA. doesn't: The child frequently watches television. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z He had seen all the pictures on television already. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z It was almost time to watch Gidget on television, so I was hoping this practicing torture would end soon and I could take my misery to the den. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z In the evenings she sat at her dining table and coated her nails with clear nail polish, and ate salad straight from the salad bowl, and watched television, and waited for Sunday. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z We sat at the end of the bar by the television set. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Hours later he was informed that he was now a hostage and that they wanted to film him for television. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z It governs the behavior of transistors and integrated circuits, which are the essential components of electronic devices such as televisions and computers, and is also the basis of modern chemistry and biology. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z A television stood near the printer—its screen flashing but the volume turned down—and on top of it sat a glass of juice. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Any child who has watched only one month’s worth of television knows to do that much. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Or like the spy novels I used to read, on weekends, when I should have been finishing my homework, or like late-night television. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Now, four days later, Nukita warned us that a similarly predacious swarm of print and television reporters lay in wait for us in Kathmandu. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z "At the time we started, only slightly more than a dozen of these things had ever been discovered in the entire course of astronomical observation," Shoemaker recalled some years later in a television interview. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Bjelica was a Yugoslavian chess journalist; he was also nationally known as a television commentator on soccer. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Along one entire wall is a giant flat screen, and my dad is planted in front of this now, enormous feet on the coffee table, watching some sort of game and shouting at the television. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Sitting cross- legged on his bed, Sohrab kept one eye on the muted television, the other on the harried lawyer. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z There is no television or twirling tower of cakes with cream pompadours. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z When she took up television, Baby Kochamma dropped the car and the garden simultaneously. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Technically, I suppose, you could turn your television off, but my parents keep it on, with the volume low. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Ma moved over to the living room couch and sat down in front of the television screen. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z The trailers were all horse trailers, tricked out with televisions and mini-refrigerators and mosquito netting. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z So I just sat around like a lump in front of the television, trying not to move. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z I could hear the television behind him, blaring a commercial. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z Carlos taps on a trashed television in the street. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z "I don't watch much television myself. This looks fine." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z But Will didn’t know which window was Claire’s, which made him think those old movies were really misleading and probably shouldn’t be shown on television. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z I crossed my arms, like I’d seen people do on television when they were cranky but determined. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z But as the day grew long, more of them were drawn in, gazing into the television—into the void of space, into their own hearts, trying to make some meaning of what they were watching. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z He had a special console built to hold the televisions. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z His father said, “Sit down and watch television with us,” and he turned back to the TV, apparently unmoved by the presence of a large, strange dog. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Cables snaked out of the back of the machine, leading to an audiocassette recorder, a small color television, a dot-matrix printer, and a 300-baud modem. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z It didn’t seem to matter who was playing, man or woman, whether he was watching the match live or on television, or how well he knew the person serving. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z In the other thirteen, Wunderman would air his own set of television commercials. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It broadcasts their pictures on Central American television so family members might rescue them. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z I called to the kids watching television, “I’ve got a family,” and tossed my album on the table. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z “I want to watch television! I want to watch television! I want to watch television!” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z The next day, I’m sitting in front of the television set watching the twelve o’clock news. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I had seen Dr. King on television, but I’d never met him. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Few cars are out, and most every window they pass is lit blue from a television. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Inside, the glow from the television lit the walls as newscasters droned on, their voices interrupted by a subtle snoring every few seconds. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Suddenly remembering the pictures on television, the ones that made her grandfather so crazy, Hannah shook her head. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Dr. Anderson has worked on many of the most popular children’s shows, and is far less critical of television than some researchers. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “I also remember watching lots of television in a room covered with really thick brownish gold carpeting.” The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z If you take these two studies together — the toys study and the editing study — you reach quite a radical conclusion about children and television. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The picture shows wall-to-wall shag carpet and low, streamlined sofas, egg-shaped chairs, and televisions that look like flying saucers. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I wondered, too, what would happen if suddenly his seven daughters were to appear on television, smiling and waving and blowing kisses to Mr. Pirzada from a balcony. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z It would take me six days to get home, six undays of staring at acoustic ceiling tile and watching television and sleeping and pain and wishing for time to pass. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z All in the Family and The Mary Tyler Moore Show, in other words, were the television equivalents of the Aeron chair. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z When you watch television and hear that a “racist slur” was used, you must immediately become offended. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Dr. Anderson has concluded that television’s lure owes its powerful appeal to two parts of attention that often compete: the top-down system and the bottom-up system. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “All the models do. On television. Look—it’s easy.” The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He was at it a long time, and I lost interest, closed the Venetian blind, and joined my sisters and brothers in front of the television set. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Instead she watched a lot of reality television, visited Ms. Jones across the street, and took long walks around the neighborhood. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Every Saturday morning, we run downstairs to the television. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z The lamp gave off the sort of light that comes from a television, which made the high ceiling disappear and then suddenly drop back into place. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I remember seeing that on television, in news clips filmed in one city after another. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z The television’s droning on, and I stop to watch shots of Peeta and me at the Capitol party last night. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Heatedly he banged a mayonnaise-smeared fist on the side of the television console, to no avail. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He only ever says this in films and on the television. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “He and Erlan have been friends for eight years, and I’m not going to let some idiotic television show get in the way of that.” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z At home, or driving my car, I practiced until I could interrupt a radio or television host and introduce myself. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z For over a month, whenever he clicked on the television, Charles was forced to look at the five cheaters who, six months earlier, had robbed him of his rightful prize. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z We had seen television before, but this was the first time we were captivated by the figures on the screen. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z April rain falls slantwise through the billboard’s spotlights and Volkheimer’s television flickers blue and he ducks habitually as he passes through the doorway between his kitchen and the main room. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I catch a glimpse of myself on the television screen on the wall that's airing my arrival live and feel gratified that I appear almost bored. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z He seems to glow, but no more so on television than he did up close. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Bobby’s last-round opponent was the rotund Abe Turner, a perpetual acting student whose great claim to thespian fame was that he’d been a contestant on Groucho Marx’s television program, You Bet Your Life. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Near the sugar mill was a large television screen in an iron grill cage that the government had installed so that the shantytown dwellers could watch the state-sponsored news at eight o’clock every night. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Angela Davis smiles, gap-toothed and beautiful, raises her fist in the air says, Power to the people, looks out from the television directly into my eyes. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z Mama’s voice whispers through the television, sweet like honeydew in summer. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z In television commercials the woman who worked the Lady Kenmore wore an evening gown and seemed to be enjoying herself. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I want to close my eyes and pretend I have just fallen asleep in front of the television. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z Instead, they watched television and ate ramen or canned soup as the hours and days slipped away like water. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Sometimes we watched television together, but more and more we did so in silence. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z It’s like Mama can see me through that television. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z His television, the only one in the neighborhood, would draw a big crowd of men who wanted to watch the afternoon news and drink tea. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t watch much television. You know I don’t have a computer. In a lot of ways my life is just as it was twenty or even forty years ago.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z He knew the face of Sergeant Accardo well; the man was frequently on television, and projected an air of reason and calm. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Then I went downstairs and watched the television. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Her eyes were pulled into the television screen like JimmyTrotter’s had been as he hoped for a glimpse of the astronauts instead of those simulations and the broadcasts of mission control. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z She sent letters to my mother detailing her hardships: no washing machine, no car, no television, a backyard full of boulders and goats. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z After he had hooked up the video, the television has been fuzzy. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He watched a few minutes of television before getting a headache and deciding against that idea as well. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z Dad asks how I’m doing, and he even turns the volume down on the television just in case I want to pour my heart out, but I don’t. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Situated 11,300 feet above sea level, Namche occupies a huge, tilting bowl proportioned like a giant satellite television dish, midway up a precipitous mountainside. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z He, along with Noor and his parents, sat around their tiny television, glued to the screen. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Mr. Curtain had turned the volume up on the television. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Anastasia leaves one of the television sets tuned to the Animal Channel when we all leave the house. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z Bill turned up the television and watched as some senator complained about the military budget. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He asked her to draw things in the living room: the sofa, the director's chairs, the television, the telephone. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z On television they never say the person’s name when there is a missing person and that person is found. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z C. J. knew that if people learned what this virus could do, there would be traffic jams heading out of Reston, with mothers screaming at television cameras, “Where are my children?” The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They discovered that by making small but critical adjustments in how they presented ideas to preschoolers, they could overcome television’s weakness as a teaching tool and make what they had to say memorable. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The President appeared on television almost every night to denounce the ruthless war being waged by the opposition. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Matt leaned against the wall to watch television while he waited for the desk clerk to close up for the night. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z And on the other end of the sofa, their older sister, Vivienne, stared at the television screen, her eerie, split-pupiled gaze fixed on the cartoon mouse as it ran from the cartoon cat. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Ellen had the most popular television show in the country and a massive global audience. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z ‘They proved it on television! Besides, I’m an immortal goddess. You can’t destroy me!’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Dudley was sniffling in the back seat; his father had hit him round the head for holding them up while he tried to pack his television, VCR, and computer in his sports bag. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z “I have asked for this radio and television time,” he began, “for the purpose of announcing that we have today concluded an agreement to end the war and bring peace with honor in Vietnam.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z He went straight into the den and clicked on the television. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z If I could have seen the television from where I had fallen, I might have been okay on the floor for a little while. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z “Well, I don’t see why, if I’m out here working every day, I can’t have a television in the bedroom so I can watch my programs in the evenings,” Moms said. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z We did not have a television in those days. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z We often went to Mobimbi to swim in a pool and watch the huge color television and the white people who crowded the visitors’ recreational area. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z In Los Angeles, Ellsberg was invited to speak on a local television show. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Starry squeals over a secondhand television, I get a fresh notebook, and Ma looks pleased with a new sewing machine and reams of different kinds of cloth, buttons, zippers, and other supplies. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Well, it broke the vase, too, but I was ten and I only cared that he had broken the television set. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Dr. Anderson has found that babies mostly glance at television because of the bottom-up system—in other words, they are responding to changes in sound and light. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “I’m pretty sure you only think like that because when you’re on the road you watch those reality television shows about people who have weirdly large families.” Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I watch a lot of hospital dramas on television, and this is the part where patients just want everybody to leave them alone. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z Stanley glanced uncertainly at Zigzag, who was staring very intently at the busted television screen. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z We are used to radio signals transmitted by some varieties of intelligent life—namely, those who run radio and television stations. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It was when my mother was sleeping in, on Sunday mornings, and I would get up early and go to the television set in my mother’s study and flip through the channels, looking for cartoons. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z In the midst of this upheaval, Pepsi began running television commercials around the country, pitting Coke head-to-head with Pepsi in what they called the Pepsi Challenge. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Otherwise I’d know all the other victors, not just because I see them on television but because they’re guests at every Games. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z He seemed to be speaking directly at me, right out of the television set. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z He prayed to the Lord and watched a little television. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z During the day, I kept myself busy by cleaning and watching television. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z The men cursed, and shook their fingers at the television and pounded the radio, until Aunt Zo unplugged them. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He had never been in any ldnd of plane, never seen the cockpit of a plane except in films or television. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z If it was Monday — and you could usually count on Dudley to know the days of the week, because of television — then tomorrow, Tuesday, was Harry’s eleventh birthday. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z I found him in the living room trying knobs on the television set. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z First, the letter shouldn’t have been on the bottom of the screen because, as almost all eye movement research demonstrates, when it comes to television people tend to fixate on the center of the screen. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I switch on the television, rotate the channel dial through the four channels, and settle on a serialized show called All My Children. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The mindless contents of commercial television and the integuments of international crisis and internecine warfare within the human family are the principal messages about life on Earth that we choose to broadcast to the Cosmos. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z "Two Olympic golds in a row. Doug is a sports announcer on television." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, through Regina’s persistence, Bobby received an invitation to be a possible contestant on the most popular show on television, The $64,000 Question. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Naheed and Nouri listened to and watched the television, but it all seemed too horrible to be real and too far away to have any significant impact on them personally. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z It was like a moment from a television sitcom. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z No black television commentators, no black administrators, no black faces in Mission Control, and most of all, no black astronauts. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Without fail, the television would be switched to some news or current-affairs program. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z I stayed in a motel and kept the television on all day. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z A television transmission that has just finished being aired will, in only a few hours, overtake the Voyager spacecraft in the region of Saturn and beyond and speed outward to the stars. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The Earthworm, with his lovely pink skin, was employed by a company that made women’s face creams to speak commercials on television. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z As the news cuts to another segment, SJ turns the television off. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Wes was in the living room watching television with the volume turned almost all the way up. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z I know Chaff by sight because I’ve spent years watching him pass a bottle back and forth with Haymitch on television. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z I had seen photographs in the papers every day and motion pictures on the television screen. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z When I watch it on television at home, it looks like the reporters are sitting in front of a huge window that shows all of downtown. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z They had a radio—maybe even television—so they knew what was happening. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z He didn’t tell her she switched on the television but never watched it, or that she made herself tea but let it grow cold on the coffee table. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z She begins watching tons of television as a way to master American culture. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The light in the den is on and I can see the morphing glow of the television. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z By noon the next day, in order to keep us from watching our television, Grandma ushered us to the car. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He had seen a show on television about sea turtles that came up onto beaches and laid their eggs in the sand. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z Newspapers, television, book publishers—they called him at home, followed him to school. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z On the blank television screen the children could suddenly see their reflections. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z He slept alone on the couch in the living room, oblivious to the blaring basketball game on the television, or the fact that his son had just walked in the house. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Instead, we watch a show on Mom’s television. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Although no one has made a move toward it, the television flares to life, emitting a high-pitched beeping sound, bringing half our party to its feet. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The television crew parked their van near the front door of the monkey house, and the reporter began to poke around, followed by a cameraman. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z My dad called my mom from the diner, where, on the television above the counter, he had just seen the second plane hit the second tower. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Later Governor Faubus came on television to give what one reporter described as a pleading speech. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Poppy kept announcing in English, then Arabic, like some kind of television host, and everyone would cheer. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z I hear the television on out in the relaxing room. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z And in an office on the seventeenth floor, the image on the television monitor flickered and changed as Street Camera #1 smoothly cut across to Reception Cameras #2 and #3. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Sticky climbed onto the television, made sure the coast was clear, and began flashing a message. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z “I watch television. I know what therapists do.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z When we moved to New York, she worked multiple jobs, from a freelance writer for magazines and television to a furrier’s assistant—whatever she could do to help cover her growing expenses. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Jim was so mad he locked himself in his room all day, except to come downstairs to eat and watch television and talk to some girls on the home telephone. