When I got bigger I was allowed to stay in bigger areas. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

“We can just stop up our ears. There’s a big tub of candle wax below deck—” “I want to hear them.” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

I imagined the big man as wide across his back and tanned as the dark turtle and just as unflappable as it did a slow breaststroke from end to end. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

They’re bigger than us, and I set my eyes on the massive one Marv had been talking about a while back. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Anyway, like I said, Dad has never come this close to winning the big countywide holiday a cappella contest, and I’ve never been more excited for him. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

She looked at me through her thick glasses, and I wished I were bigger and could punch her. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“The preserve stretches for many miles in some directions. Much bigger than you would suppose.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The Preacher pulled the biggest two bass and the biggest perch off the stringers and said, “This perch is ten years old, and these bass are one year old each. How many years is that?” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

It seemed to him that he had been thought too big for that since the day he was born. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

“When I came through, I could just about see that big hill behind the white house up there, and looking this way there was the café there, and...” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he takes off his boots, I stare at his feet, with their long toes—bigger and older echoes of my own—and I wonder how I could be related to this man. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were fooling the other day about whose were bigger. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She would never find the skinny man with the big red nose or the woman who read. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

“The storm is definitely headed right toward Connecticut. Wilford is going to get hit hard. We need to wrap out of here by noon, head home, and secure the ranch. Okay, big guy?” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Early farmers wouldn’t have noticed the difference, in the way that they did notice and selectively harvest big berries. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“When Lucinda cast the spell on me, was that big magic?” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

But what about the bigger and better reasons? The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Don't know much more of the big guy I could've taken. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

It’s all so big you think it can kill you. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

She doesn’t like Easter because the date keeps shifting and it’s not a big shopping holiday. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Standing, he walked to the shoreline and picked up a big rock. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

She sighed heavily, like Lauren lying about her intelligence was the biggest of her problems. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Our room was ten times as big as many of my classmates’ homes, and a hundred times brighter. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Normally the big cats were not given food one day a week, to simulate conditions in the wild. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Sefia opened it and crawled inside, closing the door behind her, shutting herself into a room barely bigger than a travel trunk. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I spent that night looking at the big Hollywood sign in the dark from the seventh floor of the hospital. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Mundín turned to me, and they say boys don’t cry, so maybe it was because he was dressed as a girl, but there were tears in my big brother’s eyes. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Even in chains, Mormont looked dangerous, a hulking brute with big, thick arms and sloped shoulders. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I caught myself, though, because Jenna wasn’t big on emotional displays. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Now and then a fish jumps—big fish. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the beach were rows of big canoes. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes things are too big for cheering up. Sometimes the best way to make things better is just to let yourself be sad for a little bit.” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

He smiled so big that I believed him—for three of the five steps up to the stage, I totally believed him. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

She dropped heavily into a chair and went into a gale of laughter that made her big bosom shake as though it were going to fly off. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He picks up one of the bigger maps. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

It was a doe, so no antlers, but she was big, and she would have totaled the car, rolling right up the windshield and into us. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Tall, dark brown woman in man’s pants whose face was half hidden by a scarf, hat, and big dark shades. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once you get past how big and strong he is, I mean. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I suppose I must have assumed those old problems had been left behind with our early teen years, and that only the big issues that now loomed so large could possibly preoccupy any of us. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

One Thursday in June 2005 was a big day for the family. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

“That enormous arch—they seem to be painting it! They’ve got pots of paint and big brushes! You look!” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

He allowed it was jest a little old star chasin’ ’round the sun with a pack of others, some of’em a lot bigger than us. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Britain joins this swaying motion, I get pulled into it, too, just because they’re both so much bigger than me. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

It was all one big party, just like they always promised it would be. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, the big white cat bounded down the steps and leaped with one movement upon Bigger’s shoulder and sat perched there. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

As a result of overeating, Templeton grew bigger and fatter than any rat you ever saw. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

“Take her to Welch,” she said, nodding toward Emily Sue, who sat on the couch with a big, pleased smile on her face. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

But the biggest clutch of admiring onlookers milled around something at the far end of the tent. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

The big fat guy always sits there eating marshmallows at his desk. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Really big measures, like the size of a universe, are measured in megaparsecs: a million parsecs. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

A young guy with long hair and a big camera hanging around his neck jumped out of the driver’s side. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

My big romance of the year was a crush on my psychology teacher, Miss Hall. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

When I got out of the car, the house seemed as big as a castle. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

She knew that the big house, the house of pride where the white folks lived, would come down: it was written in the Word of God. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“Hey, no big deal. Who cares anyway? The point is, you were on television. You’ll probably be getting calls from the talk shows any day now.” Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

Hence Eurasia ended up with its 13 species of big domestic mammals and the Americas with just its one very local species. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Those are the biggest shorts in the state of Alabama!” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

The second, which recognized the very process by which Big Science grew bigger, made Lawrence even more the darling of every scientific research foundation in the land. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Then he slips into the big top with the other man. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Mr. Chris wrote his first letter before the next big run began. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I think you and Miss Skeeter would get along just fine,” I say and I crank out a big smile. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I want to charge into the locker room and wrap myself in the biggest hijab I can find. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“I still don’t see what the big deal is,” Kelly said. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Okay, this room is actually as big as my entire living room and kitchen combined,” she said. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“As you wish,” he answered, through a mouthful of blood, but the big knight was already gone, his boots pounding on the deckboards. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Then Ma pushed the trundle bed into its place under the big bed. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

My sister makes a huge issue out of that, like there’s something wrong with me, but I don’t get why it’s a big deal. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Over the next couple of years, Charles had the drawing room made bigger and added a kitchen wing so there would be more room for the growing number of servants. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Calvin says, “Look at that. And it’s big enough for bundles of sheets and everything. You could put me down that thing.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

They joked and they picked fast when the bosses’ eyes were on them and they acted big, but at night in the cabin after midnight they wept, they screamed from nightmares and wretched memories. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

They may as well be their own gang, big as they are. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The boy smiles even bigger, nods, looks me up and down, and says, “Spicy! I like you. You sure you don’t wanna get white-boy wasted?” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I dug a hole underneath a big oleander. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

A big round gray rock, like the upper half of an egg, poked out of the water about a mile from the stony headland. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Well, at least the dust didn’t seem to be a big problem, that was good. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

The first big storm of the winter must have started right after I went to bed. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“Maybe the roaches here are bigger than in Phoenix,” Brian said. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

These coins were as big as Girl Scout cookies and had images of various Greek gods stamped on one side and the Empire State Building on the other. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I take too big a sip and burn not only my tongue but a path all the way down my throat. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

We used to be sisters; something bigger and deeper than blood bonded us. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“See, I told you you’d be a big help. I’m going to go post that on a bulletin board right now!” Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

Heike smiled at me with these big light-blue eyes and I suddenly wanted to smack her upside her head. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t a mole—moles made big mounds in the middle of the yard. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was a big city, and probably somewhere within it were jobs, apartments, and plenty of computer stuff. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The customers definitely left me bigger tips, but that could’ve been because I wasn’t staring at them like they were bugged. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

She was about my mothers age, with big brown eyes and high cheekbones. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s amazing how much bigger you always look from the back. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

She and two other girls from my college had rented a big apartment from four Harvard law students, and I'd been planning to move in with them when my writing course began. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

He just shrugged, as if his death wasn't that big a deal. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Sure enough there was a wagon, a big farm wagon in the barnyard. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a big black curtain hanging across the back of the stage. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

Someday, please Amon, I will grow as big as he, and then I will free myself of him somehow and go back to goldworking. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Integration was a bigger word than I had thought, a huge word with fire all around it. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“He hasn’t changed much, has he? I mean, he’s bigger and all, but he’s still R.C.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

In the middle of the afternoon, Nancy came down to the field with her children and waited for Jethro in the shade of a big oak tree just inside the fencerow. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

He got green paste all over my cheek and hair as he wrapped me in those big arms of his until I couldn't breathe. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

This was why the Elders and their families grew big and strong and rosy-cheeked on beef and butter and beer. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

It’s one of the biggest virtual worlds ever created. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I ran through the wet grass to a big open field. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

"Those big movies around Fiftieth Street are cool," suggested Jordan. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Some of them were even standing up, their big butts wobbling, and one was slapping a yellow tambourine against her hip. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“I know it’s not much to look at. Dad used to call it my ‘big girl’ bike, but I got a BMX for Christmas. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Their slender hands slid through the holes of the fishnet and each grabbed two big fistfuls of rice. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Swaying hypnotically a foot from his face was the biggest, strongest, most evil-looking adder that had ever been born. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

His wrenched shoulder-blade, untreated and unrested, went from bad to worse, till finally Hal shot him with the big Colt’s revolver. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rex stretched out next to her, his big head in her lap. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Alex bites down a smile that feels bigger than the sentence has truly earned. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t big enough to keep his feet out of the water. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

My horse was a big black Arabian with a half-moon shock of white for a bib. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

“Actually the pigeon is the favourite dish of all raptors, if they are big enough to take her, but I was thinking of nothing but domestic habits.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sure enough, a big cruise ship was cutting across Long Island Sound, its white-and-gold lights glowing against the dark water. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Both Kyle and his big brother knew exactly where to find what they needed to win the game: inside the house! Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

The big guy made it across in three swings, which was a good thing since, just as he landed, the last iron bar ripped free under his weight. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

And when my mom sees my best friend standing there with a big get-well teddy bear, she looks at me, then waves her in. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Rue contributes a big handful of some sort of starchy root to the meal. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Now surely, since Africa harbors 1,500 languages today, it is big enough to have harbored more than four ancestral languages thousands of years ago. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then he pulled the bear claw out of the bag and took a big bite. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Grandma sleeps in a big bed upstairs with a picture of the Sacred Heart of Jesus over her head and a statue of the Sacred Heart on the mantelpiece. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I smile big and bright and wave back. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I set the biggest pot I have on the stove and start pouring in the contents of the water bucket. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He would have been happy there with his horses and his cows, his land, and a big empty sky overhead. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Which meant that however big a mess he was making, at least he was no longer chanting. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The flying fish are too big for him and they go too fast. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was so thin, it was almost like her body couldn’t quite hold up her big head, like she wasn’t balanced quite right. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

It was going to be a big interruption. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

So complete was the disaster that many of today’s big American mammals, such as caribou, moose, and brown bear, are immigrants from Asia. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

We’ve said no more than a handful of words to each other and she knows a secret so big that I’ve not even told my best friend. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

That little, slim waist, those great big eyes. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, he came out to the living room where I was sorting books into one of the big bookcases. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The Harry Potter contest and the Senate reception had made big ripples in my ninth-grade fall. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

The story was just getting bigger and bigger. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

"No problem," I said, struggling to get a grip on the sides of one of the bigger cardboard boxes. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

He even generously offered them the bigger of the two bedrooms. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was not a big airport, but the number of people wandering, just wandering, amazed him. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

I take a big swallow of the hurting drink. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

My mind feels feverish with dread, the coming together of something big, of finally stumbling upon significant clues. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I’m so used to it not being a big deal, in fact, that Dr. Chin’s shock catches me off guard. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Trashman smiled and let her pet him as though he were a big dog. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The large black fly—it was the biggest, blackest fly you have ever seen—landed on the back of Brokk’s hand. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

My parents owned a flower shop, and one of their customers was a big deal in the parks department. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I hope it’s a big boat,” I say. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Somebody had gone and put big metal bars on the windows. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

“July 29 “A big storm dumped so much water on the mountain the last three days that the dam washed out—logs, rocks, and mud. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He waves, his face breaking into a big smile on seeing me. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

For a little place, everything is pretty big. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

If I even breathed a word of something this big, my mother would have me committed before I could say just kidding. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

A big, L-shaped couch takes up most of the living room, along with a big TV, but smaller than the one we have at home. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

His head felt enormous, as big as the bed, too heavy to raise from the pillow. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

You have so many big problems going on, I just couldn’t let you down. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“See? It’s no big deal. We know you can’t help it.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

His eyes searched for Dimple's in the crowd, and when they locked gazes, he grinned, big and happy. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Nobody actually knows how long an atom can survive, but according to Martin Rees it is probably about 1035 years–a number so big that even I am happy to express it in notation. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Now that I’m alone on the road and the world outside seems so much bigger than it ever has before. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I started back behind the barn, in the part with all the big trees and acorns. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

Rumors from the big house held that their master meant to dispose of some property to cover debts from the disappointing crop. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Luckily, the jacket is about thirty sizes too big for me, shielding me from trauma. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

The powerful spheres were usually reserved for motors and big machines, but up here, tiny Jade orbs twinkled in the windows of fancy shops and cafes. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Negotiating furiously, he assembled a force of as many as 200,000 men and built thirteen big ships in an audacious plan to assault Tenochtitlan from the water. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

It was those that the old knight encountered—big men, masked as boar, bear, vole, and manticore. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“We made sure of it. Aren’t many of the bigger ones on this side of the river, but they’re around here and there. You shouldn’t have a problem getting from building to building.” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

It's true that Mags can’t weigh more than about seventy pounds, but I’m not very big myself. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

From a bed to his right the woman spoke again: “Buddy, get up from there! I got a big washing on my hands today and I want you-all out of here.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I bought a big bar of milk chocolate for her little brother, but I didn’t always tell her the news that my father brought home. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He went over to the closet in a big hurry. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Never in his life had he seen a spiderweb so big, and he didn’t want to know what sort of creature—or creatures—had made it. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

They knew instinctively that a man on a horse is spiritually as well as physically bigger than a man on foot. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

These grasses were different because they produced big, rich seeds. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The church isn’t as big as the one Dad drags him to every Sunday, but a wide set of steps leads to a covered porchlike area set between two square towers with domed roofs. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

I said, pointing to the big white Mercedes that sat by the front door. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But eventually, after secret negotiations, a big ransom was paid to the rebels, and the students were all released. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Isabella gives me a big smile, and I feel like one of the little fish is struggling to swim its way back up my throat. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Our Lady of Chains looked so different late at night, her face older and darker, her fist bigger than I remembered. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But that didn’t keep them from hauling for Grandpa’s big warehouse—delivering to the mill or depot when farmers who stored their cotton with us finally sold it. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The biggest improvement was made in the way water was supplied to Philadelphia. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

It was Ann's biggest victory yet, but she had little time to savor it. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“So, please, Signor Getz," Mr. Hartlieb was still as big as a house and nearly as white as the snowflakes drifting past outside, “could you tell us about your investigations?" The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“It is a big deal. The Thornton Institute is one of the biggest think tanks in the country.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I don’t remember all the details, but I remember there was a big commotion. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Before being sent to San Diego I’d never seen any body of water bigger than a small lake. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

They gave him limitless opportunity; Seabiscuit was one of the biggest stories in the country, so they just kept coming back for more punishment. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

No matter how big the bag, why was over half of it always stale air? Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I went on a bit about the doctor’s unparalleled ability to turn simple language into poetry, and for my big finale I read his story of the elephant and the Who-inhabited dust speck. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Tall, head forward, eyes fastened on a rock, his arms higher than the pines, his hands holding a melon bigger than the sun, he paused an instant to get his bearing and secure his aim. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the biggest amenity of all was the free lunch that almost every saloon offered in order to lure customers and increase the sale of beer. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

“It’s a big brownstone building with an old figurehead over the door. You can’t miss it.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I tried not to be too disappointed—surely our bead sales would pick up again once we had a bigger stock of necklaces to show. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Though I remembered how, even in daylight, the city had seemed too big. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

I didn’t understand why she was in such a big rush to dismiss us that way, but I didn’t ask. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

More doilies, a big lamp with green-and-gold base and white shade. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A leotard and tights, big deal. And bunny ears. Which reminds me—no ears tonight, right, Bridge?” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

When something big is wrong—like when the twins were born so small and couldn’t breathe on their own—she lights our Caridad del Cobre candle and says her prayers in her own words. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Fish was this big, big, big dude—the guy who tattooed Aurelia. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

There’s a big, beautiful pool with turquoise water surrounded by trees with huge orange and red flowers like upside-down bells. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I may have been a big talker to Bunny and Mom, but I didn’t want to see that dead man. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Frank glanced over, scowling; and in that moment a tentacle slammed into the big guy, knocking him overboard. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The biggest trophy was for last year’s boys’ soccer team. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“When I was little,” he says, or hopes he says, “we used to pick berries by the Ruhr. My sister and me. We’d find berries as big as our thumbs.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

And my feet keep getting bigger and bigger. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“No, look at me, Will. It’s also your eyes, big like his. And your brows are arched like his.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Bran could feel the big wolf’s hunger, a shadow of his own. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She promised Belky she would try to make it back to Honduras for the big event somehow. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“Things are bad,” the villagers com-plained, looking up towards the big house. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Which is such a big part of our lives that we don’t even notice the pain of it. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

