He can feel its tiny weight there, as though he has slipped it inside his own mind: a knot. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The streets fill with rainwater at the corners of every block, and even though it doesn’t look too deep, if you step off the sidewalk in the wrong spot, it’ll swallow up your whole sneaker. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Thanks,” I say, even though I’m not sure I believe in praying, mostly because Dad, Pop, and I stopped going to church when I was a kid. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

After formal dances we go to someone’s house or to the St. Charles Restaurant, and after that we neck, though not for long because the time has usually run out. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He took it, though he didn’t know muffins from crumb cake. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

In fact, in none of his wartime speeches did he ever mention women in the military, though nearly a million Soviet women would eventually fight in the Great Patriotic War. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

The rain came down as though once more in Heaven the Lord had been persuaded of the good uses of a flood. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

They stopped growling, but kept eyeing Percy as though they were imagining him in a doggie bag. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

His bruises had mostly faded by now, and the swelling in his face had largely subsided, so Mormont looked almost human once again... though only vaguely like himself. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

As he led her out of the corral, Sue Kidwell ran forward; she raised her hand as though to wave goodbye, but instead clasped it over her mouth. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

The picture showed a nine-year-old boy who was so enormously fat he looked as though he had been blown up with a powerful pump. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

Robin felt as though the Hall were as long as London Bridge, for when he entered all was quiet, and his crutches seemed to make a great sound on the stone floor. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

This was the given answer to many of her questions, though it didn’t always make very much sense. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Next day they went on into northern Dunland, where no men now dwelt, though it was a green and pleasant country. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Even though we sometimes have to “stretch a dollar,” I’ve never been hungry. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

She would convince Mark Antony that she fully supported Rome and respected the authority of the Triumvirate, even though for her, Egypt’s best interests always came first. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

It was as though he were rocking the bull to sleep. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Ralph stood up and walked for the sake of dignity, though with his back pricking, to the platform. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

How alive was her writing though, how full of force. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

They’re both on the market now, though it may be a while before either gets a serious buyer. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hurried the phrase "educated at Oxford," or swallowed it or choked on it as though it had bothered him before. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

I count in my head, turning around, even though people give me funny looks. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

She pushes one card, turns another around, and furrows her brow a bit, though Bailey still thinks she looks like she is trying to hide a smile. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Eventually, though, I was assigned to a unit moving inland. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

They stood up as the King’s caravan passed, but though some children ran toward the coaches, most remained still, gaunt as specters, knowing that nothing would come their way. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“According to my readings, they were once quite popular among the upper classes, though I’m sad to say they’ve gone out of fashion in the last century or so.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The starting point is generally calculated to have been August n, 3114, b.c., though some archaeologists put the proper date at August 10 or 13, or even September 6. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Other idiophones, though, like xylophones, are designed to ring at more particular frequencies. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

I ruffled his coat and thumped his sides the way he liked, even though I knew I would stink like a wet dog for the rest of the day. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

There were two copies, the words exactly alike, though they had been written by different hands. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Closer I get to home, though, the bigger the grin on my face, and when I burst in the kitchen, I got a smile from ear to ear. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Burglary, properly executed, though it had its dangers, offered the maximum chances of success with the minimum risk. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Amá keeps using the plural, even though I’m the only one left. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Even though there are a lot fewer trainees than we started with at the beginning of summer, the place is packed with tutors and coaches of all kinds. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

And though the authors admitted that it was unlikely that terrorists would act during or after a hurricane, they nevertheless enumerated the many ways they might do so. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

By picturing the fear in Viju’s eyes, though, he managed it. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

She turns her face toward his, and though she cannot see him, he feels he cannot bear her gaze. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He ran to the steel door and caught the bars in his hands and shook them, as though trying to tear the steel from its concrete moorings. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Ellen was so fair that she looked as though she were white, and so she dressed up in a man’s clothing and she looked like a wealthy young planter. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though I'm glad to hear this, it doesn't hit me until after we step inside his little cottage on the edge of the grounds that this is what we needed. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

And though she writhed and twisted, swung her fists, and kicked her feet, she could do nothing to stop them. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

There was something strange about his shadow, though....It didn’t look like the kind of shadow cast by a pigeon. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Sunny, though, is taking small steps and teetering along, clutching the sofa for support. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Soon, though, he stops and begins scrutinizing the canvas again. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, though, my father himself would shake his head and whisper, “Five thousand boys trapped. Good Lord. Five thousand.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Danny was watching him now, too, and his little brother stared at him as though in a trance, his mouth open, his eyes glazed. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I felt cold all over, as though I was the newborn infant a second time, cast aside and forgotten. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The northern girl had a wild beauty, as he recalled, though however bright a torch might bum it could never match the rising sun. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He was shaved, and even though his skin was still dry, he seemed to be way more alive than he had been on the train. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I couldn't help but stare, even though I knew what was about to happen. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

The news isn’t much of a surprise, though none of us are particularly pleased. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Even though Voxy never knew a soul who perished, his eyes are filled with tears. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

In the last inning there was a foul ball, though at first Palmer did not know it. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

I can get as far as D.C., though. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I feel dread coursing through me now, but I laugh as though Haymitch is saying something completely delightful because nothing is covering my mouth. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

She had a feeling it was a colorful place, though she didn’t know what its colors might be. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

So even though I still felt sick, I ate the food. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Even though the rest of the meal beckons, I ignore it until I've drained my cup. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Will had no words, though his breast and his throat were full. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Wasn’t the school still going to need someone in Mechanical Engineering, though? Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Thanks. I’m fine, though. I mean, this stuff sucks, but I’ve been dealing with it since elementary school. I don’t let it get me down. Those guys have nothing better to do than be mean.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

There was this one voice, though, loud and sure, that buzzed in my ears like a trapped fly, reminding me of once-upon-a-time phone calls and hotlines to God. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Even though he was wet and numb with cold, he lovingly wiped mud and paw prints from his chrome spokes with bits of shredded Kleenex. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

It was two-thirty and though many tables were occupied the meal was almost over. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Aunt Sarah probably told him. He never said nothing to me though.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe Anubis. It’s a cool jackal head. I don’t know how to make that, though.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I didn’t have much of a frame of reference back then, though. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Before long, though, they were laughing and talking on their rides, and Grandpa was howdying and joking with everybody he saw. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

In the dappled sunlight filtering through the dark-green trees, Ammu watched Velutha lift her daughter effortlessly as though she was an inflatable child, made of air. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He has the audience from the get-go, though; I can hear them laughing, shouting out. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

She likes District 13 well enough, even though she thinks the cooks are somewhat lacking in imagination. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

T didn't give me a hard time about it, though. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Thus in 1660 Boyle describes one experiment ‘as a plausible, though not demonstrative proof, that Water may be transmuted into Air’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

But even though it was nice to feel more grown-up and act that way, too, I missed Father. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

And, though it’s been more than eighty years, I never have. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

As though there never was a time when they didn’t love it. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

All I told him was that the water was deeper than I thought it’d be, and he laughed, though my mom didn’t think it was funny. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He thought of water weeds, though nothing had brushed him as he dived, and raised his empty hand to free himself. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I still love him though, ’cause he’s my brother so I have to. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

If he were to say anything, the baker would spend three days thinking about giving it all up, even though he had gotten used to the way things were. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lift her by the armpits as though she were a child and, gently, I set her aside. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bookkeeping turns everything into a notional cash value, even though you do not actually know if you will ever sell it or what you will get for it if you do. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Pizza is like America, even though it’s Italian?” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

A boy at least a head taller than me, though just as skinny as Muthu, was walking up the bridge. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

But somehow it still feels as though I did something wrong with the girls in my group. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

It originated in the southern states of America, though it has since been exported worldwide. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are no actual accidents, though, just a steady stream of customers. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Harry felt as though his insides had turned to ice. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

It was a fun “That’s it,” though, not a serious one. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I guess I did miss Dante—even though I tried hard to not think about him. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

TJ stands there for a second as though he’s waiting for something. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

On the mundane, factual level, though, this resonant tale is wrong: Nature has always used fire as a mallet to beat landscapes into other forms. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The Honeycomb, though big enough for everybody, was not so airy as the great burrow and on this June evening it seemed somewhat close. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though Count Olaf was of course the cause of all this misery, Violet felt as if she had broken her promise to her parents, and vowed to make it right. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

In a little while Gollum led them down on to the southward road; and after that they went on more quickly, though the danger was greater. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“There is no need to flatter me, young man,” she said, even though the Grand Elder was much older than she. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Pecola asked the question as though hoping to provide the answer herself. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tugged the book out of Harry’s hands, looking a little alarmed by his expression, and closed it without looking at it, as though hiding something indecent. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The porch light is on, even though it’s still late afternoon. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

We never laid a hand on each other again, and even though we’d get into plenty of verbal clashes, our tiffs tended to end the way our fistfight had, with us cracking up. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not certain. I believe it recently left Budapest, though I do not know where it is en route to. I can find out; Friedrick will know and I owe him a telegram.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

All the same, though, wherever I happen to be, I don’t think I’m the type that doesn’t even lift a finger to prevent a wedding from flatting. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

He was quite active, even though people were supposed to relax in the bath. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

As luck would have it, though, the only English-language film being shown in Belgrade was Lust for Life, the lush biopic of the mad nineteenth-century Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I feel as though something has been taken away from me. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I do,” Curly had said, though he hadn’t. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sighed as though it was going to be a drag. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

It's a cool morning, and even though I'm twelve now, I don't have a choice—it's cod-liver oil and Latin recitation and the endless, tedious Wohlfahrt viola etudes. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Within a few moves, though, Bobby’s mood soured. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I decided not to say anything, though—not to Charlie, or about wanting to go over to Anna’s again. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

I didn’t tell him about the party or my sister and her boyfriend, though. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“But one does not parade the fact that one is All-Knowing. I frequently act as though 1 am not possessed of the Inner Eye, so as not to make others nervous.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

It sounded as though a lawn-mower was being driven over hard rocks. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her bearing is regal and doomed, as though she has already passed into the realm of ballads. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I mutter, “Even though I really needed you to be there for me.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Her bones cracked and rattled, as though there were no one inside the long white dress. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Even though I hate time travel, I love that episode. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Finn went back to his house and stood under a hot shower, even though it stung the cuts on his face and washed off his bandage. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

"All of us," Javier says, sweeping his arm across the table as though the four of us were a village, a country, the entire world. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The air was less damp-smelling here, though, and there were more birds, moving about and calling. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

"Yeah, I know. The thing is, though, I'll be up the creek if I don't get it in. Be a buddy. Be a buddyroo. Okay?" The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Selfish and grandiose though Beck’s obsession may have been, it wasn’t frivolous. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

I knew I was not making any sense when I saw Mr. Muse frowning and staring at me as though he were seeing an animal with two heads. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

He said it very simply and casually, as though he were saying, “Nice day.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the end, though, cursing his old bones and grunting like a hungry pig, he succeeded, the backhoe lurched forward, and as it did Amarante’s floppy hat jolted off his head. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Of course I know,” I say, though it sounds like garble for obvious reasons. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Before she could decide, though, shouts erupted from the other end of the alley. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, though, the new hybrids are almost always more vulnerable to disease and insects than older varieties. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Yellin came immediately, though he dreaded what was, he knew, about to happen. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

When it feels like no air can ever pass through our mouths even though they are wide open from laughing, the Blob finally lets us go. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Even though it was getting dark, we walked up the blue trail to the Master Oak and climbed high enough to see the glowing red neon through the thin forest. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

I ask, even though Missus Stein has only agreed to read one. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I go like she tell me to, even though they cups is full to the rim. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Even though I felt like I looked normal, apparently I didn't. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Night came and though I was afraid to leave the cliff I knew that I could never stay there until morning, that I would go to sleep and fall. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

As though they knew that how far they went would be measured against how far they would be taken. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

And that grandfather and the little girl—Dicey didn’t know why they had made her feel better, but they had, even though it wasn’t going to get any easier. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though there's still some weird vibes between us, I feel safe. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

But Dewey, and some of the other investigators, seemed not to credit his story, and behaved as though it were a tale he’d invented to mislead them. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Hebridean Black feeds mostly on deer, though it has been known to carry off large dogs and even cattle. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

We would chuckle or grin sometimes, as though war stories were coming back, but neither one of us could remember anything good. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The irony, though, is that that very desire for confidence is precisely what ends up undermining the accuracy of their decision. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

He said, “Ghosts don’t care if you believe in them,” and even though I was an atheist, I knew he wasn’t right. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

In his sophomore year, though, his evangelical a cappella singing group, a Christian twist on an old Ivy League tradition, interceded. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

But all the while, she had felt as though the boots were feeding her. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“Talking about her as though she were a bit of meat.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is so strange to see two people you have known separately join together, though I have watched it happen before. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

So, even though I’ve never had arugula and I have no idea what an Arnold Palmer is, I order the same thing as Maxine. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Even though my older brother was Clark Elementary School’s god that didn’t mean I never got teased or beat up at all. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My mother and his brother thought we were to be wed,” she says, seeming as though she might be talking to the air and not to me at all. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Even though it was dead, it deserved a name, she went on, so she christened it Rufus. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

It takes me a long time, even on a night like this, though it’s easier with the diary. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

In the darkness he couldn’t see me, though I could see him. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

As though her life depended on getting there in time. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was as though I had taken a purge and rid myself of an intolerable pain. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Jasper had asked, and I flinched, though his voice was quite soft and unalarming. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

It was not that I ever thought they were stupid, though stupidly I took for granted their enormous native intelligence. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Haukelid climbed into a car with the British officers, and they drove though a city battered by German bombs. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

His stomach, though, felt like a ship breaking up on invisible shoals. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She held a plate of grapes, apple slices, and fig jam on toast out to me, even though she knew I wasn’t going to eat much of it. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Instead, they walked two abreast along the sidewalk, not bunching up but keeping a wide space between pairs, as though they were out for a casual afternoon stroll. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

His Kmart hiking boots are arranged neatly beneath the stove, as though he’d soon be returning to lace them up and hit the trail. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

For some reason, even though the song wasn’t a sad song, it made Raymie think of sad things. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

And a slim figure; I could tell, even though she was seated. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

I nod even though I have no idea what a patent is. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

There were spitting cobras down there, though what would actually come at him would be worse. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

His face changed, and Ma knew that even though she was trying to lighten the situation, the joke was over. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

For their most innocent words were acts of violence to which we of the campus were hypersensitive though we endured them not. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I was beneath the bridge and it was as though they had been waiting for me and no one but me—dedicated and set aside for me—for an eternity. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He opens each letter individually, and my heart begins to beat faster despite itself, even though I already know there won’t be any postcards in the pile. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

But though Netscape may have been only a shooting star in commercial terms, what a star it was, and what a trail it left. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

Lazlo felt as though the top of his head were open and the universe had dropped a lit match in. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

When no one answers, I sink to the floor of the guardhouse and bury my face in Ma’s purse, even though there’s no one here to see me cry. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

I had come to the army as an escape from my life—as many men did, I suppose—and though I’d had a complex and rougher childhood than most, I was still virtually unsophisticated. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t the wound, though it hurt at every step, and it wasn’t the dive-bombers circling over the beach some miles to the north. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Her eyes are bright, though her cheeks are sunken, making her look no longer young. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

What had come out was completely uncalculated, as though another self within me had taken over and held forth. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man frowned and leaned over me, staring directly into my eyes as though he might be able to see the empty shelves behind them. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

And yet, seeing him again, she felt something within her bending toward him as though drawn on threads pulled taut by his hands. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Somehow I knew where that bird was, though I did not open my eyes. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

For a moment Bran felt as though he could not breathe. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“New Rochelle,” she murmured, though this time it was more a prayer than a statement. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was still dark inside my room and even darker outside, though I knew it would be morning soon. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

As they stood looking at them, Meggie saw the tears in Elinor’s eyes even though she was quick to wipe them away. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“They’ll be all the rage when I get them into the shops! No time to go in, though! No time to go in!” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

In this case, though, Johann Bernoulli’s claim was justified. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

He hoped his personality and sense of humor would do that someday, though it definitely hadn’t worked yet. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Barbee stood with his head thrown back, his arms rigid at his sides, his fists clenched as though fighting desperately for control. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The film crew can't get enough of her playing her little piano pieces, as though she were some prodigy. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She paused on tip-toe, turning her head this way and that as though she were looking for someone. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Ben doesn’t seem to mind, even though he’ll have to shower chocolate out of his hair and eyebrows. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

Kaede felt as though she had been punched in the gut. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

It’s not the first such arrangement in history, though the shape it’s taken is not the usual one. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

My Father did not exactly say yes or no to that, though of course it was true. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though the emptiness in Nathan’s stomach made his tummy growl, a new emptiness had formed in his chest, and it overwhelmed his hunger. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Sir David Cardinal spoke next, and though I missed much of his speech, it seemed to be more technical in substance, and quite frankly, rather above my head. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Even though it’s finished there’s still something missing and I have to Work At It to figure out what it is. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then it came to me that even though rescuing Father was the daring thing to do, it wasn’t the smartest thing. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Slightly used, though. A little wear and tear. Mostly good condition.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Wednesday is for scrubbing the bathtub real good even though I wipe it down every morning. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

When she came back, my father’s wife handed me a tall glass of something that smelled as though it had rum in it. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Spotting their prey, the boys sauntered forward as though there were nothing in the world on their minds but the gray sky. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Even though my mother left me when I was young, I have had many people try to fill the role of a mother. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

It felt, I promise you, as though someone had laid a red-hot poker against my flesh and was pressing down on it hard. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t stand by and watch a horse colic or a cow labor with a breech calf even though it meant personal ruin. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

