“That’s the conclusion of the testing,” he informed her—or rather it—and Eldon Rosen, who regarded him with writhing worry; the elderly mans face contorted, shifted plastically with angry concern. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

In spite of this, Newton did suggest a way to test the rotation of the Earth. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

Come critique time, most students behaved as if the assignment had been to confine the stories in a dark, enclosed area and test their reaction to sensory deprivation. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

The first test, for Wal-Mart, is painless enough, conducted at a chiropractor’s office a few miles down the highway from Wal-Mart itself. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You must love the desert, but never trust it completely. Because the desert tests all men: it challenges every step, and kills those who become distracted.” The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I figured I could test her out now. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Those who shook their heads from side to side as they listened to the editorial — even though they thought they were simply testing headset quality — disagreed strongly with the proposed increase. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Says that time and miles of distance will be the true test of our friendship. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Rather, it accumulates in the bones and blood–that’s what makes it so dangerous–and neither bone nor blood was tested. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

“This test,” he says, “was to disprove your theory of how to achieve the bottom of the trench.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Despite Haymitch's order to appear mediocre, Peeta excels in hand-to-hand combat, and I sweep the edible plants test without blinking an eye. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Between equations, they marvelled that their tests would be scored to the whole point, instead of to five decimal places. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I looked up your test results, Beatrice. Apparently there was a problem with your test. It was never recorded, and your results had to be reported manually. Did you know that?” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I let them take turns sitting next to me at the tests.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many tests are done, and while there’s damage to my vocal cords, it doesn’t account for it. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

She later conceded that she had no basis for such an opinion and that without an autopsy and tests there was no way she could know if a baby had been born alive. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

"We've tested it all out and run simulations galore. We should be okay if everything works the way it's supposed to." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you failed the test, you got a small envelope; if you got in, you got a big one. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

He put a post-hole augur down through the subsoil to test and feel and smell the under earth. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Gramps insisted on being with her while she underwent tests, though an intern had tried to dissuade him. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

In the United States the FBI, which often has to extract DNA in criminal cases, considers the test, when done with the latest technology, infallible. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She recruited volunteers to administer the aptitude tests. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

If anything, I generally overdid things, especially when it came to preparing for a big moment or test, but this one I’d let slip by. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

After scientists tested disinfecting methods, they found that carbolic acid wasn't the best way to kill germs, especially in the concentrations generally used. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Matt was dragged there twice a year to undergo painful and humiliating tests. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The true test of our devotion to freedom is just beginning. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He loved to toss surprise exams at a class—and he also could suddenly be the nice guy, not giving a test for weeks or giving a test and then throwing away the results. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most writers cannot afford focus groups or A/B testing, but they can ask a roommate or colleague or family member to read what they wrote and comment on it. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

He was already taking out the knives, testing their weight. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

You’ve had access to WAY more than he has...would it be fair for a college to consider only GPA and test scores in determining who deserves to get in? Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Mitch: No. I asked my math teacher first period if we could wheel in a TV to watch it, but he said we had to review for the chapter test this week. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

As required by law, he had tested the chemical on laboratory animals and submitted the results with his application. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

One morning in 1934, he was perched atop a ladder, testing the electrical tuning coil of Sloan’s X-ray machine by poking at it with a wooden yardstick fitted with a nail at the end. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“Will you not come over to the fire?” for I wished to make a test of what she could. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

A quivering nose tested the air, then retreated. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Beyond the library the floors change from wood to white tile, and the walls glow like the ceiling of the aptitude test room. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

She had a helpless kind of fear about water, about rain, and she’d say God was testing her sense of humor, setting her up in a place called Deep Water. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

For nearly one week, the two top experts in the field had aggravated the situation with useless tests. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

I probe my jaw with just my fingertips, testing the skin for blood. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

She might almost have been testing him; but he thought she had no notion of the stone's nature, to speak of it so lightly. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

It’s obvious that she’s studied almost nothing for the citizenship test. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“Waiting for you to grade the test,” Mr. Spencer replied. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Some sort of test, I think. Fred said it hurts a lot, but I think he was joking.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Virgil wasn’t sure if fate was testing him, or if it was just your usual Saturday evening luck, but the Bull was outside as they approached. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Going up to Phil Resch—who stood off to one side vigorously smoking a small gray cigar—he said to him, “I hope to god you do test out as an android.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to take and have this tested,” he said, and handed it to Abel Martinson. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

As previously noted, poll taxes, literacy tests, and felon disenfranchisement laws were all formally race-neutral practices that were employed in order to avoid the prohibition on race discrimination in voting contained in the Fifteenth Amendment. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

His idea was to offer the Russians a two-year moratorium on nuclear testing, with compliance to be verified by eight to twelve monitoring stations on each country’s territory. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Silently, I tested my mother’s name on my tongue, tried to commit its shape and sound to memory. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

So I crouched, watching Otto test the radius of his leash as he circled the table. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then a test booklet appeared oh the podium in front of her, along with a sharpened pencil. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“That’s not really what the taste test is about, Dallas. It’s love or death, remember?” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She was kind enough to pretend she didn't notice me holding on to her scarf and hat earlier; I don't need to test my luck. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

That really motivated him to teach me how to drive, so I could pass my driving test and he wouldn’t have to be seen inside my zebra-print car anymore. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

At the end of a light-starved corridor I tested my weight on a rickety staircase, my boots leaving fresh tracks in layers of dust. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

During the first part of the afternoon, Lyra and four other girls were tested for Dust. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

He said, “See here, Dave, what about sitting through a test? It would be the wise thing to do.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Ms. Keen drops ten- pound hints that the test will focus on seeds. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

“When the test was over, I got sick. Must have been that liquid they gave us. I feel better now, though.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

We have only a month until the egg drop competition—less, if you consider the holidays—so we need to get going with testing our eggs. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

As a matter of fact, it had completely slipped Toby's mind that he’d only asked about it to head off a test. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The threat worked: Worried now, Sophie buckled and studied hard to pass the Abitur, a difficult graduation test, in order to receive her diploma. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

At The Maids, a housecleaning service, I am given something called the “Accutrac personality test,” which warns at the beginning that “Accutrac has multiple measures which detect attempts to distort or ‘psych out’ the questionnaire.” Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cold of the Russian winter was more than an endurance test. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t sure what I’d do if I didn’t pass Gregory’s test. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

“These games are fake! Kasparov should answer my charges! He should be put through a lie detector test, and then the whole world will see what a liar he is!” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

On the rare occasion that the phone does ring lately, it’s Doctor Neal, calling with more bad test results, or a relative checking on Mother. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

This was in the old days, back when test results arrived via the post office. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

My important test, trigonometry, was going to be held at ten o’clock. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sniffed it all around and tested it with her tongue. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry I said anything about your citizenship test to Baba,” I offer. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Come to think of it, I remembered the day all the nerds and brainiacs took the special aptitude test to see who got into the gifted program. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

The tests were given by a man who looked, to me, like the Joker in the Batman comics. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

He’d also invited the group known as the Little Rock Nine, the nine black students who in 1957 had been among the first to test the Supreme Court’s Brown v. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I took my test in Paris, in the basement of an engineering school not far from my apartment. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

I aced the tests—“Eagle eyes and elephant ears,” the nurse said—but Lori struggled trying to read the eye chart. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“The blood tests will tell us hormone levels. The psychological assessment is routine in cases like this.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

It’s almost another hour of adjustments and testing and warnings about not overdoing it, watching for hot spots, and avoiding stump blisters at all cost before I walk out of there. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

I loved to run, to jump, to test my strength and speed against other boys. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

But regularly reading to a child doesn’t affect early childhood test scores. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

I passed the test with flying colors and so did everyone else. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

And in addition to classes, in weather that grew colder and stormier every day, the pilots were given flight tests to decide which aircraft they’d be best suited for. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

The answer is straightforward: he had begun an experimental programme of testing and refining his theories. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you mean eradicate? To test an herbicide?” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

At best, it was some kind of test. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

When Jerrie finished the last of the testing at Pensacola, she sent a letter to Webb about completing the tests successfully. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

One could not ask for a more suitable testing ground for a duel, Inigo decided. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Looks like you passed the test,” he said, pointing at my half- empty plate. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Remember, he’s not saying that the ability to finish the questionnaire and the ability to excel on the math test are related. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Then, as the white elite increased its power, they used literacy tests and property requirements to strip blacks of the vote. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The testing of chemicals for a sterilizing effect is much more difficult than the testing of chemical poisons. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“No need to involve the law. We just want the tests graded. Now. Please,” Pastor Patton added. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“We have to make sure the candidates complete all our tests.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Do you foresee marriage in your future or are you just testing the waters?” asked Kaisha. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

After the Georgia station shut down—he didn’t know the details, but gossip held it had been discovered—they were testing all the lines in order to reroute traffic. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Keep in mind that these results reflect only a child’s early test scores, a useful but fairly narrow measurement; poor testing in early childhood isn’t necessarily a great harbinger of future earnings, creativity, or happiness. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

“I shall read now the names of those who passed the test,” announced the pencil woman. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps it was a test, to see what I would do. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Since the first test was about something scary being harmless, it only makes sense that this test would be the opposite.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Now it was time to test my other hypothesis. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I was seventeen years old at the time, which meant I didn’t have to take the test because I was under the age of eighteen—I would become a citizen when my parents did. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

My sister’s husband was a pilot also, but he was a test pilot. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think of your grandmother calling me and noting how you were growing tall and would one day try to “test me.” Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

He dredged up an old hatred to test himself, and he found the hatred gone. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then all night, until my eyes do not want to stay open, I study for the Friday spelling test. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

After testing different songs on Mrs. B and Gran, I believed that music could change one’s mood. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

For the high school paper, Adina had covered a student council scandal in which the student body president had sold test answers in order to buy himself a new SUV. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“We need not test desire and we know you have sufficient motive to deliver the death blow,” Yeste said. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Their dialogue is light and silly, just two boys testing each other, seeing if they might one day be friends. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

“The atmospheric evaluation will require a...test subject. A chaperone of our own to explore the planet with Zeta unit.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Quickly she swaddled the test in toilet paper, using almost half the roll, and shoved it down to the bottom of the garbage can. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

In some test areas infection of grubs had reached as high as 94 per cent. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

It takes 30 days to evaluate one chemical — although, of course, a number of tests can be run concurrently. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

For weeks the Soviet scientists had been privately discussing what would happen if this bomb test failed. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Knowledge of a law student’s test scores is of little help if you are faced with a classroom of clever law students. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

One day, he got back an eighty-one on a test right at the end of class. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He was a scientist first; he just wanted to test the women. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

I will never let someone else inject me again, not after letting Eric inject me with attack simulation serum after my final test. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes they didn’t; false memories had been tried various times, generally in the mistaken idea that through them, reactions to testing would be altered. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

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

"Maybe it's just a longer test? An overnight trip kind of thing?" The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the next station, a bank of machines gave me a complete physical, including a battery of blood tests. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“All right. We’ll conduct a test. You pretend that you’re me and you’re meeting someone for the first time. Now walk up to this imaginary person and introduce yourself without laughing.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can make a useful test mission of it. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She and I eat lunch together every day and test each other on questions for the quiz team. Melody is a lot smarter than she looks.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

He had not even taken the most basic of steps to test the construction: filling the tank with water to check for leaks. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

“We both have the same problem. Moms who need to study for the citizenship test. Moms who are driving us nuts. Moms who have already met once.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Upstairs, there was a science laboratory fully equipped with glass beakers, test tubes, and a variety of scales, batteries, and chemicals. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

She tests the edge of her knife on her forefinger, then wipes away the drop of blood that beads there. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Well, the test administrator had to alter the test,” I say. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

And then testing the strength of your Conclusion, over and over. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“You know what? I bet the taste test is going to prove that you’re the only freak in the class. You can’t even taste stuff. Think about what a colossal freak that makes you.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Every search begins with beginner’s luck. And every search ends with the victor’s being severely tested.” The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry decided to start with a basic test, asking all applicants for the team to divide into groups of ten and fly once around the pitch. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I could not help feeling that I had failed a test, in their eyes and in my own, or that I had failed to heed a warning. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

We knew that all those rabbits that had shaven bellies—our scientific knowledge adequately covered this point because it was our job to shave the rabbits—were undergoing Aschheim-Zondek tests. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jesus, I envy anyone who can say what they want at the same time as they think it, without needing to test it for stammer-words. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Like all things HilSchool, it starts with a test, a test of my desires and my dreams. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s even a little test. A doctor showed me.” Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ernestine was running idly through them one night, while Mother was reading aloud to us from The Five Little Peppers and How they Grew, when she came across a batch of intelligence tests. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

When you took that sentence-completion test, you didn’t know that you were being primed to think “old.” Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

It turned out the test had been “broken” in my year; they were tweaking it to make it less formulaic—i.e., less likely to let in people like me. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

I still feel a little weight in my limbs from the truth serum Cara, Caleb, and Matthew tested on me earlier, as part of our plan. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Within that medium-sized test, the fate of the Moriori forms a smaller test. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Six weeks after the exhumation, the results of the DNA test were released by the Reykjavik District Court: the DNA did not match. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She scored one hundred on her written test by answering “c” to the multiple-choice questions she wasn’t sure of or didn’t understand. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It was a test. You chose not to pick up the rifle.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“We have to wait for fifteen minutes after your last drink before we test it,” I said, having downloaded instructions for the Breathalyzer off the Internet. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Five or six large test prints were tacked up, each one showing the industrial landscape of a chemical plant. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I used to brag to everyone that I had a photographic memory, but this is the true test. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

DNA tests confirmed that he was not the father. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Notwithstanding the test fizzles, the AEC had committed fully to Livermore, its faith in Ernest Lawrence still strong. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

For their final test, each of the fourteen-year-olds is forced to climb a ladder haphazardly nailed to a wall. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

‘Don’t you want to test your theory?’ she said. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her score on the cognitive test rose, what little it could. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Copper coins dropped in the palm have been swallowed by children and tested by gypsies, but it’s still money and people smile at that. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I got better grades on our tests, but he was sure he was smarter than me. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Our team tested the sleep habits of five wild three-toed sloths by placing on their heads, in the early evening after they had fallen asleep, bright red plastic dishes filled with water. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

This was important in the long term, because in the nineteenth century it would provide a definitive test of whether light does travel as a wave or whether it travels as a stream of particles. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

It never crosses his parents’ minds that instead of taking timed practice tests in his room, Gogol will drive with Colin and Jason and Marc to a party. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

A control batch, as it were, after the...inexplicable...results of last night’s test. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I whisper, "My dad's poking around with these wires that are hooked to the machine I found in the basement. He's testing the electrical parts of my electric blanket control." Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the scorched middle ground of Korea, however, Blake discovered the gray zone, where even hardened loyalties were tested and new alliances forged. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

When that day came, the Augurs would choose a new Emperor through a series of physical and mental tests: the Trials. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

One of the most widely used intelligence tests is something called Raven’s Progressive Matrices. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

The next day, I have a math test. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

David had wanted to go sooner but while they were running tests Owen had asked him to wait. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked me over with a twinge of disapproval, as if I’d failed some kind of test. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Advocates of high-stakes testing argue that it raises the standards of learning and gives students more incentive to study. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

I took the test a second time, and then a third time, and then a fourth time, hoping that the awful feeling of bias would go away. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Still, she felt his eyes upon her face, judging, weighing, testing. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She brought him, to test his taste, an entire selection, all spread out on an old newspaper. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I was just waiting for it to dry so I could test it.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

He was the kind of man who subscribed to that old-fashioned idea of nation as personal test—and by extension, a test of family—and not only because he was an immigrant. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I was taking it I was looking for the answer and I didn’t know if I got it right or not, but that’s how those tests go. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

The following day the king performed his plot to test the cause of Hamlet’s madness. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Besides, with my English skills, I’d be lucky to test into the kindergarten. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I had taken interest tests in grammar school to indicate in what direction I should be thinking of going. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

I told her about the math test, the fight, about my pops getting uptight about the tutor, and last about Margie. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

The perfect test case, the perfect way to set precedent—not with someone who was malicious, not with a societal outlier. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

He handed her ten dollars so she could pay for the blood test that was required for a marriage license. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

“This flu wouldn’t have anything to do with your spelling test tomorrow, would it?” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

The first week I was there I was given a series of tests that showed that even though I couldn’t speak English very well, I read and wrote it at the tenth-grade level. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

They said they were being tested to see if they had the cancer that killed Henrietta, but according to the reporters, scientists were studying the Lacks family to learn more about Henrietta’s cells. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

They look exactly the same, just as a particular correct answer on a true-false test looks the same whether the test taker is a straight-A student or someone who’s guessing at every question. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

A long rope of root formed an almost-bench above the mossy ground, and after testing its solidity, she sat on it to think. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Everyone in Zimbabwe took this test at the end of primary school. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Of course Nigro had let him take the test again; I and a couple of others helped him study before he did, because he was a nice guy, hapless but good-natured. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Should I have stayed there in the middle of the street, waiting for the boys to come back, somehow gotten them out of their car, and tested them blow for blow? The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

This conclusion added to public alarm not merely about test fallout but also about the global arms race generally. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“There’s that. You started studying for the tests yet?” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Rowan’s test was to look convincing but still throw the match. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

