The third question—embryological development—would require a much more concerted effort to solve. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

I did get a lot of ribbing for skipping third base and heading straight to home, though. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The third officer wore no insignia and lurked in silence off to the side. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

It was a third of the way down the left-hand leaf, he said. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another guard strode out of the gatehouse, clapping his hands in the cold and talking loudly, then a third appeared. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Climbing up to the boxes, the secretary found Howard and told him that the horse’s fans mustn’t be disappointed for a third time. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Arete, too, sent maids in waiting after him, one with a laundered great cloak and a tunic, a second balancing the crammed sea chest, a third one bearing loaves and good red wine. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

For example, if you moved counterclockwise by three keys, put the capo at the third fret. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

I’ve seen Dylan go through a dozen “relationships” since third grade, but he’s never been this insufferable on day two of knowing a girl. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

I move forward, then reach my hand out and open the third door. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Just another immigrant boy wowed by the big city. The third one these last two months apparently.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He was born twice in India, and then a third time, in America. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The third time, he got halfway through, paused at an intersection, and then with a twitching movement took the wrong turn. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

She takes the letter and presses it in thirds with her thumbnail, making two perfect crisp folds. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the rainy section of the forest, a third figure appeared: a gray-skinned woman whose hair clung damply to her face. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

When Permian went ahead 35-0 in the third quarter Gaines started to substitute liberally because he didn’t believe in running up the score. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or is there a third category that, ethically speaking, is not so clear-cut? Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

“You and Taro were such good friends. Sometimes I felt like you were my third son.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

This means that the twenty-first century—and the third millennium—begins in the year 2001. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Max wins twice, but in the third game, I corner the white van while she drives off a bridge and falls into the river. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Ernest had provided Mollie support during these terrible times, and they had recently had a third child, a girl whom they had named Anna. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

More than a third of the senators abstained from voting. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Nigel's third dart hit the rim of the board and pinged off. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

In the third year, I was made a prefect—a student who’s given some responsibility for monitoring the other kids and running some school activities—and I had my own room. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even today, a third of a century later, Ekman cannot get over what Tomkins did. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

As they aligned for a third try, Woolf called over to Kurtsinger. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

NOTE: In some woodwinds, such as the clarinet , the upper "octave" may actually be the third harmonic rather than the second, which complicates the fingering patterns of these instruments. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Ever since our third day on Cape Torokina, either he or Georgia Boy had been by my side most of the time. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still no answer, he complained in a third letter. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I know that. I was looking at that passport today. The thing is, their birthday isn’t the twenty-ninth of July. It’s the third of March.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Their footsteps echoed on the floors as they strode past two halls and took the third one to the right. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“So you should ... go to the third floor. Tell them to.... evacuate. Quietly.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Indeed, they account for more than a third of all Everest fatalities. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

On its third rising only a portion of the drawing-room was disclosed; the rest being concealed by a screen, hung with some sort of dark and coarse drapery. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Five minutes behind us was the second wave, then the third, the fourth, the fifth, and the sixth. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a loose windowpane in the bottom of the third fixture of the south-facing wall of the housekeeper’s office. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Kit dropped a stitch for the third time. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

On the third morning Amari felt gentle hands and cool water on her face. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

His adventure with the snakes when he was a baby is told by Pindar in the fifth century and by Theocritus in the third. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Emma had gotten pregnant with their third child around the time Charles finished Coral Reefs. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Greek philosophies on the beneficial behavioural qualities of music find striking parallels with Confucius-influenced writings of the second and third centuries bc in China. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

They all moved towards the third siege machine. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Only now it had cost me one third of my flock. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

I’d crept out of town in second gear, and now Ray was showing me third. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

And next to them on the third bench was this kid Britton Burns and his crew the Low Cuts, who were known around school for pocket pat-downs for pennies. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

When he left for work the third morning, he had brought up some food, a dish of white beans in tomato sauce and bread. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Two wet eyes and that third eye of the bullet hole never blinking. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I mark time by the flares the tinkerer fires, and the third one has just gone up when to my left one of the roughnecks goes down, screaming as the dead begin to devour him. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“The world needs you. And, of course, you want to do your part for such a great world,” said a third. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

It was a hint—just a glimpse, like a twist that comes about two thirds of the way through a movie—that the end of the Age of Sugar was in sight. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

An augmented chord is built from two major thirds, which adds up to an augmented fifth. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

“I should have cut his throat,” said a third voice from outside. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

My third son, Murugan, who was a servant, married a girl from the town in which he worked. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tom, who was born in 1881, was the third of their five children; among them was Doc, the youngest, and Dudley, Tom’s bruising older brother with whom he was particularly close. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Bigwig cuffed him twice across the face and felt the third blow pass through his whiskers as he sprang back. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I found the window to my old bedroom, second floor, third window south of the main steps to the house. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She was standing there, sucking on the knuckle of her third finger, staring in the window of Gertrude’s Pets. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

I got my quarter back after the third call and tossed it up in the air. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Once, twice—God, it hurt—but on the third try, the left shoulder popped back in. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The third room at 93 Little Hobart Street, the kitchen, was in a category all its own. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“No one’s allowed to think in the Doldrums,” continued a third, beginning to doze off. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps the third way was an easier path to Beyond. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

The third board I tried gave way a little. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the afternoon of my third day there, I return to my room to find that the door no longer responds to my key. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Permian had a third and seventeen at the Carter 35. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Until she takes the second instead of the third left up the hill, and near the top, pulls into a driveway. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

But the deadline came and went, and so did a second and a third. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t show for the third, and he never bothered to tell her why. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

It was about the length of my arm and about a third that in width; and it had a cunning metal clasp with a ring at the end. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yesterday—on the third day of the new year—Scythe Faraday had come to her apartment and had given a year’s immunity to her father and brother. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The first two volumes of Harper’s work, The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony, came out in 1899; the third volume was published in 1908, two years after Anthony’s death. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

She got stuck on a boot heel at the third comer, unzipped the bag, and laid it open on the floor to rearrange her things. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

I could see the cap’n was itching to hit this woman again and I didn’t think I could watch that for a third time. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

Lifting his hand, the President gave a signal; the chorus broke out into the third Solidarity Hymn. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just north of Mole’s Town they came upon the third watcher, carved into the huge oak that marked the village perimeter, its deep eyes fixed upon the kingsroad. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Did I really go to math on the third floor every day for this whole year? Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Either way, having Summer be the third girl in the dance made me so happy. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

We watched them moving down the second side . . . then the third side. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fact: Companies pump the bag with nitrogen gas to prevent the chips from becoming potato crumbs, proven by my experiment in the third grade. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

The Sumerians put these inventions together, added writing, and in the third millennium B. C. created the first great civilization. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

A third survey of 400 skeletons from various pre-agricultural sites in the Danube Valley found evidence of violence on eighteen skeletons. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

It looked to Johnny as if the dog fox had eaten a couple of fat pullets, and had a third in his mouth. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Refreshing,” Uncle declared, and poured himself a third cup. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Big Dub and Jackie Harris, one of the school’s best players, occupied the third court. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

About two thirds of those held in these camps were allowed to go home within a month, according to the refugee survey. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Four bells—the third was resonating now—meant that the day’s business could end. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Fine,” I say, pulling open a drawer for the third time now. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The third oldest turned her glass, stem up, and giggled without much enthusiasm when the father puffed out his cheeks again for her benefit. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Nevertheless, the monster said, standing, the roof beams of his grandma’s office seeming to sigh with relief, that is what will happen after the third tale. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Padre de Jesus was in the passenger seat, another man was driving, a third jumped out from the back, unlocked the courtyard gates, and closed them after the truck pulled in. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The National Household Survey on Drug Abuse reported in 2000 that white youth aged 12–17 are more than a third more likely to have sold illegal drugs than African American youth. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

At lunchtime on January 15, fireman George Layhe had decided not to join the game and instead had gone up to the sleeping room on the third floor to take a short nap. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

In third period, kids really light into me. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

The third, a little girl dressed in something long and light colored, was allowed to fall to the ground and scramble away, ignored by the men. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

It was the third day in a row that Fig had slept past his breakfast head bump. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

“We created a third, lower-level option and said, ‘Let’s watch this. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“Antibacterial soap growing the lowest number of bacterial colonies, compared to regular soap, hand sanitizer, and a plain-water rinse? It took first place in third grade.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

If I could make it to the third or fourth hour I’d get to watch the pastor cast demons out of people. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

One of the three shops it contained was for rent and another was an all-night restaurant approached by a trail of ashes; the third was a garage--Repairs. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

With his third, he emptied the vat called Son. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

“The kid we called up from the select team, Cole Lenk, was quite the ballplayer. He had a couple of hits and threw a runner out trying to go first to third from right.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

“Well, Happy thirty- third Half Birthday to me,” I said. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Samuel was only in the third grade, but he always seemed wise and old when he talked, kind of like my grandfather. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he revealed the identity of the mysterious third man who had been seen with Anna shortly before her death. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

After the third outburst, they each make a fist and bump knuckles. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I ate the second rabbit I caught, and the third. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She wakes to Madame Manec’s blocky pumps climbing to the third floor the fourth the fifth. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Simply move all the notes down a third in the new key; count down three lines-or-spaces to find the new spot for each note. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

And there, between the third and fourth— An ambulance. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

He made a third grab: caught the heel: held on like grim death, shouting to Polly “Go!” then—Oh, thank goodness. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

On the third day, I opened our living room window very quietly and watched them running up and down the alley in their knit hats with steam blowing out of their mouths. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

"There's a third child, another boy," I say. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

We each won a game and then, in excitement, because I was ahead in the third, I bumped the board and tipped it over. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I let it go at first, but by the third day, I’m sick of it. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He wanted retail shops on the first floor, to generate income and allow him to employ as many women as possible; apartments would fill the second and third. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

We went to a scheduled third visit in April; but after waiting more than an hour, Adele, who had little patience with the Grover clan, took us home. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

By the third hearing, the reporters had figured this out and they all squished into the same column of seats, leaning into one another to get a glimpse of Richard’s face. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Alfred Cheetham, the third officer, found himself in conversation with some women who wondered about the dangers ahead, and about Shackleton’s ability to lead the men through unforeseen perils. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Then abruptly on the third rotation Natalie breaks off and heads to the west stairs. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the third stop a woman gets on the bus, her hair not so straight anymore because of the rain. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I hoped to have more luck outside of the corporate world, but I was turned away after the third round of interviews. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

It was Thursday, third period, and for the first time in a long while Fadi felt a sense of eager anticipation buzz through his body. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

She likes helping second and third graders build castles. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

I raise my hand halfway the third time around, and this time Mr. Griffiths calls on me. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Jasmine shows up just as we’re about to start our third episode. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

Before I was led to my third grade class, Miguelito and I agreed to meet on the playground after school and walk home together. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

As they neared the castle, he saw a third raven flap from the maester’s tower, only to be feathered by Black Balaq himself. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

If they have heard many symphonies, they also would not be at all surprised if the first movement is in sonata form and the third movement is based on a dance. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

At first I think the tank is just leaking, but another drop falls, then a third, and a fourth, at the same interval. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The gruel was grey and watery, and he pushed it away after his third spoonful and let it congeal in the bowl. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He could scarcely distinguish between sleep and wakefulness now, on the third day, found no important differences, either, between walking and standing still. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The big gun detonates a third time, and glass shatters somewhere close by, and torrents of soot rattle down the chimney, and the walls of the hotel toll like a struck bell. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

When he was about to do the third stitch, he hesitated, held out the needle holder to her. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“This is only my third week,” he said. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The third head, sea-green, was more terrible than either of these: it spat out great quantities of water. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sneaky asks when I pick them again for our third game. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

By the third class I had learned to tell time. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

She gestured at the huge chest, no more than a third full, and at the clothes that were scattered all over the room. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

They stopped just before the tree, the tops of their heads not even reaching a third of the way up its trunk. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

That’s when I realized that I got it wrong before, about Summer taking the third spot in Mrs. Atanabi’s dance piece. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Charlie gunned it, trying to shift quickly through the gears, but it stuck in third, and the transmission chewed metal like it was grinding bones. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I’m totally shocked when Maddy shows up to our third class. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

At the end of the third week in October 1938, Houseman assigned The War of the Worlds to Howard Koch. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

On the third morning Caradhras rose before them, a mighty peak, tipped with snow like silver, but with sheer naked sides, dull red as if stained with blood. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Up she went to the third floor with the box in her arms. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“True. But for sure we haven’t found the third clue: She was truly greater than the sum of her parts,” he said. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

A third radio, tuned to my own heart. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

I encountered no one on my walk to the third floor. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Then came a third hansom with two more policemen in it. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

He was out of shape, and was clearly tired by the middle of the third game. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

It proved so contentious that Darwin withdrew it from the third edition of the book. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

The attic comprised the entire third floor, the floor above where the family lived in Daffodil Manor. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

But I get a good feeling after arriving at the third one and spotting a Strong Shoulder mason jar like we drink iced tea from in the neighborhood. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

It was humiliating to have these foreigners see him vomit over the railing for the third time in as many hours. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

"Still, I think I could manage to see you every third weekend." The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“It is good to know. This is two. Is there a third?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“You know about that?” she says, squealing, probably almost losing her grip on the tricky third branch from the top. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

A large painting of horses jumping over a high hedge hung on the third wall. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

After six weeks, and the third day without food, the train stopped. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

In her third season, Luma’s team went undefeated and won their year-end tournament. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

At the prow of the Shy Maid, Young Griff stood with the third pole, to push them away from hazards as they loomed up through the mists. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

On any given week one has at least 250 pictures to choose from, at least a third of them in English. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

He was the hotel’s third suicide that summer. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

They let him pass the third day after he swore that he would come back, that he was only taking his family to their hometown because his wife worried so much. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

A third idea would be to hide so well that the advancing line would pass without discovering him. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

The knife flew through the air and Joseph picked this man up by the neck and the crotch and threw him into the third man, knocking him sprawling. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

On the third night, all the leftovers would be stirred together. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“So the tales of the mighty Thor are only tales. Well, even so, we will allow you to drink the horn dry on your third attempt. There cannot be much left in there, after all.” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

“Two. A third one was chipped. They said they couldn’t do anything with that one.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“And third: I must request that you never ask Mr. Tanaka any questions about his family or their private affairs. This is a company-wide policy, and one that Mr. Tanaka is very strict about maintaining.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

For the third time in the century, the United States found itself trailing technologically during a period of rising international tension. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

We’re up by forty at the end of the third quarter, and so Coach puts in the second squad. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stand in the main gallery, black from neck to toes, with my third glass of red wine. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The third one felt like carnivorous dinosaur skin and I would be eaten alive. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was updating the third edition of a Dictionary of Biology for a small publishing house. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The third man wore heavy horn-rimmed glasses and a white coat. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

He paddled closer, wondering if there was actually a third dog in the home he’d just been in. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Beneath it are three people—one is sitting on a stool, another is sitting on the ground, and a third is pacing back and forth. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

Still, any call that got me away from watching All in the Family and Golden Girls with Grandma for the third straight evening was an A-OK call in my book. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the wheel turned, the third cog wheel pushed the bellows up and down, and I had a forge. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

A dim light flickered through the dirty plate-glass window on the third floor. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Danny Saunders screamed in Yiddish across the field, and more out of obedience than awareness the third baseman put a foot on the base. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He had gone right down feetfirst, and nothing kept the sledge from following him but my weight, which held the rear third of the runners still on solid ice. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s heading for the third floor,” Harry said, but Ron held up his hand. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Then, within another half hour, Edison Elementary clinches the third round with a score of eighty. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

As he spoke, a third rabbit came swimming out from under the bridge. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I heard you crying in the living room and remembered that there had been a third man. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Sure is a beauty,” he said as he pulled the car back into the lane for the third time. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

For a third part only the kingdom of darkness shall hold her. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Registration Day would start, the third of the war. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

By the third week they had transferred him to the rehabilitation center next door, which was good. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

As the half wore on, the Fugees charged once, twice, and then a third time, at one point racing down the field at a full sprint, like kids chasing an ice cream truck. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

One slaver wore a tokar of maroon silk fringed with gold, one a striped tokar of teal and orange, the third an ornate breastplate inlaid with erotic scenes done in jet and jade and mother-of-pearl. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I was about to jump in and help her when a third man grabbed my arms. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Byrne nods at the first two choices and grimaces at the third. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

By the third day, she had traded nothing. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Jamison,” he said firmly and nodded to the third man on his left. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is our third relocation in seven months. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were about a third of the way back when Nathan restarted the song a fourth time. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