My stomach started to knot up—even though I knew this was the deal. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Even though everyone in here is encrypted, Zero has absolutely no info at all. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

One is the all-metal interior, containing the inmates; it’s painted gray and looks as though it could have been welded in a shipyard. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

You don’t see that many angels in real life, though. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Or maybe just once or twice, in the beginning, though he wasn’t trying to get me to talk. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Even though my dad worked as a waiter and bus driver to put himself through school, my parents hated the idea of my sister getting a job to help with her tuition. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Even though none of us kids got hurt by the bomb they acted like they were worried about us. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The head was impossible to see because of the red beam of light shining right at him, though it seemed small, vision its only purpose, perhaps. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Omakayas was strong enough to bring in wood, though she trembled as she walked. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

It’s been awhile since I’ve seen Fuchsia without makeup, though, and suddenly I feel like I’m looking at her second grade self again. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

A strange look has come over Gideon’s face and his lips twitch as though he’s fighting back a smile. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“My father wants me to be a mathematician, though.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

And seeing as though she was texting me, she clearly was opening the door. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

John did not find Meg’s beauty diminished, though she beamed at him from behind the familiar coffee pot. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gradually, though, they all seem to realize that we aren’t supposed to be there. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Still not sure whether he has a soul, though. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“I do, though. I was on a show.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

He needs rest, though, not a human poking him. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

By late 1990, it seemed possible that Haiti might have a legitimate national election, though it wouldn’t happen without resistance from the junta. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

My voice is wobbly, and my eyes start filling up with tears even though no one shot me with any gas. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I scooted farther behind my tree, cracking twigs and fallen leaves, even though I knew they wouldn’t see me. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

It resembles a piece of dead wood while stationary, though closer examination will reveal finned paws and very sharp teeth. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He insists, even though he isn’t my teacher anymore now that I’m a senior. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

My throat ached as though it had been skinned. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

His fingers are so long that, though the heel of his hand touches one side of my rib cage, his fingertips still touch the other side. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

They all zip past the saxophonist without a glance or a coin to spare, so I do, too, even though I don’t feel very good about it. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

At the time, though, the lieutenant made none of those connections consciously. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

The movie with the Little League team was my favorite, though. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I had thought, though, that swimming wouldn’t be that necessary. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I told him: “You really think it’s been lucky, though?” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

There’s no question it’s her, though she’s wan, squinty, and decidedly worse for wear. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

It's a lovely winter day in Amsterdam, and though there are other people on the street, couples like me and Willem, nobody acts like the forced parade of people is out of the ordinary. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, as though he were listening to somebody else, Winston heard himself demanding in a loud booming voice that he should be given the whole piece. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

She touched one hand with the other and her hands leaped apart as though the contact burned them. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Even though all the Egyptians were positive that somebody was fooling and had somehow managed to write the answer to Ken’s question, there are times when being positive isn’t quite enough. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wept, though for loss of pride or loss of supper none could say. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He puts off writing to him until he can articulate these thoughts, but finally, even though he isn’t sure he will be able to, he gives it a try. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

"I did bring some things for you, though I doubt they'll be of any help." Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

She’s never made a single appearance, though she almost always takes the stage when I’m alone. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

They won’t get homemade popcorn balls any more, though, or apples: rumors of razor blades abound, and the possibility of poison. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Theresa looked away, noticing that though the girl’s jewelry, like her clothes, had been removed, her nail polish remained. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is the irony: Even though I wake up in a different body every morning, I’ve always felt in some way that I am in control. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

The captain’s cabin was rich, and even though the ship was as large as a cargo ship, it didn’t look like a working vessel. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Liz glanced back, though she couldn’t see him from where we were standing. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And your hands. There’s no point to it anymore, though, is there? Not being straight with each other?” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Somehow, I found myself liking this one, though. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

It was true—the mural looked as though it had been around much longer than either Sierra or Robbie had been alive. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

But though the words are written by another, they are my words nonetheless. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sure. He was in my art history class. He’s hilarious. I hate that geeky friend of his, though, the other one with the glasses, what’s his name?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Malachy helps her wash the twins’ bottoms though he’s ready to fall asleep himself. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Ffe loved it that she showed no sign of pain even though the kick of the gun made her shoulder black and blue. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she turned as though to go back into the house, and seeing us there on the pavement, stopped abruptly, almost shrinking back. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t an outfit for working, by any means, though the woman moved easily in it. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She picked up a cushion and held it out to him, though when she looked up, she found she couldn’t meet his eyes. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

This hard shot took the women’s breath away and drove them quaking to their rooms, as though knives were behind: they felt he spoke the truth. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

It looks out over the lagoons and the Wooded Island, now a wild and tangled place that perhaps would make Olmsted smile—though no doubt he would find features to criticize. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

"I don't know," she said tearfully, looking as though she wanted to bolt. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The cows were as restless as spring, thinking there might be new grass out in the fields, even though the snow was still pretty deep. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

It pleased her to hear that the Usurper's dogs were fighting amongst themselves, though she was unsurprised. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Emma could have sworn she felt the crooked heart against her palm, even though it was just a Sharpie drawing on plastic and perfectly flat. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

And since you come with an Elf of our kindred, we are willing to befriend you, as Elrond asked; though it is not our custom to lead strangers through our land. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Harry was finding the Great Hall very hot all of a sudden, even though the ceiling still looked cold and rainy. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The familiar feeling of guilt returned, though he pushed it back. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

They let me keep the toothbrush and comb though not the paper they were wrapped in. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

This feeling as though she had an invisible gear inside her, pushing her, inch by inch, toward...something. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

As it developed, they had nothing to fear though: Bobby lost every game that night. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Even now, though obviously not hunting, it had a crafty, predatory look that made the watchers among the dog roses shiver. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He urged us to move faster, acting as though it mattered to him whether or not we got out. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s what I say in my head, though. Especially when I feel lonely. See my mom’s the littler one who’s smilin’. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Even though lots of stuff doesn’t make sense, I still think He’s up there. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The trees pressed close, leaning over the path to make a rustling green roof that shut out even the moon, so it seemed as though they were moving up a long black tunnel. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Mr. Weasley looked for a moment as though he was going to ask what these big plans were, but seemed to decide, upon reflection, that he didn’t want to know. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Even though we were getting closer to the end of their growing season, ours were still full and round and deeply red. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

My smile dropped, though, at what came on the screen next. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

One thing stood out, though: a button with a strip of tape across it marked dnt. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Even though a lot of people have given up on them, I refuse to believe they’re a lost cause. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

In any case, he's well enough, though I won't vouch for his vigor. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Unfortunately. I acted a fool. Supreme’s eating it up though. The record exec, too. They think it’s great that people think I’m a ‘ratchet hood rat.’ On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

He looked up, eyes lit, as though he had not dared hope she would believe the same thing that he believed, and she felt between them the first pulse of a shared passion. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

On the way home, though, his troubles came back like khefts overtaking him on silent wings. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

“Four is stable. Concussed, I’d guess. But otherwise okay. His shield’s off, though, so I stuffed him in the bushes.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Anyway, I had an okay time playing with him and Auggie that day, though Pokémon has never really been my thing. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“Won’t be like what you see on the news, though. A white lady do things different than a white man.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The Reverend J. Henry C. Helmuth of the Lutheran congregation, too, thought something was wrong in the city, though it had nothing to do with sickness of the body. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

She was shielding her face, as though blinded by light, though the Top Box was not brightly lit. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Here’s the thing, though: no one ever warns the babies. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

There are plenty of nurses in the ICU, though, and they see me coming. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

She stood before him very upright, with a smile on her face that looked faintly ironical, as though she were wondering why he was so slow to act. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Even though my mother would have a drink every now and then, I had never seen my pops take even a sip. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Even though today he was going with Nali to Gallup for more food, he wanted to be left alone to read his book. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

With his weight against them, it was hard to pull them loose, even though they were sailor's knots and had loops in them. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d dropped out of secondary school, and manual labour would be his punishment, though I had a feeling it would do him good to get out of his parents’ flat and work. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Even though Diana had stopped the loom, Lyddie stood rubbing the powder into her fingertips, hesitating to plunge her hands into the bowels of the machine. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m from Massachusetts,” he said, as though he were eager for me to know he was not a Mississippian. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m ready for this punishment to be over, though. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Roy caught his mother around the neck and held on to her as though he were drowning. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Then he turned to look at Ron, who was watching him almost nervously, as though waiting for his opinion. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Bobby and Joan were present, but though Bobby may have absorbed some of what was said, he never participated. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Like imaginary numbers, we can’t see them or feel them or smell them, even though they are necessary for doing calculations. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Minny, though, she don’t ask no questions about it, just pull it out from under the bed, put it in the can, take it to the street. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Lyddie’s favorite among the lead molds was the head of George Washington, though sometimes the nose stuck and it was ruined. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

It was no living thing, but moved as though it were, as sinuous as a ravid, and shining like poured mercury. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“You can flush the toilet,” he sang, his voice taut-tense, though trying to be reasonable and sunny even if on the verge of hysteria. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He felt as though a fire were burning in his belly. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“Well, but I am a nerd, though,” Max said. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

And godless though I am, the fact of being human, the fact of possessing the gift of study, and thus being remarkable among all the matter floating through the cosmos, still awes me. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

She had married the journalist Roberto Suirez, who was assigned to the National Palace and, though critical of the regime, wrote the flowery feature articles required of him. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was dressed as though she were going on safari, and contrived to be glamorous about it, too. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

However, though the two theories came up with the same answers, their notations—and their philosophies—were very different. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

It makes me wonder about the Bible, though. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Perotin, though, began using an upgraded method of notation that did for the first time indicate the rhythmic value of notes. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Sefia recognized the young sentry, though now his hair had been roughed up on one side and there was a bruise soaking his cheek. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

There was no response, though; it had been more of a skittering sound than one that a bonobo would make, probably some reptile escaping into the ferns. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I’m still smiling really big, even though she isn’t smiling at all. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

He shuffled forward on his knees, groveling, his hands clasped in front of him as though praying. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Even little Nina had a hammock, and though she was only a toddler, she cooed and giggled all by herself as she rocked between two aspens near the meadow. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry, Archivist,” said Spurge, though he was not responsible for night. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Estha waited until Rahel got in, then took his place, sitting astride the little boat as though it were a seesaw. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he was chilled, and the fire felt good even though it smoked and made his eyes smart. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

A defect that slightly weakened it, though it would not cause failure on a normal mission. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

We had known that beforehand—we could tell by the lateness of the light through the windows, though it was dark when we finally stood on the roof. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

As they went through the doors, the people on either side drew away as though they were frightened of catching something. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Nathan said, even though right now he kind of wished he had. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

They looked as though they had eaten and blood still ran rapidly in their veins. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

“People don’t make good Anchors, though, Craig. They change. The people here are going to change. The patients are going to leave. You can’t rely on them.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

They no longer talk about suing Johns Hopkins, though Lawrence and Zakariyya still believe they’re owed a share of the profits from HeLa cells. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

But her mama only stared at the fireplace, rocking slowly back and forth, her eyes blank and still as though her spirit had gone away and left the body there rocking on and on. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Across the tent, people toss them at each other like snowballs, though instead of breaking they bounce off of their targets, floating gently down. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Her legs felt heavy, as though weights had been tethered to them. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Won’t be long, though. I’m learning a ton at the garage. The boss is letting me do all kinds of different stuff.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

She needed to start over and that’s why she came to America, even though she could not speak any English. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I can’t help myself, even though there is nothing 1 want to see there, even though anything I do see will hurt me. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

But though she’s loath to admit it, lately that persona has begun to feel restrictive. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Though she wanted him, though she cared for him, she knew a lasting relationship wouldn’t end well. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Even though he was annoying, she still liked him, and he seemed to like her. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

As though Bigwig’s angry impatience, Pipkin’s terror and the approaching dog were not enough to contend with, the cleverest rabbit among them had evidently gone out of his mind. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though Mama had yelled at him, today was a good day. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

And even though I hated getting shuffled around and grabbed by my love handles, my rubbery constipated face did relax into a smile. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

But this time, I have a mission, though I’ve got to be extra careful on account of the censors. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

The streets feel as though they had just been sprinkled. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

How happy he would be to have found me, though I had been the one searching. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

His cheeks are flushed, though maybe it’s the wine. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

When eventually developed, our vacation pictures looked as though they had been taken at a forced-labor camp. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Her head was tilted back on the chair, and though her eyes were not closed, she certainly wasn’t looking at anything in the room. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

He did have on the white collar, though. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Electricity was rationed from six PM to six AM, though sometimes it did not come on at all. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

It lifts free of the model easily, as though designed to do so. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

When she said this, though, Will stopped altogether. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Always so happy, even though his voice is weak. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

To the last battle at Fornost with the Witch-lord of Angmar they sent some bowmen to the aid of the king, or so they maintained, though no tales of Men record it. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

It’s different, though, because he’s still here, watching me. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lazlo’s skin hadn’t been gray since he was a baby, but his librarian’s robes were, and his eyes, too, as though that color were his fate. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I have seen so many soldiers whose cheeks have had that sunken look, even though they were young faces. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I look into his eyes, I see something that makes me feel as though maybe I was wrong about him all along. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we did eventually wander outside, I noticed the lamps had come on all the way down the long street, even though the sky wasn’t yet dark. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I waited until everyone left, even though I might be late for Mrs. Verne's class and I knew that Principal Peattie would love to see me waiting outside his office for another thirty minutes. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Ruby was reckless, though, leaning too far out. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t so easy, though, to carry the shovelful of coals and keep it level. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked as though he was going to cry again. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

They told one another about where they were from, what their lives were like, their friends back home—though they discovered, to their mutual surprise, that none of them really had any friends back home. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

His ears flared out and were very red, and though he was just out of high school he wore a size thirteen shoe. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Even though she talked now, it was like she was still handing over her little written announcements on notebook paper. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

This jewelry, though beautiful, is now almost worthless because of the war. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the back of my mind, though, Hideo’s conversation with me plays on repeat. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

As yet Cluny had not chosen a new second-in-command, though he had let it be known that any of his followers who distinguished himself in the coming battle would receive immediate promotion in the field. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

And though I miss my cousin, I’m happy that he can live his life unchained. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Even though a necklace wouldn’t protect her from the murderer, and even though Elena had some agenda she was being cagey about, Celaena wouldn’t take it off. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

His job as an interpreter, though, was for one day and one day only. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He did not answer, and I was aware again of that feeling of discomfort, as though I had trespassed on forbidden ground. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

She is clutching a large clam-shaped bag, as though someone might steal this from her as well if she is less watchful. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I saw him stand up and look in the direction of the can thrower, though I knew he couldn’t see anything in the dark. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Then Mom started volunteering for them whenever she could, I still hate them, though. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Two men stretched his arms out, as though about to crucify him; they placed a foot on each of his wrists, making them sink deep down in the snow. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to hurt his feelings though, so I pretended to cough a couple of times and covered my face. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

So even though the kitchen cupboards are bare, we find over thirty canned goods and several boxes of cookies. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

He was afraid all the time, now, even though Hooper could not move out of his bed. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Auggie always noticed stuff like that, even though he pretended not to. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Even though I could tell he was awake. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

No one could call Fern White Baby Lover even though Miss Patty Cake was a white baby and Fern loved her. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because even though I’ve seen everyone around me lose their humanity today, I realize that in this moment, I have finally found mine. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I was doing all right even though I had never had a discussion about sex with a mature woman before. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I do notice some curves and creases though so I put them in. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The trees creaked, though there was no wind. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

With the housefly, however, more than doubling the population through releases could be highly objectionable, even though the increase would be only temporary. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

As though in his own way he was trying to earn his keep. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Some days I miss Lolo, too,” I say, “even though he’s still here. Strange, right?” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

She never said another word though, all that day. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Around the rim strange words were written, and though she could not read them, their shapes were beautiful, as light as flying birds. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Hazel likes you, Annabeth thought, though she didn’t say that. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

An act of great wizardry is not worked without arousing such men, and they had ways of coming very swiftly when need called, though none had been so swift as the Archmage. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Who’s turn is it this year?” he asks, though we all know it’s his and he’ll try to get out of it. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Marl didn’t even make him hand in his Life Writing homework, even though it was due that day. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

The mechanism is there, and there is no doubt that it is already capable of functioning, even though the total yield thus far seems to consist largely of bits. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It doesn’t agree with his digestive system very well, though. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

I probably shouldn't have, but I asked, "Are you sure? I understand you two didn't get along very well...even though you're the goddess of love. It doesn't make sense." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Even though it was late December, the sun, pouring in through the windows of the bus as it waited in the car park, had heated it up like a greenhouse. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Constance, though, looked not just annoyed but perplexed—as if this were her first hidden-message broadcast instead of her thirtieth. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The engines were howling again as though in pain, and the air inside the plane was acrid with the smell of machinery and fetid with the stench of gasoline. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

She didn’t know if it could hear thoughts, and it definitely couldn’t see signs, so she decided to voice, even though it might not hear that either, what with its head still stuck in there. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

And, though highlighted already, the words “angels have corrupted” were also circled in black ink. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

The banks were moving along, even though he wasn’t paddling. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

I am a good shot with that, better than Joseph or David, though I have only practiced on cans and bottles. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

The little girl looked at him, and even though her features didn’t change, something in her eyes almost made him think she had a smile hidden inside somewhere. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Along the way, though, some of the members of the board began to question Holliday’s focus on programs for refugees. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Even though Erlan’s mom was right outside on her cell phone. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I used Jelly-Legs. Looks as though those two shouldn’t be mixed. He seems to have sprouted little tentacles all over his face. Well, let’s not leave them here, they don’t add much to the decor.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Suddenly he halted as though his mind were made up. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Wisp of a thing though she was, her crow-black hair gave her away. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