This is my test: I imagine them back there in the moonlight with the ground all around us boiling with ants. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Say, could you get me a screen test with Warner Brothers?” Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now I just had to pass this test. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

It hadn’t surprised him that army testing had shown he would make a good medic. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Finally, she says, “You are a bird, Melody. And you will fly on Monday when you take the test.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

In addition to becoming the public voice of the program, Jackie began her own recruiting and submitted 11 names for testing, including twin pilots Jan and Marion Dietrich. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

Among the members of the inspection task force, Lawrence and Mills were willing to entertain the idea of a test ban in principle but were pessimistic that it could be adequately monitored. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

They just sat there at the front of the class and took notes and got As on all the math tests. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

They had children undertake tests of physical ability, like chin-ups or broad jumps, and secretly observed them to see whether they cheated in reporting how well they did. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In 1949 the Soviets tested their first atomic bomb, using plans stolen by spies from American labs. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I paid GSS a monthly fee for unlimited data storage on my account, and I was about to test its limits. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

It was early evening in Potsdam, Germany, when news of the Trinity test reached President Truman. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“However, she refused the test answers Rhonda offered her, and the point of the test wasn’t to see if you would bring only one pencil, you know. The pencil itself is inconsequential.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

When he was ten, he had missed two questions on his catechism test and was not named the best in his First Holy Communion class. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Sophia took a position next to Moss while the cameraman took a few lighting tests. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She does the same test and surprises me by saying, “I agree. Feels like a baseball.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Ron pulled out his Omnioculars and started testing them, staring down into the crowd on the other side of the stadium. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Perhaps it was a test of my good will and faith—But that's a lie, I thought. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

And X identified an experimental plane still under development, designed for the purpose of research and testing. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

She used to be good at tests, too. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

There are ten words on the test every Friday. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Rosy regarded her talk as a preliminary report which, by itself, would not test anything fundamental about DNA. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

I wonder if it’s about our last history test. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

He tested the temperature with his toe and slowly walked down into the steamy water. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, every so often, she would test its consistency by rubbing a pinch of it between her thumb and forefinger, put a little on the tip of her tongue, and immediately spit it out. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t until the sixth round, at which point Bobby had barely compiled an even score, that he was tested by one of the true greats of the game, David Bronstein of the Soviet Union. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

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

I wonder if I failed the test somehow. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I walked a few yards as a test. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Delsa’s eyes opened and shut as if she were testing to see whether she was asleep or awake. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

The story said that random urine tests had shown that 21 percent of Sing Sing inmates were on drugs, compared to a statewide prison average of 6 percent. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Winifred the otter, and the beaver, in company with that reprobate Ambrose Spike, are testing the quality of the October nutbrown ale. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Others are in the stage of laboratory testing. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

This discovery led to the testing of other combinations. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

On the last day of school, the men were tested. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

In a test flight, a pilot staked his reputation and his life on his ability to exercise total, direct, and constant control over the plane. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

He showed her how to work with the mechanics to correctly position a model in the test section. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Monday brings some good news—my first A on a test in Ms. Rucker’s class. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

He might be testing me, to see how deep my indoctrination had really gone. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had experienced the beginning of contempt, but now the childhood fear and respect and animosity came back to him, so that he seemed a little boy testing his father’s immediate mood to escape trouble. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

During my time at the Clinic nearly three decades ago, Dr. Luce ran me through a barrage of tests. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Growing up in a family of engineers, Valentina was comfortable in the sciences and performed well in all testing. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

Strauss had another reason to feel optimistic about a continuation of testing: he had seen off his most determined adversary on the Atomic Energy Commission, Thomas Murray. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Like, what do they like about me and tell me in detail and was this a test and did I pass? What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

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

People send DNA samples to testing companies that promise to help them learn more about their ancestors. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

The repellant effect of bursts of ultrasonic sound is being tested in Canada against corn borer and cutworm moths. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Once she’d sterilized the cubicle, she lit a Bunsen burner and used its flame to sterilize test tubes and a used scalpel blade, since the Gey lab couldn’t afford new ones for each sample. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

In laboratory tests on animal subjects, DDT has produced suspicious liver tumors. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Furthermore, he understood that I wanted to live on my own in the wilderness to test my skills and to learn. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went to Mercy to take an admissions test. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Chris won a bunch of points right out of the gate, but the guy was methodically testing him, probing for his weakness. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“An L on a practice test isn’t really an L.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

But Ron’s tolerance was not to be tested much as they moved into June, for Harry and Ginny’s time together was becoming increasingly restricted. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

She thought about the history test she had had on Monday at school. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They were testing the Orange and Red frequencies in that Calm Control. I don’t think any of them expected it to work that quickly—that’s why we had to get you out, and fast.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The archers, with Queen Lucy, fell to the rear and you could first see them bending their bows and then hear the twang-twang as they tested the strings. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

“I’m not in summer school because I ace tests.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

"What if I wanted to test it? See if you can land this woman in the tattler Ugly Papers at the end of the year." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“I’m sure other scythes tell their apprentices what the final test is.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Later that fall, I buckled down and studied for a do-over test, going on to pass it handily. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

However, historians and historical scientists do make and test predictions about what future discoveries of data will show us about past events. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t think about Safer, and I don’t think about Dallas, or the taste test, or my big idea that may or may not work. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Look, I had a bad day, and I took it out on the test. I know it was stupid, but Mr. Guthrie drops the lowest grade anyway, so it won’t even affect my grade.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“She’s in with the respiratory therapists right now. They’re running tests to see how her lungs are functioning and whether she can be weaned off the ventilator.” If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still, it could take her minutes to make out the meanings of some words, struggling through the pronunciation, testing each sound on the edge of her tongue before stringing them all together. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The tests reflected my ability to reason logically. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

We shot the weapons into the air to test their effectiveness. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

He reaches out and touches the monk's fleshy red hand, as if he wants to test his physical existence. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

“A test—but Junior Researcher and Junior Agent are very different.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

The men tested the metal detector on three former Civil War soldiers who each had a bullet in a known location of the body. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The most volatile current debate among American school administrators, teachers, parents, and students concerns “high- stakes” testing. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

“That was your math teacher. He said you got a 0 on today’s test.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was a test, that was obvious, but what kind of a test? American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Two years prior, I had scored the highest on a national placement test in my school. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“Absolutely. As a matter of fact, we’ll use this test as a learning tool to study for the real competition. But anyone is free to see the test and check their responses.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

He gave the rope a good tug, testing its worth, and presented it to me. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

After a test Alpha at Oak Ridge ran successfully for the first time on August 17, Groves approved the Alpha expansion to nine racetracks from five. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

That morning, at the tower at Trinity, Oppenheimer watched as scientists and army engineers worked together to attach a steel cable to the test bomb. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

To find out why, let’s look at the conditional probability of your having cancer, given that you’ve tested positive. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Qhorin tested the edge of his sword with the ball of his thumb. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

That if put to the test, the humanities fail. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

It has now been thinned and I am testing it here to affirm that it is acceptable for writing. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“No, I mean—why weren’t you the first test? Why didn’t you try your IK capsules yourself?” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

“Only when I’m taking a test I didn’t study for,” I said. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you assume that there is no major change without controversy, then your central assumption is never tested. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

How did you do on the spelling test? Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Henry had been too flush with goodwill at the bar to think about needing to test that it worked. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Someone once said anyone can be great under rosy circumstances, but the true test of character is measured by how well a person makes decisions during difficult times. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

“For three months,” she said, scribbling on the notepad, “with the insulin shots, weekly blood-sugar testing, and prescription food, plus the four hundred forty dollars already sitting on the credit card from his initial tests...” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Then she tested the digital watch she’d taken off the guard’s wrist. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

He stood and put one leg over, found a brick that stuck out an inch from the wall and tested his weight on it. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Renowned educator Horace Mann saw phrenology as “the guide to philosophy and the handmaiden of Christianity,” and Horace Greeley of “Go West, young man” fame advocated phrenology tests for all railroad engineers. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tests leaning into the kiss and is rewarded by Henry’s mouth sliding and opening against his, Henry’s tongue brushing against his, which is, wow. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Jason felt the south winds zipping around him, whinnying in challenge like headstrong mustangs, testing his will. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Pepsi, in short, is a drink built to shine in a sip test. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

We were up in her room, at her desk, ostensibly to cram for her home school chem test. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

I watched her poke her hand with its tip to test its sharpness. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

In early April, Killian reported to Eisenhower and Dulles the conclusion of his experts that test ban violations could be detected with existing technology. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

In February of that year, while passing out tests, the teacher had pulled back the girls hijab and said, “I hope God punishes you. No, I’m sorry, I hope Allah punishes you.” Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I drove it around the block, testing the brakes, the radio, the turn signals. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I read magazine articles in the school library on health and gave them mental physical examinations and tested the health of their marriage. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I made that rule. I was testing you.” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Everything about you checked out: test results, initiation simulations, everything. But here you are nonetheless.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“I agree we should do what we must to serve the Collective. And I will explain to the Chancellor why I need you to accompany me to test the defoliant.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The winter days were short, so there was no time to waste, and rather than walking all the way around the pond, Roz tested its frozen surface to see if it was safe to cross. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I test the harness anchor with a sharp yank, hoping it will hold the weight of two fully armed Masks. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Our understanding of genes has reached such a level of sophistication and depth that we are no longer studying and altering genes in test tubes, but in their native context in human cells. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

So someone decided that the taste test is the universe’s way of revealing fate: love or death. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He was always testing himself, seeing how much his body could do. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Shanti had stared blankly, feeling a sense of panic as if she were in a dream in which she had forgotten to study for a test. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

And plus—are we going to get tested on this? Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Tonight would be the true test; without the pickup truck parked near the trailer, the place would appear deserted and inviting. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Rhonda was the most gifted child ever to take the tests. She did so well on everything else, she would have passed no matter what happened in the maze.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Before the simulation attack, part of the Abnegation aid effort involved testing the factionless for a certain genetic anomaly,” she says. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“My mom won’t even pick up her study book. Does she think she can walk into that test and pass just because she speaks English?” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

While electrician at Auburn prison, he designed both the first electric chair and testing procedures for it that involved large slabs of meat. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I do well in my final test, I have a good chance of making it into the top ten and a good chance of becoming a member. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Maybe there wouldn’t be the constant testing or rudeness or invective, because you’d know you were going to be together the next day. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The last third was an oral word-association test, and they coached us on that, too. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sarah Gorelick, one of the women being tested, overheard Cochran and Lovelace in a shouting match over Cochran doing the tests. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

Laboratory tests revealed that the obsidian they used was brought from deposits on New Britain, an island 250 miles away. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

How do you usually do on her tests? Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted to test himself, to see if he could measure up to their standards. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

“Not the tests you’re used to. You’ll see. These are more like puzzles and games than tests, but the results will help us help you.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

She passed each of us a copy of the second third of the test. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

The implication is that if the hypothesis passes the test it will be promoted to being a true statement. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I wondered for a second whether kids in grade two would be tested on how to spell the plural of “potato.” Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Divergence tests are every bit as challenging as convergence tests, and if you don’t believe that, I encourage you to pause and try the brick-and-blanket test right now. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

When the Pensacola tests were complete, she had passed. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

I pulled on my sock and trainer, stood up, and tested my weight. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

She was also tested in weightlessness and the centrifuge. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

The greatest test of the airplane’s new prowess—a nonstop flight through the turbulent skies over the Atlantic Ocean—remained to be achieved, though. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Reading scores on standardized tests in her school had gone up in the years she maintained her reading group, but not consistently enough. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

I fought back the panic that rose in my throat and tested the strength of each board that ran from the top down the sides. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, well, that student in the hospital isn’t here to take any practice tests today because he’s, you know, beaten to hell,” EJ said. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

It looks like one of the pictures they use for psychological testing, or some strange beast, a monster. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

That this was yet another level of the test. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

In this case, the genetic tracker is awareness during simulations—it’s something we can easily test for, which shows us if your genes are healed or not. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“No, no. She’s scored between a 92 and a 95 percent on every quiz and every test.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The Giulia was full of inside sources familiar with the English literacy test. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Sometimes the testing can cause the animal a lot of pain. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Although chemical manufacturers are required by law to test their materials for toxicity, they are not required to make the tests that would reliably demonstrate genetic effect, and they do not do so. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Privately held knowledge is not really scientific knowledge at all because it has not survived the test of peer review. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The engineer in the pit started the engines and rotated the wheel to bring the test car to one of the platforms. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

All told, I have given the test to about 400 people. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sterilants currently being tested fall generally into two groups, both of which are extremely interesting in their mode of action. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

From this, it came about that the French were not strong enough to match the Swiss, and without the Swiss they did not test their chances. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Make sure you beat him in every test, Rosie. Thank God you inherited your mother’s brains.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

When I finally took the exam for my driver’s license, I got a hundred percent on the written section but barely passed the driving test. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

When I close my eyes, I see the stack of books on Caleb’s desk, and his shaking hands sliding along his legs after the aptitude test. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Or concocting a pass-fail test—he was famous for that type—where he threaded together questions that could throw a guy for a loss, with what seemed like a million possible answers. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over the years, an enormous amount of research has been done in an attempt to determine how a person’s performance on an IQ test like the Raven’s translates to real- life success. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

I print the e-mail, lab test results and all. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I would say I was test driving them to make sure they’d been repaired correctly. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

So when school administrators pare down curriculums and teachers teach to the test, it is usually not out of ignorance—but is a matter of professional and financial survival. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Other objects are tested for purposes very different from the one for which they were manufactured. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

They rounded up not just thousands but hundreds of thousands of consumers all across North America, and in head-to-head blind taste tests, New Coke beat Pepsi by 6 to 8 percentage points. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

The first is that they are obviously in poor academic shape, which makes them the very children whom high-stakes testing is promoted as help ing the most. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

He spent most of the day in a space suit, working in his hot lab, putting together his tests. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the morning that I joined them they were testing a proposed script at a preschool in Greenwich Village. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And for the few couples who get disappointed, the rest will never put it to the test anyway. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

My testing of the rules had gotten me into trouble several times, but I couldn't keep myself from crossing the lines that Grandma had drawn. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I could never test it, because through my own efforts I am lost most of the time without any help from anyone. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the subjects used the video game, the researchers studied their performance with behavioral tests, and used eye scanners and captured the electrical activity in their brain with EEG. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Ivan stopped grimacing and gingerly tested his arm’s range of motion. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

In chemistry and physics the acid test of one’s understanding of a system is whether one can successfully predict its future behavior. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Overall the tests pointed to post-traumatic stress syndrome, though she has yet to decide on the strategy to manage it. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“You need your Inner Eye tested, if you ask me,” said Ron, and they both had to stifle their laughs as Professor Trelawney gazed in their direction. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“You know. Give me the Boneli test or that empathy scale you have. To see about me.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

“How was it?” she asks when the tests are all collected. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Students were allowed a minute to complete each of these tests. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Next he thought of her trick—her testing of him. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Dogs are sort of ruined for me. After... you know, after the aptitude test.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I studied Latin Roots all morning, for the test. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Listen, one of the things my supervisor and I do is genetic testing,” Matthew says. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Numerology Less worrisome than inaccurate tests is numerology, the last pseudoscience I want to discuss, and my favorite. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

We never did go back to live with Shanon, because she kept failing her drug tests. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Karl showed me how to test the earth to see if it is ready to plant. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

He ground through twenty-four-hour endurance tests and “stamina runs,” in which contestants looped up and down local roads until their beleaguered automobiles exploded or shed their wheels—the last one rolling was the winner. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Where pseudosciences fail is in not subjecting their conclusions to a test, in not linking them in a coherent way to other statements which have withstood scrutiny. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It shifted beneath my feet as I tested it. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

But the challenge, he said, had tested his lieutenants. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Standing there with rage in his heart, looking after Jasper, Ged swore to himself to outdo his rival, and not in some mere illusion-match but in a test of power. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

He’d brought one of his bowls for Sam and ran his fingers over its bottom as if testing an imperceptible fissure. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“It is not our power but our will and character that is being tested tonight,” he said. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

He wouldn’t leave his test prep books behind; even used, they cost a fortune. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

The school year in Zimbabwe starts in January, when every student takes a placement test. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

During the tests he drew blood samples from the people he vaccinated, which he later examined in the laboratory. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Thus one might think that the possibility of spontaneous proton decay could not be tested experimentally. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The only one we currently employ. The only one capable of distinguishing the new Nexus-6 brain unit. You haven’t heard of this test?” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

But once you changed any of those variables — the material on the test, or the situation in which it was administered — the kinds of cheating would change as well. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Three tests: one for advanced English, one for algebra, and one in US history. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“The teacher tested me with a hard word to spell—‘commiserate.’ Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

“After we heard the last person leave, Old Yellow Suit smiled at me and said, ‘I believe you should stay for the next stage of testing.’ The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Hello Princeton, how are you? How was your test?” The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

If anything, the NACA’s response to Sputnik would only intensify the process of change, as the herculean task of safely navigating the heavens was divided into myriad smaller tasks, tests, parts, and people. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Still, Kissinger cautioned Tho not to underestimate President Nixon, not to test his will too boldly. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I used to inhabit lives like this all the time—testing the bare minimum I needed to know in order to get through the day. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

The moths tested the terrace doors first, but found most of them closed, and far too well made for any cracks that might admit them, so they flew down the chimneys instead. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