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Her mother sitting in the half- light glow of the television well after Taylor should have been in bed. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z When no one came over, Maribel and I watched television, hours and hours of it, finding small comfort in its ability to numb, to keep us from losing our minds. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z “Actually,” Rashid said, “I was thinking we could call someone near a television.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Another day he appeared on the television program of Irv Kupcinet; he described attempts that had been made to kill him. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z They hear pop music, watch singing competition shows on television, have pop idols, and want to sing pop music. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z In the big house on the comer, Blanca, Alba, and the servants were sitting in front of the television, sipping tea and eating toast. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z In front of Russian television cameras, the vice minister of justice, in charge of Russia’s prisons, would announce PIH’s new role in Tomsk. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z On television, she saw New York City’s spectacular skyline, Las Vegas’s shimmering lights, Disneyland’s magic castle. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z I try to think back, to call up the images of 13 I’ve seen on television. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z After the meal Dad read the paper and I helped Mom with the dishes and then we went into the living room to watch television. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z “Well, what about giving up television to spend more time reading your Bible?” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Word. But I wouldn’t go on no television and let the world know about it, man,” Fish said. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z If you or I had gone through the same experience — which involved sending televisions back, and laborious comparison of the tiniest electronic details and warranty fine print — I suspect we would have found it hellish. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z From the side, he couldn’t see the television clearly, and he wasn’t sure he wanted to. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z I knew this because there was a large television resting in my living room. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Each unit had an outdoor grill and picnic table, and they shared a swing set; inside, I was told, there was a television, a kitchen, and separate sleeping areas for kids and adults. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z And then she glued herself to the television all day long to watch the returns. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z I was disgusted and wondered why I couldn’t live with a regular family and have a nice, quiet Christmas like everyone I saw in holiday specials on television. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z One afternoon, after he had refused to do the school- work they brought to him, his television privileges had been revoked. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Ricky had a beer between his legs and sat there staring past the television show the boys were watching. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Sometimes as much as forty feet long, they have two to five rooms, and are complete with air-conditioners, toilets, baths, and invariably television. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Luke went over to the ancient television and turned the knob, hoping it would endear Toby to the idea of staying put. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z She’s peering between an old television on her counter and us, as if trying to place us. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Quang-ha has the television remote, and he moves through the channels in a way that a grandmother might turn the pages of a speedboat catalog featuring water skis. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z In the corner on a small table stood an object that looked something like an extra-squiggly, golden television aerial. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Anyone who has ever heard me on radio or television programs knows that my technique is non-stop, until what I want to get said is said. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The noise from my mom’s television stops abruptly. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z I’ve been downstairs in the living room all night, with the television on for company, fear ebbing and flowing. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Years ago she was on the fast track: modeling for Jet magazine, appearing in local television commercials, and competing in beauty pageants. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z You can’t buy beauty or pray for it to come in the form of what you see on the television screen. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z The team that emerges as the winner will appear live on national television on Good Morning America the next morning!” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z A succession of heretical readings o/Paradise Lost, television chocolate ads, and styling decisions for emporia of “adult toys” indicates, Milton wasn’t the only one of whom Blake’s remark could have been made. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z The main character, Mary Richards, was a young, single woman who was interested not in starting a family—as practically every previous television heroine had been—but in advancing her career. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z While Nicholas played a hand-me-down Nintendo on a television with a busted tube, Christopher plays 3-D chess on the family’s Dell computer. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z She said we had to schedule television and not let it schedule us. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He missed watching television and the activity in the lobby—the arrival and departure of guests and the arguments among the staff. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z It was in the fourth block we came to, a tall, bland building with peeling blue paint and with television aerials sticking out from the verandahs. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z The neon sign advertised hourly rates, free Wi-Fi, and color television, as if some rivals might only be using black-and-white ones. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z It was there that he was attacked and stabbed to death by several teens who had broken into his apartment to steal his black-and-white television set. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z I had walked past television sets in the stores and wanted so badly to look up close or touch, but I knew better. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The television was hooked up to a small generator, and we got more noise than picture, but that was okay. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The same one that controlled my bed controlled the television. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, he was watching television, puttering around the house, enjoying the cool night. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z And then she made a loud wailing noise like an animal on a nature program on television. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The television was the only thing on in the room. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z She said that occasionally The FBI Story would air on local television, and she and her family would watch it and cry. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “Do you have any plans for, uh, solving your financial...situation other than getting your own television show?” Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Unlikely as it may seem, the television game show The Weakest Link provides a unique laboratory to study discrimination. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z I then took to wheeling in a big color television so that we might spend an hour watching One Life to Live. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z In the movies and in detective shows on television, people fire guns all the time. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z After dinner, we go to sitting room to watch the scores announced on television. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “We have a television set,” JimmyTrotter sang to Fern, all the while smiling at Miss Trotter. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z George had seen an interview on television a few months ago with a beautiful woman named Tina. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z I had been watching television—or at least, the television was on. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Bad grades meant no television; not eating my dinner meant no dessert. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Times like this, I sure wish we had a color television so I could get the full effect of her outfit. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z All the lights are off, but somewhere on the first floor, blue television light splashes out from the windows. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z “I just don’t know why. Maybe I’m not good enough to have a television.” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z I can’t stand in a television studio wearing a costume and makeup in a cloud of fake smoke and rally the districts to victory. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z And Chester was news on radio and television. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z All other programming on television and radio stops. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z The astronauts could have shaken hands with moon men on live television. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Mamou found us like that, Laleh laughing at the television, me reading my book and concurring with my sister when necessary. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z John Isidore, being yammered at by the television set in his living room as he shaved in the bathroom, was one of these. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Perhaps the child would end up being a serial murderer, like those women on television crime documentaries, standing half-naked on dark roads to lure truck drivers and then strangle them. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z They’d heard of televisions but had never seen one and were shocked to learn that my family had a talking-picture box in almost every room. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z A television journalist in the Farm Belt once said this about a suspected outbreak of hoof-and-mouth disease: The pasture contained several cows seen by news reporters that were dead, diseased, or dying. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “I like television,” said the ghostly image of Mrs. Tobin. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z The radio and television networks went off the air. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It really isn’t much of a punishment unless you like the television programs right after school or are very concerned with your permanent record. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z They splurge on their children’s sports and tutoring and piano lessons and deny them computers and televisions in their rooms and cellphones. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z I met real estate developers, agents, heiresses, fund managers, lawyers, clothing designers, professional basketball players, photographers, movie producers, and television correspondents. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z When I realized I was probably going to be last, I started swinging my arms faster—that’s what they did on television—and tried to pump my legs faster. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z I couldn’t make out everything Mom was saying, but I heard enough to know that she wasn’t impressed by Dad’s performance on television. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z He was staring in the general direction of the television, but it didn't seem like he was watching the program. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “Ben is dead, Brady. He died this morning. It was on the news. I thought I’d better get to school before someone told you in the hallway, or those television people showed up.” Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z Soon the table is filled with his father’s hand-held vacuum, the rice cooker, the tape player, the television, the curtains still attached to their collapsible plastic rods. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I sat on the sofa and watched television with the sound turned down really low so they wouldn’t hear it. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Squad 451 and the television crew collect dinner from the canteen and gather in a tense circle to eat. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “Go turn on the television set and warm it up,” Ignatius said absently and returned to his furious reading of the letter. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Always worried how he’d look on television, Nixon did not like watching himself. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The answer was that they had very little, for they had by now mostly disposed of the stuff acquired the day of the Kansas City check-passing spree—the camera, the cuff links, the television sets. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z "Sure," I reply, and watch her swivel her chair back to the television screen with one push of her feet. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The television replaced the sound of conversation that was missing from my grandparents’ lives. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Media, movies, video games, television were their common interests. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z A lot of people in the state resented the fact that television reporters were flooding in and sending back reports about how ignorant, poor, and helpless everybody was in West Virginia. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z They don’t have a television up there, they don’t have a radio. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The buses were air- conditioned, had televisions, a VCR, and lights that we could turn on and off at our seats! The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z But Billy sneaked out while the nurse wasn’t watching, and he drove to New York City, where he hoped to appear on television. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z She reminded me to call my parents to tell them I had arrived safely, and when I did I could hear the television in the background. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z This was a voice Sophie had heard many times on radio and television, especially on Christmas Day. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z This year, watching some of the Christmas shows on television as we decorated our tree made it seem like an even bigger party. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The speaker’s natural hair was cut as low as a boy’s and her pretty face, wide-foreheaded and fleshless, reminded Ifemelu of the East Africans who always won long-distance races on television. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z But I let him pout in front of the television and watch a rerun of Doris Day’s called the Light of the Silvery Moon. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z We watched television and swam in the pool with other kids staying in the motel. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I thought I knew what Lahore would be like, but it was one thing to read about it in a book or see it on television, and another to experience it for myself. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z JimmyTrotter scooted before the television and I scooted along with him. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Billy didn’t get onto television in New York that night, but he did get onto a radio talk show. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I turn on the television and eat her popcorn. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z A few feet away, Aru heard the cracklings of a television coming from inside a tollbooth. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z But there is another reason she hasn’t called: her life in the United States is nothing like the television images she saw in Honduras. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Sometimes when I’m with them I think I’m on television. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z I was allowed to watch television, but I discovered something about myself. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z Before long, the congregation had grown so large that he moved elsewhere and refurnished the house with rows of wooden pews and a tiled fountain in the place once occupied by the family’s television set. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Looking at those crowds on television, Barry was relieved when Mom and Dad decided they were better off at home. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z We went over to Erlan’s apartment to watch the very first episode of their television show on Friday night, me and Mom and Dad. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z Not about David Marcel, or Patrick, or the picture, but about everything else: television, her hair, music, her brother. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z The day she told him she was pregnant, she had used the very same words, saying them in the same gentle way, turning off the basketball game he’d been watching on television. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z His public performances on television and at meeting halls produced an almost terrifying effect. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Since it’s pretty much understood that if the place isn’t burning down, I get the door if Grammy is watching television, I swing open the door. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z Radio-Television Frangaise flew a crew of five from Paris to do a television show of the person-to-person type at my home in Mansfield. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Forty years of radio and twenty years of television must have this impact. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally, the words “Live from the surface of the moon” showed up fuzzy but readable on the television screen, and we were seeing the real moon. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Pop Pop screams at the television, like Vanessa Williams can actually hear him. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z He was watching cartoons on television, violent ones, little animals that looked like weasels cracking up cars and bashing each other on the head. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I acted more interested in looking for the remote, so I could switch on the television. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z The White House press officer alerted television networks that President Johnson wanted air time that night to make an important statement on Vietnam. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z You knew you were going to read about him in the newspaper one day or see his picture on television with his hands behind his back. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Paul’s own at-home technology was relegated to a black-and-white television he had in his room, and on which he watched local channels and monster movies. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z There had been no word of Father since the television said they’d taken him away in the ambulance. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z In the High District, a few students, afire with idealism, made faces at their relatives huddled before the television screen with grim expressions and went out to join the procession. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z When I wasn’t watching television or receiving guests, I spent time packing, preparing for the journey back to Pátzcuaro. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Owen and his parents had spoken of hunger, world hunger, and he had seen shows on television. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z It was going to be on the television and the Internet and everything. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z So to return to Troy McClure and his terrible relevance to modern life, ethos is behind every celebrity endorsement you ever see on television. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z To top that, I had a television, which I watched all night long. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z I could imagine Mrs. Walton glued to the television—for sure it’s a colored one and probably big too. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z They ate on TV trays, the television now turned to bull riding. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Most of us will simply feel irritable and confused, Mr. Benedict had said, essentially the way we feel now whenever the television is on and the messages are being broadcast. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Luggage was lashed to the fenders and roped to the roof; the trunk was so stuffed it could not be shut; inside, on the back seat, two television sets stood, one atop the other. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Images of the boys at home, watching television too late, popped into his mind. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z A manager told me that one of the first considerations in his business was to find and buy a place where television reception is good. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Anyone possessing a television set during this period would likely have had some awareness of the extent to which black men had been demonized in the War on Drugs. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The sun at this hour shone as far, as deep, as mercilessly into the room as the television set, striking it squarely in its unblinking cyclopean eye. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z I sat in the living room mostly, staring at the television set and wishing everybody would just leave us alone. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z These men were appearing in films shown in the local theater, which was really just a thatch hut with wooden benches, a small television, and a VCR. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z Jason said that he had seen something on television about it. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But I did say, “You are planning on getting my television to run again before you leave?” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad is alternately shouting at the television and listening to Kate talk about Colorado. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I read every article I could find about the men at the Cape and kept myself pinned to the television set for the latest on what they were doing. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He waits for her, flipping through the channels on the television. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Then we could see there on the front of the box was a picture of a television set. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “Well, yeah, but—” “But nothing, Clem. Stay in tonight, okay? Hold hands and watch television.” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Luke had been thirteen, old enough to realize that his parents weren’t in love the way people seemed to be in movies and on television shows. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Anyway, the reason I am writing to you is because I saw my brother on television. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z Diana spends her afternoons and evenings chatting with friends on the Internet or watching television. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Just that morning I had seen a warning on television about that toy—they were being recalled because the blocks had been painted with lead paint. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z The next morning, while I was watching cartoons on television, the home phone rang. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “And no scent, no television, no hot water even. If you feel you can’t stand it, stay here till I come back.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “No. My parents cut me off. I didn't have my phone, my iPad, my computer, my debit card. I didn’t have anything but television.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z “Will they really show our pictures on television?” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z On the television, players in blue rush along a field two thousand miles away. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z These television shows, especially those that romanticize drug-law enforcement, are the modern-day equivalent of the old movies portraying happy slaves, the fictional gloss placed on a brutal system of racialized oppression and control. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The large television system and all those French love songs and rara records, with the talking drums and conch shell sounds in them. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z If reporters and television cameras wanted to follow me, then I was going to take them places. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I had promised Joe, whose name and case were constantly being discussed on television, that I would visit him after the argument in the Supreme Court. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z There is no television to watch in the evenings, just an old stereo on which they sometimes play a symphony or jazz. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z That’s because television plays to our attention systems in extraordinary ways, using light, sound, and story. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “It’s just an emergency broadcast. Every Capitol television is automatically activated for it.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z I thought it was a sign that we were feeling more confident when we turned the television set off in the middle of the uproar about Central and took our places at the dinner table. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She fell asleep propped up against her pillows, thinking that perhaps, over the sound of the rain and the television, she hadn’t heard Estha’s door open. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z It was, essentially, a first draft, laid out in a picture book that roughly corresponded to the way the actual episode would unfold, scene by scene, on television. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead I watch myself get shot on television. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z On either side television towers had been constructed with cameras focusing in as Sayle spoke. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z The window was uncovered and looked out at the beach and tall dark pines, and I had my own television and a huge bathroom with an ice-block shower cubicle. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Across from his bed sat a small television with a VCR balanced on top. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z It was breaking news all over the television. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Among those studies, one published in Pediatrics in 2004 found that children who watch more television in their toddler years are significantly more likely to have attention problems by age seven. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Mr. and Mrs. Levy, who considered each other the only ungratifying objects in the home, sat before their television set watching the colors merge together 011 the screen. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z While I waited for the television to warm up, I looked out the window—just in time to see Nigel walk my sister up the porch steps and whisper something in her ear. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z The following week when Flipper came on, I’d gotten up and turned the television set off. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “Are you really going to put all of us in your television commercials?” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z I guess I had my own personal television in my brain. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z After watching all the scientists on television hype about the rover, I actually had a rare opportunity to be so close to all the action. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Among my personal highlights is the memory of having my picture taken with Uncle Paul, the legally blind host of a Raleigh children's television show. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z He knew the animal only from 3-D films shown on television. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z I couldn’t stop myself from imagining it, like some sort of television show. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z The science explains why, for all the growth in our other gadgets, television remains the single most dominant form of media. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z He could hear it in his head, and like a crack in the fourth dimension, a fracture of the Euclidean plane, Sergio could watch it happening on the television. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z The more places I represented Mr. Muhammad on television and radio, and at colleges and elsewhere, the more letters came from people who had heard me. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z She sold everything in California— her old Ford, a chest of drawers, a television, the bed she shares with her daughter. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z They weren’t anxious to hear the talk about mummies again; they never watched repeats on television, either. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z The boy held no interest in Leon’s prime passions—sports, junk food, and cable television—and spent all his free time roaming.the woods and swamps. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z In the evenings he’d sit with his father and watch the news broadcast on television. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z He watched them all gather in the dining room for Bible study and laugh through television shows in the living room. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z Whenever he asked for something specific—a television, a soccer ball—she sent it. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z I had been telling how in 1963, I was trying to cope with the white newspaper, radio, and television reporters who were determined to defeat Mr. Muhammad’s teachings. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Then that stupid show had come on television. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I slid my feet across the floor, like a forward moonwalk, past the couch and television and down the hall into my room. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z She sat them down in front of a black-and-white television set, gave each a chocolate bar, and they spent the entire day watching cartoons, while Tata smoked and drank beer. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z We eat an enormous dinner and settle into silence in front of the television to watch a replay of the interview. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Overall, the most pervasive and noticeable source of radio transmissions from the Earth is our television programming. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z After a while, I turned the television off and wandered into the kitchen. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z We turn off the television and climb into bed. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z While he broke televisions, stereos, VCRs and the dining room table, it didn't compare to the breaking of her mind. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z She watches The Price Is Right and Guiding Light and The $10,000 Pyramid on the television Ashoke moves in from the living room to her side of the bed. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He noticed I was looking at the photograph on the television and said, “Maybe the day will come when we can bring Esther home and she can go back to school with you.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Imogen was a New York City child: open-minded in a way Jule had seen only on television, apparently utterly confident in her own desirability as a friend and hostess. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z In the room next to where Maggie sits in the driving simulator is a small room with three computer screens and one television monitor. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z My heart belongs to MacGyver, the star of my favorite television show. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It began to appear in films and television commercials, and from there its profile built and grew and blossomed. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z For a moment I was unnerved and I glanced back at the television. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Something visceral and less tangential than, say, statistics, laws, police enforcement, or television commercials: The issue had to be made personal. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z In July 1969, a hundred or so black women crowded into a room, their attention commanded by the sounds and grainy images issuing forth from a small black-and-white television. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z When The Lone Ranger came to television, she would watch it just to see Jay Silverheels, the actor who played Tonto. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z “That’s a really big meet for your first assignment. Big crowds, lots of publicity and television coverage. But don’t worry. Just go out there and have fun.” Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Dona Zaida, once a formidable matriarch who ruled her eight sons by a resolute jealousy, spent long afternoons watching novelas on television and perfuming her thickening wrists. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Every television and radio network, and all of the newspapers were calling. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Cole was very excited and began to speak as loud and intense as a television preacher. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She shut the album and switched on the television, but it did not console her. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z On television and in the movies now, and even in the pages of novels, people tend to dwell in a classless, homogenized American Never-Never Land. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Sure, I pictured myself on that television screen, wearing a bomb-fancy dress, tearing up the stage with some grand, powerhouse song, and in the end having the crown placed on my head. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z My lawsuit was not as glamorous as the ones I had seen on television. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Beyond that, each was to be given 30 percent of all television and film rights. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Each afternoon he carries me downstairs for a change of scenery and I unnerve everyone by turning on the television. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Her interests were vague and varied, magazine publishing, fashion, politics, television; none of them had a firm shape. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The general in that statue and every cowboy I've ever seen on television make it look so easy. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Just a card table, a mattress, and a single armchair in front of the television where he now sits, a tin of butter cookies in his lap. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z She walked up the path and rang the bell, and while she stood waiting she could hear the television blaring inside. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z Sesame Street’s creators were impressed even more by the power of television commercials. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Late one evening, when usually he was dozing in his easy chair in front of the television set, my father opened the door of my room and walked inside. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He reached Fornatee at his apartment; Fornatee had missed the bus and was now stretched out on the sofa, watching television. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z On weeknights he argued with the television, but on Sundays he faced a live audience. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The information from the four sensors can be shown on a television screen in the form of a line that jumps upward every time your heart beats. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z August, though, turned off the television and studied May, frowning. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I would confess it to Papa every time we watched a game together on television. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z It was the kind used in every mental institution in every movie and television show ever. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Nixon, finally, defended himself in a masterful speech delivered live on television from the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z No television, telephone, or hanging out with friends for three weeks, all because of that light. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z Her cheeks flushed into a color you only see in television cartoons. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Luke turned off the lights and switched the television to a cartoon, and soon the boys fell into the sort of deep sleep he hadn’t experienced in years. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Other than the brand-new color television they bought, I don't pay attention to my parents' decorating choices. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Chico lay on the couch, watching television with the kids, but every once in a while I noticed his eyes fixed on me. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Every evening, television newscasts showed youngsters being led off to jail. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z A graphic had flashed on the television screen, a photo of Barack Obama. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Heavy television cameras and audio equipment were set up, and the operators quietly waited. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Boxes arrive in Tegucigalpa bearing clothes, shoes, toy cars, a RoboCop doll, a television. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z She went over to switch the television off. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z The picture of Mamá crying on the television because of us came to my mind, and my throat tightened. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z I could hear the television through the locked door. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Mr. Hoo asked, hoping to get back in time to watch the football game on television. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z The chubby counselor says: "I don't have a television down the hall. I'm missing all of my shows." Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z “It doesn’t make watching television bad for the kids,” he says, but adds: “There are probably a thousand better things to do any given time than watching any given television program.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z But the language barrier didn't prevent her love of American television. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Whenever a new appliance was advertised on television, Mrs. Mancuso bought it no matter how obscure its uses were. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Raj didn’t mind; he looked forward to coming home from teaching and watching television and bouncing Ronny on his knee. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z When a Wal-Mart shows up within a television within a Wal-Mart, you have to question the existence of an outer world. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z In radio and television interviews, many of the same questions come up again and again. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They rolled off like perspiration, up at dawn, run, breakfast, work, the gym, home, dinner, television, sleep. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z I turned toward him, saw the image on the television, saw it had nothing to do with the song. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Hanging prominently over the radio or, later, the television set in the front room, it has retained a position of prominence in all the houses my parents have lived in since. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z They would watch him move around and explore, the way other people watched television. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z “Just in case a TV reporter comes by and we get to be on television. I want to look my best.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z To make sure he didn’t miss a single piece of news coming out of Vietnam and reaching the American public, Johnson had installed three televisions in the Oval Office, side by side. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z And if there was an electrical storm, there was no television to watch, period. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z One other thing: a television set sat on the dresser across from the two single beds. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I have a television remote control clicker attached to my wheelchair, very close to my right hand. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z A huge television screen, blank but glowing softly, occupies one wall. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The top is shaved off and a television relay station lunges at the sky and feeds a ner-vous picture to thousands of tiny houses clustered like aphids beside the roads. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Sat around the house mainly, watching television and playing solitaire on the computer. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z Liquid air, television, vibro-vacuum massage, radio, boiling caffeine solution, hot contraceptives, and eight different kinds of scent were laid on in every bedroom. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The national media attention — the articles in the big women’s magazines and the appearance on television shows that would turn Wells into a celebrity — hadn’t started yet either. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z "With CCDs you can aim a telescope at the sky and go watch television," Evans said with a touch of dismay. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z “Hey, no big deal. Who cares anyway? The point is, you were on television. You’ll probably be getting calls from the talk shows any day now.” Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z Dress Mr. Potato Head up in plastic droopy eyes and thin-pursed lips, and you could replicate Mr. Moss’s blank stare in front of the television while his wife was torturing a child. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Six weeks and four days after being mistaken for his brother, Gabriel lay in bed, flipping through the channels of the television. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z While I watched television, the two of them sat at the kitchen table, talking about this and that. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z My family and I stayed glued to the television that night. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I hadn’t met Travis yet—he wasn’t one of the four people in my group—but Travis was everything television taught you a jock was supposed to look like. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z In the far corner the television was on, and Mrs. Salinger was staring at it, with her back to the classroom. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z I’m about to shut off the television, but then Caesar is telling us to stay tuned for the other big event of the evening. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z It was the sort of thing that Alex had seen a thousand times in films and on television, and he was shocked by how different the reality was. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z If you want to see a Boris Karloff movie, you have to rent it and watch it on a television set. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Lots of families cut television when the kids are young, hoping to limit screen time. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Instead of hawking over the paper plates, they sat lazily in front of them, watching the television. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z They came off before my school uniform, before I had a snack, before I switched on the television. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z At first, I'm frozen, but then I catch sight of us on a large television screen and am floored by how breathtaking we look. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I can picture her as a great wildlife biologist—the kind who will make smart television shows for kids. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Mouth hanging open, Harry saw that the little square for June thirteenth seemed to have turned into a minuscule television screen. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z I won’t start listing television episode memories, except one because I guess we’re on the subject, and it seems like something everyone can relate to in a small way. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z Without a television or radio, Rashid wondered if his family knew what was happening here at the school or if his message had been listened to. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Now she sat by the television all day, smiling sweetly and watching SpongeBob. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z There was hardly anywhere to step as Mr. Benedict—closely attended by Rhonda and Number Two—led them over to the television. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z The President appeared on television asking the people to be patient. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Around this time, I set my sights on becoming a television journalist. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z George got up from the spot where she had been flopped on the couch for the last hour, barely noticing the talking dogs and superhero kids who flashed by on the television screen. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z Aside from two television appearances right after Reykjavik, it had been almost twelve months since Bobby had made any statements or, for that matter, been seen in public. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Ashima has always loved these hours before a party, the carpets vacuumed, the coffee table wiped with Pledge, her dimmed, blurry reflection visible in the wood just as the old television commercial used to promise. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He wasn’t allowed to watch television very much. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Those who have been swept within the criminal justice system know that the way the system actually works bears little resemblance to what happens on television or in movies. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Usually it would be about show business or stars in the movies or television. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z No phone calls, no televisions, no radios, no visits. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z We also had a television, which was rare at that time. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird appeared on television condemning the newspaper for printing secret military documents. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The wire, strung diagonally from one comer of the parapet to the other, stretched across her view of television antennas, billboards, and the distant arches of Howrah Bridge. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Pop Pop hobbles to the television and turns it off so he can return to the couch and watch the real show. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Not only for the television, for the public, but for me and Janice and the rest. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Why hasn’t anyone made a television show out of this yet? Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z I had left Nasreen Baji watching television in the living room and slipped into the kitchen, where Fatima was putting the leftovers from the evening meal in the fridge. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z The jailhouse jumpsuit didn’t look half bad on television, I had to admit. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z I was sitting nearby, watching television, trying not to scream from the pain each time I breathed. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The weight gain comes not only as a result of the sedentary nature of television watching, or even chiefly because of it. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z There was a time before television, before motion pictures, before radio, before books. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z If there was a breakthrough new television or videocamera, and you were a friend of his, you can bet you would hear all about it quickly. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t understand why they fill our television with second- rate Mexican shows and ignore all the potential our people have,” she muttered. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Our television screen didn’t seem big enough for all those Jacksons. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Each time, it seemed, she wasn’t paying attention to the television news. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z Hearing voices from the television room, I go in and find Peeta. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “What if’—Leslie’s voice faltered; then she shook her head and cleared her throat so the words came out stronger—“what if you don’t have a television set?” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z From 145th Street to 149th Street, policemen had blocked off all automobile traffic except for their own cars, the newspapers’ cars, and the equipment trucks for radio and television on-the-spot coverage. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z They do not understand, consequendy, what so pleases the television audience listening to a movie star discuss his divorce with bogus private language. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z From the austerity and tranquility of her medieval world, the penetrating gaze of this legendary Sybil of a holy nun would exorcise the horrors which materialize before our eves in the name of television. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I refused again when I could have been a guest on the top-rated “Meet the Press” television program. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z It sure looks a lot fancier on television. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z The problem is, I've watched the sport on television but never actually played it. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Denial is facilitated by persistent racial segregation in housing and schools, by political demagoguery, by racialized media imagery, and by the ease of changing one’s perception of reality simply by changing television channels. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Only the television and the sounds of Dell struggling to clip his shockingly wiry facial hair. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z When there was a novel approach in the classroom, it was geared for a generation indisputably weaned on the fast foods of television and the VCR, not the written word. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z In a primitive form of interactive programming, members of the television audience phoned the studio to offer their suggested next move. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z They had seen the television program; had read the newspapers. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z This room had air-conditioning and a blue tiled bathroom with a porcelain sink and chrome handles like I'd seen on television. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z He fitted the revolver into a hip holster, shouldered the rifle, and ambled down a hall to the parlor, which was dark except for the flickering television screen. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Security was getting tighter, and we had to cover the windows of the hooch the television was in, which made it just about too hot to watch the thing. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The kitchen is tucked away behind a row of counters to the right, and an L-shaped leather couch sits in front of a wide television on the left. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z "Kimberly has been kind enough to help me with a bit of makeup for my television appearances. And she's been assisting with some administrative duties while I'm in town." How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z They had been interviewed together on The David Frost Show and featured in a television documentary about racial issues in the South. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z I saw it on television, in a Spanish bar, when I was stationed in Madrid. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “When you finish your television program I’d like to see it,” she said. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z I was about to log out when the sidebar ad changed from one that tried to sucker you into thinking that only a 99-inch television was acceptable when watching X-Factor to one about weed killer. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z I tried to mimic the voices I had heard on the radio and television: high-pitched and nasal-y. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z After chow we put the television on, but nothing was on. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “How much does a new television cost?” my sister asked. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Once the implications of what I was seeing on Mayor Undersee’s television hit me, I made for the door and started down the hall. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z It has a flat, two- dimensional feel, more like a video version of a picture book than a television show. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I suppose television and movies have brainwashed me. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z That was how we got our color TV and a plain television stand. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z My presence was cute at first, maybe okay for a local competition, but for the big game—on national television—that’s different. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z Except for the odd ones about television and bravery, they had seemed easy, but perhaps he was such a strange bird that he had misunderstood everything. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Maybe it will be like on television, where they send police to the house and lead me out of there in handcuffs. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z As the bloodied marchers of Selma were being carried off to the hospital, the nation’s three major television networks interrupted their scheduled programs and stunned viewers with graphic footage of the day’s violence. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z One day I walked back from her place to find my dad sitting on the couch, watching television. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Modern European and American children spend much of their time being passively entertained by television, radio, and movies. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z They won’t buy a television, like everyone else, because my father says it turns you into a cretin and emits harmful radiation and subliminal messages as well. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z It was the time we had gone out with the television crew. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I had to be responsible for my own escape, and I could see from watching television the reality of what I wanted. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z ON a hot Saturday in late September, the cotton fields chopped and empty, Daddy carries a new RCA color television set into the house. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “No. You have to stay here. Anyway, they’ve just installed a wall television. Cinema size. Wrestling, twenty-four hours a day.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Moments later, the guard reappeared, leading a small television crew. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z All three of them crashed in front of the television when they got home, and watched a sitcom about a family with twelve kids. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z He’s just out-learning her: he’s putting in a few solid months of learning during the summer while she watches television and plays outside. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z We read about her in the Daily News, run to the television each time she's interviewed. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z On either side of the television, and above it, the Bahrami Family Portrait Gallery extended into a new wing. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z I got a radio DJ gig and hosted a kids’ adventure reality show on television. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z He frowns, then reaches over to switch off the television. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Mr Wormwood had to keep his hat on all through supper in front of the television. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z Inside it’s like Black Friday at its worst—but today it’s not televisions and video games people are after. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z When people on television talk about walls and documents, I never thought they were talking about my mom. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z She has tried out first one bed and then the other to see which had a better view of the television. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z They show it on television occasionally, just to remind us. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Captain Stewart said that the television guys were coming with us. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Well-worn couches and comfy chairs filled the room on the right, where some kids were watching television. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z They watched television, a drama, predictable and filled with brightly shot scenes, one of which featured a young girl in a short dress. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z On the television, we watch a terse Head Peacekeeper lay out specific rules regarding how many people per square foot each resident will be expected to take in. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Mr. Moss was planted in his recliner, smoking and staring at the television screen. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Uncle Morris and Uncle Charlie stood in the corner shouting information about what to do next, even though they didn't have televisions themselves. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I stayed in the living room and watched television, and when my mentality couldn’t stand that any longer, I went upstairs. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z Sometimes, I would feel so panicked just watching television that I would throw myself on the floor of my bedroom for a core workout, pushing myself until my muscles cramped in pain. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z I plopped myself on the couch to watch television. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z If we could only juxtapose one eyeball of this sanctified woman and a television tube, both being roughly of the same shape and design, what a phantasmagoria of exploding electrodes would occur. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “District Two. Got some fancy job there. I see him now and again on the television,” she says. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z "I prefer the telly—I mean television. Do you know any shows that might introduce us to life in America?" You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Dad held one hand over his bad eye to read his newspapers and magazines and to watch television. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z I guess that people been reading the newspapers or saw me on the television and knew it was my birthday. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z When Megan wasn’t there, which was most nights, she’d cook for herself and then sit down with a book and read with the television going in the background. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Moss pulled his feet up to sit cross-legged on the couch now that his mother’s seat was empty, turning his face away from the television. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z There were several pianos, only one of which looked playable, and a television the size of a dining table. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z She was tired of arguing about whose turn it was to choose the Sunday night seven-thirty television show, of injustice, and of the monotony of everything. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z The Ellsbergs spent long days alone, reading newspapers and watching television. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z There was a color television set and a couch that could be converted into a bed. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z So I didn’t have instant love for my future husband the way you see on television today. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z At the same time, he agrees there is reason to be wary of too much television viewing, largely in light of the opportunity costs. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z They borrowed techniques from television commercials to teach children about numbers. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She has a television and a phone, and her homework is neatly laid out on her desk. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z There is a television monitor mounted to the wall in this room. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z No inmates and guards around us, no noisy television, no cold gray room, no intercom blasting names and demands and rules. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Surrounding them in a hushed, solemn circle were reporters from television stations and radio stations and the two local papers. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z And there was a television and a nice stereo. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z He is bound to be nervous, after all, and excited, playing a fast-moving game under the glare of television lights. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z “You know, this game is being broadcast globally by satellite. People will be watching you from all around the world. This could be the most widely watched television event since J. R. was shot.” The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z The people who make television commercials, not surprisingly, are obsessed with eye tracking. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z All the happy commercials on television showing kids wearing costumes, the noises on the street outside, give a heaviness to the pit of my stomach. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Even after the television special—a camera crew went back with him to the lake and he showed them how he’d lived—they stayed after him. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z “Good morning, Miss Charles. My name is Vanessa Martin. I saw you on television in the Miss America pageant. Congratulations on placing as first runner-up. You did New Jersey proud!” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z The space age and television were coming into their own at the same time. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z He pretended to watch football on television for a little while after dinner and then put on his coat and walked up to the mine. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Despite the conventional wisdom, watching television apparently does not turn a child’s brain to mush. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z The researchers wrote: “The result is consistent with others showing long-term negative associations between entertainment television and attention.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z I could see the personal victory swell up in her whenever she had her sister’s great-grandson under her roof, at her table, or in front of her television. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z The girls on television at the Miss America pageant make this look so easy. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Governor Faubus was on television, giving some sort of talk about Southern pride and communists and, okay, I tried to pay attention, but it didn’t really make much sense. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z As much as possible, he wanted to keep Vietnam out of the newspapers and off the nightly television news reports. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z “Ornithological cannibalism,” he said, as he turned off his television and opened up a small green notebook filled with page after page of song lyrics. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z With the development of television, and the technical advance which made it possible to receive and transmit simultaneously on the same instrument, private life came to an end. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Pat Robertson, the former television evangelist and presidential candidate, maintained recently that he couldn’t prove that there weren’t Soviet missile sites in Cuba and therefore there might be. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z For a while I sat at the kitchen table, numb, while Mom called school and made sure the television interview had been canceled. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z This made me feel a lot calmer because it is what policemen say on television and in films. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z It is older than the trips to the moon or computers or stereo systems or television. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z We had to turn on the television for the day’s soap operas and we had to turn it off before the murders on the evening news. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z We were flooded with media requests, and Walter and I gave television interviews to local, national, and even international press who wanted to report the story. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z A large flat-screen television was mounted over the fireplace; I looked up to see a network newscaster talking about my parents, a picture of Malcolm and Maud floating next to his head. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z And not long after that it was he himself who had the task of crowning our present Queen in Westminster Abbey with half the world watching him on television. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z I perfected Lulu after watching the film To Sir, with Love five times, then briefly tried on Diana Rigg from a television show called The Avengers. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z In August he appeared on national television to explain his position. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z “It sounds like he wants us to put a rush on things,” said Sticky, climbing down from the television. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z “But you are required to. All around you, that group is being paired with good things. You open the newspaper and you turn on the television, and you can’t escape it.” Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Then my dad breaks into this whole rap about how bad drugs are and it’s like we’re making a television commercial or something. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I remember a television program I once saw; a rerun, made years before. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z All that evening we continued our vigilance on the couch in front of the television. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z On every block, there are stores displaying wristwatches with flowered bands, black radios blasting Vietnamese songs, televisions projecting hand puppets talking to happy young children, and red traditional dresses on headless mannequins. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z When I come to my senses, I look around to see if anyone noticed that I'm the boy on the television screen. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z We checked our gear and watched television in the afternoon. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z This is my movies—I have no television here.” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Ifemelu liked to watch Clinton on television, in her square trouser suits, her face a mask of resolve, her prettiness disguised, because that was the only way to convince the world that she was able. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I put my journal pages down and got up to turn off the television. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z As a seven-year-old child, delivering tortillas her mother made to wealthy homes, she glimpsed this place on other people’s television screens. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z They were watching television—something funny, of course—and filling the room with their laughter. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z I had seen on television the confrontations between whites and blacks when black people refused to sit in the back of a bus, and I decided I would try it out myself. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The television station, recognizing the importance of the event for the community, had decided to broadcast it live even though it would not take place until after one in the morning. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z In every radio or television appearance, in every newspaper interview, I always made it crystal clear that I was Mr. Muhammad’s representative. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z A television is mounted on the wall, and I see a woman wearing a suit reporting the news from behind a desk. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z No one notices me, though, because they’re all gathered at a television screen at the far end of the room that airs the Capitol broadcast around the clock. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z They fall into a weighty silence, both staring at the massive television screen but neither actually watching the movie. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Suddenly television crews might follow me around in the gym, and reporters would want to interview me for stories, and I’d need to express my personality and be gracious and hopefully sound intelligent. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “I spent all his poor Grammaw Reilly’s insurance money to keep him in college for eight years, and since then all lie’s done is lay around the house watching television.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She started talking about how she was doing on her job but Grandma wanted to talk about what she had seen on television. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z Every year as the 25th rolls around, the television crews drive up. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Don’t get me wrong, it’s cool to watch it on television, but they’ll never catch my behind walking around in no swimsuit. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z In the evenings I would sit before this television bearing witness to the dispatches from this other world. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “I saw you on the television. I’m awfully sorry about your friend. I wouldn’t be here if I wasn’t, if I didn’t think you could help.” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z A “horizontal desire,” coveting a neighbor’s goods, has been replaced by a “vertical desire,” coveting the goods of the rich and the powerful seen on television, Schor said. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z The houses only looked bad when you compared them to houses you see on television and whatnot. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z On his desk, he kept a Bible, some folded paper crafts, and a television he had purchased with money he’d earned at Free Venture. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Someone must have lost the Xbox gunfight because there's a series of angry groans near the television. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Reporters started shouting questions; television crews began crowding in; ANC supporters were yelling and cheering. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I hear a television from the other room, and Mrs. Finch calls, “Decca?” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z They don’t watch television, and I knew they wouldn’t bother with newspapers while they were up north. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I figured one place was like another, except, according to the television, if you lived in New York or Chicago or any big city, you had to be plenty tough. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Because the Earth is turning, some television stations will appear at one horizon of the Earth while others disappear over the other. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z On August 8, 1955, only a few weeks after Lake had gone on the offensive, Hodges unveiled his new school program in a statewide address carried live by sixty radio and ten television stations. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z “Well, watch this! I shall now send a bar of my very best chocolate from one end of this room to the other—by television! Get ready, there! Bring in the chocolate!” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z I answered her questions as quickly as I could because one of my favorite television shows, Full House, was on. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z She was frightened by the BBC famines and television wars that she encountered while she channel surfed. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z We watched the news report on television, and that night I overheard my mother talking with a neighbor on our front porch about the missing men. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t even have a television,” Grace said, with a self-mocking sigh. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z All eyes are on the wooden television set. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “I’m going to be the first person in the world to be sent by television!” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z Terryl hadn't looked at the scientific research, but it was showing that television could have a powerful impact on the relationship between parents and their children. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z I recall a television interview I once saw with scholar and writer Joseph Campbell. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z But in talking with these bright young people, I learned that they had watched my release on television and were familiar with events in South Africa. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Albie,” Calista said, and her voice was very serious, “I insist that you watch fifteen more minutes of television right this very second. Unless . . She tapped her chin again. “ Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z I wake up to the sound of the television and the smell of popcorn. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z We walked along a trail for about twenty minutes with the television guys photographing us, and then headed back toward the Hueys. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z They went on talking about how television was getting into people’s lives and I saw that Moms was talking about anything that Grandma wanted to talk about. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z On the television set, a sports car crashed into a truck, shot off a cliff, and burst into flames. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z She was watching a cooking show on television. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Dell fell asleep every night with the television on. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z I flicked the television on and off a couple times, then went over and gave it a smack, hoping to jump-start the entire central Michigan cable network with a well-delivered blow, but it wasn’t happening. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z She'd mentioned our neighbors, the priest, and several of the actors we saw each week on television. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z It was to be a night launch, so I stayed up to watch television, hoping for good news. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z And he sometimes comes round to the house in the evening to drink beer with Father and watch the television and have a conversation. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z And a smaller television sitting on top of it. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Grandpa gave Adele a don’t-you-start-with-me look, marched into the kitchen, grabbed a can of beer from the refrigerator, planted himself in his favorite chair in front of the television, and lit a cigarette. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z I nod my agreement and turn the television off. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z I remember when my pregnant mother awoke from a nap and found my aunt and Dusty sitting close together watching television. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z In a New Zealand television interview following the expedition, Hall somberly described how he took their favorite climbing rope and lowered Ball’s body into the depths of the glacier. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z For the next few days we would watch television with our lists on our laps. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z “He’s in the living room watching television,” Moms said. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z She was on the couch with her legs tucked up, watching something on television. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z When he dragged himself back, the television was humming behind a flickering test pattern. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Jackie conceded that some of the television shows the family watched together, like crime dramas, “are probably not great,” and could be “kind of gruesome.