On the third night of torture, overcome by asphyxiation, he went to Aureliano's room to ask him the favor of buying some powders to inhale at a nearby drugstore. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Later, in the hall between third and fourth periods, I saw Digger, and I know he saw me—because I watched him do a double take and then turn a complete one-eighty. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

“How shall I behave here?” she asked, as they approached the third mansion. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Prozac was the third medication Dr. Howell tried me on, back when I was in eighth grade. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Tyrion had been so long without a woman that he spent himself inside her on the third thrust. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Ranofer pushed open the third door on the left and slipped into the courtyard, his bare feet silent on the rough pavement. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Maybe we needed each other because being a third of something was never enough. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

A third adult, a small male, came slinking up. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

State legislatures were eager to jump on the “get tough” bandwagon, passing harsh drug laws, as well as “three strikes” laws mandating a life sentence for those convicted of any third offense. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

When the fundamental is included in calculations, it is called the first partial, and the rest of the harmonics are the second, third, fourth partials and so on. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Only on the third day after the death—the day of the funeral—did he have to share the spotlight. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

The third party he presumed responsible was the United States government. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

His two- dimensional universe must have been warped, bent or curved through a mysterious third dimension. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

With any luck, Ebright would be coming home by way of Berlin with both a national title and a third consecutive gold medal. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“You found your rhythm, didn’t you, that third time around. Just as you came into that straight part there.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

For one thing, we had just picked up another state—our third, Tennessee—which always brings a sense of achievement on the trail. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

I enter them for the third time, and they work. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

However, if you were able to travel in the third dimension, you could cut straight across. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I only quit walking home with him in the third grade because that’s when everyone in my class started to ride bikes to school. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Even this morning, on his third run through their yards, his heart had pounded so hard, he’d wondered if it could burst from fear. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

They were almost a third of the way through. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

My sister Patria has those two babies and is pregnant with a third one. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

One morning Circe climbed all the way to the third floor with a covered plate of scrapple and found two empty rooms. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was someone using the bathroom nearest the ballroom, so Jule climbed the stone staircase to the third floor. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I take a picture of myself with my phone, decide I look too serious, take another one—too goofy—and settle on the third, which is somewhere in between. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He had exiled two of his Hands and burned a third. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It was the third time in his life that he had seen it. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

He explained to me I had one too many thirds in the equation, which, of course, I knew, as I am bad in math but not that bad. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

If she doesn’t hear a yes from me by the third, the Gestapo will know about all of us. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Nothing happened the next day, nor the day after, but on the third day Arya went to the kitchens with Weese to fetch their dinner. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“I’ve got someone on the inside. Turn here. He’s the third house on the left.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Irina Rakobolskaya, who grew up in the “generation not from this universe,” was twenty years old and in her third year as a physics student at Moscow University when the Great Patriotic War broke out. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

For the third jump I knelt on the ground and held the hoop over my head. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

We sought out a third officer, who had felt the same thing, and he went to get the sergeant. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A third one is short, only a paragraph long, and complains about working two night shifts in a row. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The third man in the fourth rank ran to the front of the platoon and stood trembling at attention before Sergeant Hicks. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

They then had to return a second time to pick up a ticket–that is assuming they had passed the interview–and finally come back a third time to view the museum’s treasures. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

The third car to pass stopped—a 1954 Chevrolet—and the driver, a black man, showed the same interest in Milkman’s clothes that Nephew had shown. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He cannot imagine that third dimension, but he can deduce it. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

We come across a third hall, perpendicular to the one we’re in. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

On the third day, we ran out of food. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The third daughter had shared a room with Sofía growing up. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“Dr. Lister’s on the third floor. If you’ve got something for him, you can leave it here and I’ll let him know.” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I made a third trip to the bathroom sink to get my friend more water. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

From tip of nose to tip of tail he took up over a third of the length of the ship he was on. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The third time Enrique asks if she will be his girlfriend, she says yes. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

The batter’s foot lands on third a split second before the ball hits Hennessey’s glove. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

It was small, though, so they agreed to stay in a pair of rooms on the third floor that were used only for storage. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the fall of 1942, the two squadrons of the 586th were joined by a third squadron of male pilots, along with their ground crew. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

The third time was in Headmaster Clarkson’s office the morning after a photoshopped image of me as a terrorist was sent anonymously to the entire Granger student body. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

He is her third boyfriend but her first love. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Above that was another, higher and more distant, and still higher a third, no more than a flickering spark in the sky. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It felt strange when, on the third day, Badwa told them their lessons were concluded. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He was our third baseman, and he was about my size. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

On the third day of snow, the king’s host began to come apart. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Preliminary radar surveys suggested that as much as a quarter to a third of the surface area of Mars might be radar-dark, and therefore dangerous for Viking. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was her third in about five minutes. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

The third, and last, time Wes met his father had been just a few months back. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Maybe it was the second or third thing they’d hear about me. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

‘O yes, O yes, there is a third way,’ said Gollum. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

When I was in the third grade, Doc Lassiter came up to the school with an eye chart, and all of the children in my class were put in a line to read it. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Out of all those times, I was scared just twice: the first time and the third. I’ve been handling it ever since, right?” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A maze. The third task’s really very straightforward. The Triwizard Cup will be placed in the center of the maze. The first champion to touch it will receive full marks.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Without any apparent volition by Cortes, the great city lost at least a third of its population to the epidemic, including Cuitlahuac. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The first bullet got the man on the left; the second and third bullets took the men on the right and the center of the table. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is also not restricted to our time: Sumerian cylinder seals from the third millennium b.c. and Taoist flags in prerevolutionary China displayed constellations. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the third time, her dad reached over and took it from her. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Except one time, in the hallway right before third period, I thought Dante might have bumped into me on purpose. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

In the din of the accusations, a third man entered the kitchen. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Sanjeev noted that the symphony, now in its third movement, had reached a crescendo, for it pulsed with the telltale clashing of cymbals. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

‘But do not wander from your road. What of the third turning?’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

As the blood poured into his third space, his eyes remained open and dilated, staring, bloody, deep, dark, and bottomless. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The last she had seen of Drogon had been at sunset on the night of the third attempt. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

"Sure,” he said to Dicey, "you and your brother carry these two and I’ll take the third. Be careful—there are some eggs in there somewhere. We did remember the eggs, didn’t we?” Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Oxytocin and vasopressin control the third stage: attachment or long-term bonding. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

The formation of a third hydrogen bond between guanine and cytosine was considered, but rejected because a crystallographic study of guanine hinted that it would be very weak. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

A week later, Carter easily won its third playoff game against Lufkin, 31-7. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t get it at home. I remember in third grade, coming home with straight A’s on my report card, and my parents, being fundamentalist Christians, said, ‘Be careful. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Bobby Gene handed Styx the third fishing pole and we traipsed into the woods. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

By the third night, I could no longer bear my solitude. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He was skating by, and since this was his third elementary school, he was able to do so with fairly little notice. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

By the time Fischer was notified of the new arrangement, he’d already made reservations on all three flights going back to New York on the day of the third game. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The third time, she says, “Aren’t you going to be late?” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

By the third trunk, I was ready to give up. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Mom is forgetting that Deb and I have only been sort of friends since third grade. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Pop Pop cuts in and introduces TJ—the third partner in this scheme of theirs. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I had no clue there was something between them, and then all of a sudden I’m the third wheel on what I thought was lunch with my best friend. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

By the third century bce, Eratosthenes was heir to a rich heritage of possible universes. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

Anne had become philosophic about breaking Dad down a little at a time, and she had suspected all along that there was going to be a third person on her first date. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Oxyrhynchus hymn, written in Ancient Greek, dates from the late third century, making it nearly two thousand years old. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

So instead of passing me from first to second he was passing me from first to third. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

After all, this land, it would take hours of labor again, and as O-lan said, it was far away, more than a li which is a third of a mile. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

“A person who knows her own mind is a rarity,” Ajit Uncle said, tucking into his third pancake. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She always repeats the third verse and laughs so hard she’s crying and I don’t know why. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Rebuffed, unhappy at the obtuseness of the very flat, the apple bumps the square and sends him aloft, fluttering and spinning into that mysterious third dimension. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Walter Reed tended to be the second or third stop for injured service members who were evacuated out of Iraq and Afghanistan. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

And the third bench was where the Low Cuts always met. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

At one point, my brother made a very big play on third down, and everyone cheered even though some of us had already seen the game before. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

But if she wanted to help someone else, she needed to get back up to the third floor. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

They were announcing the winners: honorable mention, third prize, second—first. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

In the long quiet that followed, as we passed around the wine and slowly became drunker, I found myself thinking about President William McKinley, the third American president to be assassinated. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

A third fetterling had slithered through the leaves behind me and tripped me up. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He had thrown it to first rather than third, and now we had Sidney Goldberg on third, and a man on second. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

And in a third evasive maneuver, many students and politicians stay away from the pronouns I, me, and you. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Me and Smitty had been friends forever, been in the same class since third grade. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

Fischer had not only retained his title as United States Champion, he’d accomplished something unprecedented: For the third year in a row, he’d marched to the title without being defeated in any of the pairings. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

A third tank held a dozen humanoid creatures with sleek seal bodies, doglike faces, and human hands. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Earlier me and Rondell were wandering around Imperial Beach for the third day in a row trying to brainstorm our next move. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

He holds the third one by the neck as it snaps at his face. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

In the final year of his third term and preparing to retire, he was leaving not because of term limits but because of fatigue. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“But the lovely Freya has just polished off her third cask of mead.” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Under the upper level of boards a second level had been constructed, and under that, a third. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tries to grade a third exam but cannot concentrate; the numbers drift across the pages and collect at the bottom in unintelligible piles. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

It might be my imagination, but I do believe this is the third time Mr. Redfern has looked at me as though he'd like nothing more than to use me as shambler bait. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

But, Blagojevich argued, this was a vital intervention in a state where 40 percent of third graders read below their grade level. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

The third part of the picture is the law courts. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

After the third asking Tehlu sprang across the line and he struck each of them a great blow, driving them to the ground. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

This was the time when things traditionally went wrong for kidnappers—the third quarter of operations. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

“The second, third, and fourth floors are where the artists live,” he said. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Reluctantly he left Briana, then ran up the stairs to the third floor. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

“How are you?” asks the visitor from the third dimension. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The third was the same figure, white on white, the raised parts pipe cleaners contoured side by side and glued onto a white cloth-covered backing. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Today only tertiary remains as a common designation everywhere, even though it no longer represents a third period of anything. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

"Which of us, then, to find it?" asked the third. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

He lived in a room on the third floor. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

But because of the way it is devised, the tax affects far fewer of the very richest: about a third of the taxpayers reporting more than $1 million in income. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

The third time, he found he could see the whole of the study in the dim light through the open door to the hall. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’s already caught me folding the jeans the wrong way—you do them in thirds, with the ankles on the inside, not on the outside—and has come by to check a second time. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were going lower still, down to the third level, to the secret chambers where only the priests were permitted. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

But there is a third, less obvious, factor here, which has to do with the last of the principles of epidemics. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A third stall hawks diet pills not approved by health departments, while another offers discounts to watch a famous Dark World girl’s R-rated livestream. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Burkhart was brought into a room on the third floor of a federal building in Guthrie, which was being used as a makeshift interrogation room: the box. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“It’s the third condition, and it’s not optional. Come over here.” Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“The oasis is neutral ground. No one attacks an oasis,” said a third chieftain. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then a third voice, gruffer than the first, answered: “I’m the blue KW hauling a dry box.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

On the third night of this, I borrow a saw from Mr. Szymczak and cut our table in half. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Another cliff-ghast and then a third fell in the stream or on the rocks nearby, stark dead; and then the rest fled, skirling and chittering into the dark toward the north. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the third day, the captain spots another ship in the distance. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Danny sat down in the second seat and I sat in the third. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

That third night he found his way more quickly than before. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Second choices were going for the third choices now. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

She enrolled me in third grade at Boyette Springs Elementary School. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Then a third, even closer, and immediately, off to his left, he heard somebody screaming. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jimmy and his grandfather crossed into their third state in four days. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

All his life, he’d been told he couldn’t do everything Matthew and Mark did because he was the third child. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

This was the third time the Thibauts all hugged and kissed me good-bye—Amélie creating a fuss, Maman trying to make a present of a dozen silver spoons—I just couldn’t. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

On the third day, forest-dazed and grubby, we stepped on to a sunny road, the first since Caratunk, and followed it on a hot ambulation into the forgotten hamlet of Monson. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Salva’s peanuts were gone by the end of the third day. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I broke my mind into two pieces, then, with some difficulty, into a third. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

On the third day he seemed to come back into himself, to become aware of the goings-on around him, to listen to our mealtime chatter rather than staring, unresponsive, at the carpet. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

When you see a number like 26-2-3, you go to page 26 of your book, find the second line, and look for the third letter. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He wanted to know, then, why I was choosing to write about myself in the third person. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

I took the third and fourth pies, and we snuck outside quickly. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

This is his third attempt to go to her. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

And what is a self-respecting restaurant cook doing in this flavor-free environment anyway, where a third to a half of the meals get pureed as soon as they’re prepared? Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

A third artillery shell screams toward the city from the east. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

They may be much bigger and stronger, but Haymitch has remarkable speed and has killed two when the third disarms him. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Back in California, on the beach in Malibu, he proposed to her for a third time. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

They tried the trick a third time, but still the cub wouldn’t come toward them. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

Things got sticky when I arrived at the third one. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boy washed up on the third day. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The drive to Villiers cheered me considerably, and I was laboring under a false sense of security when I entered the small courthouse on the morning of the third of September. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

On my third day at Mama’s, instead of a resurrection, I got another crucifixion. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just after I had drunk my third cup Robert came in again. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Eilonwy still stood, though a third animal crouched in front of her. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

I still remember how in third grade Sister Mary Joseph told Francine Zenowitz that her baby brother was going to limbo because her parents didn’t baptize him before he died. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

But on the third night, just as the moon began to slip down in the sky, Dragon saw a faint figure on the bridge. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

It proved such a financial boon that when the family’s third son was born that year, Elias in gratitude wanted to name him Columbus. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The third floor held a smaller bedroom and a study. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

In third period when I’m trying to keep my eyes open while Mr. Schroeder drones on and on. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The third car had been traveling too fast. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Show it to us, Nicole,” a third dude yelled from Nicole’s blind side, jumping up from between two parked cars with another camera flash. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

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

I can only see third- grade Rachel who liked barbecue potato chips and who braided pink embroidery thread into my hair that I wore for months until my mom made me cut it out. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was in a file cabinet to the right of the door, near the front of the third drawer down—records for September 15 and 16 of 1954. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I’m a third child, too,” Luke said finally. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

I walked back out into the hallway.Julia and I stepped through the third set of jail doors, toward the open hall beneath the tiers. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

As the tolerance education unit rolls into its third week, the only lesson anybody is learning is that you don’t have to be a racist to be sick of tolerance education. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

In the summer of 2000, the drought reached its third and worst year. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Milton had been third clarinet in the Southeastern High School orchestra. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I was on my third way through “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” when Tim Miller, a senior who lived down by the lake, jumped into the seat next to me and pulled my earphone out. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

After biology and language, our third type of evidence about Japanese origins comes from ancient portraits. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

She refilled our glasses with impossibly sweet tea and urged us to go for seconds and then thirds. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“When you get to third grade, say, ‘It’s two ten.’ Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

The third picture was of Sergeant Bickle, the woman, and a young man— their son, I figured. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

However, on that third day of December when the sky blackened, the temperature dropped, and the first flakes swirled around me. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The third woman says she has made written comments on her form, but, perhaps inspired by the first two, does not read from them. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

They were angry with the Chinese crews, and on the third day, my father said that mutiny charges had been placed against them. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

In third grade, he and I spent about a week convincing Alice Evans that velour was a kind of animal fur, and she refused to wear it for the rest of the year. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

He waited tensely as the third officer, at a signal from the colonel, ambled over from the wall and seated himself on the table just a few inches away from the chaplain. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Whenever she discovered something that everyone besides her seemed to know, she assumed they had learned it during third grade, which she’d missed because of the accident. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

For the third time that day, a Vanderbeeker kid climbed the stairs to the top floor. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He never would have believed that Jen’s dad was hiding a third child. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, he tripped on a third grader’s backpack. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

It was a razor-thin victory, but he had prevailed over Jefferson 71 to 68, with Pinckney a close third and Burr, Jefferson's running mate, far back in the pack. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