There wasn’t room for anything bigger than a rabbit to hide. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Her smile was big and you could tell that she had had quite a laugh herself. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

They took it in turns to sleep in the big bed, to make the supper, to set snares in the wood for small animals, to draw water up from the deep well behind the house. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

They were half as big as grapes but hung in bunches much like grapes and when Brian saw them, glistening red in die sunlight he almost yelled. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

He handed me one of the knit hats that was shaped like a big hockey puck. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Daniel chooses one of the smallest rooms, but it’s still big. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

But I was beginning to see there were bigger things in life than proving up on a claim. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

On the edge of his vision, he saw the cupbearers watching with eyes as big and white as chicken eggs. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

A dirty red carpet, with huge gum-stained circles as big as cherries covered the floor. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

“Hey, this isn’t a big deal, okay? It seems like a big deal right now, but I swear this will blow over. None of this matters. They don’t matter. This doesn’t change anything for me.” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know what to think, but what I felt was magnetic and so big it ached like the moon had entered my chest and filled it up. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Fire Department rang a second alarm at 1:41 P.M. and activated the big siren at the exposition’s Machinery Building. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Billy jumps out of the recliner and gives me a big hug while his mother watches from the couch. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

This walk home was going to be a big one. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

Then he’d have himself a big scare and rear up, fighting the rope and falling down and pitching and bawling. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Remember, the big hairy one? It was all pockmarked and gross.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Yesterday afternoon,” she said, “early. They came running down the big arroyo which comes down from the high canyon.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

We both bent over it, to get a better look: It was bigger than our Zimbabwean dollar, though I rarely saw those either. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“There’s a big affair going on up in the woods.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

I explained to Billy as best I could some of the things that were going on, and he kept telling me his uncle was the pilot of a big plane that dropped bombs. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

They squat in the dust of broken doorways instead, staring at us with big eyes and sunken cheeks. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Had a big purple scar where the bone broke through the skin. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

A kindly, educated old man with a big white Panama hat who worried mostly about his digestion, my grandfather entertained no political ambitions. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

We blew stolen pink bubbles bigger than our heads. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

The Cobras were laughing because they figured the dumb, scraggly runt would get out of the East End in about as good shape as a bare big toe in a convention of snapping turtles. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

We walked into the thickest forest and tried to escape the downpour by standing under big trees, but it rained to the point where the leaves couldn’t hold off the water anymore. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“He has to stay with the nurses until he gets bigger,” she explained. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Now Rae’s insistence upon staying at her own house last night to “prepare for the big day” makes sense. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

I’m bigger than either of them, he thought. / can take them. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

And Noise women have lighter hair and bigger chests and wear less clothes and are a lot freer with their affecshuns than in the vids, too. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

What if history was not a reasonable citizen, but a madman full of paranoid guile and these boys his agents, his big surprise! Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

In one corner was a turret with a big bay window looking out on a small garden surrounded by the fence. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

It's not quite sundown, but there's clearly going to be a big turnout. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He wants to know what's happening with the "big dirt patch in the courtyard." Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

The white-paper announcements of the unloading of the bulls and the big schedules of special trains were still up on the pillars of the arcade. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

I had kept a big secret from him. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, it’s no big deal,” he said casually. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Concentrate on making those clouds—the ones over there, in the west—making them bigger and darker. Think gray skies and driving winds coming down from the arctic. Think snow.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

“You are nothing to me. You’re just nothing. A big fat 0.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Still, a big flock could have landed here while I was up there. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am sent into the freezer to do inventory for the second big job next week. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, I texted her after the big win. Wanted my buddy here to celebrate.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

From the time he’d grown up big enough to get out of the cabin, he’d made a practice of trying to catch and keep every living thing that ran, flew, jumped, or crawled. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cold moved over him when the headlights turned, bigger now, visibly weaving down the road; he could hear the hum of the engine now. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

It not only provides the appearance of three dimensions on a two-dimensional surface, it also makes it easy to answer the question ‘How big does the Baptistry look from here?’ The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I made it big and black on the page. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was like a big ugly apartment building had fallen out of the sky and landed in the basin. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

He went to the Great War, he was gassed, he’s big, he has a job, he makes the world laugh. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I’ve always had a big head, and I must have looked a sight that night, with bandages covering half my face, when Mama picked me up. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

And there was a very big enclosure for the hens, with five henhouses in it, like the one in which I hid. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

The pole holders line their thick bamboo reeds flat on the floor, and we plaster on big smiles. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

Two big, skipping hops, another leap, and she was on dry land. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

It’s a big warehouse and the door’s half-open, but there’s no way I can walk on in, can I? I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

The government gave us a large place to live in, much bigger than anyone I know. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The chief’s elevator is the last one on the row and is twice as big as the others. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

The restaurant was a big and barn-like structure, ten minutes up the road. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

It’s Muhammad’s snorts and someone else’s hoots mixed with Dad’s big belly laugh. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I stood waving until the big car turned out into the street. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Moreover, it was the biggest harvest that the farm had ever seen. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

This year, watching some of the Christmas shows on television as we decorated our tree made it seem like an even bigger party. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I mean, sure, that kind of thing happens in the NBA and in college and in the big high schools. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Like, how big a freak am I, really? Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Look at them all. There’s a fortune in this. I wish one of us was big enough to pass the hat.” The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Up in the big tree, Frightful closed her eyes. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

It was enough that he was the oldest colored man they had ever met, that he had survived every torment big and small white men had concocted and implemented. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

My Strawberry Shortcake T-shirt ended up on Luke, although it was way too big for him. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

She wears a long handmade dress that drags at the hem, and little heeled shoes that probably leave sores on her big toes. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

But re-membering what happened to them reminded me how big the risk was. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stopped at the shack to buy a big clay bowl of sweets. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Now what’s your big fancy excuse for being a complete barbarian to me?” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

“You think you ever going back, Miss Saunders? Back to working in a big company?” The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

The phenomenon has been ob­served with big cats, bison, deer, wild sheep, monkeys and many other animals. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I hate waiting for the big explosion, so finally I ask, “What?” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“He’s like Mr. America. Every Election Day, I get a big lecture on what makes this country the best in the world.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“We really plannin big sabotage,” the other man at the bar said, breaking his silence. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

We had a great big pile of dead dinosaurs off to the side and had to keep shaking more and more reinforcements out of the pillowcase. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The big stallion nickered and tossed his head, his neck muscles rippling under his butterscotch coat. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I could see his eyes get big and glassy like he might even cry. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It helps to listen to the big boys ahead of you. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

A big plastic tray full of glistening dough sat uncovered. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Elizabeth explained that her little sisters were staying home because they were afraid of the dark and of all the big kids in their costumes. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Music comforts him, but even though he’s bigger than Jay—bigger than all of us—he’s weak, out of shape. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I could relate to the little elephant with the big ears. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alex dove after her and tried to squeeze under the fence, but he was too big. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Every day without Monday made her absence grow bigger and bigger in my head, like the tumor my great-aunt Jackie died from. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He thought about how he’d had a big family when he was born. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“I punched this big guy in the face. And he just walked away. And now I’m afraid he’s going to kill me.” The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

She watched him until Tab gave a big “Woot!” and butted her shoulder-to-shoulder. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Millet’s big coup was the great Midway ball, held on the night of Wednesday, August 16. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“Very big,” Viola says, looking at him seriously. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

The pair of cabins at the head of the field, numbers one and two, looked like his-and-hers mausoleums, big white marble boxes with heavy columns in front. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

A girl Julia's age sat on a pony under a big tree, before color was invented. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

The big rat’s voice was as foul and evil as his breath. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

One of them had taken her from the perch beside the big hemlock tree. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Ben held up a chunk of dirty fieldstone slightly bigger than his fist. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

A tall old man with bulging eyes and a big goiter on his neck pressed a five-dollar gold piece in my hand and got back on the train without saying a word. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Sometimes the two sections are in big fat curls, and sometimes she connects them together in the back. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Hard by the big man’s hip he rode, slashing right and left as their wedge went through the Unsullied like a spearpoint. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“You two are our biggest competition. But seriously...” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

He nodded at everything I said, but when I was getting ready to be out he got this big goofy smile on his face. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

As it gets bigger it molts several times, splitting the old skin with its head and wriggling out, revealing stretchy skin underneath. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Probably he had set out a big breakfast for them. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ah hears what they say ’cause they just will collect round mah porch ’cause it’s on de big road. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

But big mammal domestication virtually ended 4,500 years ago. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I give her a big hug, trying not to wince when she rubs against my G-tube. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

He pulled a Browning knife from the holster on his belt and unfolded the big blade. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I feel like giving the whole world a big hug. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

I was an even bigger idiot to think she’d be impressed by me hanging out with her crowd at the cabin, obviously, because she doesn’t even want me there. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

It’s an old song she snitched from her mother—British alternative, rising good energy, from the time of shoulder pads and big hair. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Cole’s gaze wandered in a big circle around him. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Honeysuckle and bull briar were slowly taking over the big fields. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you want to know why I wanted big cheeks?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Grace had never kept such a big a secret from her parents for this long. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Like running eight hundred miles or however many we ran was no big deal to him. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I said, “People read these big, fat ones as much as the little ones. They been checked out a lot.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sister Daniels comes into the foyer, in a floral dress with a matching hat that’s big enough to block the sun. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Hanako dragged a big bag of wheat all by herself! She was scared—I saw her face!” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

After a while, I noticed that as I was busy picking the capulfs, Matilde was choosing the ripest, reddest, biggest ones from the pile and popping them into her mouth. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s too big for you to carry. You must stop trying. You’ll injure your back. All of our women have prided themselves on their carriage. Do you want to look like a washerwoman.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

What will Arthur do for Erik, his sponsor, his benefactor, his ticket to the big time? Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I risked a glance back at the big bouncer. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Already a brutal-beaked carrion crow was tearing at the face of one of them, and Will could see a bigger bird circling above, as if choosing the richest feast. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

And, everywhere he looked, Milo saw little men no bigger than himself busy digging and chopping, shoveling and scraping, pulling and tugging carts full of stone from one place to another. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

There was no weapon on Earth as powerful as a big cannon. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

According to the newspaper, SmartMart’s grand opening was a big old dud. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

“Your mama is glad because she know you be full of joy. That make her smile so big, that smile find you here in this far place.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then ever’body says the big guy oughtta pick somebody his own size, and maybe they gang up on the big guy. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dadi’s laundry closet/room was just big enough for a cot and a table. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The day Shiloh come, we’re having us a big Sunday dinner. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

And sure, fear is a part of it, but not the biggest part. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

I crawled behind a big rock near the young bull. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was the big break that the policeman had been waiting for. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

‘Give me your pretty colored chalk. I promise a big crowd.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Cerberus, the guard dog of Hades, appeared out of the gloom—a threeheaded rottweiler so big he made Mrs. O’Leary look like a toy poodle. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The manor house was way out in the country, with a big farm next door. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Even big things like when my dad, a cop, started working longer hours and could barely stand to look at me when he finally did come home. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

It feels like she even laughs in Spanish, because her smile gets so, so big. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

At the ram his big red reared but the black stallion leapt the obstacle smoothly and Ser Mandon flashed past him, death in snow-white silk. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It had been heavy once, when we were newly married: now the faded rag in which it was tied was too big and the ends flapped loosely over the knot. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

One example of the use of the weak anthropic principle is to “explain” why the big bang occurred about ten thousand million years ago—it takes about that long for intelligent beings to evolve. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tucker put a big piece of ice in each and then made a show of stirring them up with a straw he had found that afternoon. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

He drew Greece like a mis-shapen hourglass - a large dangly blob for the northern mainland, then another blob below it, almost as large - the big chunk of land known as the Peloponnese. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Isabella frowns, fists her hair together, and wraps it up into a big sloppy bun. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

She writes her name in big, black letters on the wall near the sink: Charlese Jones. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

I can tell you this much: the word is a great big log thrown on the fires of love. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our 1,600 ships were the largest armada in history, and the number of our troops was even bigger than the force that landed on the beaches of Normandy in Europe. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Winnie’s shyness returned at once when she saw the big man with his sad face and baggy trousers, but as he gazed at her, the warm, pleasing feeling spread through her again. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, tuck in,” said Fledge, taking a big mouthful of grass. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Abel was much bigger and stronger than me, but being in a confined space was to my advantage because he didn’t have the room to maneuver. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Being upside down was no big problem, either. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since the universe would already be expanding just as in the hot big bang model, the repulsive effect of this cosmological constant would therefore have made the universe expand at an ever-increasing rate. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were big and smelled of milk; they were young and had white hair. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a big old piano up there, all covered with cobwebs. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Ignoring the foreman and the police officer, Mr. Muckle proceeded with great enthusiasm to introduce some local big shots—the mayor, a city councilman, and the head of the chamber of commerce. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bonus room is practically bigger than the whole downstairs of Annabelle’s house. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Her big brown eyes were always so full of life. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We also liked to swim in nearby Lake Tanganyika, one of the biggest lakes in the world. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

At the very beginning, after the title Meet the Kasteevs, they showed Erlan’s parents, really big on the screen, then all the kids, one by one. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

She joined him, and soon they had lifted half a dozen out of the way, and then she snapped off the battens on which they’d been hung, making a gap big enough to get through. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Then he bent down in his big white coat and looked at my face. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fire was a big one and the drum-roll that he had thought was left so far behind was nearer. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“It’s driving everybody crazy. There’s too much going on in the world for you to be acting like some big baby.” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Room 22 is just big enough to accommodate the stretcher. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

When Liyana’s aunt had to go to the hospital because her legs swelled up, Sitti said they swelled “because she has such a big and heavy head.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Ralph stared at Pinkus’s new office, twice the size of his old one, with five big windows spread over two walls. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

How many days could you walk the streets of the big city without encountering anyone who knew you, and how many nights? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I made a big bowl of this, mixing it with water, and put it in the spring. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Laura stood at the window and watched Pa, big and swift and strong, walking away over the snow. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the madwoman, too, could see her own dear baby—a big girl now. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I strain against him, against the handcuffs, but he is twice as big as me and has a gun. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Windy likes to think big, and she needs someone else to pull her back to earth. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

As a military man, he was skeptical about explosive devices that were too powerful to serve as practical weapons, and less impressed than Truman with the idea that bigger was invariably better. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“Oh, Daddy,” Judy exclaimed, racing over to give him a big hug. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Nice big smile, Harry,” said Lockhart, through his own gleaming teeth. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

El Patron gave him a battery-driven car big enough to sit in. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Look, you don’t want war with Zimbabwe,” said the big woman. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

And when Friday night came round on the last day of September, roughly four thousand of them were crammed into the visitor’s side for the biggest district showdown of the season. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Get out of the way,” snapped Ron, taking a swipe at Peeves — this was a big mistake. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Matter of fact, if you asked me if it was a good thing having a bigger farm, I wouldn’t have known which way to answer. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not as big a deal as you might think.... Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

My job is to move the caulking iron along the seam while Captain Keelson hits it womp! with his big wooden mallet. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The unnamed peaks towering over the glacier were bigger and comelier and infinitely more menacing than they would have been were I in the company of another person. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

All day it grew bigger, and before night the whole yard was bare mud. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well,” she said with a big sigh, “it will give them something else to laugh about.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Couldn’t be a diamond that big. Looks like metal. Do you think we’ve bored into a buried locomotive?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

When Jenny raised her treat hand even higher, Chico did a backflip for his big finish. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

So they hung their stockings by the fireplace, and said their prayers, and went to bed—Alice and Ella and Mary and Laura all in one big bed on the floor. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

The girl who was just so happy to come home from the library with a big stack of new stuff to read. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I still felt kind of bad about it, because we made a big mess, and Violet was completely meg blushing, but at least we didn’t get like shoved into orbit on cybergumeys or something. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And after each we had hastily to push ashore in order to bail. In one set of big ripples or waves my canoe was nearly swamped.” Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

She did not look big with the cape and we would not walk too fast but stopped and sat on logs by the roadside to rest when she was tired. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Three sides of the big mews were wooden. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

That’s a huge number, much bigger than merely saying it would lead you to suppose. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

There was the hunched elderly figure of the judge, the upright form of Miss Brent, and a third man—a big bluff man who came forward and introduced himself. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

The moon over the big red barn illuminates the open field. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The computer printouts were at least brief, but both “The Problem of the Shadows” and “The Population Law: Our Country’s Biggest Mistake,” were full of big words. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

He stops rolling the skateboard and gives me a big smile. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