They would test him, match and beat him, probably, on some other ground. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every year I get calls from his teachers, saying he’s not doing his homework, and he’s failing tests. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would awaken and say, “Lee? Is that you, Cal? You know I never had any trouble with my eyes. I’ll just go tomorrow and get my eyes tested.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He gives us this data after every test. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

If the tide of bad press and angry editorials about the potential law continued, they both agreed that it would be sunk before it ever had a chance to be tested. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

In all, on the anxiety test, Reggie’s answers added up to a 35. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I don't know if she's telling the truth about her genius testing, but there is something honest in what she's telling me now. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She presented a thoughtful and coherent lecture about suffrage, unaware that the question was intended to test her sanity. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

A year before the accident, when Mother had first heard of muscle testing and energy work, she’d dismissed both as wishful thinking. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Here I'd set out to test a disguise on a friend and now I was ready to beat him to his knees—not because I wanted to but because of place and circumstance. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was why Tony flunked the first big math test of the year. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

Dijksterhuis gave the test to eighty volunteers, flashing the car’s characteristics on a screen in front of them. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

And after all, I did get an A on that last test. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

“Unless this test is just deciding which of these treasures is the most valuable.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

The most difficult test, in her opinion, was the isolation chamber where she remained in total darkness. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

After I returned from my survival test, the two old people trained me in dragon ways, which took another eight years. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was sweating by the time I reached Camillo Junior High, but I figured that I would be warm and cozy through the tests, even if I couldn’t move my toes in my boots. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

I had to keep touching my arm, testing to see if I could feel, if I was really awake. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

In defeat, Adlai Stevenson had succeeded in placing nuclear testing policy solidly on the public agenda. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

In almost all cases, the tests measure strictly math and reading skills, so even science and history have been de-emphasized. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

And they recommended that the NIH establish a reference collection of cells: a central bank where all cultures would be tested, cataloged, and stored under maximum security, using state-of-the-art sterile techniques. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Here comes eager beaver Phil Resch back with his handy dandy portable little test. Isn’t he clever? He’s going to destroy his own life and mine and possibly yours.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

“None of us accepted Rhonda’s offer to cheat, remember? That was part of the test. Mr. Benedict is saying we must become what we are not—cheaters—so we all can become Messengers more quickly!” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Dad told us what happened at the animal hospital, how the vet took Daisy for some X-rays and blood tests, then came back and told them she had a huge mass in her stomach. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“I just found out that I failed the English test. I didn’t actually fail it at that time.” 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I try to get a few wrong on every test. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

It started early in the morning on the day of the con­test and didn’t end until only the winning kite flew in the sky—I remember one year the tournament outlasted daylight. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

During the 1988-89 school year, Odessa High also had a greater percentage of students than Permian pass the state- mandated test in math and English that was required for a diploma. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had taken all the tests that counted—the SAT and the Florida Placement Exam in order to determine state college eligibility. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Opening his briefcase, Rick fished out his test gear. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

She had made it with a penny test tube bought at Knipe’s Drug Store. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

By October 1940, they began to sift through the concentrated bacterial detritus, painstakingly separating each chemical component, and testing each fraction for its capacity to transmit genetic information. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

In careful tests, they are unable to predict the character and future of people they know nothing about except their time and place of birth.' Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

There is no freaking way, because this isn’t my freaking test. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

The archaeological community initially found it difficult to credit these findings, but one test after another confirmed both the early date of the structures and the pre-agricultural society of their builders. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Under the right circumstances in the test tube, short nucleic acids can synthesize identical copies of themselves. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the federal initiatives are centerpieces of a decade-long trend of increased emphasis on high-stakes testing—meaning tests with consequences that fall on educators. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Much of this chapter has been concerned with the language of science, as much of the book will be, but the book’s argument is also and equally about what Leonardo called ‘the test of experience’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

McKissick agreed to represent Thorpe, determining that her case marked an important test for the rights of public housing residents. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

When can we test our egg designs by dropping them out of a third-story window? The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

We know we cannot rationally describe the kind of person we will fall in love with: that’s why we go on dates—to test our theories about who attracts us. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

One time I prayed for a million dollars, to test Him, and didn’t get one dime.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The fight becomes a brutal test of courage and horsemanship. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

The tests we took were designed to determine our eligibility for Mensa, an international association for those with IQs of 132 or higher. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

As she said this, her voice lilted with sarcasm, as if this blunder, after everything else—after joking about the Holocaust and glancing at her test—was too much and she was done with me. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Her doctor’s brain struggles to reconcile what she’s believed for so long against the evidence of too many other doctors, too many tests. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Regardless, Reggie’s brain, and his performance, was right on par with most test subjects. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

This felt like a test she hadn’t prepared for. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

In Venice, Mars had warned him that his true test of leadership was coming. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I know I will not choose Erudite, even though my test results suggested that I could. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Susan B. Anthony casts her first vote to test whether the Fourteenth Amendment would be interpreted broadly to guarantee the right to vote. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

“The judge can order him released so he can get tested by some shrinks. That’s the new plan.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

She was setting him a test he was too experienced, too wary, to refuse. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“I’m testing you. Real artists must be able to capture the moment,” he said. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

A year earlier, however, these students did even worse, averaging just 4.1 on their fifth- grade tests. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Their swords rang together, once, twice, a testing. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

A student could flunk every weekly test as well as the final exam and still pass a course for that period. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Well. . . it only takes three days to actually mount it. The following ten are for testing and inspections." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know I’m supposed to take the tests, but it seems so pointless. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

For Livermore, this was the worst of all possible worlds, for it gave new life to a campaign to end nuclear testing. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Of course, I’d have at least twenty test subjects this time, but I was also thinking of building a mood-music app. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

This was the real test, if it worked I would go on to Hambro's without further trouble. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next big question: Was it necessary to test the atomic bomb to make sure it actually worked? Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Now for the final test before we pick up our dates, Ben,” Sammy said. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those who passed the written test took an oral exam that was rigged to disqualify even the most highly educated blacks. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though I’m barefoot, I decide to do a slow ride around Las Casitas on my new wheels, just to test it. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

But doing this would require millions of neutralization tests, which involved mixing blood serum from newly vaccinated children with live poliovirus and cells in culture. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

By himself, he tested his own developing memory. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Each day I was tested in the classroom and taught more words. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You going to be ready for this test?” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

He had apparently passed some kind of test. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

There were only seven of them, and I didn’t know any of them, but some of my test pilot friends did, and told me stories about them. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There are tests,” said Mr. Benedict, “and then there are tests.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

By comparison, another of the shows tested by Sesame Street at the very same time recorded 90 percent plus correct answers on the postshow quiz. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It involved a glass test tube in a special holder, suspended over an angled mirror. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It burns cold in me, the temperature of the water after the storm tested and tasted me and decided in the end I wasn’t worth swallowing. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kennedy held out until March 2, 1962, when he announced in a televised address that the United States would resume nuclear tests in the atmosphere. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“How could you have failed this reading test? I’ve heard you use every word with my own ears.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

She went to the testing place, but she didn’t have any photo ID because her wallet was stolen, and of course they wouldn’t test her without photo ID. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But there’s just no money. We didn’t get as much from the state for the school year because test scores went down.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

When he insisted she have a stress test first, a receptionist gave her the first available appointment— seven weeks away. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

He worked quickly, and soon the kiln was ready for its first test. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

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

When Mr. Fabian passes back the place values test, my mood lifts when I see 100% at the top of mine. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Walt was appointed test director and section head for the Surveyor 1 mission, the first spacecraft to make a soft landing on the moon. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

"That's all. Come back next week to be tested and certified." Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

It was there, after performing a series of blood tests, that the doctor in charge of Bibi’s case, exasperated, concluded that a marriage would cure her. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

And Liza said patiently, “Why do you be forever testing, Samuel? Gray ones taste just as good and they’re bigger.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Government agents sardonically known as the Menstrual Police regularly rounded up women in their workplaces to administer pregnancy tests. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Instead I just did well on my written work, passing tests with high grades and handing in assignments done in perfect English. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He swung the belt, testing it against his own thigh. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

As exam week got closer, Latin was the only test I studied for. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Polio is a terrible disease! It left children crippled. Killed them. Salk and his group of scientists pioneered a vaccine to prevent it. He even tested it on himself.” The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

What he needed to do was review all he had learned over the years, because the alchemist would certainly put him to the test. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Clearly it had occurred to her that with the green-haired girl unable to take the test, there would be less competition. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

He traveled to Lagos and to Port Harcourt and to Abuja to take assessment tests, which he found easy, and he attended interviews, answering questions fluidly, but then a long empty silence would follow. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

In the beverage business, this is called a triangle test. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

This test was quite a bit harder than the one before it, wasn’t it? Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

For the lab, we have to pour different substances into a big beaker to test for density. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

She tested the temperature of the water as Sister Fenella had done, and then sprinkled in some milk powder and stirred it up well. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think there’s any difference,” I said cau-tiously, not wanting to test the possibility of his wrath at having a Negro disagree with him. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I will abide by the test,” he said simply. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The British have already tested a large number of other species for susceptibility to radiation. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

When I was five, I had my first true bout with testing the harsh realities of segregation. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You didn’t notice that the answers were all right there in the test?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

This was Great Britain’s announcement that it would test its first thermonuclear device over Christmas Island that spring. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Robert Oppenheimer’s younger brother, Frank, also a physicist, helped prepare for the test at Trinity. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

She paused and nodded—as if testing and confirming the soundness of her own words—then continued. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

At the time, sensory deprivation testing was still evolving. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, Job,” I said.“Why, that wasn’t a curse, Nelson. God was testing his faith.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the kidding was done, however, the men gave the motor sledge a test run. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

He’d tested out markers and oil sticks and colored pencils and chalk and pens and pastels and watercolors. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

At any rate, it did not show up in his blood tests. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew we were having a big math test tomorrow, which I hadn’t studied for over the weekend like I was supposed to. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“Why, nothing at all. The two men that were supposed to test it were inside, and we were all set. So I sent it off.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

He said that I didn't miss a single question, on either test. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

And while Sesame Street will typically only test a third of its episodes, Blue’s Clues tests them all. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I tested to see if my breath stank from so many cigarettes and the Scotch and sodas I drank at Ernie's. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

But there was nothing that Kingshaw could do, except go very warily down after Hooper, testing the ground step by step. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

One day involved being flown to Los Alamos and then traveling below ground for the tests. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

Only the fifth grade wasn’t involved, because they needed to focus on the spring tests to make sure they graduated and moved on to middle school. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

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

Conant declared later that he fully intended his question to Lawrence as a test—even a dare. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

In the spring of 1951, the lab staged Project Greenhouse, a test of thermonuclear technology at the South Pacific coral atoll of Eniwetok. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

That’s when I realized that all of this had been a test. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I guess I’m not the only one who struggles with tests sometimes. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

And those genetic tests would eventually lead them to Henrietta’s family. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

As tested on quail and pheasants, it has proved to be about 40 to 50 times as toxic as DDT. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Mom says he stayed up late, running different tests, writing down results. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe this is a test of my strength, of my bravery. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

She tested the dust on the top of the bureau, and then, standing on the bed, wrote in huge cursive curlicues, “Ms. Galadriel Hopkins.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Another time, Langan took an IQ test specially designed for people too smart for ordinary IQ tests. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

It said MASTER? again, as if testing the word to see how it tasted. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

This was revisionist history, of course; the representations by the three scientists during their White House meeting the previous June were what had prompted Eisenhower to question publicly the wisdom of a test ban. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Every quarter, we would have to submit our schedules for the next three months for possible drug testing. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“We have no conflict of interest; it’s important to me that the Voigt-Kampff test functions, almost as important as it is to you.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Prison was a kind of crucible that tested a man’s character. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She might spend weeks calculating a pressure distribution without knowing what kind of plane was being tested or whether the analysis that depended on her math had resulted in significant conclusions. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

The family of Rhea Hurrle was doubly surprised; they hadn't known about the astronaut testing or that she was such an accomplished pilot. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

Rice explained that he had merely tested the wheel’s braking system, which consisted of a band of steel wrapped around the axle. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The next day I take the test and then check my answers with the key. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Scythe Faraday explained that at each conclave they would be tested. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

To illustrate the important binomial probability model, and to provide a numerical example of a statistical test, imagine the following miniature test for ESP. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s possible that high-stakes testing and its consequences might shake them from lethargy or despair. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Myriad has been accused of creating a monopoly, since no one else can offer the test, and researchers can’t develop cheaper tests or new therapies without getting permission from Myriad and paying steep licensing fees. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

It was called a rapid Elisa test, and it was sensitive and easy to perform. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the introductions, Lovelace and Flickinger said something about an airplane the Soviets were testing. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

A few months later, I tested up to level nine. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“You have grown so fast, Fenrir. It is time to test your strength. We have here the heaviest chains and shackles. Do you think you can break them?” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

She’d asked it almost like it was a test question she knew the answer to; as if, even, she’d taken other couples through an identical routine many times before. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I flinch back, not sure why he used every last sample of the deadliest plant in galaxy history to test an herbicide. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Perhaps we would find that if we twelve men took the same tests, one or two of us might be discovered to have unconscious desires to kill, and the potentiality of carrying them out. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took the test for Hudson, a selective public school in Manhattan. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first time I test the thing overnight will be with me in it. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to do some preliminary tests for diseases. Want to give him a bath in the meantime?” Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

He locked the front door behind him, testing it with his shoulder, and started down Suyane Street, past the closed shops and shuttered windows of the Armenian Quarter. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

But Ogden Loring seemed unconcerned whether his class applauded his material or not; he merely tested them on every single facet of classroom life. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“All we had to do was simply go along with your test results, either way.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

They also grieved together when all their best-laid plans were destroyed in the February 1967 electrical fire on board the Apollo 1 command module, which was on the launch- pad in Cape Canaveral for testing. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Four months later, in a hospital in New York, after many X rays and tests, I had the first of three operations. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Wow,” I said, testing its weight in my hand. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

That stage of Loomis’s life ended with World War I. At the age of twenty-nine, he enlisted in the officer’s corps, where his mathematical skills, honed at Yale, were promptly put to the test. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Edward hesitated to test himself, to see if this was safe, to make sure he was still in control of his need. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

All right, he told himself, returning to the test. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Dunning’s paper, which declared nuclear testing to be “mandatory to the defense of our country,” was couched in the sober language of an academic treatise. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

He had confounded them all by passing the test, although they still refused him the ballot . Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

"So if we skip inspections and testing, we have a one in forty chance of mission failure?" The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The floor, the walls, and the ceiling are all made of the same light panels, dim now, that glowed in the aptitude test room. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

All he had to do was test the map, find some way to ensure that it was mostly right. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think it’s a good idea to run a bone marrow test on him.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Then I put my concierge skills to the test. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The highest possible score on the test is 117 points, with the average score, according to Friedman, somewhere around 71. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hospital staff thought she meant she needed a CT scan or a blood test, but she meant a test for school. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

So I went back to school, something I had never expected to do again, to learn how to be a test pilot, at the Air Force Test Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base, California. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The buzz of talk was punctuated now and then by a crackling, amplified "testing" spoken too close to the microphone. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Now it was time for the first test with passengers, and the weather could not have been better. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

But Hsu hadn’t said anything about testing the children for cancer. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

The gardeners were going round to the lights in the rose-garden, testing them to see if they all worked. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

On the whole, Blumberg said, commercialization is good; how else would we get the drugs and diagnostic tests we need? The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

‘But we will put it to the test one day.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Ralph retook the driver’s test by himself in June; and every day after that, as soon he came home from work, he’d rifle through the family mail, hoping. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kaede flips through the bills with the hand on her good arm and tests one on the tip of her tongue. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

My guess is that the indignities imposed on so many low-wage workers— the drug tests, the constant surveillance, being “reamed out” by managers—are part of what keeps wages low. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, here’s a clever one. Do you remember this question from the first test? It reads, ‘What is wrong with this statement?’ The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

In a test on an island in the Florida Keys in 1961, a population of flies was nearly wiped out within a period of only five weeks. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Although Zhanna was one of the five finalists in this "test," she would not be the one chosen to go into space. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

The first set of test results made it look like lower-income kids were somehow failing in the classroom. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

And how the policeman who ran the test didn’t even look weird or have a funny name, which felt like a gyp to me. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

And because they had been denied access to education, they could not pass literacy tests. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

There’s that word again, “damage,” the one that’s been sinking and surfacing, sinking and surfacing in my mind since the genetic test. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

His grandma tapped her hands together lightly a few more times, like she was testing them out or something, then she looked out of the window again, all the while keeping her mouth firmly shut. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

And then this terrible F, a routine test turning into a nightmare. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re always thinking, Billy. You just weren’t thinking about the reading test.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He had given Willow practice exams in everything from the required three-hour test for application to medical school to fourteen of the SAT Subject II's. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Calvin says, “The greater test of accuracy comes with the smallest opening. Am I right?” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

And they are tested again and again until they learn courage and leadership. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I did remember the first grade teacher calling out during a test, while students marked X’s on a girl or a boy or a dog, which I covered with black. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

That gives me fifty-nine sols to test everything and fix whatever isn't working right. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Memorize them, write them down for the test, and forget them. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Of course,” he reminded them gently, “the lesson is one thing. The test is something else. First time, most people fail it.” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The act, in effect, abolished poll taxes, literacy tests and other barriers to equal opportunity at the ballot box. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps she wanted to throw me off just to test my reaction. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