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z The more you watch television, the less you’re interacting with other people, talking to your parents, moving your body. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “You’re a nice boy,” Mr. Wonka said, “but you talk too much. Now then! The very first time I saw ordinary television working, I was struck by a tremendous idea. ‘Look here!’ Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z At that moment, the television decided it no longer wished to be mute. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z My television crew, positioned out in the square with special cameras, indicates that they’re ready. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Large-scale television transmission on the planet Earth began only in the late 1940’s. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z "Remind me how to turn on the TV, Say-So. Don't seem to wanna work for me," Cinder would say, pointing the case he kept his eyeglasses in at the television screen. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z He and the National Party conducted a sophisticated, expensive, American-style political campaign accompanied by extensive newspaper and television advertisements, bumper stickers, and colorful rallies. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She had learned the smart, snappy language of television commercials. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z From Sonia he learns of how their mother spends her evenings, alone in her bed, unable to sleep, watching television without sound. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z It created a connection between the Columbia message viewers saw on television and the message they read in a magazine. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The television lights beamed down on his crown of hair, which was tinted the color of peach pits. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z Instead I find myself stepping closer to the television. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z After that the only thing he sort of wanted to do was sit. with Abay, parked in front of the television. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z President Kennedy, looking worried too, was on the television at home, explaining we might have to go to war against the Communists. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z In the old days there were no television cameras, and most ANC press conferences were conducted clandestinely. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She looked at the television screen, a sitcom that she’d muted with the remote control when the phone rang. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z At home, I’d take my legs off in the living room and leave them near the television. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z This is the case even when the television flashes to a commercial, Dr. Anderson explains, suggesting that the attention systems lock on even when the narrative isn’t engaging the top-down systems. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z I hung up the phone and turned off the TV, my scalp tingling like the static inside the blackened television. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z She turned the car up Forty-Eighth, using only one hand to steer the wheel in a cool way like on television. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z There was freedom of movement within the dorms except during the three daily counts; inmates washed their own clothes and could cook their own meals, and there were television rooms. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Throughout his long career in the United States and Europe, Welles worked in stage, radio, film, and television. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z He considers going back down to the basement to get the tape player or the television. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z One evening a music video that consisted of a bunch of young black fellows talking really fast came on the television. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z This sounded false, improbable, like something you would say on television. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z “Just point out the error of his ways,” said Mo, who wanted to sound like the hard cases from the television. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Thankfully, he turns to the television screen and lets me work in silence. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z I had expected Birmingham to look like cities I’d seen on television. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z It looked as if the television was turned to a news channel. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z If there is nothing decent on television she leafs through books she takes out of the library, books that occupy the space Ashoke normally does on the bed. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z My mind wanders to the wolflike creatures in the first arena, the monkeys in the Quarter Quell, the monstrosities I’ve witnessed on television over the years, and I wonder what form these mutts will take. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z She turned back to gaze at the television. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z Our previous plan to return for Papá’s car evaporated when we saw it being towed away on television. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z After lunch I wander up to the fifth floor, to an adult surgery wing where waiting family members concentrate on the television. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Any television program will traverse in hours the distance that Voyager has covered in years. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Try to find the weather for tomorrow,” she says to me, nodding toward the television. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I was watching television when Chapter Eleven suddenly appeared. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Suddenly, the television screen went black, leaving the room in darkness. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Without warning, I’m suddenly on television, standing in the rubble of the bakery. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Three pictures of the little girl, in a pink shirt and pigtails, stand as a constant reminder near a television in a corner. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z He asked if he could say this certain thing on television. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The television news was playing in the background. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z At night, after dinner, Sunny and I drown out the laughter, soft talking, and long silences coming from behind their closed bedroom door by turning up the television. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “He can drive you places. Should he tell you to go away, turn around at the door and say, ‘May I come and watch your television now and then?’ The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Every radio and television interview the band had ever done. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Climbing onto the television cabinet, which stood beneath the window, Sticky peered out over the plaza below. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z It was television, she thought, that brought out the rare hint of judgment from Keith. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z An hour later the chopper set down at Tribhuvan International Airport, and we stepped out the door into a thicket of microphones and television cameras. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z The policeman spent the afternoon watching baseball on television, but both Florida teams got creamed—the Devil Rays lost by five, the Marlins hy seven. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Against the opposite wall, a large television stood on an antique wooden table. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z I have looked through my father’s World War II scrapbook many times; I have seen Vietnam on television; I have ingested countless movies about Ancient Rome or the battles of the Middle Ages. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z A few weeks later, Nixon sat at his desk in front of television cameras reading his speech and calling on the “great silent majority” of his fellow Americans to support him. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Our parents didn’t like what television did to a boy’s mind. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z The only time you can count on it is when they're airing the Games or some important government message on television that it's mandatory to watch. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Static rippled in the air, and it was like she and Mini were now standing on a giant television screen. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z A Russian television crew showed up to try to interview Fischer, and he fled. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The first time was on television, when I was eight or nine. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z The television was on but the volume was off so that the dancing people looked as if they were swaying drunkenly. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z It matches the one in our apartment: a white plastic square with what looks like a tiny little television screen set into it, and three buttons underneath, labeled VIEW, TALK, and DOOR. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I look left—there’s the dining room, painted blue, overlooked by a television, full of circular tables, separated from the hall by that glass with the square wire mesh in it. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Fifty press reporters, photographers and television cameramen clustered beneath religious murals to the rear of the altar, and some stood on chairs to see better. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “Stop looking so superior!” my father sometimes used to shout at me when I was eating, watching television, or otherwise minding my own business. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Just as the television “Hate That Hate Produced” title had projected that “hate-teaching” image of us, now Dr. Lincoln’s book was titled The Black Muslims in America. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “He said that out loud on television with the world watching?” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Mr. Lemoncello, his banana shoes burp-squeaking, stepped out of a room filled with dozens of black-and-white television monitors—the kind security guards watch at their workstations. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z “I used ‘The Greatest’ for myself on television before he ever used it.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “He wants as many victors as possible for the cameras to follow in the Capitol. Thinks it makes for better television.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z They’d lived in the city; they spoke incredible English; they had television at home. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z The shades were down and the television was off. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z It wasn’t at all the way the television showed militants— that’s what they called the Black Panthers. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z We fixed our eyes on the television, on Mr. Sullivan, who introduced a circus act involving monkeys that rode tiny scooters across a high wire. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The Showtime drama Billions introduces Taylor, television’s first nonbinary character. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Sergio’s grandmother made dinner, and the three of them stuffed themselves, and they watched Jeopardy! on television afterward. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z I sit down on the couch, ready to turn on the television, when I notice a strange odor in the air. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z When I got back, my parents were in the den watching television. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z I couldn’t think with the television blaring behind her. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Farther to the side, he saw televisions, computers, and other electronic devices. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z He looked like an actor—like a guy who might play an undercover cop on television. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z It got me a little sad, and I was just about to go back to our hooch when all of a sudden, there we were, on television. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Curly had never met a movie star or a television actress or a Miss America or a Miss Anything. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He stands up and walks to the open area in front of the television. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Captain Stewart came around with a television crew, and we were all filmed. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z For the first time we all gathered around the dining table, my mother, my father, Mr. Pirzada, and I. While the television aired unattended we covered the tabletop with newspapers. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z It’s a big hug, and long, and right in front of the television, but no one says anything. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z He had brought all the things he was taking, along from the other room, very late the previous evening, while Hooper had been watching 'Gunlaw' on the television. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z I explained the lady’s prediction as if the television were a crystal ball. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z Now that the prize is a television show appearance, we need to up our game. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z “And a television, maybe. And a garage with one of those automatic doors.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z American television viewers tuned in religiously to science fiction television programs like Space Patrol and Tales of Tomorrow. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Tall but not physically imposing, he dreamed of being on television—having a voice that made an impact. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z I would pace, waiting for him, turn the television on and then off, dab behind my ears with perfume, Opium it was. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z He went inside and clicked on the television, with the sound turned low. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Any other day, I would have been upset to have her turn off the television like that and just send us to bed. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Sunlight shines on Europa in its orbit around Jupiter and is reflected back to space, where some of it strikes the phosphors of the Voyager television cameras, generating an image. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Are you willing to study so we can be on television?” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z “You going to do one of those television programs on our neighborhood?” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z “What you think about getting a television in the bedroom?” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z The heavy iron television stand fell over seconds later, shattering the bedroom window. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “I was making my early rounds when I saw a blue light coming from your father’s room. I thought he might have left the television on.” Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z For the next ten minutes he patiently answered questions from television, radio, and newspaper reporters, as if he had just become the second man in history to throw a perfect game in the World Series. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Were teachers as corrupt as the villains you read about in books or saw in movies and television? The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z For the first time ever, Grandma placed dinner on trays in front of the television so we could hear President Eisenhower speak to the nation. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But how often had she seen television interviews of next-door neighbors saying: Can't believe he killed thirteen people, he was such a nice kid. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z She turns on the gigantic television and tells Windy to order any movie she wants. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Opposite the couch was a television set in a dark, heavy console. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Of note, the new media appeared to be taking time from the biggest screen draw of them all—television. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Paul stayed only one day, which he spent examining MDR patients and giving television press conferences with the vice minister of justice. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z “We were sure we could work something out, but even with her wedding jewelry, the tractor, the television...Even if we sold them all, it wouldn’t be enough. Not even close.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z When they’d dried the last fork, Heron Man said, “Shall we see if the television works?” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z The television was on, but no one was inside. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Kaori had explained that television was too practical, too traditional, too everyday for the Tanaka daughters, but the poor kid didn’t seem to get it. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z I thought about asking Cecilia if she had a phone we could use, but the reporter’s somber face on the television screen caught my attention. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z And so that beauty that Malcolm pledged us to protect, black beauty, was never celebrated in movies, in television, or in the textbooks I’d seen as a child. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z She knew this because she’d once seen a snippet of a documentary on television, and when they showed images of Bangladesh, they really looked familiar to her and she couldn’t explain why. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Blue’s Clues got rid of the cleverness and originality that made Sesame Street the most beloved television program of its generation, created a plodding, literal show, and repeated each episode five times in a row. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z At this hour, only the news would be on television. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z I recognized him from the television news, the newspapers, and the Time magazine cover the past September. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I don’t know if it will work, but when the television crew’s all assembled aboveground, I ask Cressida if she could start out by asking me about Peeta. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z What did I know of computers and television sets and other items of daily life in big cities? Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s a color television with remote-control panels built into the lamp table between the two twin beds. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “We just want you to appear on television and say that the President was drunk and he committed suicide. After that you can go home.” The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Jack Benny moved to television, so we were still able to enjoy him. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He’d also heard that television emitted possibly harmful electronic rays and he was skittish about spending too much time in front of the ubiquitous tube. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z She stood in between the remote and the television so that I couldn’t turn it back on from the sofa. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z There's a flat-screen television mounted on the wall across from me and a side table beside me with a cup of water and a telephone. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The Keepers had holo-games and a television and a swimming pool. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Dawit knew the routine well, and so he went back to watching the soccer match on the tiny television that he kept behind the counter. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The television was off and the sound of water running came from the bathroom. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I go up to the television to turn it off, and just then, she comes on, the only Spanish lady I’ve ever seen on TV. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z He doesn't take his eyes off the television, but he says: "Are you looking for something?" Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Many critics of television, to this day, argue that what’s dangerous about TV is that it is addictive, that children and even adults watch it like zombies. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Ryan, sitting on the floor to watch television, waited for his mother to tell him to go to bed because he had to go to school the next day. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z By now, children were watching 4.5 hours of television programming a day, up from three hours and fifty minutes in the previous study. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z George noticed that Mom kept looking over at George, but when George looked back, Mom had her eyes fixed on the television screen, even if it was showing commercials, which she usually hated. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z I get her a ginger ale and we turn on the television. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Some read, a few watch television, one lady knits. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z The living room sat empty, with a big ghost of furniture crowded in the middle, and whenever I passed by, I imagined the severed television huddled somewhere in the scrum. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Yet it’s considered acceptable if it’s done unknowingly by earnest but ignorant publishers of stock newsletters, or by practitioners of quack medicine, or by television evangelists. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He truly believed that even a jailbird has a constitutional right to go on television. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z In the late 1960s, the screenwriter Norman Lear produced a television sitcom pilot for a show called All in the Family. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z “Yes, it was that song. I’ve heard it once or twice since then. On the radio, on the television. And it’s taken me back to that little girl, dancing by herself.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The poor can see the affluent easily enough—on television, for example, or on the covers of magazines. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The Careers' willingness to leave their supplies, Foxface's reaction, the involvement of the boy from District 3, where they have the factories, where they make televisions and automobiles and explosives. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z A crowd of reporters pointed microphones and cameras and television lights. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z We stared at the television in astonished silence for what seemed several minutes. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z In the living room, about half of the baseball team were taking drunken turns at playing an NFL video game on Blake’s parents’ wide-screen television. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z The television crew means to provide a sense of heightened jeopardy by releasing smoke bombs and adding gunfire sound effects. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z But then after a few minutes, he started skating right through the living room while Mr. Pignati and I watched television. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z They stared at the silent television for a few minutes before he was asleep again. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z The television screen flickered; its picture grew distorted. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z I tail them, always keeping two bodies between us like the detectives on television. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z My palms grow moist in anticipation of seeing myself on television. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Anyway, of course he liked to watch television—everybody liked to watch television. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z At a nearby waiting area, I noticed a television running a news clip of a beach full of people holding up cameras and phones. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z But in 1957, at age nine, I was stunned to see on television and in the newspapers the hate-filled faces of Arkansas’s white women— mostly mothers—angrily protesting the “Little Rock Nine.” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Most of the Institute students spent the hour before supper playing in the gym, or else watching television in their rooms, but the Mysterious Benedict Society had wanted a little time to themselves. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z They never talked about that in movies or on television. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z Gabriel Witter, unable to sleep in complete darkness, had finally started to get rest since the television arrived. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z I follow her gaze to the television screen and see the angry protest, the things they're saying about people who snuck into the country. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z We watched rugby league every Sunday night on television. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z The television was never on, the radio never played. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Probably because he watches more television than anyone I know, and he’s great with trivia. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z I’d seen Her Majesty’s face dozens of times before, in history books, on television, and on currency, but here she was in the flesh, looking at me intently and asking questions. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Ryan rose and walked backward out of the lobby so he wouldn’t miss the high-speed, siren-screaming chase on the television screen. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z The irrepressible Regina managed to get Bobby and his friend Stuart Margulies an interview on a local television show. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z During the first moon walk I was watching television at a friend's house in Florida when a car ran off the road and hit the side of the house. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z The television blasting in the background made Wes’s head throb even more. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z It took the president’s going on national television to give people a vision for a better future. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z My old professor had even coaxed compassion out of the television business. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I've heard people on television talking about what should happen to undocumented people, but I never thought they were talking about my mother. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z On the television, a black horse helps free a man trapped beneath a fallen tree. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He had no television, couldn’t know the extent of the chaos. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z “I don’t see how watching television is going to make us Messengers any faster.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z A show, yes, a show on television about air force pilots and some kind of course they took. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z She looks at me standing near the television. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z All 3 billion of us are being connected by telephones, radios, television sets, airplanes, satellites, harangues on public-address systems, newspapers, magazines, leaflets dropped from great heights, words got in edgewise. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z When she left to watch television in the living room that night, I returned to my room. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z After dinner, Eric and Caroline did the dishes in the kitchen while Ma and I sat in front of the television. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z He forced the producers to simplify dialogue and abandon certain techniques they had taken from adult television. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The Super Bowl was on television, but nobody was really watching. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z "Massive, that means large and heavy. Thus television is the drug of fat heads. Opiate of the massives." Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z The newspapers and television networks ran nonstop coverage of the arrest. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Blue’s Clues may be one of the stickiest television shows ever made. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The glare of the television lights immediately bore down on them, making the bags and circles around their eyes even more noticeable. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z One hundred thirty-five million people, an audience of unprecedented size, tuned in to watch the spectacle as it unfolded on live television. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Carl’s grandfather watched game shows on television the whole time, except when he occasionally got up to tell us we needed to hurry because he was late for work. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z Her agent of infection was television, and the “virus” she wanted to spread was literacy. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z When I heard him answer questions on the television shows coming out of Charleston and Huntington, he sounded nasal, with a strange, peculiar accent that wasn’t even standard Yankee. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z I make myself a cup of coffee and sit down in front of the television, and I wait. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “Hi, Pop! Look at me! I’m the first person ever to be sent by television!” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z When we gather around the television at seven-thirty, I discover that Prim is right. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z After dinner they watch television, as Moushumi writes out thank-you cards to all their parents’ friends, for the checks they had needed twenty different slips to deposit. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I settled down on the couch in front of the television with the radio blasting loud from the hallway. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z At 11:37, they saw President Johnson’s face on the television. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z On television they had these two guys who were trying to get a basketball scholarship and one of them couldn’t get 700 on the S.A.T. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z I had seen enough television shows on brain trauma to know it was possible. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z This was what three young television producers at the Nickelodeon Network in Manhattan asked themselves in the mid- 1990s. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She simply leaned forward, with her elbows resting on her knees, watching the television screen flickering just five feet in front of her. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z The game was broadcast on Canadian national television. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z “The newspapers and television say the Russian students are the best in the world,” he said. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z They reminded Ifemelu of television commercials, of people whose lives were lived always in flattering light, whose messes were still aesthetically pleasing. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I sometimes wondered if Dad allowed the television that year, specifically, because he knew it would all disappear on January 1. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z But a television is just a talking box. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A little more than a month later, in August 1989, P. W. Botha went on national television to announce his resignation as state president. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Helicopters were landing like wasps all over the hill, and out of them poured swarms of newspaper reporters, cameramen, and men from the television companies. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z I heard the television scraping across the living-room floor. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z One thing was certain, there was no television in there. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z By the time I walked in the front door, I was crying so much that my sister stopped watching television to talk to me. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z The television was turned off, and Mr. Pirzada had his head in his hands. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Unfortunately, the programs we have at present are too often transcriptions onto television monitors of unimaginative lists of routine exercises taken from the textbooks. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z There are no magazines in the waiting room, no television, only a collection of matching wing chairs lined up against the walls and a water fountain at one end. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “It’s time to say good-bye, Gabriel,” Cabot muttered, standing up and switching off the television. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z “So the voice we heard on the television must be some Messenger kid, right?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z He didn’t watch television or go to the local movie house, because he said such activity was bad for his eyes and he didn’t want to hurt his play. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Johnson announced the breakthrough on television on October 31. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “If there’s one thing I hate it’s television.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Instead they sat together on the floor of their small apartment’s sparsely furnished living room and held hands, staring at the television and both secretly wondering what would happen next. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z When I replaced the phone on the receiver it occurred to me that the television wasn’t on at Dora’s house at all. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z She dusted the glass to the photograph, and said, “Afternoon, Papa. Mama,” and set it back down on the television cabinet. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z The house was dark, but Mama was inside, watching television. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z Quang-ha keeps his eyes on the television and says: "What if you move to the left? You're blocking part of the TV." Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Gogol and Sonia sleep for as long as they want, watch television, make themselves peanut butter and jelly sandwiches at any time of day. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Patrolman Mancuso pictured the green hunting cap bathed in the blue-white glow of the television screen. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Radio and television speech becomes standardized, perhaps better English than we have ever used. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z He’d been home all day, arguing with financial news shows on television. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Before settling down in front of the television, Curly took out his gun and made a quick tour of the property. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She sits back down in the exact same spot and my father clicks the television off. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z She pulled herself out of the chair to turn up the volume on the television and then plopped back down. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z He then got a few appearances on television talk shows. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z One by one they were seated in an antique barber’s chair with a padded headrest about three feet away from a 17-inch color television monitor. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Wes reluctantly got up from the red plaid couch and turned off the television, but the truth was that he liked going over to his grandmother’s house. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z I rode away wondering how to tell my mother that Dad was now doing television interviews from jail. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z There’s a small sofa, covered in brown plush, a television set, an end table, a couple of chairs. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z I had seen him on television, and I longed to meet him in person. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z In the living room I find Decca staring at the television, and I say, “Is your mom home?” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Most of all I looked forward to feeling safe, to having fun with maybe a party or two, and to lots of lounging in front of the television—that was my plan. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But, as quickly became clear when these sitcoms became two of the most successful programs in television history, viewers didn’t actually hate them. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Or I might copy a trick I had seen lawyers use, both in life and on television. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z He had to go on television in a few hours. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Reynie raced through these questions and many like them, then came to the second section, whose first question was: “Do you like to watch television?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z He was creating a tube for color television. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Watching the television gave me a new set of worries about war and bomb shelters, but it also opened up whole new worlds. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Chef Morgan is the author of three acclaimed cookbooks and host of the local television show Let's Get Cooking! on WBAL. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z In the absence of the Batys and Pris he found himself fading out, becoming strangely like the inert television set which he had just unplugged. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z A television mounted in the corner was playing ESPN, and I stared at it until I couldn’t anymore. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z It was more like this: Every half-hour when the shows switched, my mother walked over to the television and tried the on-off button several times. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z With time devoted to television, we had to give up listening to some of our favorite radio shows like Fibber McGee and Molly or Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “The evening news comes on television,” I said. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z But it’s not all that useful for, say, a group of people trying to spark a literacy epidemic with a small budget and one hour of programming on public television. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Grandma and Mother's lecturing certainly hadn't cut down on our television time. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Nobody I spoke with or watched on local television or heard on the radio talked of anything else. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Tonight, I watched some television with my sister, but she didn’t want to watch the Christmas specials that were on, so I decided to go upstairs and read. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z After I ate, I decided to study and flipped on the television for background noise. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z He stayed in their room, ignoring Monique and her nonstop television, with the air conditioner turned up as high as it could get and blowing directly on him. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z It wasn’t until the second plane hit, and someone who didn’t mean to holler hollered, that I looked up, there were hundreds of people around the televisions now, where had they come from? Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z A breakdown would be immediate and potentially tragic, and broadcast live on television. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z In fact, what makes television so powerful, Dr. Anderson notes, is that it uses these attention-capture tools to constantly draw people back into the story, should their top-down focus waver. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z The soft bluish glow of the television soothes me. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Much later, I found out that as soon as the all-around rankings appeared on the Jumbotron, television cameras zoomed in on my mother and sister up in the stands, sobbing their hearts out. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z They’re on that television criticizing the greatest civil-rights leader known to man, and all he ever wanted was to bring peace to this country. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z We sit all day at desks in school or at work, then sit around all night watching television. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z He had thought for hours about ways to escape, from pretending to be violently ill to hiding behind the door with the television and throwing it onto Cabot’s head. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z The newscaster on the television reported on the changing times and the uprooting of the status quo. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z On the other side of us was the home of Doña Lina and Don José, their children, and their television set. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z "Of course I have a television," he says. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z So, right then and there, she walked onstage, pretending to read a bill from the cable television company. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z He pretended not to notice when Aunty Uju brought them a new television. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z They work their way to a common area where there is a television, a Coke machine, a shabby sofa, and an assortment of chairs. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I looked down at the remote control, then back up at the television. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z What a nose! he’d cry in Korean at the television set. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z She refused to leave, talking about how it was her home and no thugs were gonna run her out, not even when somebody broke in and stole her television. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z “Don’t let them stick to the bottom of the pot. I’m going into the living room and put my feet up and watch television like the Rockefellers.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He looked up to find his mother approaching him again, her mouth moving and sounds coming out, and he sighed, tuning her out, like shutting off the sound on television while the picture remained. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z John and I got over to the house around eight o’clock and were all set to watch a television show when we noticed Mr. Pignati was sad as all get out. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z The group in the living room all watched the television in silence. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z And to top it off, you announce to the entire world on television that I buy you secondhand clothes. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z A large stereo system sat on a shelving unit next to a boxy television set. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z I focus on the television, paying attention to how mouths shape the flatter American sounds and that rolling r. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Living rooms glowed with new television sets, and home telephones—from the phone company, not the mine—appeared on little tables. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He called into the house, where Mami and the kids watched a program on our very own black-and-white television set. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z We snuck onto the nearby Conrail/Long Island Rail Road tracks and broke into freight cars, robbing them of bicycles, television sets, and wine. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The fireplace in the living room, with its plain marble mantel, was blocked off, and we put Tata’s television in front of it. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Two men sat on a couch watching wrestling on television. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I mount the stairs and find it packed with the television crew and equipment. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z And so, as powerful a draw as television remains, our modern devices command our attention like nothing before. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z The violence drew television crews, which beamed these powerful images to a stunned nation and beyond. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z I was sitting in front of the television watching the news, because on weeknights Mama'd let us watch only one hour of regular television and then as much news as we wanted. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z We invited her to watch Never on Sunday on the big television. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z As it turned out, the film was a box office dud, bringing in only $40,000; it did make additional revenue from DVD sales and television licensing. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z His denial of his heinous crime would explain the presence of television and newspaper reporters from Dallas and Austin and the Associated Press furiously scribbling down his every word. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Ralph found a clue as to what teachers did in that mysterious place from a television commercial shown several times a day. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z My face on television, comforting Tariq Johnson's family, will draw more voters and more campaign contributions than any stuffy old dinner with rich people I could host. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z We could never watch television without an adult in the room, she said. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “I saw it on a television show. And I just thought it was so cool. But also really, really scary. Like, the idea that something like this could happen—something could just control your brain.” The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z She let Harry watch television and gave him a bit of chocolate cake that tasted as though she’d had it for several years. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z She said there was no television in her house. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z There is another impact from high television use. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z On the radio they played martial music, and on television they showed only landscapes from around the country and cartoons. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The Goober felt as if his eyes were the lens for a television camera in one of those documentaries. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Across the United States, millions of Americans were glued to their televisions for the evening news reports, and stunned at the savage fighting they saw on their screens. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z One of the standard myths about children’s television, for example, had always been that kids love to watch animals. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z This is the heart of Gilead, where the war cannot intrude except on television. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Today there is a vast international radio, television and radar communications traffic. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It was new to us, that television, like the house. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z The team could put on their space suits in this storeroom, out of sight of the television cameras. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I assume what they really want, in the short term, is to stop the Airtime Assaults and keep me off the televisions of Panem. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z I guess I should tell you that my father isn’t like on television. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z Now the first question came—from the speaker on the television set: “Are you happy here?” Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Many parents restrict media viewing, for families with access, limiting the number of films they see as well as the hours spent watching television, listening to radio, and playing video games. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Mom said we couldn’t light the oven until Julia’s mother came out to supervise us, so we put our clumped-together cake batter in the fridge and went to Julia’s room to watch television. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z “Well, I am going to watch television,” Ignatius said angrily. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Every day a new set of vistas would arrive on our home television screens. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Even on television you can see ivy overtaking the crumbling facade, the sag of the roof. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Pop Pop yells at the television as if the reporters can hear him. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z A camera crew from the tabloid television program Hard Copy ambushed her outside her apartment. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Mostly, though, I was trying just to hold myself together, knowing we had television cameras following our every move. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z It sits in a tasteful leather frame on top of the television set. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z It included photography, with the class spending the period learning how to feel comfortable in front of a television camera. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Shine light on a million moving cubes and you only get a hazy, moving shadow, a molecular version of television static. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z He could be sitting alone, watching television, and a shadow would settle on him without provocation. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z I was listening, and jotting in my notebook, as press, radio, and television people called, all of them wanting the Muslim reaction to the quoted attacks of these black “leaders.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The tinny sound of the television news echoed in the hallway. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Just as Curly was polishing off his first tuna sandwich, a commercial for Mother Paula’s All-American Pancake House came on the television. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Later on that night, Grandma thought we should listen to the governor’s speech on television. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The Angkar says the ownership of cars and electronics such as watches, clocks, and televisions created a deep class division between the rich and the poor. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A sports man from the television company came up to our box. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But then he catches a glimpse of me and immediately hobbles up to turn the television off. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Some extremely advanced paranoiacs can’t even watch television because they think the canned laughter is about them. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z “Can you see that the television is on and that I'm watching Walter Cronkite?” he said. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z I walked back inside and turned left, toward the sound of a television. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The television networks were broadcasting highlights from the wedding. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Speaking in short, matter-of-fact phrases, they worry aloud over the fickle weather and fields of sunflowers still too wet to cut, while above their heads Ross Perot’s sneering visage flickers across a silent television screen. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Days before the second college semester began, we met the civil rights’ activist Harry Belafonte, who was motivated to meet us after seeing the Freedom Writers on television. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z We all saw the landing on television when it happened, though, and for a school project in eighth grade I drew the monument that was built there on Wrigley Field. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I don't know what prompted me to turn on the television, but I'd been away from home for four days and hadn't seen any headlines. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Besides being on the television screen, Clyde Livingston was also sitting on the couch next to Stanley. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z It was just a place to go on Fridays when we didn’t want to watch television. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z “But could you send it by television if you wanted to, as you do chocolate?” asked Mike Teavee. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z He looked up with those sad eyes and then came the deep laugh out of nowhere that didn’t sound like a laugh at all, rising over the scratchy rattle of “Ghostbusters” on the television screen. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z That Pearl—a mile and a half away, watching television with her own brothers and sister—did not exist, that this life belonged to her, Izzy, and her alone. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He took Montag quickly into the bedroom and lifted a picture frame aside, revealing a television screen the size of a postal card. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z Mia, who did not own a television, had not seen the news segment either. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z In just one day I will be in Washington, D.C., on national television. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z I was off becoming a comedian, touring the country, playing shows in England, hosting radio shows, hosting television shows. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z On New Year’s Day, she sits in front of the television and comments on every single float in the Rose Parade. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I watched my reflection not only in the mirror, but in store windows and across the television when it wasn’t on, trying to get a fix on my looks. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z An ancient television set stands in the corner of the room. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z The simulated wood grain on the Atari’s plastic casing perfectly matched the simulated wood grain on the television cabinet and on the living room walls. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z White people were building towers for television stations up there and there was a rumor about a golf course or something. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Neil came over most evenings and sat with June in the parlor while the rest of us watched The Fugitive on television in the den. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The treadmill is so loud I can hardly hear the television. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z It’s unveiled at the Commercial Electronics Show in Las Vegas, where it is hailed as the greatest technological advancement in entertainment since the television. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Accompanied by a CBS television crew that filmed the tour, she visited twelve countries, singing in concert halls, meeting heads of state, and making informal visits to schools, churches, and local organizations. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z I wrote, “What’s happened?” and showed it to a young businessman watching the television, he took a sip of his coffee and said, “No one knows yet,” his coffee haunts me, his “yet” haunts me. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z On the television “fifty of America’s most beautiful girls” paraded in ruffled tulle dresses before a tinsel waterfall. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z When Mami came home from work, she took her dinner to the living room and ate in front of the television while we did our homework. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z At the front of the stage there is a microphone; the television camera is discreetly off to the side. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z On the wire of our relatively small Nation, these two big developments—a television show, and a book about us—naturally were big news. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z No one will know if you wear the same sweatpants for the entire month, if you eat every meal in front of television shows and use T-shirts as napkins. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z I mean, this is some of the biggest news around, and when was the last time you even saw a jellyfish on television? The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The man came out of nowhere, walked up to Father in broad daylight, big as life, and on television. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z The rain would probably keep him in front of the television all afternoon. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a television in the room, and he watched the eleven-o’clock news. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Certainly, he never made anywhere near a profit from the Fischer–Spassky match, despite the revenue from admissions fees, the sale of souvenirs, posters, television rights, etc. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The couches face a television, so wide that it almost covers the entire wall. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Scott asked, his eyes focused on the television screen as the cloud creature announced the start of the next course. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z She practices twirling her nightstick in front of the mirror, then smacks it against her palm, steadily, menacingly, like she’s seen cops do on television. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Their cameras were flashing and the television cameras too had been swung around to focus in on the figure swaying high above. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z I discovered this from a public service announcement that I saw late one night on television. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z When America's first seven astronauts were announced, their confident, smiling faces appeared on television and on magazine covers. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z The more he thought about it, the more he realized that he didn’t, in fact, like to watch television at all. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, upstairs, Shani and I sat in my room watching television—or trying to. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z “I’m thankful that my brother played football on television so nobody fought.” The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z JimmyTrotter said real fast, “If I want to see television, I go to Aunt Naomi’s. She has a new set. Color and stereo.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z I give in and light another cigarette even though last night the surgeon general came on the television set and shook his finger at everybody, trying to convince us that smoking will kill us. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z A week later, on October 15, Richard Nixon sat in the White House watching football on television while thousands of protestors circled the building. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z When they sit down at the table, the sound of his parents’ conversation is missing, as is the sound of the television in the living room, playing the news. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I said, “The very idea is so offensive that it’s actually illegal to say the words ‘Ben Starling’s tongue’ on television.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z His partner, a doctor, watched horror movies on television, too. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Laughter changes to screams, blood stains pastel stones, real smoke darkens the special effect stuff made for television. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z No sooner had my head touched the pillow, I began to fade, exchanging conscious sounds of the television for those of my inner thoughts. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The lyrics of “Song of the Winter Solstice,” which recent defectors say is the theme song of a popular program on North Korean state television, are about traveling companions who endure hardship and pain. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z I was maintaining a marathon schedule of press, radio, television, and public-speaking commitments. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Sitting in his corner always made Billy think of commercials being played on television between the rounds. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The provincial judge, seeing that he could get himself in a fix and might wind up on national television excoriated by the leftist press, promptly went on a fishing trip. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Recall that, in 1999, when Terryl had cut her cable television, the pediatric organization had called on families to prevent children under two from watching any television. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Even Ben was quiet, Ben who always asked Alfred how he had spent his weekend, and then winked knowingly when Alfred said he had seen some movies, watched television, and hung around. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z We made sure we had everything done, then we watched television. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z It would make for a poignant moment of television. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z The gloves let you, as the television ads put it, “reach in and touch the OASIS.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Coin indulgently hits the replay button, and this time, since I know what will happen, I try to pretend that I’m watching this on my television at home in the Seam. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z He wasn’t watching the television so much as he was reading a book—a ‘Rover Boy,’ one of Kenyon’s books. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z On the one paw, the idea of pretending to be Duke, the most courageous dog on television, terrified him. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Every day there are newspaper pages and television newscasts to be filled, and an expert who can deliver a jarring piece of wisdom is always welcome. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z The television was on; Laurel and Hardy, obscured by a blizzard of electronic snow, were trying to move a grand piano up a great many flights of stairs. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I guess it didn’t matter to them that the Bing Crosby Christmas special was on television tonight, the way it mattered to my parents, who would never, ever miss it. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z “Yeah, I watch channel thirteen. What you think, only kids and white people watch public television?” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z And all those angry mobs on television chanting “Go home,” they don’t get that this is our home. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z They knew I had an unhealthy obsession with movies and television shows, and they were partially to blame. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z He remembered seeing CPR on television, but no one had ever given him lessons. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Her eyes narrowed as they rested on a small picture of Caroline, propped in a silver frame on top of the television set. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z There were fewer on the television, but I saw that it was achievable. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z My mother gives a faint shriek and Prim buries her face in her hands, but I feel more like the people I see in the crowd on television. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z During the last week of February, Mama's birthday month, I chose a word I had heard on television, apartheid. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I went over to HQ hut, and Captain Stewart was watching Phil Silvers on television. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew, from television, that there was no statute of limitations on murder. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The most important room in our house is the living room, where we often watch television together. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d pull his hands off and walk away without saying a word, and that horndog would return to the television as if nothing had happened. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I went with him to college and university lectures, to radio and television stations for his broadcasts, and to public appearances in a variety of situations and locations. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Like Vanessa Williams and each Miss America I see crowned year after year on television. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z There were two television sets, one in each room, and he counted five telephones: two in each room and one in the bathroom. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Despite Grandma India's grumbling, television took over our household. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Most of the stylists they interview on television are so dyed, stenciled, and surgically altered they're grotesque. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I almost wet my pants because I didn't want to leave the television to go to the bathroom. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z When a television crew thrust a long, dark, furry object at me, I recoiled slightly, wondering if it were some newfangled weapon developed while I was in prison. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Du Bois, a writer, was the Director of Ghanaian television, which was planned for educational purposes. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z After his big prime-time television appearance, I wasn’t in the mood for him, or any of the boys from the basement for that matter. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z They clutched each other in front of the television when Barack Obama won the Iowa caucuses. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The television hummed, a jingly ad for laundry soap. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z “In about five minutes—as soon as the television lines are free.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z All the usual sources of information including e-mail and cell phones were much too slow and unreliable to be of any use and there was no television to speak of. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z It was really hot in the room, so I took my clothes off and sweated in front of the television. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z On Sunday afternoons, for a guilty few minutes, I’d watch an Oral Roberts prayer meeting on television. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Is that why your test asked whether we liked television and radio?” asked Reynie. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z There were wedding rings, baby bracelets, radios, televisions, necklaces, engraved watches, old- fashioned spoons and knives, scarves, pins, coins, and other junk that was left behind for Doiia Ramonita to resell. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z When I heard about the assassination that evening on the television news, I worried about my own dad driving home from work. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z All radio and television programs were interrupted with announcements that the population must go down into their cellars immediately. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z Computer gaming and television watching is curtailed by these parents to one hour per day in exchange for study time. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z He was bigger than he looked on television. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z When he had conversations with Perry Como or other white television hosts, when he sang on their shows, they all seemed to respect him. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Starry switches on the television and makes herself comfortable on the faded sofa. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He wondered what it would be like to have a mother whose stories were inside her head instead of marching across the television screen all day long. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z There we were sitting together in front of the village television set. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z We ate dinner together every evening at six thirty, and then afterward, my dad logged on to the family computer, a beige Dell the size of a television set. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Even though watching television helps take my mind off Mango, I’m aware that usually he would be sitting on my lap watching with me. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z The television was on low in the background. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z The headline is about benefit cuts, the second story about yet another 1970s television star accused of sexual indiscretions. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z As Jillson had explained, the children were free to leave their lights and televisions on “all night long,” if they chose, provided their rooms were dark by ten o’clock. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z This was once the game of old women, old men, in the summers or in retirement villas, to be played when there was nothing good on television. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Kids were now accessing television programming on computers—including phones, the Internet, and other gadgets. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z He remembers those meals eaten in complete silence, the television turned off. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Grace found herself home in the mornings, watching talk television with her untouched history textbook in front of her. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Katherine sat tight in the office, watching the transmission on television. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z As a result, overall consumption of television content actually grew. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Augustus and Isaac were sitting on the floor in gaming chairs shaped like lazy Ls, staring up at a gargantuan television. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z “I mean, are you with television or anything?” The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z As I approached, I saw nothing unusual: just two guys sitting in the lightwash of a huge television pretending to kill people. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z We sat before the glowing television, careful to not make a noise. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z He would play an episode of Sesame Street on a television monitor, and then run a slide show on a screen next to it, showing a new slide every seven and a half seconds. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He stared at the television, where Dr. von Braun’s rocket kept taking off again and again. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z It was smaller than the Kidwells’, and, moreover, he shared it with a wife, three active children, and a perpetually functioning television set. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z As moves were made on the board, they were simultaneously shown on forty closed-circuit television monitors, in all points of the stadium. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t work directly with the animals, but I helped in the television film library there. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z There must be a resistance, or where do all the criminals come from, on the television? The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z The papers and television stations were starting to go back and forth with “information” and “statements.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The reporters and cameramen turned their attention to him and that's what they decided to put on the television coverage. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Abbey and I slipped out of the kitchen and parked ourselves in front of the television, which still wasn’t working. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z The crowd, no doubt, rushed home to see themselves on television, and what they saw went out all over the world, unchallenged by the other things I know are there. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “Do you like Family Guy?” he asks, turning the mounted television on, releasing my hand, and throwing himself onto the patchwork bed. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z We sat looking at the television for a while without saying anything. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Father’s voice shook with conviction that was discernable even through the television’s fuzzy speakers. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z According to the television news, a tropical wave had stalled over southern Florida. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He could hear the shower running and the sound of the television. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z The only sounds are someone’s television and a party somewhere in the distance. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “He lives entirely in the past. But entirely. He hardly ever even watches television, unless you’re on. And don’t laugh, Zooey. It isn’t funny.” Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z Moms was watching television and Derek was trying to get the wheel of his bicycle straight. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z It allowed anyone who paid a monthly fee to run their own streaming television network. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Shock and awe were already playing on the night skies over Baghdad by the time my mom unplugged the television. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z The rest of the day I watched three hours of sitcom reruns on television until my head started to hurt. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z She’s in the family room, hypnotized by the television and a bowl of blue cereal. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z This was the kind of visit space that movies and television made out to be the norm, with partitions, windows, and telephone receivers, and with both parties anguished because touching was impossible. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z After I hear the front door close, I head out to the television for some America’s Funniest Home Videos. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The other students were either in their rooms studying or watching television, but the moment class was dismissed Sticky had led his friends up here, just over the top of the hill beyond the gym. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z On the television Mr. Cronkite said they were going to send a rocket ship to the moon. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “But I bet they'll have more books than both our classrooms combined. And Hafsa told me some boarding schools have cafeterias with all the food you can eat and televisions in all the bedrooms.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z As the 2009 study concluded: “The evidence is growing that very early exposure to television is associated with negative developmental outcomes.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z She sat ramrod straight as if she were on television, going for the sixty-four-dollar question. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z When Zita, then thirty years old, saw the footage of him on television, she said: “It is not his beard. There is something bothering about his eyes. He is a hopeless, broken man.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z In person Miss Charles is much shorter than she looked on television. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z What astonished me even more—a telegram had been sent to every New York City newspaper and radio and television station. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he followed my father to the living room, where the television was timed to the local news. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z She scooped straight from the buy-one-get-one-free giant tubs in the freezer, globs of vanilla and chocolate, while staring at the television. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “Don’t believe everything you hear,” Cecilia said, shutting off the television set with one click of her remote control. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z She was pre-interviewed for television quiz shows such as Top Dollar and Lucky Partners, but despite her high intelligence and erudition she was never chosen. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z But that afternoon I just pressed on, explaining to her how it was something from a television series. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z "They're just mad at people who broke the rules. You get just as mad when I break rules. Remember what you did when I watched an extra half hour of television last Tuesday?" The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Mia was right: by the time the custody hearing began, there had been a series of news stories—in print and on television—on Bebe Chow and her fitness to be a mother. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The vast wasteland of television programming had finally reached its zenith, and the average person was no longer limited to fifteen minutes of fame. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z It was as though the people on television had moved in with us and extended our family. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “How much does a television cost?” said Henry on the way home. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z We all sat down and watched television instead, and my cousins and my brother talked about football. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z We drank and watched the trains go by and talked about nothing: television and work and where he went to school, just like normal people. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Usually, guys would hang out in the common areas, where we didn’t have to wear uniforms—we could just wear T-shirts if we wanted to—watching television until bedtime. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I intensely followed all the news in the paper and watched the television news. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z She even tried to get on various radio and television quiz shows herself, hoping to bring home some money for being a successful contestant. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Mary admired the two little girls I’d brought, mixed them in with her own children, sent them all upstairs to play games and watch television. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn't have siblings and my dad never had friends over to hang out on the couch and talk back to the television set. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z During the drive we had passed a television set on the curb, and when he saw it, the driver braked hard and backed up. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Alabama newspaper and television reporters began to telephone me, asking for interviews. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Heavy television watching creates a sedentary lifestyle, less activity, more weight gain, even obesity. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z While she worked she kept an eye on the television and an eye on Eliot, but she never seemed to keep an eye on the blade. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z A fire still burned in the old stone fireplace, and the grandfather clock and television set were right where they had always been. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z Jule ate leftovers in front of the television and then went upstairs. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Seeing me lounging around in gorgeous gowns on his television...what can he do with that? Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “You make some bonds for life,” he told a television interviewer of his career as a high school football player. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Adding to the lure, he said, there is a concept of “attentional inertia,” which shows that the longer someone stays engaged with the television, the more likely that person is to have trouble pulling away. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z It was my father who became angry while watching on television some woman at the Miss America contest tell the announcer that she was going to college. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z "But my feet weren't always sweet," the television Clyde Livingston said as he sat down on the dugout bench. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Ten days before the vote, Mr. de Klerk and I held our single television debate. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She handed her remaining savings to the nuns and requested a private room with a television and the best nurse in the hospital. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z All that talk of the war we were fighting in Korea made a lot more people on television discuss bomb shelters. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “Listen carefully,” Mr. Benedict said, turning on the television. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Houseman also directed, produced, and acted in movies and television. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z If only they would read a little Dickens or Kipling they would soon discover there was more to life than cheating people and watching television. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z Another woman, noticing steel helmets inside a television network car, laughed to the driver, “You getting ready for next summer?” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z A tiny little voice, no louder than the squeaking of a mouse, came out of the television set. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z The least we could have was a television set. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Brandon is staring at the television screen, but he’s still talking to me. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z And there I was—I didn’t even know what a television was. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z She feigned ignorance and walked away, even though, she would later say, she remembered taking his money and his television set, too, back when she was on drugs. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Through the swirling incense, the Savior’s eyes glowed like televisions flashing scenes of recent events . Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The television was on, and there were empty beers on it. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Ricky pointed the tip of his bottle at the television screen. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z The little I knew about America I had learned on television. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Dad paced in front of the television, which was off. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z There was a picture of one cowboy killing another one pasted to the television tube. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z They clean up the kitchen together, then sit on the sofa and watch television while she corrects her students’ quizzes and exercises. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The people whose televisions I can hear have complained about my typing, and he has come to make me stop. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z On tiptoe, I turn out all the lamps, the television, every electricity sucker downstairs save the refrigerator. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I still had no idea what he was talking about, so I went downstairs to watch television with my sister. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z He was interviewed twice on local television, profiled by newspapers, and by the Oklahoman magazine, and continued to draw crowds to his table. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z When I saw Vanessa Williams on that television screen today, I was reminded that there’s hope. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z A guy carrying a television camera on his shoulder stood behind her. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z We steered clear of the bedroom Francisco shared with Mami, kept the television low, and did our homework and fighting in the kitchen, where he couldn’t hear us as well. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z In just the past decade, the time devoted to advertisements in a typical hour of network television has grown from six minutes to nine minutes, and it continues to climb every year. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s sprawled on the old sectional with the television remote. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z At first I figured that it was the television, but no, one voice belonged to Myron. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z When the television is on, parents and children disengage from one another. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z A family squarely in the middle class may own a flat- screen television, drive a BMW, and indulge a taste for expensive chocolate. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z The best part was the surprise he had hidden on the front porch, a brand- new television set with a big screen. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Her hair was completely gray but still very fine and, in the light coming from the television, it appeared to be almost blond. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “I saw your picture in the newspaper. And you were on television too. I am really sorry about your son. Has he been found yet?” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z There is a perfect calm in the bed, and then Lelia gets up and shuts off the television. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z State television rolled out his previously unknown wife, Ri Sol Ju. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z The rubble isn’t smoking, the way the Capitol shows it on television, but there’s next to no life aboveground. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z They're closing in on me, I think, remembering my school photograph on the television screen. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z There was no hotel suite reserved for the wait; there were no trays of canapés laid out, no television blaring from any corner. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Then my portrait disappears, and a picture of the hospital is on the television screen. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I shrug, get up, and mute the television. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The walnut cabinet made the television look like furniture that blended in with the living room set and reminded me of ours back in Brooklyn. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z And all the covers say the same thing: “ gets to the bottom of stardom, love, and his/her hit new movie/television show/album.” The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z It makes me think of the way my mom used to always leave a television on when we’d go on vacation so would-be robbers would think someone was home. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Toby looked over at them and smiled politely, immediately going back to the television. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Every night on the television news, Americans watched film from the Vietnam War: falling bombs, firefights, burning villages, the wounded on stretchers, and body bags loaded onto planes for the long flight home. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z A mental picture of hamburger, the way they showed it in the television commercials, thundered into his thoughts. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z I read some newspaper editorials and listened to television commentary that wondered if perhaps western civilization itself might soon be at an end with the technologically superior Russians taking over. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z When I put in the tape of Carver playing Trinity it was just like television. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z “It’s cheaper to import soap operas from Mexico,” Obiora said, his eyes still glued to the television. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z After Sunday supper, the girls get an hour of television in the same room as the computer. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z The only time the television showed anything but static was when the suspected, instigators were hanged in the square. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Just give me a minute to get to the television. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Nancy’s son, Jason, who was seven, was watching television in the living room. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It would help the children to cultivate the imagination denied them by television and would appreciably cut down on the incidence of juvenile delinquency. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Conrad and I had our way with the television. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “It's one thing to accuse me of laziness. But to malign the good name of America's greatest television judge—that's below the belt.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z Dios, how they all chattered of television and sports—things she cared nothing about. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z A video was playing on a television hooked up in a comer of the store: a row of young women in harem pants were thrusting their hips in synchrony on a beach. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z What did other people think as they looked at me, keeping my head buried in an episode of a television show? Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z As I scurried past her, making a little extra noise so she’d know how hard I was working, she looked up from the television. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The way I access him, it’s like turning on a hundred televisions at the same time, I’m seeing so many parts of him at once. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z A Mohawked punk rocker sat in a plastic chair, watching a Riptide rerun on a coin-operated television. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Mrs. Salinger had turned off the television, but the kids who had been watching didn’t move. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z Now that he can walk, we dance together to cumbia tunes on the stereo—which, like the television, I’m not supposed to touch, but could operate blindfolded. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z As the girls played outside, I watched television and nursed my drinks. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He’s perfect: attractive, smart, and he has a good job as an audio engineer for television shows. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z This was really exciting, even better than television. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Yusuf doesn’t take his eyes off the television or move from the best spot on the worn couch in their basement. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Sesame Street succeeded because it learned how to make television sticky. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In downtown Kinshasa, where a lot of the bars have television sets, Mobutu in his leopard-skin hat blinks on every evening at seven o’clock for the purpose of unifying our nation. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He had learned about static cling from watching those boring women who talked about it on television, but could he really stick to a sock? Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z Dante and I were the last two boys in America who grew up without television. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z Aru waited for her perception to change, for magic to prickle on the outside of her vision like television static. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The television had not yet been switched on. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z For all I know, I’m on live television at this very moment while commentators try to analyze what could possibly have motivated me to kill Coin. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z He gave Big Ma the local newspaper with her gossip paper folded within it and Big Ma went back to her room and left the television to JimmyTrotter. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Jesse Helms’s television editorial that evening was salt in the wounds of black North Carolinians. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Preschoolers would then be brought into the room, two at a time, and told to watch the television show. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Lucas Cader walked quickly out the front door and my dad turned the television off, stood up, and left me in the middle of the living room. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z At her words, the girls abandoned the tray of petit fours and scrambled to sit in front of the television set. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z I’d not actually seen the slap on the elbow on the television, but I was pretty sure that’s where the idea had come from, and just as sure Ruth hadn’t realised it. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Max glides her finger along the buttons of my television remote. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z They’d been on television, a sea of men in orange sitting on a roadway filthy with feces and garbage, surrounded by guards with automatic rifles. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Finally we found the television behind an old rabbit hutch and carried it down the stairs to Henry’s car. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z My dad muted the television and sat up. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z Mary’s large-screen television was now filled with photos of these suspects. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Then I took a deep breath and looked away from the television, away from Mr. Ray, and said, “The other crazy thing is that his name is Candy Man.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z They spent the morning watching television, cartoons that kept the boys entertained. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z His futon and his table, his kettle and toaster and television and the rest of his things, remain on Amsterdam Avenue. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “Maybe you’ll want to watch some television or have some more chocolate ants.” The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z There is no calling those television programs back. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Elijah mentioned having seen me on television and said that it seemed to him that I was not yet brainwashed and was trying to become myself. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z It’s the sort of thing they say on television; it didn’t seem real. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z And she didn’t need to spend her mornings watching trashy television when she could be sleeping. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z He’s changed the channel on the television, from the cooking show to Nova, which she and Malcolm both love. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z I had read some of his speeches, and had heard fragments of others on the radio and on television, so I associated him with ferocity. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z But my older brother was on television, and so far, it has been the highlight of my two weeks in high school. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z Mary didn’t watch much television; she felt she never had time, but she just happened to have it on this evening. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z When I got home I had an afternoon snack and switched on the television. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z Even gold came across as gold on a black-and-white television set. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z These success stories reinforce perceptions of mobility, as does cultural mythmaking in the form of television programs like American Idol and The Apprentice. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z He crawled around the television, putting on his brown horn-rimmed glasses to read tags, then taking them off to see what was written on the back of the cabinet. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I pressed against the side, like I’d seen people do on television, and the barrel dropped open. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z Her passionately ironic love for 1980s television dramas is amazing. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z He wanted her company, and the noise and movement of the television programme. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Mom wears dishwashing gloves and is scrubbing down our television. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z She glanced to where Mr. Moss was watching television. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z He hadn't touched her anywhere that you couldn't show on television. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z If she had been on a television screen, she would have felt as unreal as a Mrs. Brady or a Mrs. Keaton. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Mail, telephones, radios, newspapers, and televisions are all banned, so the only news we get comes from the chief. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It was too early to go up to the gym, and he didn't feel like watching afternoon television. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z The television was on with the sound turned down. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z And so today on television and in magazines you get the current simplifications. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Then he began humming a commercial that he had heard during the baseball game on television last spring. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z She was eating and talking to the television screen. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The next class assignment was for us to watch the presidential debates on television, take notes, and discuss them in class. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z But part of her shuddered at the scenes on the television screen. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z It was a radical departure from the kind of fare then on television: it was edgy and political, and it tackled social issues that the television of the day avoided. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Later that night, as the rest of the family retreated to their rooms, Fadi sat in the darkened living room staring at the square of light glowing from the tiny television. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z As with the celebrity chef in the immaculate television kitchen who pulls a perfect souffle out of the oven in the show’s final minute, the messy work has been done beforehand and behind the scenes. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Derek was watching television on the couch and I sat on the other end. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z We also put on a couple of television shows, hoping to give people an idea of what the earth looked like, and what it was like living inside the command module in weightlessness. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Nixon addressed the nation on television on April 30. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Then just as the television cameras began rolling, with Beutel and Malcolm X talking, the telephone rang again and it was Life magazine reporter Marc Crawford to whom I whispered what was happening. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I changed into a t-shirt and sweatpants and went downstairs so I could sit on the couch and watch television for the rest of the afternoon. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Go home to an empty house, eat dinner, watch television, go to sleep early like every other night. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z He went on to become a television comedian and is still doing well. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z The plotters banned all newspapers, seized television and radio stations—and, ominously, ordered 300,000 pairs of handcuffs, which were shipped to Moscow. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “I’m throwing the television set right out the window the moment we get home. I’ve had enough of television!” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z He’d also taken the easy chair, the big television from the den and every single battery, flashlight and lightbulb in the house, as well as the contents of the deep freeze in the garage. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I see a face that I've seen every day on television. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “It’s just a picture on a television screen!” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z If I had developed a good point, though, I’d bait a hook to get it said when I went on radio or television. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z There were closed-circuit television cameras everywhere, and Sayle could see every corner of his kingdom without even leaving the room. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z ICF officials quickly conferred with Chester Fox, owner of the film and television rights, who agreed to remove the camera. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Most of them joined their friends and families in gathering around the televisions as well. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z I spent the evening watching state-controlled television and writing letters home. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “You ask me what I thought about getting a television in the bedroom and I don’t care, that’s all.” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z In Smyrna people had taken their furniture down to the waterfront; and on television now people were carrying furniture, too. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He stood up and walked over to a television in the corner of the room. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z A few meters away from the television stood a generator, along with gallons of gasoline. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Sometimes I watch daytime soaps on television, where there are more crises and better clothes than in real life. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The Pentagon Papers showdown was now the lead story on the radio and television news. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Mr. Lemoncello smiled for all the television cameras aimed at him. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z There was still a question concerning money due Bobby from the company that had purchased the television rights to the match—some $1 million. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z She pointed to a cracked red vinyl barber’s chair, which she spun to face a small television next to the hair dryers. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z I turned the television on and then lay down on the bed beside her—which took a lot of figuring out. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z In the dark, with only the television on, the apartment looked like an aquarium. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Something in Alpert was fulfilled in knowing that I would thereafter buy a television or a car or rent a hotel room in New York armed with the knowledge he had given me. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Except for a portable television set, which they couldn’t connect because they had no electricity, Reba won nothing. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z |
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