But on the third day, when the sun rose, there were no more trucks in the streets, no more gunshots, no more Nazis. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

About half of the girls at U High act like they've known what they want to do in life since about third grade. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The third and last innovation leading to modern alphabets was to provide for vowels. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Two of the guardsmen were dicing together while the third walked rounds, his hand on the pommel of his sword. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Unlike the other bags, the third one wasn’t full. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

According to Himmler, a third type of dangerous young person was the “political oppositional” type. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t within easy reach, but maybe...A third idea slithered into her mind like a poisonous asp. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

But Sanders had picked up his third foul while trying to intercept a drive by Ben at the end of the half. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Three judges, two in black, the third in red, entered with files in hand and walked briskly to the rostrum which dominated the room. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

“One computer for schoolwork and regular stuff, one for video games, and the third—I built this one.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

It was the third bomb threat in two months. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He indicated the third figure, the last one. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

It is the third summer of the war. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The third day Liyana was sick, she watched the sun crawl through her room as the hours progressed. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

As I passed the next doorway, I felt a third twinge: a little stronger now, but still only a whisper. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

And just on the other side there was a mob of people standing restlessly, third class passengers from the looks of their worn clothing. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

The third guard, Shae, was Con’s age or perhaps a year or two older, and like the other guards and Con, she wore her black hair cut very short. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I know I'm on course when I come across Rue's third, unlit fire. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He kicked the first log in the seawall twice, then a third time, then a fourth. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The third time when I refused again, he was angry. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

But there was no one as beautiful and funny and talented as Sofía had boasted the third oldest would be. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

The Dime Lion led them around the tunnel to the third archway, where a prison guard dressed in a blue-and-gray uniform was posted, rifle slung across his back. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

A third farmer, rail-thin and wearing a knit cap, pointed at me as we approached. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

The doors close and we're in the space for the third time today but, for the first time, we are in the moment together. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He went another few paces and re­peated the threat a third time. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

That was the third time a person tried to murder me. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Adele made a big fuss over Luke’s third birthday in July with a homemade cake, balloons, and fancy hats for us and her grandchildren. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

They yelled again after the Pats recovered from a sack and, on third and eighteen, scored a touchdown. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

We’ve been friends since forever, but super best friends since third grade, when we got partnered for a group project. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

We eat firsts and seconds and thirds until I literally can’t have another bite. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Calvin felt she could not face the ordeal for a third time. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

A third chime with a third arrow, and the flames are a warm bright pink. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

By the third day, much of the cage had been dismantled. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They tested me and told me to go sit with the third graders. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

When we reach the mayor’s house, I only have time to give Madge a quick hug before Effie hustles me off to the third floor to get ready. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

In the West End there was a room for each grade—third, fourth, and fifth on the ground floor, six, seventh, and eighth on the second floor. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

A third hits Secret Service agent Timothy McCarthy in the chest, and a fourth ricochets off the limousine and pierces Reagan’s lung, missing his heart by inches. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

When we were walking into our third store, we saw this pretty red two-piece in the mirror. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Finally the temperatures rose, and some of them went south, creating a second wave and then, possibly, a third. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The third time, I didn’t look like a chump—at first. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He was letting the current do a third of the work and as it started to be light he saw he was already further out than he had hoped to be at this hour. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Second and third, you must believe wholly in the Bible and that Christ died so we may all be forgiven of our sins. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

But generally the three men would go, two of us to do the job while the third kept watch in the getaway car, with the motor running. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

But everything that happens twice will surely happen a third time.’ The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

My third selection, also related to death, showcases yet another tone and style, and stands as further proof that good writing does not fit into a single formula. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t until the third holding pattern southwest of Kennedy Airport that Klotz told ATC that he didn’t think the plane had enough fuel to reach an alternative airport. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Next stop was the state finals in Phoenix on the third Friday in April. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

If the ball’s hit on the ground, he takes off; if it’s a line drive, he freezes until it clears the infield; and if it’s in the air, he laser-locks on Webb at third. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

A third, a desert of heat waves away, sat at a panel arrayed with coils and dials. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the third day, Katz and I both had nothing dry and were shivering constantly. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Dad dug a hole underneath your favorite tree, the maple tree you planted when you were in third grade. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Determined not to miss again, he delivered a third mighty blow aimed at Seward’s throat. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She takes a deep breath and says, “Jax, I’ve always tried to be honest with you, and now I need you to be honest with me. Did you lose the third dragon?” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

The wall began to totter, then the top third crumbled into the aisle next door where Ron stood. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

But the vote for the third election happened during the 1797 recurrence of yellow fever, when most well-to-do citizens had left the city. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

It was midway through Reaping when the third string broke. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Look out for my tail,” said Sir Grummore on the third day. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The third stage vibrated quite a bit, not from side to side but with a choppy fore-and-aft motion which was felt as almost a buzz. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The Manichaeans, see, were followers of this Persian guy who lived in the third century. They believed that hedonism was the only way to get rid of their sins.” Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Might there be a universe in which Descartes’ third law of nature actually holds? The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

His score had just jumped 19,000 points, putting him in second place and knocking me into third. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The second draft, June 1947, the third...who cares to know? Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

George Layhe, who had gone up to the third floor, was in the most desperate situation of all, lying flat with both a large piano and a huge pool table on top of him. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

The third grader eyed Jack warily and inched his backpack out of the path. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

And the division of thirds was put on the basis that there wasn’t enough to save. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ring again, and then a third time, and finally I hear footsteps on the stairs and the door opens. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The road is longer and harder for all of us on our third day walking. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Vincent tells Theo there are three stages of love: first, not loving and not being loved; second, loving and not being loved; third loving and being loved. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

That from a third man, drawn by their voices—a skinny stubble-jawed piece of work with teeth stained red from sourleaf. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I walk up to the third floor and find a table near the critical theory section. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“You get paid to teach government. The first, second, and third amendments to the Constitution. Stuff like that. Why don’t you just dive right in?” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Thor asked Tyr on the third day of their journey back through the land of the frost giants. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

By the time we get coordinated, we’ve spilled a third of the bottle, which Rosie is still trying to take from me. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Spreading broad wings and reaching talons out, he met the two head on, withering them with fire, and then turned to the third, who was larger than he and armed also with fire. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

In third grade, Justin brought in a plane to school for career day and said he wanted to be a pilot when he grew up. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

For example, C minor has the same key signature as E flat major, since E flat is a minor third higher than C. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

I was the third BYU student ever to win a Gates scholarship, and the university was taking full advantage of the press. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

And I remembered how, when JT was in the third grade, he fell out of his tree house and broke his leg. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the evening of the third day, I can feel him looking at me. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

We rode the elevator up to the third floor, and she went from one room to the next. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

If Dobyns was right, disease claimed the lives of 80 to 100 million Indians by the first third of the seventeenth century. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

‘Duluth!’ yelled a third, which momentarily stopped the conversation as the other ghosts gave him confused looks. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He himself graduated in law from Leicester University, and now he was going to the LSE to write a doctoral thesis on law and poverty in the third world. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“The whole of the third floor has been searched. He’s not there. And Filch has done the dungeons; nothing there either.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

So any scale with a flatted third and seventh can be called a Dorian scale. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

We had first cousins and second cousins and even third cousins with us! The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Dedicated in the early third century at a cost of eight hundred talents, the Lighthouse was one of the first monumental structures completed after the city’s founding. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

I had enough food to eat, but on the third day the water in the basket ran low. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, he altered the order, put the third daughter first or the oldest one second. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

I struggled out of the compost heap and over the last wall, dangled in limbo as the third chime bonged, then dropped onto the drive that runs down the side of Mr. Rhydd's shop. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

After the third use of the aerosol new symptoms developed: fever, pains in the joints and general malaise, acute phlebitis in one leg. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

It is her third year as a civilian judge. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

His mom would need to be woken up; she’d just gotten on at the Pepsi factory, working third shift. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

And the gap steadily grows over the second and third grades. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

The Greeks even had a third argument that the earth must be round, for why else does one first see the sails of a ship coming over the horizon, and only later see the hull? A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The third of five children, she was born to a mother who was a cook and to a laborer father whom, though the parents had married, she didn’t meet until she was ten. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Within this section the office occupied the third floor, a storage area the second, and refuse the first. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two weeks before play night, she told me to catch her a live mouse for Claude Wiggins to drop out of a shoebox in the third act. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Once all the hubbub was finished, it was nearly third bell. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“And God bless Allah for the mashed potatoes!” said Katz happily and reached for the bowl for the third time. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Her second wish was that she’d have a nice speaking voice like Mama and Evy and Sissy, and her third wish, for when she was grown up, was that she’d travel all over the world. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I gave it to her and she unwrapped it and put the third bun in and wrapped it and took up the coins and found two coppers in her apron and gave them to me. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I’m not lying, the stats for the third match were different. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The third, fourth, and fifth minute of the seventeenth hour were the altercation minutes. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I usually feel better after the third or fourth shower. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

It was built in stages in the second and third centuries a.d. atop a deep, 300-foot cave created by a lava tube that may have represented the place where human- kind emerged onto the earth. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The third — and perhaps most important — implication of these studies is that persuasion often works in ways that we do not appreciate. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She even smiled when she punched Adam for the third time. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

To compensate for this imbalance, he said, magic existed as a third and powerful force. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

On the third day, juicy pieces of meat were served with supper. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

His first clue that the charrette was going to be something entirely different from the meetings he had been attending for years occurred during the third gathering of the steering committee. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The third Sunday she got up early and went out for a walk. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Sleep? Who gets to sleep? I’m on watch every third night. A man can’t stay healthy when he gets no rest.” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

A sigh sounded with each step leading to the third floor, where they left the offering at his door. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

By the third day the old dog seemed almost recovered and the wounds were closed. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

On Monday, there was a second article, then a third the following day. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

The car drove past the house for the third time, and I could see a dent in the trunk. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sure. Bears eat them—love to eat them. I can’t eat them yet, but by about the third day if we don’t find something else or get some fish they’ll probably be looking pretty good.” The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

"For Lord’s sake, Daddy,” Frank complained, "I feel just like a third wheel sitting in the back seat all by myself.” Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Disappointed, Stirling took the crew to yet a third fallen stela. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

A third cop gathered the stuff left behind and gestured for the cheerleader to enter the main office. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The first two were essentially responsible for the northern Appalachians, the third for the central and southern Appalachians. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

We pile into the third bus—Justin and Mike snagged seats early and are waving at us from the back. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

When she sings her orisha praise songs during her ceremonies down in the basement, I can feel it all the way up here on the third floor. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The sheriff took me to a third door in the holting area. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

A big one that took up the third page of the memo. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“I knew it. I’m totally going to be the third wheel tomorrow.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

The third was a dictionary of psychological terms edited by someone called Warren. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Finally, on the third day, the old man came at him with a broomstick. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

A third of the students at the local elementary school skip lunch during Ramadan. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Even though it's the third week of October, the summer beats on with the rhythm of a clothes dryer. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Today is the third day of cold, driving, relentless downpour. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of the three, two drove directly for the companions; the third turned his mount’s head and galloped to the flank of the defenders. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

He loses it because he goes to the pubs on the third Friday of the job, drinks all his wages and misses the half day of work on Saturday morning. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Our second wave landed and then our third. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bo, the third, had been in prison for close to six years. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

There’s a third time-honored trick: read the sentence aloud. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“You want her, still? Twice you’ve tried to hold her, and twice she’s got away. If I were her, I’d run, and keep on running, sooner than give you a third chance.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

There was a third bundle of coins baked into the stale loaf of bread that only the most desperate of criminals would be interested in. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Find two known points—he’ll choose the cathedral spire and the outer island of Le Petit Be—then calculate the location of the third and unknown point. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

On a typical night, Bertram kept his thoughts close until his third drink, when the whiskey unstoppered him and he rambled animatedly about Massachusetts blizzards, medical-school hazing rituals, or the relative intelligence of Virginia opossum. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

They covered about a third of the entire field. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

She was too excited to concentrate fully, but she did grasp that the lopsided pasteboard star was one that Chadwell had made in the third grade. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

“It’s useless,” Alec finally said when his hands slipped off the clasps for the third time. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

In Shakespeare’s day, rhetoric was one third of a basic education. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

I remember how proud Ben was to be Benjamin the third. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

So the morning before the third night she shook the mites out of her bedding. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

The third dealer took the pearl from Kino’s hands. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Her office is on the third floor, to the right of the stairs. Her name’s on the door.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

But when he heard her humming to it, he played the second verse, and then the third, and while his fingers took on the chorus, he turned to look at her. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Terry leads the way to the third floor, bustling up the stairs, with Vivian moving more slowly behind her and Molly taking up the rear. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

The words musicians use to describe timbre are somewhat subjective, but most musicians would agree with the statement that, compared with each other, the first sound is mellow, the second bright, and the third rich. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

“I know. He changed it in third grade.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The second and third levels were made of smooth bricks with an exposed walkway to give it the look of a palace tower. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before the third inning was over, the score was 12—0, and Grayson was in the showers. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boy cut a third slice and started to eat it. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

I had sketched her a few times in the first week she was living with us, and the third week, I used those sketches to paint a whole scene with her in it. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

On the way to my third trap I had to walk through a thick stand of wild cane. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some secret group that helped third children had arranged it. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

They were ultimately released, only to be arrested a third time, charged with sending obscene materials across state lines. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

It was good for an ordinary double, but Mary Hudson got to third on it—standing up. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Then she dragged a third quilt, the thick, homemade Chinese kind, across me. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The third task is clean, so let’s start there, shall we? Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

On the third day, I began to despair about reaching the giants in time. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Luckily, I won my third match and progressed to the finals the next day. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

The center of such a universe is not in that universe; it lies, inaccessible, in the third dimension, inside the sphere. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he was informed that Garfield was still alive, Guiteau said, “I wish I had given him the third bullet, and put him out of his misery.” Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

A third rail ran along the line, providing nine hundred volts of electricity to the trains. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

On the third day the freight crossed the mountains, and that was the time for unseasonable warm weather throughout the Middle West. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

On the third day, so many sick prisoners were being brought in that they were lying on the floor. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

In the quantum theory ol gravity, on the other hand, a third possibility arises. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Buphead counted to three and on the third swing they let me go in the air. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The third round had moved his head even further sideways to me, and when the fourth round hit, I saw a red dot open on the side of his head, then close up. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

About a third of them have porch lights on. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

I completely miss one of Cala’s pitches because I mix up the fastball and changeup signals...which gives the Red Devil on third base the perfect opportunity to steal home. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

Hazel looked down at her feet, poised in perfect third position, and then undid them and followed her mom into the kitchen. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

One was the tunnel; the rats in Mossflower Wood were attending to his second scheme; and the third—Cluny glanced over to the ditch. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

She swiveled so fast I flinched, expecting her to give me a personal demonstration of her first and third talents, but she only narrowed her eyes at me. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

A third collected their valuables for the toll and wrote that down as well. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Victor sat in St. Mark’s Square, surrounded by hundreds of tables and thousands of chairs, and drank his third espresso. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

There was a man who distilled his own wine three rooms down—he used mess hall rice and canned apricot juice—they heard him weeping late on their third night while his wife threatened him. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

What if he sneaked into the Sports Family house and met the other third child? Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

The front half of the church had completely collapsed and nearly a third of the town had been scarred by fire. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I feel a second sting on the cheek, a third on my neck, and their venom almost immediately makes me woozy. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

But that wasn’t the part that was the third omen. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Dozens more lay rotting on the slopes, and every third or fourth tree, it seemed, was leaning steeply on a neighbor. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

In the third test we were told to examine five drawings and figure out which two didn't belong. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

His friend was right: Neel might place second, or third, or last. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

While he was looking at the corpses, a live ant came down the pathway carrying a third one. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The third is small, and clings to its mother's chest. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

A third theory argues that the children’s burial reflects the way they died rather than their status in life. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

To get to Mr. Lewis’s office, you had to walk across the third floor and up the stairs into a corridor Hazel had never been in. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

About an hour after midnight the fear fell on them a third time, but it now seemed more remote, as if it were passing far above the clouds, rushing with terrible speed into the West. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I thought they must have been sent ahead from the third army. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

On the third night there was a rainstorm. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Boston was inundated with British soldiers, and now every third person one met in the street wore the handsome uniform of King George the Third. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

One had to be an impossible wish, another a wish that you could make come true yourself, and the third had to be a wish for when you grew up. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I glared over at our third baseman, who was standing near Mr. Galanter and looking very dejected. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