There was so much turquoise—nuggets and even big chunks of it lying on the desert floor—that Brian and I could fill our pockets with it until the weight practically pulled our pants down. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Leather couches and big flat-screen TVs hanging from the walls next to art in fancy frames, which seemed weird because he didn’t seem like the TV type, or the art type. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The fresh wind across the big lake blew away the smoke of cooking fires and vanquished the mosquitoes that came out in whining droves and had plagued them in town. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

He was a big mutt, part golden retriever, part shepherd maybe. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Flying fast like this, down big, long Sugar Hill, really made me feel free. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“So, now, Ally...that big piece of paper in your hand says possible. There is no impossible anymore, okay?” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Then very quietly he turned and said to me, “You know what the biggest problem was with the marines out in the Pacific Islands?” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The announcer promised a big story after the commercials. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

When she was a little girl, she lived in a big house surrounded by saffron fields. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

My bank balance was down to $133.26, with each copy costing a dime, but like Mrs. Smith had said, got to go big. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

It had always been the big problem between us. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She picked up Rita, who pounded vigorously on the big woman’s back, and disappeared down a burrow. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

It floated there, as big as an orange, dimming the stars but lighting the earth. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

And as the blood pounded its way into my head and I gasped for air, he’d acted like we’d just been fooling around, like the whole thing was all a big joke. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry. They’re trying to do a big thing for you.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

There was a big turkey dinner at night and time flowing on. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thus, animists may believe that the big rock at the top of the hill has desires and needs. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The biggest pastel on the board looked like a large black bat to Scruggs. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

“No, they actually fit. I’m sure you all dress in sizes that are way too big, back home. This actually looks human on you.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Thumps and cursing shift around the room until there’s one big thud. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Standing between them was a bronze jar big enough to hold a person. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Quendy came back from the bathroom and said, “Omigod! Like big thanks to everyone for not telling me that my lesion is like meg completely spreading.” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though there’s a big age difference between them, he’s a good friend of Baba’s, and he used to visit us often before he got married last year. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Yet, culturally speaking, today men with big butts are considered less desirable than a man with a potbelly, which is no doubt wrong from an evolutionary point of view. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I mean, the guy had a big mouth. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I bet she’s thinking she made a big mistake assigning me to that event. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

It was scarcely bigger than a large doghouse. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ma was dressed in a big puffy coat with work boots. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Later Katie noticed that she was wet and paddled her softly telling her that she was too big to wet her pants. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The leg of the top remains in the same place, but the apex makes circles which get bigger and bigger toward the end. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Big Henryk was not only the biggest boy but also the most agreeable. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Cole also carved a jagged bolt of lightning and a big raindrop after dancing a storm dance. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Donay’s body is there in the middle, shrunk in the big coffin, looking lonely to me. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stand up, hold out my arm and give him two fingers but he’s already disappearing behind big clouds of smoke. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

The big man had been greensick every day of their voyage. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

First on the path is a big wooden barn, built as watertight and solid as the bridge, like it could last there forever if anyone asked it. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

And the most profound problems in physics—the dark core of a black hole and the brilliant flash of the big bang—are struggles to defeat zero. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

He’s big and fast and has become like a shadow.Yet every time Mark looks back at him, he seems to disappear into some nook or cranny. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“No, my goodness!” said Mrs. Garcia, smiling a big smile now that was totally different from her shiny smile. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

In the early evening, she put on a bright yellow halter top to show off her tan, jeans, and big green hoop earrings, and set out with friends to celebrate the Irish holiday. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Maybe taking my legs off wasn’t that much of a big deal after all. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

It just feels like a bigger big deal than he knew possible. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

It was a military craft, far bigger than any other boat Zeitoun had seen since the storm. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Like there’s a whole big beautiful open ocean of freedom inside me. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Baby Sumaiya squeals and bangs her toy on the coffee table, drooling with a big toothless grin. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

She stabbed her fork into the thigh on her plate and took a big bite. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

They'd look like they had big noses or their ears stuck out. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

I had a big trout on the end of my line, and it was fighting hard. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

I ducked my head in the truck’s water tank and took a big gulp. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

It looked small, scarcely big enough for an adult, and it lay there in the cramped, underground space quite peacefully, curled up as if it had lain down to sleep. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Across the road there was a big empty field of grass, and beyond that a fringe of pine woods. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

At first this festival was held in a big tent, like a circus. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

It’s big with pale-yellow walls that have really pretty watercolor paintings and a comfy blue sofa. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

You keep adding 1/2 after 1/2 after 1/2, and the sum gets bigger and bigger, and off to infinity. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

The bigger sticks caught fire, and I smiled. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

And suddenly, I realize what the military will think my biggest weakness is. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I’ve seen that book a lot but right on the table next to it there was a big fat book. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Both of his arms plunged into the terrible ragged hole and dragged out a big, white, dripping bundle. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

I head through the big top, following the hippodrome track to the back entrance. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Pa packed his fiddle carefully in its box and put it in the big sled that was already waiting at the gate. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could see I wasn’t going to get out of this one without a fight, and I am a pretty big oatmeal fan myself to tell you the truth. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe they carried on because she was a little girl making big sounds. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had never been on a plane or visited a big city. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

When we made it to the third floor, we stood in front of big glass doors, in the tiny space between the stairs and elevator and the lab. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

If we had a big fire or needed help or protection, we called our church pastor, who gathered the community men together to provide it. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I’m rocking back and forth, unable to answer, making gagging noises, so Shirley tries, “Here we are! Your big night!” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“It’s not really a big deal,” James said with a shrug. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I feel like I have a big shovel in my hand and am just digging myself into a deeper and deeper hole. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

A big man in a blue uniform and boxy hat blocked the exit. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Every morning as soon as she was awake Laura ran to look out of the window, and one morning she saw in each of the big trees a dead deer hanging from a branch. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The doctors say they need to do this operation to prepare for that big one,” he said. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

But the monsters perched like statues on the walls of the citadel’s heart were bigger. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

It was the biggest lake she had ever seen, with no hint of a far shore. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“It’s just a stupid game. Whatever. No big deal.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I liked cracking the middle of the poori and filling it with dal, and taking a big, messy bite, smooth and crispy all at once. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He checked the directory and dialed a long-distance call through to the biggest beauty parlor in New Texas City. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted to move to Florida, where a hardworking man could make big money building houses for rich people. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I opened my mouth to get one big quick breath of air and as I did so, The Grand High Witch poured the entire contents of the little bottle down my throat! The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Maybe death is the great equalizer, the one big thing that can finally make strangers shed a tear for one another. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He is a very big poodle, of a color called bleu, and he is blue when he is clean. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

It became the means by which he could grasp the first really big number in his life: five thousand. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

I had bought in Cairo a small valise, just big enough to carry one suit, shirt, a pair of underwear sets and a pair of shoes into Arabia. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The big Trailways bus at the Welch station accepted my panels and boxes of hardware in its yawning luggage bays. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Kazi used to cut up every mango in four pieces, two large ones along the flat side of the big pit in the middle and two small ones along the edges of the pit. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The barbershop quartet was working up to its big finish. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Since that side was in the shade, I picked up a saw that was leaning against a big shade tree just back from the house. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought that it would be easy. That if I worked hard, I could move to bigger and better things. But the system’s not made for people like us.” X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mummy and I are two of a kind, in the big house with the porch at the top of the hill. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

“Darling, you haven’t counted Auntie Marge’s present, see, it’s here under this big one from Mummy and Daddy.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

This cloud needs to be so big I can disappear inside it. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

She acted like the food was a big deal. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

His big pink tongue hung out of one side of his mouth, and as his head moved, it swung from side to side, flinging slobber. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Of those who managed to live ordinary lives, some already had more education than others, or their parents were peasants, or they came from a small village or a big city. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

At this compliment the girl broke into a big smile. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

It was small, about half the size of his, but plenty big enough for me. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

She crept away from the kitchen, then made a big production of entering the bathroom and slamming the door shut. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He had a big drooping moustache and he wore a small black bowler-hat. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

The big day The day of our presentation. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He had turned into a big snake,” Uncle Kufa said with satisfaction. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was like a runway show with every color from the big Crayola box on parade. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

While these discussions go on you are to imagine me bowling along on some little road or pulled up behind a bridge, or cooking a big pot of lima beans and salt pork. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cars were in a big cluster, parked at odd angles, some with their tires in a rut, some without tires at all. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

The biggest wall in all the world, her brother Viserys used to say, as proud as if he’d built it himself. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

And where had the townspeople been hiding all these big animals? Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

She smiled big but didn’t ask anything more. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

Her eyes are big and so is her voice. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

But you put all the utensils for an entire class in one pack, and four big cans of chili, and you’re carrying quite a bit, and that’s going to slow you down. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

He was waiting on the porch for me with a pen and paper when I got home from school the day before the big interview. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

With his big back shiny with sweat, he swings the machete low and cuts the cane close to the ground. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had long trailing dreadlocks, small Afros, big Afros, twists, braids, massive raucous curls and coils. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Correspondingly, if, as is the case, we know only what has happened since the big bang, we could not determine what happened beforehand. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

For President Truman and his national security advisers, the situation demanded only one answer: to build more and bigger atomic bombs. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Our days-long journey finally ended at a house that seemed huge to us, with a big open kitchen and dining area with windows all around that let the outside in. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the animals had assembled in the big barn, Snowball stood up and, though occasionally interrupted by bleating from the sheep, set forth his reasons for advocating the building of the windmill. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Besides, Jenny and Bill made up for any neglect on the part of the big boys a hundred times or more. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

The big cats travel on top of the flat cars in parade dens. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Soon they got up and left, for they had decided to try their luck with the fishing nets let down through big holes chopped in the ice. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

It was overgrazed; rain eroded big arroyos in the gray clay, and the salt bush took hold. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I take in a big breath and leave the shade of that magnolia tree and walk across the street, stepping over the cracks in the pavement. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Wherever I went, big men with angry faces yelled at me. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s not a big deal. It's a tampon. Let’s move on.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Aw shoot, big man, I’m nobody. Just didn’t want you to fall to your death, is all. I saved you, just like you saved me.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“They were two big white guys. And there won’t be too many people around at ten o’clock. I just think it’s a good idea to have some backup.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Just tell her you need a bigger table.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Running was too big an idea—you had to let it set a while, turn it around in your head. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

His eyes got big all of a sudden, and Genie could tell he’d burned the back of his throat. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

To my amazement, two big tears squeeze out of her eyes and roll down her cheeks. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

She would stand up on the platform in front of the big crowds of people. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

She was like, “Are you coming or not? This is my big time. I’m going to really live.” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

"The, uh, old stone fence off Lenox, Aunt Pearl. I was walking on it, and ... a ... a big dog jumped up. Knocked me off." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

By second period, though, I realized that something bigger was going on. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Actually, Wilbur felt queer to be outside his fence, with nothing between him and the big world. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

That if I open my big mouth, ain’t nothing she or Momma can do to keep Charlese from getting me back. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Well, it’s possible, it’s just like a big headache. But they hadn’t seen him, anyway.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

One of the biggest game changers, however, was a new technology that seemed relatively harmless: radio. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

This was one of those times when she wished she were sitting in a big black leather armchair with a weird-looking cat and an unlit cigar. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She was having a hard time disciplining us, and a big man’s presence alone would help. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

They’re super big picture, into causes and things beyond their lives. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

The world fades until a big rig whips by me. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

My big event for Wednesday is when Mrs. Trent comes to the front door about two o'clock—just as the Duke is revving up his War Wagon. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked good, through the mask, her big sunglasses brown and purple in the light. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But she also made a big mistake. Maybe that doesn’t make her a failure in our eyes, but the world doesn’t always see people in the way we want.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She keeps rocks: jagged rocks, smooth rocks, big rocks, little rocks. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

“That priest. It isn’t me that makes fun of him. It is the captain. I like him. If you must have a priest have that priest. He’s coming to see you. He makes big preparations.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

For the rest, I’ve been thoroughly spoiled and have received a number of lovely presents, including a big book on my favorite subject, Greek and Roman mythology. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Stephens described his realization that he could no longer take the punishment of reducing as “the biggest disappointment of my life.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

We didn’t have to dig a big rectangle for him to be buried in. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Doc removed something that looked like a big metal key from a basket and handed it to Jay. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“It’s not that big a deal. It was only one night. It won’t happen again.” All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Maybe he heard her open the can of beans, went noisily downstairs, and climbed quietly back up; maybe he stands outside the big wardrobe with his pistol drawn. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

If Uncle Darnell was being his jokester self, he would have gone over to one of us and planted a big smack on our lips. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

“They can make some small adjustments that they think might have a big impact on how you look.” Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Hailstones as big as heads would shoot out of the sky and the lightning would stab like swords, but never at those on my side. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is what Manman had done for our neighbors who survived the big earthquake. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“It’s about me and how I fell into a hole. A big hole. Humans dug it.” The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

She maybe balanced for about three and a half seconds, shooting the camera a big smile before flailing off the surfboard a second later. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

As if my humiliation means anything in the big picture we’re facing. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

And this small act of humanity in the middle of my big act of craziness: It just gets me. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

"How about it, Doreen?" the man said, smiling his big smile. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“I don’t mess with big bodies of water like that.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I'm like a big fence post, and everybody knows a fence post makes a good target. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

The round ball on the dragon’s head was the size of a small melon, just big enough for her to wrap two hands around, and she clutched it as the dragon began to move. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

But they all had somewhere a big cardboard box or two with LPs and cassette tapes. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was the biggest mystery he’d encountered yet in Scythe Goddard’s world. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He takes a big swig of the soda, and then comes over to me and gestures for me to hand him Hector. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

I remember glimpsing a big bureaucrat whose face filled one of the windowpanes and thinking, Maybe he ought to come in here and try it himself. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The big hospital was on the bottom end of New Pretty Town. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

My presence was cute at first, maybe okay for a local competition, but for the big game—on national television—that’s different. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Most people park in the lots up the hill, nearer the big locker room in the Administration Building. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I can’t go another week with so little food. I’ll faint again and get in even bigger trouble. Here, Seven, please give me those boxes.” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I mean, yeah, I guess. It wasn’t a big deal.” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

We make a big group at the local community college, all of us kids, Mr. Hameed, and Dad, who took a personal day off from work. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Often I would creep into his room while he slept and stare at the big shining revolver that lay near his head, within quick reach of his hand. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone is waiting for you in the big room, Uhmma says from the doorway. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

The girls sit at a long lunch table near the windows and the boys have a big round table of their own across the room. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

They moved slowly into the sun, blinking their big eyes. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

And old press clippings of my dad winning the big game when he was a sophomore. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“The bigger kid’s got four pesos, that’s all. Let the little one go.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

She wore no makeup, and her eyes were the biggest I had ever seen, like deer’s eyes caught in headlights. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

“I imagine that’s so. But look at that barn. It’s big and they been prospering.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s all right. It was a big trench mortar shell.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

I told Nelson that Jesus is way too big to ride around in a little gree-gree. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I caught the patient’s eye and followed it, but could trace nothing as it looked into the moonlit sky except a big bat, which was flapping its silent and ghostly way to the west. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Wait till my mother sees her big sister dressed like a teenager at a Sweet Micky concert, oh! American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Now Mrs. Frisby’s spirits fell again, and she said, almost bitterly: “You are joking, sir; you are not serious. No rat could move my house. It is far too heavy, much too big.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

It was bright orange with a fanged mouth big enough to swallow a gymnasium. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Why would I do that? You’re my big bear. You’re my puppy. You did what you did for me. I waited three years for you to come back to me. I love you.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

We sauntered through all the big department stores, touching expensive things without the white clerks giving us a second look. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew the big city would hold plenty of them, and the thought of being with my father seemed like the best thing in the world to me. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Finally I just took in all the air I could, then let it out in one big holler: “I hit him!” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

“We wore these big helmets with these big speakers and mikes in there.” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

“Lightning knocked down a big tree. The branches must have hit you.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

After two days of nervous work the company hauled ten bushels of maize back to the Mayflower, carrying much of the booty in a big metal kettle the men had also stolen. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

He then sits down again and resumes eating, dipping the last crust of pie in the big pool of sauce on his plate. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Even though China actually had the biggest economy in the world in the eighteenth century, it was Western countries, companies, and explorers who were doing most of the globalizing and shaping of the system. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

I threw my arms around Nathaniel and planted a big kiss on his cheek. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

If it hadn’t been for me and my big mouth, we might all have jumped up and cheered. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

They made a big circle and came finally to the sugarbush. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