In a minute or two it would go through the preflight tests. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

This took concrete form on April 28, when Dulles drafted a letter to Khrushchev proposing a “technical conference” in Geneva on test ban inspections. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

When we have a test, I can hear his breathing get fast. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

But then, intelligence tests hadn’t trapped an andy in years, not since the primordial, crude varieties of the 1970s. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

That night Henrietta told her husband, “Day, I need to go back to the doctor tomorrow. He wants to do some tests, give me some medicine.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Yes, I do. You know how Miss Kessler gave you those tests?” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Mama didn’t pass her test today,” the first child to notice would say to the others. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Lydia looked satisfied, as though he had passed a test of some kind. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

“The test! Your father gave me another lecture about how important it is.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Three dimmer stars hanging from the belt are, according to the conventional astronomical projective test, Orion’s sword. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now they would have to wait for Jahrling’s test results, because that would be the final confirmation that it was indeed Marburg. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I scored an A+ on the vocabulary test. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

For hours I’d listened to her tell stories about designing and testing spacecrafts and satellites. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

“We just have a few routine tests to run. To make sure the infant is in a stable condition.” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Will knew that Cal was feeling him, testing him, observing him, and he approved of that. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She's testing me, to see how desperate I am to get what I came for. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

On nine of the fifteen tests, the six correct answers are preceded by another identical string, 3-a-l-2, which includes three of four incorrect answers. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

You might even think to focus your activity toward the end of the test, where the questions tend to be harder than the earlier questions. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Powers had been up since two AM, undergoing medical tests, scarfing down a huge breakfast, and cramming himself into his uncomfortable, pressurized flight suit. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Correct. The aptitude test is by far my greatest achievement as a scientist,” she replies. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The swinging door between the deli and the kitchen creaked as if something were gently, ever so gently, pressing against it, testing it. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

With Eugene Torre’s assistance, an Icelandic lawyer—Thordur Bogason—was hired to represent the child, and soon after the attorney petitioned the court for a DNA test in an attempt to prove Bobby’s paternity. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He was just stalling for time as he tested the tightness of the cuffs around his wrists. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“I think I’m right, but if I’m not...we need to test it before telling the others.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“Well, the real test is whether it can predict the arc of a relationship,” Colin acknowledged. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

When the test was finished, the driving inspector said, “Thank you. Would you please park the car over there,” gesturing to a space nearby. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many of their cell lines tested positive, including the skin cells George Hyatt had transplanted onto a soldier’s arm years earlier. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

As it happened, not everyone in the nuclear research and development community thought a test moratorium would be a bad thing. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“One thing at a time, Greenie. Let’s get some rocks and test this place out. There has to be some kind of hidden exit.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I stayed there until the next week, when the whole class was given a spelling test and I scored the highest grade. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Of course Mr. Neely would let us test the design from his classroom window after school. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

On Monday we got our spelling tests back, and I got eight right, more than I’d ever gotten. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

For the first several weeks, he never entered the room where we wotked without exclaiming, “Testing, testing—one, two, three. . . .” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There is a third test, which I will pass.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

An interesting test case is provided by the revolutionary developments in art that took place in Florence early in the fifteenth century. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

If her body swayed backward it meant no, and she would test something else. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

They arrived at eight that evening, and were told that, by the luck of the draw, Citra was to be tested last. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

As I already mentioned, the Maori-Moriori collision represents a small test within a medium-sized test. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Deborah took her placement tests for school and registered for the classes she’d need to get herself up to tenth-grade level and qualify for the community college classes she wanted to take. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Judging Kenna without that additional information is like making people choose between Pepsi and Coke in a blind taste test. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

My pulse was racing like Mrs. B’s heart rate when I was testing my mood-music playlist. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Everyone agreed that this would be a good test, and that night a goat was tethered outside the son-in-law’s hut. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Later, these seven test pilots were further immortalized in the book The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe and in the award-winning 1983 movie of the same name. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

However, he wouldn’t care to repeat that particular test of strength. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

For my next test, Joey led me to the little kids’ playground at the park. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s thus straightforward to review a region’s big mammals and to test whether the lack of mammal domestication in some regions was due to the unavailability of suitable wild species, rather than to local peoples. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

"My youngest will be tested first. The oldest will wait here." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The referee was right: Plutarch’s experience was an indirect experience, just as Aristotle’s phenomena were based on other people’s experiences; Garzoni’s and della Porta’s experiences were based on real, personally performed tests. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

When I came home from school with a bad test score, Mom would look at me sternly and Dad would say what he always said. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Powers and his fellow test pilots trained for months at a secret facility in a remote part of the Nevada desert known as Area 51, learning to control the powerful experimental planes. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

And, of course, as replication became the test, historical facts, which had once seemed so solid and reliable, came to seem increasingly fragile and tenuous. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“When will you take him to do the tests?” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Tonight, I'll charge up both batteries so I can be ready for a little test drive tomorrow. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think they were still mad at Ms. Simon for all those spelling tests she gave last year. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Kind of like when you get a makeup test,” he said. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

I found them, tested the tension, and checked the time again. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Time to test your Fighter skills,” he says. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

During John Glenn’s test, he found pencil and paper and wrote 18 pages to keep himself occupied. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

This natural limit shows up again and again in simple tests. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Carter had always been a troubled school, with test and performance scores that fitted the profile of an inner-city minority school. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not wanting to test the idea, she tried burying her face in her mother’s side, but she couldn’t fit under her stiff arm. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

It is from this line of thinking that we get, it would seem, the first reference in English to an hypothesis as a theory that needs to be tested. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Others, too, were surely copying and testing Gilbert’s experiments, although no one else seems to have found a way of making money out of doing so. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The true test, however, would come at the end of the five minutes, when they were to drink from the goblet they deemed the most harmless. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Ben had awakened that morning, while it was still dark, with the butterflies, the old, invisible protozoa of fear that invaded the stomach on the days of contests or of testing. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ernest and his colleagues left a profound impression on President Eisenhower, though not enough to prompt him to rule out a test ban entirely. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Nationalism has been tested in the people’s struggles and the fires of batde and found to be the only antidote against foreign rule and modem imperialism. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“In fact, I hope so. We’ll be testing our models every clear day.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

If he didn’t like our grades on his tests, he made us study and retake the tests until we made better grades. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Odysseus began to talk, to test the swineherd, trying to put it in his head to take his cloak off and lend it, or else urge the others to. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She drew five lines across a big sheet of test paper—the lines about an inch apart. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

But while he waited for his promotion, he kept the job of principal at Camillo Junior High and tested out his dictator-of-a-small-country techniques on us. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

United States scientists have had some encouraging early results with the melon fly and the oriental and Mediterranean fruit flies in laboratory tests in Hawaii and field tests on the remote island of Rota. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Tonight, we will put both to the test. Each of your family names has been written on a piece of parchment and placed inside this basket.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The prospect of being outmaneuvered had converted Dulles to fervent advocacy of a test ban treaty. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Harry went back to the library, where Hermione was testing Ron on Astronomy. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

He came to view the race as Pollard did, as a test of toughness, and had never seen a horse as tenacious as Seabiscuit. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It has the same melting point as gold, the same weight and malleability. If it’s not identical to gold in every way, the difference has eluded us. Have it tested if you like.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Lara decides to test out her supernatural ability, doing a long run of impossible jumps and flips across the stage. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“I do. It’s the one Sheriff Moran brought in on the evening of September 16. It was bloodstained, and he asked me to do some tests on it.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Known as Fat Man, this was a large, round plutonium implosion bomb similar to the one tested at Trinity. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once the women thought that there was nothing else to do, there would be even more tests. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

She asked if Farmer thought more tests would be appropriate. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

I pretended to be excited too but secretly I was worried because I didn’t know if I could pass the test. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lab staff was on strike, too, so Papa-Nnukwu could not have the tests done. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

If anything, she was absorbed in Rhonda’s bizarre appearance and hardly glanced at the test as she took it. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

He was not even sure if Cluny was shamming, pretending that his injuries were severe merely as some kind of test or trap that he had set for his captains. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Nothing like what I just described ever happened to him in the aptitude test simulation, I know. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Charles watched in silence but he must have found my behavior absurd, especially when I began to pull on my ear, which still ached dully, so I could test the limits of this strange witchcraft. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Poll workers had the discretion to charge a poll tax or administer a literacy test, or not, and they exercised their discretion in a racially discriminatory manner. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Again the boy behind Reynie snickered, this time muttering: “What makes him so sure he’ll be taking that test? She hasn’t even called the names yet!” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I saw it as an early test, a trial run that could help me determine what I might be able to accomplish as First Lady, a literal way to root myself in this new job. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

It is possible to have liver damage sufficient to interfere with estrogen elimination without detection of the damage by any tests now available to the medical profession. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

At the clinic there’s a waiting room and a long corridor of doors to little offices for hearing tests, speech therapy, and occupational therapy. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I used to hide in the back of the school theater in London and watch Mrs. Campbell test aspiring actors. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

According to the article, the result of the experiment was that the two test subjects did indeed fall in love and get married. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

From the circles under his eyes and his anxious expression, I didn’t think he was eager to go through testing that soon. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The social worker told her that if she could just pass a few tests in a row, they’d let us move back in with her. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

One survey found that 53 percent of laboratories had stopped offering or developing at least one genetic test because of patent enforcement, and 67 percentfelt patents interfered with medical research. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Every time I talk to her it feels like I'm taking a test. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He tested the doors, then went around the back of the shed and fetched a ladder. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

“So everybody says I’m wrong, okay? I didn’t do this, and I didn’t do that. I messed up a test. I forgot my homework.” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

A minute later he dropped the test out the window. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The time I kissed her on the road on New Year’s Eve or the time I sent her flowers on Valentine’s Day were tests, I guess. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“He wants us to get some tests done. I will take your Papa- Nnukwu to the medical center tomorrow, at least the labs there are still open.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

At the same time he wondered, What test? Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

If it weren’t for the drug test, I might have stopped looking right then and there, but there has been a chemical indiscretion in recent weeks and I’m not at all sure I can pass. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I recognize the inertia, the unwillingness to start up with the apps and the interviews and the drug tests again. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I hadn’t failed that IQ test I wouldn’t be reduced to this ignominious task with its attendant emotional by-products. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

In his own mind, it became a test of his own commitment to “his people” and a test of Ann’s and Bill Riddick’s willingness to hear all sides. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Martin had been coming over to gorge on Didu's Indian food or study for science tests for years without making me tingle. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Looking for a bit of distraction, I started testing out the elasticity of the phone cord, seeing how many times I could loop it around my neck. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“I beg of you. Alex, what part of ‘nothing he cannot do’ did you think was worth testing? Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Remove your foot,” he said in a low, casual tone, “or I’ll test my current batch of alkahest on it.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Would the Lakeside computer club, Rona wondered, like to test out the company’s software programs on the weekends in exchange for free programming time? Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“This is much higher than our test at my house.” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Let’s do that. You sure the knife will work? You tested it?” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

We tested the floorboards, guessing at who might have used the passage and for what reasons. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

"For an overnight test, wouldn't he stay within walking distance?" The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a security risk, but I wanted to attend MK’s first test of an explosive device. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She even told the examiners what she thought the inkblots on the Rorschach tests looked like. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

One of Kelsey’s reports showed a 97 average, but then she got a 78 on a Spanish test. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

The Soviet Union announced on August 31, 1961, that it would resume atmospheric testing and made good on the threat the very next day. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“You know how bad I flunked the first test. They said you really can’t prepare for the first Junior Agent tryout, but I’m sure you have to know something about the supernatural world.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

He tests her on the locations of displays, on the contents of cabinets. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

And it seems that some Chinese chickens will soon come home to roost, with China’s recent successful nuclear tests. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jahrling, meanwhile, picked up a sheet of waterproof paper on which he had written down the results of his tests. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

That satisfied Dad until my test results arrived. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

None of the local people or the cattle tested positive for Marburg antibodies—if they had tested positive, it would have shown that they had been exposed to Marburg. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

All three test results were identical, saying that they had 12 percent Abenaki and 8 percent Mohawk ancestry—even the dog! An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, my mother decided to test this big, powerful man. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

Aeronautics’ evolution from a wobbly infancy to a strapping adolescence gave rise to the professions of aeronautical engineer and test pilot. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

I feel like I am back in the aptitude test room, with the mirrors all around me and the wires connected to my forehead. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The doctor ran tests, so many tests, so many punctures in the little girl’s arms, so many tubes hooked here and there. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

She pushed on to be a test pilot and was finally accepted for training. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I can do fabric,” he says as I begin a test walk for him. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

“In fact,”—she nodded—“we’re going to move the test up a day. That means it's tomorrow.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

At her kitchen computer command post, she tracks the girls’ reports and test scores on school Web pages. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

I move on to the attachment showing lab test results. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The prospects for a test ban agreement faded, but only temporarily. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I folded the letter back into the box, ready to test my courage in more than one way. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“They don’t seem to think it’s a test,” Horace said. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“I was wondering if you and that other guy—Marcus Eaton’s son?—would mind coming in so that I can test your genes.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Since then he had tested hundreds of cars, and they were all the same—as he said, too hot to be safe. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

How woud Burt like to have to pass a test every time he wants to eat. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I had really wanted to do a project with animals, and Audrey, who loved fashion even back then, wanted to test which fabrics were easiest to dye. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Then he had another group of people take the same test, except that this time, after giving them all of the information, he distracted them by having them do anagrams. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I open one of the doors off the main corridor, hoping to find a window so I can reorient myself, but I find only a ransacked laboratory, beakers and test tubes scattered across each counter. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Breaking away from the sight—it made absolute bitterness blend throughout his prior reaction of awe and yearning—he said, “I’d like to test out the selection, now. Can we go downstairs?” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

More than a dozen eye tests were performed. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

Just as a child with no books in his home isn’t likely to test well in school, a boy named DeShawn isn’t likely to do as well in life. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Implicit bias tests may still show that you hold negative attitudes and stereotypes about blacks, even though you do not believe you do and do not want to. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

There were living quarters so that when they got busy on some crucial test they did not need to drive back to Ithaca. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

For weeks, our move to America continued to feel unreal—until the officials took us to a health clinic, where we got tested for things like HIV and tuberculosis. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“I think the top score for any SAT test is 800.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

“If I passed your test, can I have my memory and my life back?” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Let’s get on with the test,” he said, getting out the sheets of questions. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

“How about you finish it tomorrow?” the teacher said, reaching for the test paper. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

A girl who has to stay up late studying for her physics test. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Near the end of the school year, my dad made an appointment to have me tested. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

They succeeded so well that their spurious product responded to the appropriate chemical tests and deceived the government chemists. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

One test required Mary to clamber onto the catwalk of the wind tunnel, measuring how rivets disrupted the airflow over a particular model. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

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

The overwhelming majority of people given this test, though, don’t get it right. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The officer gets him out of the car, makes him take a Breathalyzer test. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

If architecture is “the art of shaping space to human needs and aspirations,” then Stonehenge more than meets the test. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

She doesn’t care about the technology—she suspects that something is awry with my test results. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“They will test you again. I would wager my right hand on it,” said Tyr. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

In 1948 I joined the army—the recruiting officer gave me a break and upped my test. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tested the brackets by hitting them with rocks. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t come to the school for the interview and he got to take the admissions test at home. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Human latrines, like those of aardvarks, may have been a testing ground of the first unconscious crop breeders. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The inspector hurried over and said, “I’m sorry, madam, you’ve failed the test; please make another appointment.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not in the DNA tests done by the National Audubon Society of a feather found by a young girl and her dog. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

With its many new facilities coming into operation, the laboratory again cast its net for the female alchemists who could turn the numbers from testing into aeronautical gold. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Staring nastily around at them all, he informed them that he would be testing them on poison antidotes during the last lesson of the term. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Steven and Emilia,” he whispered, testing the words in his mouth. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We just don’t see the test scores here matching up with the grade point averages,” he says. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Sometimes Jenny would join in taking the tests, and Ross Milton would tease her a little: “The wife of a schoolmaster must learn to speak correctly, mustn’t she, Jenny?” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

In this casual exchange with Jackie, she was on the cusp of taking on a case that would test her willingness to push through obstacles, setbacks, authority figures. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Like the American women, the Soviet women underwent extensive tests, including both physical examinations and centrifuge testing. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

Or had some poor guy had to endure a taste test? Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Reluctantly, he acquiesced; the test showed that he suffered from elevated levels of serum creatinine with a value way above 1.4, the highest parameter in the normal range. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Littlefinger hefted the knife lightly in his hand, testing the grip. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

At Bell Labs in nearby Murray Hill, New Jersey, two engineers had been testing out sensitive microwave-detecting equipment. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

And how could anyone experiment on the unconscious, which, by definition, seemed to defy laboratory techniques of testing? The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

It made sense they were calling saying it was time for her to get tested. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Had not the lab proven its worth to the AEC by meeting the agency’s ever-greater demands for more thermonuclear tests? Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Having completed their own tests, the Soviets would have America boxed in a corner over Hardtack. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

To say the doctor pushed for expensive tests was like calling him a thief. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Thus it is impossible to test A proton and an antiproton collide at high energy, producing a couple of almost free quarks. grand unified theories directly in the laboratory. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