At the third service station, the owner took one look at my leg and listened to Dad’s explanation. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

In the syncopation in the third measure, the longest note doesn't even begin on a beat; it begins half-way through the third beat. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

“You okay?” he asks for, like, the third time in an hour, as I pass him on the stairs. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

But everyone was tired, and the third oldest said she was afraid she was going to throw up. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

But the third daughter, who had become a feminist in the wake of her divorce, said she considered such locker-room entertainments offensive. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

In repose he looks harmless—cuddly even, with most of his bulk concentrated in the lower third of his body. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The third thing was that there weren’t a lot of people like me I could look up to. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

So my third hobby is history, and Father's already bought me numerous books. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The third is the history of a clown’s underpants. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

My feet were a size eleven in third grade! The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

But then a third miracle did happen, or something like one: her sister answered. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

In third grade— the very last year that one could play T-ball—my mother wanted me to make friends, so she forced me onto the Orlando Pirates. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

At the end of my third year, he was suddenly appointed Bishop of Chester and off he went to live in a palace by the River Dee. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

She saw him after seventh hour in a place she'd never seen him before, carrying a microscope down the hall on the third floor. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Her third period is way on the other side of the school, so she always dashes as soon as the bell rings. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

We finished eating and got the check, not before Charles had time to finish his third Bloody Mary and order a fourth. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“That will take me twelve trips to the third floor,” I said. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

“The third floor is in bad shape. Part of the roof is caved in. There’s no way we can get to the door for the roof.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

We’re on the third floor and I need to be on the ground floor before all the kids are dismissed. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

On a table by the bandstand waited the loving cup for first prize and the scrolls for second, third, and honorable mention. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

The third try gives us 28—closer still. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

So was the second, but in the third he found something valuable: a mess tin and a box of matches. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

From the time of its creation in the third century B.C. until its destruction seven centuries later, it was the brain and heart of the ancient world. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The third blast caused us to run for the door. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Will you stop it!” she cried on the third evening of Kreacher’s absence, as all light was sucked from the drawing room yet again. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

We’ve been together since third grade, when we both showed up for the school Halloween parade wearing the Eleventh Doctor’s tweed jacket and red fez hat. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“That was the end of the third engagement,” Grandpa Nyles told him. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

I did not open the door to the second cell, nor the third. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cornell, in third, had all but disappeared, eight lengths farther back. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He died in his third year in high school and I was one of his pallbearers, and I think I was guilty of the sin of pride at being chosen. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two of them were about the same height and the third was shorter. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The second and third days were a new game, called Obedience, or Being Good. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Making your third grader go for a spray tan instead of playing in the park just so Mom can outsource her failed dreams to her kid? So wrong.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I measured them into thirds the long way and into halves the short way. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bullets that would obliterate mortals shatter against her skin as she tears open the hull of the third bomber. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

He makes the turn at third and heads for the plate. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Dad's giving me the third degree, major interrogation, and it really ticks me off. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The West End had grades from third to eighth. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I found Danny on the third floor against the far wall, partly hidden by a bookcase, wearing a black suit, a tieless shirt, and a skullcap. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Instead, I take an elevator up to the third floor, and then walk to the other wing of the hospital and use the back stairs to get to the cafeteria. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

When he came back a third time and wanted to stay, my mother finally said no. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

Each bottle could be placed on one of fifteen racks, each rack, though you couldn’t see it, was a conveyor traveling at the rate of thirty-three and a third centimetres an hour. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

More than a third of the national budget was going to the military, leaving people hungry and without jobs. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

The sounds of third grade shuffling and third grade jostling faded from their shelter. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

But by the third year my feet were like old leather and I could run barefoot for hours over the rough stones of the city and not feel it at all. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He checked the next blow, spun away from the second, de-flected the third. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The third time I called, she said, “Hold on, Mira. Are you planning to use the oven? Is there an adult in the house?” When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

One is the first counting number, two is the second counting number, and three is the third. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

In addition to reading on my own, I attended a school which had been arranged especially for us “new boys”—the third group of astronauts. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pose he settled on was something like a baseball player sliding into third base, but with his head propped on his elbow as if taking a nap. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“He sort of lost some revenue. The Corporation posted second, third, and fourth quarter losses totaling around forty billion? So, you know, they had to make some sacrifices, let some workers go.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Three days after the second egg was laid, Frightful laid a third. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

I expect the Minister of Post could build himself a second or third home out of undelivered boxes. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

In one triangle was rice, in another meat, and in the third stewed tomatoes. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Then you don’t have to choose which one is right,” advised the third. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t been on the third floor of anything since we moved here. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Galen’s extraordinary logorrhoea—his surviving works amount to 3 million words, and represent perhaps a third of what he wrote—is the consequence of his obsessive and futile effort to overcome this insuperable obstacle. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I was an unusually tall third grader with two arms, and I got beat out by kindergartner Clay Wurtzel. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

The third bus was left about halfway out the trail to serve as backcountry shelter for hunters and trappers. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Doherty did not recognize two of them, but the third man was John Wilkes Booth. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can see the first apple teetering when I let the third arrow go, catching the torn flap of burlap and ripping it from the bag. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

On his third day home he’d seen her out mowing the lawn, still pretty in a lacy red blouse and white shorts. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kimutai got past one defender, then a second, then a third. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If we bring down all of the fire, it should vaporize all of the poison and leave behind only the third key!” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Wash was done checking the heaters on the third floor and the east wing of the second floor when Mr. Stine came lumbering toward him down the main hall. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Through the window soared three owls, two of them holding up the third, which appeared to be unconscious. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“To answer your next question, my parents are divorced. My mother lives in Florida. My father is on his third trophy wife. They travel a lot.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

When Lopsang came to her assistance he discovered that her third oxygen canister had run out. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

By the third day she was firing them at him, “French?” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

“Or just throw him inside and be done with it,” a third said. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

There are fifteen seconds between the third and the fourth, which is the longest space. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Royal Brougham, despite his earlier gloomy assessment, had already announced his personal prognostication: Washington to win, Cornell in second, California third. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

This Ford Taurus was struck by the Jeep and then apparently spun around and was hit again by a third car. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The third grinds guilt deep into my gut. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

California, rowing at thirty-eight, settled into third place, ten feet in front of Washington’s bow. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Neither the third nor the fifth is pure, but neither of them is terribly far off, either. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

On it was written the third verse of "America, the Beautiful": America! The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

I roll over and spring to my feet and then fire a throw to Ben-Ben at third. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

I’m looking through the third section of the vinyl records on sale when Suesetta yells, “Found one!” Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Elementary and middle schools could put the January through April-born students in one class, the May through August in another class, and those born in September through December in the third class. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Figure 5.27: Take care to use the correct third and seventh — dominant, major, or minor — with extended chords. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

She tugged it clear on the third try, and held it up for him, a gory four-inch stiletto of irregular steel. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The State has not been looking for a third person, a ringleader for this crime, because I think they recognize that this person doesn't exist.” Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The third balloon explained it: He’s sweet on her. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

When I hit the third it was ever so slightly off and I gave one of the tuning pegs a minute adjustment without thinking. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He was heading for the green fields of left, and the runt kid, sounding like two runners with his flap-soles slapping the bottoms of his feet, was chucking dust for third. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s late afternoon and David is only on his third delivery of the day. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The vote was unanimous, although one member, navy undersecretary Ralph Bard, presently dissented from the third recommendation, resigned his post, and proposed to Stimson that the Japanese receive two or three days’ warning. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

He did whatever he could that he liked, and he liked womanizing best, drinking second, and abusing Eva third. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

A single sweep, and a third of it lay, a writhing heap of thorns, in a pile twenty feet away. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

By the third minute, Natasha's reliving the day and all the moments that led them here. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

The third goal, he explained, was more abstract. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The third strips me and hands shivers to my skin and to my flesh and bones. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Assuming our video monitors are correct, Mr. Fernandez is on the other side of the third floor, doing research in the Art and Artifacts Room.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

He did a count at Mass and figured the chapel was about a third full—not bad given that there was no new batch of seventh graders to replace the seniors who’d graduated. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Consumed by fear and ill health, she gave her third child, Anna, to a relative to be raised. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Well, Big Ma threw her Bible at him because he rang our doorbell the third time that week while she was studying the Old Testament. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

“You know that there’s no third chance. The rules say that if there’s a third transgression, he simply has to be released.” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re all wrong. The best play of the game was clearly the fumble on that third down in the first quarter and that’s because...” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

I finish reading the third chapter of Lord of the Flies, which, it turns out, is not about flies at all. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Although Swiss and Spanish infantry may be considered terrifying, nevertheless both have defects, so that a third kind of military organization could not only oppose them but also be confident of overcoming them. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

It was the third week of June and the field had already been occupied several times. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

How the third inmate got involved, Allen didn’t know. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But wars were not the first, second, or even third thoughts in my mind on those nights. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

But when the elevator opens on the third floor, Safer is waiting there. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

In compound meters, each beat is divided into thirds. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

"The third and last evil plaguing the village," the Old Man of the Moon said, "is you." When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Abe Goodstein, our first baseman, retrieved the ball and whipped it home, and the batter stood at third, a wide grin on his face. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

It’s on the third night, during our game, that I answer the question eating away at me. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

That was my third lucky thing on my streak. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom asks, and as she walks into the house, Lola shouts: “Your uncle AJ’s wife’s third cousin’s hairdresser. You remember him?” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

While San Franciscans were reading his obituary in several papers, the decidedly undead Neves rode like a man possessed, finishing second or third on all five of his mounts. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

About a third of the line was still empty, so I made another column and jotted down a few details: skateboard, van, 7-Eleven. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Agnes Black’s apartment was on the third floor, and there was no elevator. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“To the accusation ‘She should not have been kept,’ I reply that according to the third amendment, exceptions may be made.” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the third or fourth day, when a potter hoped that the correct temperature had been reached, the openings were sealed with clay plugs. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Finn remembered a day in the third grade when one of the Rude boys had accused Finn of stealing his Swamp Thing action figure, and the boys had jumped Finn during recess. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

The establishment of linkage between genes prompted a second, and third, discovery. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Those were the first two ships he’d lost from his own third of the fleet. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The only one that is commonly used is triplets, which divide a note length into equal thirds. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

“I did seventeen years, two days, four hours and twenty minutes on a twenty-year sentence as a third striker,” he explained in an interview posted on the Ella Baker Center’s website. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“To let the firefighters know we relocated from the third floor down here with you. If they’re given the go ahead to enter the building again, we want them to know where we are.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

And a third time, splitting open the cut on my lip from where Aaron hit me yesterday morning. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Do you know why I let Coach Noles take an inning or two at third every game?” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

"This is the third horse we have lost—" "We will lose more than horses if we're overtaken by the Lannisters," she reminded them. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Lyddie never quite knew how it was decided, but Mrs. Bed- low told her that evening that she would move her things from the attic to Amelia and Prudence’s room on the third floor. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Harry watched, astounded, as Dumbledore placed the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth keys in their respective locks, reopening the trunk, and each time revealing different contents. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The final third lay fallow for the grazing of the manor’s cattle. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Jennifer had already warned me not to fall for the prank of being told that the pool was on the third floor. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

He indicates the mast-like pole that pokes out at the front of the ship, like Pinocchio’s nose after the second or third lie. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Then she said to me, “Go down the hallway. His door is the third on the left.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

He folded the letter into thirds, then slipped it into an envelope. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“Out this door, hang a right, third door on your left.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Since I was a good soccer player and a responsible student, in my third year the headmaster asked me to be one of the co-captains of the team. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is less helpful than it might seem, however, because the palace complex occupied a large area—as Strabo states elsewhere, up to a third of the extent of the entire city. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

That was the third creature I ever killed. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

He could have found enough footholds to jump his way up the walls to the second or third floors—all while using the guards’ weapons against them. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

He hit the third knight on the bead so hard that his nose bled, and his horse ran away with him. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Plus, something I had forgotten in the years since I was eighteen: about a third of a server’s job is “side work” invisible to customers—sweeping, scrubbing, slicing, refilling, and restocking. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hornet poured herself a third cup of coffee. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“This is my third call,” Safer says when I fumble it out of the sock. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

In less than an hour, I'm at the place where we agreed to have the third fire and I know something has gone amiss. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Andy, the driver of the car, sat bandaged and dazed in the third row. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The third group had a pileup halfway around the pitch. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

On Sunday morning, March 21, marchers assembled at Brown Chapel for the third time in two weeks. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

I recognized the braid flying out behind the third runner as he rushed by, holding his rifle against his side, bandana up over his nose. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

One of these three dolls is an old Fisherman with a Net over his back, another is an old woman with wood on her back and the third is a little boy. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The third was etched with the design of a maze, and the last had an image of a building —maybe the Empire State Building?—with names Percy didn’t recognize engraved around it. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The track starts, and you can feel Nina’s voice in the room like a third person. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I think it was on the third day that a telegram signed Henry C. Gatz arrived from a town in Minnesota. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

On the morning of the third day, the lieutenant made us rest longer than we had during the previous days. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

On the third floor were our sleeping quarters. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I remember in third grade when you first wore it. I thought you had lost all your hair, like you were sick or something. Isn’t that crazy?” Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

He had left two sons dead in the Whispering Wood, and there was no word of the third, his eldest, who had led the Karstark spears against Tywin Lannister on the Green Fork. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

A “third party” was suspected of killing Malcolm X by CORE’S National Director James Farmer, who said, “Malcolm’s murder was calculated to produce more violence and murder and vengeance killings.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took a coin from the candle flame of a candle on the wall, another from his beard, a third from Shadow’s empty left hand, and dropped them, one by one, into the glass. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

“Right. And on January third I double your allowance again.” The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

The third painting is a pile of books—French novels—on a table. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

At 8:40 p.m., a third charge of electricity, thirty seconds in duration, was passed through Mr. Evans's body. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

A second, and then a third, pastoral was read from the pulpits. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The story she told about her third daughter no longer had the charm of a prophetic ending: "And, of course, she became a poet." How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Though his rural, homespun western boys did not win, they came in third, an outcome that shocked the eastern fans and press. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The summer between second and third grade, she was in the hospital most of the time. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

Again, a third factor, the age distribution of the various regions, points toward an explanation. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was getting good grades in the third marking period, I was still improving rapidly on drums, I continued to be oddly popular at school. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Exactly eight days after Kepler’s discovery of his third law, the incident that unleashed the Thirty Years’ War transpired in Prague. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Next he places her hands on a big cabinet radio, then on a third no bigger than a toaster. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The third floor of his parents’ mansion is a suite for him, a perk of being the last born to empty-nesters. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

The third day of school, some Mexican guys spoke to me. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

She picked a single page off the top of the pile and carefully folded the top a third of the way down, then the bottom of the page up. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

He consulted his list and called out, “In third place, Novice Tatting, Miss Calpurnia Virginia Tate!” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

A third cousin of Papa’s, Hopewell Stump, from out in Banks County, clerked and took care of the chickens that folks brought to trade out for nails, flour, sugar, coal oil, coffee, and chewing tobacco. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The key that would open the third and final gate. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

By the end of the third day, it began to be something of a frustrating experience. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Like the way I used to cough when I was in third grade and wanted Mom to come and pick me up from school. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

A third of that money is all I would need. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

On the third anniversary of the Shoemaker-Levy impact, he and his wife were in the Australian outback, where they went every year to search for impact sites. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Still a third type of answer to Yali invokes the supposed importance of lowland river valleys in dry climates, where highly productive agriculture depended on large-scale irrigation systems that in turn required centralized bureaucracies. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

They didn’t meet anyone else until they reached the staircase up to the third floor. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

The other kids looked at me like I had a third arm growing out of my forehead. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

The third harmonic has a third the wavelength and three times the frequency of the first. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

A second time she tried calling, then a third. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

The maggot third great-uncle even shouted “Ho Chi Kuei!” at the boy. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

This would be the third attempt, and this time there were even more lives at stake. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“But when you mentioned the third time, he went into a rage.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pythagoras had learned the triangle theorem—that the length of the third side of a right-angled triangle can be deduced mathematically from the length of the other two sides—from Indian or Babylonian geometers. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

But she wouldn’t say things like that until after the third drink. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the third day of the storm the man who wound his watch directed the two Finns back to their jurta. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

‘You said there are only two theories. Either he’s hiding or he’s kidnapped. But maybe there’s a third theory. Like the ninth one before. One that we haven’t yet thought of.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next third were told to shake their heads from side to side. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bodies of 112 men, women, and children had been found in a church in Northridge, California, the third apparent mass suicide in and around Los Angeles in the past week. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