And even though the Doctorita is the one who has imprisoned me, I feel grateful that she has decided to take me out. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, perhaps, tomorrow you can push someone down and grab his paper while he’s trying to get up. I’m afraid, though, that our budget won’t allow this expense.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dicey wanted to answer, even though she couldn’t tell him the truth. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know it wouldn’t shoot any better for it, but I bought the one with the pearl handle even though it cost fifteen dollars. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet even though he’s already begun his ascent, he realizes he can’t just let this go. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Surely not, he thought; though he could barely move, jacketed as he was to his seat by the wind. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not trying to get into your pockets, though,” I say, just so we’re on the same page. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Nana sings along, even though she doesn’t seem to know any of the words. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

They don't fall in love like I do, though. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Hazel inhaled and stepped into the trees, and though the gaze of the witch tugged at her she did not look back. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

According to Mom, even though I was born on April 2, she went into labor with me on April Fools’ Day. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

He would follow his usual routine as though nothing were happening. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lelia laughed and said, “Of course Stew hated it. He didn’t say anything, though. I think for the first time in his life he’s afraid of losing a woman.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had not visited the grave since the day of her father’s funeral, though she had passed the cemetery countless times since then. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Uncle Tom, though surprised, was highly critical and contemptuous. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The beads are not so loud as they settle, and when they quiet, everything is soft and still, as though there is no other room behind them, no fortune-teller sitting at her table. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He could tell it was beautiful, straight on target, even though he couldn’t watch its progress, because he was dumped violently to the ground by Carter who had somehow recovered after being demolished. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

We soon lost interest, though, for there was no suspense at all: the Congolese children always passed us right by on their march to victory. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

They lived close to New Jersey and had to get away, though they had no idea where they'd go. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

It hardly matters, though, because all Aibileen will do is shrug at me, say she don’t know nothing. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The conversation with Red Corn, though, prompted me to probe more deeply into perhaps the most puzzling of the Osage murder cases—that of Charles Whitehorn. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The air still feels rich in my lungs, though summer is drawing to a close. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

She cried from her heart when Popo died, even though Popo, her mother, had sent her away so many years before. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t hungry even though the previous spoonful was sweetly delicious. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

It was almost as though she were meddling in another person’s brain. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

And even though no one else saw it, I turned away. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

NOTE.—A hyphen is generally, though not always, placed between non- and the root. New Word-Analysis 1871-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though it was hardly anyone’s definition of morning yet, his father had switched on his light and was standing in his doorway with his arms crossed. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

What had they discovered that could not be interpreted as plausible, though exceptional, coincidence? In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m angry with Lisa even though none of this is her fault. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

We made small talk in the large waiting room of the Ferry Building, which had more or less escaped the fire, though they had had to rebuild parts of it. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Arwin doesn’t say anything, even though he knows Jack from soccer. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

There was nothing to do, though, when Lane extended his Martini glass to her but to accept the olive and consume it with apparent relish. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

We sit as though in a boiler that is being belaboured from without on all sides. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

And a nurse touches my shoulder and tells me it's over even though I can already see it by the peaceful stillness of him. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Even though I know there is nothing there but the too-small-to-steal phone numbers, I dig my hands into my pockets. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

He was an excellent ball handler, even though he was raw and seemed never to pass. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Beckendorf had given him some tools and spare parts, and now Tyson spent every night tinkering, though I wasn’t sure how his huge hands could handle such delicate litde pieces. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

She smiles, though he cannot tell if the smile is a happy one or not. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

And then, as though there were not enough evil, O-lan was again with child, and her milk dried up, and the frightened house was filled with the sound of a child continually crying for food. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

He never came to The Breakfast anymore and he refused to talk to me or answer my questions, even though I hadn’t done anything to him. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

The green of the jungle areas was not distinct at all, and though the rust-colored sandy deserts were quite visible, the main impression was one of clouds and sea. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He bent a dazed, sleepy, frowning look on Elisha and the others, shivering a little as though he were cold; and then he felt his father’s eyes and looked up at his father. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

There were bubbles inside the paperweight which made the man and woman look as though they were waltzing underwater. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah,” I agreed, though I never knew anyone like him, who scribbled those secrets on napkins and ate them, or stuffed them in their pockets, or burned them ceremoniously on the rocks around the pagoda. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

On election night, before Blaine kissed her, his face wet with tears, he held her tightly as though Obama s victory was also their personal victory. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I owed him the truth, though I did not wish to face it myself. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Tonight, though, it looked a little drab and in need of a face-lift. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

I’m almost better at it than he is, though in fact neither of us is any good, so we always have to call on Margot’s help. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

It sounds both beautiful and strange, as though gemstones were raining from the sky. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Even though she was on the floor of the garden pagoda, she had slept comfortably, and as she sat up she realized that was probably due to the silk pillows she had been lying on. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

She reaches behind her and pulls out a sliver of sugar cane and hands it to me, and her eyes smile at me, though her lips just keep on singing their tune. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Some areas are not as steep as others. We’ll have to be careful, though.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Before either of them could say a word, he turned and began to speak as though they had asked him a question. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He waited, and even though I looked down to study our hands between us, I knew his golden eyes were on me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

When Candy spoke they both jumped as though they had been caught doing something reprehensible. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was almost damson, like the plums on the trees, and her eyes looked too big—as though, like Less Ellen, she had reimagined them so. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I remain quiet, though the others are in a better mood, for the shelling has died down. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I clasp the flask between my hands even though the warmth from the tea has long since leached into the frozen air. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

It didn’t amount to much, though, and it was touch and go whether she’d have a decent funeral until Ruth walked down to Sonny’s Shop and stared at Macon without blinking. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every living creature up and down the fields and copses must be muted, pressed down as though under a great, soft paw. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It tires me,” she explained, though he already knew it. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

That question had been rattling around my mind for a while now, because even though I hoped that Noodles had made some changes, I wasn't so sure that he had come square with Needles. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

At these words Harry remembered, as though from a former life, the dueling club at Hogwarts he had attended briefly two years ago. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

We offered him our congratulations, though I thought he was much too young to be a father. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He bellowed Briony’s name again, though he knew she must be by the front entrance by now. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

She felt as though she had stepped into an enchantment, and her heart raced. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is almost as though we wanted not to know about it. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no electricity, only natural light which was stained brown, as though by the absent beer. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

It sat there in the distance, as though it had been waiting for them. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

For a moment I stood there, my eyes riveted upon the door, then I turned, the glass hot in my hand, my face feeling as though it would explode. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one is in this room at the moment, though I can hear two watery, echoing voices speaking rhythmically in the next. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Most of the time our personal monsters stayed submerged, even though the constantly undulating water kept us on edge. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

She said nothing, bent to her sewing and drew the needle in quick neat tiny stitches even though her hands were shaking. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

And even though there was no stage to dive off, Joe stood on one of our little amps and leaped into the crowd, where he was caught by some of Selena’s candy crew. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

New Zealand, meanwhile, is part of the immense Indian Ocean plate even though it is nowhere near the Indian Ocean. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Farthest from the door was Trini, an old man from Trinidad who we all thought might be a barber, even though he never cuts anyone's hair. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

We watched them in broadcast order, starting with The Original Series, though things got complicated after the fifth season of The Next Generation, since its sixth season overlapped Deep Space Nine. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“It’s just, well. I've thought about it, though. Or, someone asked me to.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“What, afraid the Dauntless are going to change their minds about you? Realize that even though you’ve only got four fears, you’re still a coward?” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Max dropped off me as though he were a tree that had been chopped down. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

The media tend to present each new procedure as though it represented a breakthrough and therapeutic triumph, instead of the makeshift that it really is. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He enjoyed this moment even though he knew it was fake. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The other stood by blinking the perspiration from his eyes, looking as though he might faint at any moment. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Robotically he got into his clothes, though when he reached for his shoes he saw that only one was hanging from the forked bough. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have awakened in the night being slightly unwell & felt so much afraid though my reason was laughing & told me there was nothing, & tried to seize hold of objects to be frightened at.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s registered, though, the idea of worse times returning, because when the doorbell rings, I shoot straight out of bed. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

She regards it carefully before slipping it into her bag, as though she is not entirely sure it is real. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“That’s okay. Even though I have a disability, it doesn’t stop me from realizing my aspiration of representing my country as Miss Teen Dream.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Even though the next morning he would leave on a dangerous mission, even though he knew something terrible was coming down the pike, those words of Mr. Benedict’s had made all good things seem possible. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Even though her husband had been killed, it was hard to picture her being afraid so many years later. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

All these techniques, though developed for the exploitation of wild cereals, were prerequisites to the planting of cereals as crops. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I know this, though. When my mother says maybe, she usually means probably not.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

If we would have, though, what would have become of that guy that used to carry a gun, or that other white kid that actually turned out to be my friend? The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

She was so tiny, but her grip on me so tight, as though she knew I would always protect her. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I stopped as though struck by a shot, deeply inhaling, remembering, my mind surging back, back. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alice turned and walked back to the cluster of stalls, her gait dainty and contrived, as though a misguided person had taught her how to walk “like a lady.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Harry looked over the top of Ginny’s head to see Dean Thomas holding a shattered glass in his hand, and Romilda Vane looking as though she might throw something. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Clara, still inside Penelope’s body, swayed from side to side, as though she were in some kind of trance. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

She was sweet and sure, while Marshall boomed, as though in defiance. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The older man, though, did not laugh or make light of Shin’s ignorance. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

He was barely five feet tall, his overalls looking now as though he had been dipped in pitch. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

And though Ben and Joon argued it was a bad idea, given what might happen in the night, Jinny shook her head. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

His dark hair is badly cut, as though the barber was distracted during the process, but some attempt has been made to flatten it. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Darlene had her head averted, her eyes staring out of the lamplight into the surrounding darkness and looking almost unconcerned, as though they had no part in the drama taking place around them. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was brooding about whether to call home when Grover emerged, dusting himself off, though he didn’t look dusty. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then I take my medicine, and even though I don’t feel any different, it’s like the world around me has changed.” The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Behind him is a white house with Christmas decorations, even though it’s only November. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I have a thousand children, though I never carried one of my own. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The weekend arrived and was spent at the hospital, though his mum’s new medicine was taking its time to work and meanwhile she had developed an infection in her lungs. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

I promise her, even though I had been planning on trying out the music-in-the-bathtub experiment. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

What he meant, I am sure, is that he had been under an enchantment that had now lifted, though I daresay he did not dare use those precise words for fear of being thought insane. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Even though they led by a goal, they knew they were being embarrassed by the younger team. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

That morning, though, Julie was too excited to eat, and her excitement proved contagious. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

I think about how Danielle and I are decked out in boots as though it were the winter, reminding us there will be cold, dark days ahead. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

There was an unsettling current in his voice, a genuinely conspiratorial note, as though he believed literally everything that had been said. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

And that made you smile even though you still had some snot in your nose, and it didn’t take long before we were both running and laughing like usual. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

General Peckem screamed, as though struck by the enormity of the disaster for the first time. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Then she added, because she knew it was true even though she didn’t feel that it was true, “You are being awfully kind to us.” Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when I went to Yan Chang, it was as though she had expected me and knew I would be crying. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though they lived here, in this concrete desert, tonight they would go home, walking the streets of Spanish Harlem fearing no evil, for the Lord was with them. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Suddenly her face begins to blur as though somebody went at it with a giant eraser. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Me too,” I whispered, and both boys smiled and nodded as though leg hair was all it took to win them over. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Not what school she went to before, or who her family was, even though it seemed to me they probably had money. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

With him gone, though, she was a misshapen piece. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

There was gray in his hair, though he was not old; three syllables, she thought, trying to categorize him in some way that would perhaps explain his presence. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were many more than Akers, though the others were responsible citizens and landowners and so did not have to lurk about the camp at night. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

The point of my visit, though, was to see what I could see of Alexandria’s grand past. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

Volkheimer sets two fingers on the photograph as though he could pluck out the notebook and sift through its pages. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

As always, even though I was younger than my brothers, she instructed me to keep an eye on them and run and get her in case of trouble. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

Chou and I follow suit, though we do not understand the propaganda of what Met Bong is saying. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And suddenly, without warning she broke down, dropping her face down upon her outstretched arms and crying as though her heart would break. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

My father was still looking at his hands as though he were faintly irritated by them. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

When the armorer opened the door, the blast of hot air that came through made Ned feel as though he were walking into a dragon's mouth. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Filch kept it fresh in everyone’s minds by pacing the spot where she had been attacked, as though he thought the attacker might come back. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

My look or something else must have struck her as offensive, for she spoke with extreme though suppressed irritation. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

The Potters smiled and waved at Harry and he stared hungrily back at them, his hands pressed flat against the glass as though he was hoping to fell right through it and reach them. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“I often feel a shooting pain at the end of my left arm, always as though it was cut from me yesterday. The doctor said I have phantom pain.” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

But he survived, somehow, and he even kept his arm, though it still had bullet fragments lodged inside and dangled uselessly. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Byrne dared not take the knight; though he would have won an important piece, ultimately it would have led to Bobby’s victory. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He felt as if he was shrinking, as though his fear was boiling up inside him and he was melting away. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t dare claim that for myself, though; I’ve always thought the latter was the most natural and best thing.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Some, with furtive looks around them, conjured fires with their wands; others were striking matches with dubious looks on their faces, as though sure this couldn’t work. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I guess I feel like I have to reassure him, too, even though it’s kind of a lie. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

All he knew was that his legs were carrying him forward as though he was on casters and that he had shouted stupidly at the snake, “Leave him alone!” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

“Good Horatio, hear me out. I mean to escape with my life, though all will think me dead. I have a plan, but it needs your help.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

As he spoke he fearlessly patted the head he had so mercilessly pounded, and though Buck’s hair involuntarily bristled at touch of the hand, he endured it without protest. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she laid herself down upon her bed and gave birth again, although still she would have no one with her; even though she could hire whom she chose, she chose to be alone. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

The likeness of the warrior mouse was jiggling about as though it were being tugged in some way. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

This works a little bit like the waves in tubes, above, but the waves produced on membranes, though very interesting, are too complex to be discussed here. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

"You like starch in the other ones, though." Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

He was tired of people skirting around him in the corridors, as though he were about to sprout fangs or spit poison; tired of all the muttering, pointing, and hissing as he passed. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

And I looked directly at her and said, “Even though I’ve asked her to hundreds of times.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I had no idea, though, how to make attraction selective, how to control its direction and magnitude. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He felt an ache of tenderness for her, though he couldn’t have said why. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

It was too late for such misgivings, though. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Even though he was beat up, dirty, and stooped with exhaustion, he’d had an aura of power. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

They were unrecognizably dirty, and so was my skirt, even though I’d hiked it up when I worked. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The older we got, though, the smaller the branches we brought, until Papa started to go out himself to get the stick. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

His tone is light, as though this is a casual request, but I can feel him watching me, his eyes on my face. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The entire sky garden was beyond recognition, burned and charred as though an unseen force had ravaged every iota of life there. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

His voice was imploring; it was as though he were begging to be reassured. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Franny took advantage of the slight pause that followed to straighten her back a trifle, as though, for some reason, good posture, or better posture, might come in handy at any moment. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

I had my own home, humble though it was, and I was developing the confidence and self-reliance necessary to stand on my own two feet. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I smile back, even though he seems a little serious. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

I pad into my bath area, lift my skirts, and do my business in the copper basin left there for this purpose, shame heating my face even though I am alone. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Maybe there were magic powers hiding in the way your older brother made all the worst thugs in the neighborhood play basketball with you even though you double-dribbled every time they threw you the ball. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, though the exhibition did garner coverage in local newspapers, not one story mentioned the reason for the event: to bring attention to the American team’s financial straits. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The British soldiers went about their business as though oblivious of the many hostile, curious eyes watching them. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though he acted cheery with us I knew it wasn’t the same for him now. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she started up even though there wasn’t much light up there. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sergeant had called for a medic and somebody rolled up Tayo’s sleeve; they told him to sleep, and the next day they all acted as though nothing had happened. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

So even though the blinking dot is not in this yard, or even in George and Emmett’s field, that doesn’t mean that Braviary couldn’t come by. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

His mother was still beautiful, though her face was a bit wrinkled and cracked with powder, and her auburn hair had a few silver streaks. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I figured I could just stand there for a while and see what happened, though the tide would come in eventually, I supposed. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

He muttered more incantations as he reached into thin air and pulled out things I’m not sure I can describe, though I’ll try. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

"Uh, yes, Mr. Sir," he said, though he couldn't imagine that was really the man's name. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I can’t break out of the daze, though people keep rushing past me, and Marcus shouts something at me, but his voice is muffled. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I see,” said Lupin, though he still looked slightly suspicious. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

From inside the crate came ripping noises that sounded to Harry as though the teddy was having his head torn off. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Both women were on their feet, flushed as though they’d been running a race. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Dumbledore beamed at him, and his voice sounded loud and strong in Harry’s ears even though the bright mist was descending again, obscuring his figure. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

And though Grove would eventually release a fictionalized version called The Years of Fear, the original historical account was never published. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Besides her many cuts and bruises, though — some of them luridly three-dimensional — Helen had a concussion. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Often, though, she would come at night and scratch at the fence for food. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was shocked when a bright smile spread across her face, an almost knowing smile, as though we were linked by a shared solidarity. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Even though the class was concerned for Ralph’s safety, everyone felt let down. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