It’s the only way I can be prepared for the bigger picture. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The female is bigger than the male and may lay up to one hundred eggs at a time. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I bet Marisol kicks her big fat behind out and she has to sneak back in here like a sewer rat,” Delia told Velia, flopping down next to her twin on the bed. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The stinging place in my throat had turned into a big lump. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

No; a bigger and better organization must be launched, one in which the leading writers of the nation could be included, they said. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The clouds were parting, and through the dark gap a figure was speeding down: small at first, but as it came closer second by second, the form became bigger and more imposing. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

A secret is just too big for a little kid. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He spotted a harp in one corner, a loom in another, and a big cooking pot where the stew was bubbling, filling the cavern with luscious smells. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“I bet I catch the biggest ones you ever seen,” Rondell said as we kept walking. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Jessie had said, jabbing her index finger in the middle of the big A on Jefferson’s letterman jacket. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

And Tom, big and red, already cultivating a fine flowing mustache, sat at the kitchen table with his sleeves rolled down as he had been mannered. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Why, no, sir, he’s the big one. He look the same as his ma.” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

Smiling, she put her hand in her pocket and held out a big buckeye. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

We all clap big for the first-place winner, and then the library staff passes out cake and ice cream. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

One diner had a big window across the front. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I act like the fact that I’m asking if I can drive her car, when I haven’t driven in a year, is no big deal, but my mom is staring at me. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The barber leant the chair all the way back and set a big bowl behind the cap’n. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

“I am in a big parking lot that only has two cars in it. Yours and mine. And no one can see or hear us.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

There’s a screen background, sheets on the floor, and those big umbrellas to filter the light. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He laid his hand on Jethro’s shoulder, and his big fingers clutched so tightly that the boy winced. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

She smile so big, you could put her diploma in her mouth crostways. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He was a big man but he was very quick. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Dad swears Mom’s nose is as cute as ever and I don’t notice anything different about it, but she still touches it gingerly when he starts talking about some big new idea he’s got going. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

The big dog gazed at Bod reproachfully, then stepped away into the shadows, and was gone. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Boom, all of a sudden I was in big, big trouble! The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Says he’s gotta work extra hours ’cause he planning something big. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Oh, sweetie. We miss you so much. And there’s a big Thanksgiving turkey waiting for you. And all the cranberry sauce you can eat.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

When he died, his funeral drew the biggest crowd in the history of the city. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

And the keeper lowered him onto his big, padded feet on the marble floor, where he stood, his tail twitching from side to side. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

One had a pot that was big enough to boil a whole person in it. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Personally, I had always thought that a big, juicy, caught-in-the-web bluebottle was the finest dinner in the world—until I tasted this.” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

“He talks like a big shot now,” she giggled. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

His father leaned down the table and put his big hand on top of Jesse’s hand. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

The arms and back of his throne were encrusted with all kinds of gems, each as big as my fist. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was one piece in a bigger puzzle, and when you put all the pieces together, there was Ivy. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

They might come back to the locker room after a big game. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had once been big and strong, confident and formidable. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Before the Americans could go inside, their only English-speaking guard told them to memorize their simple address, in case they got lost in the big city. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The space wasn't big—twenty-four feet by ten—but it displayed Mo's life, from beginning to its end. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“All princesses need a facial before the big show,” Mrs. Walton says, and I can practically feel her warm smile. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“This smells like something big to me,” said one of the men. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Before long, they had big patches of metallic sheets—the “flypaper”—unspooled and placed at various points throughout the yard. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Later that night, closer to one in the morning, I had fell asleep, leaning my head on Ma’s big shoulder. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Instead, he played with them, twirled them around a big finger, caught them in his meaty palm. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I expected big crowds after football games, but this looked like the entire school had formed one huge tailgating party. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

She thought he had a big Mexican family that made tamales on Christmas Eve. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Gone are the big petroleum companies and the forests of derricks as the vast oil fields have been increasingly depleted. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

We are greeted by a flock of wild turkeys, big, noisy, and glorious. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

It has big deep-down chairs and a card table by the window covered with jade, dracena and doctor plants until they want to have card games or play took between themselves. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe the bigger a kid you are, the more you gotta close up shop. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

They were two sizes too big for him, no doubt handed down by an older brother. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

"It's funny what a wonderful gentility you get in the bar of a big hotel," I said. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

The first was built largely around a core of last year’s freshmen: Don Hume, the big powerful stroke; Gordy Adam at number seven; William Seaman at number six; and Johnny White at number four. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

So not only was it written up ahead of time, but it got a big write-up afterwards. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

It was a big, genuine smile, and it made Seven’s heart feel full. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

It was as big as a baby and must have weighed a ton. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I almost wanted to tackle the guy into the sand and get his big head in a vise grip for saying something that actually made sense. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

The letters are big and puffy and white, and they remind me of squished marshmallows. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

A thick, blobby form, multiple arms, two big glaring eyes distorted by the glass into huge saucer orbs, the stuff of nightmares. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

It’s so big I have to wear it around my neck. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

High-fructose corn syrup, or HFCS, is by far the biggest food output of the country’s wet mills. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

An­other is that only big cats can roar. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

When I’m with them, I stand out like a sore big toe. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“Well, she hasn’t finished studying him. You know how she is. She likes to have everything just so before letting out the big secret.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

A big cheer went up on the left side of the field. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

The thought of the big stack of bills on the kitchen table rises in my mind. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

The biggest difficulty in reconstructing the pre-Colombian past is the absence of voices from that past. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“The big giant is tied down by those little rules and regulations and procedures. And the little guy? He just runs around and does what he wants.” Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

His hunger had grown so big it could never be satisfied. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Chicago was on the move, becoming biggest at just about everything: world’s biggest lumberyard, world’s busiest grain center, and, when the Union Stock Yard opened in 1865, the world’s biggest stockyard. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Toting the desk into the parlor, I saw that Miss Love had laid the big Toy family Bible on Granny’s loveseat. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

It’s good I have PE after break, because I give Yolanda an armband and she grins really big at me as she ties it on. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

The biggest one was about the size of your hand. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Maybe you shouldn't have given the biggest plate of fruit to Kali, goddess of destruction. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

To give Feather a big hug and cry all over his coat. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I didn't always understand her big words, but slowly, one by one, she was teaching them to Conrad and me. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Miss Love, real flustered, said, “Why don’t you tell about the big new department store we went in, Mr. Blakeslee?” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Laura liked best to look at the pictures in the big Bible, with its paper covers. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a lot bigger than I’d realized—four stories tall, sky blue with white trim, like an upscale seaside resort. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“The biggest I ever saw in my whole life,” Mancuso said, stretching his arms as if he were describing a fishing catch. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead it suggests that for a long time clever people who knew tricks that we have yet to learn used big chunks of Amazonia nondestructively. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Jonathan was reminded again how big they all were. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Some teachers even seemed to find it amusing that a little kid like Derrick could pick on someone as big as Stanley. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

“She put you in it. That’s a big honor,” he said. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, my big toe. If I wasn’t wearing shoes, they’d be amputating this toe sure as hell.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Roy grinned at Beatrice, who shrugged as if it was no big deal. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The big bone in the man’s thigh stuck out of his trousers and his other leg bent in a gruesome arrangement. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Like he’d told the ghosts at Ithaca, his family had just got bigger. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

My eyes look bigger with eye shadow and mascara, which does seem to make my forehead look smaller. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“We need a lodge big enough for us both,” said Roz. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

When Haley crawled through the window frame, someone in the crowd that had gathered around the library for the game’s big finale saw her and started screaming. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

She was bigger than last time, and her fingers were longer than any I’d ever seen. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

We lived in a big building in one of Shanghai’s nicer neighborhoods. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

With that the man made a few motions to his companions, then turned and ran out the big glass doors, his gun held rigidly before him. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

On the other side of a glass wall was the biggest aquarium tank Percy had ever seen. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Kaira’s suite was bigger than his, with three rooms and a working fireplace. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Miss Markey, I’m going ... to do you the biggest. . . favor of your life. I’m going to say . . . no.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

We leave the big island with crowds of office workers going home early for the weekend. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Soon as I can get a bigger place, some more money saved.” Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

I would park the car and walk up a big mountain or across a series of rolling green hills. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

The hole was barely big enough for her body, she heard the soft swish as the sharp glass rim sliced through the silks she trailed. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Isabella and I hide from the sun beneath the big magnolia tree. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Hunters expanding southward through the Americas, encountering big animals that had never seen humans before, may have found those American animals easy to kill and may have exterminated them. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

By the end of the semester the world felt big, and it was hard to imagine returning to the mountain, to a kitchen, or even to a piano in the room next to the kitchen. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Like most of the farm’s work buildings, the older log cabins bunched on the eastern edge, put up in a hurry before they knew how big the community would become. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

A great big boy like that, I guess I expected him to have a voice like a man's. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

I shouted, then looked back to catch a last glimpse of Sam’s face, framed in the closing door, her eyes big and scared. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

He ambled over to the bar and set out three glasses and a silver ice bucket and a big pitcher and began to mix drinks from several different bottles. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

There’s a certain amount of running but no big worry about forgetting things—our “customers” aren’t strong in the memory department themselves. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I was famous, maybe I could have a bigger apartment too, like Erlan’s family did. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

I wondered if my smile was as big as hers. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

But here in Aleppo, it’s on a much bigger scale. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Turn himself into a penny swept into one of the corners by Mr. Munch's big broom. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

These similarities were obvious since the Renaissance, but mathematicians had to wait until the end of the French Revolution before they finally unraveled zero's big secret. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

I’m not into dream analysis, but maybe she was wondering if Justin had a big one. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Plus, the heat aggravated her crippling sick headaches, and she had to resort to a big spoonful of Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound, known to be the Best Blood Purifier for Women. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

The fire had been big news and every mushroom hunter in California would be out looking for morels there. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“Is it the same as how my nana keeps her head covered with a wig or a big scarf? She’s Orthodox. Is it like that?” Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Making a big statement about the factions was more important to her than safety or the potential loss of lives. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

My head was so big that little Indian skulls orbited around it. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

He’s wearing big headphones and a look of concentration as he presses buttons on the computer that send music blasting out into the room. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

In that big starting room were forty or fifty other prospective inductees. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Meggie heard it ringing inside the big house, but nothing happened for quite a while. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I just figured it was all a big mistake. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I finally got a hole big enough to look out and mashed my eye up against the glass. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

She twirled her finger through her curly hair and let those big blue eyes roam over the ceiling. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

“You better give him a nice big apple, then,” said Malcolm. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Truly, you know much, big mother. Your wisdom is great, but that is all the more reason why you cannot leave. The weaver warned us you would come.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“That little black notebook I saw you scribbling in, and your face. Your big, wide-open, couldn’t-fool-anybody-about-anything face says you’re going to.” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m too afraid of involving you in something far bigger than yourself, that you didn’t even choose.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She looked so pretty, her big eyes blinking fast, her cheeks soft and round, and still the roundness could only remind me of Alaska’s thin face and her high cheekbones. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

I follow him to the car that carries the big top. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

It isn’t big compared to some houses in Springfield, but it’s certainly bigger than our little brown house back home. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

He had a red nose, big watery eyes, and curly hair so black it was almost purple. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

And by that I mean this: If you are the kind of person who lies about something as small as bologna, what would stop you from lying about bigger, more important things? Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Yet the city always seems to be one big traffic jam. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The big kitchen was divided into several parts. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

She smiled and gave me a big kiss. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And to us, we’re more married than any piece of paper or big party could make us.” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Even four weeks later, Katrina was the biggest story in the country. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

While his father was involved body and soul with his water pipe, the willful first-born, who had always been too big for his age, had become a monumental adolescent. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Emily returned to her apartment later that morning, still trying to wrap her head around her big discovery. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I guess you didn’t need a big old house when it was only you and your mom. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

“My name is Alec. And 1 think we have a much bigger problem than these losers.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He and Jordie stayed late into the night singing songs while Margit played the piano, their big silver dog thumping its tail in hapless rhythm. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Today she does not bite her lip and open her nose holes big as fish mouths and say, Too many questions. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

But Soojin comes closer and gives me a big hug, squeezing me tight. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

A big pile that only a person or a Great Dane could have made. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

And some of them were buying tickets at big black machines on the wall. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Claire played her whip around the ears and eyes of the big dog, forcing him backwards until he stood at Mr. Rudyard’s side. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were great tapered blocks, each as big in its own right as a castle, but they appeared entirely smooth, windowless and doorless. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

But the table was big, and her hand was too far away for it to be anything other than insanely awkward. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

So he buys us each another Triaminic shot, and then he takes me by the hand and leads me to a big round table in the corner of the room. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

The living room sat empty, with a big ghost of furniture crowded in the middle, and whenever I passed by, I imagined the severed television huddled somewhere in the scrum. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Coming from a big high school in southern California gave me some kind of shine, I suppose. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

With big clumps of his hair sticking out to the side over his ears like that he really did look like Bozo. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The horses had been tied by a big pinon tree, but they were gone now. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

They couldn’t bear the idea of death being a big black nothing, couldn’t bear the thought of their loved ones not existing, and couldn’t even imagine themselves not existing. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

It was healthy now, and growing fast, with big feet and ears; recently he had watched, laughing, when the mother dog had growled at it because it was nipping at her own ears in play. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

His big eyes, magnified, blinked and stared at us, searching, though he smiled peacefully. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

It was too big, so it would be even bigger on Baachan. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The day had gone exactly as Link had said it would, but even so, I found myself wondering if he were only building my trust in order to lay a bigger trap for me. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no noon meal on account of that night’s big Saturday supper, the smell of which impelled the students to the barbecue pits. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“Beckendorf s sacrifice wasn’t in vain. You have scattered the invasion force. New York will be safe for a time, which frees the other Olympians to deal with the bigger threat.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Well, Delsie, I think this may be as big as yours! But it’s hard to hold on to the pole. Man, this thing is heavy.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Beans swore he had not brushed them since the big ones came in. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

The tree was big and strong, the nearest branch a few feet from the house. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

"He might want to see him some shows and eat in some of them big restaurants." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How could you ever dig out such a big room?” she asked. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

You get a thought in your head in this crazy place and it looms so big. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But someone is asking for big trouble,” said Mrs. Avery, looking more like a hawk every second. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“In the end, it just doesn’t seem like that big of a deal. Unless you die from the flu, but that’s rare.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

I put everything into those big green bags and then piled them in the garage for the Goodwill pickup. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Today again he waited, eyes glued on the big church clock that loomed high overhead. Stone Fox 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he sniffed her head and wings with his big, wet nose. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Okay, here’s the setup. We start the scene with Tater looking up at Duke, Nala, and Scruffy with his big brown eyes. ‘You have to find Cha-Cha!’ Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Today his eye patch has a big blue “X” stitched over it. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He said, “You can collect your fifty dollars up at the big house. If you want to stay, you got a job breaking horses.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a bigger office, a bigger crowd is bound to convene around the bagel table, providing more witnesses to make sure you drop your money in the box. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

The room smelled pleasantly of smoke when Cora sat down in one of the big chairs with Valentine’s books. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

‘I don’t like being different. I don’t like being in my brain. Sometimes it’s like a big empty space where I’m all on my own. And there’s nothing else, just me.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

The big one was dusting off his hands and slapping the horse’s back. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She used more than fifty sponge rollers to make her big curly Afro. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

“One side a sheer cliff, the other side a thicket of brambles with no way through, and in the middle a big fallen tree. You had to have noticed it.” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

If Cade didn’t get drafted into the big leagues in his senior year, we had plans on going to college together, and Dunston was the place. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

I climbed the main road, toward the big palace at the peak. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

The Humbug, who was too big to hide and too frightened to move, denied everything. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

I assumed that my father had convinced the big jowly deputy—and probably everyone else at the jail—that he was harmless and fairly normal. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

It was remarkably similar to Houston's, though Teddy couldn't read any of the Chinese text on the big screens. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was a big woman, about five feet ten and big boned. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

But at that moment, my tears burst into a wave like the big salt at high tide. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Who cares if it made all that big a difference? Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The dress was almost too big for his little fist, but he managed to widen it out and fit the whole thing through. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

And they yell over the singers that wail over the drums, everybody talking at once, big arm gestures, spit flying. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

A big lake or an ocean was different. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I was a big girl, too. You know that. Me and Luce both were.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The second lodge would have to be bigger than the first if it was going to fit Broadfoot the bull moose. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

"It was a yellow car," he said, "big yellow car. New." The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

We chose Thanksgiving weekend for the big test of our new design. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Then let’s put a pin in it. A really big pin.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

He was awake, lying spread-eagle in his big platform bed, looking up at the trompe l’oeil painting of a domed and gilded ceiling that was open at the center to a pink sky. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