On the third day the forest pressed close around them, and the rutted roads dwindled down to game trails that soon proved to be too narrow for their larger wagons. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

My father was the third to sign the petition. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tell him about our years with Ringling and how we left after the birth of our third child. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Plus, if you could actually see my boy Rondell sitting here looking all happy as hell eating his third Quarter Pounder. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

The third reason has to do with population pressure within the spider mite colonies. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

But her third son, Aepytus, had been hidden by her in Arcadia. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

This musta been the third time he axed me to tell what had happened to Pap. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

I usually came second or third in the end of term overall results. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

"You've heard it? Now, there's more to chopping someone's head off than giving them a healthy whack. A real master aims for the gap between the second and third cervical vertebrae. That's the sweet spot." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

The young man said, “Jump out and go up to the third floor.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Approaching the final 200 meters, the boys pulled ahead by a third of a length. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The third time through the living room, Judy caught my arm. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I saw Mr. Galanter standing very still alongside third, staring at the pitcher. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Again acting as his own architect, Holmes early in 1891 began planning the necessary modifications, and soon carpenters were at work on the second and third floors. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“Well, it is dead now, whatever,” said Gaheris for the third time. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had spent the whole day—the third to last day before school started—by himself. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

June cries first when she hears about the phone call on the plane, then again at Henry standing up to Philip, and a third time at the crowd outside Buckingham Palace. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

One of the most popular improvements was a necrology, a list of the names of the dead, which began appearing in the third edition. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Her fingers were numb and red, but even so, she made contact with all her arrows on the second and third passes. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

His third throw blew it with a double 16. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

She's wearing jeans and a quilted blue jacket, the same shade of blue that covers a third of her truck. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I’d need a third and, ideally, a fourth branch to make the nest stable. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Indeed, after the 1930s the thirds and sevenths actually became known as ‘blue’ notes. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

And the third was the Chief’s girl, Mary Hudson. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Nelida Grau yells from the third row, and in an instant the spectators are on their feet, arguing in every direction. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Catches us ALL off guard, but especially me: during this rotation, I’m at third base. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

And for a third time I’m expecting Manchee to come bounding out with us. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

The sun is setting on the third day of our journey. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Fuchs and Gold set a third meeting for March on Park Avenue in Manhattan. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only the rear third of the van was visible. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The third message is a photo of the beach: a long stretch of white sand, a cloudless blue sky, and a glittering turquoise sea. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

We decide that one pattern is in the service of the other, or that both are in the service of a third motive. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

One wrapped a square leg around his; the other kicked him in the back of the knee; the third pushed him backward onto the cowboy, who was whirling in the vicinity. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sit in the third row of the school auditorium. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

On the day that my father and I returned from the tribal reserve my mother gave birth to a baby girl, my third sister. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not that I have any real context, since I’ve only ever been to third base with a boy, and it was on summer vacation with a dude I met at a teen dance party. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

A splotch of rouge was so thick on one cheek it looked like a third eye. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

I see him between second and third period when I walk past his locker; his hair looks unwashed and his eyes are wide. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

Today they didn’t get here until the third inning of the opener, so they missed my leadoff home run. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

And now his grandmother had returned home after turning the corner for a third time, with a new husband and a baby on the way. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The key was to eliminate Sanders as soon as possible in the third quarter. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He labored home far behind the winner, Menow, diving for a photo finish for third place. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Men will still find you attractive," says a third person. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

And I was actually daring to think that the day was going down much easier than I thought it would when I saw Dean Wykoff walking down the hall between second and third periods. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

By then a second flight was in the air, and the archers were fitting a third arrow to their bowstrings. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He did okay until third period, when Mr. Lyons passed out a social studies pop quiz. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Finally she loaded each hatbox into a third plastic bag and sprayed it. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m sure it’s this street,” I say, after the third time around. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“I better get my hands on that!” says a third, laughing. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The third man wore something on his head that looked more like a dead possum than a wig, but his coat was crisp and new and the buckles on his shoes gleamed. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the third dagger took him between the shoulder blades, he gave a grunt and fell face-first into the snow. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

On the third day after the flood, he remembers carrying the bloated body of a girl on his back. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

The third time this happened, the old man shot back with his .22. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the third night of our journey, I woke up with a start when I felt two hands on my throat, trying to strangle me. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The second note lies obscurely under a streak of ketchup, or catsup, but the third is electric. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother stacked the pages, folded them in thirds, business style, and slipped them back into the envelope. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

I didn’t get in contact with my parents until my third day in jail. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The doctor and Mr. Alacran were pleading with a third person whose replies were muffled. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I find Evelyn first—she is in the lobby of Erudite headquarters, talking in a close huddle with Therese and a factionless man, her second and third in command now that I am gone. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

They had been sent down from Auburn, New York State’s famous second prison, to construct Sing Sing, its third. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ms. Brenda looked at him like he had a third eye and a third lip. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“We have Gabriel this year, and it’s fun, having a third child.” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

One says Off, another says Switch Scene, while a third says Customize. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She waited until the slave catcher was on the third step. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The third time, Johnny says, “You might as well bet. It’s just buttons.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

And beyond them, a brick square of a building with small windows—barred on the first two levels, bricked over on the third. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

The third time he managed to get a better grip, but it still took all his strength to yank the handle down. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

We did this every second or third day, depending on the weather; sometimes it was hunting, others it was shelter-building. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

It is her third cake on this trip, and each one feels different. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

But at the beginning of the third month, the first pair reproduces: you’ve got two pairs. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

I get a bad feeling the second Mrs. Fisher says, “Class, today marks the third day of National Poetry Month, and were going to form groups of two for our poetry unit.” Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

I hang up the first couple of times, but on my third try I leave a message. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

All carried bundles of washing on their heads, and two had children at their hips and the third was expecting. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not like Mama Ya-Ya who calls my name, drawing out the third syllable, the ah sound. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

Even I can play those, and piano is my third instrument. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The third guy scratched his cheek and gave us a smile made of a row of black teeth, the top middle pair missing. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

In the spring of 1953 a large British team, organized with the righteous zeal and overpowering resources of a military campaign, became the third expedition to attempt Everest from Nepal. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Danny explained that the third floor contained his room, his father’s study, and a conference room. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

She had been friends with Janie since the third grade, so she had never worried about who to eat with, or where she would sit. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Four boatloads soon became three, and by the end of the month Bolles sometimes had a hard time filling the third boat. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

She bought an extra alarm clock, which she set to go off two minutes after her original one; then a third clock, to go off after the second. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

After several weeks, they had worked out solutions for a third of the possible settings. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

And afterward, I ran around all the bases, from home to first to second to third and back to home. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

We each gobble up what’s on our plates and go for seconds and thirds till it’s gone. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

Rosenthal ran to the elevator and jumped off on the third floor, where about 150 staff members were gathered. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

It was the longest one he had ever seen, with almost two hundred freight cars and a locomotive at either end and a third one in the middle. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

After all, you can't have two thirds of a family knowing a juicy secret like The Bobby Story. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wore a gold ring on the third finger of his right hand. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Makes sense,” Rowan said for the third time. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“It’s only the third week of school, but I can already tell you, I hate Mrs. Constance. Who needs science anyway?” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Just before he arrived, the third war between the Ptolemies and the Seleucid Empire broke out, this time over a succession dispute. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

I flicked my fingers and the lute made a third voice as well. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The third floor corridor seemed to be deserted. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

From the third row of desks, Lavender said, "It's good. I like it." Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

The third time I did this, I knew something was happening in the forest. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, cautiously, he climbed back into the tree and made his third nest. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

In 1988, she ran for reelection to the school board for a third time. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

A guy peeks his head up at us from the third floor. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Desdemona saw little of all this up on the third floor. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, as one sometimes does with a book of which one knows that one will ultimately read and reread every word, he opened it at a different place and found himself at the third chapter. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Until then, I’d be grateful if you didn't give me the third bloody degree on how I choose to juggle your bills. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

He sprays a third, vertical line on my mother's door, cutting the X in half. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

A story I will remember long after I’ve read it for the second, third, tenth, hundredth time. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

January third was a day for snowplows and snowboots, snowballs and sleds. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Miraculously the first link appeared, and the second, and the third. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

In our example, we see two- dimensional space warped by mass into a third physical dimension. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no key to the third door. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I’d been to the building before, because friends of my parents lived on the third floor. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Seventy-two and a third days, sir. Give or take a bit.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He lived until the end of the second century AD, or possibly just into the beginning of the third century. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

We get off on the third floor, and go left down a long hallway. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

Well, you were right I did have a crush on you in third grade. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t after the first ring, he doesn’t after the second, he doesn’t after the third... A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

In a third tank, the jellies’ tentacles were so thick and straight it seemed like the animals had created their own prison. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The third principal, Herm Olsen, was known as one of the best criminal defense lawyers going. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

So the simplest way to write a triad is as a stack of thirds, in root position. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Ever since that time when I couldn’t remember a single thing about Benjamin Franklin and almost cried in front of the whole third grade from embarrassment, I always write notes. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, I bet….And where was the third ghost you saw?” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Then, making sure no one was in the hall, he would take out a key, unlock a door on the third floor, and enter the secret New York City headquarters of the KGB. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Note above all others the third of these. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

It is inescapable around here, and it has long since mingled with the taste of multicolored chalk dust that still haunts me from third grade. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

The third segment of the story was a previously taped interview with our mother. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I plunked myself in the aisle seat on the third to the last row in the middle section. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

As night falls on the third to last day of my life, I hear more shouting and pandemonium coming from the monitors outside my cell. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

On they went to the third round, a long discussion of fish. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Peering cautiously into the night, Anyango, with his sharp African eyes, saw the third lion—the one who had visited Hugo and me—following his two companions behind the tents. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

“The third riddle is a pun. The second riddle is a jumble. And the first riddle is for kindergartners.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

By the end of the third week, the world balanced on its axis. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

He liked to forget he was Luke Garner, third child hidden in the attic. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

In some respects he repeated the error of his ways in the third game as well: letting a potential—or at least a possible—win slip through his grasp and drift into a draw. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The short article summarized the details in the case, including that the police were still looking for a third man and that they were conducting intense searches for Emmett up around Money. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

On the third day, I found myself in the middle of a thick forest, standing beneath huge trees whose leaves and branches made it difficult to see the sky. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The third line of the cycle contains an X and numbers 2, 0, and 3, which are also guides to counting the cycle. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

“Right now, we need to be on the third floor!” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

On the third pedestal is a glittering diamond bracelet. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

When she was in third grade, she’d had a babysitter who took her to the Art Institute once a month. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Yolanda, the third of the four girls, became a schoolteacher but not on purpose. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Mr. Lewin sat at his desk on the third floor, crouched over his typewriter like a vulture dining on carrion. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Elected officials deduced that a strong percentage of kids reading below their grade level by third grade would be needing a secure place to stay when they got older. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

This appeared to be of the third variety. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

But I didn’t know what the third degree was. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

That was two years ago, in third grade, when me and Sneaky snuck into the cafeteria to get extra chocolate milk cartons. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

For a third—things had been happening, all at once. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I saw lights when I knew everyone was gone. I guessed. I—I really wanted there to be another third child for me to meet.” Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

I finish the second can and make a start on the third. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

And on the third day He rose again . In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is possible that at some later time with third and higher orders of colonies developing new worlds, another independent expanding civilization would be discovered. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s been days since Evelyn mastered the chaos in the lobby of Erudite headquarters with a few short commands and had all the prisoners hustled away to cells on the third floor. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Mark gave up after his foot went completely through the third step. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Webb’s in the dugout instead of coaching third because he still wants to be around the players in the game during the game like he was when he was an assistant. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

The third was young, fit, and dashing, but so drunk that Dany could scarce understand a word he said. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“This is the third day. But I’m back now.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

It had three eyes, and the third eye was full of a terrible knowledge. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

In fact, it is only one third that of earth, so that a typical male astronaut would weigh around sixty pounds and a female astronaut forty pounds. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the third time, once his vision cleared, Pong found himself looking up into the black eyes of a bird. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

By the third day of sailing, the weather turned rotten. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

On the third morning after the rain, Luke’s stomach churned as he sat on his perch watching the neighborhood empty out. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s my ancestor! I’m descended from the third brother! It all makes sense!” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The third visit to the shrink, and the last straw, came in grade six. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

One accident he did have in the third year of his aloneness. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

A third car held twenty soldiers to lift the president and his mattress in Elberon, and the fourth was for baggage. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I pause by the stairway doors that lead to the third floor and the teacher’s old storage room. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

He hasn’t come down from his office on the third floor of the house since he returned from D.C., now a few days. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most donors at the Kingsfield get their own room after third donation, and Tommy was given one of the largest singles in the centre. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ran into a dead end after my third turning. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It is not just the selfish realization that we have been robbed of their third- person company, but the unselfish realization that they have been robbed of their first-person experience. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Ms. Brenda stood on the third step speaking sweet things to Needles, but I'm sure he couldn't even hear her over his own screams. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

By the third lash, Doha couldn’t hear his sister’s screams over his own hysterics. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

And then came another cry, closer already, and then a third; and at that, all the witches seized their branches and leaped into the air. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I rounded the smelly clothes pile for a third time, Fig paused and stared at me, unblinking. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

The third boy, Haku, attacked with a sword, but Archer had the spear now. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

After a third quarter in 25%, Pollard reached back and delivered a crack with the whip. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The third brother, Agravaine, was moved because it was a matter which concerned his mother. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the third morning, the jailer unlocked my cell and motioned for me to follow him. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He works every third Saturday, and his phone rings on Sundays when there is a problem with the supply of potatoes or apples. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Now was the third time in all the years I had belonged to this library that I was on its third floor. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

And on the third day He rose again . In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The entire second floor was a library, a beautiful library, with mazelike stacks that reminded me of the third floor of the library in which Danny and I had spent so much time together. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Instead she tears through a shopping bag of photographs looking for a snapshot of her daughter, but all she finds is a walletsized school picture of Pilar in third grade. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The third one held up the messy, unformed puff of wool and threw up her hands. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

The two Guardians let go of the third man’s arms and step back. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first hour of the day starts at zero seconds past midnight; the second hour starts at 1 AM, and the third hour starts at 2 AM. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

A third old woman, smaller than the other two, was ambling toward them through the trees with unnerving quiet. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I counted my money for the third time and thought about my options. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

To know that they were actually making use of their day’s hard work would please everybody and they were likely to prefer this to a third night in the chalk holes. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the third day, Curt Lemon stepped on a booby- trapped 105 round. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d gotten out of first gear plenty of times, and even up into third gear twice. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

But Hitler now introduced two more laws, and it was these second and third laws for which the 1935 rally would forever be remembered, and from which Riefenstahl would later try to distance herself. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

"Take it," he said, passing it to me a third time. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

And a fourth so the third doesn’t feel lonely. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

All of this, of course, was afforded to her by Beverly Ember, who had, upon the death of her third husband, reached a financial status she’d never before thought possible. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

She still believed the third clue was telling them to add something up—that the sum would lead to Parkers inheritance—but the idea was beginning to seem more and more unrealistic. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

A third volume was so unenticing that it wasn’t published until 1899, more than a century after Hutton’s death, and the fourth and concluding volume was never published at all. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

And there was a point when I was coming around third that I swear I heard a slur used in the Duck stands. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

On the third morning he came in to the fireside where the mage sat gazing at the flames, and said, “Master...” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

On the third day, Monique had to go back to work. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The four of us had been given what was in effect the prison’s penthouse: a spacious room on the third and topmost floor of the prison. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let’s try the corncrib,” Mama said on the third night. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

With one stride he covers the earth, with the second the heavens, and with the third he boots Bali into the netherworld. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“When I was little, Mom used to take me to a play group that was all third children,” Jen said. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

This was the night of September third, 1940, and in a little while a bomb was going to fall from the sky and blow a giant hole in the house. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

A superb Chinese tradition of bronze metallurgy had its origins in the third millennium B.C. and eventually resulted in China’s developing by far the earliest cast-iron production in the world, around 500 B.C. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Lads, I’m in a betting mood. I’ll wager two jots that our young Kvothe makes it into the Arcanum before the end of his third term.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

For the third time, they found that they could not make the descent on the other side. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

It is time for the third tale, the monster said from behind him. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Three hundred types of mussel, a third of the world’s total, live in the Smokies. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

My third best friend was an author who did not know I existed. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

