| 单词 | three times |
| 例句 | Dicey suggested to Mr. Platernis that she wash his windows three times a week, for two dollars each time. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Out flew a red-golden dragon — not life-size, but terribly life-like: fire came from his jaws, his eyes glared down; there was a roar, and he whizzed three times over the heads of the crowd. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Thanks to CAFOs, meat is now so cheap that many of us eat it three times a day. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z I yelled to him three times, but my voice was absorbed into the horde. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I want to slap him back, but he is three times my size and could easily throw me against the wall with one swipe of his arm. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z I looked him over three times before doing a quick perimeter check. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z For the past few months, Ivy had daydreamed once or twice—okay, maybe three times—of getting away from her family. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “I’m afraid I can tell you that only when you return,” cried the king, clapping his hands three times. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z Espresso, Dr. Gloss op said, has three times the caffeine of regular coffee. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It was another parlor, three times the size of the one downstairs. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The key clicked three times, very softly, as the kindly man turned it in a lock. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I closed my eyes, spit three times, and made my wish. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z President Bush had come to New Orleans two or three times at that point. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z He had to try three times, and finally he got it. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I wash my eyes three times a day with the boric acid powder. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z The House floor was so chaotic that the roll call was repeated three times to be sure of its accuracy. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The result: the astrologers picked the correct personality profile for the clients about one out of three times, or no better than chance. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Drs. Reyburn and Woodward measured Garfield's temperature, breathing rate, and pulse three times a day and took turns spending the night at the White House. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z He did this again three times on the way, and after the third time he was barely stumbling along, dragging the rifle. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z “Why buy a camera when you only need it three times a year?” The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z Then I walked around the reception area three times. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z I was hit three times on my left foot. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z The pilot buzzed my tent three times in quick succession, dropping two boxes on each pass; then the airplane disappeared over a ridge, and I was alone. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I see them now, my brother and sisters, two or three times every year. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m so sorry,” she said, repeating it three times, her voice raw, a fraying rope. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Dumbledore knocked three times and Harry saw sudden movement behind the kitchen window. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z “A big brute like this, he’s worth three times as much. What a bodyguard he will make! No enemy will dare molest you!” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I stepped to the line again and bounced the ball three times. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Dad has scheduled Madame Rubenstein to come three times a week until the recital, to make sure I’m 100 percent ready. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z It was only the pain that made me move slowly, carefully, like a woman three times my age. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z The following week the school sends a tutor to our house who will come three times a week. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z I turned in a circle three times, clutching that acorn tight and making my wish. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z So we had to shift within London three times. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Armpit showered again in the morning, dried off, then ran a stick of deodorant three times under each armpit. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Her mother left Gabi’s older brother in charge and asked the children to pray three times a day: before they ate, slept, or went outside. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z She eyes me and says, “Gavin’s asked about you at least three times.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z In relief I clutched the cover, which looked just like the red book from a distance, and waved my hand three times. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Then the same girl that lost her wallet three times already lost it again and come on with the same crying voice saying how terrible she felt ’cause it was missing. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z I thought it circular at first, but it proved to be eight-sided, a good thirty feet in height, and three times that in breadth. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z They had to stop at every floor for her to catch her breath, and she needed to use her inhaler twice, sometimes three times, before the climb was finished. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z “Maybe Slim. Slim comes in sometimes two, three times a night. Slim’s a real skinner. He looks out for his team.” Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z The arrangements were soon settled: in exchange for three hundred dollars a month, Mia would vacuum, dust, and tidy the Richardson house three times a week and prepare dinner nightly. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z On top of the ice field stood a legion camp—ramparts, moats, towers, barracks, just like Camp Jupiter except three times as large. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “Release is always like that? For people who break the rules three times? For the Old? Do they kill the Old, too?” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z Any notion that drug use among blacks is more severe or dangerous is belied by the data; white youth have about three times the number of drug-related emergency room visits as their African American counterparts. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Dribbling three times with both his right and left hand, Bull went into a strangely graceful crouch and threw up an arcing two-hand set shot that swished through the net. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z "Only got to use my robe three times. Keep it clean tonight and you can take my name off, use it for somebody else." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z I lift it up, knock three times, and wait. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z She has to repeat the question three times, shouting in order to be heard. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “You lived because the doctors restarted your heart three times.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z It felt like my fingers suddenly swelled to three times their size, like cooked sausages splitting their skin, as I tried to flip through them all. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z During the months Congress was in session they wrote each other two or three times every week. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Two or three times an hour I would sight him just ahead, fifty or sixty yards away, vanishing into the trees. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z It’s Saturday morning, and already Dad has asked twice if I’m going to practice my flute today, and Mom has asked me three times if I want to get together with anyone. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z It was a job that cost fifteen dollars, three times what it cost to move all the rest of the furniture. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The Captain yanked the starter cord two or three times and the motor finally coughed and then hummed. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She landed on the grass and bounced three times and finally came to rest. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z The second indignity was hearing Marcus ask who it was three times and then pause, as if he were actually considering whether to accept the charges, before muttering a weary yes. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z I dialed three times, broke off in the middle each time, but on the fourth try, I managed to hold on until her voice. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z I went around the house once, twice, often three times, making sure all the doors and windows were locked. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I folded the tissue over on itself once, then twice, then three times. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z He's called three times in the past half hour, and I just let it ring and ring. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z We... girls read her all the time,” I say, and again we stare at each other long enough for a distant telephone to ring three times. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z She's right; I think these things at least three times a day. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z She whirled the cylinder so that if he even did draw the gun on her it would snap three times before it would fire. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z HARRY: We wrote to your brother three times a week last year. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z The dress store was her best job—they had four big windows they wanted washed three times a week, so she earned twelve dollars a week from there. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z I have too many questions to ask only one, but I shake the ball three times and check for an answer. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Papa never spoke about the barber shop, yet he had come here three times a week to be shaved. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I rework every sentence a few times before going on to the next, and revise the whole chapter two or three times before I show it to anyone. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Sandy Sanders is mentioned at least three times, but yesterday it was all the radio show host would talk about. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z So I washed my face with his soap three times and put on a fresh headband. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z But when mine came up—two or three times—it was always ignored. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The place was loud, thumping with music and voices, and she asked me to repeat my name three times until she got it. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Marie-Laure has to badger her father three times before he’ll read the notice aloud: Members of the population must relinquish all radio receivers now in their possession. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He had me tell him ’bout it three times. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z A sketch of two people at the lake and a date, today’s, underlined three times. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z In Shadow’s dream, with the power of dream-logic behind it, the obligation seemed unarguable: he drank Wednesday’s mead three times, and sealed the pact—what other choice of action did he have? American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Her face was swollen to three times the size that it had been. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z I wash my eyes three times a day and I blink till I get a pain in my eyebrows. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z She got up from the table and walked around it three times until I felt dizzy. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Pithy helps Chou wrap the rope three times around the pile of wood. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The magician had tapped the wand three times and was about to say “Abracadabra!” or whatever Clayton imagined magicians say as they pulled off their magic trick. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z Going down three times like this is just like waking up and finding yourself tied to a tree with someone saying, “Ready, aim, fire!” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He has been arrested and deported three times before. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z With two outs, Chase swung for' heaven, three times. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z The only thing she remembered was the guide passing out whistles and showing everyone how to blow three times for an emergency signal. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z She built up the fire, closed all the windows, and three times called the baby forth. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Two or three times a week means a hundred and four times minimum, up to a hundred and fifty-six. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z My family required remarkable occasions three times a day. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “I did the first three times...and a good number of times since.” George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z Then she added, “Jamie said my heart stopped three times that night.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z After that, we talked at least two or three times every week. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The referee blew his whistle three times to signal the end of the game. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z She tapped her stand three times with her baton. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z "Why settle for something less challenging? My daughter can sing any American song after listening to it two or three times, but have you ever seen an American who can master a Tagore song?" You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Looked like Mr. Ray hadn’t lost all his cool yet, and that lady was getting a healthy dose three times a week. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Dr. Hyde had already done this three times, kicking kids out of class for not paying attention or writing notes to one another. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z She had been shot in the back three times. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z When, in the night, poor Burt got so tormented that he had to go home, he asked the cop on the beat to ring the Nolan bell three times. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “He’s over there somewhere though, he fired three times!” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z These days we find uses for things two or three times again. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z She and her three sisters had attended church three times a week, rarely watched television, and had each enrolled at Christian colleges after high school. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z In his rags he sat on the throne facing south, and we, a great red crowd, bowed to him three times. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Woke up gasping in horror—then fell asleep and had the same dream again and again, at least three times in a row. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z To be certain she obeyed him, he shot her three times more. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z The project was urgent enough to warrant filling the stomachs of slave laborers three times a day. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z She listens to it three times in a row. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Weak as they were, they would have taken three times their j own number with them if Lord Ramsay had stormed the ruins. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It was twined and twisted and twined again around his right ankle, and she saw she would have to cut through it three times to get it off. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z He has tried to enter the United States three times. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z She would rise at 6:00 a.m. to catch a bus to the subway, change trains three times, and arrive at work by 8:00 a.m. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Lately, I have begun to wonder how the famEy wiE gather even three times a year when she is not there with her phone to unite us. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I am in the bathroom washing my face and hands with soap three times when Uhmma gets home. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z I named it Smaug my first week on the job, when I got scalded three times in a single shift, but so far the name hadn’t stuck with anyone else at Tea Haven. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Burying him in a common grave would cost three times as much. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z “Think ... rebirth. Try for three times. Isles of the Blest” Annabeth sniffled. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z The foundations of die Great Pyramid of Meereen were massive and thick to support the weight of the huge structure overhead; even the interior walls were three times thicker than any castle’s curtain walls. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Likewise, Pangaea may have split and reformed not three times but a dozen times, or perhaps a score of times. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Although the medical team didn't realize it, rinsing out the channel two or three times a day did no good. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The bell rang three times, announcing that we were about to be let down. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z For six months after that, all I did was go to therapy three times a week and do light conditioning that didn’t involve the shoulder. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z I hold my right hand up and close and open it three times. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Mom had calculated that we could leave at 6:00 A.M. central daylight time, stop three times at twenty minutes per stop, and still arrive at our destination at 9:00 P.M. eastern daylight time. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “I was so scared. How can you read aloud well when you’re terrified? He made me try three times. Oh, I felt so sorry for them—I don’t want to talk about it!” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z “When I told Daddy that Shotgun had been decorated by U. S. Grant and wounded three times at Bull Run, it brought it all back to him, and we had to come.” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z That’s okay, and she makes the sign of the cross over the water three times and then begins to cut the cards. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Ever since they had run away from their grandfather's house, Prosper had asked himself at least three times a day whether he had been right to take his little brother with him. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z The game was declared a draw through the special rule of repetition—that is, when a position comes about three times, not necessarily in succession, the game is automatically a draw. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I check the French doors to the garden three times, but they’re locked. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z He comes three times a week to mop the floor and the nurse is there every morning to take my temperature and pulse. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z When the regiment was flying combat missions, the armorers had to service the aircraft two or three times every day. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Named Pocatell, the dog had curiously upright ears that were round as platters and roughly three times normal size. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “How come. Because, because, well because ” “I called ya three times already.” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z “Now bounce the ball three times. Don’t dribble it. Bounce it slowly. You wanna get that blood moving through your hands and arms. Now, what do you do with your legs?” The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z A miner came out of the little cement blockhouse and, at Dad’s nod, pushed the bell three times. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Her fingers moved awkwardly as the pen touched the paper, but she carefully wrote her name, then the alphabet, three times. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z It didn’t sink but spun and leaped one, two, three times more before disappearing into the water. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Jimmy tapped me on the head three times with my recorder and said, “Arise and welcome to the band, Mr. Sleepy LaBone.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z I washed my face three times a day. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z She feels her father pick her up and spin her around three times. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Jenna’s father thinks my father is lazy since he only flies three times a week and is back by dinnertime. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z The final count was two hundred fourteen slain, three times as many burned or wounded. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z That is, until you scored three times—that was forty, not forty-five. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The rain had stopped during the forenoon and three times we had heard planes coming, seen them pass overhead, watched them go far to the left and heard them bombing on the main highroad. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z I reread that first paragraph like three times. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z The nurses brought me delicious meals three times a day, with fruit cocktail or Jell-O for dessert, and changed the sheets even if they still looked clean. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “But for two bits, Uncle Tom a little—white cats especially like that. I’ve had them to come back two, three times a dance.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z When I’d first met Jesse, I jotted the words “internal, anxious” in a notebook and underlined them three times, my signal that they were important. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Now this man three times her size, a bruiser, had taken her stake. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z If Chester had to chirp three times, it was understood he had won the game. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z And if, say, one of the bodies had twice the mass, and the other had three times the mass, then the force would be six times as strong. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z We fell down three times, and I bashed my shins into the river rocks at the shallow edge. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z “This,” said Dr. B. J. Cigrand, Emeline’s second cousin, the North Side dentist, “in spite of the fact that she was in the habit of writing to her parents two or three times a week.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z These rooms are like karaoke rooms except some are twice, even three times as big. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z A tidal wave rose in front of Nathan to three times his height. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z He missed 12 three times in a row. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z The phone rang three times before she picked it up. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “Okay, wait, stalking? I texted you like three times. You didn’t get back to me, so I let it go.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z Just before dawn I heard her sigh loudly three times and finally grow quiet. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z “I already weighed myself three times. I’m fine.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z He thrusts his pelvis three times, in rapid succession. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z “Only about two or three times a night.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z When the whistle blew three times to signal the end of the game, the Under Thirteens had won, 5-1. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z She began to circle the funeral pyre three times clockwise, trying to quell the apprehension bubbling inside her. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Two or three times volcanic projectiles hit the ice quite near us. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z She and my dad went out on dates, like, two or three times a week now. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z She knocked her staff against the ground three times, until it produced enough light to illuminate the dark. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z He had heard his mother saying “Santa” over the telephone at least two or three times during the day. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z People walk up and down the stairs at three times speed with jerky movements. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z In fact, there are more than three times the number of seriously mentally ill individuals in jail or prison than in hospitals; in some states that number is ten times. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The cows on these “farms” spend their time in a fenced lot eating organic grain except for the three times a day they are hooked up to milking machines. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z I fold the stack of pages inward from top to bottom three times, and then fold the result in half lengthwise twice more. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z "I'm sure it's Windkloppel, Judge, I checked all my spellings three times over." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z And this was three times farther from the basket. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z How could she entertain the idea of returning to Farmville and giving up a job she was good at, that she enjoyed, that paid two or three times more than teaching? Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z The cargo boat had come and gone now three times since the day she had met and talked to its crew member. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z We only see him two or three times a year, usually at a Chinese restaurant. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z Only after repeating this pattern three times does she move on to another piece. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z But it was like a miracle, the flyer flipped over three times and landed right in my hand. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z In this fashion, trading the wheel, they weave along Central Avenue and The Strand, circling the island three times, until Zizmo is satisfied. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The wire cut my hand, and I was stabbed three times by the barbs. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Levy looked at the envelope, on which “personal” had been written three times in red ballpoint. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z If, after whatever matter it has lost to space, a star retains two or three times the mass of the Sun, it ends its life cycle in a startlingly different mode than the Sun. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The rest of the time, she lives in Aunt Tara and Uncle Amit's Manhattan penthouse, which is three times the size of our apartment. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Sometimes, maybe two or three times a month, usually on Saturday, my father would come and pick me Lip and I would go home and visit. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The camera people made Erlan and his brothers blow out the candles on their birthday cake three times, because they said they couldn’t get the angle right. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z It was the first of three times that he would feel the searing heat of a bullet enter his body. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z She had attempted suicide three times, and she survived the last attempt—an overdose of pills—only because someone found her in time and rushed her to the hospital. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z “Listen, I’ve eaten that stuff three times a day for the past... what seems like forever,” Tally said. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z I rolled them three times on each leg and kept them up with a rope for forever. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z From shopping for Mrs. Anderson, she was horrified that things in their local establishment cost two or three times as much as those in the white stores. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The rest of us had won it at least once—even Hugo, who was six years younger than Harry and L He’d won it three times already. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z “You got out three times faster than the other initiates. Whatever you are, you’re not a failure.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z A cool wind had started to blow, chilling the sweat on my body, when Father Amadi blew the final whistle, three times with the last time drawn out. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z He turned away and clicked his fingers three times in the air. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z He tapped the wall three times with the point of his Umbrella. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z The fair alone consumed three times as much electricity as the entire city of Chicago. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z By the end of our training session my ears are ringing, my arms are sore, and I smell like gunpowder, but I have hit the mark three times. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z After doing this three times the smells of the shack and Hooverville were gone and only the smell of the blanket was in my nose. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z The mile was four laps of the track; the 5,0 was more than twelve, what Louie would describe as a “fifteen- minute torture chamber,” well over three times his optimal distance. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z While I scoop up some snow and pack it, Erin hits me three times, which is when I realize that she has stockpiled snowballs. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z She uncoiled her hair, ran a brush through it two or three times, and then pulled it up into a ponytail. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Her bedroom is three times the size of mine. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z “Hello? Is there anybody listening on this? Hello ...” He repeated it two or three times and then waited but heard nothing except his own breathing. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z Not once or twice, but always three times. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z After bowing three times before the red altar decorated with gold and silver Chinese symbols of peace and happiness, they inserted the incense into a yellow clay bowl filled with rice. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Singer sat at the middle table three times a day. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The residency director began checking on me three times a day, and said I needed to see a counselor. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Mary Poppins looked down at her feet and rubbed the toe of one shoe along the pavement two or three times. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z A high school graduation photo that showed a mouth full of braces and a bad haircut, posted by a grandmother who had blogged a total of three times. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Lady Seymour made sure I ct a proper meal three times a day and let me sleep in the tiny attic bedchamber on the bed where I laid after my time in the stocks. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Absolutely nothing happens for six minutes, except that I have pushed the View button three times. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z This happened three times in two different courses during senior year. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z When you see a light in a window blink three times throw the box in the snow and drive off. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z In the last two months, Lewis and Clark have been rescued twice by the fire department and three times by the police. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Shrieks of laughter came out between the horn blasts as the car circled our house three times. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z An Yi grabbed her arm and patted it three times. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “I have seen him hit you at least three times.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally, whenever we heard a bell ring three times, we were to grab our life jackets and hit the deck. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z "You will be having shock treatments three times a week—Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday." The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z She herself is a veteran relo, having moved three times in the past ten years to help keep her husband’s career on track. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z From the principal’s office at Calhoun High, Ben tried three times to call Sammy and each time the phone was busy. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z She then rapped three times on the thick black door, which was studded with iron nails and bore a knocker shaped like an eagle. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z After three times through the sieve, the clay was noticeably smoother, with a silky touch as light as feathers. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z “I could definitely hold two leashes. If we got three other dogs at the same rate, then we could each make three times as much. Eighty dollars per week for each of us.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z He chimed his bell three times, our signal to meet. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z I said: “I’m not sure. I went three times.” Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Alfred had to go over to Salinas three times before it was cleared up and that didn’t make Alfred feel very well. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I mean, she only had to watch Beyoncé’s “Single Ladies” three times before knowing the whole routine. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Dimple scanned the crowd twice, three times, but he definitely wasn’t there. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z She said his name over, twice, three times. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z Mark washed his hands at least three times during the packing frenzy. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z I turned then and used my hips and waist to roll three times, until I came ashore near a ratty green towel. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z I asked her three times, very politely, if I couldn’t do this by myself, but she wanted to be in there with me. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z She saw piles of butchered chickens and was able to buy as many as she wanted even though they cost three times as much as usual, since free pricing had been decreed. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z It pecked three times on the white staff Nemmerle leaned on, and the old wizard ceased his muttering, and smiled. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z “What in the name of Mike have you been doing? I’ve rung the office three times and they said they hadn’t seen you.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z He dry heaved three times, controlled it, and rose to his feet, rubbing his eyes to see what had happened. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z But once the process had been repeated three times, subsequent drainings did not seem to make a difference— at least, not to Tree-ear. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z This, however, had not prevented Beans from climbing the stairs to the bathroom no fewer than three times during the party. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z Sigurd had tried to kill Anya and Ivan twice each, three times if she counted when he had thrown her into the river near her barn, but she still didn’t think she could... Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Her hair was under my chin and she wrapped her arms, it seemed two or three times, around my waist. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Eyes wide, I fling my right arm over my shoulder, forcing a searing pain through my body, and fire three times behind me. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z She placed her hand on the receiver and waited for it to ring three times, all the while keeping her eyes closed. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z “I don’t want to see him fail out of summer school because he’s avoiding me. He’ll get left behind if he’s absent three times.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z One of the bandits broadsides him three times with the flat blade of a machete. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z That means my sisters and brothers are probably off somewhere playing tag, even though Deacon Boyd has fussed at them at least three times now. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z To get all nine of us, plus our clothes and the odds and ends of furniture we’d accumulated, from Owens Valley 225 miles south to Long Beach, Papa had to make the trip three times. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z “They’ll get their chance. Now if you are refused three times in the course of running from the tower to the river, you go all the way back to the tower and start over. Naturally.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z “When I checked that one table of Maskelyne’s, I worked every figure three times, just to be sure I was right!” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “It rings a buzzer down below. If I pushed it three times, you’d see some action.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z “Neat,” Melanie said, and, taking the flowers back, she repeated the ritual, adding another refinement by tapping her forehead to the floor three times. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z I had to read the scrap of paper three times through before I understood the extent of my grief. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z That’s like three times too much stuff for me to get done in one day. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Two or three times during the night, as they take turns to go look at that picture, one of them will say her name. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The mare threw him three times before he managed to stay on her back. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z She’s only at school two or three times a week because we share her with the other two middle schools in the district, so I didn’t think she’d have a clue about the sports schedules. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “Actually, they’re already thinking twice after last night. This will make them think three times.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Dimple laughed; Mamma had called her three times already, just to make sure she was awake. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z She had checked three times now, and the door was still locked. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Take a chicken’s foot, tie it with red string, spin it over your head three times, then burn it. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z They have three times as many people as even live in Farbranch. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Some of them looked like they had to shave two or three times a day. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z One is the fact that I’ve hung out with Nick and Leah after rehearsal three days this week, which means three chances to tell them about the gay thing, and three times wussing out. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z I found another four-leaf clover and a penny in a parking lot, and one time we drove across the state line into Tennessee, which is good for wishing if you clap three times first. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z “A house of her own!—But where is the advantage of a house of her own? This is three times as large.—And you have never any odd humours, my dear.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z But it was obvious that the waiting period would have to be extended in those cases where an animal’s intelligence had been increased two or three times. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Rather than ring the bell right away, Werner laps the block three times. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Signaling the end, the microwave timer beeped three times. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z According to Timothy Ferris, writing in the New Yorker, such near misses probably happen two or three times a week and go unnoticed. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z She knocks three times and presses her ear against the wall. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Butter is cut into tiny portions: three times a week, they each get a square half the size of a sugar cube. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Seamus comes to the ward three times a week and brings new poems in his head. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z She went to Chinatown three times a week, thinking of it as one more foreign quarter of Shanghai, like the British concession, or the French. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I pounded my fist in my palm three times. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “Can you understand me, Seth? Slap your flipper three times if you grasp what I am saying.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z She raises a fisted hand and clutches it to her chest, then beats it three times, saying, “I. Understand. You.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z She changed its shirt and band three times during the day. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z But when she was growing up, I saw the danger that she was in, and three times now I’ve tried to save her from it. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Almost seven hundred feet high it stood, three times the height of the tallest tower in the stronghold it sheltered. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Before we got to the first store, I had muddied my shoes three times stepping off the curb to let white people pass. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z It took him three times to hear me over the jackhammer, but when he finally did he yelled back: “I’m gonna be a fisherman!” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z He sniffs several times which means at least three times and actually he sniffs five times before I say, What’s wrong with it? Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I hear they have lunch together three times a week. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Right down the block from the library was an inexpensive Thai restaurant, Krua Thai, where Bobby began dining at least two or three times a week. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z My old math teacher had asked the boys to answer three times as often as the girls. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He picks her up and spins her around three times. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Three times he put his back into it and sprang it, three times he had to slack off. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes, if we were lucky, we would have oatmeal or commeal mush three times a day. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z And when Joaquin got the email, he read it three times before filing it away, then read it twice more and put it away again. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z He talked about the time when he had to go to the mill three times a day to see if there was any work for him. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z I read that line at least three times, certain she was joking. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z That same message, three times, before it clicked again and switched back to the frequency we had heard before. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z If I wake up yelling three times a night there’s not much point in trying to hide. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Taisin walked around the perimeter of the camp three times, and each time she felt the web of protection tightening. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z My parents called Joseph’s counselor twice, then three times, and she said she would like a few weeks to evaluate Joseph before she made the decision about him seeing Jupiter. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z I push against it, imagine erecting a giant wall three times my own height. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Boo Boo sounded the call—a peculiar amalgamation of “Taps” and “Reveille”—three times, without any pauses. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z I read the entry two or three times, scarcely able to believe what Lissa had written. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z It glides around and around—three times—then soars high like it’s going to burst the sun. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z One time, two times, three times, and four, just as our turn came, a white lady rushed up and jumped in front of us, saying it was her dinnertime and she had to hurry. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z It was almost noon before she saw the man she wanted, a prosperous shipowner she had seen doing business with the old man three times before. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The floors were to be swept three times a day. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z There are some fruits and leaves that they can eat out in the forest, but we have to provide most of their food—three times a day. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z The missiles sped upwards, two or three times higher than the wall, almost out of sight; then they would plummet downwards, whistling viciously, to burst on the ramparts. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z It had grown three times in length in just a week. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z The Virgin Mary clasped her hands in front of her neck three times in the front room and once in the bedroom where Cecile’s body lay. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z The moment the Gran’s wand flourished three times in the air, the ceremony would be over, and if Seven’s circle didn’t close, they would remain Witchlings forever. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z A girl with a blue dress brings meals three times a day and never talks to me. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z And there was his friend Larry, who had to go to the hospital emergency room three times last year when his asthma flared up and he couldn’t get air into his lungs. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Each mansion occupied an area about three times that of the yard I lived in, yet the latter was home for over twenty families. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Behind him the ululation swept across the island once more and a single voice shouted three times. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z I just do my work, and every day, three times, the food is there. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z She wanted three times the work done in the same amount of time. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Mr. Fabian claps twice and snaps three times and claps again. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z “I was pulled over three times for DUI,” she says. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Zoya Malkova and two of her friends visited the local military recruitment officer at least three times, begging him to assign them to combat duty. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z I went there with him three times a week throughout my childhood, a Monday, Wednesday, Friday early morning ritual with the clockwork regularity of a good front-crawl stroke. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z They walked around the block three times, the cop pretending not to notice the hands that went up to hide smiles as the people saw a fully uniformed officer of the law so engaged. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She retraced her steps around the perimeter of the camp three times, grinding the remaining powders into the forest floor. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Hades had tried to kill me three times so far, with the Fury, the Minotaur, and the hellhound. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z The guy he’d tackled scrambled to his feet and came at the old man, kicked him in the ribs three times in a row. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z At the advice of one of the bystanders, the tangle was finally straightened out by Mr. Popper’s walking around the tripod three times in the opposite direction. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z He just bounced the ball slowly three times. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Sputnik weighed three times more than the United States' Vanguard 1 satellite, which had not even launched successfully. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z And when Ellis rose up, his long legs made a clean triangle, then he snapped his legs together and spun one, two, three times, then did a mashed-potato slide off center stage. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z I had fun watching him put the meat through the grinder: once, twice, three times. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Three times the old man had chosen, and three times he had chosen honor, but that was him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I have my computer with me, and after I ask three times, the woman at the front desk gives me the wireless password. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z I carefully write in Sundays date and underline it three times. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z In fact the same dash occurs three times throughout the rhyme: here, here and here.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He closed his eyes and turned the stone over in his hand three times. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “I have been here—three times before. This is a place of good people.” Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z Dean Thomas hopped three times around the room, singing the national anthem. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z My muscles were so stiff that it took me three times as long to pull myself onto the dock than it normally would have. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z We open and close our hands three times to each other. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Remora slapped his hand on the counter three times. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z She would make seventy cookies with the almonds three times a week, plus one large cookie for herself and Akira to share. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “We wrote to James three times a week last year,” said Ginny. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z It rings three times before he picks up. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z During the course of the litigation, the CHP produced data that showed African Americans were twice as likely, and Latinos three times as likely, to be stopped and searched by its officers as were whites. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Relaxing his stance, Zooey took a folded linen handkerchief from his hip pocket, flipped it open, then used it to blow his nose once, twice, three times. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z Like you have to swallow every bite three times before it really goes down. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z They drank quickly and then Dicey refilled them once, twice, three times. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Boys who are two to three times my size. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “Don’t do that, Cockerell!” the flat-faced man snapped at him, spitting three times on the dusty paving stones at his feet. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z “I think I'll buy you from your father so you can say nice things like that to me three times a day. How much do you want for her, Mo?” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z “That’s three times what it usually is. There must be a mistake.” Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z The first night some of our fellows go out three times to look for him. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The boy saved her life three times over. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Both bars of candy, the birthday one and the one Grandpa Joe had bought, had long since been nibbled away, and all he got now were those thin, cabbagy meals three times a day. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z But an even greater advantage is that you get nearly three times as much as when you eat just the peas. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z At the bottom of the steps is a pavilion with two glass blocks, each one at least three times as tall as I am, at either end. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z She fixed it three times already, but it just ain’t working. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z She sat down by the window and reread it three times and felt around inside herself for reactions. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Mayumi makes the mistake of referring to us as boyfriend and girlfriend three times. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z He felt twice as strong, three times as tall. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z After lunch, I won the ring toss game three times in a row, but the guy behind the booth only gave me a prize once. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Even when he is conscious, you have to say everything to him three times to get through to his brain. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Anyway, Evan was three times the ball handler that Scott was and everyone knew it. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z Their place was only six blocks from where I worked as a copywriter for a small ad agency, so two or three times a week I would drop by after work. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The old carpenter knocked firmly three times, and then opened the door. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z They used to have these two French babes, Tina and Janine, come out and play the piano and sing about three times every night. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z She gripped her cell phone in her hand; Mamma and Papa had already called three times just today to find out the results. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Mr. Wonka turned around and clicked his fingers sharply, click, click, click, three times. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z How they bathed him three times a day, and how the G on his underwear was embroidered with blue thread. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Oh, there was a caretaker-gardener who came three times a week, and once in a while he would check the house in a cursory sort of way. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Liam paced the room once, twice, three times, and it felt like an hour had passed before I worked up the nerve to open Chubs’s letter myself. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Grandpa’s nose had got broke three times, and it showed. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I’d tell you at least three times how glad I was to see you. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z His workboat was three times the size of my skiff, and twice as fast. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z “But they tell me it’s been in three times.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He really had asked me to do some typing for him three times. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z We trade places then, and I go three times in a row, till the world looks upside down and tilted and I feel the blood pumping hard in my veins. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z At one point she was given a temporary employee ID at a hospital so she could trail along behind a cardiologist from bed to bed as he made his rounds three times a week. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z “I have told you three times that servants are not allowed to use this gate, yet you continue as if you had not heard!” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z From somewhere off in the distance came the sound of Hazel’s whistle blowing—once, twice, three times. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z Although Johnny told him three times about those eight shillings, he was not sure whether the idea had penetrated the wild Irishman’s thick skull or not. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z My skirt rose with every pedal push, and I almost wrecked three times trying to hold it down and steer one-handed. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z As the court rose, I turned to the gallery and again made a clenched fist, shouting “Amandin!” three times. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They were being asked to move out of the house because the landlord had found somebody who would pay him twice or perhaps three times the rent. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Ulbrickson noted that the boys in Joe’s boat would get going, then lose their swing, then regain it, then lose it again, as many as three times in a single race. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z She pressed the bell button three times before she entered the hallway so that Mama could be on the alert and make sure that Francie wouldn’t be attacked by someone lurking in the hallways. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He invited King Joffrey to send an envoy to the Iron Islands to fix the borders between their realms and discuss a possible alliance. lyrion read the letter three times and set it aside. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z That was something Tea Cake loved so no matter if Janie had fixed beans two or three times during the week, they had baked beans again on Sunday. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z “Jomo takes care of the compound. He comes in three times a week. Funny man, I’ve seen him talking to the croton plant.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z They had flown out and circled the Spreckles Sugar Factory as ordered—circled it three times so that our father would be sure to see, and then the pilot thought of a joke. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I pound on the door—twice, then three times, then six times, as my mother told me to. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Hairwoman: “Do you tell your math teacher you don’t believe that three times four equals twelve? Well, Hawthorne’s symbolism is just like multiplication—once you figure it out, it’s as clear as day.” Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Nat had heard Prince talk to his crews three times, but he had never heard anything like this talk. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, well,” said Miss Franny, “perhaps three times the size of your dog.” Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z I read the letter over three times to make sure I wasn’t dreaming. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z He walked to the sign and quickly spun it around three times. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z Now he saw that her hands were wrapped around it: a solid silver bust of Christ, the head easily three times the size of his own. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Zombielike, he slowly, slowly, slowly shook his head once, twice, three times. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Send him over to stand by Colonel Cully while we ring three times,” said the other merlin. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “Now, Grandma’s sixtieth birthday! Long life to her, with three times three!” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z As he’d taught her, she kissed it three times—touching it to her brow between each kiss—and gave it back to him. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Marigold picked her way down the stairs, her arms piled so high with shirts and pants and things for her father that she practically tumbled to her death three times. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z She crosses the landing and opens the wardrobe and, with the tip of her cane, reaches through the hanging shirts and raps three times on the false back wall. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “I’ve seen you come in here two or three times now. What are you up to?” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z I drove past Holly Meadows three times before I finally found it—everything in the area was oak trees and ranch land, and Holly Meadows—lacking a sign at its entrance—didn’t stand out much. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z At dinner that night your sister asked you three times what was wrong. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z “Are you okay? That sidewalk! I’ve called the city three times.” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “I see what McGona-gall meant... you really are a natural. I’m just going to teach you the rules this evening, then you’ll be joining team practice three times a week.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z The principal then shouted: “Hip! hip!” at the top of his voice, three times, and the assembly roared “Hurrah! hurrah! hurrah!” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Another scientist calculated that if you could lay all HeLa cells ever grown end-to-end, they’d wrap around the Earth at least three times, spanning more than 350 million feet. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z He then methodically recounts the money once, twice, three times. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Clumsy with fright and haste, he dropped the cotton rag three times before he was able to wrap it about the goblet as it had been before. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z I cannot imagine doing this three times a day for the next four weeks. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z The White House telegraph machine sent out the doctors’ medical updates two or three times a day. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Then she blew into it three times, just as she learned to at school, and presented it to the girl. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z She had visited the College three times before; she knew that the ridges and gables and chimneys of the roof concealed plenty of hiding places, even for something as large as the intention craft. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Mr. Remora slapped his hand on the counter three times. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Say it three times and your home will be safe from devils and any kind of danger. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “While the rest of the world is under Thunderhead rule, the Scythedom is not. Which is why we hold conclaves three times a year to resolve disputes, review policy, and mourn the lives we’ve taken.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z I’d been to the Big House attic three times before, which was three times more than I wanted to. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Once, twice, three times, it keeps ringing until Lorena picks it up. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z The bushes thinned and the sounding bracken grew rarely in the the swampy earth, so that they could move three times as fast. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Morgan, who read All American Boys three times and drove all the way to Decatur to get it signed. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z I always thought gangsters liked to dress in pants three times their actual waist size with white T-shirts. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z He reads the letter three times before he sits at his desk to compose his reply. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “I thought there would be more. We came at them three times, and three times they threw us back.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He was this grumpy old guy who turned up two or three times a week in his muddy van to look the place over. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z And now I answered, "Painful and empty," as I saw a glittering butterfly circle three times around my blood-red parts, up there beneath the bridge's high arch. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead, she imagined standing on tiptoe and spitting three times into this old witch's face. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Aron reached out and grabbed her hand and pumped it up and down three times. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I squared my feet to the line and bounced the ball three times. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z “It mentions that they were investigated three times before, but the charges were never substantiated,” Gay said. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z He knots it three times, binding the book closed with the loose page against the cover, the cards securely pressed inside. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z They spoke in whispers, ate in silence, recited the rosary three times a day, and even clavichord practice during the heat of siesta time had a funereal echo. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z The grandfather clock chimed three times in the dark. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Radar gave one loud bark of approval, whacked the wall three times with his tail, then bolted straight for the living room, sniffing everything he passed on the way. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z Government spending on nuclear weapons research was running about $ 150 million a year, Bradbury estimated, about three times its rate prior to the establishment of Livermore. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z We know that Earth’s magnetic field changes in power from time to time: during the age of the dinosaurs, it was up to three times as strong as now. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z They creaked, when Marian had creaked three times to account for Kay and Wart as well as for herself, one hundred times. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Annie stepped to the line, bounced the ball slowly three times, and glanced at the basket. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Granny was too feeble to walk across the block three times a day, especially during heavy weather, so May brought food to her in the barracks. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z I almost fell three times sprinting down that trail when my feet shot out in front of me, rolling over loose rocks. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z And the column has come three times, each time in the late afternoon. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Kate read it three times, looked back at the date, studied the cook’s signature. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z It turned out he was paying me three times what a normal saleslady earned! Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z You're like the best writer, Blue, and normally I try to check everything like three times because I don't want to disappoint you. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z She smacked the broom three times before going inside. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z His eyes had passed it over two or three times before he saw what was written in tiny letters on top of the panel. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah, and this is—maybe I’m reading this wrong, but he was talking about homecoming, and he brought it up like three times.” Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z The red woman walked round the fire three times, praying once in the speech of Asshai, once in High Valyrian, and once in the Common Tongue. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Rupa readied the milky shirt, dipping it in the pail three times. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z “Honk the horn three times for trouble,” I said, and slid the door shut. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I wish the drive home were three times as long. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “Watch out for your mouth,” was all that Pilar Ternera brought out after spreading and picking up the cards three times. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z But for a black horse you have to shake your fist at it three times. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z She had heard it only two or three times in her life, when the Fitzgibbons had left a window open and someone was playing inside. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z I wondered if you blew your birthday candles out three times, did that mean you got three wishes? Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z He sees a speech therapist three times a week and an occupational therapist two times a week. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z “Kitty, I fell three times on the way over here.” 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z At Kitum Cave, while wearing a space suit and dissecting animals, he had been nicked three times with bloody tools. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I had read many Westerns, of course, doing research, and had even written several, had indeed won the Spur Award from the Western Writers of America three times for Western novels. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z She pushes him down, sideways, then kicks his head viciously, one, two, three times, sharp painful jabs with the foot, well aimed. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z With a jolt, I realized there were almost three times as many kids down in the snow behind me than there were in front of me. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Pearl had started at new schools often enough, sometimes two or three times a year, to have lost her fear about it, but this time she was deeply apprehensive. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The Cabby swallowed hard two or three times and cleared his throat. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z "A mouse-person will almost certainly live for three times as long as an ordinary mouse," my grandmother said. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z When the referee blew his whistle three times to signal the end of the game, the score was 7-2, Phoenix. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z She walked around the altar backwards three times sprinkling holy water. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z It burned with an unholy dripping glare for a minute, three times normal size, then dwindled. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Benji had already asked him three times if he was okay, and Felix had insisted—three times—that he was fine. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z I had helped Yin Lan-lan with her math three times a week for years, explaining each problem to her over and over until she got it right. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z So I just tried to ignore the whole business as I lay in the hammock with my nose in the same book I’d already read three times. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Three times he readies his argument and three times Jutta turns on a heel and strides away. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I’d only been there two or three times in my life, when I’d gone down with Father and Sam to buy rum. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I try again, and it only rings three times before going to voice mail. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I get up from the table and gently knock on Matant Jo’s bedroom door three times before I say her name the way she wants me to say it. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z I fell three times and I couldn’t understand why because no one else was dancing besides Ellen and me. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z “I know it’s not in the song, but how much is three times three?” she demanded. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z He envies her students suddenly, seeing her without fail, three times a week, pictures them gathered together around a table, staring at her continuously as she writes on the board. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Which meant that, three times a week, the sky of the Night Bazaar opened up to allow Urvashi to descend in a celestial blue lotus as big as the museum. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The pool that the sweaty Dominican man cleaned three times a week. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z I have to say her name three times before she hears it. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z His chin begins to descend to his chest, one, two, three times. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z After doing this three times, she flipped him over on his back and asked Mama to bring her three eggs. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Before he retires to his own rooms, a suite three times the size of his flat, Marco quietly returns to the library. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Twig’s mom is beautiful and used to be a supermodel, so she’s basically obsessed with pretty clothes and pretty people, and they fly to Paris three times a year. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Yes, he made me punch myself in the face three times. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z Bill Ferny’s price was twelve silver pennies; and that was indeed at least three times the pony’s value in those parts. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z High tide came too late now, so each afternoon, Turner waited for the bells of First Congregational to ring three times. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Mr. and Mrs. Epler were German farmers who brought their eggs and chickens to market three times a week. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z After working here all this time and her only leaving three times and always telling me when and where and why she’s leaving, like I care anyway, now she’s gone like the wind. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Now she was again with child, and Alys would prepare the raspberry leaf infusion for her to drink three times a day. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “You should wake me,” I say, thinking about how I can interrupt his sleep two or three times on a bad night. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z In isolation, one was deprived of company, exercise, and even food: one received only rice water three times a day for three days. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “What the hell? Do you know how scared I was? I searched everywhere. I went as deep as I could before I ran out of air and had to come back up, like, three times.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I only got to three times nine is twenty-seven before she and Janet started laughing and I started yelling again. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I dribbled three times, bent my knees, released, and followed through. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z One man tightly wraps the rope three times around the corpse’s chest. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Hagrid raised a gigantic fist and knocked three times on the castle door. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z She taps me three times on the forehead with her fingers, like it’s some kind of Morse code message. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z His five minutes pass at least three times. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z I let Too Bad beat me three times. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Kazi would knock three times on the door if he sensed danger, and we were all supposed to climb out the back window and run to the garden shed behind Kazi’s cottage. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z They had conclaves three times a year and must befriend one another. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z When I tried to do the monologue by memory, I only messed up three times. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Then Miss Peregrine tapped the ground with her beak three times, then ten times, then five. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z He named a sum three times what I was paid for the stringing of marigolds. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z I had seen my mother really angry about three times in my life. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z I rip off my gloves and grab some disinfectant wipes from a round bin by the door, scrubbing my hands down three times. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z “Phoenix is three times bigger than Seattle — just in population. In physical size —” “But apparently,” he interrupted me, “your number wasn’t up in Phoenix. So I’d rather you stayed near me.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z The flipper flapped against the flagstones three times. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Once a day, twice a day, and sometimes three times in one day, Dove would sneak over to the Observer’s office. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Two or three times I went out to the encampment to try to see him, but they wouldn’t let me. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “I punched Adam Dupane in the head three times,” she told him. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z I fold it one, two, three times and put it in the basket when Mr. Daniels comes by. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z Mama waved her open hands over the candles three times, as if sweeping the candlelight toward herself. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z The $3000 fellowship stipend that I had received for being in Copenhagen was three times that required to live like a well-off Danish student. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Male chimps, although they are only four feet tall when upright, are at least three times stronger than a grown man. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z She makes me tell her the story three times before she lets me go to my room. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z It shone full on Franny’s hair, which was jet-black and very prettily cut, and had been washed three times in as many days. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z We saw Rio Bravo three times, but we saw our favorite Western, The Magnificent Seven, thirteen times. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Now it had the honor of holding the administrative offices of the MidMerican Scythedom, as well as hosting its conclave three times a year. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z I say my name three times into my closed hand. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z At least three times a week, Gigi ate dinner at the Aberdeen house. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Dov Schlomowitz stood at the plate, swung three times at what looked to him to be perfect pitches, and hit nothing but air. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z “Then nothing. Happened three times. Sent a chill roight down the middle of my back.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Hands trembling, he made scratches on the wall again and recounted, once, twice, three times. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z I read Caitlin’s friendly letter three times looking for clues that she may be disappointed in me. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z It was an exact replica of Camp Jupiter, except three times as big. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Two or three times a week, Enrique lugs buckets filled with drinking water, one on each shoulder, from the water truck at the bottom of the hill up to his grandmother’s house. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Reaching up for the tall Dumpster, I try flipping the lid one, two, three times. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Two or three times she was on the verge of mentioning it, but each time she lost her nerve. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z But it wasn’t three times in a row. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z “Hell, you ain’t a man ’less you done had it three times,” he said. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z And then it forms this sentence, which blurts out of my mouth about three times too loudly and right into Kristina’s face. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z I remember Grandpa went back there two or three times to tell her to quit. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The other animals sitting round her took it up, and they sang it three times over—very tunefully, but slowly and mournfully, in a way they had never sung it before. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z Alfred sat in the back wearing two pairs of jet- black plastic sunglasses, one on top of the other, each about three times too big for his face. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z “I could be there and back three times by next moonrise.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Tyrion only wished he could as easily make city walls twice as tall and three times as thick. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He filled his stomach three times a day with the roasted meat that he and Park had fantasized about in Camp 14. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z My blood had been replaced three times over. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z Our father would be home soon, but she knew Omar didn’t chime his bicycle bell three times unless it was important. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Jack shook his head and then smacked it three times with his palm. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z And just in case all that slipped my mind, two, three times a week Pastor Ted was there, on the other end of the line, going on about Stan’s one-way trip to paradise. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z While he was lying on the ground she hit him three times with the whip. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The challenges of managing the prison—which was designed to hold twelve hundred inmates but instead had three times that number—were overwhelming. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z They asked two or three times before they discovered that the poor fellow was either deaf or mad, or both. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Genovese was chased by her assailant and attacked three times on the street, over the course of half an hour, as thirty-eight of her neighbors watched from their windows. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d seen enough cartoons to know that when your head goes down three times it doesn’t ever come up again! The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I cranked each option up to its highest setting, then tapped the Apply button at the bottom of the screen three times. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Two or three times he stopped and stared back like he thought somebody was coming behind us. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Then, from high above and some way off, a deep bell rang three times. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z “He might have. The guy was so hairy it was kind of hard to tell. He’s the kind of guy who has to shave three times a day, if you know what I mean.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z We went back to the creek behind Howard’s house three times, calling and whistling. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Cora sat in the center of the flatcar, wrapped one around her waist three times, grabbed another two and fashioned reins. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Paul was arrested at least seven times in Great Britain and jailed at least three times. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z She holds her gun above her head and fires three times into the air. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z At once the hawk screamed three times, so loud that Lyra’s head rang. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z I bounced the ball slowly three times, keeping the inflation hole up. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Then, wow, wow, wow, she turned around three times and made herself comfortable. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z “I read it three times,” Clancy said, motioning me forward with his hand. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z It’s the same firm she works for in Atlanta, but their New York office is at least three times as big. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z “You were supposed to feed him three times a day”—bang—“and scratch him behind the ears”—bang—“just the way he likes.” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z Stanley weighed three times as much as the other boy. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z I had to tell the whole story three times. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I know because Mom said that three times before saying I would just have to go to the church “as is.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z And so it happens that three times a day, Marlena and I sit across from each other, strangely alone in the most public of places. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “And they take bath, two three times every day. Running the water, running, running, running, never stop!” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I shook my fist at it three times and made my wish. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z He had watched the boy reading the letter, once, twice, three times, and later as he spoke confusedly with the mac. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Where Sesame Street tests a given show only once — and after it’s completed — Blue’s Clues tests shows three times before they go on the air. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z That was the first of three times the school made my mom take me to a psychologist to be evaluated. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z His defeat of the system, after seventy-two hours, had much to do with the fact that he wouldn’t eat anything from the food trays that were brought to him three times a day. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The loathsome demon stood three times as tall as a man and had the head of a dragon crowned by three horns. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Henry’s fist slamming into his sister’s face once, twice, three times. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “If you type in the wrong code three times, I get an alert.” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Cleaning and weeding was done as many as three times while the cane grew, and it was some of the worst labor. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z “It wasn’t my idea to be a debutante escort three times. It was hers,” he said, still referring to his mother. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z “After I sink this shot, you’re going out of business,” I told him as I bounced the ball three times on the foul line. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z That night the air was full of artillery fire, and I woke up three times. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Tehlu asked them three times if they would cross, and three times they refused. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z It repeated the date three times for memory’s sake. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Desert Ridge was more than three times that size—a thousand kids who had never seen me before. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Randomness is not easy to obtain when playing cards, either, since shuffling a deck two or three times is not enough to destroy whatever order it might have. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z In other words, just one group of paleo- Indians colonized the Americas, but it did so two or three times. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “Tats called three times on the home line, while you were sleeping,” Mom says when I enter the kitchen. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Piper knew what he was doing, but he’d succeeded in summoning Tempest only three times since they’d met the storm spirit at the Wolf House last winter. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Byrd shouts, a word she has said three times this morning. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The brand she picked was three times bigger than other ice cream—it came in a big plastic tub—but it didn’t taste very good. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z At Benares station, Sonia asks her father to buy her a slice of jack- fruit, which makes her lips itch unbearably, then swell to three times their size. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Some two or three times farther from the Sun than Pluto is, the pressure of the interstellar protons and electrons becomes greater than the minuscule pressure there exerted by the solar wind. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She called three times while I was at the park. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Occasionally he has to hear Nikhil three times before he answers. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I contemplate spinning my head around three times or popping my eyeballs out and setting them on his desk. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z She circled the cell two or three times before sinking down onto the bench. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He’d changed buses three times and was now speeding home on the last leg of his trip. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z She had tried phoning him three times before she set out, but she supposed he'd gone to see his daughter again. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z There are a dozen small tables with chairs inside for visiting family who come on visitation days, typically scheduled two or three times a month. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The new moon had been up and down three times before she got worried in mind. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z They’re not going to care that June always sneezes three times in a row. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Gold was the most famous ingredient in a red, white, and blue solution nicknamed the “barber pole” that employees of the Keeley Institute injected into patients’ arms three times a day. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z She asks the tree permission before crossing its shadow, then circles it three times and makes a wish for Felicia. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “One of those officers was hit three times on his head and shoulders with a baton. The third time, it broke. You know how hard you have to hit these to break them?” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She came into the house and kow-towed three times before the fisherman and the old man and his wife. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z According to a study by the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, each year the average jockey is injured three times and spends a total of almost eight weeks sidelined by injuries incurred on the track. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “That made three times she smack me ’cross the mouth.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z He was stronger because he was almost full grown and he’d flunked some grade two or three times. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I have to read it three times before the words sink in. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z “That’s an infinitesimal sum. I’m sure we shall have spent two or three times that on Bunny by the end of next week.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Hyacinth wrapped Franz in a fluffy towel, then braced herself and knocked on the bathroom door three times. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z He was hard to miss: three times older than any of the other students with his wild hair and grizzled beard. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Powell lined up the sights tensely, and pulled the trigger three times. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z But she breaks the rule two or three times a day, driving ten and fifteen times the one-mile distance. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z We’d gone perhaps a mile in jagged silence before Augustus said, “I failed the driving test three times.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z One of the Elf-wardens then blew a clear note on a small horn, and it was answered three times from far above. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z My mouth moved, once, twice, three times, before something resembling a word crawled out of it. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Seven and twenty-one, and seven goes into twenty-one three times. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z If the first officer had been the captain, would he have hinted three times? Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Her mouth opens and closes three times and makes a squeaky noise. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The next evening, I’m upstairs making the bed, folding the sheet back one, two, three times, when I hear music blaring on the street. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead, he reached into his pocket and then held his napkin up to his face and sneezed into it, once, twice, three times. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z “Good,” said the judge, rapping his gavel three times. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z She got arrested three times during college for protesting foreign policy in El Salvador. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z She brushed her teeth three times and changed her clothes twice. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I step back and throw my shoulder into the wall, once, twice, three times, four times. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Margot, pored through the thick brochure three times without finding anything to her liking and within her budget. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Correctional officers had the power to punish young inmates by adding time to their sentences, with the result that California juveniles were locked up almost three times longer than the national average. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The room before her was at least three times as big as the one they had just left, and corridors radiated from it in as many directions as petals from a daisy. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Before the gale ended that afternoon, the men had had to crawl onto the deck three times to get rid of the boat’s shell of ice. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z He bows deeply, three times, aiming at different segments of the audience. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Whistles from the people of Phippsburg, and shouts of wonder that the minister’s boy, the minister’s skinny boy should be able to hit a ball that far three times in a row. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Civilian militias and patrollers lynched three times that in response—conspirators, sympathizers, and innocents—to set an example. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “Oh, yes—they bath themselves and comb their wings with their claws. And when they have done that they fly three times round the head of the Bird Woman and then they settle.” Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z I shout, and slap my hand on the window three times. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The grandfather clock tolled the hour, chiming three times after the introductory melody. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z With every cough, I had to duck under the blanket—once, twice, three times—and try to keep from coughing anymore. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “I told you I have. You’re getting crazy too. Tried to talk to her three times. She walked away.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I do the Stations of the Cross three times. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Her features eradicated, her limbs three times their normal size. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I kissed them twice, then three times, but would I ever get enough? Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z She snuggled up to her mother, suckled two or three times, more for comfort than food, and fell back to sleep. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z And so, naturally enough, it was more than three times as long. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z What little produce he did see was three times as costly as it had been a year ago. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Category 5 hurricanes had only struck the United States mainland three times before, and never New Orleans. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z I knocked three times before I heard a gentle stirring in her room. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z But she nonetheless felt “very, very fortunate” to have lucked into a job that paid her three times her salary as a teacher. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z I start to dial Dad's number three times, and three times I stop. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Before his fist was halfway to reaching me, I had already zapped him—boom boom boom—three times in the face. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Because of the weather, Avianca was held up by Air Traffic Control three times on its way to New York. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Celia ran around it three times for every wish, until the tree repeated itself like a flashing deck of cards. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z At least three times a week, I looked forward to Mother Lois taking me to Bethel AME for choir practice, speeches by people from out of town who talked about God, and Bible study. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Singer came to know this man’s face very well, for he ate at one of his tables three times a day. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z “When I jerk three times on the string, pull me up,” he said. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z So every day I filled an old coffee can two or three times and watered around the roots of the bush, moistening the earth until it became spongy. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z "And so it has," breathed Tertius, and he twitched, once, twice, three times, and then was stiff. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z We pull in our belts tighter and chew every mouthful three times as long. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z It seemed like I was cooped up for hours, but it probably wasn’t even twenty minutes before Shelly tapped three times on the side. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Two hours later, after Mum Olga called her three times and threatened to leave without her, she declared herself perfect and departed. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z The punishment consisted in being thrown into the water three times from the mainmast tree, and his comrades used to acclaim each belly-flopper with a cheer. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Gage already has tried three times to seize our supplies. Charlestown, Salem, and Portsmouth. Once he did, and twice we were too quick for him. He doesn’t know where our things are hidden.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Rice is my favorite. I would eat it three times a day every day.