One baboon, though, was suspicious, and he decided to hide the next day and see what really happened when the adult baboons had gone in search of food. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

His blade was in its place, though, and his hand rested casually on its hilt. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“The scrapes on my leg are healing. Still itch like crazy, though.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Otto stepped forward, polite though a little disappointed to decline the present. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Bad feelings, even though you would just be trying to help?” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She called them winged mice, though for the life of me I cannot see any comparison between highly civilized mice and those primitive savages. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Even though we clients wouldn’t be asked to share in the load hauling, we would need to make repeated forays above Base Camp before the summit push in order to acclimatize. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

He seems to be, suddenly, though until this moment I didn’t think it possible. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I sat down as though I suspected there was a tack on my chair. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

When Amaranta saw him come in, even though he said nothing she knew immediately why he had come back. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

It was almost as if they had exchanged natures, as though she had become the machine, perfectly tuned to the roaring, clattering beasts in her care. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Because he knew something: even though outside he looked twenty, and his mustache was already coming along nicely, inside he was still this nine-year-old who liked rhyming things. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Up close, though, I realize something that chills my blood. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Her magic felt feeble, as though some river within herself were dry. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Didn’t bother to correct her, though, did he?” said Amos Diggory, loudly enough for Harry to hear as he started to walk out of the door with Mrs. Weasley and Bill. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Even though the Hell’s Angels were unsympathetic, they were the rebels against the authorities, unsavory rebels though they were. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Adèle, too, would be dressed: though I thought she had little chance of being introduced to the party that day at least. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

It was still bright out, though the sun had shifted to the other side of the horizon, above the tops of the far line of trees. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

He strictly forbade his boys from smoking, cursing, or drinking, though he was known occasionally to do all three himself when safely out of sight or earshot of his crews. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Unfair though this may seem on the Muggle in question, it is nevertheless preferable to being burnt at the stake or drowned in the village duckpond. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ginny jumped up as though her chair had just been electrified, gave Percy a fleeting, frightened look, and scampered away. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

We usually find a place tucked away far from others, though it’s mostly sand and dirt as far as the eye can see. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The light, his head, and the wall, he thought, as though he were an initiate or some perverted eclipse created without the consent of nature. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Forget it,” I say like it’s nothing, even though it’s everything. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Physically, Percy felt better too, though his clothes looked like he’d been through a hurricane of broken glass. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Today she counted five-and-twenty, though some were far away and moving, so it was hard to be certain. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I argue, even though I have no intention of eating it. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“It’s all in there—and by the way, umami means ‘deliciousness,’ even though I don’t remotely like mushrooms.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Maybe part of me wonders if I’m even gay, though only an hour ago, I was about 99.9 percent sure. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

“You may not believe me right now,” he told his young self, “though I think you will the more you consider it. I’m you. From the future.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Maybe it’s in that box in my closet. I put stuff there that your dad gave me. I forgot about the poem, though, till just now.” The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

It’s hard, though, because I feel like a stranger in my own house. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

It is not publicized, of course, and though some might speculate that the event has something to do with the circus, there is no way to be certain. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Her will clamped onto him and his words reeled out as though she’d reached down his throat and ripped them from him. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

And yet even so, holy and awesome though they were, they kept the mark of what they had sprung from. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Back when Sonny and I were in fifth grade though, one of Trey’s friends said something about Sonny, using a word I refuse to repeat. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The three of them were standing on a stone front porch, huddled together even though there was plenty of room to spread out. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

For the most part I was silent with them, though I knew that I had a firmer grasp of life than most of them. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I give in and light another cigarette even though last night the surgeon general came on the television set and shook his finger at everybody, trying to convince us that smoking will kill us. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

As though she held the broken pieces of her heart together in the crook of a frozen arm. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Golan continued as though he hadn’t heard me. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

And even though he was one of the cool kids at our school, his popularity didn’t rub off on me. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

The experience he gained in judging horses would be invaluable to him later, though he would have scoffed at the idea at the time. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nina’s voice was shaky with disbelief, though who knew what might be real or performance with her. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Even though Otto liked Mr. Flux, or rather, he liked that Mr. Flux liked them—fans were awesome—he knew to be cautious when strangers offered help, either by gift or effort. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Roger passes me on his way to the office, and the trail of red he leaves behind is so thick I feel as though I should be able to touch it. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

The narrow clay-daubed chimneys leaned as though some unseen pressure were forcing them over. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

She throws her arms around me, as though I’m her granddaughter. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rebecca also grunted and coughed a lot, even though she didn’t have a cold or anything. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

In that revelry amid his throng of friends who would imagine a single foe—though a strong foe indeed— could dare to bring death’s pain on him and darkness on his eyes? The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He turned to stare at me again, this time as though I’d said something wrong. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

It burned redder than the other stars, and did not twinkle, though sometimes it flared up bright and sometimes dwindled down to no more than a distant spark, dull and faint. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Even though I would ask three times, the prince fish would dart suddenly back into the water and swim downstream. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Already, there’s a crowd of people milling around the dance floor, even though no one’s really dancing yet. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Even though Rhiannon was concerned about Justin having to wait for us, he ends up coming ten minutes after we do. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

My arms burn from swinging them, and even though I'm an absolute mess I feel particularly light. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Really, though, there are only two kinds of weather: hoodie weather and weather where you wear a hoodie anyway. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

The general arrangements, though not the details, are familiar to us, though we’ve never seen so many mice in one place before and are awed by their numbers and stench. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

We agreed to try the glacier between the Volcanoes, though by going west to it we lose at least two days’ mileage towards our goal, one in going west and one in regaining the distance. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

I open it, just so I can listen for the birds, even though they don’t want anything to do with me anymore. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Well, I think so - even though, for a considerable time, admittedly, not much happened. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z

It seemed vaguely familiar, though he did not remember the statue. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Even though Mr. Jonathan was a man, he really acted more like an auntie to me. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

His teacher insisted on calling him “Elder Antain” in a breathy fawning voice, even though he wasn’t an elder yet, and gave him top marks no matter what kind of work he did. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I shot him a sour look, though I knew from the warmth in his voice that he was only teasing. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I could sense the steep drop to my left, though I could not see it due to the trees and thick foliage that lined the roadside. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

We swam and prepared to dive for the cage, though I didn’t know where the breath would come from, we had so little left. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“I’ll stay up here and guard the entrance. After all, even though I’m the vice principal, I’m also the custodian.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

“Wish I could, babe. I have to run home really quick though. Apparently my grandma decided on a three-day surprise visit, and she flips if she doesn’t get to see me.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

But even though I was mad, I put myself into the song. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Here we go again with Chris’s theories on girls, even though I have to admit, he was usually right. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Ultimately, though, like so many things, it was a matter of perception—how we decided to look at what was in front of us. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“A hundred to one he doesn’t tell them about his assassin, though.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

His entire body felt as though he had worked for hours in the sun. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

More likely, though, conformity of expression gathered momentum because the record-buying, radio-listening public liked it better, and bands reflected the change in fashion for entirely understandable commercial reasons. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

He knocked softly on the door, even though he knew that Yam was out. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

His mouth moves against mine, and his hand slips under the hem of the T-shirt, and I don’t stop him, though I know I should. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Even though it was a standard letter of only about ten lines, it took him an extraordinary amount of time going over it. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“Okay,” I said, even though I wasn’t sure. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Bailey asks, though the thought pops into his head that the contortionist might be referring to the circus itself. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

There was a peculiar floating sensation coming over him, as though he were floating up in the air like a balloon. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

She made her way into the parlor while Mama went to the kitchen to put something together for supper, even though it would most likely be lean. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

My back and side ached as though to warn me, but for the moment, I wasn’t afraid. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Thomas followed his gaze just in time to see Newt walk though the slanted door. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I sometimes went out to sit with him, even though Mother held it against me, saying he needed his solitude. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Anderson is a widow, and even though her husband died in the War between the States—fighting for the Confederacy, no doubt—she still wears her widows weeds. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Anna hit the back of her hand lightly against the railing for emphasis and demonstrated with her cigarette, holding it as though it were a pen. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

The cattle and horses were so clean they looked as though they had been scrubbed. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have to admit, though, I do feel sorry for her. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

He growled, worried the stick as though he’d caught a gopher, then dropped it and with an eager bite tore into the blanket that fell from her arm. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

I scratch the inside of my forearms trying, though. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Still, though, there were those tourists, he thought, as he walked down Hill Street toward the docks. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Before she could give it to him, though, he turned away from her and said, “Now that Dvoyka is here, let us pray.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Go on and play some now. Don’t go too far out though; it’s almost dinnertime.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

With her uncommon green eyes, she was almost a beauty, though her nose was overlong. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I always said that on the phone, like there was someone else who might call her “Mom,” even though I don’t have any brothers or sisters. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

And now that was gone, as though after the three years he could trust his eyes alone to do the watching, without the flesh on his bones standing sentry also. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

Both are theories of the universe, though the latter is much more mathematical and precise than the former. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s, like, dinnertime,” Percy said, though he couldn’t tell from looking outside. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“So!” said Gaunt triumphantly, as though he had just proved a complicated point beyond all possible dispute. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

After a moment Maddie realized she was being cautious, not slow—moving carefully, as though it were painful to stretch her shoulders. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Even though Axel’s memories can be sort of fuzzy sometimes, when Aunt Nancy shares stories, when they do look at pictures, when a spark lights up the past, Axel can remember Frank being here too. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Then he pushed the coach back, though Reyna could tell Michael wasn’t trying to hurt him. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

What I would like to do, though, if it’s at all humanly possible, I’d like to help you, boy.” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

With his other correspondents, though not with Jefferson, he was much more forthright. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

I take my time in there, and though I miss Amma already, a part of me can't help but be glad that I don't need to hurry. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“I need to rest,” I told Beau, though my lips were so dead from the cold it just sounded like a groaned mumble. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Rishi nodded, though everything seemed to be happening from a great distance, like he was viewing his own life through a telescope. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

This hasn’t been blacked out, even though we aren’t supposed to be reading. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was an old quiet smell about the room, as though the air in it was little changed, for all the sweet lilac scent and the roses brought to it throughout the early summer. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Even the sea brought him no comfort tonight, though. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Her voice quavering, she answered her critics "I have my reasons," she said, even though she knew she didn't. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

The last one being Pap&, though even as I looked, he faded little by little, until the box was empty. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over time, though, they realize they are strangers. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

He did not whisper, though he did not speak overloud; the dark room which he faced repeated his voice with hollow profundity, as an unfurnished room will. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Birdbrain Family had set a row of thirty birdhouses along their backyard fence, even though Luke could have told them it was pointless to do that until spring. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

She acted glad to see us, though she didn’t say much. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He imagined fleetingly that he was having a bad case of indigestion, though he had had a heart attack before. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Slowly she’d adapted, though, and had become part of the bonobo society. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

He would not take his hand away from his mouth, and it was as though his lips were some very secret part of himself which was being exposed. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

A terrible grinding creaks up high, as though the whole structure might collapse at any moment. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

So even though my money stayed in my boot, it was a great show for a boy from Marshall. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I cursed her under my breath as I carried the heavy liters of soda home, and even though she couldn't keep any food down, I ate a stinky omelet in her presence. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

She climbs the ladder and restores the heavy Audubon volumes to their shelf one at a time, as though putting away something irritating. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Even though he was only in second grade, he was technically free to backpack through Europe, or go on safari in Africa, and breeze through customs upon his return. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Myron approached as though he wanted to hug me, but my body language must have warned him that it’d be the wrong move. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Tchaikovsky, though, was the first Russian composer to achieve meaningful fame outside Russia. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

It was coming harder now, much harder, wind-whipped and silent, though the wind could be heard pushing against the beams in the courthouse attic. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

But I was worried about Noodles, even though I tried not to be. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

There's just one crown, though, and you can hear the crowd's confusion -whose head will he place it on? -until President Snow gives it a twist and it separates into two halves. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

It filled the church, as though the church had merely become a hollow or a void, echoing with the voices that had driven her to this dark place. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Regulus’s bedroom was slightly smaller than Sirius’s, though it had the same sense of former grandeur. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He had not emerged since ... though from time to time His Grace was glimpsed upon the tower roof, outlined against the beacon fire that burned there night and day. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

They did not kill the girl, though: the chief’s son married her and she became a very good wife for him. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

“I think it will be fairly easy to get away without being seen, though we should be especially careful about turning into the logging road and coming out of it onto the highway.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He had a woman’s delicacy of feature, and was—“as you may see, though you never saw her,” said Herbert to me—“exactly like his mother.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

After a moment, though, he set his jaw and went after her with a hard, fast stride. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

"No, I'm about to show y'all how to win. That is, if you can shut up and listen. Especially you, Krystal, seeing as though you run the slowest leg." Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Since then, even though it’s been four years, this has always been a sad time of year for me. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

The words were familiar to me, because I had heard the phrase in class, though I had paid them little attention at the time. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

They were interested by his Lesson — though wary, i’faith, because of his dusky Skin. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Even though it’s only been less than four months, it seems so long ago. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Through all my time in Tarbean, I continued to learn, though most of the lessons were painful and unpleasant. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He could see the men in the boat next to his; one of them had lit a cigarette and the glow of its tip was visible, though he’d tucked it down inside his cradled palm. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I thought at the time that I must be dreaming when I saw them, for, though the moonlight was behind them, they threw no shadow on the floor. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Perhaps it is because it does not feel as though Tara Burgess is entirely gone, when her sister sits alive and well. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I still hadn’t emailed Thomas back, even though he’d emailed me again. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I felt I was forgiven, and though I wasn’t sure for what, this was a relief. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

I was relieved to get out of the kitchen, even though I was nervous about what I was about to do. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Curiously, though, environmentalists also describe Native American history as embodying precisely the opposite lesson: how to live in a spiritual balance with Nature. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

She asks me to come and visit her soon, and I promise I will, though right now doing so is difficult to imagine. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

June didn’t say anything about my teeth, though. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

One of the white women looked toward us apologetically, as though she were sorry to be the cause of such a scene. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Zoroastrianism is patrilineal, which meant that even though Mom had inherited Babou’s religion, she couldn’t pass it on to me and Laleh. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

According to Google Maps, though, I’m already there. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

We walked over the compacted dirt toward the entrance, which wasn’t closed up, even though the park wasn’t open yet—I guess they weren’t too worried about people sneaking in. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

My avatar was now dressed in a suit of chainmail armor, and my hands were held out in front of my body, as though I were clutching a set of reins. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

His teeth chattered, even though the bed was piled with blankets. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

“Hobb says he’s out of horseradish, though. What good is boiled beef without horseradish?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Even though I came home exhausted every day that I worked for Mrs. DiAngelo, I was getting some of my old energy back. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

I could sense that my family, too, knew that I had to go, wanted me to go, though they didn’t understand why I had to go. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had never been in Julian’s house, had never even seen it, though I assumed the rest of them had been there a hundred times. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“No. Go talk to your sister if you want to. Brace yourself though. She might surprise you.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

She opened her mouth as though to say something, then fell back on the pillows and sighed. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

It was as though he were taking turns visiting us in our sleep. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Even though Mrs. Thatcher was on the opposite side of the ANC on many issues, such as sanctions, she was always a forthright and solicitous lady. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sullivan took the suggestion but never acknowledged its provenance, even though that one great entrance eventually became the talk of the fair. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

But they fade, though I stretch out my arms towards them, they slip away from me, ghosts at daybreak. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though Lynn was sick tonight, Sam was allowed in the bedroom. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

We had to go through a rundown part of town, and as we drove past those buildings, I wrapped my jacket tighter around my chest, even though Dad was blasting the heater. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, good idea. I want you to meet Harrison, though.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was as though she was not even there. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shrugged, as though to say: “So what?” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked at me as though I’d proposed some indecent act. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then it was as though I hadn't asked him; the name sounded strange. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sheriff doesn’t seem to detect the tone, though. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Most Christians and Muslims believe in a heaven and a hell, though there’s a lot of disagreement within both religions over what, exactly, will get you into one afterlife or the other. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

But his voice was ragged as though he, too, was going to cry. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

And even though it seems impossible that he could feel something for me, given all that I’m not . . . maybe it isn’t. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

That's when I know that even though both of us would have eaten the berries, I am to blame for having the idea. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

All I felt was empty inside—empty and removed—as though it wasn’t even me who was standing there. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Cassie snorts and giggles as she reads, and even though Noah is three rows back and my earmuffs are on, I hear him popping gum. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

In general, though, Goths do not hurt people. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lena doesn’t change her expression, though, even when everybody starts to whisper, “Pick me!” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

It was as though I had waded out into a shallow pool only to have the bottom drop out and the water close over my head. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I suppose it all started at boarding school when I began getting lots of callers, and though none of these beaus lasted long enough to even be called relationships, my sisters mistook volume for vampishness. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

The court said researchers should disclose financial interests in patient tissues, though no law required it. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Sweet enough to look at them, though their father seems a fool. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

That young man had a way of looking as though he knew some secret jest that only he was privy to; Catelyn had never liked it. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The heat don’t really bother me, though, never has. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a refugee camp in other ways, though. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

The sand was grayish blue, though the weird illumination made it difficult to judge its true color. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I'm glad though, because it supports the whole crazy-in-love thing that's my defense for defying the Capitol, plus it means we won't have as much time to linger over the deaths. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“It must be such a comfort to think that, though they are gone, a record of their great achievements remains....” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Even though it was hard to see you, it was good to see you. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

The tables are pushed back and the music starts, though I wonder that they don’t just move the party indoors. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Five years after that, Leanne at last became pregnant with what would be the couple’s only child—though they didn’t know that yet. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