They’re super gung ho, since being in middle school is still a big deal for them. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

There's a big old TV with a doily on the top, and an empty goldfish bowl, and piles of newspapers tied up neat with string, and a Bible on this little table by the TV. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

I carry equipment to school rallies and assemblies, I move desks for teachers, and I help out the maintenance staff with stuff like moving bleachers or rolling out the big garbage bins on trash day. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

She had seen forges, ironworks, manufactories in her own world; the biggest seemed like a village smithy beside this. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

But since Quinby’s arrival, he’d spent all his time perched on a chair near her crate, like a worried big brother. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“Oh, the chickadee is back! It’s got its feathers all puffed out like a big puffy coat. It’s so cute!” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Fred scooched closer to the water cooler and accidentally nudged it sideways—enough to make the big water bottle up top wobble. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

All of the town's big shots were there in their tuxedoes, wolfing down the buffet foods, drinking beer and whiskey and smoking black cigars. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s no big deal. I wouldn’t hurt him. I just don’t like the way he looks at my girlfriend. No big deal. I just wanted him to know.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Watch your mouth, Michael, ” and my voice cracks on mouth, a big over-the-top Mom-about-to-cry crack. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I mean, you couldn’t blame her when you stop to think that her husband’s idea of a big time was to go to the zoo and feed a baboon. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

The guy with the big camera, the dude holding the light, the lady in the stiff suit—everybody. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

It turns out that Buckingham Palace is big—so big that it almost defies description. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Yeller wasn’t big and strong enough to stop him, but he kept him slowed down and fought away from Jumper and Mama and Lisbeth. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Looks away from Byrd and out over the field, out toward the big red barn. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Not me—like Juanita I was big boned, darkly bronzed from being out in the sun every day, and homely as a gingersnap. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I walked over and gave her a big hug, then stepped back. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I am bigger and better than I thought I was. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

She was kindly but stern, big bosomed, and every inch a lady. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m not too proud to know when a problem is bigger than I am. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now everything is cleared away that might make trouble and I have a big reserve of line; all that a man can ask. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

She called up Jane's mother and made a big stink about it. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

In the big house on the comer, Blanca, Alba, and the servants were sitting in front of the television, sipping tea and eating toast. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Had they not won the biggest tree in the neighborhood? A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of them had long arms and big feet. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Who are you guys?” the bigger girl said. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

There was a big kitchen inside the holdfast, though all the pots and kettles had been taken. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“He called me, he just heard I hit the big number, and he figured right I’d be quitting.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So he got all drunk and tried to make my ear a little bigger.” The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Cutler had built a large sugaring shed two summers ago, and the only time any of the men were around the big house was when the livestock needed tending to. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe she could quit her big job of being responsible for everyone else’s feelings. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Other studies show different numbers, but the same trend—a big disparity that opened over their lifetimes. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

It was my first big chance, but here I was, sitting back and letting it run through my fingers like so much water. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

The prosecutor offers him probation if he agrees to plead guilty to both charges and to snitch on a bigger dealer. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

There are fossils to be safeguarded, ancient manuscripts; there are pearls, gold nuggets, a sapphire as big as a mouse. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

True Belle was twenty-seven and when would she ever get to see a great big city otherwise? Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He all right?” one of the big dudes from the other team said when he got up to us. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Round cheeks, big lips, and an angry zit on the side of my nose that resisted all attempts at eradication. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Once I got to the NBA and started pulling down those big bucks we could get a house in the country or maybe in California. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“You ran away from Pittsburgh yourself, Aunt Heidi,” I want to say, “and tried to make it in the big city, so don’t look at me like that,” but instead I say, “I dunno.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

She had the biggest smile, and held up a plate with three fruit tarts on it. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Emily popped off the front, revealing a compartment just big enough to hold a paperback book, which is where The Maltese Falcon sat. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The right one was cut and swollen big as a bear paw. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

She sucked in a big breath and said, “Perhaps it would be best not to talk about these things, Christopher.” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled out a big sheet of parchment that he must’ve shoved under the table when they heard someone at the door. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

One day I’m going by the fish co-op when a big sport-fishing boat is unloading. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

She went back and told the Tigros and before you knew it everybody on the block was talking about how Monkeyman was in big trouble. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry watched the goblin on their right weighing a pile of rubies as big as glowing coals. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

She walked up to Travis, whose eyes got bigger and whose face got redder and redder as she came toward him. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

When a few of the king’s knights strapped them onto their feet nonetheless, the big southern horses balked and refused to move, or tried to shake the things off their feet. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She points in the right direction, and I follow Dziusia through the booths and stalls of the big market square. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I take big gulps and for the first time allow myself to feel how much I hated the bunker. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

We see big mountains that point up sudden, with some few coco trees. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A small man with a big shield will drive the archers mad. A wiser man than you once told me that.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Every building, at the place where the wall met the roof, was equipped with a row of floodlights—big cone-shaped lamps that cast a strong yellow glare. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

What would happen if she set it all down, not just the little guilts and responsibilities, but the biggest one? A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“Would you want to know that? Would you want to know that you might turn into a big ugly mean person like her?” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Ma brought out a big banana leaf and began fanning Headmaster. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

She was bopping up the street, pumping her arms as if banging on the biggest invisible drum set ever imagined. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

The big ones were always in deep water. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I breathed in a big gulp of air, let it out, and asked him if he would have to leave us soon, when everyone goes in different directions. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The two of us had many goals for the future, but the biggest involved creating more space and support for young people and their ideas. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The world was so big, yet everything in it was so small! A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s Riot Gear. It’s retro. It’s beat up to look like one of the big twentieth- century riots. It’s been big since earlier this week.” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was a big, dark man, strong faced and handsome. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

After another long pause, she asks, “When is this big meeting you’re going to?” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

The knot on his forehead was big as a double-yolk egg. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

A short lady comes over to Donna and gives her a big hug. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Saying this, I felt I had raced to the top of a big turning point in my life, a new me after just two weeks of psychotherapy. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I will. Go tell your dad he’s a big baby himself.” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

His eyes were buttons, big and black and shiny. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

But he didn’t say anything or make a big deal out of it. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

As he came level with them, he tossed a big handful of small items that fell all around them. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

A big wooden cross hung high up on the back wall, surrounded by the usual, big stained-glass windows. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Sam comes out of Mrs. Parker’s office, an envelope in her hand and the biggest smile on her face. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

"Get another big beer," Bill said to the waiter. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

It seemed wrong—a big, blue-plaid boy comforter on the bed and Mama's lady curtains at the window. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

As soon as we finish congratulating the Hurricanes, we collapse into a huddle, all crying like big babies. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

I have never noticed how brown his eyes are, so big you barely see anything other than his pupils. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

“Enough! Iron monsters are coming back here, and they’re just the first wave. According to the Ridge’s Amagqirha, there could be a big war.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“I saw something big and white disappear into the trees near the pond.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t a big hill that overlooked the farm, but at the rise he pulled up on the reins. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Are there big people on your world, or are they all small like you?” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I never knew if Uncle Willie had been told about the incident in St. Louis, but sometimes I caught him watching me with a far-off look in his big eyes. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her face is an almond sheen of sweat under her white cotton turban, and her lace blouson, settled off her shoulders, reveals duplicate moles, big and black as beetles, at the base of her throat. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was the butcher, hanging up a big hunk of meat to cure outside his store. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

This must have been what it was like when Red Riding Hood first met the big bad wolf. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

That’s what they do when someone is killed in Spanish Harlem, they investigate for a w'eek and if the media and the community don’t make a big deal of it, they leave it unsolved. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

In its place floated a golden orb no bigger than a Ping-Pong ball. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

In a big originality, her parents chose it, she says, for the beautiful sound. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

Neither had realized how big the original part of Delia Dell Hall was. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Our television screen didn’t seem big enough for all those Jacksons. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Everyone was waiting for me now, so I crouched down and grabbed a big handful of dirt and sprinkled it onto the coffin. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I already walk four other kids who live in the Cherry Hill neighborhood, so two more isn’t a big deal. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Will didn’t move a muscle of his face or body, but the three big men behind him did. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I might be having coffee in a service station, staring at the motorway through the big windows, and my essay will pop into my head for no reason. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone was laughing and having a big time. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

You ought to be able to stick them in one of those big glass cases and just leave them alone. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

It must’ve been young, because it was small compared to most—no bigger than a grizzly bear. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Both, by now, were big enough for her head and shoulders. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

She knows I'm close, and then she makes the biggest mistake ever—the one thing every coach tells you to never do—she looked back. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

“His eyes are the color of burning coals, and his fangs are bigger and sharper than a javalina’s tusks. But his claws are just as dangerous. He can rip out your heart with them.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

At a far corner of Min’s yard he had dug a hollow just big enough to hold the bowl, and had found a large flat rock nearby to use as a cover. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

As Lawrence had perceived toward the end of the war, peacetime offered the opportunity to make Big Science much bigger. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“Well, come back home, young brother. There’s a big place waiting for you.” The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

There was a big sign announcing: volunteers wanted. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Watende sounded too big, too complicated for such a tiny baby. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Although the jars of fruits and vegetables were too big to carry, who was to say I could not help myself to them right there in the food cellar? Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

I take them to Stanley Park, where there are big trees. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I can tell both of us are trying not to pretend like it’s any big deal that Ruby isn’t coming. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Spillane in Pump Lane off Carey’s Road has two crippled twin children with big blond heads, small bodies, and bits of legs that dangle over the edges of the chairs. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Freddie is big, he’s seven, and I ask him to push me. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The celebrity was just at that moment having himself a big yawn in the cricket cage. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oil, hush, you big thing,” the young man snapped. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Esther was laden with big overstuffed shopping bags, but her left hand held onto Barbarossa's and on her lips was a blissful smile. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

A big, prosperous city rising up on its own in the stifling Amazon forest? 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

If Mother’s thoughts could have taken form, they would have looked like a big fireball falling out of the sky, aimed straight at the She Elephant. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyes get big but then look at ease as she says, “Yes, ma’am, I can hold.” Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Then, he asked her to “go with him,” which was a big deal at any school. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

She keeps hitting the big green button, but nothing is happening. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

She remembers to talk honestly about hot cars and aisles at the grocery store and not going beyond where the big red barn can see Axel. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

In contrast, the Americas had only one species of big domestic mammal, the llama / alpaca, confined to a small area of the Andes and the adjacent Peruvian coast. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I liked them because they were tall and lanky and had big eyes that always looked happy. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

As we stepped into the little boat, the river looked big with a rough current, and the people on the other side looked small and far away. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The barrel looked as big as a cannon! As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Clouds had moved in—the low-hanging ones that ran ahead of a big rainstorm. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Without taking my eyes off her, I told the crowd, “I know these chickens are a big responsibility. That’s why I need you all to help me. Will you help me keep them safe?” Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

After our big brawl, though, Mrs. Schein refused to let Kim come over to my house, convinced that her daughter would return on crutches. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Leaning against her parents’ minivan is Patrick Thomas, who is maybe the biggest douche of all time. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Carol, a young mother wearing a big skirt and hoop earrings, sits in the rocking chair near the bookshelf. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chills danced up my spine as I sat in the big green living room chair with Mama and Grandma nearby. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The players were some of my biggest heroes. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

It’s not that I didn't remember Mr. Harvey’s death and think about him, especially because suddenly a big row was being made over the hanging of my people. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He seemed as big as Father, and as strong. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

We climbed down the tower to join our friends, where we exchanged tearful goodbyes with Claire and Fiona under the big shade tree. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Sam rubbed Mole’s big ears, then his own. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Then I had one big hole in the trailer. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lia: But you just made a big deal about how long Cassie and me were friends. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

I wish I could send one with this letter, but the envelope isn’t big enough. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

On the nightstand is an old photo of our big happy family at Christmastime. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

Her legs are covered in red mosquito bites, and her teeth are too big for her mouth. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Both soccer and lacrosse were big sports in our town, but they didn’t really pique my interest. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Their big yellow eyes surveyed the fire brigade, squinting and widening again. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

She picked up a Fortune magazine—very big and heavy—and heaved it after Tucker. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Relatives can keep big secrets from one another." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

The scale survived the first few impacts, but then we heard a big sproinggg and it flew apart. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

While I was walking, I passed these two guys that were unloading this big Christmas tree off a truck. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Now, there’s a red-headed woodpecker making the thing swing, and cardinals dot the forest scrub with red coats, waiting until the bigger birds have their fill. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Like if you lost a dollar, you might get in trouble, but it wasn’t a big worry if your father had another dollar to give you. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

It was big enough to read it from the bench. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

She came over to me, smiled, and in front of the whole assembly, she gave me a big hug. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Another put it simply: “Groves is the biggest S.O.B. I have ever worked for.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

But no matter how big you were, there was no preventing the brutality. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Mostly, he looked like a big piece of old brown carpet that had been left out in the rain. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

A thin line of brown ants was crawling across his big toe, and he was trying not to giggle. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She poke her head up, smiling big as you please. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

We were sailing right past them now, smooth as silk, big as life. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Why make a big deal out of this? Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“Hi, Summer!” he said with too big a smile. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

His big hands started brushing the dust from my clothes. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Let's have a look," said the big bald man. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

On an afternoon in 1903, long before the big cars and the ranch and all the money, Howard began his adulthood with only that air of destiny and 21 cents in his pocket. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I am your biggest fan. Your books are incredible. Valley, how come you never told me? I am calling Thorn right now!” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Hallo! You look like a size four,” a big man wearing forehead jewelry says, peering around the rack. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Otis looked down at his big jar of pickles. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Bae. I don’t need any—” “Hair too big,” he says again. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

There was a big steel door at the top. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

In less than a minute, Mama returns from our bedroom wearing a big, bright smile. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

They could stand back from their immediate experience and contemplate the bigger picture. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Thorn’s parents and Valley’s mom were standing by their sides and smiling big. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

She was simply our big sister—two years older than me, and six years older than the twins. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Then I lay out them around the coyote in a big circle. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Mr. X stayed in his apartment all morning. And then he left with one of the big suitcases. I caught him on the lobbycam.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Thinking of Peris, Tally stuck on a big plastic nose. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The MDV is basically a big can with some light thrusters and parachutes attached. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wasn’t a big teaser, but sometimes she did tease, and then she called it “ribbing.” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just being able to recognize whether a melody goes up or down is a big step, and an important auditory-cognitive process for children to undergo. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Forks so small that they disappeared in Nailer’s hand, spoons so big and deep they could have been used as ladles at Chen’s grub shack where he served a hundred head at a time. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Wow! look at all those nice houses, Granny! They’re so big! Do many white people live and work there too?” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He's big and broad and unable to slip through the small gaps in the crowd like I can. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Miss Love swung around, her hands clenched, face red, those gray-blue eyes hard as steel, and the fanciest gosh dern words coming out of that big mouth you ever heard. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

It used to make me feel grown up, walking into the big kids’ school, holding Dad’s hand. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

She had six delicate petals, each as big as the nail of my little finger. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wonder what it’s like to live in a town like that and if Boy21 had a big house out in California, but I don’t ask him. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Reggie’s trunk wasn’t big enough for their haul, and they had to put some of the bags into the backseat. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Something big is about to happen, he can feel it, has felt it for days. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Hey, there,” he said, and his big booming voice bounced around that little garage, practically shaking the saws and shovels right off the walls. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

It fell flat on the big vat of lard and by noontime during the summer the grease had softened to a thick soup. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

South, in the distance, he could see one big cottonwood tree, the only bright green in that valley. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Did she lie to me about my big sister being here? The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

There, hanging over the sofa, was a big version of the painting on his box. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

A dented relic of the Afghan war, it was as big as a school bus, seated twenty-six passengers, and looked like it had been riveted together in somebody’s backyard. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

I’m sure this was Dad’s idea, because he’d been coming here ever since he was a kid and he hated the big city. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

I saw that oil had spilled under the jeep and stained the driveway like a big Rorschach inkblot. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Or are you trying to make me feel an even bigger fool for planting foolishness in you?” A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

He was a big, good man with a soft baritone, who ruled with easy tact a choir of repressed soloists, and who had an unerring memory for the favorite hymns of District Superintendents. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

My little Korean Fire sat in the corner, wrapped in a big, happy Christmas bow, and I threw an egg at that one, too, but I missed. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Ball is one of the few things, other than school, that I can do better than my big bro. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

By the time I got back with a big dripping jar of orange juice and flopped down in a chair to rest, I’d already missed everything. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Mrs. Caconi,” I say, staring out at the big woman framed against the green sea and the gloomy gray dusk. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Clive Pike, to my left, eyes beetling bigger than humanly possible, g-force ribbling his face. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Big Rose had opened it and stuck her big ugly head through the crack. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