One day after they took the test, the results came back: Levy needed to go through the full monthlong pre-GED training. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Finnick slides his pinkie into it, testing it out as a weapon. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Plus, I think one of my wives would have told me. But there is an ultimate test.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

If reading books doesn’t have an impact on early childhood test scores, could it be that the books’ mere physical presence in the house makes the children smarter? Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

My job was to hold these glass tubes over fre and stretch them into test tubes. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the center of a gray circle was a bright white light, blinking as it set itself up for another test. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He looked at the stick, tested it between his gums. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Sammy slapped his own forehead like he was thinking, “How come I didn’t think of that?” and stuck one of his toes out to test the water. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

It was possible, too, that Holmes was merely testing Bowman to determine how useful he might be in the future. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

It's not a true test, because I'm not there to breathe up the oxygen and make C02, but one step at a time. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

“We have marvels still before us,” he said, and they came down from the stairway and followed him, walking gingerly, testing the floors as they moved. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Even Mr. Bracket, who had been elected by the chickadees to test whether or not it was too stormy for good hunting, would appear for a few hours and disappear. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The laboratory also possessed the best flight research engineers, who worked closely with test pilots, sometimes as passengers in the vehicle itself, to capture data from planes in free flight. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

The schools are shabbier here; the test scores are lower. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He had a folder behind his desk with test booklets inside. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

After a few more pages of questions, all of which Reynie felt confident he had answered correctly, he arrived at the test’s final question: “Are you brave?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

To me, it’s practically an invitation to test it out before the others get here. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Whenever there’s a test I study at home for twenty minutes and get back to my Sims and stories. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“You know, studies show that cramming the day before a big test is actually worse for you than just taking the day off.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

If I didn’t take this test, I couldn’t move to the next grade. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

And when his reputation had been regained, placing no trust either in France or in other forces not his own, in order not to have to test their strength, he turned to treacherous deception. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

She knew the recent test scores of all the clever children. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

By about ten-thirty, I was getting desperate about the math test tomorrow. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Bassi said no that was no test because he had already drunk twice as much as 1. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“The good folks at The Corporation there are gonna give y’all a little tour and let you test our new beauty products, and then I have a super surprise for all my Teen Dreamers.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Because a demon can help or harm you, there is no way of telling if a demon might be testing you before he will reward you or whether he is trying to trick you. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

It might have been that Father secretly took the meeting and the successful repairing of the horseless carriage as a test, but did not want to tell me. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the test, me and Dylan practice our steps for the Helsing technique for about thirty minutes and then report to the dueling gym. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

There, a worker cut a strip off the edge, divided it into squares, and put each through a series of rigorous tests. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why are you watching that blond airhead again, huh, Mama? Don’t you have your citizenship test to study for?” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

He’d been invited by Groves to witness the Trinity test, though he was under strict orders to keep everything he saw secret, until told otherwise. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the story, God tests Job’s faith by killing his wife and his children and his servants, destroying his house, his animals, and all his possessions. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

But surely minority officers’ allegiance to the system was constantly tested in ways that white officers’ was not. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now suppose I were to ask you to test a soft drink a little differently. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Folding back the heavy lid, she pushed her feet on the pedals, testing them. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Students had to pass a battery of tests from the state department of education, not to mention faculty interviews, and even a psychological exam. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

I told el embajador that the best test would be if his own mother and sister didn’t recognize him. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

He was a traveler, back somewhere in Australia before the pregnancy test. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Only a few weeks before, I had taken my driver’s test. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad had long held theories about babies and, with the arrival of Anne, he was anxious to put them to a test. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

“When will the apprentices be tested?” she asked. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Our final test involved determining a pattern in four pairs of dominoes and prophesying what the fifth pair might look like. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

And yet he does worse on his school tests than either Emily or Isaiah. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

The sample didn’t just test positive; it showed that Henrietta had been infected with multiple copies of HPV-18, which turned out to be one of the most virulent strains of the virus. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Shortly after Dr. King came to Birmingham, I tested the signs for the first and only time in my youth. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

"Practice test at end," she said, "now, buckle up." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

They said that they were going to be running some tests on me, and that 1 should think about something else. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let us put him to the test,” he said. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

They often lied to her, to test her. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I’ve known people who have taken IQ tests in the past, and whenever I’ve asked them to repeat one of the questions, they’ve always drawn a blank, saying, “Oh, you know, they were...multiple-choice things.” Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

As noted earlier, a child with many books in his home has indeed been found to do well on school tests. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Her body had been examined, tested, and prepared for her time here. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

As a test, she tied one end around a support column and leaned on the rope with all her weight. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Being an adult with a fairly steady history of supporting myself, I figured the test could do no real harm. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Muscle testing, she explained to me, was a kind of prayer, a divine supplication. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Hardly any of them held a driver’s license, though, because to pass the test they would have to be able to read. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Fig always made a great test subject and an awesome assistant. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I would add preemployment personality tests to the list of demeaning intrusions, or at least much of their usual content. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was testing the suitability of the work for me as much as she was testing the suitability of me for the work. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

It is the third grader who, worried about not making it to the fourth grade, copies test answers from the kid sitting next to him. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Each test taker was given four minutes to puzzle over the problem and then was asked for an answer. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“I have asked him things and tested him. I have listened to him talk, closely.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wait a minute, he said—he had a new, fast probe test for Ebola virus that would work in just twelve hours. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There, instead of simulations, you get lie detector tests. All day, every day. And the final test. . .” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

She tested it, moving her arm in several ways, and the dressing stayed firm. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“You’re going to ace that test and make that quiz team!” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

After tests were returned and grades given, the student body, which acted like an extended family, knew who did well, who excelled, and what piteous ones had failed. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tested the string the way Hassan and I used to, by holding it between my thumb and forefinger and pulling it. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

In addition, we’d have two hours of physical training—PT—every afternoon, and we’d have to pass a physical performance test in our last week. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It was a good test to enter a bar or a store,” explained Feklisov, “because one of the agents had to run inside to make sure no rendezvous was in progress.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

What Priddy needed was a blanket legal order that would authorize him to sterilize a woman on explicitly eugenic grounds; one such test case would set the standard for a thousand. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

If this was a test, Finnick and I both pass it. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

He said it was true and by the corpse of Bacchus we would test whether it was true or not. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Worse still, he had failed to pass the minimum mental faculties test, which made him in popular parlance a chickenhead. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

He unlocked the big wooden door without even testing to see if he could slip through it. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Opponents, meanwhile, worry that certain students will be unfairly penalized if they don’t happen to test well, and that teachers may concentrate on the test topics at the exclusion of more important lessons. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

By the time I had gotten my hands on an airplane, the test pilots had already wrung it out and had made sure that it was safe for me to fly. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Had he set that to test whether or not I could see him? Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Finally, Bas would announce that we were all going to Koco's, and that he would personally fail the test to help the grading curve for the people who were so concerned with studying. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

And there's no way to test the ascent stage. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He got a perfect score on his SAT, even though he fell asleep at one point during the test. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Everything else, however, will go through tests from now until launch. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

As a seasoned test pilot, Glenn knew that the only way to remove all danger from the mission was to never leave Earth. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

If Jeanine designed this, it is probably a test of intelligence or logic, which means I will have to think clearly, which means I will have to calm down. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Sure. I have a Vocab test in the morning and I didn’t learn any of the words over break,” I say. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Soon, Kate, very soon. There remains one more test, but after that, whether you pass or fail, I promise you all a good supper. Fair enough?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Thank god I didn’t go out bounty hunting on the basis of this test. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

He must have sharpened his pencil fifteen times during that test. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

We walked to the laundry building next, then made a stop by the wash houses to test the faucets and make sure the lights were still working. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

After the morning announcements, Mr. Stoker returns our math tests from Tuesday. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

If this fellow tricks a white woman into failing her test, what hope would I have? Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Turning it on its side wasn’t harmful, so I was okay with that test, and then it was our chance to feed it whatever we wanted. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

“I heard something yesterday,” I say, testing the waters. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Despite his lame-duck status, Strauss opposed Dulles’s proposal with his customary ferocity, reiterating that testing did not present a significant health hazard. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“Maybe I’m wrong, but I’m willing to run against him to test the theory. It is all up to Mr. Riddle.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I just needed to get a screen test with Warner Brothers. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even my test mission to track Day must’ve been a diversion to distract me while they tossed out any remaining evidence. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

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

His blood would test positive, or he would get a headache that wouldn’t go away. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Word was there was a fifth candidate who had failed the final test last night. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

If we could observe them, it would provide a good test of this picture of a very hot early stage of the universe. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I think we need to get you a car so that when you take the test, you’ll be in a car you’re comfortable with,” he said. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“I was working on S’meggs a little more and I added just a few tweaks. We didn’t test it from the height it’ll actually be dropped from, so I adjusted the angles a bit.” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

You can take the tests more than once.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

To test a theory, I held my hand in front of his mouth. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Twelve more women would be arriving in Pensacola in a few weeks to undergo the same tests she had. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

He is the man with the scarred face from the aptitude test. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He had provided a large tub of fresh flobberworms for the class, and told them that to pass the test, their flobberworm had to still be alive at the end of one hour. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

She tested one foot on the branch below her, and it wobbled. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I told him that the previous doctor had done tests and said I was fine. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your summer school teacher said you got a good score on your achievement test.” Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I also gave the test to a group of health educators and academics at a conference in Princeton, New Jersey. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We indulged in a test of strength for weeks as Dad stood figuratively on the sidelines, neither cheering nor booing but enjoying himself greatly. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because of those undoubted effects of childhood environment and learned knowledge on IQ test results, the psychologists’ efforts to date have not succeeded in convincingly establishing the postulated genetic deficiency in IQs of nonwhite peoples. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

She looks at me, a little slyly, as if testing. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

But the thing that tested Harry’s resolution most appeared in his favorite shop, Quality Quidditch Supplies, a week after he’d arrived at the Leaky Cauldron. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

It was not difficult for either of them to stand thus, for the first test which they had had to pass in archery was standing with the bow at arm’s length for half an hour. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pressed my palms against the wall, steadying myself, before testing the window above. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

A test I didn’t know I was taking, he thought with a curious sense of déjà vu. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Everybody knew when a test didn’t go well. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Boyle thought of an hypothesis as a useful step towards establishing the truth: a good hypothesis leads to novel predictions which can be tested by experiments. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

But she had noticed how fast he learned the very first day when she gave him oral and written tests while Master waited outside the airless room. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Liyana sorted through perfect spelling tests and crackly finger paintings from a box under her bed. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, replicants look and act so much like real humans that the only way a blade runner can spot one is by using a polygraph-like device called a Voight-Kampff machine to test them. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He had to let the glue dry before he could test it, so he was sitting in the shade when a car pulled up. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

The question was casual, but Alex wondered if he was being tested. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

The CIA recruited the Air Force's best pilots to test the U-2. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

We probably spent eight hours studying for our World History test, but I can barely even remember the review questions, let alone the answers. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

And my test, he realized, is wiped out. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

I tested my arm to see if it still hurt from the twisting. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were brave indomitable fellows, well tested in battle and willing to follow their hero wherever he went. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No student is permitted to leave his seat for any reason other than a dramatic health concern once a section of the achievement tests has begun. There are no exceptions.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

You clean it out, but if you leave a few pencils and an old spelling test behind, you don’t worry about it too much. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

You find, on making the test, that the larger ball beats the smaller one by two inches. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

Over the next few hours, tests confirmed she was having a heart attack. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Our project—which is now your project, too—has required every spare moment, and all our resources have gone toward the research, the investigation, and the tests. Constance, will you pass the juice pitcher, please?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The samples were packaged and shipped to a forensics laboratory in Germany for testing; the Icelandic DNA laboratory was ruled out to avoid any possibility of compromise or conflict. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The other girls watched, tongues flicking over their braces, tasting their lipgloss and testing the wind. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

But it wasn’t until Ms. Medina started going over the material for tomorrow’s test that I realized I was in deep trouble. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Astrology can be tested by the lives of twins. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She still thought she was being tested for cancer. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

And you can use the other one as a test subject for your new experiment.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I sit on the edge of the tub and test the temperature with my fingers. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

And there he stood, a boy in a goofy hard hat with a beat-up flashlight and a bunch of batteries he hadn’t even tested to see if they still had juice. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“We went out and did another test with two hundred different people,” explains Darrel Rhea, another principal in the firm. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I dedicated today to loading up the rover and trailer for the test. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The alley was where he’d been doing his testing, where no one would see him if they happened by. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Oppenheimer and I were pleading with General Groves that there had to be a test because the whole scheme was so uncertain. But General Groves said he couldn’t afford to lose all that plutonium.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I keep telling Gram that when Freak is in the hospital for his tests I shouldn't have to go to school, because we're like a team, but she won't buy it. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

He nodded and took it carefully, running his fingertips over the heartwood, testing the strength of the string. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Just so I can be with you and not think of tests... statistics... questions... answers ...” She frowned for a moment. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“But I’m warning you: you’re not going to like the results of the tests.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Sound is also being tested as an agent of direct destruction. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

They had already been briefed on the Tolkachev case when the CIA learned some unsavory things about Edward Lee Howard's past, including theft and lying on a polygraph test. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

For the Mercury 7 project, men had to be military test pilots, each with at least 1,500 hours flight experience and a bachelor's degree in engineering. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

He would tie the other end to the wall, and then he would swim—three hours at a stretch, strengthening his arms and back, testing himself. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

The four looked to one another now, aware that even though they had passed their final test, one of them would not be ordained and would be sent home in shame. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

How can any of us pass a test if you don't give us answers? Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

I don’t think I’m good enough to beat a He detector test, but most of the time I’ve pretty much got everyone I know right where I want them. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Crane-man grunted as he stood, then leaned on the new crutch to test it. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Ordered to return a few days later to retake the test, he went back to the set and earned his bonus. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

“I offer you eight hundred for him, sir, before the test, sir; eight hundred just as he stands.” The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z

Didn’t relish testing the loyalty of Nita’s Captain Sung out on the Dauntless. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

His tests involved making the samples glow under ultraviolet light. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

On August 16, he appeared before his examiners to be tested in the natural sciences. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Next they test the stability of the stairs under pressure, and rehearse running up and down them. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We tested it after we brought the boat in. It didn’t have any juice to it, Mr. Gud- mundsson. Didn’t have any juice at all.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

There were issues to manage at the fledgling Livermore lab, thermonuclear tests to attend in the Nevada desert and plans to be made for new tests at Eniwetok. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

The boy gaped, and struggled, as he might in the classroom, with a test in history. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He rattled the stall door, testing the strength of the hinges. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

One: those questions, coming near the end of the test, were harder than the earlier questions. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

It was Burr’s unique distinction, at least as Hamilton saw it, to fail every such test. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Be honored, Percy Jackson. Lord Zeus rarely allows me to test a hero with one of my brood. For I am the Mother of Monsters, the terrible Echidna!” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, I got a thirty-four on the math test,” I said. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

This table shows how many points students’ test scores rose from the time they started classes in September to the time they stopped in June. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Opaque, silver test tubes were being fed along a narrow cage, moving forward as if to greet the computers: one tube for each computer. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

If I could veer into Mentor right now, enter Mentor, Gabe thought, I could grab all of the answers to these test problems. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

When he dragged himself back, the television was humming behind a flickering test pattern. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

My test score yesterday is proof of that. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

It was like cramming for a test without knowing the subject. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

They told me that my mom would be taking Jeffy to Philadelphia, an hour and a half away, first thing in the morning, for some medical tests. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

To test it, he tried raising Alby only a couple of feet, limb by limb. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I wonder if these Rose boys have ever been tested in the world. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

This was exactly what I wanted, but I was a little disappointed because at that time there weren’t any new fighters to test. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps she feared the grandiose love that had stood so many tests would not be able to withstand the most dreadful test of all: living together. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he assured them that no test ban would be accepted without a comprehensive agreement on disarmament. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Israel’s patience, strength, and ingenuity were tested every day of the plague. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

The bag had once contained an insecticide called parathion, one of the organic phosphates; tests established death by parathion poisoning. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

I ran around the rest of the store, from display to display, looking to see if he’d tested any other art supplies. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“A neurologist does a lot more than test for brain tumors. If Mia’s problem is real and not in her imagination, then a neurologist will be able to test her brain functions.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I obey, and it runs through a quick series of tests for my movements. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Even when DNA testing confirmed that male officers were the fathers of these children, very little was done about it. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He gave me a writing test, a geography test, then laid a bunch of math on me which stumped me. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wonders how many times he has written his old name, at the tops of how many tests and quizzes, how many homework assignments, how many yearbook inscriptions to friends. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“No, seriously. There’s a pattern to how she replies. See how every time you mention The Gold-Bug, she gives that exact same answer? Here, let me test this out.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Then, looking at Leon, Goober saw the teacher as if in technicolor, blood beating in his cheeks, his moist eyes like specimens in laboratory test tubes. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, seriously. There’s a pattern to how she replies. See how every time you mention The Gold-Bug, she gives that exact same answer? Here, let me test this out.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He started by saying that he didn't want to discuss my test scores. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Before I risk my life with this contraption, I need to test it. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Melody, I don’t want your feelings to get injured. The test is very hard.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