But most of these things, except perhaps the salt and sugar, would not keep forever, even though I did not use them up. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

He bore the boy easily enough/ though he looked none too happy with the task. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She marched towards the phone, as though to challenge it, too, and then she slid to the floor, a boneless, bereft sliding, and began to weep. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

What troubled me most, though, was that the tent wasn’t even mine: I’d borrowed the expensive shelter from my father. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A drive. It’s all right, though. Some other time.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Rural whites are often the most punitive, even though they are least likely to be crime victims. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

He was huge, bigger than most grown men, even though he was only sixteen. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t tell you when he started noticing, though, just like he doesn’t know when he started ticking off the days of Henry’s moods. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He moved stiffly, as though it hurt him. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Emma said, actually throwing her arms around the older girl’s waist as though she were a friend, not a total stranger. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

They’d drop the soft claws and tails into my bowl of melted butter, as though they were feeding the queen. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

He came to me and put his hands under my arms and lifted me from the floor, as though I were a bundle of feathers. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stare at mine and wonder how they would look with color even though I like things better without color. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tough Time Suck recovered from the fall quickly, though was a bit wobbly on those thick legs. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“No, not very much,” admitted Major Sanderson with a sharp, nervous laugh and pulled at his pendulous second chin lovingly as though it were a long goatee. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The horse is mid-gallop, the knight leaning forward in the saddle, with sword drawn as though he is on his way to a great battle of some sort. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I know what she’s saying even though I’m not wearing my hearing aids and she doesn’t move her mouth. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Once again the passive voice makes that possible, even though the baby didn’t do anything: The baby, he says, was given to him by another shepherd. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

The third, though, has pictures on the walls, ones I recognize from the night Jackson, Katherine, and I snuck into the Spencers’ homestead. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“Okay,” said Harry, trying to sound as though he wasn’t apprehensive at all and merely glad that Lupin had found such a good substitute for a real dementor. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

These horns look comically small, as though they come from animals you could kill with your bare hands. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“I know for a fact that is not true,” Tara says, settling into the chair opposite, though her gaze continues to wander around the room. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Mom comes up again, even though neither of us did our “Write something about Mom” homework. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

For a moment, August looks as though he’s going to come after me, but then the expression on his mashed face shifts. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Curiously, though, they did not use the symbol to distinguish among their versions of r, 10, and 100. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

They were talking though, and I had lost the thread of conversation. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Ged saw all these things from outside and apart, alone, and his heart was very heavy in him, though he would not admit to himself that he was sad. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Percy agreed, though once in his cabin, he had trouble falling asleep. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

As though he is about to ride in some black chariot at a forty-five-degree angle down into the abyss. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He felt as though if he tried to move one of his feet, he would fall away from the earth completely. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

A car's odometer comes from the factory set at 00000, though by the time the dealer’s done tooling around town, it’s probably got a few more miles on it. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“I had an accident in the car once. My father was driving. It was a long time ago. It wasn’t my father’s fault, though.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He looked as though I had expressed a doubt and I hurried to say, "It's certainly white all right." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Lara said Maria was helping him, even though they weren’t partners anymore. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“We were under the impression that your Age Line would keep out younger contestants, Dumbledore,” said Karkaroff his steely smile still in place, though his eyes were colder than ever. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Now the rebels harked to the proceedings; we saw them watching from the shore, though they could not hear. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“His mack, though,” the bearded one said, reaching out to pinch the sleeve of my jacket. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Naturally they came on board in the guise of passengers, though how they got the weapons past Security is anyone’s guess. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Frankie lifted his eyebrows, scowling as though I had offended him. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

They made Marcus sound guilty, even though he said he was innocent. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

"One must come first. Art Corin's elder by full twenty minutes. And his better too, let's hope, though that's no great mastery." The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

“We’ll bury him tomorrow,” cries Ma and I want to cry, too, though my eyes don’t make tears anymore. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

Everybody could remember those days when, even though they had lost much communal land, they had still been allowed permits to run cattle and sheep and goats galore in the National Forest. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It still feels comforting, even though it’s falling apart. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Everyone else is talking, animated, excited, hopeful that this year, our first year, we’ll win miraculously and then head to the regional Islamic Quiz Bowl competition, even though the other two teams are more experienced. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

The cold of the snow is palpable, though she realizes her dress is no longer wet from the rain. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

To me that noise always sounded as though the Headmaster was firing a pistol at the ceiling of his study. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

One day of such reports was all that Victarion Greyjoy could stomach; he paid the gold price for food and water, though it shamed him, and took his ships back out to sea. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

They had never taken time to answer a single question; though we worked in the institute, we were as remote from the meaning of the experiments as if we lived in the moon. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

To the black elite, though, this was the best method of earning freedom, a technique proven under slavery, and so most likely to show results under a system not so very different from slavery. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I nod, even though my mother has been setting up shrines and praying for Pri’s father’s soul on the anniversary of his death each year. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I think I’m ready, even though our studying usually turns into something else. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Singer put a berry in his mouth and though the juice had a lush, wild sweetness there was already a subtle flavor of decay. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Please, call me Denny. Even though I’ve told you that lots of times and you never do. And it’s no inconvenience whatsoever.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

They are much higher than Bailey had suspected, even though they have not reached the top. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Truth be told, I thought she was real fond of him even though she’d never laid eyes on him. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I moved, feeling as though a huge force was on the point of bursting. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was probably too young to understand grown-up politics, even though she might have heard her parents talking about the terrible war news. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

He sounded as though he was gagging, choking. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

They talk about her as though she is not even in the room, as if she is as insubstantial as their beloved spirits. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Grandma Sands must have real thin blood, because even though it was hot as a furnace in the house she had on a big thick nightgown and a big thick robe. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was dipping her almost to the floor now, though you couldn’t tell who was leading who. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

He wondered briefly, though, how to deal with it at the morning meal. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Meat alone does not make a meal, though, so there were fruits and grains and vegetables as well. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

They try to make this monthly visit informal—everyone wearing civilian clothes, though they all defer to the Gestapo captain as if he were the King of England. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

The Asian and Hispanic kids rarely complain about what we give them; the black kids and white kids often do, they act entitled, though in different ways. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it’s not as though these morels were going to disappear after lunch. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“I got it okay,” I said, “but thanks, though.” The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

I get a rush of emotions thinking about him, though I couldn’t even say what they all are. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Most of the time, though, I exult, and think I have had a narrow escape. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Olanna stared at the man, as though to give him a chance to take it back and ask for her instead. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Tomorrow morning we could get a boat. Go out to French’s Island,” he said in a calm voice, as though it were as simple as going to lunch. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

I nod once, even though I never want to be a drug runner, and then get out as fast as I can. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

They told me my parents were fine, though they weren’t allowed into Mount Olympus. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Pleased though they have been with the house, the Links never considered it permanent. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

It was hard not to feel a bit depressed sometimes, not to feel as though the families who kept their girls at home were simply surrendering to Fazlullah. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I walked toward the door, holding my head high, though I stumbled more than once. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“Elise tripped on the way out of the house holding Aaron, but he was bundled up pretty tight. Could you check on him, though?” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I try to explain to them that I’m going though really bad times, but they don’t seem to care. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Claudius and Gertrude nodded to acknowledge their subjects, though few cheers greeted them and fewer smiles. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

His lip droops a little, and I realize that even though I hear his voice, words aren’t coming out of his mouth. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Maybe if she stalled for time...though she wasn’t sure how stalling would help. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

They were on the verge of running out, even though all he allowed either of them to eat was half a cup’s worth. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

“Even though it would be boring? And predictable?” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Alice could see what he was doing, dark though it was, and getting darker, and she moved a little closer. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

He thinks there must be a circus train, though there is not one at the nearest station, and as far as he can tell, no one ever sees such a train come or go. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“If she finds out we’re trying to win the twelfth game, even though there isn’t any prize...” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

In France, the word preceded the deed, though not by much. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The female is generally larger and more aggressive than the male, though neither should be approached by any but highly skilled and trained wizards. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I asked instinctively, though the familiar sand dunes and sea oats were a dead giveaway. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

As though her eye had tried to do what her lungs couldn’t. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Galileo accepted, even though the increase in salary would only take effect from the following year, and even though it would commit him to burdensome teaching duties. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

His mother was in bed with high blood pressure, though. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Whatever; it’s fine,” she said, though it clearly wasn’t and it wasn’t ever going to be. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She giggled excitedly, rather embarrassed, flushed though, very pleased. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Not of spiders, though she wasn’t wild about spiders, either…. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

People also recalled, though this point was discussed at considerable length, that he had returned home without a degree, and that he had, in some undefinable way, changed. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pretended not to believe him and acted as though I was going to kill him. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though he's blackmailing me, I feel guilty. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

He was something of a fashion plate, always well dressed and forever drawing the eyes of the young women around him, though he did not seem to have a steady girl. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He was wearing his Granger warm-up pants and jacket, as though he was still waiting to be put in the game. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

They wore fine dresses, though the one in the middle—the raven-haired one—wore the finest. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“It could be somewhere else in the house, though,” said Hermione in a rallying tone as they walked back downstairs: As Harry and Ron had become more discouraged, she seemed to have become more determined. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

How she would do that after getting in trouble, though...that part she was still working on. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

And though the girl is young, she understands things that others do not. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Fadi looked at her blankly for a few seconds; his brain was slow in getting used to English again, even though his mother had drilled them every day during their homeschooling. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

“In school, we all went by Wales. Philip is Lieutenant Windsor in the RAF now, though.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I pause for a moment, thinking about my hood and how even though families grew up and changed, things essentially stayed the same, until now. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Once again, the war years shaped and hardened his convictions on this score, though the basic attitudes on which they rested were in place long before he assumed command of the Continental Army. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

I can only write a little bit at a time, as I don’t get much privacy around here, even though it’s just me and Mami in the walk-in closet in the Mancinis’ bedroom. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Mama nodded, even though she looked a bit disappointed. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He felt as though the walls were pressing in on him, as though he wanted to get up and run from the room. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Halima stood up and stretched, for a little too long, as though to register her reluctance. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Harry didn’t know anything about the wizard prison, though everyone he’d ever heard speak of it did so in the same fearful tone. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Even though she didn’t actually apologize to him, I know Mama felt bad for assuming Thaya Jaan had said something to upset me. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Besides, though I was glad the little ones went, I could see that, by sixteen, my time for school had passed. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

For Mom, too, though she doesn’t always say it. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“There is still time. We will figure out what to do,” Lola says, though she looks worried, too. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

Balekin’s expression is wild with fury, and he pulls against the bolt, as though he might rip his hand in half before he allowed this to happen. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

In fact, though my mother never said so, I think this was the reason they got divorced. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Look at the peacock, Ifem,” he said, gently, as though he sensed her irritation. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I know better than to tell Isabella and Julia that, though. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

For in those days I was what they called ginger-colored, and he sounded as though he might crunch me between his teeth like a crisp ginger cookie. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked hopeful, though—so sad and so hopeful—and he was trying, so I told him, “That does sound like fun.” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She hears Madame Manec stand and collect the bowls and her father exhale cigarette smoke as though it is very heavy in his lungs and he is glad to be rid of it. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He kisses my forehead without looking me in the eye, though he does look over my outfit. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

It’s the clothes I relate to, though, not the customers. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moving people from one place to another made me feel as though I performed a valuable service, recognized and appreciated by the city at large. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“I just still like him, though. He make me laugh.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Suddenly it was as though she stepped over the edge of a black cliff. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Across the courtyard, Raizel stood next to her mother, studying a rugelach as though concerned it might crawl off her plate. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t make it through the whole day, though.” Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

“But not well enough to keep you there. Stunning girls, though, in Mexico. I thought I should never get away from Vera Cruz when I was down there a couple of years ago.” The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lara makes sure to stand right next to him, soaking in the attention as though she was his partner and not me. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

The same is true of my father—though he is silent even with family members. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

And even though my thoughts were somewhere else—my eyes focused on nothing—I felt your touch. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Ron was still goggling at the girl as though he had never seen one before. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

And though in terms of her work Justice is now one of Pikeville’s leading citizens, she is still troubled by the old doubts and insecurities. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Even though he had his own hut farther up the mountain, Yishan claimed the seat by the fireplace in Pinmei’s hut as his own. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

The draught still blew in my face though. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I was so grateful that I asked her to marry me, though I found her dull company, ambitionless, too much of a shouter, a hitter. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Each day came as a surprise, though Alys, realizing, tried to prepare her and explain. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“You can relax, though. I’m not into you that way. You’re a little too clean for my taste, no offense.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

He was more confident in himself, though, and felt as though he could conquer the world. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

His voice was a powerful one, though I couldn’t help but listen to the voices at school and on TV. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

As everyone continues to press in around us and yell questions, I start to feel invisible because no one says a word to me, even though they obviously know Boy21 and I are tight. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I know. Dad and I don’t have the heart to replace him, though. He’s worked here for sixty years. How could we do that?” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

His beard was black and heavy as though it had grown for three days. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The words began to race now as though they couldn’t get out fast enough. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

They had remained close, even though they had not always seen eye to eye. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, though, God smiles on the fox and puts the rabbit right in his path. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

The attendant smiles, even though it must be a pretty silly thing for her to hear. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Taryn watches me intently, as though trying to warn me with her gaze. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It seemed to him that he knew instinctively who would survive and who would perish, though just what it was that made for survival, it was not easy to say. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t steal nothin’,” I said, suddenly feeling too tired to explain, even though I just woke up. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

"Yes, even though I gave instructions to all the teahouses to refuse treatment to her. Someone has disobeyed me." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

In most places people ate small portions of meat, though not at every meal. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Fischer’s games, though, were crystalline—transparent but ingenious. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She lay warm in her bed, her fingers playing over her own smile as though encountering it for the first time. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“I thought my uncle had done that,” I tell him, even though none of us would have thought of it. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

His eyes drooped, his lids looked as though they had weights placed on them, but he smiled and said something that made Amaka laugh. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Impalas grazed around the baboons as though they were bushes. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Madam Malkin dithered for a moment on the spot, then seemed to decide to act as though nothing was happening in the hope that it wouldn’t. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Her eye was bruised, yellow and purple, still swollen, though not as grotesquely as yesterday. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I asked, even though I knew exactly why he wanted to talk to me. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The house—well, she apologizes for it, though three bedrooms in a freestanding building for $825 a month doesn’t seem so bad to me at the moment. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ask, because even though these are my imaginary alien people, I have no idea what they are extracting. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

“I’ll get it,” I said, even though he couldn’t hear me. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

The sharpest of all were the big-time Harlem gamblers in white dinner jackets, elegantly stepping with glittering women who looked as though they posed for the advertisements in Ebony magazine. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The men became excited and craned to get a better look, and indeed, the heavily forested area appeared as though it could shelter a nascent guerrilla force. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Smiling she sat down on his back, but the others, quick though they were to follow her, had no chance. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most, though, were coded because neither Moch nor his boys wanted the other crews or the coaches to know their exact meaning. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

As though she’d forgotten about all the times I’d hit her and refused to share fruit and yelled at her in a jealous rage over who would get the biggest potato. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

"This is what I mean, though," I said. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

He pointed at his hearing aids, which I hadn’t noticed before, even though I was trying as hard as I could to notice everything. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Yet he moped and moped — not eating, not talking, indulging his misery as though it were a child. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re what he wants. It will work out, somehow,” she said, though her forehead creased with worry. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

And even though I already knew that I would never believe any account that justified this taking, I sat down to read the story. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

The Giver smiled, though his smile was oddly harsh. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Jane’s temper was not desponding, and she was gradually led to hope, though the diffidence of affection sometimes overcame the hope, that Bingley would return to Netherfield and answer every wish of her heart. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

I pulled on my dry stockings and stepped into my new shoes even though they rubbed fierce on the popped blisters. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was too dark to go fast, though he could presently hear them ahead of him. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s nice to think of him alive, though. Fighting bad guys like a hero.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

This time, though, Mama didn’t want me to go either. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Neither am I," I say, even though that's starting to feel like a lie. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t help standing well back from the side, remembering the shark, though he knew, or felt sure, it had just been striking at the reflected moonlight. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Right. I’ll get right on it. My money is still on Charles Wallace being a terminator, though. Kids creepy.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

My mother and I were standing about six feet away, as though we were afraid to approach them any closer. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I decided that somehow or other we would have to work out a compromise, a way that we could both live in the valley even though not as friends. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Lupin made a sudden motion with his arm as though to grip Harry’s shoulder, but thought better of it. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Even though we wouldn’t have admitted it out loud, in our wildest dreams, we never thought Bucky would be acquitted. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

And saving Cedric—that wasn’t such a bad idea—not in my head, anyway—though, you know, right — that we definitely can’t try again. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

I say, even though I know the answer. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I nod and sniffle and look away, even though I feel silly and stupid for getting emotional all over again. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

It was the day after Sam’s house collapsed, though she couldn’t be sure. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

As though plunder of dark energy was not at the heart of our galaxy. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

The forces of evil generated by the hideous—and apparently impossible to uncover—underground of suspicious characters seemed remote to him this afternoon, though. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The subway station was just a few blocks from her house, and when I got there the door was open a little, like she knew I’d be coming, even though she couldn’t have, obviously. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

About her mother, even though I didn’t have mine. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Being naturally cheerful and bold, though, she soon grinned and joked. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

There was no sign of the monster either, not since the attack on Harry, even though it was supposed to be time for Conor to tell a story in return. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Even though these are the minutes of truth, I don't tell her about the song. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