The third cabby looks at Alicia and says, "For you, fifty-five dollars—one-way. Okay?" Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

At Emily’s third soccer game, Bridge and Tab stood together in a drizzling rain. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

“I heard Max’s teacher say they read better than half the senior class. And them only in third grade.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Now, in order to be promoted, every student in third, sixth, and eighth grade had to manage a minimum score on the standardized, multiple-choice exam known as the Iowa Test of Basic Skills. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

On what seemed to be the morning of the third day, one of his interrogators and three other guards entered Shin’s cell. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

When I saw the first, I smiled; by the time I had laid eyes on the third, my smile had frozen into a mask of horror. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Sasha had returned home from our summer travels to start third grade. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The basement was our home for the next week and, by the third night, I discovered the source of the scratching sounds. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The longest of these embedded clauses, the third and the last, are also with commas or with or. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

A third ship surfaced from beneath, like a submarine from a horror show. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

James asked once they stood in front of the third bench down the pier. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Yup. I’m guessing it’s the third key, but I don’t know how to get it out. Do we have to sip from the cauldron?” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Somehow he’d never thought about the Sports Family’s third child being a girl. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

One missed his eye by half an inch, a second found his neck, a third went through his calf, boots and breeches and all. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The third man featured in the film, Robert Tarver, also adamantly maintained his innocence. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The third nocked an arrow in her bow. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

But further investigation proved that the gambler had gone home too early to be the third man. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

After the third time, I couldn’t take it anymore. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Tumen River, which forms about a third of the border between North Korea and China, is shallow and narrow. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

They were about to set off when a third rabbit approached—none other than Captain Campion himself. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he yells a third time and Ray doesn’t listen, Axel kicks his running into high gear and goes into the woods after him. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

On the third night after Pol’s announcement, their followers finally showed themselves. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The third is the Quality of Working Life building, or QWL, a conference room with sliding glass doors and a wooden deck used for training, meetings, and parties. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And on the third day, He rose again. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A third guard appeared, and the man, who was thin and weak from hunger, had no chance at all. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

By the beginning of the third quarter, the score was tied at 34. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

This is the third time in four weeks. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

But like at least one third of all the students who came to Howard, Prince was tired of having to represent to other people. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Two people are pacing around in the third room, a man and a woman practicing a theater scene. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

A third straw in the wind was that Gareth fought on Lancelot’s side at Westminster. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am not as disturbed by the words as by the fact that the handwriting looks like a third grader’s. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

This was the second, no, the third night since he had looked in the Stone. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Because it wasn’t funny in third grade and it isn’t funny now.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I like to see how fast it takes me to talk myself into a second or third one. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Steve was suspended for two weeks because this was his third fight of the year. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

To test the shows, Palmer took them to Philadelphia and over the third week of July showed them to groups of preschoolers in sixty different homes throughout the city. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Mrs. Janssen sees me, her face breaks into such a relieved smile that I nearly turn around a third time, because I’m still not quite sure what I'm doing here. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

What sort of man would they choose for a third courier? All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

They used to leave a key under the third brick in the garden, so I fumble around on my hands and knees, counting bricks and sifting dirt until I find that key. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then one day in third grade I attacked back. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

And by the time I get my breathing under control and go up to the third floor, it's almost two. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s the third parent calling to complain this week. Too much homework. Too much reading,” Miss Carol says. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Every third or fourth one he banged hard against the plastic display grid. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time they dragged the girls from upstairs, and thanked each other for the third time, it was past eleven o'clock. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the third is both a mountain to climb and a route to take. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

The noun phrase containing view is the subject of the third is-phrase, is not based on a lack of understanding. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

And run back up for another ride, and a third, and a fourth. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

In the third voice mail, Papa had simply said, “It’s okay, beti. Just phone us.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

By the middle of the third week the pain began to fade. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Mrs. Caruthers sure is hungry in the afternoons,” Cook said the third day Ophie brought an empty tray into the kitchen. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

She was concerned that he’d exhaust himself playing in a third tournament within two months. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It was like the third theory we were trying to find. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

And we find a third use, as in Descartes’ S45: the use of ‘hypothesis’ to refer to an argument that is acknowledged to be false but held in some way to be useful. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

But the third trick is that if you stand at the back of the line and realize you don’t have any money, you don’t have to tell anyone. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

As if dropped from the stars, a third man had materialized under the dock lights—and he was pounding Luno into a sweaty lump of Jell-O. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

At the end of the meet, the scoreboard showed that our team had once again taken gold—and I’d won the all-around for the third time. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The third white man and the white woman involved in the kidnapping and subsequent events were never identified or apprehended. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

But that couldn’t work, because the third and fifth letters were the same according to the cipher, and in Pigpen those letters were g and e. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I began to scream as the third lady grabbed my arm and was about to stab it with a needle. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hobbled the third but kept hold of it. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the third night, Mother tended him and I stood in the doorway, listening to his gasps, watching Mother watch him, her face hollow, her eyes swollen with worry and exhaustion. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

On the third day, the cops brought in the largest man I’d ever seen. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

After the first one, which they had interrupted every third sentence with questions, they were an attentive audience, and silent except for their frequent loud sighs and Esther’s nervous laughter at all the wrong moments. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I'm on the fourth story, then the third, then the second. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The last time we’d had a ZEM, Abuela went to the hospital for her third stay in three months, and it was decided that she wouldn’t cook Sunday family dinner anymore. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

A small airplane passed overhead—the third one of the morning—and we both stood up to wave. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

As Grove worked on the book, White asked him, in a letter, if the narrative could be told in the third person. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

She clomp to the kitchen and get on the phone with Miss Hilly’s third maid in a month. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Cas jerked her attention back up to the third floor and saw flames. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Does he not realize he’s half Fry’s size and a third of Big Foot’s? I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

My phone buzzes with his reply as the elevator slows to a stop on the third floor: Must be your good looks. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

The third strategy, least familiar to most readers of this book, uses a sign for each syllable. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

His tail’s two thirds shorter than it used to be, blood everywhere, but, God bless him, he’s still trying to wag. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Still, with his third New Year in the United States, Enrique resolves to change. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

And on the third day He rose again . In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The third one planted a heavily spiked arm into the stone, but its momentum was too much. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The psychologist had already given us the first third of the test. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

He did this again three times on the way, and after the third time he was barely stumbling along, dragging the rifle. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

The third was the worst: Because of the McCoy ordeal and the school board looking to avoid any further mishaps, I wasn’t allowed out of the car without wrist restraints. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

The third voice added, “Like Huey said, ‘We should all carry the weight, and those who have extreme abilities will have to carry extremely heavy loads’ ” There were words thrown back and forth. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

She started to raise her hand to ask for help, but Mrs. Grayson was busy with the third graders, who seemed to be having no trouble at all with their writing projects. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

When Thelma, a blue and yellow macaw, demands “Kiss me, big boy” for the third time in ten minutes, Mack throws a soda can at her. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

“The third and final task will take place at dusk on the twenty- fourth of June,” continued Bagman. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

On our third night there he came into my room to discuss our next move. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

It also meant that no peasant had all of his land in the fallow field, which would have resulted in starvation every third year. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

There’s only a third left, so I toss it to him. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Then on the fifteenth, the third of the tea ships arrived. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The third was about people who pierce weird body parts: One girl had a silver nail run through her bellybutton, and another one had a diamond stud put in her tongue. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

But I knew it to be part of his third language—the one he used when making paints. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

After a while the third son came and stood before his father and Wang Lung looked at him to see what he was. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

The third section was plain and simple vocabulary building, where I'd write words and definitions I wanted to learn and use. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Tom, the third son, was most like his father. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

We find a spot on the third level, ride an elevator to the lobby, and sign our names on a sheet at the front desk. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

A smaller, third level was visible above that, more like a high mezzanine circling the room. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Fine, I like that very much,” said the third spider. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

“There are five of us up here on the third,” someone else called, and Tad’s breath caught in his throat. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Tree-ear could feel the difference between the results of a first draining and that of, say, a third. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

“They came because of the Guild,” said the third. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the group’s third day in the desert. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Henry clipped the article, folded it into thirds, and mailed it. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He called out a third time, “Are you all ready?” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Kwang then leaned forward to offer one to him, but I interceded and poured a third shot from the bottle. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The announcer said they were going to play his third symphony. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

"A third mouthpiece," said Dr. Corey, "in case you swallow the other two." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, we came from the third planet, Earth, in a ship. And we’ve landed here on the fourth planet, Mars.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was only the third stakes win of Pollard’s career, and in a backward kind of way, he owed it to Woolf. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the third time, I tell the story of what happened this afternoon. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

When one was not spitting out food, another was tugging at her skirt, while the third screamed for his car, which had rolled underneath the sofa. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

This would be the third consecutive year they had held their own private celebration of the birth of the Corps. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The third omen that this was going to be a bad day was when we went into the nocturnal room of the Mammal Building. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

The third hit the mouse, blowing it into fragments. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

He drinks his third can of Red Bull, trying to finish a paper at four in the morning because he was out with friends until one. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

He read the passage aloud a second time, then a third, then a fourth. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

At the third, several men were sitting around a table, eating, and Ash hesitated outside until one of them looked up and caught her eye. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Both were mad ideas; she wouldn’t get beyond the third house in the village. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I've memorized our new third-year timetable and I knew what was coming up in the third and fourth periods. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

“According to The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms—available in our reference department, by the way—‘the third time is a charm’! Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

His eighth-grade project, “A Study of Air Flow in Scaled Dimensions,” scored third place in his school’s annual science fair. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

On the third night I asked him for some hand lotion, I didn’t want to sound begging, but I wanted what I could get. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

The glass is half empty, but there are a few good swigs ahead of me, and besides I can always order a second and a third if I wish to. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thus one problem created a second, which created a third. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You said the boy was from Farbranch,” says a third man with a purple birthmark under his eye. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I chased the raccoons into the night and stumbled over a third animal and was struck by a wet stinging spray. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I climbed the stairs slowly, the third one creaking, the fifth one slanting downward. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Certainly are,” said a third, a younger man, huge and Nordic blond. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

“Which trunk did you steal those from? Cost more than a third class ticket, I’d say.” I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

Climbing back up to the door, I slowly pull the dollar bill off the alarm switch, pocketing it as I fly back down to the third floor of the hospital. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Another is to take a third length, such as an extension cord, and tie it to the end of one of the ropes so that it will be long enough to reach the other rope. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

There Jack was, as he always was, sitting in the third row at the end, close enough to the door that Hazel could grin at him and he could make a face back at her. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

A minute later Pima appeared, chaperoned by a third adult. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

During third grade, a man in a black trench coat had stalked me on the playground. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

"You okay?" he says at the third stoplight, all soft. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

In Washington, Leslie Groves told Truman a third atomic bomb “should be ready for delivery on the first suitable weather after 17 or 18 August.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went back to class during third period and was bombarded with requests to retell the story. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I turned down a side street of narrow limestone offices, stopped at the third building, and wheeled my bicycle through its wrought-iron gates. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

You might even profit from this by challenging someone to choose whatever die he or she wanted, and you could then choose a die which would beat it two- thirds of the time. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The third daughter, especially, had gotten out of hand, making musical chairs of every man's lap. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

My third thought surprised me: I realized it felt good to be back on familiar ground with Aunt Loma. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The third time Ralph flunked, the instructor lit up a cigarette. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the third came to life, its glow illuminating the large room so brightly that Mark turned off his flashlight. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“I wonder,” said a third voice, gravelly and ancient like the first, “if perhaps you do not know the way, young one.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I blacked out after the third or fourth time he threw me. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

What happened was, we crossed a muddy river and marched west into the mountains, and on the third day we took a break along a trail junction in deep jungle. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I read it again, and a third time, before I worked out that it was about a ship sinking in a storm. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

He halted and looked for the third time at his wristwatch. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“New York wasn’t the third state. It was New Jersey, not New York.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

One is being practically dragged out by a second, and the third wanders in loopy circles, as if deranged. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Here are the facts: Dismay came to Snowberger’s seven years ago on this reporter’s third birthday. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

After the third time in Mother’s bed, I thought there was nothing strange about sleeping there. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the same on the second page, and the third. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He told me about it in early January, a day after the third letter had come. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Almost a third of them had a parent who had dropped out of school before the eighth grade. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

The food was surprisingly good, with meat at every third meal. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“I know it is. But enough of that. Tell me about—I don’t know—third grade.” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

He grabs a third chair from another cubicle and sets it halfway in Ms. Ofrah’s office and halfway in the hall. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

"I bet you just love that, Rémy," the third one replies. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I remember it felt that way in third grade, up at the board. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Two pairs of hypnotized eyes followed every movement of the fork to his mouth; the third pair remained fixed on the chipmunk. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The third tongue was reeling me toward it; I was a fish on a hook. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Must be from the part of the third floor that hadn’t relocated to this level. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Monday marked the third week of Mr. Quisling’s cipher challenge. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He’d thought another third child would understand him, be just like him. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Because they know,” he said for the third time. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

On the third day of this seemingly unending bash, there were two unexpected party guests—or at least unexpected to Rowan. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“Who says the signs had anything to do with a third party?” The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

On his third visit with Browne, Bobby was to stay overnight. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The third was holding on to a tree, leaning over the edge. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

He stood there looking bewildered after the third swing, then slowly walked away. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

After they became the 46th Guards, they were allowed to form a third flight squadron and a training squadron. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

“I don’t have any friends that can sing it. I was going to double the third refrain to give someone the chance to come in as Aloine.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The big kid, Frank, sat forward, staring at her in fascination, as if she’d grown a third eye. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Figure 6.15: Did you move the key down a minor third? Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

I like to remember things like the time she took me to my first dance class when I was in third grade. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Grabbing my arm to stop me from leaving, she shined her flashlight up a dark flight of steps leading to the third floor. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

But into the third hour, they were trying to make me stop laughing, but it only made me laugh harder. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

He was the third god I’d met, but the first who really struck me as godlike. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Islam was the third kid in the family. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

He seized the blade of a third man's weapon in his cloak-wrapped hand and yanked it away. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

One morning, he emptied both barrels of his shotgun at his tormenters, killing one, maiming another permanently, and wounding a third.... Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

And third, I figured this was the last school I would ever have to attend. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

At one point, one of the girls, a second, third, or fourth cousin of mine, gave me a sideways look and said, just a touch hotly, “How come you talk like a white girl?” Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

There are almost 700 miles of gorgeously mountainous Appalachian Trail in New England—about a third of the AT’s total trail length—enough to keep me occupied till August. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

We pushed open the doors to the third floor and walked down to trig. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“He lives on the third floor. We’re trying to persuade him to like us.” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

On the third day, the evil day, Mama did not appear at the door to bring in the water Deydey fetched. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

She found it on the third day, in an overgrown meadow beside the tennis court, behind a clump of trees—a low brick circle almost hidden in the high grass. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

An hour later, I stood panting and thrashing around with my third bowl of dough, with Mother and Viola growing more incredulous by the minute. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

After twenty seconds of music, the announcer interrupts a third time to introduce commentator Carl Phillips, who will conduct the interview. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

The third officer had come through from the kitchen and was rifling inside a box of Chaim’s clothes that hadn’t made it to the front bedroom. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I couldn't believe my eyes—it was my old third- grade teacher, Miss Fleck. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The woman stood in front of the gas heater and picked the dirt from under her thumbnail with the third finger of her other hand. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

His burglary can be charged as a third strike because of his two prior felony convictions. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

The driver of the third car was not hurt, but both the driver and the passenger in the Taurus had to be removed by ambulance. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the third round, excitement in Belgrade was so great that fans filled the large hall to capacity in less than half an hour. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“If today is September third, 1940, then tomorrow is . . . also September third?” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Actually, Adria and I also came up with a third lesson: a true Cheetah Girl never lies. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The central plateau was his roots as an epidemiologist and a clinician, and a model of how a committed staff on a limited budget could raise the standard of health in the third world. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

It had three holes across the top, and I covered the third one to generate the 2600-hertz tone that had made this whistle famous in the annals of hacker history. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

After the third try they stopped and looked down for a while. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He slashed the first two monsters into dust with his claws, then sank his fangs into the third one’s throat and tossed it aside. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

So, trying desperately not to disturb the universe, Hazel took her place in her usual desk, third row from the back, right next to the window where she liked it. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

There, I said pointing up to the third floor. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

It knocks me off my feet and carries me back to the third pedestal. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Then he and Boori Ma carried the basins all the way up to the third floor. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