The US Army’s Jupiter-C missile had been tested successfully on several occasions, and the Americans were ahead of the Russians in terms of the systems that guided missiles on their trajectories into space. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

All I thought was that I am going to take my driver’s test sometime soon enough. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

While the psychological testing provided more information to Lovelace, the exams were also a way to screen people for the sensory deprivation test. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

One set, for example, was simple aptitude tests developed by the Institute for Educational Research, a precursor to the group that now develops the SATs. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Satisfied, Foremole moved towards the test hole with the rest of his team. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

At the Transonic Dynamics Tunnel, Thomas Byrdsong got a head start on the long road to the Moon by testing a model of the Saturn rocket, a launch vehicle the size of a redwood tree. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Now she realized that the hardest test for a child of Athena wasn’t leading a quest or facing death in combat. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

"I've...uh...noticed that the nurses and docs use a badge to swipe in and out of the locked door," I say, testing the waters. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Several people were quick to point out that testing intelligence with a maze was not the same thing as racing on a bicycle, even a BMX. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

If Americans ever knew, many of them forgot that these women had taken part in astronaut testing in the early 1960s. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

I was so worried about all those missing lessons and tests. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“We get Inej’s feet patched up—” She flexed them, then stood, testing her bare soles on the gravel. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“I have tested Nathan and can say he has vast amounts of kindness as well as the grandest of courage. He has within him the dormant abilities of a talented medicine man.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“I think this is my final test, Moon Shadow: the final and truest measure of whether I’m worthy to become a dragon again.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps he sees something meaningful, how this might be a test and a recompense. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I had to take a vision test. I now have special accommodations.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

The only reason The Mary Tyler Moore Show survived was that by the time CBS tested it, it was already scheduled for broadcast. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Like those association tests given by my mother who is getting her doctorate in psychology. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

"You'd better come along so we can run a few tests." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

It did not help that even the tests had essay questions. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

She announced that once our lesson was finished and the class took “the test,” all the students who passed the exam would be eligible to attend a field trip to the Medieval Times restaurant. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I'd like to buy some wings and test them out, and after that perhaps we might try riding dragons and see which is more fun.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

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

He dropped to the ground, as he had been doing every few minutes, to test the speed of their trackers. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

But when they privately conducted blind head-to-head taste tests of their own, they found the same thing: when asked to choose between Coke and Pepsi, the majority of tasters—57 percent—preferred Pepsi. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“The bone marrow test,” Miss French said, “shows that Mr. Polokov was a humanoid robot. Do you want a detailed—” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

I got number 2 wrong on my test. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Lazlo asked her when he saw her coming back from a test at the anchor. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He heard a pulsating sound, yet it was different from previous successful tests. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The early scientists did not even know how to perform a test for statistical significance. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“It seems that all of you have two things in common,” the soldier said after he had finished testing all of us. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

After receiving a standing ovation for a speech at Washington University in St. Louis advocating a test ban, Pauling launched a petition drive among scientists calling for an immediate international halt to all nuclear testing. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

If I was going to toy with him and challenge his loyalty, then he’d toy with me, test my integrity. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

But this wasn’t really a good test because Mrs. Amos had her ears set to believe anything Todd said. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

I asked Allah to help me show patience even when the world was testing me. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

We have another test in math class today. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

The president himself did not need the Bravo results to make him sensitive to the international drive for a test ban and nuclear disarmament. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

If he wanted to combine his love of medicine with anthropology, recording his observations, testing his academic theories, he thought, there was perhaps no better laboratory in the Western Hemisphere. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

His urine and blood did not react to the Ebola test. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Mr. Dimming gave the test, all I had to do was point to the right answers. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“A test flight is all the inspection it needs,” Dad replied. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

This, supported by the inability to trap or record an actual bird and the negative DNA tests, all led to the conclusion that my town had been living a lie for nearly four months. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Mr. Dimming unseals the official test and opens to the first page. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Some scientists are working very hard to find out ways of testing substances without using any animals at all. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

I stay through last period, only because I have a test. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“I believe in oligarchy,” and thirty pencils wrote an approximation of the word “oligarchy,” knowing that it would appear on some test at some future time. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

So her cane is why I pass the elevator test so easily. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Does this mean they would all perform better on their reading tests? Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

“But to do so, we’ll need to conduct a very important test. Do we have your permission?” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“It was a test you needed to take to get into the school. You did very well on it, by the way.” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

She was supposed to be taking a test for her math placement, a test everyone else had taken last week. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

This weekend, for instance, I should have been studying for my math test, but Dad and I went bowling and I just never got around to doing that. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“What is your greatest fault?” asked Fred, by way of testing in her the virtue he lacked himself. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Apparently I ace the interview, because I am told that all I have to do is show up in some doctor’s office tomorrow for a urine test. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The day I got those test results, a cold, plaintive, late-fall New York day, was my last good day. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

The hardest test I ever faced in my life was praying. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

New information about Japanese genetics and language origins, accumulating since the book’s first publication, now encourages me to test how Japan fits into my overall framework. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

In that role, Rabi strove to present a reasoned counterbalance to Strauss’s unrelenting opposition to a test ban. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

More to the point, the bomb program was moving toward a concrete conclusion, with plans laid for a decisive test in the desert. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

But when I explained to her that the Lackses thought she was testing them for cancer, and that they were upset about scientists using the cells without their knowledge, she was shocked. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Over at the Hudsons’, Luke was testing limits more and more. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

I gave up long ago trying to pass the white-glove test. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I did that to test it because I wanted to find where it'll leak. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Success is so often measured by grades and test scores. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The rebels had tested the fence in their initial days, had gotten shocked plenty, and had left it alone ever since. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I will wear my earmuffs at lunch, at recess, at the library, when I take math tests. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Huffing, Otto said, “Fine. What grade did I get on the last math test of the year?” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

So prior to putting him in the white tube, they asked him to sit in a small, windowless office, and take a written test. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

We played the same sports and the same positions in those sports—at times, a test of our friendship in a way that his superiority in shop class was not. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

It also ensured that Brahe’s new system was quickly known throughout Europe, so that his arguments could be tested against the nova of 1604 and the comets of 1618. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“I guess you could say we failed the first test.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

That’s one of the reasons why everyone in the city has to take the aptitude test at sixteen—if they’re aware during the test, that shows us that they might have healed genes.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Several of the more attractive possibilities are now being tested. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

The lab employees had been handling tissue and blood from the monkeys, running tests on the material. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“When do we find out if we passed the test?” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

After I climbed out of the snowbank they started laughing and so did I. “Cool, Baby Bruh,” By said, “you passed that part of the test with a B-plus, what you think, Buphead?” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Generally speaking, the results of this test were better than the last.” Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The results of the test, to the dismay of Osprey’s sheriff as well as Alvin Dewey, who does not believe in exceptional coin-cidences, were decisively negative. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

These bureaucratic minefields are the modern-day equivalent of poll taxes and literacy tests—“colorblind” rules designed to make voting a practical impossibility for a group defined largely by race. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

However, just as in the case of the electromagnetic and weak unified theory, there are low-energy consequences of the theory that can be tested. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Also, some of the tests were not pleasant. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

After I won, the Capitol repaired my ear, but I still find myself testing it. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s a test, Newt—the whole thing is a test.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

If I really will be working in a lab, why not test the hopefully edible plants and water before we escape? The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Their blood is blue, and it can detect really small amounts of bacteria, so scientists use it to test vaccines.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

The girl was quiet while the other tested things. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not little thorns, either, you get me, but knife-size prickles that looked like they were daring you to test them. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The test, the walk, and my encounter with the factionless man exhausted me. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base had refused to allow further testing on women astronaut candidates for fear that the public would think they advocated women in space. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t need to have it tested,” she said. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I really liked my job as a test pilot; in fact, I thought it was the best possible job I could have, except for one thing. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rule one: Always test fire a new weapon, no matter how proficient you might think you are. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“I’ve never failed an exam in my life. But they weren’t testing actual knowledge, they were testing our ability to answer tricky multiple-choice questions that have nothing to do with real medical knowledge.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Whatever idea Murphy had been putting forth had not met Cradle’s test of reasonableness, and that was the end of it. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Time’s up. Submit your practice test as is.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

It can be measured with some success by means of tests that permit us to predict future performance. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

New bomber planes roared overhead in flight tests. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

He knew that the eyes of the two Marines were on him; he also knew that he was in the middle of a test that had something to do with the tortoise-slow approach of manhood. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Others shipped them on a rigid schedule to researchers at twenty-three polio- testing centers around the country. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

In the sentence-completion test, children were asked to fill in words that had been left blank. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“To test or not to test the plutonium bomb was a very hot issue,” George Kistiakowsky remembered. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before they could answer her, the pencil woman poked her head into the room and said, “It’s time for the third test, children. Please report immediately to Room 7-B.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Catherine wrote down what I pointed to so I could follow along with the test. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

I say it softly, testing the sound of my idea on the air. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“I heard there was some kind of upset with one of the tests,” my mother says. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

As bad as my test score was, this might be my first chance to shine as a trainee. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I was sitting in my command center, holding the Jade Key and endlessly reciting the clue printed on its surface: “‘Continue your quest by taking the test.’” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

According to the rules of Mensa France, the test instructions were delivered in French, but I understood every word. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Such alchemistic transformations have led to many erroneous reports, for if a chemist, knowing aldrin has been applied, tests for it he will be deceived into thinking all residues have been dissipated. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

She practically memorized the entire Constitution by the time the test came around. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“July 26,1978,” she recites, as if Felicia were a teacher testing her history. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

His status made him exempt from the state-mandated competency tests that were a requirement for a high school diploma, and he had never taken college boards. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

After all the tests had been turned in, the pencil woman stepped out of the room, leaving the children to bite their nails and watch the clock. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The two candidates had tested each other mightily, with Barack opening up a small but ultimately decisive lead midway through February. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The test of intellectual excellence, however, had been reduced by tradition and unvoiced unanimity to a single area of study: Talmud. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

But I need to test all aspects of it working together. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the hero answered: “Before long they will stand to right and left of us in combat, in the shouting, when the test comes— our nerve against the suitors’ in my hall. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were called astronauts, and they had been picked from the ranks of test pilots. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

But any adventurous readers who are not too squeamish can make the test and prove it for themselves. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

He told them they would need a fertility test. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

After every test, a tough lump like poorly made fufu formed in my throat and stayed there until our exercise books came back. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Thomas said, “I don’t doubt that at all, Bud. I’m not worried about your body being strong, I’m more concerned about your spirit. Lord knows Mr. Calloway is going to give it a test.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

He tested her strength, still, and kept her working at it, but he had not spoken of the climbing out for many months. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Well, he must be smart if he passed all the tests to get in here.” Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

Did the Director make it all up—some kind of bizarre test to see if I’ll say something to them or hide what I know? Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

We have to do spelling tests and sums in arithmetic; it’s like real school, but worse, because we never get to draw pictures. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

But none of the operators knew what tests she was talking about, or where to send her for help. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

He retrieved his flashlight and tested it to make sure the bulb wasn’t broken. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She must not have been this woman them all steel, tested in fire. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He rocked it side to side, testing its stability. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I hope to show in these final two chapters that, despite taking the odd experimental cul-de-sac on its journey, classical music has been alive and well since Reginald Fessenden’s test broadcast. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

So I used my admin ID to create a new “test account,” then gave that account superuser access and full administrator privileges. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“I have a big test this week” is all she says. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

To subject people who test positive to stigmas, especially when most of them may be false positives, is counterproductive and wrong. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“To be successful, we must carefully test before making such modifications.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Dodds stalked up the aisle, just as she used to do in class, about to deliver my F— math test. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

They tested me for brain tumors, meningitis, you name it. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

“Very funny. Look, I figure the taste test will probably be Tuesday or Wednesday. The unit is almost over.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Hermione, who had now achieved Apparition twice, was a little more confident, but Harry, who would not be seventeen for another four months, could not take the test whether ready or not. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

She was given an endoscopy, an MRI, and a barium swallow to test her gastrointestinal tract. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

In the locker room the test was still on my mind. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Then we’ll test it out while we charge one up for you. Maybe a spare for the road.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Nor, in all likelihood, would you have enough time, because the answer sheets have to be turned in soon after the test is over. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

I used to fantasize about taking the Mensa test to prove that I wasn’t a total loser. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

Rick said, “There is a defect in your empathic, role-taking ability. One which we don’t test for. Your feelings toward androids.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Then she taps out what’s left of the glitter from her test tube into their dirty palms. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

If not even Lara could ace this test, I’m not looking forward to my own score. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

"He seems to be working hard. He’s prepping the rover for a long trip and testing it. He plans to be there when Ares 4 lands." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Also, it’s “try-hard,” which is a thing that you are when you race to finish tests before everyone else. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Rick said, “My superiors know about the test. It’s mandatory.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

The time has come to test this baby out. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

In Panama, where tests were begun in 1961, this bacterial insecticide may be the answer to one or more of the serious problems confronting banana growers. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Did I forget to show him the test? A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

She knew when Trip had failed a math test by the shredded scraps in his trash bin, when Moody had been writing songs by the crumpled wads of paper in his. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“The detective said she’ll be tested today. At the lockdown hospital. A prolonged psychiatric evaluation. If they declare her sane, she goes to juvenile detention. According to the detective, she’ll likely cop a plea.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

"Well,” he beamed, "it sounds as if it’s been a jolly test. Running along so soon? Tell me, frankly, what do you think of my family?” Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The second eldest liked to test his strength, so I made sure he had challenging arenas.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“But I remember enough. The Creators are testing us. The Maze was never meant to be solved. It’s all been a trial. They want the winners—or survivors—to do something important.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He got to his feet to test the air. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He produced a new theory of the rainbow which emphasized the role of refraction, where Aristotle had only mentioned reflection; but there is no evidence that Grosseteste ever conducted experiments to test his theory. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

It was time to test the madman theory. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Even when these have been tested and thrown out as illegal by superior courts, they have in some instances continued to be enforced because “they haven’t taken them off the dockets.” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

How do you estimate the total need, per patient per year, for doctors, nurses, drugs, laboratory tests, hospital beds, x-rays, and so forth, in the best of rational worlds? The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gene Nora Stumbough, a flying instructor at the University of Oklahoma, heard about the astronaut testing from Wally Funk at an Oklahoma college aviation gathering. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

At dinner Mom told me that Ms. McPhillips, the school counselor, wanted me to take a test. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

He nodded his head like I had passed some sort of test. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

They are more like puzzles and games than those awful bubble tests we do, where I just fill in circles without even reading the questions. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

In one case, the scores on tests where cheating was possible were 50 percent higher, on average, than the “honest” scores. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But they may have gotten the idea when it was announced that CPS officials, not the teachers, would administer the test. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

To them our self-respect was more important than passing some test, because you can’t pass a test if you already feel defeated. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

He’d tested Momma to see how mad she really was and decided it was safe to play around. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I flunked it; I knew I was going to as soon as I looked at the test problems. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They could practice for the test together. Study buddies!” she exclaims, as if it’s all her idea. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

But on March I, 1954, a thermonuclear weapons test at Bikini in the Marshall Islands detonated at higher yield than expected. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

A sample of tissue could be extracted from the body and tested for the presence of an array of toxic substances—from strychnine to arsenic. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The students showed dramatic improvements in their test scores in several subjects, and many more of them graduated from high school and applied to college. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Then he swirled the Q-Tip in a test tube full of distilled water and capped the tube. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We walk right over, and the watermelon seller teaches me how to test if a watermelon's ripe. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“The scene of this test at the University of Chicago would have been confusing to an outsider,” Fermi later said. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

By 1954, after some preliminary field trials on Florida islands, Dr. Knipling was ready for a full- scale test of his theory. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Equally important, though, the sole-factor test ignores the ways in which seemingly race-neutral factors—such as location—operate in a highly discriminatory fashion. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

In other words, Ross knew perfectly well that he would not be able to confirm the story by testing it, yet he continued to believe it nevertheless. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Every time the girls are tested, she cannot soften a temperament or bestow talent. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Samira, pretend you fail your math test, and some kid in your class calls you stupid.” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

"What will she be testing us on this afternoon?" a small girl asked. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

When I remember the C I got on my last algebra test, it feels like snakes hatching and slithering in my stomach. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

She was only testing him, she warned, to see if he was a good boy. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

A teacher can simply give students extra time to complete the test. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

It was a class in which everyone got a ninety on every test, and an eighty was a source of derision. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

He was about to receive the ultimate honor, the ultimate test, The Treatment. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Now that I’m thinking of it, I think that was the real test. He wanted to see how observant I was.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Told them of the test for sex carried out in the neighborhood of Metre 200. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tests complete, I was given the name of a Dr. Holiday and told that I must see her, at Bellevue, the following week. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Lee took a deep breath, testing his chest: a windblown vacancy, a breathless pain. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tested them on prisoners in an effort to discover one that was both quick and painless. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

He sent some tubes of frozen serum to laboratories for testing—to the National Institute of Virology in Sandringham, South Af- rica, and to the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It fails that test, so it is not a good description of the Universe. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

The main purpose of the five tests, one gathered, was to isolate and study, if possible, the source of Zooey’s precocious wit and fancy. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Pascal’s explanation could be tested and be shown to work. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The test consisted of three parts: two on English and one on math. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