The girl’s big eyes started to fill with tears. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“You oughta he locked up, you big fruit. You know that?” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s going to be a big group. And besides, I’m supposed to be doing things with my Sunshine Buddy, which is kind of hard. This is perfect. He’s going to be there.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Jack took a step back as the spinning column got bigger, and part of him wanted to run, but it was only a small part. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

“The rats at Elsinore are not so big! The prince is surely mad.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

So I built a modest fire just big enough to cut the chill and lay on my back, backpack under my head. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Besides, I was in no big hurry to meet up with Fang's partner in crime, wasn’t sure I was going to be cool in the face of that. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Afterward Laura and Mary asked questions, and Pa told them that the big machine was called the separator, and the rod was called the tumbling rod, and the little machine was called the horsepower. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Together they created a hole big enough to drive a small motorboat through. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

If he made a good recovery, he might expect to live another three years, and he looked forward to the peaceful days that he would spend in the corner of the big pasture. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Of course most things in life are bigger than I am, but I’m learnin ’ to live with it. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anyway, I’m not making any big claims for myself. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I take a bigger bite out of the sandwich, and crunch on the plain potato chips like they’re the best thing ever. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

“You could be a big help,” Sam said. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Primates — monkeys, chimps, baboons, humans — have the biggest brains of all mammals. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Francie glowed when she heard a lady say, “I never saw such a big tree!” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her big blue hair bow had come undone, and the sundown breeze was picking it up and fluttering it about her head. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

I handed over the poster I’d spent the most time on, a big bass with red lips, eyelashes, and a crown covered in glitter and stick-on jewels. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

They were taking a big chance, since the police guard at the door or in the warehouse might hear them calling, but there was an even greater risk that the police would return. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Despite their big advantage over the Aborigines in possessing guns with which to hunt, Burke and Wills starved, collapsed, and died within a month after the Aborigines’ departure. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

A great big wonderful waxing bomber’s moon was rising as she arrived at the pickup airfield, and Maddie landed just before the local squadron took off. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

The shapes moved and she saw that it was a school of large white bass, each one as big as she was. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Doorstep slices of granary loaf Beryl’s auntie baked for three families every Wednesday, and pickled onions as big as apples. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Deydey dragged a big kettle and more wooden troughs and paddles from the small storage house. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

"Over the past few weeks, a dust storm has been developing in Arabia Terra. Not a big deal in terms of magnitude. It won't hinder his driving at all." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maria envisioned a big book—bigger than her earlier caterpillar books—emblazoned with prints of life-size Surinam marvels. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

And whenever I get lonely, I grow a big zit on the end of my nose. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe you painted it when you were pregnant with us, your belly big, all the windows open, the breeze blowing through the house. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

There were big shops on botfi sides of the street, and vendors crowded the tiny sidewalks. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Perhaps the biggest of these unsolved problems is to establish human history as a historical science, on a par with recognized historical sciences such as evolutionary biology, geology, and climatology. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“You rich kid now, your daddy rich rich man. Big house, big tree, now even we got houselady. Nice big yard for you. I pay all cash.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tidings would be wearing his suit and standing just inside the big front doors of the funeral home. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

But in this case, there were two big officers assisting the search officer; they probably had expected some trouble. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, Charles. And there’s no place I’d rather be on my big day than inside a library, surrounded by books. Unless, of course, I could be on a bridge to Terabithia.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

I think one of the biggest things was when they made the high- rise homes in the neighborhood and stacked all of the people on top of each other. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly it didn't seem so big, certainly not large enough to cure a hospital full of people. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“And,” said Marjory, “from what I’ve heard, he never once came back here until he cooked up his crazy scheme to build a new library in the old bank building as a big publicity stunt.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

His head is still too big for him. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A hostage is a hostage, seems to me. That big sharp sword o’ yours can snick a girl’s head off as easy as a boy’s. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Then Lynn was hospitalized in a nearby, bigger town for part of October. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“But the other kicked and kicked, and in the morning they found him there, floating on a big pat of butter.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

There was a big picture of a bearded man in a woolen Karakul hat on the cover. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Then he said, “Company: discharged,” and some of the soldiers shouted a big “Hooah!”or yelled, and some said nothing. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

"I bet my buttons that was your sister. Don't want her to steal all the glory, do we? Come on, everybody! Let's give a big round of applause to our newest tribute!" trills Effie Trinket. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

At about five, when I got up to leave, he looked over to tell me in a weary voice that he had some very big news. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He called Burnham a “colossal merchandiser” fixated on building the biggest, tallest, costliest structures. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The guy who never got the girl but worshipped her in secret while the big shot hero rode off in the sunset with her in the end. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sarah and the other soldierwives spent most of their days down at the campground doing the chores for the regiment-washing clothes in big iron pots and cooking whatever could be found to roast or stew. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He cut big pieces of ham, and they stuck out from under the brown tops of the biscuits. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s a badge of honor! New folks are big news here. I’ll be a celebrity for a month.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

I tried to talk him into going fishing once in a while, but he said he didn’t think he’d have the energy to reel in anything bigger than a minnow. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Her head bops to the downbeat, hair cascading up and over her seat into my lap, and I wonder if New Yorkers have such big hair. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“He says wounding or hurting someone else leaves just as big a mark on the attacker,” she went on. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“I love to fix a big pot of meatballs or jambalaya with shrimps.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

They are as big a nuisance as the pigeons, to my notion. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

That night, he had stood alone on the top deck of a steamboat called the River Queen, watching Grant’s big guns shell the Confederate defenders of Petersburg. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Theodora wheeled one of the big stone vases from the corner of the hall, and they stood it in the doorway and rested the door against it. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

This hole led to the room above, where there was a big cauldron, for boiling lead or oil. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah,” I said, and I put a big grin across my face, to match Calista’s. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I heard the movers were moving you into that big house in Ravenel today and I knew that Lillian would figure out a way to get you out of the house.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once Jon thought he saw a pair of glowing eyes on a ledge overhead, as big as harvest moons. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He was slumped down on the table with his big hand over his mouth, swaying backward and forward. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He had got together a big bunch and was smelling their faint sickly scent when a sound at his back froze him, the unmistakable crackle of a foot on twigs. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

A better choice: a big box wholesale club, restock department. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

It was small, and it shouldn't have even been a big deal, but it was at least something I could look forward to doing. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Devon’s hair is brown and people say his eyes are big and beautiful and brown but really there’s a lot of black and white in his eyes. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dr. Throckmorton makes the big talent show announcement over the PA system. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

I was glad to know your lovely family, nice big house, and beautiful vehicles. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

It was a large suit, sized for a big man, and she was five feet tall. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not very big, Frank had said, with a little cabin. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“He wants to build the Tipped M into something even bigger than the Circle Ranch.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Same with the rocks and the houses and the horses and everything else that I could compare, but the growned folks could see big differences that waren’t plain to me. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Finally she came up with a big smile and said, “Ahhhh . . . there’s no smell as good as the smell of a new book.” Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

And I didn’t know if a man knocked overboard, stunned, could hope to survive in a big sea, regardless. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Straight ahead of them, perhaps two hundred feet away, stood the big white farmhouse. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Skeezie leans in, like he’s going to tell us some big secret, which in fact he is. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

A big man, but pop-eyed and wide of mouth, with dead white flesh. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Now Luke,” he said, leaning close, getting bigger, “there are some people who are very open to spiritual processes. Obviously, you’re one of them.” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Everything was in place for us to take the next big step in rocket design. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

There was now an Air Transport Auxiliary ferry pool there, and Oakway had also become the biggest parachute training center in Britain. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Photos of him plastered the wall, the biggest being of his high school graduation, right under the framed takbir, and alongside the Iraqi flag. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“No big deal. We’re going to meet him and Taylor at the airport tomorrow morning.” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Shay hadn’t talked to her since their big fight. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

We lived on a Sea Island called Wadmalaw, about twenty miles from Charleston, the biggest city in South Carolina, and our house was right on the water, next to the salt marsh. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Seems like I can never find the big picture, Papa.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

How many chances do you get to show that the guy who runs the entire city school system is an even bigger dipstick than you are? Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

We need much bigger pockets, I thought as I lay in bed, counting off the seven minutes that it takes a normal person to fall asleep. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Not as big as the streets you are used to.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I was glad that Sergeant Curtis was a big man, because I was able to keep him between me and that other Marine.” Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whoever it was, it had to be a good athlete who could take a big hit. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Karim was reassuring Baba that his brother had a big truck of “excellent and first-class quality,” and that the trek to Peshawar would be very routine. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a big hug, and long, and right in front of the television, but no one says anything. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

He watched his mom mash potatoes with a masher as big as her arm. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden I feel a big sadness, so far from my family. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

And I could be wrong, but it looks like they’re a little bit bigger than they were just five minutes ago. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

It’s still dim enough that these spotlights continue to follow us around, but a bit of light reaches us from all the great big rooms blocked off by dark red curtains. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Plus, I was tired of Hades being a big bully. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The big bouncer leaned over me like a lunar eclipse. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

I follow the concentric circles of the fake wood as they get bigger and bigger. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

We walked so many times on the same gravel road that I could close my eyes and still avoid all the big rocks on the road. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

We walked down the wide aisle and followed the signs to the fifth-grade staging area, which was in a big room to the left of the stage. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Kaira picked out some kind of twisted pastry that was big enough for them to share, then took her coffee and pastry and went looking for a table. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

The stranger was a big rabbit, heavy but alert, with a rugged, seasoned appearance and the look of a fighter. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You know, maybe Crystal isn’t the only one who can make a big deal phone call, because all I’d have to do is call that DCF person and start telling them stuff.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Part of the particular power of Paul Revere, for example, was that he wasn’t just a networker; he wasn’t just the man with the biggest Rolodex in colonial Boston. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He cut it off with the biggest scissors that didn’t hurt. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Helena, I know I’ve told you this twenty thousand times, but you need challenges bigger than Baked Alaskas. Julia's flying the nest this year. Why don’t you think about going back to work?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

But for working, I carried a .32, a .38 or a .45.1 saw how when the eyes stared at the big black hole, the faces fell slack and the mouths sagged open. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had on a big floppy hat with flowers all over it, and she didn’t have any teeth, but she didn’t look like a witch. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

I slumped onto the edge of my bed and gave a big sigh. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Not that that meant much, since it was such a big school. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I shrug like it’s no big deal, glancing at the compressor to double-check that everything is hooked up right. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“Was the donation as big as what Parker promised in the letter?” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Keep the old ways or make a change—a big change. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s just not . . . sophisticated. I’m sure what you write for your other clients is wonderful. But we’re a big firm. We need somebody who understands that . . . our style.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That was a very big one,” Catherine said. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“That’s the big question, isn’t it? Sometimes, things just aren’t easy,” Frank says, and he takes one of those big yoga breaths, like maybe Byrd’s had him practice it too. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

When Mr. Lemoncello said that, he pushed a big red button in his podium. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

The big kids were the ones who messed up everything. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

On their heels, mounted, trotted the Anti-Horse-Thief Society members done up as old-time bounty hunters in big hats and drooping mustaches. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Through the scope, he was so big it felt as though the man had already arrived. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Exactly so. Cut the burnt bits away, wipe off the fat, put them in the big Tuscan bowl and give them a good dousing in olive oil and then...” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Our tribes got much bigger, and we spread across the entire planet like an unstoppable virus. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

My boyfriend, in other words, was a big deal. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“Now, Edward,” she said to him after she was done winding the watch, “when the big hand is on the twelve and the little hand is on the three, I will come home to you.” The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

Her eyes—gray with large black poppils in the middle—her eyes are big and round like a cow’s. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

I ask, Then how do you have all the blankets on the floor and big wooden doors? A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

These were much too big for him, but he always kept them well polished—they were black leather, as black as the strange long coat that reached down to his knees. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes you act the biggest fool I ever saw.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He was grabbing at gravel, but there was nothing big enough to slow him down. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe he didn’t know exactly what he was warning me about, but he sensed something big was about to happen—something that could completely knock me off my feet unless I was prepared. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Seven comes in and steps over me, putting his big bare foot near my face. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“My relative, you will return to balance again,” that bigger boy, whose name I later learned was Jesse Chee, whispered in my ear in Navajo. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was not the big break in information I was hoping for. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

She was wearing a side ponytail, big chandelier earrings, and winged eyeliner. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Also, as soon as I carried it outside I heard a raucous sound, looked up, and there were two big crows flapping overhead. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

It was a built-to-scale reproduction of some big old Victorian in San Francisco—according to my dad, it was a famous one on a famous street. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

“Exactly. We throw this high school a big middle finger.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

“How big a space do you take now, Blu? Same as before, or just a inch or two?” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

There were flashing lights and men in black rubber coats holding canvas hoses with big jets of water coming out of them. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The man was so tall that he was taller than Mama, even though he was on the porch and there was a big step up into the house where Mama stood. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I’d been to a fair number of Barack’s political events by now and had seen him interact many times with big groups of constituents. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He cuts roses that have blooms as big as my palms. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

She’s on this board of trustees thing, which I don’t even know what it is but apparently it’s a big deal. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“Hold on, hold on, big guy. Let me check....There’s no switch for this, you know. Now, let’s see.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Those first few exhales were big and wasteful as Miig tried to get the damp paper to light, and smoke billowed across the clearing like messages. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I burst through the door to our apartment building and raced up the stairs and pounded on the big metal door to our rooftop hideaway. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

“If that’s your big news of the day, you really need to find more exciting things to do.” Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“It’s a type of whale—the biggest fish in the sea,” Captain Smith says. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Sherman gasped so loud it made me look up in time to see the streak of a big blue meteor, yellow sparks flying from its head, coming out of the north. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The words are big and little, some typed and some written in Angel’s bubble letters, and in all colors. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Pencilled-in markings can be a big help if it's difficult to spot the place you need to skip to. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

I let out a long breath, still holding her dead hand, thinking how big her fingers felt in mine. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He worked with his daddy, who was a blacksmith, and he had big arms and powerful shoulders. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And there was Tea Cake in the big old station in a new blue suit and straw hat, hauling her off to a preacher’s house first thing. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

He didn’t understand that his own brothers—older, bigger, stronger, smarter—were rivals for Lula’s affection. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“No you won’t. Listen, sweetie, these are real friends you have. Genuine friends. Two of them. That’s two more than a lot of people who live in bigger cities and do fancier things have.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

She headed toward a big black car parked at the edge of the lot. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

He liked to tell big jokes to make other people feel little. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know about big, but that money was sure gone fast. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

A grizzled old colored man stirs a big pot of something over a fire, and a couple of small, dark-skinned boys run to and fro as the old man barks out orders. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

And tomorrow morning this would be a big joke to laugh at over breakfast. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

The other one was red with four small stars in a semicircle to the right of a big star. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I stopped glancing up at the big clock or down at my Timex. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a while she flew back at me, her face flushed, and fairly shouted: “I told you—I can’t change that big a bill.” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I think that, too. So what if pockets were a lot bigger? Over.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Say goodbye to our island,” Emma said, standing and removing her big hat. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

We passed the ball in a big circle. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The big bang thus provides no insight into what might have powered the bang itself. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Being in Pompeii gave Reyna the same feeling, as if the whole city was one big ghost that had swallowed her whole. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The woman had green eye shadow on her eyelids and big, fake eyelashes and also a lot of rouge on her cheeks. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

The place where I lived, the St. Nicholas Houses—otherwise known as the projects—was like a big family. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Some of Gupta’s men must have risked their lives deep in the reserve to gather such a big amount of the red, sturdy branches. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually he created a pocket big enough to wiggle Kevin out from under the limb. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

I asked, because I was just catching on that with Nazario and Bodega you had to see the big picture. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

During most of recorded history property could be owned only by flesh-and-blood humans, the kind that stood on two legs and had big brains. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dora is a great woman, a great big woman with flaming orange hair and a taste for Nile green evening dresses. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hina meets me at the train station, a squat green glass behemoth that looks too big for a city block. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

He pointed a big finger at me and demanded to know, “Who are they?” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I would like to keep the big ‘I’ out of it all I can, because I don’t want it conveyed that I am the whole story,” White explained. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

He lived less than a block from the swimming pool in a big old house across the street from the park. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

He tells us a story about the Great Hare who created different kinds of men and women and put them in a big sack. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Our room was tiny, barely big enough for my small bed and her crib. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“I’m just wondering if it’s a good thing to resign yourself quite this much to small steps when you could take some big ones.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