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z This time it tinkled its way faintly through the little melody three times before it faded. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “In here you never wonder what’s going to happen. You know the meals will come in three times a day for instance.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z I kick Sneaky, like, three times, and it doesn’t work! Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z Countless hundreds of birds, orbiting the village green once, elasticking longer, twice, winging shorter, three times, then, as if following an order, vanishing inside the tree again. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z And she would stand straight as a sentinel, until three times her eyesight failed her and Bing turned into a dark spot of churning seaweed. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Cramp warned me to “stick to the recommended dosage—two pills, three times a day—otherwise you’ll be completely stoned. Okay?” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z She looked about to see that no guards were near, and spat three times. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Still, I must of changed tickets two or three times. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 But for a finely wrought incense burner commissioned by a wealthy merchant as a gift to the temple, the clay might be drained twice or even three times. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z We’ve gone up to visit them two or three times, but they refuse to come down to the Keys. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z She was three times as tall as a grown human, but no wider. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z She could write the scene three times over, from three points of view; her excitement was in the prospect of freedom, of being delivered from the cumbrous struggle between good and bad, heroes and villains. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He went round three times too often, the brachet meanwhile running and yelping the other way, and then, after four or five back casts, they were both free of the obstruction. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “Then take these important people and get them registered for the nurse. Come find me at the movie house just into town. Knock three times, twice, and I’ll open the door.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Their span was three times their length, each wing a delicate fan of translucent skin, gorgeously colored, stretched taut between long thin bones. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Three times he went away, three times he—eventually—returned. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z I couldn’t believe that I was actually making almost three times what my parents together were making. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The kitchen in our house was at least three times bigger. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z When three times her weight is pushing down on her in g-force training, she has to concentrate and remember to breathe. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z I almost go to Kalinda’s desk to take the present back three times. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Once, because I had to, and three times for tesserae for grain and oil for myself, Prim, and my mother. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z It had become the largest industry in the world, the most productive, the most sophisticated, outproducing the Germans by more than three times and the Japanese by nearly five. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z He realized that Brother Leon had been calling his name, two or three times. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He then decided to speed up the process by increasing the dosage to ten and fifteen and administering it three times in a single day, until it resulted in five large evacuations. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Then she’d slowly bounce the ball in front of her three times. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z This was the time he tried to stuff red hot peppers into his mother’s nose because he was convinced that if the old woman sneezed three times, she would live. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z She pulled it out three times to get it right, but then she worried that it was worse to keep pulling it out than for it to grow slightly crooked. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Ten miles away as the crow flies, the radio beeped three times in the Crown Victoria of Utah State Trooper Bart Rindlisbacher. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z He was breathing hard, exhaling three times for every breath he took. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Yawning at least three times, I put on my pajamas and slipped into bed. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z She says,The doctor told me keep warm, have plenty of rest and nourishing food, meat and eggs three times a week. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z I know a family that could get nearly three times that by April 15th. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The gavel hit the podium three times, and Mr. Pepperhorn called for a vote. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z After cleaning my room three times, I decided to leave Ian alone for a while because I was starting to get mad at him. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z The shadow of a nearby dune bent and then morphed into the shape of a human that was nearly three times Nathan’s height. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z I pull on a pair of dark red pants made of denim—so long I have to roll them up three times—and a gray Abnegation shirt that is too big for me. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z “Actually,” the mullah said, “she herself has to answer. And she should wait until I ask three times. The point is, he’s seeking her, not the other way around.” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z He bounced the ball three times again, looked up, and swished in another one. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z That boosted her pay to $3,800—nearly three times the average U.S. salary. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Plum cleared his throat three times under the sheriff's suspicious glare. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Brother Louis, after trying two or three times to make conversation, gave up and led her in silence to the President’s rooms in the tower. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Before the robbery at this bank, Day had already appeared on our records three times. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z He did try, two or three times, to get his daughters interested in the canoe. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z I must have been staring and lost in shock, because Shady had to ask me three times to take my seat. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Last night I had to recount my register three times because he kept walking by. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z The thieves shoot Uncle Marco three times in the chest and once in the leg. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Nowadays I’m in here two, three times a week. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I cross my middle finger over my index finger—the sign for R—and tap it three times lightly against my lips. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z The third harmonic has a third the wavelength and three times the frequency of the first. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z And in the past ten minutes, he’d read the thing three times. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z In 2008, people consumed three times the amount of information they did in 1960, according to researchers at the University of California at San Diego. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z She ran a few steps ahead of him, caught up her left foot in her left hand, and hopped two or three times. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z The feedings were repeated three times a day. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z We knew that because he was working on his car, throwing tools around the garage, and he didn’t say anything as we walked into the house, even after my mom said, “Salaam,” three times. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z The Isles of the Blest, for people who had chosen to be reborn three times, and three times achieved Elysium. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Seven linked her pinkie with Poppy’s, and they swayed their arms to and fro three times. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z When I was little, she’d taken me to the film at least three times herself. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “She keeps getting up. I put her back in bed three times this morning.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z They walked three times around the lake, trying all the way to think of a simple spell that would subdue a dragon. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The girl was curled up near the fire, wrapped in a black woolen cloak three times her size and fast asleep. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It was a rigidly Orthodox school, with services three times a day and with European-trained rabbis, many of them in long, dark coats, all of them bearded. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z He shot his mother three times, and his father twice. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Luke thought he was repeating everything he said two or three times, but that was okay, because Luke’s brain was functioning so slowly, he needed the extra help. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z “Go to your father and brother. The alley on the right, down to the basement. Knock twice, then three times, then six times.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Dumbledore now took out his wand and tapped three times upon the top of the casket. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Elizebeth was “starved for theater,” so she was thrilled to live in a city where they could attend performances “at least three times a week.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z In the 1982 Air Florida crash outside Washington, DC, the first officer tried three times to tell the captain that the plane had a dangerous amount of ice on its wings. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Ahmad, who was the most religious member of the family, sang the azan in his baby sister’s ear and blew in her face three times. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z He himself fitted a cat-flap in the bedroom door, so that small amounts of food could be pushed inside three times a day. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Beverly threw the baton up in the air once, twice, three times. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z She was thirty-five now, had been married three times, and had given birth to ten children, all of whom had died soon after being born. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He quickly spat three times at the old man’s feet. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Peach stopped wailing long enough to sneeze three times violently. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z After her prayer, her faith was so great that she saw him, three times, waving to her from just beyond the first wave. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z It was three times fatter than any other file in the drawer. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z We got lost three times in New York City because, my father said, no one knew what they were doing when they laid out all the streets. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Twice, three times, four—and the fifth time with the white clay, something happened. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z The kitchen was three times the size of the whole Worthen cabin. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Saint Sarah drifts in and kisses Auntie Fatima three times, saying salaam. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Two or three times, I wrote letters to Wilfred intended for everybody back in Lansing. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z An extra medicine cupboard was installed and filled, once it had been scrubbed three times over. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Lupita awoke three times, startled, by a light shining on her and Salvador. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z Father Mike proposed to her three times and in each case she refused, waiting for someone better to come along. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z There Rutherford held forth three times a week to an audience of about forty students, occasionally consulting a few loose pages of notes drawn from the inside pocket of his coat. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z My face appears in it three times as it circles the room. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Then three times, as if they were in a throat-clearing competition. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z He splashed in after me, and I dove down deep and grabbed his foot — and I ducked him three times, and serve him right. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z After rereading the letter three times, Jose folded it and put it in his pocket. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z I had to promise to play it only three times, though. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Toby pressed the slip of paper to his forehead and walked three times around the temple. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z She and Dad rehearsed together three times over the weekend. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z Indeed he was commended three times and then decorated for bravery. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The arrangement lasted five years during which the boat went three times around the continent. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z I think Mother truly did appreciate the enormity of cooking three times a day for so many hungry boys and knew that our family ship would sink without her services. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z |
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