She slides into the center of an empty row, but it's the third bench from the front of the church. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Vancouver answered in the third period, scoring the game’s deciding goal, and then, when Medicine Hat pulled its goalie in desperation, Vancouver scored a third time. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

The third, Eastasia, only emerged as a distinct unit after another decade of confused fighting. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The siege went on almost continually, well into the third week of January. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

But it was their relation with the third of these acquaintances that Singer remembered when his friend was gone. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I barely had the motivation to climb to the third floor. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The third time I do this, it flies at my face like its gonna sting me. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Ophie’s second and third day at Daffodil Manor were much the same as her first. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

The third wolf was on him, knocking him to the sand. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Soon, on her third bottle of the dark beer, Ambuya was recounting how Ruva squealed when a fish she had been given by Crocodile Guts wriggled in her hands. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

First, the collar on the pink robe is turned up; second, there's a bath towel wrapped around her head; and third, the real Aunt Ethel is about twelve hundred miles southeast of here. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The second Wednesday of September, and the third, and the fourth, and Wednesdays on into October were pretty much the same. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

On the third afternoon of the siege of Saint-Malo, the shelling lulls, as though all the artillerymen abruptly fell asleep at their guns. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

A third factor is that Africa’s area is only about half that of Eurasia. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

A third had skinny black arms that stretched longer and longer until he awoke, sweating and shivering. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Started at third base my junior and senior year. No one cared that he was gay—not the players, not the coaches, not the fans.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

The opposing teams would alternate as the lead, second, third, and fourth bowlers all took their turn. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

My mother and father slept on a single mattress, our only piece of furniture, which took up a third of our space. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

‘Orders,’ said a third voice in a deep growl. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“He buried the guy by the third tree past the sign for Minawala.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

As Holmes awaited execution, he prepared a long confession, his third, in which he admitted killing twenty-seven people. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I prop them against rocks in the stream so that two are always filling while I pour the third over Peeta's body. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

A third, and what appeared to be the oldest, set of twins was blond, standing apart with hands on hips, and Ivan was face-down on the ground in front of them. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Finally, when their third ones were about halfway gone, Lina began to notice that the air smelled different. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

After the banquet, our small wedding party pushed us and half carried us up to the third floor to our small bedroom. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

A man that thinks anything he dont understand all about must be crooked and that first chance he gets he’s morally bound to tell the third party what’s none of his business to tell. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the following summer, Mom and Dad were heading into their third year on the streets. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

At her throat, her ruby gleamed, a third eye glowing brighter than the others. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Fortified towns emerged in the third millennium B.C., with cemeteries whose great variation between unadorned and luxuriously furnished graves bespeaks emerging class differences. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

After my third vodka cooler, I straddle his lap and drape my arms around his strong neck and whisper things in his ear that I shouldn’t be whispering. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

The third important arrival was Sir Aglovale, who came rather late in the afternoon, when the rubies had left the table and climbed the wall. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bridge thought Emily would come back with something snotty, but she just nodded, dragged a third little chair from next to Evan’s bookshelf, and sat down, her knees bumping the table. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

“And now we honor our third Quarter Quell,” says the president. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I knocked on the third door on the left, which had a sign on it that said wtlltam black. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Lemoncello had just climbed on top of the balcony railing outside his private suite—on the third floor! Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

It’s an adult term, and it’s disrespectful, and I’m more than two thirds adult and I’m pretty disrespectful, so what the hell. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Aided by a twenty-five-yard scramble on third down by Winchell and an interference penalty against Carter, it moved down to the Carter 14 with four seconds left before the half. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Boyle found that if the pressure was doubled, the volume of trapped air was halved; if the pressure was tripled the volume was reduced to a third; and so on. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

I would like to know just how he pictures it to himself, and pour the third glass of beer into me. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your fellow scholars in third hour wanted you to have this.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He drove on quickly, up through Harlem, slowing a third time in front of some dilapidated old buildings. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

A third nurse, a pneumatic black girl in pale pink, stands at the end of the table with her hands on her hips. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

He beat away the student's first two blows, but the third stung his leg and made him shuffle backward. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

And on the third day, early in the morning, a guard came for me. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

The bookseller got down two fat books, Parts I and II of An American Dictionary of the English Language and then a third. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

At dawn, heavy snow was falling again, and there was Roz, setting out from the Nest to build a third lodge. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The third day after the boy had awakened to the smell of ham bone and pork sausage, it was still cold and the wind still blew. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was back in third grade and Mrs. McNulty, our teacher, had stepped out of the class for a smoke or something and bam! Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The third little cake was downed just as quick. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

“Rupert’s got a thing about shamblers,” a third voice says, low and even. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“No. Just the tapes. But it didn’t make any sense because Hannah and I have third period together and she was at school that day.” Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Minutes later the official results were announced: Ky Ebright and California had won their third consecutive national varsity title, by one-third of a second. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

In September 2015, I traveled with the seven-member US women’s team to compete at Worlds for my third year in a row. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The third little figure she picked up and held in her hand. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

The third doctor, who carried the X-ray plates in their red envelopes, said nothing. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

One wants his leg placed so, another so, a third wants water, a fourth wants her to shake his pillow;—in the end the buxom old body grumbled bad-temperedly and slammed the doors. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

It came out of the third storey; for it passed overhead. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Take the third number and cover it with a carpet of size 1/4, and so forth. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Tyler ambushes me in between third and fourth period. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

The third week of term, he had been ill. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

The third guy had been a mail thief as a kid. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

A pause, while Fleur’s marks were being shown . . . more clapping. . . then, for the third time, the whistle. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“We shared our coal, gave her a place to sleep. How could she betray us this way?” a third wanted to know. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

There, as Frank told the story, she “lays out worksheets, points to one example, then another, then a third. She stands back, with eyes tranced behind her rimless glasses.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He could do something to help other third children come out of hiding. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

But on the third night, after I’ve been medicated and the lights turned down low for bedtime, he slips silently into my room. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The courtroom, an unpretentious chamber situated on the third floor of the Finney County Courthouse, has dull white walls and furnishings of darkly varnished wood. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

As they descended past the First Step—where on the way up they had climbed past Paljor, crumpled and raving in the snow—the Japanese party now saw no sign of the third Ladakhi. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

At the third sentence the tin soldier sat bolt upright. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

It was a sacrifice fly and moved the runners to second and third with only one out. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the third rotation, I take her by the shoulders and press my mouth to hers. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

More than a third of the population had fled. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Then he thrust my hand away and shook his head once, twice, and then a third time. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

And third, some saucy tart once tried to impugn my virtue against an oil painting of him, and in the halls of memory, some things demand context. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

It was on the third turn that he saw the fish first. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I place myself in a third category: among those who know where blame really lies. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

The only problem is it feels good for the first two seconds, but by the third second, all I can think is: I’m all alone. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Beside her, Nox swore colorfully when his dagger hit the third ring on his target, and her smile broadened, despite the shredded corpse that lay somewhere in the castle. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Following this, the third subsection explains the issue of prespecified verbal formulas. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Scooter”—she repeated his name a third time—“don’t you think our grass is too short?” Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

But then no third person was on hand. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

A moment later, he heard the creak of the third step down on the stairway. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I help Rue collect and place the wood for the first two campfires, the third she'll have time for on her own. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I was just dealing the third hand when the front door flew open and my father came inside. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

By our third year, services were held in the courtyard, which we preferred. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The third man! R.C. Rydell told me he was going to make trouble.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

When we were all afoot the guards would take us out to the plant to work; but after the third or fourth of these examinations I was unable to get up. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

It contained about a third of all the resin we’d found. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Lupita asked herself for the third time, as she looked over her shoulder at her mother, who stared sadly at the three younger children lined up against the wall. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

A third possibility, then: dismayed by the failure of our Jesus to protect us, they opted to steer clear. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was chewing on the third bite when I saw what was on the TV. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

In the first, third, and fourth paragraphs, every subject but one consists of herons. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

From the distance of the balcony—it was the third floor—he appeared to be a healthy prepubescent. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

She did not look up, but started on the third strand. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Rae sits shotgun, and I wind up in the third row, so there’s zero chance of charming her into talking to me on the way over. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Alongside them, in the years between 1653 and 1691, a third argument developed, an argument which was based on the new language of ‘matter of fact’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

She added two logs and then a third. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I know that there’s a third reason, too. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She took just enough change for her fare from shopping money and rode the bus down to the old stone building, with bars on the windows of the second and third stories. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Do I really want to be back on the third floor with her, nowhere to go but back to my room, nothing waiting there for us that wasn't there before, no newfound ease or understanding. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

After graduating third in his class from Harvard University, Ellsberg stunned friends and professors alike by applying for officer’s training with the Marine Corps. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“But Pa, this is the third day. Are we going to turn around and walk back home now?” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ours was the third performance in the girls’-school division. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But even things as fine as all that must end sometime, and late on the afternoon of the third day the tents were struck, the pavilions were folded, and everything was packed ready to leave. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

The next longest wave is the third harmonic, or second overtone, and so on. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

It was more like every other day, or every third, that I sent something. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The third, Arielle Reddy—the prettiest girl in their class, with her dark brown skin and shiny black hair—simply glared. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Now that he was dead, it belonged to Mammachi, their grandmother, and Rahel and Estha were on their way to Cochin to see The Sound of Music for the third time. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dr. Barnes removed the third, fourth, and fifth cervical vertebrae from Booth’s neck. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

It was Spoon, his third call this morning. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

On the third day, the chief met with his officers. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no third child, of that I am quite certain. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Think about eating a third sandwich but decide it’s better to save it for later. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

He just let the bottle sit there like it was a third person in the room. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

They dragged me from the second place to the third place, every voice sowing the wind, all things summoning the whirlwind that would sweep us all away to drown in the deepest sea. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Babgen Bannayan got in trouble for not bringing in his history research on the Colossus of Rhodes for the third day in a row. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

But today, my third day being twelve, I whisper to Andrew: “I’ll help. At lunch, I’ll show you why numbers and letters mean.” Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

The first third of the river was their friend. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

According to Genesis, God had gathered the waters together on the third day of creation in order to make dry land. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

It would be the writer’s third script for The Mercury Theatre on the Air, and it would alter his life. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

I was not happy to be separated from my colleagues and I missed my garden and the sunny terrace on the third floor. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was a third voice, more dour than the Archies’, but just as familiar. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I ended up taking first on vault and balance beam in my junior session, and third all-around, with a final score of 53.650. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He had just reached the third floor when he was knocked off his feet. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Nix that, I thought, and was about to knock on the third door, when suddenly it opened and there stood a middle-aged lady in a golfing skirt. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I kissed my brother and sisters for the third time—-the last time. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wondered if she would teach able-bodied third graders the same way. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

She told us about the detective who lived on the third floor and the nice woman down the hall named Bella who was a stage magician, while Audrey brushed Nana’s hair. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

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

The tall Talib with the black sunglasses walked to the pile of stones they had unloaded from the third truck. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The silence sat between grandniece and baby grandaunt like a third person. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Three groups of them: the first got one grain per peck, the second one grain every other peck, the third was random. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hazel lay there as elementary school students gathered around her, and it seemed that not even the third graders were dressed as ridiculously as she was. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

“The clothes weren’t even secondhand, so much as third- or fourth-hand. There was a pretense here. It’s like she went to a thrift shop and searched for Eighties Prep. I mean, a monogrammed sweater?” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Benji jumped from one couch to another, then to the third. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Between them they half carry, half drag a third man. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first story was beige brick, and the second and third stories were yellow, with the fire escapes painted to match. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

And third, help can come when it’s least expected, and that’s good to remember, because it means you’re never really alone. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Let’s go home together after class,” An Yi called as we separated at the third floor. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

A third commentary, however, explained the text in six lines. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

In other words, between a quarter and a third of the inmates had killed somebody. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I think that’s the third one he’s done in by snapping his neck.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Ladies and gentlemen, in five minutes’ time, I will be asking you to make your way down to the Quidditch field for the third and final task of the Triwizard Tournament. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The night before the third day, we were all treated to a big dinner and then packed off to our hotel rooms. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Hard enough for me to take second and third. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He starts back for a third pass, his finger on his radio. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

I poured the water glass a third full of cognac and drank it off. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

At the start of the third week, our Blockdlteste was removed; he was judged too humane. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the two hatchlings reached the water, everyone along the parade route applauded, and my father said fascinating for the third time. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

The camera rolled, the third and final interview. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was sort of like Kepler’s third law. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

In Old Nan's stories about men who were given magic wishes by a grumkin, you had to be especially careful with the third wish, because it was the last. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Hugo missed 2 with his next dart, but got it with his third. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

A quarter to a third of the adult urban population is engaged fulltime in the nurture and education of the children. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

More students poured into the classroom, a couple darting in just as the bell rang for the start of third period. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

About a third of the way into the race I was going so fast—for me—that I started to trip. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

“Maybe we need a third camp,” I suggest. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

Men did not often threaten Belwas, it would seem, and less so girls a third his size. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

One jumped the fence, the second ran in front of the car, and the third stood stock-still before him, frozen in the light, no more than ten feet away. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“You—you look like Mrs. Leer. My third grade teacher. I hated you.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

If they could find someone who could challenge me for second or third place, then that was another way they could get rid of me. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

But when she reached the third floor she saw that his door was open and his room dark. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The sophomores seemed to get smoother with every pull of the oar, and they had been closing fast at the end of that third mile. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

All these relics gave to the third storey of Thornfield Hall the aspect of a home of the past: a shrine of memory. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

On the third day I was better; on the fourth, I could speak, move, rise in bed, and turn. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

On the third try, I do get a bit further. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

She was high enough to see the third floor, or the part of it that hadn’t collapsed to the classroom below. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Cutting across it a little over a third up is a wooden bridge. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Later that day, another tribute is killed in combat and a third gets eaten by a pack of those fluffy squirrels, leaving Haymitch and a girl from District 1 to vie for the crown. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I wondered how hard the third grade would be. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is the third night I have had no sleep. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

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

“The third word in the next line,” explained Baba, “was worn off the slab, its meaning washed away by centuries of rain, almost lost to posterity forever.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Today, our third day on the road, I walk with a little more bounce in my step. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The same for the waitress, the payroll manager, and the third grader. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Cade, hair crazy and eyes glazed, sat up from behind the Wall and gulped all the water, spilling at least a third of it down his chest and onto his lap. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

And so, by the time she reached the second-floor landing, she had already drawn to the whole building’s attention the menu of her third daughter’s wedding night. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

“December first or second, or maybe the third.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Yellowing broccoli is on the menu today, so I pour myself a third bowl of cereal. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

And third: the moment my butt hits the bench in the dugout this afternoon—you know, for this practice I’m sitting out of—Britt-Marie appears in front of me. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

One showed up anyway with the tenant from the third floor, who’s a plumber. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

And then a third boat came surging out of the darkness and onto the sand. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Us third years can't play conkers, though, 'cause it's too gay. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

The third kind were large wooden houses with broad porches that ran around the buildings; they had odd shapes, round towers, octagonal bays, balconies. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only person I seemed to have anything in common with was the absent Rudolf Brodermann Elmenhurst, the third, who also had an odd name and who was out of it because he wasn't there. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Despite my slight missteps on beam and floor, I was in first place on both and third on vault. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The front door had remained unlocked for him, but on the third floor he met Peeves and only narrowly avoided detection by diving sideways through one of his shortcuts. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The numbers went 0, 1,2, 3: zero came first, one was second in line, and two was in third place. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

The Holy Angels students would use the third floor of the school, while all Vincent de Paul classes would be held on the first and second. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

It’s the third time this week I’m late because of that clock. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

“He wants a Luminous Stone,” said a third villager, speaking for the first time. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Another head breathed a column of fire, and the third head dripped what looked like greenish poison from between its fangs. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

The third level of the platform was woven of branches no thicker than a finger, and covered with dry leaves and twigs. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Too bad my mother never met Mother Smith, I thought as I beat a rug for the third time in the courtyard. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The computer voice recited the number, and Colin pressed 1 to be connected immediately free of charge, and on the third ring, a girl picked up. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

The string vibrating in halves produces the second harmonic; vibrating in thirds produces the third harmonic, and so on. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Dukakis will boast that two- thirds of the electorate prefer him to Gore, whereupon Jackson will respond that two-thirds of the electorate prefer him to Dukakis. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dates of domestication provide a third line of evidence confirming Gabon’s view that early herding peoples quickly domesticated all big mammal species suitable for being domesticated. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Because Tyler was the third son, he barely remembered school and was happy to study at home. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