After delivering the water home and snapping green beans into a big pot to steam with a cinnamon stick, Sitti took Liyana to meet a neighbor who was stringing orange beads on nylon thread. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Outside she darted over to the big slide to wait for Jack. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Something the reward of a big ole plate of ribs couldn’t make him feel better about. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“What five stones?” asked Just Renee, looking from little sister to big sister. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

If there is a big job, we all pitch in together to get it done, and then we can be free to have fun sooner. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Colin nodded with some reluctance, waved good-bye to Lindsey and the others, and headed out with Hassan, whose orange vest was not quite big enough to fit comfortably around his chest. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Obsessive or not, any parent wants to believe that she is making a big difference in the kind of person her child turns out to be. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

“The Hotel Otavalo,” I say, and watch their eyes grow big. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This is the leprosarium,” Miss Maggie said as she led us to the steps of the big building among the cottages. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

I peek my head inside to see it’s a chapel, with big stained-glass windows and classic wooden pews. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

We lived in this house for three years until our growing clan became too big. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

“This could well be the day I make the biggest deal of my career,” said Uncle Vernon. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Amari and Polly rushed out of the kitchen and up to the big house—their first trip back since the night of the spilled pie. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The four, five, and six seats are often called “the engine room” of the crew, and the rowers who occupy these seats are typically the biggest and strongest in the boat. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

When I went to the big houses, I remembered that I was, at best, a visitor to the world I saw there. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Taking a big slurp of lemonade, I changed the subject. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Oh, we talk all big and cocky, but he was like our dad and we were his boys. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Something big rode up onto the hood of the car and was knocked off into the dark. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

The school knew we got laughed at and teased in the big yard and that some days we faked stomachaches and sore throats to stay home. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

It messes with my mind a little, seeing how much there is out there, how big everything is. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

His pants are always too big and belted awkwardly so he looks like a scarecrow, like if someone pulled the belt he’d turn into a pile of straw. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

So one day my dad put on his big thirty-nine brown boots and his gloves and put my boots on me and my jeans and sweater, and we went for a walk. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

I looked up at Rondell’s bunk, stared at his big black leg hanging off the bed. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“It’s a big risk for them. They might lose their jobs, maybe their families, if they got stuck on the wrong side of the border. Or their lives if they ended up back in Syria.” Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

His big teeth crunched into calabashes to get at the food inside. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Makes my heart sink like that big ship that hit an iceberg underwater. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

His ears are slightly big and there are two freckles on his cheekbone. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

“No, that you shall never be. But it is not Caer Dallben which has grown smaller. You have grown bigger. That is the way of it.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Nearly every one of them had done some time, and had come back on the scene, and since had worked as top runners for the biggest bankers who specialized in large bettors. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I give them both big smiles, practically pulling them to the door with me. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

There’s Noah and Dad under a big bright red umbrella waiting out a storm. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Our biggest problem was that where he was laid-back, almost passive, I was very aggressive. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Mom and I walk her to the doorway, and when we get there, Fina wraps her arms around me in a big hug. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

A big carp rose to the surface of the pool, gulped air and then sank mysteriously into the dark water again, leaving widening rings on the water. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What did I bring on those poor, innocent people? How could I have done big magic? And so carelessly!” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I dragged the garbage off to the side and tossed out the biggest pieces of broken glass. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cal had dropped its rate to thirty-two and then thirty-one after the big ten, but at twenty-nine the Washington boat continued to inch ahead. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Miss Teen Dream is all I ever wanted from the time I was six years old. This is the big one. The one that matters. Don’t y all remember why we’re here?” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

She had never heard of anyone dying of a scorpion sting, but she had never seen anyone stung by such a big one either. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

But this was a big day, an important day, for all of them. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

It has my daddy’s name written in big, wiggly letters on the front of the envelope. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

Then comes the day that Mr. Brademas gets the idea that the paper chain isn’t such a big deal anymore, and he can finally get it out of his school. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

To her, I'm the biggest loser who ever lived. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

He could see three links of a huge chain snaking out from a hole no bigger than a man's head and disappearing under the water. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The house was big, but not enormous, with lots of gables and even a turret. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“Yes, sah. It will be part of a big book. It will take me many more years to finish it and I will call it 'Narrative of the Life of a Country.’ Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Jetty is like this big arm made of rocks that pokes out into the harbor and protects it from waves whenever there’s a storm. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

She nods, giving me a big smile that doesn’t quite reach her eyes. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

He wore a loincloth like a big diaper. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

If any big kid tried to mistreat a small one, Perry would settle that rite now. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If I go in daytime, the big boys shoot me.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rich users will sometimes come in here and clear out several big items. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She shrugs, like it’s no big deal if they do or don’t, but she kicks me under the table. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

At the time it seemed to be a big step up in the world. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

He set out the big bear traps hoping to get a fat bear before they all went into their dens for the winter. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Call them out here,” a big man growled. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“So? I’m going to live there for a long time, right? And because of me, we’ll have to buy a bigger house than we would otherwise.” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

But this sky had lots of different types of clouds in it at different heights, so you could see how big it was and this made it look enormous. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, Snots,” said his father, “sorry I didn’t make it to the big party. Here’s a present if you think you can stand another one.” Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

“It’s a big place. It would have a big pantry, big cupboard, big freezer. If it’s as empty as it looks...” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

“No obstacle is too big,” Isa continued as Oliver increased his humming volume. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

You surface and water drains from your nose and eyes and you’re just another small creature in the big, wide world. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

But it was a big lesson for me. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Two big, beefy- faced Irish cops came in. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lets go of my hands and does one more big sigh. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The big one pointed over at the squirrel. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

We had many rooms, each filled with big, heavy tables. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

"So? I would have had my big brother to protect me." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

The big concerts he opened and closed, the songs he wrote, and the famous musicians he toured with. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

All I see are lips, teeth, and that big ole afro. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Like my body is suddenly bigger than I believed it to be. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

It had two big brown buttons sewed on for eyes and six little white buttons sewed on for teeth. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

We used to have another big sassafras tree, which stood next to this one and had a knothole where bluebirds nested. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Thin, real thin, but tall, with these big, loose hands. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

When someone flushed you could hear the water and other matter, which the children named, running inside the big pipe above the drinking spigots. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He and Jay used to pretend that those big oak trees were ancient creatures rising from the earth’s core. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a big, fat purple F and a note to meet with her as soon as possible. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

A big drop of sweat drips down my face. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I turned in my letter to Mrs. Miller the following day, I felt giddy, like this was the start of something big. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

It was no bigger than a grain of sand, no bigger than the head of a pin. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Before I even think about it, that big, green slimy stuff comes flying my way, landing right on my shirt. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

I reach to kiss her on the cheek and give her a big hug, but she steps back. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

There is a lot of attention on the team because they are very good, and they have some really big players. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

In the yard in front of the house were two beautiful big oak trees. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even then he dared not venture onto the big streets, but found his way back to the goldhouse furtively, through the alleys, like one hiding from pursuers. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Genie gripped the big paw tight, shook it hard, and nodded. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

As for Pluto itself, nobody is quite sure how big it is, or what it is made of, what kind of atmosphere it has, or even what it really is. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Harley reached into the big shopping bag and pulled out a can of beer. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“His ears are too big,” said his sister Merlot. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

One of my biggest challenges has always been to see past other people’s doubt and negativity so I could define my own path. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Baba carries big foil containers full of samples of Mama’s most popular dishes. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

And getting Lyra out of that big white priory...” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

But then Chet would have a big, dramatic story to tell, so maybe it was for the best. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

You find it everywhere, from little groups like families to big ones like a town or school, to really big ones like a whole country. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Instead, he kept himself to a small space, but seemed to make big, amazing things happen, like jump roping over his own arm. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

The big metal door to the roof rattled—someone was trying to come through! Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

New York City wasn’t as big as Philadelphia, but it had twenty-five thousand people—twenty-five thousand! I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

And he wore a button, a big one. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

Folks didn’t think this was such a big ruckus, ’specially not one worth paying no whole American dime for! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

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

My great-uncle Milton’s apartment has two bedrooms, and I guess it’s considered big for New York. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“Guys, this is bigger than Daedalus’s laptop. If there’s a Roman attack on Camp Half-Blood, these secrets could save the camp. They might even give us an edge over Gaea and the giants!” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Honestly, the weirdest part is how they made it feel like this big coming out moment. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

The lot was big, there was plenty of room. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The missing warranty is not that big of a problem. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I built my own boat. If it leaked, I'd be in big trouble." Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

“Your big toe?” she said, trying not to giggle. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

As it turned out, most of the younger psychologists were staying at the Independence, and that was where the big first-night parties were. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

She frown a little, look out cross the yard, lean back in her chair, look like a big rose. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe they—they won’t make a big deal out of it...” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“It’s a big campus,” my mom chimes in. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

The women wear a sarong made of one fabric, with another big square of a different fabric wrapped over the top of it. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

As big as a pigeons egg, he wrote, and as blue as the sea, but with a flare of red at its core. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He was in a space big enough to stand up in, and he could see steps cut into the stone. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

We were having a big party at the Bruin Den with all our parents. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Hannah knew she had no Uncle Shmuel, certainly no one as big and bearded as this man, who smelled of sweat and grass and horses. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would do that whenever there was a big game in high school or the prom or something. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Dicey thought about the bread dough rising in the big earthenware bowl back on the scrubbed wooden table in her grandmother’s kitchen. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, Mr. Van Texel said people were going to think it had stopped raining, but the rain was going to come back and there was going to be a big flood.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Good luck, Jake. Have fun. And use that big brain of yours to help them catch the bad guys!” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

“You didn’t get the big thick scars some of the hands get,” he observed. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s not here. He’s staying late at the forge. He had some big order to get done.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

A massive fish, a flounder as big as a tea-tray and as thick as your arm was brought to the table. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

The view spins onto Stella, a big smile on her face, her teeth as white and even as I predicted. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Ahead of us was a hill much bigger and longer than the others. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

He folded this in quarters, wrote “Deliver to Loris Harrow” in big letters on the outside, and pinned it to the kiosk. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I turn thirteen in August, and I’m determined to have a big party,” June said. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Father pointed to the big letters beneath the picture. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So this gold guy here who memorized what he doesn’t understand, what is the big deal? You agree or don’t?” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

It was a big orange tom and Johnny knew it was Grandsire’s favorite. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

His arm was as big as her waist. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He started to lean down, but Hazel yelped, “No, please!” as if she was genuinely concerned for the big goon. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

They didn’t have biscuits neither but they had these big rolls with white frosting on top. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s cool. If you want to be Charlotte, you should try out for Charlotte. You make such a big deal out of everything. Who cares if you’re not really a girl?” George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, yeah, sure. I am going to die. And I am a big liar. So what?” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Then she added the ham hocks to a big pot of boiling water spiced with garlic, celery, and onion. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

This was a big help in telling who was a Jew, as they no longer wore beards. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Whether it was real or just a convincing imitation, a chunk of yellow that big could buy plenty on the streets of the Barrel. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

This means bigger and bigger farms, worked by fewer farmers. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Through one of the big canneries he had made a deal to pay for The Nereid with percentages of each catch, and he was anxious to get it paid off. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is bigger than you and your dad. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

You children too big to be sleeping in the living room now. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

So what they must do, they agreed, was go away to one of the big countries, either to England or France, where opportunities to make good would be boundless. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Can you show me the biggest number there is?” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

“But it would be so dry. You wanted that big, dry thing just like that?” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

There were more than twenty of the big imps, and ten times that many small ones. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“Well, now, I didn’t steal them personally. Gods taking each other’s symbols of power—that’s a big no-no. But you’re not the only hero in the world who can run errands.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Ephialtes stormed over to a big table covered with a sheet. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“I don’t see what the big deal is, man.” The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t help but wonder why all of them were still there, roaming around the big house, lonely and lost. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

My chest and head flared up into a big shimmering glob. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Instead, I grabbed some cherry cobbler and opened the big book on architecture that my neighbor Steve had gave me. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

She said to him patiently, “The big room past the nursery.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Her eyes stayed big, her hand over her mouth. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll get off early from the squadron one day next week and take you. But I got something big planned for this morning,” Bull said, looking down at his watch. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

A big station clock rattles off a relentless advance of seconds, and Marie-Laure sits beside her great-uncle and listens to the wasted and wretched shamble off the trains. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, when her children cried with hunger, she scrounged together enough to buy a bit of tortilla dough and mixed it into a big glass of water to fill their bellies. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

We simply had to remain on guard and arm our warriors with strength and hope to prepare for the big battle still to come. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

They crossed the street and found a bench to sit on, next to a big bronze sculpture of an elephant. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The old man and the big, squeaky-voiced dude telling those crazy stories. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Halfway up the third big hill, the 3,400-foot-high Black Mountain, I stood and waited a long while, and thought about going back, but eventually turned and struggled on. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

She dismounted beside a gaming pit where a basilisk was tearing a big red dog to pieces amidst a shouting ring of sailors. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She’s standing on a surfboard in her striped bikini, a big goofy smile on her face, her shoulders burnt to a crisp, all my SPF warnings utterly ignored. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

I held a porcelain castle no bigger than my two fists, with six wee towers, each ending in a miniature candle holder. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

She dumps six big bags of used clothes onto the narrow sidewalk. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

And it had seemed to Luke that she’d pulled even bigger books off the bookshelves after that. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

The .38 slug had splashed off one side of Joe’s heart and had flattened against the ribs and torn out a section as big as a fist. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He froze mid-scoop, a big glob of oatmeal stuck to his spoon, suspended over the dish. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

One big problem for this orbital town would be water. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The old woman, shrunk by age and time to little bigger than a child, held on to a stick as tall and bent as herself with palsied and swollen-knuckled hands. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know if I saw blood before turning into Mother’s arms or if I daubed it on later, in my memory, with a big brush. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Yesterday, you had a grander visitor, and received a bigger gift than a bird. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You sure? Because it felt like a pretty big bite.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Reluctantly, I followed him down the beach toward the big black gates. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

She tried to swallow the huge knot in her throat, but it just kept getting bigger and bigger, a balloon swelling on a helium tank. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I had never seen such a big town and so many people. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

What changes did they actually make in wild plants, besides rendering some of them bigger or less poisonous? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I imagined her donning big Jackie O glasses, a silk print scarf, white tennis shoes. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The big green M on Stargirl’s white sweater flounced as she spun and leaped with the other cheerleaders. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Driving the big highway near Toledo I had a conversation with Charley on the subject of roots. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were all ferried across the East River on big rowboats. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

There are patches all over Baba’s tunic, and Mama’s work dress is stretched and slightly too big for her bony frame. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The big man pointed out the Butcher King to him, sitting stiff and tall upon an armored horse in a suit of copper scale that flashed brilliantly in the morning sun. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He would ask his father to take a picture of him holding it up, the way fishermen did with their big catches. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Marshall ran after Toby and gave him a shove on the rear, of his biggest box. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Remembering Amy’s advice, I walked right over and gave him a big hug, wrapping my skinny arms around his compact frame and taking care to avoid the prickly whiskers in his thick beard. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

There was one problem with the blue camel hotel food cellar: much of the food was in cans and jars too big and heavy to carry a long way. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Many of us stayed after school yesterday to make welcome signs to decorate the walls and several students got to school really early to help set up a big buffet. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I scooped up big handfulls of it, piling them on either side of the rectangle, until I reached the dirt below. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was my first really big step toward self-degradation: when I endured all of that pain, literally burning my flesh to have it look like a white man’s hair. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Oksi, the falcon and the first hatched, was bigger than the two tiercels. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

“The Taliban came in and made gradual changes. When people finally woke up to what was happening and tried to stop them, the Taliban silenced them with threats and fear. Fear is the biggest factor.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

“I understand it was the big American—a man with a decidedly unpleasant face. He sat at the table at meal times.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was exercise, there was sewing, there was supper, there was playtime in the lounge: a big shabby room with board games and a few tattered books and a table-tennis table. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

There were two creatures standing together in the big cavern, a shrew and a mouse. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“I’ll see you soon, Percy. And remember, know which fish are big enough to land, eh?” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

It was the biggest building I had ever seen in all my life. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And you can get in touch with the—with the big ship by ordinary radio, Mr. Ai?” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

They are so big they look like they were built. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

For Shin, the biggest struggle remained finding enough to eat. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Anyone with two eyes could tell I was sweet on a southpaw pitcher with big dreams. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Then Bobbie and Clay appear, taking big, happy strides, as if everything were suddenly perfect. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Carl huddled in a chair, nursing his bony knees, fascinated and bewildered by the grimaces of the big Greek. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Thunderous applause exploded from the big top, and the band slid seamlessly into the Gounod waltz. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Murder and a big art book—Never something,” he muttered to Petra when he returned. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Could you do that? He’s a big man.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then next furthest away and to the west were some big clouds which were colored slightly orange because it was nearly evening and the sun was going down. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