“Stop a minute, though,” he said, wheeling round before we had gone many paces. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

He was talking as he closed the door to his office and sat down behind his big desk, though I wasn’t really paying much attention to what he was saying. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Awkward to write about it without using a name, though. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Even though I hear the words, I forget them as soon as they’re said. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Her eyes darted back and forth, as though she were reading a page in a book only she could see. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“They say red thread is special, sacred; though I, myself, after having spent so much time with it, know it for what it is. ” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

The air was calm, though animals’ slops and whiffs of burning wood made it rank. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

The field was still there, though not as I remembered it. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mine took hold, rooted, and bloomed, even though there were inevitable adjustments to the new soil and climate. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

This person, the book went on to say, was one of the richest and most powerful men in the world, even though his business was illegal. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Morgan would look up from the TV or a book or a game to watch him, as though she saw through him, while Don pretended not to squirm under her piercing eyes. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Her father repeated with relish, “ ‘And though I called another, Abra came.’ East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Slowly, timidly, as though entering a shrine, the boy’s fingers crept into it, flexed, curled the cracked leather, brought it back to shape, to life. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though it wasn’t quite nighttime yet, the stars had begun to shoulder their way into the sky. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She had named every cloud, even though no two were ever the same. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I guess I was paranoid Dr. Howell would talk about me to my dad, even though I knew he wasn’t supposed to do that kind of thing. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

My hair has grown out, though it isn’t as long as it once was. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

In December, though he lacked an official mandate to do so, Burnham secretly mailed inquiries to five men, “feeling confident that I would carry my point.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Because even though I already calculated that I have enough food left to feed Henrietta until after school starts, now I have that invisible chicken too. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

There’s still snow on the ground, a dirty filigree, though the winter is losing its hardness and glitter. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He seems indifferent to most of what I have to say, alive only to the possibilities of my body, though he watches me while I’m speaking. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nazario had found a loophole, though it was closed right after that case. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

But somehow he managed to keep his grip, even though the crash of the tires hitting the ground punched out all his breath. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

I order a cheese Danish and a cup of coffee, even though the smell of bacon makes my mouth drip. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

My head ached as though I had been struck a blow. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He spoke to her as though on the telephone. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then, even though it was only three in the afternoon, she got into bed. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I asked, like I didn’t know what she was about to say next, even though I was pretty sure I did. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Mostly, though, we had to make up our own. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though Dad thought he was being slick, everybody saw this. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

And something happened, sure enough, that made Mama glad she stayed close, though she couldn’t have explained it if she tried. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Pretty soon I was down around his stuff, and though it took a while for him to get hard, I could tell straight away he was happy about it. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

She still hadn’t seen me, though I had a good side view of her. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

He walks away, and even though I’m a huge idiot, I’m smart enough to know better than to follow him. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Not Saleem’s, though; apparently, he’s not a good enough actor to make his slight smile look anything but forced. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Even though we hadn’t wanted that kiss to be a big thing, it had been a big thing. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

They went down to the beach to take a moonlit walk, and I was happy for them, though the scene reminded me of Silena and Beckendorf, which made me sad. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“There were about 40 girls waiting in the yard. The foreman came out & looked at us as though we were so many cows.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t hear what he said to him, but the other guy made a move as though he were going to butt him. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Nigro’s, though admittedly occurring at a formative time in Bobby’s life, lasted just five. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Baaz, who still stood in the middle of the tent, shouted the command at the top of his lungs, then glared at the little fires as though he meant to douse them with admonishment. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Most ignored him and kept going, some laughed at him, but a few were intimidated by his rank and had stopped, though he lacked any personal authority. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He chose to stay and act, even though he knew it would mean breaking the law. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Here between the volcanoes it is about four miles wide, and should not be hard going farther in towards the center, though it is more crevassed than I had hoped, and the surface rotten. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

First, though, I had to have another talk with my father. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

The Dursleys often spoke about Harry like this, as though he wasn’t there — or rather, as though he was something very nasty that couldn’t understand them, like a slug. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Even though she often treats me cruelly, I see that she is not all evil. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was dressed much as I was, though I suppose it was really the other way around: a rough-woven wool blanket wrapped over a gray pirhan-tumban and a vest. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Even though the buildings are called portables, I don’t think they ever get moved once they’re set down. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Fancy wasting a pair of Seven League Boots as though they were nothing more than work slippers! The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

The duke’s black eyes bored into her, though, and he frowned as he put a hand on her elbow and steered her on. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

It was almost as though Lydia could read his mind. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

It was generally worth the wait, though, and he started salivating as he watched plates get delivered to every table that wasn’t his. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I could not taste or smell the feed corn or the petroleum or the antibiotics or the hormones—or the feedlot manure, even though I knew they were there. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

He'd been born there, and though my parents had immigrated to the US when he was little, Iraq had always remained home for him. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

It was the height of the summer season, though fortunately not so many people went to Yellowstone in those days as now. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Workers called this a “disruption,” as if it were temporary, though few children ever returned to the same adoptive family. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Effie shows up a bit early to take us down because last year, even though we were on time, we were the last two tributes to show up. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

And yet the world it constructs . . . lowering in pitch and warping as the batteries die, the lesson slowing as though the young man is exhausted, and then it stops. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

So I knock and Mother Ermentrude herself opens the door, showing no surprise to see me, though the hour is late. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Even though I always got lost in the shuffle of tall, boisterous eighteen-year-olds, I loved moving through the quad with my sister. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

In a little bit, though, I heard a quiet step at the door. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Originally, though, the smaller Canteen Creek alone occupied that channel. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

They're all just make-believe, this dream I was having for a long time, and now I'm awake again and he's still filling the room somehow, even though we're outside. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

This time, though, Lourdes longs for a profound emptiness, to be clean and hollow as a flute. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

They hung there, seemingly self-sustained, as though watching. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bigger saw Gus cup his left hand to his ear, as though holding a telephone receiver; and cup his right hand to his mouth, as though talking into a transmitter. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

At school they were strangers for reasons unclear to him, though at the same time he understood it had to be that way because she was Japanese and he wasn’t. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

So I tickled him more, even though by then it was dark and I had to go by feel. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Wash prayed, though, that his family had gone out the back door. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He did not eat, though the Meat was in his Mouth. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

It was as though he were trying to listen to the beat of his own heart. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

They whispered together, and then they all three laughed—such a silvery, musical laugh, but as hard as though the sound never could have come through the softness of human lips. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

We had waited even though it would have been so much easier not to wait. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

I cross my fingers quick even though I’m not playing. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

They’ve decided that Joey is their newest crush and I’ve been pretending to agree with them, even though he’s always mean to me. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“As our Mandrakes are only seedlings, their cries won’t kill yet,” she said calmly as though she’d just done nothing more exciting than water a begonia. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

I scooted away from it because palmetto bugs looked like mutant roaches, and even though they didn’t bite, they were still freakishly big. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I didn’t feel the cold, though, because I was remembering it the way it was in our time. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

We figure he must of fallen out of a tree even though Papa Coal tried to convince us that maybe that catfish climbed out the bank and up the tree. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I arrived at the church full of anxious energy, as though I’d been sent through time from some disastrous future to this moment, when my actions still had weight and my thoughts, consequences. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

It was a suborbital lob shot, and though the spacecraft was empty, the newspapers said it was the opening round of America’s program to put men into space. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Even though it was just a fishing boat, not a charter boat that took tourists for marlin, Captain Ortega kept it well. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

When the pressure was on, though, something seemed to unravel inside him. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had reached the Mountain’s foot on its northern side, and a little to the westward; there its long grey slopes, though broken, were not sheer. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

We were stumped as to why he was kind enough to send us Nelson, though. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

My body vibrates with the rhythms of the cumbias, as though my blood and bones have absorbed the music and my insides are dancing. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

A man in a tuxedo walks along calling, “For the love of God, let me through,” though no one steps aside, and he moves no more quickly than anyone else. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Her movements were slippery and slow, as though she was moving in a dream. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

She covered her eyes with her hands as though the light was too bright, then she shook her head and said, “Be quick with it.” The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

The Plimpy is not particularly dangerous, though it will nibble the feet and clothing of swimmers. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am not sleepy myself, though I am weary—weary to death. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Her duties were lighter as Lord Bolton's cupbearer than they had been under Weese or even Pinkeye, though they required dressing like a page and washing more than she liked. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Hulking boys though they were, they looked oddly lonely without the tall, pale figure of Malfoy between them, bossing them around. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

She behaves as though money were the problem. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, yes, you’re right. You go. Work. I will stay out of it. Don’t bother your sister, though. She had a rough practice.” Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

Desperately Sam tried to help him and hold him up, though he felt that he could himself hardly stay the pace much longer. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

In his right hand, and very carefully, as though it contained something infinitely precious, he carried the giant glove. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the train pulled in to the station the next day, though, there was no sign of him. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

His hair was rumpled like he’d just woken up, even though it was midafternoon. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I was happy when he said, “Oh, maybe I will join you. Maybe soon”—even though he didn’t know whether he would be able to or not. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I do my best to freshen up, though I figure I'm going to sweat more anyway. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

The piano player didn’t know this part as well as Annette did — even though he usually played more than half of the show, this one was rightfully hers — but he rose to the occasion, too. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I do clear my throat, though, because it’s getting a little hard to breathe with her gazing at me like that. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

I could have kept that going for a while, though. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

The problem with power, though, is that having it doesn’t always make you a good person. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“I lasted almost all day without earmuffs, even though silent reading was loud, lunch was awful, and recess was worse. It didn’t work.” Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Alex hadn’t gone to school even though, secretly, he wanted to. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Even though he had married young and had three children with his wife, Minnie, it was well known that he was romantically involved with other women. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I sort of enjoyed the air and all, though. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

He spoke to them only in English, careful English, as though he thought that the Igbo he shared with their mother would infect them, perhaps make them lose their precious British accents. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t expecting that to happen, even though when I think about it now, I should’ve known it would. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Black was frowning slightly at Hermione, but not as though he were annoyed with her. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

It was as though, stumbling upon himself from the outside, he had suddenly caught himself out, taken himself flagrantly at fault. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gerhard is a good fit for the military, Helmuth decides, even though he isn't a Nazi, has never been a Nazi, has never approved of Hitler and the Nazi government. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

“We don’t have any firewood, though. What can we burn?” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

As we made our way out to the playground, my whole stomach began to feel as though it was slowly filling up with swirling water. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You say that as though it means something.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

He was looking left and right, though the collar around his neck prevented him from seeing the pole and Keepers behind him. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“I know,” Harry murmured through the glass, though he wasn’t sure the snake could hear him. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

It looks as though every drop of blood drains from my face. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Dad was wearing a winter coat when he dropped me off at Katie’s, though. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

What was less comprehensible, however, was how Robbie imperiously raised his hand now, as though issuing a command which Cecilia dared not disobey. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Emily nodded obediently, even though Mr. Quisling wasn’t looking at her. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He pulled out several papers, drawings, and long sheets covered with calculations, which I could not understand even when he explained them, though this I did not confess. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was remarkably similar to Houston's, though Teddy couldn't read any of the Chinese text on the big screens. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

More important, though, was why I would do that. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

Last week, they put Curtis through an extra security screening, even though the metal detector didn’t beep when he went through. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

They experimented with one expression and then another, said nothing, though their mouths were often open. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

It felt as though he was sitting on some sort of plant. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t fight to free himself, though, only observes me with the wary look of someone who still hasn’t ruled out that he’s in the presence of a mutt. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Even though I didn’t say it to Fina, I think that’s the other reason I love The World at the End of the Tunnel so much. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“You gotta watch his face, though. You know what I’m saying? His face when he’s fighting, it’s...” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I don’t know what I was thinking, though. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Each morning I’m there, though I hide myself and don’t think she sees me. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The kind, brown eyes looked as if they could be stern, and though he was unusually merry, she fancied he had found her out, but didn’t mean to let her know it. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Adam walked through the dark town, increasing his speed as though his loneliness sniffed along behind him. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Even though watching television helps take my mind off Mango, I’m aware that usually he would be sitting on my lap watching with me. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Once I was on my flight to Los Angeles to tape The Ellen DeGeneres Show, though, I forgot about my noble cause and started to feel more nervous excitement about meeting Ellen. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

But, obscure though it is in parts and repetitive though it is in others, it is filled with wise and interesting things. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

He needed help to mount; he felt as though he weighed a thousand stone. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“It’s not as though I want to go,” he said, as though it had been my idea all along. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Even though I’d raised some more money over the past week with my babysitting gig and doing more door-to-door donation requests, I was still a long way off from my goal. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I should point out, though, that my dad slowly started turning the Christmas music on the radio to a deafening volume. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

The best thing, though, in that museum was that everything always stayed right where it was. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

"I will be," Bran said, though it was hard. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“They hate ’em over at the A&P, though. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

It sounded as though they were discussing a Rockefeller or a Mellon—and not some gray-headed, dignity- posturing bank janitor, or bond-house messenger. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you think about it, though, there really isn’t any practical difference between those two things. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

For a while they stood there, like men on the edge of a sleep where nightmare lurks, holding it off, though they know that they can only come to morning through the shadows. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“You will, though. After you produce, you'll take the pills. Maybe six months. Then you stop, and you get ready for your next Product. See Karen over there?” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Prince Cardan is waiting for me in the clearing, lying on his back, as though he’s been counting stars. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The guards posted at each archway paid them little more than a glance, though a few nodded at Kaz, who kept a brisk pace, his face buried in his collar. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

And though military boot camp had been the model, it was arresting this time around to see how much it really was like prison. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Who would have dreamed, though, that the easily willed minutiae of their daily actions could amass so — solidifying, mountainous, beyond their control? Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the mom grabbed the goggle boy’s hand as though he was seriously hurt. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

I nod, even though I’m not, and say, “Thanks.” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

When my mom finally pulled into our driveway, though, I saw that Jeffrey was asleep in the backseat, and I started to get nervous. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tatterfell strokes my hair briefly, as though I am a drowsy cat, and then returns to the task of sorting my dresses. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

This, though, was One Life to Live, and no one could suddenly recall the birth of a child quite like Erika Slezak, who played both Victoria Buchanan and her alternate personality, Nicole Smith. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“The trick is to make it seem as though none of it is purposeful,” Lainie whispers. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I suppose it’s also possible the women who went through our house didn’t want these items, though the bow at least would have been valuable. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He blames Caroline for starting it, even though the raising of the issue was the fault of his maternal grandmother. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Even though lots of people say that same thing about Lanternwood, I feel pride lighting me up inside. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

The Whispering Gallery, though quite large, was furnished only with a single desk, two cushions in the corner, and, in the center of the room, a strange contraption resembling an old-fashioned beauty-salon hair dryer. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay, okay. Tell me something else you remember,” I said, even though I loved Sox trivia and riling up Mr. Patterson. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

His eyes studied me as though I were the patient. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Oh yes, Meggie could remember—even though it did all seem rather different today. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

When we get home, pushing open the enormous wooden door with its looping ironwork, someone is shouting upstairs, as though in distress. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“I—I want to announce,” Mr. Dalton said in a quiet voice that carried throughout the room, though it was spoken in a tense whisper, “that Miss Dalton has been kidnapped. . . .” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I dreamed of Lev, though I don't remember what happened. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Others say it was a judgment on us for some great sin, though I never heard any agreement about what that sin was. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it was as though she had forgotten how to breathe. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

His anger burst from him again in hot sparks, though the only outward sign was the tightening of his fingers on the Executioner. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The woman’s pregnancy was so far along, she looked as though she might burst at any second. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“He does not exactly recollect the circumstances, though he has heard them from Mr. Darcy more than once, but he believes that it was left to him conditionally only.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

From there, the road was unfamiliar to me, though its ruts and rocks felt all too familiar. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Our city has a rich history, even though many tourists are only wanting to see the Red Light District.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

I trudged back to the living room, feeling as though I were headed for the guillotine. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

They’d run out of rice yesterday, even though Papa had sold the “stolen” wheat. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

We didn’t want to do anything to remind the sinners that there was an election going on, though Mrs. Brewer nixed Miss Winthrop’s idea of letting the air out of their car tires. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Because, Jake, even though I could get by on my looks, I prefer to be smart, too. Going for another straight-A report card.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

No Peacekeepers show up to arrest me, though, so eventually I begin to relax. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone looked up and mumbled, though it was evident that he was going to tell us what he had been up to whether or not we prodded. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought you were dead, but you weren’t. You’re going to lose your leg, though. And your hopping days are over. I’m sorry for that.” Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

The reality was that though people had been kind enough to include them in events, they remained very much apart. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when they did, though with the most gentle of pressure, the beeping stopped altogether. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He found the living room furniture covered with sheets, as though waiting for the walls to be painted. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

“So, Joy, it’s okay that even though I’m Jewish, I sometimes pray to other gods?” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

He felt his lip split and tatter over his teeth, but his skin seemed thickened and dull, as though he were encased in heavy rubber. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Ma gave me a harsh look as though I had stepped out of line in offering my belated condolences to Mrs. Ruiz. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Rumors about the Yule Ball were flying everywhere, though Harry didn’t believe half of them — for instance, that Dumbledore had bought eight hundred barrels of mulled mead from Madam Rosmerta. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I was pretty certain it was a word, even though I couldn’t read it. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

“I was sick of feeling guilty,” I said at last, as though that explained it. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Because he looked at me as though he did, not as though he pitied me, but as though he understood me, as though I was someone he wanted to help. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time Mike was born, though, family life had begun to fray in the Rantz household. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Since it generally attacks the sleeping, though, its victims rarely have a chance to use any magic against it. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately for Ruth, though, there were registers kept of everything bought at the Sales, along with a record of who’d done the buying. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Excited, I cheer and wave at the soldiers even though I don’t know why. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gently turns my hands and examines them, as though he doesn’t believe me. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