When she saw the guardsmen on the third pier, in grey woolen cloaks trimmed with white satin, her heart almost stopped in her chest. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Starting from kindergarten, they learned of the black man’s glorious history and from the third grade they studied the black man’s original language, Arabic. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon after Francie was eleven, Sissy married for the third time at City Hall. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

This third person does not believe that a fetus is the 1:1 equivalent of a newborn, yet neither does he believe that a fetus has no relative value. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

A third will weigh each, announce its mass, and pass it to von Rumpel, who will examine the stone through a loupe and call out the clarity—Included, Slightly Included, Almost Loupe- Clean. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“They have...destroyed at least two thirds of all who have perished by the disorder.” An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Harry and Ron had barely finished their third helpings of Christmas pudding when Hermione ushered them out of the hall to finalize their plans for the evening. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

We left them and started up the stairway to the third floor. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

After tipping the doorman to get access to the dressing rooms, he climbed the stairs to the third floor. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

First she climbs to the third floor to drink from the bathtub. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

As Frankie shoved her to the floor, all Diana could think was that they were too late, as somewhere a third bomb was exploding. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The third stretched out his neck and watched the commotion with wet, solemn eyes. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because it doesn’t seem like much until maybe the second or third day. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

More thunder rolled, and then a third wave. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because we both knew this: that on the third day after someone dies, the soul comes back to settle scores. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ahead, there appeared a point of light, then another, and a third. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

In the middle of March he starts moving into the new apartment, at 8 Cite Pigalle, on the third floor to the left. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Sierra continued past her own room to the third floor. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Most of the kids were older than I. They were in the second or third grade at school. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Immersing herself in a third language, a third culture, had been her refuge— she approached French, unlike things American or Indian, without guilt, or misgiving, or expectation of any kind. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Might as well give the guy a fighting chance on this third pitch. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

The third one seemed even worse than the second. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nor would he sleep when the third day came. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

To prevent confusion, Mesoamerican societies created the third calendar, the Long Count. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

And the third: “I’m not saying it’s good or bad, smart or stupid, I’m not saying if I’m for or against. Let’s just wait and see what develops.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is the third time Miss Saunders has busted her in the bathroom this month. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

The third box is harder, but I guess it’s in the shape of a Magic Marker but much bigger and heavier, as it slides one way and rolls the other. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

It was like looking at monitors in one of those big security rooms: There was the third floor stairwell. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

But there is no such rapid recovery of the larger aquatic insects, on which salmon in their second and third years depend. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

But even then the disease killed perhaps a third of its victims. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The third will open if she whispers a magic word through its keyhole. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“I might not be able to save ’em a third time.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

In a third car, the Nazis loaded in wooden crates. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

The third time, the flames had reduced it to a charred carcass amid the smoke-guttering factories and slaughterhouses of the Stockyards. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“I thought she was some kind of wounded animal,” said the third person. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

It was his third and he had become looser and louder. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

By the third day his eyes ached unbearably and his spectacles needed wiping every few minutes. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I found that by the second day I had more or less adjusted to the absence of food, and the third passed without much craving at all. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She would’ve been pretty, but her hair was tied back in a tight bun and she wore too much makeup, so she kind of reminded me of my third- grade choir teacher. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

By the second or third day, my insides were running normally, and I no longer had that bloated feeling from my greens-only diet. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

My third try, the quick arm movements I used to set the fire messed everything up. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knew his father came up to the third floor a few times a week to collect the Beiderman’s garbage and bring it down to the building trash bins. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“Oh, I know exactly what happened to it. That Jacob Carlyle blew his knee out trying to steal third base during a game a few weeks later. Ended his career.” Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

By the time the field charged past the fifteen-hundred-meter mark, the Husky Clipper had eased from fifth to third place. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

This insect infests about a third of Africa, posing a menace to human health and preventing the keeping of livestock in an area of some 4% million square miles of wooded grasslands. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

One of the men helped him while the third one got in front of Tenorio and pushed him back. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

This incident could spark a third world war! The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Charles always connected the letter and the telegram the way we group two deaths and anticipate a third. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

When it reached the third robo-basket from the end, a set of rollers popped up and shunted the book off to the side into the waiting wire basket. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

He swung at the first pitch, missed, then swung again at the second pitch and sent the ball in a straight line over the head of the third baseman into left field. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“You have a keen sense of defalcation. Perhaps I should add a third D.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

For the third time they had met and touched: he had of his own will turned to the shadow, seeking to hold it with living hands. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

By the end of the first verse she was nodding, by the end of the second she was humming, and by the end of the third she was singing along. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

He leaned over and drew the third line. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

In the third were students who were unlikely to ever play professionally and who intended to be music teachers in the public school system. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“Up on Coalwood Mountain. That shack off the road, about a third of the way down. She fixed me French toast. She wanted me to be sure to tell you about it.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I tried a new spot and found another, then a third. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“In the beginning, their heart rate is 175. They can’t see straight. Then the second or third time, it’s 120, and then it’s 110, and they can function.” Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Ash went to the row farthest from the church, and there on the third tombstone she found her father’s name. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then we played speed chess up on the third floor, which I was no good at but he didn’t wipe me out too fast. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Not the first time, not the second time, not the third time. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

“We can’t have them messing up the lobby,” said a third. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

He lost that one and dropped the third beetle, too. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first kind is most excellent, the second is excellent, and the third is useless. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

Toby couldn’t feel his face, not after the second or third pitcher. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

On the third night she wakes up only to realize that she is dead. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boy hesitated for just an instant, then said, “By resisting the gleaning, she has violated the third commandment. I therefore am obliged to glean the rest of her family.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Two of them ordered claret, and the third wanted rum. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

And the third, signed by Mr. Fitt personally, in a curdling black hand — would Ralph please come or face the consequences. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Which would mean Charlotte and Ximena will win everything in the fifth grade, like they won everything in the fourth grade and in the third grade.” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Ted was in his third year in pre-med, his choice, he told me, ever since he dissected a fetal pig in the sixth grade. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then on the third day, I thought on it. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

On one screen Alex could see the underground laboratory, on another the assembly line, on a third the airstrip with the last of the trucks on its way out. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Young salmon of the 1952 hatch, almost ready to go to sea, lost a third of their numbers. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“So next is the third ten?” she asked. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The third man, mustachioed, perhaps a Turk, was easily the biggest human being she had ever seen. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The burst was followed by another, and yet a third and fourth. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He told me he was in his third year at Culver Creek. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

It was with her on his mind that he stepped back into the line for the third cash register. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

But between third and fourth periods, I’m dragged right back. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

He was about to try a third time when Reynie stopped him. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

White flowers vanished in the second generation, the hybrids, only to reemerge in some members of the third. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

I was just the third wheel in the room. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

On Madan’s third attempt, however, he settled the Squirrel shakily onto the glacier with its tail hanging over a bottomless crevasse. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

On the third day up the river, she decided to take a bath. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

For a second, I think it’s the third goal, but luckily Simón stops it at the box and clears the ball. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

A third was shouting to two others to stay down, and one of them obeyed and threw himself on the deck. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knows because he has a big sister in third grade. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

The third boat was moving in with a creak of oarlocks and he heard an exclamation, ‘Colonel Smith.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He announces the third- and second-place winners, two students from the other schools—a tall girl with braces and the bow-tie boy with the big voice. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

On the third day, she made the designer icing for the rosebuds and put the little bride and groom on top. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

I made it through the morning, but I was beaten in the semis and ended up in third place. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Ranofer tucked the third loaf into his sash for midday and went on, more slowly now, toward the shop, eating as he walked. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

A major third could be written as a diminished fourth, for example, or a minor second as an augmented prime. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

When she spotted them in the third row among all the tenants of Number Four Willow Street, she winked. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

He proceeded forward, running his hand along the green tarps of the lifeboats, until he met the chain separating steerage from third class. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She pushed me away, once, twice, but the third time she didn’t resist. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He’d love to see what a real college campus looked like, he said; I mentioned to him that a kid from my town in New Jersey was in her third year there, loving it. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knew of an apartment for rent, ten dollars a month, on the third floor of a five-story tenement on Elizabeth Street. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

No, that’s only a hand cut off, on the third conviction. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Hermione’s voice came out of the blackness for the third time, sharp and clear from a few yards away. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Deep breath, Ibtihaj,” I told myself, remembering what my mom said to me the day I came home in the third grade after Delia Sanders and her brother Justin threw snowballs at me after school. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

After an hour, they were all tired, and Sammy stumbled with every third step. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the Saturday before the first task, all students in the third year and above were permitted to visit the village of Hogsmeade. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The apartment was on the third floor, and we climbed the stairs quickly. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Adding a third would have been impossible, so the idea never went beyond Regina’s wish. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

"She has married our third son," the oldest woman says. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

There was a third thing that happened just then, only I didn’t know it at the time. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The third, fourth, and fifth folders contained only papers that were unreadable. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

And to the third king he said, ‘You will die because your flesh will be consumed. I give you tuberculosis.’ A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Emily continued to flip pages, stopping every third page or so. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

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

“How about the third person? The person who got letter number three?” Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Hello?” she said a third time, and when I didn’t say anything back she hung up. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Well, we’re hesitant to believe these guys. For one, they’ve both tried to implicate innocent parties before. For two, the third young man did not mention you, which, considering the circumstances, is a little odd.” Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know about that,” she says, “but if I get a third and we win by one, I’m takin’ credit for the whole shootin’ match!” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

A bathtub three-quarters full of cold water on the third floor. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The Thirteens’ third game of the season took place on a hot Saturday afternoon at Ebster Field, the Fugees’ home ground in downtown Decatur. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

When she was satisfied that all was well, she sat on the second step and reached under the third, searching deeper and deeper until her fingers found what she was searching for. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Now, he had scrambled over the third gate, and he was in the field next to the one that belonged to Warings. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

We find evidence for similar bitterness in the archive of the Greek magistrate Diophanes, who presided over the Arsinoite nome in middle Egypt toward the end of Eratosthenes’ lifetime in the late third century. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

The second one is about how Monday’s schedule will change because for third and fourth periods, the entire school will recognize a Day of Tolerance with an assembly and a “No Hate” pep rally. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

After her third year in college, she decided to leave school and get involved full time in the North Korean issue. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

It was on the third or fourth occasion of my going out walking in the Temple Gardens leaning on Joe’s arm, that I saw this change in him very plainly. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

I’d done okay in my other events too, tying for second on floor, placing third on beam, and fourth on uneven bars. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He spoke to each of the others in turn until Murugan, my third son, came bouncing in leading his father by the hand. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he was in third grade, his mother had made certain that the teacher who dared give Charles a B on his papier-mâché volcano was fired. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

We took a stair to the third floor, entering a large room beneath a high Gothic ceiling. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Dad had driven the family to Canada when I was in the third grade, all the way to Quebec. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

On the third floor, Mother gaggles over a canopy bed where Robert E. Lee slept. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He was filled with something vaguely resembling hope when he walked in and spotted a pretty, brown-haired girl in the third row with an empty seat next to her. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

They sat there in silence finishing up their second tallboys, moving into thirds. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the sailors lifted the shrouded body for the third time, it trembled. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

On the third night of the charrette, a group of militant black students took over the meeting and kicked out all the whites. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I reach the third floor and knock on her door. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

But before she could explain it to Thorn, a third cuco, taller than the others, emerged from the shadows. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

I ask, “Then why not a third time?” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Before the boy could recover from the first strike, Frankie had already hit him a second time, then a third, pummeling his face. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Long hours serving the British commandant had melted off the fat from his second and third chins and created heavy black circles under his eyes. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

At breakfast on the third day she suddenly announced that she was going home. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The sun was rising for the third time since he had put to sea when the fish started to circle. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Swift quickly established himself as a third power in the Stock Yard. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

August 14, 1945: Japan surrendered, ending World War II. I didn’t get to the third one because at that moment I heard a rifle shot, followed by my mother hollering, “Jack!Jack!” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

If the third of the chord is the lowest note, the chord is in first inversion. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

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

The guard leaned forward and, with his pike, whammed the third and final closed door. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

The third time, she heard horses, and a man's voice as well. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She got up to the third floor, set the tree right in front on his doorstep, and hurried back down to the second floor and knocked on the door. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Three times he swam across, and the third time the old dog waded in up to his chest and started swimming. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of course juggling requires a third ball to keep the rhythm smooth. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

She was a third of the way to being my mom, and my heart ached. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

One had a bat, another a baseball and the third had nothing but wore a pair of baseball pants. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The third baseman on my college team was gay. Colby Brooks.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to be walking the paddle mile or bringing home a third detention slip from the office. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Later in life I learned that the way many governors projected the numbers of beds they’d need for prison facilities was by examining the reading scores of third graders. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Emily continued to flip pages, stopping every third page or so. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Maddie laughed and walked to the third—and last—sink and pulled out her makeup bag from her backpack. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

A third were told that while they listened to the taped radio editorial they should nod their heads vigorously up and down. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

How, for instance, does a wing-making master gene “know” to build a wing in the second thoracic segment, and not, say, the first or third segment? The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

And increasingly there were distant but dark rumblings from Germany, intimations of the third and most tragic act. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

A third had been begun but was unfinished, the mud walls were not more than half a foot high. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

He told Shoba about the sweater on the third night, the picture on the fourth. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

The third crack was as loud and sharp as the breaking of the world. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I felt myself start to panic a little, but on the third try, the car came to life. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

The mysterious third person, who is circumstantially presumed to be in charge, allegedly instructed McMillian to 'get rid of Myers,' which Mr. McMillian said he couldn't do because he was out of bullets. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

This time, when Bridge had kicked her sheet and covers to the floor and taken her third deep breath, it was Jamie in the room with her, standing uncertainly near the door. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

There were the computers downstairs and a third on the dining room table that the girls sometimes used. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

The third: Cash grabs both Henry and Alex by the arms and shoves them through the nearest door. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

But the second week he only blanched, and by the third he worked as though indigenous to this world. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I wish I was still in third grade,” I said. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The third participant in the dinner-table bargain, and the host for the occasion, was Thomas Jefferson. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Another is painted in red, white, and blue stripes with La Casita written across the side, and a third has Kebab Express in green block letters. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

And after she’d read it a third time, all she could get out was a profound “Wow.” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

A third thing we hoped to learn from Project Gemini was how to operate outside a spacecraft. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe they didn’t even remember how disgusted Emma had been by some of the girls in third grade last year, who went around talking about rainbows and unicorns and butterflies and magic. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The carpenters, after the first and second crashes, had crossed themselves in stupefaction, and when the third crash resounded they fell backward from the building onto the chips of wood. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

They turn left, then right, until they reach the steps of the cathedral, where a third doll waits, dressed in black, one arm raised. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

It is early April 2000, and they have made it nearly a third of the way up the length of Mexico, a handful of migrants riding on boxcars, tank cars, and hoppers. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

I heard Mother tell a room of devoted faces that sixty-five percent of Dad’s upper body had been burned to the third degree. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

That’s what my father taught me: if you’ve got three fields, you sow wheat in October and barley in March and let the third field rest. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

The pencil woman had skipped from third to fifth. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Capitol for the third time, I worked to contain my emotions. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

One had yellow hair, the second had orange hair, and the third had brown hair. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

She would pick second; he, third; and so on. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

They wore their second and third stories with assurance. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

She rubbed her eyes and looked a third time. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

If you bleed into the third space, you bleed into the space between the skin and the flesh. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

With seconds to spare before classes changed, they climbed the grand marble staircase to the third floor. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I was nearing the final third of Footlights for Jean and Jennifer was almost finished with Black Beauty. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

One third of the Cs were college dropouts. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

The third report, in 2009, showed another leap in media use by young people. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Zipped from the third lane to the first in a matter of seconds. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

After the third accident, my father’s boss at the cab company got on his case. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

The first advertisement was mailed from New York a week after the theft, the second from Florence a week after that, and the third from Amsterdam. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

The third occurred in 1981, one hundred years after Garfield’s assassination. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Eddington paused, then replied, “I am trying to think who the third person is.” A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I can't hear myself think in here," his dad said, coming into Park's room for the third night in a row to turn down the stereo. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

And the third was always special, exalted, endowed with mystical gifts. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Lying at the foot of the stairs with her head turned backward,” finished a third bristling with porcupine quills. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Ron looked thoughtfully at the box of Chocolate Cauldrons, then shrugged and helped himself to a third. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Once two men were on the moon, they could get back to earth only by making a successful rendezvous with their third partner waiting in orbit. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the third, they were husband and wife. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z