We also bought a couch and two matching chairs, two big beds, a chiforobe with a mirror, and two folding cots. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

The big guy claimed to be clumsy and useless, but he always seemed to be in exactly the right place when Percy needed him. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Even her hair was shaped into a big round thing on her head. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Octopuses can squish their bodies down to no bigger than a crumpled-up bag of chips. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

The valley lies deep in the forest, beyond the big tree. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Some big white dude opened it and then stood there staring at me for a while. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

The biggest danger, Groves figured, came from world-class German physicists. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Emery stares at me with big round eyes—eyes that say, “I don't know what to say or do to make you feel better.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I should be too big for this, but somehow, I always fit perfectly in her arms. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

It's time to think bigger, to escalate the pamphlet campaign, to enlarge his circle so that more Germans learn the truth. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

If Bobby could make millions, and if he continued tithing large amounts to the Church, he could emerge as one of the Church’s biggest benefactors. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, but big wood like this’ll hold a big fixing. It’d take a long time with a screwdriver to get them screws out the wall.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

It was locked but Ducky said it was so big they could probably do brain surgery in the locker room at halftime. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

She stands with us and stares at the big rectangle of nothing. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

As I sat down, the man in the red and white ski jacket smiled a big bright smile, then told me he was her son Mike. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

The package is for Big Bird, and I’m a big bird. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grandpa put his forefinger on Mr. Crummy’s big chest. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

We were walking past Prides, a small coffee shop wedged between SavOn's and Von's Supermarket, when I looked in the big plate glass window and saw my father. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

They sat staring at each other across the big round table. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a short, violent sound, like some big guys holding up some little guy and punching him over and over in the stomach. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he looked at his friend again, Toby smiled big and easy. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The boys had built a wooden raft they kept tied up there, fourteen feet long, nine feet wide, big and solid enough to carry them out into the lake. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

On Monday in the SWOOF, Calvin is on the big couch. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

You’re giving up a smaller dream for a bigger one that you actually have a chance of achieving. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Will Kilvin go along with it? He’s not a big one for cutting corners.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She turned back to us and broke into a big smile. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The outlines of the conversation were clear: up with freedom and down with big government. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

A man with a horse’s body where his legs should be, tiny little ladies that had wings big enough to carry them in the air, and a guy with a bull’s head. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

It was just a big metal ball floating in a bigger metal room. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

One of the biggest was the standardization of the field, which, at that point, was a bit of a mess. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Almost all of the boys and at least half of the girls are bigger than I am, even though many of the tributes have never been fed properly. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

They took the tart away and beat him with a big wooden spoon. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It was the biggest discovery of his life—even bigger than Bunker 9. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The business section of Crisfield lay next to the water, low buildings with big plate glass windows. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

A man went before them, pounding out a slow, deep-throated marching rhythm on a drum that was bigger than he was, boom, boom, boom. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The light was too bad now for Shasta to see much of the cat except that it was big and very solemn. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

I’m black, and I could never figure out why everyone made such a big deal about race. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Cosmos was much bigger than I had guessed. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He made a simple cross knot in the lace, again and again, until it became a big mass of chaos that I’d never be able to undo. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

She had a behind as big as this living room. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rousseau’s disparagement of the English as “a nation of shopkeepers” persists as a belief that a concern with numbers and details numbs one to the big questions, to the grandeur of nature. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then, beside her, I see the biggest bloke I ever saw. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

“I already did. The waitress was wrong, or else, that was the big storm last night.” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“Everything looks really good so far. Both the dresses are a little big on me now. TJ has to take them in and add a few more sequins.” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

They dropped the packages in the windows of Claire’s big white station wagon. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The world was a big, big place and she was so tiny, so insignificant, rattling around emptily. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

But no animal was big enough to drag Sounder’s body away. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

There on the big table, covered with a black cloth with gold fringes, lay Rosa’s white coffin with its silver rivets. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I just said, “Wow, thanks, Renee!” while every other guy in the class looked at me like I had a big target painted on my forehead. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t until she stopped that I noticed the big white cardboard box they had brought in with them. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

At home Qareeb was a typical big brother, and when I pressed for information he gave me monosyllabic answers to my questions. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Quang-ha acts like he couldn't care less, even though his single seed sprouted and already looks bigger than the others. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I guess I was being a big baby. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

For example, did Africa’s abundance of big wild mammals, available to kill by hunting, make it superfluous for Africans to go to the trouble of tending domestic stock? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The church was no bigger than a one-room schoolhouse, but it seemed to be packed to the rafters. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Stone Fox looked bigger than ever standing next to little Willy. Stone Fox 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

After I glued both wings on, the plane got too big to stick back in its box, so I had to hide it under a pillowcase on the top shelf in my closet. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

I check the big clock over the door. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

The words surged up through the big body, flowed out of the broad mouth. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s too big and heavy. I might lift him up to you, but you can’t stand to hold him in your arms that long. You’ll give out.” Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

The blaze was bigger than any I had ever seen. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Worse, it might lead to a bigger road the atlas had been too old to show. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

One day when I checked 'em, my biggest one, the one I'd been watching closest, was gone. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s not a big deal,” I answered her truthfully. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

I’m about to shut off the television, but then Caesar is telling us to stay tuned for the other big event of the evening. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

He made some notes and added them to her file, making it bigger while she got smaller. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

There was a coal chute, like a sliding board, that went up to a metal hatch like a bigger version of a mail slot where the coal had been delivered. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

While Mr. Flournoy and everybody else, including Grandpa, stared at her, she flashed them all a great big nervous smile. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“The article doesn’t say how big those gators were,” Roy remarked. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t we leave,” Violet suggested, “while my last shred of dignity is still at least as big as a thong?” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You hate me, too, you big monster,” the sailor screamed at Ignatius. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just big enough for her to sit in, the sidecar had a single outboard wheel. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

The sun was shining through our big sidewalk windows, and there was a line at the counter. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Kino carried a bundle in his left hand, but the big knife swung free in his right hand. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

The nurses had told me not to, but I couldn’t resist pulling on them real slow to see how big a scab I could get loose. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Esteban walked quickly with his big strides, practically dragging Clara behind him, without noticing the dirty water that was spattering his impeccable gray trousers from the English tailor. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since $5.5 million had been invested in their film project, they had a big incentive to remain on the mountain and undertake a summit attempt. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

A charro hat, big and wide, glistening with gold and silver braid. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

His ancestors must have felt this way before a big hunt. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

And that in wondering bout the big things and as ting bout the big things, you learn about the little ones, almost by accident. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Naw,” said Mr. Hundy, “didn’t see Willard Scott. Reckon I wouldn’t have known what to say if I had. It’s a big operation they got there, course it don’t look so big on the TV.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

No big deal; I’d be wearing it again by the next day. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The living room was warm and as big as the one-room cabin we lived in. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“But then we wouldn’t have any water left to do anything else, and genetic damage isn’t the kind of problem that can be solved with one big charge.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

God’s just the big guy in the sky who let Mom and Dad push you away. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I think he's trying to prove something to me, like maybe that the big bag isn't too heavy for him. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Her cane stands in the corner; her big Braille novel waits facedown on the bed. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

"Show him your card. It's no big deal." The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

When we came home to our bigger new apartment, we found a gift—a blender—from my best friend, and a check from The Atlantic waiting for us. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t know what would be useful. Nothing too big, because you wouldn’t be able to take it with you.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

A big kettle of cabbage and meat was boiling on the stove; a big pan of beans and a johnny-cake were baking in the oven. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s not a big deal,” I answered quickly. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

I was still covered in blood, but my father didn’t seem to notice and gave me a big hug. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lord, he thought, watching one swim close and away— Lord, it is longer than the boat, bigger than the boat, my home, all that I am, and it is bigger. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

She drops the bags when she sees me and wraps me up in a great big hug. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Everything was overgrown, but it was really peaceful and Ruth had taken to doing a lot of her reading there, near the back railings, on a bench under a big willow. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

She says, “Thinking outside the box is a skill. It means your mind is big and open, Mason. If you can think outside the box, you have no limits! That’s you!” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

A pair of big blue headphones hangs around her neck. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I kneeled next to Rondell and rolled his big head to the side a little so I could get my book, Of Mice and Men, out of his bag. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Plus, how could Percy say no to that big pouty baby face? The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Gabe and three of his big goony friends were playing poker at the table. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Both our feet hung off the edge of the mattress and touched the cool concrete floor, and we prayed that a little mouse or a big spider would not eat our toes. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

They didn’t have “supersize” at the time; “large” was the biggest. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Uncle Turu rose, rubbing his big hands together briskly in expectation. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Like he is the big giant body of that aurochs. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

He rocked it back and forth a few times to get the fuel flowing into the engine, and once he smelled it he put his entire weight into a big swing. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The bluster went out of the big man. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Point me to the biggest Applebee’s in the world, where I bet they serve two fajitas when you order one; where I bet the shrimp fajita isn’t any more expensive than the chicken.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Of course, all of this searching had yielded a big fat doughnut. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

We got shoehorned into the car with this big fat lady and her dog, a Chihuahua with a rhinestone collar. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I buried my head in the big glossy menu and nudged Lily under the table with my foot. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Most of the earthworks were shaped like big cones and stepped pyramids, but some were sculpted into enormous birds, lizards, bears, long-tailed “alligators,” and, in Peebles, Ohio, a 1,330-foot-long serpent. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

He took off his hat and held it in his big hands. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“You know,” Annabeth said, “Leo doesn’t intend to be mean. He’s just got a big mouth. When people make him nervous, he uses humor as a defense.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

In social studies, James made a big show of looking for another missing item when Mr. Quisling collected the cipher challenge submissions. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“He oughtn’t be late. Every time somebody’s late, things go wrong. Look at the big guys. You don’t ever hear of them being late, do you? Naw! They work like clocks!” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He was a big, hefty fellow, good-looking in a rather flashy, sunburnt way. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I take another swallow of air and pretend interest in a big barge moving slowly past Angel Island. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Go on, daughter. A nice big piece. We’re doing mighty fine on this side of the creek. Make sure you tell your old granny how well you’re fed.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

It was as if he was planning on making the biggest art project in history. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Once the feathers are plucked, it's no bigger than a chicken, but it's plump and firm. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I mean, not that Sahil didn’t have nice, big, manly hands that I 100 percent did not regret touching. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

If somebody was hungry, why would they have a big fat belly? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The day seemed very short while Laura and Mary played in the big room and Ma helped Grandma and the aunts in the kitchen. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Is she the one who works for that big NGO in New Delhi?" You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

If someone had told him to “sit up like a big boy,” it would not have felt out of place. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

They bought underclothing and boot liners of reindeer calf skin, and silk gloves to go inside big fur mittens. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

A day later, on Sunday, it was the Under Fifteens’ turn for a big away game, against a Roswell Soccer Club team called the Santos, from an affluent suburb north of Atlanta. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

“He wanted safe streets, and a bigger breakfast program. We can give him that.” The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

After we finished staring at the big orange-and-white fish swimming around in a giant tank in the waiting area, we found out Coach had our seats prearranged. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

She is a big woman, tall, yellow-skinned and thick as a wall. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Not your fault, brother. Kronos does not explode good. Next time we will use a big stick.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Around midday, a big blue Buick with gleaming chrome bumpers slowed down and pulled onto the shoulder in front of us. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s like our performance, only with bigger cats,” Widget says. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He was lying on his left side in Granny’s big bed. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

National Archives is in a warehouse, in Fort Worth, Texas, that is bigger than most airport hangars. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The big Italian had a wary look in his eye as he came in. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother kept laughing it off, telling me to get over it, that it was kids being kids, no big deal. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Finn, we were saving the big news for you!” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Every Sunday morning at ten o’clock the animals assembled in the big barn to receive their orders for the week. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Arnold explained that he was building a new agency and wanted to sell as many policies as possible in order to attract the attention of the biggest insurance companies. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I was looking round when a hare came through the grass and I asked him whether he knew of a big warren close by. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The big hit of the evening was the second movement, the Allegretto, which has remained a public favourite ever since, notably providing the moving musical climax of the 2010 film The King’s Speech. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

‘If the giants want our blood, the last thing we need is a boy and a girl going down there together. Remember? They want one of each for their big sacrifice.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

It didn’t matter how big the city was, you could get anywhere without getting lost. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

From the Glade proper, the forest didn’t look that big, maybe a couple of acres. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

This giant ate no meat at all, though he was a holy terror when served a basket of roots, crunching onions and turnips and even raw hard neeps between his big square teeth. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

And I said I wouldn’t mind things changing if I became an astronaut, for example, which is one of the biggest changes you can imagine, apart from becoming a girl or dying. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I’m waiting till I get big and can hit hard. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

“I will find you a trainer, eh, there is big money in athletics.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

We could have moved back to the big house but we didn’t. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

They point to a big flat rock where a squirrel is now stuffing kernels from another ear of corn in his cheeks. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a milk-bottling plant, and I watched the rows of milk bottles move relentlessly along a conveyor belt and tried to make a big deal of that. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

A candidate star must be ten to twenty times as massive as our own Sun and "we don’t have anything of the requisite size that’s that close. The universe is a mercifully big place." A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t seen much of my brother since the big baby announcement, which meant my life had been quieter and more bruise-free than usual. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Cora and Caesar were almost to town when he said, “Meg works for one of those Washington Street families. One of those big houses you see?” The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Right then I knew that no way, however I played, however hard I focused on the music, would I get the beautiful open big blue-sky feeling. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The authority of the law loomed big in his mind; he remembered, “You and your family will be in serious trouble.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like how a dragon isn't really just a big slimy fire-breathing monster, it's a symbol of nature or something. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Saturday there was a big drama, the likes of which have never been seen here before. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

They used to play quoits in the road with four big steel washers they’d found in a hardware store but these were gone with everything else. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

My body is also filling out my clothes everywhere, though my stomach is still bigger than my hips. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A big group of witches filtered into the crowd, led by Thorn’s and Seven’s parents. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

The big glass windows here were lidded eyes that didn’t care—that barely saw them, barely gave them back reflections. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

But some words are too big to be contained. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“And to have a big snowball fight and go cross-country skiing and drink real hot chocolate.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

The oldest child in a big family, but not a typical firstborn “good boy.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

He wore ripped black jeans and a battered aviator’s jacket that was several sizes too big, unzipped over a black shirt. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

A nursing student pulls her up, she leaves her conga aside and starts wiggling her big butt in the middle of the circle—we yell out encouragement. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Her body was beautiful, spare and big boned yet rounded and softHe desired suddenly that she should like him as her husband and then he was ashamed. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

He ate them in big mouthfuls, chewing the seeds because most of the grape was seed anyway. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

But a big part of me didn’t want to go at all. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

"All alone, are you?" said the biggest of them, a bald man with a raw windbumt face. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The fire under the big cauldron cracked and whistled. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes remembering the big man, hearing again his advice to Nigel on how to defy the whites. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

But I was glad that with high school just around the corner, I was deemed mature enough to know my cousin's biggest secrets. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

“I’m not big enough to carry a butterfly net.” Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

Mr. Lewis from the barbershop next door stands out front, his arms folded over his big belly. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

In those days, I had in my mind that Marshall was maybe about the biggest and the best place there could ever be. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The big, crowded house was in darkness, but he felt his way carefully up three flights of stairs and did not stumble. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“I want to have clipboards on both sides of the door, so there isn’t a big line—it’s just easier this way.” The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

She hands a large pistol to the big guy from earlier and tells him something out of earshot. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Sure enough, right after Mong said it a big Mexican cop wearing sunglasses got out and leaned against his trunk, waiting for us to get up to him. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Their number 5 took the ball out, threw it into Brothers, and he spun around with a big step and ran smack into Trip for a charging foul. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“So,” Elizabeth said, with a nervous pleasantness, it being necessary, she felt, to say something, “you just getting to this big city? It must seem mighty strange to you.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t a real big thing until they started terrorizing stores and then they beat up a lot of people and stabbed that one kid. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I try to soak up the nail polish, but I make the stain bigger. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

I took up my bow and fitted an arrow, but as I did this the big dog faded away into the brush and was quickly followed by the others. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

It hadn’t occurred to me that Cecile didn’t own a hot comb or curling iron, even though that fact was as big and thick as her unpressed braids. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Maybe. But I’ve got a big appetite these days. Any kind of food tastes good ... except maybe pomegranate seeds. I’m done with those.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Uncle Al bursts out the back of the big top. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The air thickened, like they were in a big crowd. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z