They dressed the maiden as though for her death and carried her to the hill with greater sorrowing than if it had been to her tomb. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t get there in time, though, cuz Sneaky sees me, and he doesn’t look happy. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

After several hours the commandant’s assistant calls him in and sets down his ballpoint and looks across his desk as though Werner is one among a vast series of trivial problems he must put right. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

It was as though she had dressed up and combed her hair and then... Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Even though I understood what they meant, I could not help remembering that we Navajos had already sacrificed a lot. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Struggling with her steak, Mary Anne looked hunched and bruised beneath the pale blue dress that covered her delicately, as though the dust had been scraped from a butterfly wing. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gave it to Neville, who looked as though he might cry. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“Let’s run,” said Will, though he felt less like running than like lying down and closing his eyes. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few large chunks of rock, such as the one upon which Harry and Dumbledore were standing, looked as though they had broken away from the cliff face at some point in the past. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I was disoriented, as though my world were blurred and leaning to the left, like a photograph snapped from a twisted angle and out of focus. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Archaeologists are unlikely to find a better name, though. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

So far, though, it was making her feel queasy. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The guys were really nice to me, though. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Frodo dozed, though the pain of his wound was slowly growing, and a deadly chill was spreading from his shoulder to his arm and side. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

She ended triumphantly, though part of her wondered what she had meant. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Whoa there.’’The doctor, who obviously had experience with horses, raised his open hands as though preparing to catch me. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

I maintained a code for myself, though, when it came to speaking publicly about anything or anyone in the political sphere: I said only what I absolutely believed and what I absolutely felt. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“We shall get you one, then,” Victor says, as though this is as simple a thing as picking up a newspaper. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Even though my mom works here, my brother takes pride in knowing where he is. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

But Milo was deaf and kept pushing forward, nonviolently but irresistibly, sweating, his eyes, as though he were in the grip of a blind fixation, burning feverishly, and his twitching mouth slavering. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“A stroke of brilliance I would not have thought possible from you, Worm- tail — though, if truth be told, you were not aware how useful she would be when you caught her, were you?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Even though Bio Gel is self-sufficient, I actually do have a primitive digestive system, mostly for “psychological reasons.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

And though he, too, doesn’t speak, his dark eyes smolder, telling me something I don’t quite understand. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Even though I hadn’t had to put myself in any “situation” for that to happen. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Even though we tried to convince them otherwise, the villagers grew certain the rebels weren’t coming, and so they ordered us from our scouting posts and out into the fields. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“We must tighten our belts,” says Margaret Thatcher, though she isn't, not personally. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Things with pins and knives that would leave a man bleeding even though he was miles away. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

But then, after another pause, Harry added, without looking up, “Sometimes Thula and I go off on little excursions, though. Nobody home but the kids then.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Yes, miss. That’s the day I came in late. It was my brother’s fault, though.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I bow my head during the prayers but I refuse to pray, though I don’t know why I do this. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her words cut into Ba like slices from a knife but, even though his face was pained, he said nothing and continued to pack. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

His words pierced me, hardened though I was, realist as I wished to be. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

As though our silent prayers to stay in Greenville will be answered if we do what we know is right. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

I’ve gotten to use the swords twice, and I'm passable with them, though I need a lot more practice. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

So even though Evan's door was wide open, just crossing the threshold was a direct violation that carried a fine of one dollar. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

They wear a green and white jersey with the same color shorts, though no one cares about that. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

It's still there, though, when I listen closely. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Really, though,” I said to Miles, who turned around, looking angry and confused. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

He failed to recognize that though the immigrants felt injury in losing the job, the insult lay in losing out to blacks. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Great,” I said, even though I didn’t find those meatballs any more appealing than my usual cheese sandwich. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

He’s suddenly starting to sound angry, even though I know he’s trying to stay calm. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Also, the smallest scrub of trees, whoopee, way, way off in the distance, though you have to squinch your eyes to see them. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Some of them even gave Spaghetti a little attention, though he didn’t seem to care much. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

It did, though he would never dream of saying so. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I didn’t see anyone along the road, though the horizon was wavering, which made it hard to distinguish anything. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Her shoulders in her sleeveless sari blouse shone as though they had been polished with a high-wax shoulder polish. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is slobbery, and even though he must’ve just had a mint so at least his breath isn’t bad, his lips are chapped and scratchy. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Ever since the Kerkopes had stolen it in Bologna, he was scared he might get belt-jacked again, though he doubted any monster was as good at thievery as those dwarfs. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He was also costumed in black and white, though for different reasons. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Absurdly, he was excluded from a 1971 National Research Council panel appointed to investigate the dangers of atmospheric lead poisoning even though he was by now unquestionably the leading expert on atmospheric lead. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

In history, Sally was still retelling the story, though everyone at school must have heard it about a hundred times by now. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He doesn't turn to face me, even though he'd have to be deaf not to hear me stomp up behind him. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I perch on the side of their bed, and even though it risks waking them up, I can’t help myself: I start combing their hair. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

In time, perhaps, she’d be able to make the jump over to the Plain Dealer, Cleveland’s “real” newspaper—though of course she’d never want to leave Shaker, could not imagine raising a family anywhere else. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Most of the time the servants ignored Matt and the Alacrans looked past him as though he were a bug on a window. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. James Ito asks me, though his voice says he already knows the answer. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

And it was as though the closing of his sticky hand over mine was a signal. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He moved through the enemy lines, and even though he seemed to be leaving Frank undefended, the enemy was completely focused on Percy. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Note, though, that these weren't the huge herds of bison celebrated in the nineteenth-century West. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Even though I told her I didn’t need any help, she made the doorman promise to put me in a cab. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

She shushed me, like she was embarrassed even though there wasn’t anybody around. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Never go home the same way as you went out,” she said, as though enunciating an important general principle. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Even though he would not beat up Kingshaw himself, he had friends, didn't he, other boys at the school. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

“That can’t be right,” I said again, though I was starting to wonder. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

When she began to sit around and walk around talking to herself—almost as though she was unaware that we were there—it became increasingly terrifying. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I still liked those guys, but somehow I felt more comfortable talking to Annie even though she was a girl. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Even though I scored 24 of our 37 points, I felt like I let my team, my coach, and my fans down. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

This was one’s right as a defendant, and though the request became a regular occurrence, Van Rensburg would almost always be stumped. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t say a word,” Ofglen warns me, though she doesn’t need to. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Increasingly, though, there’s evidence that watching TV—and, especially, watching junk food ads on TV—promotes obesity by changing mainly what and how much people eat, less so by changing how much they move.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I lick them, though Mom always tells me not to. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The purpose is usually to promote recreational uses, even though the water must then be treated at some expense to make it fit for its intended use as drinking water. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

I knew they really loved each other because they continued to date even though her stepfather did not like Mexicans. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Ralph dreaded the sound, even though it was the reason he lived under the clock. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

Saturdays, though, are for us three—Me, Zion, and Zarra—now, four, my brother, Trey. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The dog was a stray, though sweet enough in disposition once fed, and for two weeks it had been my constant care and practice to nurse him as a special pet. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Words are not enough for me to express how you and me care for the other though I am not rich. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

But he soon forced himself to seem again cold and haughty, though his hands still trembled. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

I am surprised that grief for Therese does not shake me, though the image of her lifeless body is fresh in my mind. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The thing about the song, though, is that if you are a rugby player and are present when another rugby player begins to sing it, you have to sing along...so, Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Whatever he suspected couldn’t have been the truth, though, otherwise he wouldn’t be giving me one last chance to duck and run. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The precautions are for those trying to get out, though to make it even as far as the Wall, from the inside, past the electronic alarm system, would be next to impossible. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

And now here it was, every feature clear and distinct, as though he had seen it only yesterday. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Similarly, the Zuni took the existence of Spaniards in stride, though not their actions. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Then he waved his arm as though...fencing? City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

As usual she looked as though she had a lot on her mind and didn’t have time to ask her any more questions. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The chaplain nodded to himself as though deciding the argument and lapsed into embarrassed silence. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“But he wasn’t bitten at the full moon,” said Ron, who was gazing down into his brother’s face as though he could somehow force him to mend just by staring. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I stopped my excruciatingly slow exit from the kitchen even though I needed to get out of there and take a shower if I didn’t want to be late. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Even though Matt was as tall as Celia now, she was stronger. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The others, though, were from a special temporary school for orphans called Binnud Academy. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Even though it’s January in Indiana, she is shoeless in tights, a pair of boots in her hand, and staring either at her feet or at the ground—it’s hard to tell. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He had never seen my face, though he had had it before his eyes half the night. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

He awoke at six and saw the rain, and it seemed as though he couldn’t bear it. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

They’d been quiet that evening, quiet and pale, though not more than seemed remarkable for people suffering particularly bad hangovers. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

It was as though the cholera had wrung everything out of the villagers’ bodies and found nothing left to attack except their spirits. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Until then, though, Connie would give me insight into Tina’s likes and dislikes so I could shape myself into perfect boyfriend material. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Danny remained convinced of his original argument that experimental psychology had nothing to do with the human mind, though he began to see its value as an aid to learning theory and intelligence testing. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Quang-ha acts like he couldn't care less, even though his single seed sprouted and already looks bigger than the others. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Even though I asked the question, I knew I was obligated to find a summer sport. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“Who knows what could happen though once I post the video?” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Indeed Ogion had once said this, but Ged had not paid much attention, though he knew by now that Ogion never told him anything that he had not good reason to tell him. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

His father glanced at his hands, as though learning a new piece of information. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

There was something missing from this puzzle that was supposed to be picture-perfect, though. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Below, though the threads were in places blurred or broken, the outline could be seen of an anvil and a hammer surmounted by a crown with seven stars. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

They always come in pairs-—though never the same pair twice—with their rifles and casual excuses. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Regular Communication Hey, Mom, I’m good, though my toe nails have grown so long that my hooves hurt bad. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

It flickered and died within moments, as though the air was waterlogged. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Even though the Bosnian war was one of ethnicity and religion, it was just as senseless as the terrorism that ransacked my country. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

My hand’s still shaking, though it’s been two hours since we had the scare. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The air's gone cold even though the sun's still up. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

It’s funny: even though Christopher’s the one who moved far away, I still see him more than I see Zachary and Alex. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Even though the mission had totally and completely failed, their words made me hopeful. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I knew what Ruth was getting at, though; she wanted me to hang around with the kids who carried their Bibles class to class. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

“Bit of a dark horse, isn’t she, our Kittyhawk? Thought she didn’t like men. Ready to go like a stoat with you, though.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

It is what turned her for a little time into a raving woman, though that time was still in the future. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t done that since Papa had been gone, though. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Taisin approached the memory of their kiss gingerly, as though it were a wild beast that might knock her down, and yet part of her hoped it would do just that. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Once Matt passed through the hole in the rock, it was as though he’d arrived in another world. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Patrice and Martin have been commandeered by their father to teach French and mathematics respectively, even though this puts Martin in charge of children older than himself. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man was doing most of the yelling, even though we couldn’t really make out anything he was saying. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“No, ma’am. I'm all right,” I said, though I doubt she really cared about my health. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He soon had her calling the ship the Stinky Steward, though she got somewhat wroth with him whenever he called Pretty Bacon. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Hold on. I have your tip, though,” he says, and he runs into the kitchen and returns with a four-pack of vodka coolers. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

When the Christian guys talk, I recognize their stories from my childhood, though I try to close my ears. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once moved, he slept and slept, his days and nights marbled together as though so much vanilla batter, so much chocolate, cut into each other with a knife. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Petra suddenly felt as though she had forgotten something important, or as if she was supposed to be someplace but couldn’t quite remember where. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

A second factor is a corresponding, though less extreme, disparity between sub-Saharan Africa and Eurasia in domesticable plants. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

And your father is really pacient but I’m not, I get cross, even though I don’t mean too. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The statue kept smiling, though she didn’t sound pleased. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

We both nodded, even though I’m pretty sure we didn’t understand his full meaning. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

You couldn’t sleep near it though; it was surrounded by sharp-edged marsh grass that grew only on muddy ground. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t see her though her voice was coming from behind the pony pen. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Because even though my legs stopped running, my mind keeps going. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Dodds was this little math teacher from Georgia who always wore a black leather jacket, even though she was fifty years old. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Even though he could see us through the screen of the porch, he knocked on the screen door. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

It was as though they had always had a sisterly end-of-day chat. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Even though on windy nights, puffs of smoke blew back down the chimney, making them cough, yet she still liked the cold months when the fire was lit. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Except I’m not meant to call them stupid, even though this is what they are. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I stayed quiet, too, even though I had a lot bottled up inside me about Mr. Terupt’s brain surgery. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

Lommy and the other orphans all treated the Bull like someone special now because the queen wanted his head, though he would have none of it. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Clouds scudded nose to tail across the sky, though it was not raining and the wind was quite warm. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I wanted him to know I was almost twelve so that he would stop treating me as though I were half that age. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

And she’s not my father, either, even though she takes after him. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

It occurs to me here that though I am no longer interested in triangles, I am interested in pink ones. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

I do know one thing, though: I’ve never actually tried to call to the woman in black. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“In some ways you’re not so stupid after all, Isidore. You handled that reasonably well. Even though Milt had to come in and take over.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

She feels as though there was something else she meant to ask, but now she cannot recall what it was. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Or if I had a stamp I could write to Joe Louis and say, Dear Joe, Is there any chance you could tell me where you got your powerful shoulders even though you were poor? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“I can see why you’d want to,” he says, as though reading my face and coming to some decision. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t clear, though, what happened to the children they left behind in the camp. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“As you say. Not the palanquin, though. I would suffocate behind those drapes. Have them ready a sedan chair.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Yet even as I write it is cooled, and it seemeth to shrink, though it loseth neither its beauty nor its shape. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Even though I did not know exactly what was going on, I knew I did not want to belong to Magistrate Tiger. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

I did want to know who sent the photo, though I had an idea it was Drew, but more than that, I wanted the whole thing to be over. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

When I use my Christian name it works as though someone else spoke it to me, it has more power. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one came to the door, though we could both hear people moving within and talking. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I liked the hours though: eleven in the morning to seven thirty at night, Monday through Thursday. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Even though I’d traveled the world—more than once—you might say I didn’t get out much. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

Hazel rode Arion, who had recovered enough to carry one person at normal horse speed, though he cursed about his aching hooves all the way downhill. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“I’ll share it,” I said, even though I didn’t want to. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

He seemed so determined that nobody should hear what he was saying that he was barely opening his lips; it was as though he were a rather poor ventriloquist. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

On the occasions that he did look up from the page, he would seem as though he were awakening from a dream. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

They are kind people, and though I have on more than one occasion tonight offered remuneration for their hospitality, they will not hear of it. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

My dad’s narrow-mindedness only made me feel more connected to Maribel, though. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Soon you will face a problem you cannot solve, though I could help you...for a price. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I hope he doesn’t understand what I’m doing—keeping him here so he stays safe, even though he would gladly give his life for this. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

She plants her hands on her hips, and now she’s staring into the flames as though searching for something. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

For, though it offended her sense of order, she knew it was overwhelmingly probable that everyone else had thoughts like hers. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

But I would watch how black people moved, how in these clubs they danced as though their bodies could do anything, and their bodies seemed as free as Malcolms voice. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

She put down a plate of hash and a thick slice of sourdough bread, and even though I couldn’t imagine being hungry, my mouth watered and my stomach rumbled and I was suddenly ravenous. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

A glove landed in my mid-section and I went over again, feeling as though the smoke had become a knife jabbed into my guts. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the face was exposed I could see that it was horribly bruised, as though it had been beaten against the floor—indeed it was from the face wounds that the pool of blood originated. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Mother wrote letters to Papa, even though she had no idea where to send them. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

“You could have a bat mitzvah—Dana had hers right before she moved here. You’d be kind of late, though. Like, twenty-seven years.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“I do not particularly care whether or not you attend Harvard,” his grandmother says one afternoon, though Bailey has not mentioned it. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I'm swimming in these clothes, still skeletal, though I know I've put on some weight in the past few weeks. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

We couldn’t risk asking a neighbor’s help, so even though I didn’t have a license, I had to drive Link’s car downtown. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Seen by the dim light of the dips, their number to me appeared countless, though not in reality exceeding eighty; they were uniformly dressed in brown stuff frocks of quaint fashion, and long holland pinafores. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

I stumbled a bit in the beginning, but even though my cheeks kept growing hot, I never froze once! Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I had to stop yesterday, though I was nowhere near finished. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

However, though scientists can detect black holes, they still haven’t spotted the zeros at their centers, since the ugly singularities are shielded by the event horizon. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Soon, though, his hunger won out and he took a huge bite. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

She watches me almost cautiously, as though I am unpredictable and not to be trusted. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though I tried to take more care with mine, some of my gifts disappeared into the tangle of wrappings. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

She cooked his favorite dish, potato shorwa, though he could scarcely eat more than a few spoonfuls, and took him out every day for a brief walk around the block. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I heard crowds ahead, though, and knew I’d soon be spotted by someone who cared if I continued tailing along so obviously. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Most of the patients appeared to be preparing themselves with equanimity for death, as though intuitively familiar with the business. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though it was clear her life was to be spared, she felt the loss of her new brothers. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