This is a test—of my mettle, my strength—which means there must be something specific I’m supposed to do to get out of here. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

When I gingerly test it with the toe of my boot, I find it has the consistency of a gel. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“She recently got an A on a math test,” my mother says. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

“Then trust me now and let the question go. I have faith in your ability to shine in the final test without knowing what the test is.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“Those other two men didn’t have to take a test to register to vote.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

You know a lot about the brain and medicines and tests and hospitals, and you could probably be a really good doctor if people with seizures are allowed to be doctors. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“I said I did for the state test, but really I just read it.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

For me, it was another small test of the boundaries. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I feel like I just got back a test that I thought I had flunked, but I actually did really well. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

He started to tell more people about it, testing the waters. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

On May 22 he tested both boats again, rowing two miles at a racing beat. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

They almost cover the length of it, and I worry that we will have a test or have to write about our favorite. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

They studied vocabulary words, drilled on how to write sentences, and practiced taking multiple-choice tests. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

A small but important test to see how others would react. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I get to my feet and carefully extend a finger to test the door. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

It loomed over her like a giant, angry teacher after she failed a potions test. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

His father was barred from voting by poll taxes and literacy tests. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Economic entomologists must realize,” wrote A. D. Pickett of Nova Scotia, “that they are dealing with living things . . . their work must be more than simply insecticide testing or a quest for highly destructive chemicals.” Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

This was my first test, and somehow, I was failing. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

How many times in the last five years have the members of your family, including yourself, had any kind of laboratory test? The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I show up and take the tests on Fridays and on the rest of the days Tanner’s got one less person to mess with. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

George knows this; he’s just testing, the way George does. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

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

The thing to do was to be prepared—as my grandfather had been when it was demanded that he quote the entire United States Constitution as a test of his fitness to vote. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had been in what is called a maze, a device to test intelligence and memory. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

By this gloomy route, he was leading them to what he had called their “final testing place,” which struck Reynie as having a particularly ominous sound. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The record book listed his growth, weight, speed, strength, and grades in National Socialist tests. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, I urge you to test yourself. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“Did that occur to you before or after you turned in the test?” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Everywhere you turned there were college students in T-shirts, signing people up for sickle cell anemia testing and voter registration. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, there were still obstacles thrown in my way that were a test, but I never allowed the obstacles to diminish my faith. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“They weren’t taking us to another camp. They packed up as many guys as they could and said we were being brought to a testing facility in Maryland.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I had survived algebra in the tenth grade, barely managing a B after a flurry of good test scores at the end of the school year. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, and perhaps a little unexpectedly, readings can be thrown out by seemingly unrelated external factors–such as the diets of those whose bones are being tested. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

For long moments, the bear tested her with every sense, staring down with her weak eyes, listening, and most of all smelling her. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Men with ear protectors picked up their jackhammers and tested them. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

This may result, according to laboratory tests, in destruction of 75 to 98 per cent of the cocoons present. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

By the time Lincoln finished his speech, like it or not, that was the proposition and that was what was being tested. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

As temperatures soared over 100 degrees, scientists and soldiers moved into tents at the test site. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I even knocked out my homework and studied for tomorrow’s test this afternoon so I can stay out until nine. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

In the first phase of Job Corps, students are tested to place them at the right level of GED training. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

This was the rowing event that nations boasted about more than any other, the ultimate test of young men’s ability to pull together, the greatest display of power, grace, and guts on water. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The discovery did not come by chance: insects were widely used to test chemicals as agents of death for man. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

It kills me a little to have to give the sheriff even the barest semblance of respect when all I want to do is test the edge of my sickles against his neck. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

It was that the entire principle of a blind taste test was ridiculous. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Every rivet was examined, every link tested, and the plates were burnished with the finest sand Just as much attention was paid to his claws. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I spent the rest of the day double-checking my numbers and running more tests. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I recall, we barely managed to get a test tube of water out of it—but I’ll bet Kelton could make a functional one. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

He didn't believe me until I finished the first test in fourteen minutes. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

He was testing the chicken of a new vendor; so far it tasted the same and cost ten percent less. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sure, I've tested power generation, life support, the trailer bubble, and the bedroom. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just prior to the test, he’d been asked to take a performance test aimed at establishing his general ability to sustain attention. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Lucky for me, when I explained what happened, the teacher let me take the test over. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The answer is simple: an experiment is an artificial test designed to answer a question. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

My throat tightens as I remember following her into the aptitude test room, my eyes on her hawk tattoo. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The Trinity test was to take place under nerve-wracking scrutiny. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Pax lowered his paw an inch, holding the man’s gaze, testing him. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Wobbling at first, she tested herself again and again until without moving her arms she could maintain her balance as she mounted the log. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

It made available a database of the test answers for every CPS student from third grade through seventh grade from 1993 to 2000. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

“They give him a lie detector test every day. He can’t be around you.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

At Los Alamos, however, Norris Bradbury relished getting a breather from the relentless demand for more designs and more tests. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

But we didn’t have to test Dante’s mom about dogs in the house because just then, Mr. Quintana was at the front door and he was shouting at his wife, “Soledad, guess who’s here?” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

She tested the edge with her finger; it was sharp. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Naturally we’ll still get married,” she’d tell him, “but it doesn’t have to be right away. Maybe travel first. Maybe live together. Just test it out, you know?” The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Roy Lee drove him and the battery to my house for the test. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Who in the world could possibly know the answers to a test like that?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s not that they took it away from us. We just got less of it for anything that isn’t test preparation.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

My friends would keep me up on homework and warn me about tests. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lovelace had also tested the Mercury 7, but the government came up with the criteria for that testing. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

The top half foot was filled with a mix of two-thirds sulfur and one-third zinc, tests demonstrating that it produced a slow-burning oily smoke. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“They were testing us, to see if we told the truth.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“I did. But then, when everything was bubbling in the test tube, I had a brainstorm. I added a secret ingredient.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

When I reached the testing station, I observed a white woman ahead of me in the middle of her test. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But there was no test to see if one human cell had contaminated another. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

She invited the others to Oklahoma City for the second phase of testing, offering her home as a place they could stay. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

A problem with the aptitude tests is rare. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“How do you know? I haven’t even had the tests yet.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Then she followed a nurse down a long hallway into the ward for colored women, where Howard Jones and several other white physicians ran more tests than she’d had in her entire life. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Jerrie wanted to be in the best shape possible when they started the Mercury tests on her. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

The problem, and the cause of it, was obvious to Rainey as soon as he sat down with Byrdsong to review the test data, which had been contaminated by the mechanic’s vicious prank. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Not with me testing her but the opposite. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, Lovelace found the costs of the testing prohibitive, particularly without government funding. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

The doctor diagnosed various problems, some lethal, all apparently debilitating, and left me taking various medications and endless rituals of check-ins and checkouts and tests and retests.... This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

A week later, my test came out clean, and there was nothing the doctor could say about what they called my strange habits. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“If you aren’t the most gifted person ever to have taken Mr. Benedict’s tests, I’m the queen of England.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t tell her about Carter Dixon’s incredibly stupid new “gay test,” which has something to do with what finger is longer than some other finger. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

You said it softly, slowly, like you were waiting for them to interrupt you, like you were dipping one toe into the ocean to test the water. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“If your name is called you will advance to the third stage of testing, so please remain seated and await further instructions. Those whose names are not called are free to go.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

You thought I was testing your will, but all I wanted was to be near you. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

It was a complicated test stand with tubes and springs and pistons. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Stella stops short, her foot reaching slowly out to touch the ice, and she gradually puts more and more weight on it, testing it out beneath her shoe. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

This fact creates double difficulties for efforts to test the hypothesis that intellectual differences underlie technological differences. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

To do so, he employed three simple tests. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

They tested each other constantly, with scuffles breaking out every time some young pup hit a growth spurt and dreamed of moving up. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Twenty states rewarded individual schools for good test scores or dramatic improvement; thirty-two states sanctioned the schools that didn’t do well. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Tanks placed around the tower to test the bomb’s strength were tossed into the air. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

And so all these roadblocks were making it hard to even measure who was doing the behavior, in a way that, say, Breathalyzers or field sobriety tests could measure for drunken behavior. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

The intercalation of the drug test between application and hiring tilts the playing field even further, establishing that you, and not the employer, are the one who has something to prove. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had to do something scary to test the feather, to see if it really was magic. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

This prediction was tested in 1962, using a pair of very accurate clocks mounted at the top and bottom of a water tower. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the contraband was peanuts compared to my test. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

To test, I shut down the heaters in the regulator and noted its power consumption. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, there is essentially no black-white test score gap within a bad school in the early years once you control for students’ backgrounds. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

In the case of a blind sip test, first impressions don’t work because colas aren’t supposed to be sipped blind. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

The mechanic, a white man with many years of service at the laboratory, sabotaged Byrdsong’s experiment by incorrectly affixing the model to its sting in the tunnel’s test section. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

When the skimmer’s lights had faded, Tally tested the rope with her whole weight. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“But insulin shots and weekly blood-sugar testing and prescription food, it all costs a lot. And there’s no guarantee he’ll get better.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I groan, because I am not ready for a test. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

The news conference ended with a question for Lawrence: “Do you think the tests should be continued?” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“I have been sent here to administer a standard personality-profile test to you. It won’t take more than a few minutes.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

It’s as though nature tested a man for endurance and constancy to prove whether he was good enough to get to California. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Everything they put in front of the kids is going to look like the next standardized test they’ve got coming up.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Some companies tell customers that their test results indicate they have Native ancestry. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

One week before the match, Pollard rode out onto the Belmont course for his final test before the match race. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He remembered the final question of Mr. Benedict’s first test: Are you brave? The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

With that test, I affected the way you behaved. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“Mama tested us when she gave us that milk punch. I know it.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jahrling explained that he was planning to test the cells with human blood samples that would make them glow if they were infected with Marburg. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In other tests in which both pheasants and quail were the subjects, the adults produced no eggs whatever if they had been fed insecticide-contaminated diets throughout the year. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

I was done with my practice test for the day. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Piggy took off his shoes and socks, ranged them carefully on the ledge, and tested the water with one toe. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

They tested her like she was some kind of insect. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had been easing toward it, testing the water, not sure what I wanted, except not to be everything I knew I wasn’t. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

“With the results of the test you took last week.” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

The questions covered the standard junk that they test you on to determine if you’re not an idiot: Reading comprehension. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

"I finished grading your math tests. Only five of you passed." Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I’m in English class, taking a spelling test. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Five kids from New York State had been chosen to be honored at this ceremony at the University of Chicago, all based on one math test they had taken at the end of last year. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

In 2006, some seven hundred new mothers found out that doctors had taken their placentas without consent to test for abnormalities that might help the hospital defend itself against future lawsuits over birth defects. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

He felt a strange sense of having passed a test, graduated to a new level of maturity. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Milgram s idea was to test this question with a chain letter. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

No tests, no hallways, just driving to somewhere I’ve never been before...as long as I was back in time for her. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

She immediately wrote to Dr. Lovelace to tell him that he couldn't possibly do the testing without her. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

The editor was often a visitor, spending hours talking to Matt, staying overnight now and then, and testing Jethro’s progress in the book on English usage. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

What these tests tell employers about potential employees is hard to imagine, since the “right” answers should be obvious to anyone who has ever encountered the principle of hierarchy and subordination. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here was a tool he could use, a process that could reduce the mysterious ways of politics to scientific testing and evaluation. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“See, I used to study in secret. My bosses were colegio teachers, and I read their textbooks and did the students’ homework and took their tests.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had then tested his new theory with a quite different experiment. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

So I'm still running my test, but I don't have to wear the EVA suit. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The news of the Soviet nuclear test set off a panic inside the American government. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I want more than anything for Mom to take that citizenship test. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

They wouldn’t do the bone-marrow test early unless they thought it would be OK. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

A couple of months later, I took my driving test. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

She rubbed the space under the Madonna’s eyes, then tasted her fingertips, the way a person tests for salt in salt water. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Flipping back to the beginning of the test, Reynie read the very first question again: “The territories of the Naxcivan Autonomous Republic and the Nagorno-Karabakh region are disputed by what two countries?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I still had never got more than seven words right on a spelling test. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

It was just escaping her as the answer to the question on the test had...except this was even harder, for she wasn’t exactly certain of the question she was trying to answer. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I left now, I could still catch my class in the Med- ica, but part of me suspected that this might be a test of some sort. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He passed the test and was released to go home, where he collapsed into bed and slept for twelve hours. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

There are two sorts of errors that can be made in applying this or any statistical test; they’re called, imaginatively enough, Type I and Type II errors. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The court was a testing ground of purpose. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Voigt-Kampff test had been administered to Polokov; that part could be bypassed, and he could go directly to the task of destroying the android. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

“I'll see you as soon as we get the results from the tests.” Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

We read the textbook chapter by chapter and took moronic mimeographed tests. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

All seemed to be going well until he tried a test shot. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

For two years, she had gone through every test imaginable and passed them all. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

An effective test-prep class—one that drills students repeatedly on the kinds of questions they will encounter on a specific test—can, in a given year, send test scores skyrocketing. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

She explained that we'd be taking four tests, each of them timed. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Still others are little more than ideas in the minds of imaginative scientists, waiting for the opportunity to put them to the test. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

The last time I got in trouble—for lying about what grade I got on a test—my parents took my phone away for a week. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

“So, there’s something I wanted to ask you. Would you be up for undergoing a little genetic test this morning?” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“It’s the best brand. Never tested on animals.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

A typical Raven’s test consists of forty-eight items, each one harder than the one before it, and IQ is calculated based on how many items are answered correctly. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Estimo’s implication—that another body might have been substituted for Bobby’s and somehow placed in the grave—tested the credulity of many. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He had confounded them all by passing the test, although they still refused him the ballot . Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve heard what the adults said as they spoke across my prone body, talking about diagnostic tests and next steps and recovery plans. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

It even hosted an Americanization class, helping foreign employees prepare for the citizenship test. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

A great crowd collected to hear the case, for this was the first test of the new law in Boston. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

If necessary, he could then test the remainders of each of the fifty samples individually. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She rolled it between her fingers to test its moistness. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The applicant wrote his name and was then handed a newspaper in Chinese to test his reading. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

In Rome the advocatus diaboli, or devil’s advocate, had been established as early as 1587 to test the evidence adduced in support of the miracles claimed for those proposed for canonization. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

On average, this would require only twenty-one tests to test fifty people. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we entered high school, my father would make us take the same tests he prepared for his high school students. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

A wind tunnel offered many of the research benefits of flight tests but without the danger. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

“You could get into surveillance with your test scores,” a lieutenant had said. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not that Lolo didn’t try to test the idea. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

They take a sip from a cup of each of the brands being tested and then make their choice. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

In truth, the tests were subjective at best, one exploding bottle difficult to compare to another. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Many doctors tested drugs on slaves and operated on them to develop new surgical techniques, often without using anesthesia. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Everyone in fifth grade got at least one word wrong on his or her spelling test each week. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nevertheless, as Galileo pointed out, it would have been easy to test their claim that ice floats because it is flat by breaking it up into small pieces and seeing if the pieces still floated. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

This composition ensured that the panel would lean toward opposing a test ban based on doubts about the feasibility of inspections. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Shortly before the election, Strauss prevailed on them to issue a statement opposing Stevenson’s test ban. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

He added a book, tested the weight of his pack, and took it out again. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Are you going to include a test for Ebola?” The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each was required to be a qualified test pilot under forty years old with at least a bachelor’s degree. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Richardson had wanted to be a journalist her entire life, long before the aptitude tests their guidance counselor had administered in high school. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Ah! Yes, Mom. But the test could be to see if we’re willing to accept what has happened and stay at home and praise Jesus for his wisdom.” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I stood up and did the fingertip test on my dress, hoping it was that. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

He lingered for a few moments, as if thinking it might be a joke—or maybe one final test. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

They were sitting there for ten minutes, and no doubt many of them felt that they were failing an important test, that they had been exposed as stupid. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

He thwacked it against a bed to test its strength. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Exempt from the end-of-term tests as a Triwizard champion, Harry had been sitting in the back of every exam class so far, looking up fresh hexes for the third task. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

At the hospital the doctors were equally alarmed until a few tests confirmed that I had consumed so many icy pops that the food coloring was going straight through. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

“They’re running a bunch of tests and trying to determine why he’s been getting dizzy. But they’re pretty sure it’s his heart again.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

The intelligence test was brief, consisting of playing with wooden shapes and a series of illustrated quizzes. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Applicants who were admitted to the office had to take a written literacy test. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just as I was tempted to ask her about the dirty drug tests, Art interjected. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

I pulled out the test tubes and test tube rack we’d need for our lab. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

That editor invited Skelton to take part in astronaut testing with the cooperation of NASA, the air force, and the navy. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

She thought too many tests were a waste of valuable learning time—my kind of teacher. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“When’s the next game?” he asked, like he was testing me. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“We blow it up, experimenting with new fuels for our flying saucers. A Tralfamadorian test pilot presses a starter button, and the whole Universe disappears.” Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

They are storing part of me in a space jar—like a test tube. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Strauss reiterated his familiar theme that the cessation of testing would have “severe repercussions” for the clean weapons program and that Los Alamos and Livermore would “lose momentum” during the suspension. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