The next time he left the digging he kept away from Fiver and sat looking at the bank, as though entirely concerned with the work. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though he’s lived in Lanternwood for most of his life, he’s still kind of an outsider. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I make her walk through it, though the cold water and sucking mud slows us down. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The Count said, “Dispose of the body,” because, even though he couldn’t see the albino, he knew the albino was there. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Whilst she did so there came a little shudder through her, as though she felt the cold. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

I remembered him as a strange, shrunken man, his shoulders hunched as though burdened by a terrible weight. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

His stubbornness was something I recognized, something I’d inherited myself, though I hoped in a less abrasive form. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“Please don’t. We can talk about it when I get done, though.” Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

He pressed a hand to his face, as though trying to hide it from our view, but his words said the opposite. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

I relaxed once they were all gone, even though I still had Miles to deal with. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“STUPEFY!” roared twenty voices — there was a blinding series of flashes and Harry felt the hair on his head ripple as though a powerful wind had swept the clearing. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Do you know what I mean, though?” she asked. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

At 1:30, though, the bus was still nowhere in sight. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

All his neighbors, though, were certain that it was a sign from heaven of his ill fortune. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

Jaja did not come out of his room even though Papa asked him to. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I feel great at the moment, though,” said Harry, looking down at his clean, unblemished hands. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I didn't have very long to examine it, though. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

As though they knew already that for each tremor of pleasure they would pay with an equal measure of pain. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though it was highly controversial for all the reasons Charles knew that his would be, it sold extremely well. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

One day, though, our white sergeant ordered me to count cadence in Navajo. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

They behaved as though they belonged to someone else. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s not as though it’s terrible. At least we still have some salt in the pantry. Imagine when that runs out.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Oh, tell Donna you’re sorry? Even though it was my party? Okay.” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Frankie could still see Kaitlin’s pale face and hear the way she told Z it was all going to be okay, even though her legs were crushed. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

It was worth it, for though he was numbed and scarlet, the welcome he got thawed him thoroughly. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

It doesn’t take long to hear about the problem, though. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You had to think about it though, didn’t you?” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

"Oh, I passed English all right. It was mostly literature, though. I only wrote about two compositions the whole term," I said. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Without warning, coming as a complete and unexpected shock, she felt a pressure she had never imagined, as though she were being completely flattened out by an enormous steam roller. A Wrinkle in Time 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now, he heard him shifting a little, in the bed, and turned round to look at him, though still he kept his distance, staying at the other side of the room. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

She hadn’t pressured Jason to talk about it, though. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

But the scar was now ugly red, as though it had recently been reopened. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes it helps to be small. I’m not sure I convinced the Erudite, though.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Adam was as shocked as though he had come upon her naked. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

They had touched upon something deeper than protest, or religion; though now images of all the church meetings of my life welled up within me with much suppressed and forgotten anger. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And about what I was saying before—about the way you react. Even though I find it frustrating, it's still a million times better than not having you in my life.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

It’s a secretive, watchful forest, though hard to get lost in, so close to the shore. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was now in the middle of the tent, illuminated as though he were standing over some invisible white light. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Her face is rounded and bland, with that white skin of Grace’s, though without the freckles. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

It didn’t seem to have affected Alaska, though, who was 1. in our room after dark with the door closed, and 2. smoking a cigarette as she sat on the mostly foam couch. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

He described all of that to Guitar as though the dream emphasized his point about the dangers of seriousness. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though she had already said sorry, she had texted Grace at least once a day since then, apologizing for stealing her phone. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He’s sitting in a T-shirt and shorts, even though it’s chilly in the house and I’m wearing fleece pajamas. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

They all dropped their jaws and looked at me as though they had seen a ghost. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

It does get me back on track, though. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

We children used to suspect, though, that one reason he had wanted a large family was to assure himself of an appreciative audience, even within the confines of the home. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thus Trabb’s boy became their guide, and with him they went out to the sluice-house, though by the town way to the marshes, which I had avoided. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

When I reached for another, though, the rain-slicked first branch slipped right out of my grasp and I wound up on my butt, nearly falling to the ground. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I hear only the soft slap of my sandals as though I’m the only person moving. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

I shake my head as though I might shake the truth away. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

“At least I’m good at Resurrection,” he said, whereupon he shot me in the back even though we were playing in team mode. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Even though the sergeant worked him twice as hard once they were gone, Alex preferred to be on his own. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

I can tell he’s trying to make me look uneducated and useless, though I don’t really need his help. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Oh,” is all I say, even though I want to know what an AKA is and how I can get into their scholarship group. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

We were strangers—though, as you can imagine, it did not take long for us to develop a feeling of comradeship, for we twenty were alone in a strange world. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Pleasant Pond was a vacation spot—we could hear the happy shrieks of children splashing and swimming perhaps a hundred yards away—though we couldn’t see anything of the lake through the trees. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

The wooden sign hanging over the door is still the same one though. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t keep glancing round at Laura, though, because I was watching Tommy; I only knew what she was doing because the others kept laughing and egging her on. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked as though he had a question but knew there was no point in asking it. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He chased mice, tried to pounce on them, swept them away with his wings, even caught a few and pecked them sharply, as though to warn them. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Nita busies herself at the counter, making sure the containers there are lined up, though they haven’t moved since we first came in. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Tal persisted in his provocation, though, and Fischer lost their third game as well. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Dad doesn’t use his, though, he just likes to look at them. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Oh,” I said, naturally embarrassed, even though being wrong with Charlie was something I was used to by then. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

I think of how even though it’s not what I hoped, I still have Javier. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He waved me away with an impatient gesture, as if I still stank, though I had done my best to wash thoroughly. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

In life in general, though, one has to understand the enemy in order to beat him, and that’s especially true in medicine. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Even though he was inside, he wore sunglasses and a cowboy hat. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

She reminded him of Lola, even though she was just a girl. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

She fought against it as though there were demons in her trying to claw their way out and ravage the world. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

She wasn’t bothered by the other kinds, though. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Provided that each victim thereby infects on the average more than one new victim, the bacterium will spread, even though the first host happens to die. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I’m doing my best, though it’s not always easy. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Otto was less athletic, though he kept up when it mattered. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Billy wasn’t a Catholic, even though he grew up with a ghastly crucifix on the wall. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one laughed at her homework assignments, though. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Even though I hadn’t earned the merit individually as of yet, the team had captured the state championship title two years in a row. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

He was pleased, even though he did not much like her. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

And though the sweat floods off me and my muscles burn, desperate for rest, I feel alive, obscenely alive. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

She relaxes even more, even though Luke’s eyes are really blue, and he wears one of those woven leather bracelets she always likes. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

It was five minutes until midnight, and though he now knew what the last Horcrux was, he was no closer to discovering where it was.... Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I don’t think he noticed, though, because he didn’t say anything. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

That’s fine for him, though, and I don’t say nothing about that. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Washington boys didn’t think much of the class business, though, and they flouted it. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The old Willis place everyone called it, though its true name was Oak Hill Manor. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

I let disapproval color my tone, though I was relieved he hadn’t given her an absolute no. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The leg jerked as though a live flame had been put to it. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

And they would rather reach out, in all their sanity, and push my four-year-old son as though he were merely an obstacle in the path of their too-important day. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Her: Yes, even though I had to close yesterday AND Saturday AND I had this calc stuff that is like reading Sanskrit AND I had to wear the Chuckle costume like twelve separate times. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Now that I was a young woman, I determined to take more pride in my gowns and ornaments, even though they had been worn by other ladies first. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“How much,” I said, though I didn’t want to know, really, “did we lose?” Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

He investigated it as best he could, though he felt woefully unprepared. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He was sustained, though, by seeing her once more reel in laundry— elegant hand over elegant hand—drop the clothespins in a bucket on the railing, then fold shirts, sheets, and towels. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

In fact, though, it was on the Gallivespian that she made the greatest impression. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I expect it was mostly trash talk though there may have been some cheers for me. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It feels like the countryside down here even though we’re still in crowded South Florida. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The difference is, though, that he wasn’t one person with ties to many other people. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though something inside wasn’t letting me hear his words, what he was saying danced ’round in his eyes. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

“Here, take it. Just for borrow though. You have to give it back. How about tomorrow? We can sit together again. If you want.” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

His understanding of right and wrong, though, was often muddied by encounters he witnessed between his mother and camp guards. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“And a mark upon his throat, as though he had been strangled.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I do tell them about the journal, though, and how someone was writing to me and how we figured out that it was Madeline Mitchell. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Even though I had silenced Prins, he had caused me to violate my self-control and I consider that a defeat at the hands of my opponent. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He shook his head as though he were genuinely surprised by the boy’s condition. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was the Elder who had seemed separate from the others at the Ceremony, though he was dressed in the same special clothing that only Elders wore. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

I was still some way away, and just for a second, even though we hadn’t met since the Cottages seven years before, I was tempted to ignore her and keep walking. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ron looked as though he would have liked to reply scathingly, but perhaps he didn’t want another row, because he contented himself with shaking his head disbelievingly while Hermione wasn’t looking. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The most amazing thing, though, was how he and Kuda talked. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Here are the stats for the first week of November: No fights in the downstairs hall, even though I came close. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“For most of our marriage I treated her as though she didn’t matter! I came home only between wars, and left her alone for months at a time! There was always war!” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

She ran even faster, though the ridge was steep and the way was long. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

At first she played “Yori Yori” and “Obi Mu O” endlessly and then she stopped, because the songs brought to her memories a finality, as though they were dirges. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

But Winnie, though she was half charmed, was suddenly reminded of the stiff black ribbons they had hung on the door of the cottage for her grandfather’s funeral. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was because of the molded sugar that Lyddie’s dream of taking the calf money home came true, though she couldn’t have known how that dream was going to come out. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

She answered him in monosyllables, as though he had betrayed her by breaking the rules of her pretense. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He is surprised to learn that she speaks fluent German, though they have only written each other in English. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I hardly notice the walk home even though a wet snow begins to fall. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Between her and this man, young though he was, lay mutual understanding and respect, one for the other. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

I mean she bought him clothes, cooked and washed for him, and everything, as though he were a baby. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He felt as though he might be sick. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“The problem,” he said, as though it were perfectly reasonable, “is that the seraphim have returned.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The new name didn’t fool anybody, though, and never entered common usage. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looks from me to the bouncer, and smiles, even though she obviously has no idea who I am. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

It was almost as though that very afternoon did not exist, had never happened. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe even you. I’m a good swimmer, though!” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

The elderly woman he greeted looked completely indifferent, as though it was often that an Igbo-speaking white man came in to ask about her relative. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He didn’t say anything back, though, because the security guards of our school came to bring all of us out of the cafeteria. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Sure. I always wear skirts when I visit my old teachers. You look smoking hot though.” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I am. The thing is, there’s a five- dollar service charge on each ticket. So even though the tickets are fifty-five dollars, they cost sixty.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

There weren’t multiple charms on it now, but just one: a white-gold crescent, pallid and radiant, looking just as though it had been plucked down from the sky. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Then I drove home the point about the difference Mary Miller had made in my life, even though I had not appreciated her when I was younger. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Fyfe’s response, though, was to sidestep that controversy and conduct a study. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Emotional contagion, though, suggests that the opposite is also true. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

As though this was the clue that would crack this case wide-open, when I already knew what Mr. Katz was going to say before the words even left his mouth. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

She wears full business attire, too, and makeup and earrings and has her hair perfectly styled, even though nobody ever sees her. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

When words fail him, the Rooster has been known to communicate with his fists, which, though quick and solid, are no larger than a couple of tangerines. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

He embraced him almost as though Call were a woman. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Faculty members were understandably troubled, though most seemed unwilling to make their concern public. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had been a long time since I’d seen her sleeping, though. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. I mean, even though it’s not her fault, I think she feels ashamed. That’s why it’s a secret. Like, who am I to bring it up and hurt her again?” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Herons will hunt and eat many things in winter, even though the ponds are frozen over. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Maybe if we could explain that, though—” “With no proof?” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He pronounced "incorrect" as though the term described the most heinous crime imaginable, and I stared at him open-mouthed, feeling a vague guilt. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

P.M. spoke, though his words were distorted by the spoon in his mouth. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The gentleness of her voice calmed me a little, and I was able to reply, though I wanted to run away, back to my hermanitas. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He stayed by the window, and she saw him make as though to put his hands in his pockets, only to discover that his breeches didn’t have pockets. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Guys, this is Rae Chin, though I assume you already knew that based on the way you’re all looking at her,” Coach says. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Selmy thought he knew the answer to that, though it was not one he liked. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Corey comes over at lunch to say hi, but he doesn’t stay to eat with us, even though we make room for him at our table. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

I noticed that my brother, though younger in years, was growing near in height to the prince. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

When he looks up at her again she is wearing the shawl, tied perfectly, as though it had never been removed. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“You look like a good boy,” the man said softly, his Yiddish coming out off-kilter and scratchy, as though it had fallen into disuse. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Maybe if it wasn’t this hot. Wouldn’t be so bad if I was on the beach, though.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

It was as though we were mere chance passengers in a subway car. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fingers, though blunt, were far more nimble than a hook. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was a stonecutter’s apprentice and, tedious though it might be, he had resolved to learn his trade. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Chapman never informed us directly about the new investigation, even though for over two years we'd sought just such a re-examination of the evidence. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Even though Alex was early, the line for his bus was already thirty people long. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

“Women Scientists,” the photographer labeled the picture, though the particulars of the occasion would be lost to the passage of time. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

“They were measuring the starlight. And the aurora. He had a passion for the aurora. I think his main interest was in ruins, though. Ancient things.” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her hair floated upward as though she were underwater. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Some of them are eye-catching, I notice, even though they're wearing those same hideous shorts and T-shirts. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The windshield of the SUV was filthy, smeared with dead hugs, even though Dad had squeegeed it when they last stopped to refuel. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

As though Ray hears Axel’s thoughts from across the driveway, he leaps off of Emmett and George’s porch and comes to investigate. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I felt very Persian just then, even though I didn’t understand the chanting. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I stand up and walk away, as tall as I can, even though my legs are quivering. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s not anymore, except in the phrase as though. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a feeling of strain, and it seemed as though both of them wanted to keep up some conversation. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

We had not known of plastic when I was a boy, and though it surely improved life in some ways, its presence in Qunu appeared to me to be a kind of blight. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The coat was so big for him that it looked as though he were draped in a furry black circus tent. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Aarfy would puff reflectively on his pipe throughout the whole chaotic clash, gazing with unruffled curiosity at the war through McWatt’s window as though it were a remote disturbance that could not affect him. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Harry wanted someone to realize that Krum was injured; even though he was supporting Ireland, Krum was the most exciting player on the field. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

"I've been very mysterious, though," she says, her eyes squint half shut. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

It was as though in this short block I was forced to walk past everyone I'd ever known and no one would smile or call my name. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

We never visited him again, though, because Papa said that although the Igwe had converted, he still let his pagan relatives carry out sacrifices in his palace. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was as though the world had turned upside- down. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Strangely, though, he moved gracefully through the undergrowth, silent and sure while the rest of them crashed along like elephants. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Suddenly all the other witches, more than eighty of them, were beginning to scream and jump up out of their seats as though spikes were being stuck into their bottoms. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

“Well I went to college on some. Eva banked the rest. I’ll look into it, though.” “... and explain it all to the bank people.” Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Despite besting twenty-three of the world’s most eminent chess players, though, he remained relatively unimpressed with his performance: “I am satisfied with the result, but not with my play.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She lived by herself in the old slave quarters out past Granddaddy’s laboratory, and though it had once housed a dozen or so slaves, it was the perfect size for one person. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

It was as though she were rubbing the memory back into my skin. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes. He got a shock for once, though.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

And even though I know it’s hopeless—there’s absolutely nothing left to save—I’m afraid if I tell her that, she’ll still persuade me to try. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Surprisingly, Francis did not wish to go, even though Geoffrey knew many pretty girls and was said to write poetry wearing one earring. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

But not all of it, even though he usually told his sister everything. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

This isn't Ohio, my mother says, as though we understand. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

It was hard not to stare at them, the way they sauntered, the way they acted like nothing had bothered them—ever—even though they’d just been locked up for years. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Not a bad sort, though he’s usually not nearly as drunk as that.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Voldemort hurled the words at Harry as though they would cause him unendurable pain. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

For some reason, I had to hurry, though I was terrified of falling. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He dragged one leg as he walked, but nonetheless he kept urging them on, as if to prove he could move faster than they could even though he limped. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Annabeth shrank away from him as though his anger surprised her. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Even the silence that descended on the house was sudden, as though the old silence had broken and left us with the sharp pieces. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I know there is a lot to say, though I’m not sure exactly what it is, but we can’t say it here, or now. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I gathered all my news of Joan into a little, bitter heap, though I received it with surface gladness. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Lyra could feel Pantalaimon bristling with anxiety, though he made no sound. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

His face was still swollen, even though Ty'ree had made him ice it when we got home. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

Even though he’s trying to look calm, I can tell he’s annoyed. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

On top of everything else—her chest aching as though her hearts had been stomped on, and the shock that had her still gasping—she was embarrassed. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He wanted to reach out and touch it, though, to lift it off her neck and then let it settle back against the hollow of her throat. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then we flipped and even though we’re the same weight, he had a harder time carrying me. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Watching him makes the hurt from Poe less blinding, filling my heart up to the brim, even though it’s still in pieces. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Even though she was ashamed of herself for believing such awful things about Nehemia, knowing that Dorian and Chaol were safe made the misery worth it. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She spoke as though the words were from a foreign language, one she barely understood. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The pertinent point is worth emphasizing: though the Alexandrian Greeks such as Eratosthenes worked within the geographical confines of Egypt, they were not drawing from some deep well of native wisdom. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z