He tested his weight on his foot and nearly collapsed again. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Murray would continue his campaign for a test ban in public appearances and congressional testimony, but now he was on the outside looking in. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

He gave me a lab slip and a plastic jar, handed Soraya a request for some routine blood tests. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m Black, Mom. African American. That’s what I put on my official school tests when they ask. I’m Black and I’m proud of that.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

I guess she passed the test, and I failed. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“You should get a gummy bear too,” I told her, looking at her test. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

However, too many schools have succumbed to funding challenges or embraced a narrow focus on tested subjects, resulting in minimal, if any, arts experiences for the children they serve. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Then I gave the test to a relatively random sample of my friends and acquaintances, mostly journalists and professionals in their late twenties and thirties. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Our dad’s friend is letting Conner test different smells out on his cocker spaniel.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

My English teacher flips out because the government is demanding we take yet another test to assess our reading skills, because we’re seniors and pretty soon we might have to read or something. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

But mail service was erratic, which tested them. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

She put the tests into a plastic bag and handed it to Lexie. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

To get citizenship, my parents and siblings had to study a list of facts about American history, presidents, and politics, and then take a test. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Seen in that light, he said, a test ban would be “a crime against the people.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

The maiden test flights into nearby space a few months earlier had been successful, but because we’re now leaving so suddenly, this will be the first interstellar journey. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Lewis Strauss, who had succeeded Dean as AEC chairman, unjustly labeled the boat a likely “Red spy ship,” intensifying the furor in Japan and creating a very public black eye for the American testing program. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I don’t know what I expect from this; some way of testing her reaction, perhaps. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

My test was over within a few minutes after we arrived at the hospital. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was a B. Which I figured I should’ve felt pretty happy about, because a B was better than a C or even a D, which was what I used to get on spelling tests. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

That way I could prove if he had been buying art supplies or just testing out pens to buy a pen. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Cain proved the physical transformative effects, and Kaltain proves the ability to influence thoughts and emotions. I would like to test its full ability to hone the minds of a few others.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Taking a good look at the quills on his back, I ran my stake along them to test their sturdiness. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

After an hour with no noticeable change, I declared the first test a success. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cassie rescheduled for the next test and got her nails done at a salon, Enchanted Blue, while they locked me up and dripped sugar water into my empty veins... Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

She took a home-pregnancy test, but it came out all fuzzy, so she made an appointment at a clinic, just to be one hundred percent sure. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The blind sip test is the wrong context for thin-slicing Coke. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

The planned test of the plutonium bomb over the sands of Alamogordo, New Mexico, an event known as Trinity, was nigh; deployment of the bomb in war could be only a few weeks further off. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

When before he would sit her down at marked, though irregular, times, now he tests her constantly, but never in public. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He has pot and he’s so much more laid back than you; you spent the last year studying for this test; he didn’t lift a finger for it. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Faraday must have known her real gripe was with not knowing when they would be presented to the conclave and taken away for their test. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Still more sensitive experiments involving even larger quantities of matter will be needed to test them. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were tracked and tested, measured and analyzed. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

After 6:45 A.M., when we’re called to attention, come the announcements— everything from new parking rules to the schedule for upcoming sergeant tests to reminders about blood drives and retirement par-ties. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m sure Dr. Schultz had plans for testing our reading ability. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

When doctors are faced with a difficult diagnosis, they order more tests, and when we are uncertain about what we hear, we ask for a second opinion. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

One major problem remained to be solved before it could be put to the test — a practical method of insect sterilization had to be found. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Mostly blood testing and analysis. I consult with attending physicians.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He’s failed the last two quizzes, and we have a test coming up next week that I’m afraid he won’t be ready for. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

There would probably be toothaches and failed math tests. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

It felt as though she’d just failed a test she didn’t know she was taking, but she didn’t dare he. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

It was as if with our date Barack and I had tested a theory and proven both the best and the worst parts of what we’d suspected all along. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Studying them by the hundreds, and then by the thousands, Elizebeth and William devised new tests and tables and shortcuts that helped them to find patterns and solutions. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The five guys on the class basketball team, including my friend Eric, took the test for Stuyvesant, and we all passed. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

When she sensed she was being tested, she responded swiftly, sending kids home or ordering them to run extra laps at the first sign of disobedience. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

If this was the first test of the viability of the new federal government under the Constitution, the government was failing miserably. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Mr. Curtain’s reflective glasses and protuberant nose eased toward Sticky’s face like a snake testing the air. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Without those tissues, we would have no tests for diseases like hepatitis and HIV; no vaccines for rabies, smallpox, measles; none of the promising new drugs for leukemia, breast cancer, colon cancer. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

If was the chief flight instructor for Oakway’s Royal Air Force squadron, the man who had given Maddie her flight test nearly a year ago. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

I would end up with the same routine before every vocabulary test or important assignment. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The advantage of doing the IAT on a computer is that the responses are measurable down to the millisecond, and those measurements are used in assigning the test taker’s score. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Athletes could be tested both in and out of competition. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“A dog?” said Sam, popping it into his mouth, then poking a stick into the trout to test its doneness. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

He needed privacy for this thing he was discovering about himself: a place to test it in secret, to weigh his own fear for what it meant. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

To help level the playing field, I plan to take them on college tours and bring in specialists who can help them fill out financial aid forms and prepare for those dreaded standardized tests. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

They are not easily tested, nor have they been really monitored. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Stella leaned over and read some of the questions as her father went through the test. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“You didn’t give me the same test as everyone else,” I say, staring at the floor. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

If she gets A+ in everything, and starts a club, and builds an after-school program, and scores perfect on all the state tests, they will have to love her. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Looks like,” she says, and tells me that she hasn’t even taken her drug test. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

In second period, when Mr. Powell hands back a history test and I see I only got a 92 when this boy in my class, Alex, got a 94, I don’t even care. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

But if an adopted child is prone to lower test scores, a spanked child is not. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

“Those other carbons, the other suspects you’re supposed to test and retire. I know them all.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Illustrations provided—rough illustrations where the test case is clearly Kelsea. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Over the next five hours, every time he looked up from his test paper, he saw his shipmates doing calisthenics in the hot sun. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Even though that question is to test me,” the diviner said, making me start, “to set your mind at ease, I’ll answer it. But remember this: I can read all your thoughts.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are a few experimental twangs and booms from behind the curtain as the instruments are plugged in and tested. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

I wondered what the test would consist of, and when I would face the Muslim high court. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the milestones of his training: Dutchy passes his physical and scores high on the mechanical aptitude test. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I had not, to my knowledge, been accused of committing a crime, and yet I was now involved in a system of tests and appointments. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

In his ears comes the voice of his father: You are only being tested. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to ask for answers to the tests. And for extra recesses. And unlimited ketchup in the cafeteria.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

The test was delicate, and took hours to complete. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a knock and Barb peers around the door, meeting my eyes as she holds up a sheet full of test results. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“The serum will go into effect in sixty seconds. This simulation is different from the aptitude test,” he says. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

But evidence of the deadly presence of the chemicals was obtained by placing test goldfish in cages in the river; they were dead within a day. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

After each stage, the psychologists were asked to answer a twenty-five-item multiple-choice test about Kidd. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t the upcoming test that troubled her. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Grades and test scores, rather than privilege, determine success today, but that success is largely being passed down from one generation to the next. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

The vet had called with the additional test results: inconclusive. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

“It was a deliberate test,” said Nixon, “clearly designed to take the measure of me and my administration at the outset.” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

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

We need to test out that claim of Aaron’s. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Hence the perceived need for repressive management and intrusive measures like drug and personality testing. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the front of the room, munching rather loudly on an apple, the test administrator was keeping a close eye on them to ensure they didn’t cheat. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Since I was little, my mother has tested me with riddles she learned as a child in Afghanistan. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The “future war” would be their “test,” as the civil war had been for their parents. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

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

As the work on Hardtack proceeded in the South Pacific, progress on a test ban started to be made in Washington. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

"Let's not,” Danny said, rolling up his shirt sleeves, "put your theory to test.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Wes put his hand under his father’s nose, testing to see if he was even alive. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Now that we're in fourth grade, we have tests, and for our next test we have to memorize fifteen different people who helped map the world. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Naturally, with my Western education, I found such an explanation preposterous; I decided to “test” the diviner. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

But even before that law, most states gave annual standardized tests to students in elementary and secondary school. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Somehow, he managed to cover this insanity with a mask of good test scores and even better student conduct. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“You may begin the test as soon as you receive it,” said the pencil woman, turning away at last, and Reynie resisted the urge to sigh with relief—even a sigh might disqualify him. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The four contestants from Woodland and the other three members of our team walk to the testing area, waving for the cameras. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

What made the scheme novel was that for the first time it decoupled a test moratorium from all other disarmament issues, thereby removing the major cause of the deadlock between the two countries. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

She left it slowly, reflectively, testing the ends of her hair for dryness. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

My grades were good, and I was a competent standardized test taker. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

An illustration which isn’t quite so vanilla: Assume a medical clinic tests blood for a certain disease from which approximately one person in a hundred suffers. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is what I am when I am put to the test. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Slightly more than a year after astronaut testing, Nichols was found dead in her apartment. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

I made and tested two "power loggers" and confirmed that the images were being properly recorded. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

About midway through the first verse, Nathan tested his ability and saw a fish the size of a car swimming near them. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

PS—Professor Hunk just suggested I post this, a test for White Privilege, copyright a pretty cool woman called Peggy McIntosh. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Working in a small wooden cabin, he assembled test bomb cores that were about the size of a basketball. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

We are fascinated by him, goggled and bent over the stove a clamped test tube protruding from his gloved hand. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

My mom, being obsessed with every breath I’ve taken my whole life, took me straight to the hospital to run some tests. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“No, I really want to thank you. If it weren’t for you, I couldn’t have taken this test, and do you want to know something?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

In actuality, it was carefully tested with focus groups by the White House press team and fed directly to People. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

There are four parts: an obstacle course that assesses your physical condition, a written tactics exam, a test of weapons proficiency, and a simulated combat situation in the Block. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

If this was a test, he couldn’t afford to get an F. He stumbled a few times as they ran for the river. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I test the particulate and the sediment is nothing more than sand, making it completely drinkable with the filtration straws. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He tested it several times for stability, then climbed down. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

These are the tests, and I am sane. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

He has tried every test he can think of without involving another soul. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

His eye: maybe it wasn’t an injection but an extraction, something to test why his vision was so sharp. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Until I know the drug test results, I feel obliged to keep looking for jobs. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

There is an easy way to test this theory. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Now I knew exactly what “test” that line referred to, and where I needed to go to take it. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Making us wait might be some sort of secret test. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

"The way you changed my hair for my birthday party was just the start. You're clever. You passed my first little test." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

During tests we were given blank maps of the thirteen colonies, and asked to fill in names, dates, capitals. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Tomorrow’s a busy day for me. The twins are being born tomorrow, and the test results show that they’re identical.” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Next test, I’m going to get the best grade in the class. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I was glad not to be put to the test. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They will certify the results of this test before we make them public,” said Dr. Garcia. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

“And you gotta pass a test—about the Constitution of the United States.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Tom’s father was determined to make the killing mercifully swift, and once the apparatus was completed, he repeatedly tested it with sacks of sand. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

In more than a dozen states, student performance on standardized tests accounts for 50 percent of a teacher’s rating. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Rick said, “Material pertaining to the Voigt-Kampff personality test. I was testing a suspect when Officer Crams arrested me.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

He had several tests to perform this time. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“What time is it?” she asked, testing what kinds of minds they had, raised away from civilization. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I just get to stroll through the beehive and watch the drones buzz from book to book, filling up their heads so they can dump them out into test booklets a week from now. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sophie’s driving test was in a week, so she never passed up a chance to practice with her mother. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

At Belo Horizonte, he joined the university faculty and founded, on the side, Brazil's first DNA-fingerprinting company, providing paternity tests for families and forensic studies for the police. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

All he goes is, “Let’s put that fashion sense to the test, shall we?” The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

Hattie also attends a private school, an “arts and humanities” school that rejects all forms of standardized tests. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

We knew where the tests were: stacked up and ready to go in the supply room at the front of Mr. Thorp’s class. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The Lacks men didn’t think much about their mother’s cells or the cancer tests. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

He’d always done well in his classes, he was insatiably curious about any number of subjects, and he liked the idea of testing his intellectual abilities. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I tested it with my hands, placing my weight on it little by little to see if it held. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The scientists urged the committee not to short-circuit testing that could make nuclear weapons more moral. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“It is just the soldiers testing their weapons,” one of our friends assured us. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I know by looking at his smile, like I knew the second I entered the aptitude test room, that something bad is about to happen. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The chief difference between them and our modern scientific myth of the Big Bang is that science is self-questioning, and that we can perform experiments and observations to test our ideas. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Government cars, and they paid the land-grant association five thousand dollars not to ask questions about the test holes they were drilling. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

With a carefully tested combination of iron, potassium, and calcium, it will give you a new spring in your step and you’ll be able to accomplish the many tasks asked of you throughout the day. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

"Caviar nothing! It was the crabmeat. They did tests on it and it was chock-full of ptomaine." The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Yet there was still lacking a general theory to test new models as well as to confirm the finer details of the a-helix. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

"Oh, there're about six of you guys out here already. Some up in the testing lab. Everybody knows about that." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rocky was honing his knife; he tested the blade on a thread hanging from the sleeve of his jacket. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

There were just too many numbers—daily grades, weekly grades, grades for participation, grades for homework, grades for tests—all part of the bewildering Carter grading system under the School Improvement Plan. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cora tested the water in one of the barrels. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The new assignment was a challenge and an opportunity for testing how much of what happened in Harlem was due to my own efforts and how much to the sheer eagerness of the people themselves. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Full-Scale Tunnel, the linchpin of the lab’s World War II drag cleanup work, continued to test everything from low-speed aircraft designed with delta wings to helicopters. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

The next thing we know, Miss Saunders is asking us to take out some paper for a test. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

They tested their new bombers in the Spanish Civil War, which began in 1936, using aircraft for brutal and ruthless attacks on civilians as well as soldiers. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

I grabbed five, went upstairs, changed, lay on my bed, ate the biscuits, put on “Mr. Blue Sky” by ELO and played it five or six times, guessing what test the Spooks’d set me. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

“By this means I will test the mettle of Cristiana and her two suitors,” I said. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Madam Pince held the note up to the light, as though determined to detect a forgery, but it passed the test. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t wait any longer, even without test results. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The testing, the experiment, the surgery, and my subsequent mental development were described at length, and his talk was enlivened by quotations from my progress reports. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe she was just reading the tests wrong. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Mercury's orbit, for instance, wobbled in a way that disagreed with what Newton predicted, but on the whole, Newton’s theories were tested again and again, and they usually passed. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

But at this test of whose it was really, my father won: Angie was dismissed. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

In fifth grade, she trimmed it with some scissors during a math test because she felt like it. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“Fair knight,” he said, “put down that wounded man and 353 let him test a little. Then we two can prove our strengths.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

This has been well tested by experiment and is likely to remain a feature even if we find a more advanced theory to replace relativity. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tells us he has a class to teach now but invites me back the next day to do some tests. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Ben reads: "American principles, freedom, democracy, and justice for all, withstand the test of time. History changes. Relationships between Americans change. But America's ideals remain strong or adapt and get stronger." Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

Agricultural use of insect diseases, caused by a bacterium highly specific for certain lypes of insects, is already being tried in California, and more extended tests of this method are under way. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

When she continued to hesitate, he finally said, “This time it’s not a test. I actually want you to confirm for me that she has no pulse.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

But after Josiah went inside the shed to repair bridles, the old horse began to test them. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

But Lovelace wanted to see if other women would pass the tests or whether Jerrie was in a class by herself. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

She had performed the test well enough to pass, but as the woman drove over to the parking place, she did not negotiate a corner properly and the back wheel jumped the curb. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Don’t you have a social studies test to study for? Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no way to test our dreams, however, unless Rosy did an about-face from her determination to rely completely on classical X-ray diffraction techniques. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Like me, they had taken a civil service test nearly two years before and then not heard a word until January 1997, when we’d all been summoned to Albany for physical and psychological testing. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, dedicated scientists develop theories and test them, hoping to discover a safe and effective cure. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

“I was testing you. I would not have been pleased if either of you were eager to administer death.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“Are you certain? It looks like an ink blot test.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

If it works for someone as friendly as him, I might as well give it a test run. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Then I got out a piece of paper from my bag and I did a map of the zoo from memory as a test. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

And on all fifteen tests, the six correct answers are followed by the same incorrect answer, a 4. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Then there is the threat of the drug tests, hanging over me like a fast- approaching SAT. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Theoretically, we could add another layer and increase the density here if we need to, but let’s test S’meggs and see if that works.” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

What mattered was his willingness to test that reasoning by clearly thought-out experiments, in public, and to stand by the results of the experiments—something that was still a novelty even in 1611. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

God was testing him like Job, he declared, and the point of that particular parable was that Job had done no wrong to begin with. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

As sixth graders who were taking the test in the eighth month of the academic year, these students needed to achieve an average score of 6.8 to be considered up to national standards. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

But the pressure for an end to testing continued to mount. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

It feels like we were all tested and we all—Tailed. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

Again, physicists tend to look down on evolutionary biology and history, because those fields appear to fail this test. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z