| 单词 | ticket |
| 例句 | “Aye, there is,” agreed the ticket seller, as cryptic as the platform posters. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z She and the Congressional Union obtained ten tickets to the president’s first speech to Congress since his reelection. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The driver checks our tickets and starts to return to the front. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z In one of the pockets was a concert ticket from the casino in Monte Carlo. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “We can go to the airport and buy plane tickets, and we’ll bring an orchid back for your mom.” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The cops told me never again to be caught in Grand Central Station unless I had a ticket to ride somewhere. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “Addie and I were wondering—well, you heard about the Freedom Party, right?—well, we were wondering if you would like to be on our ticket.” The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z Outside the gates of Wonka’s factory, enormous crowds of people had gathered to watch the five lucky ticket holders going in. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z The tickets used up most of our money. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z She passes over a ration ticket, finds her way directly home, and dead-bolts the door behind her. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The policeman said he’d pay for her bus ticket back home. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z As if to convince themselves how great it was not to be tied down by a baby, Mom and Dad bought us tickets to go visit New York for a week. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The next day I reported for duty and began taking tickets. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “The girl who sells tickets is using a system,” he explained. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I stick my hands in the pockets, End the bus ticket stub in one, and in the other, sure enough, the folded-up map my brothers and sisters gave me. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Same ticket master was at the station and I expected him to recognize me. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Ms. Bethune collected the group at the entrance and handed them their tickets and name tags. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z “So then he drove up beside me, and we bargained a little, like I said, and then I gave him the money, and he gave me the tickets.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z He gives us books of tickets and we swarm all over Limerick for Leamy’s School boot fund, first prize five pounds, five prizes of a pound each. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z We did, and found six tickets to the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z We had been through so much to get our golden ticket to America. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Two tickets to a hit play that had just come to Los Angeles. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Lidewij returned with tickets, but her thin lips were pursed with worry. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z I don’t see why they get to have a special one-way ticket to the principal’s office. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I had a return ticket in my boot for St. Louis to Marshall, but that wasn't gonna do any good in Canada. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z When we get down to the station, I spot a turnstile and two ticket machines. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z After I bought a ticket, I broke away from the crowd and retreated into the shadow of the bleachers. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z There hadn’t been any golden ticket inside the wrapper. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “I got a ticket for Wednesday’s train. My dad wants me back in time for school.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z “Those classes are my ticket to Jenny Lindt, let’s not forget.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z We moved closer to the front of the line near the ticket taker. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “And now there’s only one ticket left!” said Grandpa George. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z Sadie was a widow lady, her husband having been run over by an ambulance while he was on the way across Malcolm X Boulevard to buy a Lotto ticket. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Let me come along. I can sell tickets. Russ can do anything—he’s young. Give me his job. I can still count, and I don’t short-change. I know you don’t run a grift show.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Although still serving as vice president under Jefferson, Burr realized that the Republicans intended to drop him from the ticket when Jefferson ran for his second term. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z "OK, listen James. Take this money”—she gave him a ten dollar bill—"and go get two tickets for Wilmington. That ticket window over there with a green light.” Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z “So you’re not going to try to find the ticket scalper?” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z When she finished, they were all given little tickets. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z I reminded myself that the one thing Jenny Flick couldn’t buy, no matter what she used as currency, was a ticket to drive on the high road next to people like me. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Remember that time Dad’s friend gave him tickets to a game and he brought us into Boston with him? P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “You didn’t really get those tickets from a family friend, did you?” If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Without a boat ticket, you'd have to walk around the mountains. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z “OK,” he said, taking her money and recounting it before he handed her the ticket. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z The next two children, Violet Beauregarde and Mike Teavee, came forward to have their tickets examined and then to have their arms practically pumped off their shoulders by the energetic Mr. Wonka. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z Her husband, French Wilson, had found a job at the Central Leaf Tobacco factory and had sent for her and the baby, enclosing a one-way bus ticket along with his letter. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Plane tickets were bought, schedules scheduled, plans laid. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z They cut school to stand in line for killer concert tickets. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z “Well, Eddie,” he said, pulling an envelope out of his jacket pocket, “here are your tickets to the NBA Finals on June 14. I hope you can make it.” The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z He punched some buttons and a ticket magically emerged. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z “And please don’t tell anyone I said so, sirs and madams, but if I were you, I’d hide that bird out of sight. The conductors won’t like it, first-class tickets or not. ” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z “Now, anyone interested in running for student council on either ticket has until Thursday, seventh period, when the nominating conventions will take place—Republicans in the auditorium, Democrats in the media center.” The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z I stopped to watch for a minute, and a kid called over to me, “Hey! Give me one of those tickets!” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He started up the winding stairs inside, only to be stopped at a ticket booth by some caretaker who yelled at him in Italian. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I hoped we didn’t have to stand there for too long and actually buy tickets. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z “Now I understand how Armpit managed to sell you those phony tickets. You are way too gullible.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Via brought home three tickets to her school play a few days after Daisy died. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z “Let’s see your tickets!” he said, and he was reaching for the stack in Horace’s hand when he noticed Bronwyn stuffing something into her coat. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z He glanced around at the people seated nearby, realizing they were the ones to whom X-Ray sold the tickets. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z “No one’s paying tickets right now,” the woman said. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z I gotta go, but my sister has five tickets to see Duke play North Carolina. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z “From wrestling. You know, his ticket to Harvard or wherever.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z “And we still need to pick up our tickets.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z “Leaves at three o’clock. Do you want to buy a ticket, boy?” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z You must show your ticket to be admitted to Yankee Stadium. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z I was even kind of looking forward to it so that I could beat a ticket by showing my badge. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “But, Dad,” said Fadi, “you don’t understand. I wasted fifty dollars and didn’t win the tickets to India.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z He handed the valet his ticket and waited for the car. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z My ticket would get me to Cairns, Australia, a day and a half after I departed. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z One of Dad's clients mentioned that he had an extra ticket, and Dad bought it from him on the spot. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z “If you girls want to see these little boys sing and dance, you’ll have to earn half the money for your tickets and refreshments,” Pa said. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z I gave them money for platform tickets and had them take my baggage. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Delta Airlines told me a one-way ticket to Idlewild Airport would cost seventy-three dollars. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z And then he gave me a little yellow and orange ticket and £8 in coins and I put it all in my pocket with my knife. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t make a joke about it, it’s unfair,” I said, “and I think I had better see about those tickets, and say good-bye now.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes I would picture myself running away, selling my earrings to get a railway ticket to Varanasi. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Now they could board the train without having to purchase tickets. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Without his knowledge, and much to his delight, at the end of the broadcast he was given the tickets to Russia, with a stopover in Belgium, Sabena’s home country. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z A good cop, after all, wasn’t the one who ticketed you for doing thirty- three miles an hour in a thirty-mile-an-hour zone. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I see the train conductor pick up the paper tickets, punch holes in them with a metal clicker, and replace them into the seat tabs. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The Austin Police Department had better things to do than investigate who had sold counterfeit tickets to an African American teenager who lived on the wrong side of I-35. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z He buys a ticket and a handful of tokens and waits in line with the others. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z "You have a better chance of sprouting wings on your back than saving enough for a plane ticket, let alone a plane." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z "Are kids' tickets free? My friend and I were wondering." The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “Were you with him when he bought the tickets?” she asked Ginny. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z When he hands over the two tickets to the usher, I see that they cost over one hundred dollars each. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z A sign at a health club will announce, “I’ts party time, on Saturday 24th May we are have a disco/party night for free, it will be a ticket only evening.” Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z “We’ll find a way to help him. But first we have to go. To San Antonio and then to Mexico. I’ll get tickets.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z In the shade of the old ticket window a man sat whittling a stick. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z “It’s a trip, see. It’s a ticket out of this place.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “If they wanted to hurt you, they’d come to the house and hurt you. They wouldn’t buy you a train ticket and hurt you in New Hampshire.” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z At first she didn’t look hopeful, but once she recognized the ticket I was holding she brightened up. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z A perfect place for a winning lottery ticket. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z “Are you serious? Yes! I was dying to go but they’re like eighty dollars each. Wait, how did you get tickets?” If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z El’s mom had won a set of airline tickets at work, and she immediately offered the second ticket to Lucy. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Stop that right now or you’ll be getting a special one-way ticket to see Miss Harper! Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘You and Auntie Fai can go and have coffee. Ted, Kat and I will line up to get the tickets. Please.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z And there was a little woodden station, too, and we showed you how people who wanted to go on the train went to the station and bought a ticket and then got on the train? The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Alex got off and displayed his ticket to the officer standing there. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z To each of them, with his or her ticket, the booking clerk pushed over a little cardboard pillbox. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z He halted the sale of new tickets and ordered his men to reel in the balloon. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z But she did accept the offer of a ticket back home in 2005. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z ‘Did you really just buy a ticket - and not decide to use it?’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z "I can at least save for a bus or train ticket to Bengaluru, right? It's close by. I saw it on a map once. Or maybe I could even walk there..." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Then, when morning comes, even with confirmed tickets, there’s no room on the six-thirty flight for them. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z I ran out of money on the way, so I got off here and found a job laying blacktop for a few days, trying to earn enough for another bus ticket. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z The station was empty, but the ticket window was open and a porter in a gray uniform was pushing a broom. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z You’re right, I didn’t buy all the tickets myself, but it was my money! Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z At the entrance gate, Dad bought our tickets, muttering about the idiocy of paying money to look at animals, and led us down the walk. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The ticket taker would like to say he himself was a hero, but he didn’t do much of anything beyond survive. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “Heading to Seattle?” the lady asked when she took my ticket. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z He made numerous conspiratorial trips abroad and traveled the country tirelessly from north to south on planes, cars, and trains, on none of which were there now such things as first-class tickets. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The line for tickets snakes around the outside of the fence. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Well then, pretend my book is a pair of Flush tickets. That’s how important this is to me.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z She took people’s tickets, tore off a piece, and then said, “Number one, that way,” and pointed down the hall, or “That’s in number seven, down that way,” and pointed off the other direction. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “I am. The thing is, there’s a five- dollar service charge on each ticket. So even though the tickets are fifty-five dollars, they cost sixty.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z My mom hands him our huge bag and then our tickets. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z Dad had tickets for The Phantom of the Opera. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z But even more than that, he would get a ticket out of Texas and maybe make it to a big team like St. Louis. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “I didn’t twist anybody’s arm. They all came to me. They wanted the tickets, and I charged a fair price. If they didn’t think it was fair, they didn’t have to buy them.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Now, surveying his handiwork, the crowded bleachers, the frantic comings and goings as the raffle tickets were bought and sold and the directions scrawled on the tickets, Archie exulted quietly. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The concert was four days away and no tickets had been sold. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z I say, ‘Yeah, that’s me,’ and I’m just about to hand over the tickets when he asks, now get this, Ginny, he asks who he should make the check out to. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Her grandmother had paid for her plane ticket, so she'd spent that money updating her wardrobe. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “No, people buy the tickets last minute at half price, or for even less, and the show would technically sell out” His parents had bought tickets this way before in New York. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z “It’s best I hold on to your tickets,” he said. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Noor sipped her coffee and ate a slice of toast as Fadi handed his father his passport and the old tickets. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z I put the return ticket in my boot. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z At eight o’clock in the evening he will eat some miserable rubbish they get in exchange for their food tickets, then he will take a powder for his headache and work on. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes the money is barely enough to cover the cost of a bus ticket back home. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “We have tickets. Why are you doing this?” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z She fish out a few tickets, but then Miss Hilly take the envelope away from her. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “When it’s all over, you’ll thank me. This money is your ticket out of here.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Señor Fidencio parked his truck behind the theater and led the way to the ticket booth. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z He read my ticket and then went through a reprise of the just-the-facts interrogation he had administered that afternoon in the Watch Commander’s Office. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z That woman Aileen had stolen most of the money from the concert tour, and there were still many people who needed to be paid and ticket holders who needed to be reimbursed. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Charlie examines the plane ticket and looks up at the signs. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z And yet Carter had to admit that he was looking forward to the fight, that he himself had bought not one but two tickets. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Tasha took our tickets and pulled off a piece and handed them back. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Using a friend’s ticket and restoration supplies, I forged a couple. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I said if I beat him, he had to give me the money for the ticket to Vermont, but if he beat me, I’d take the building manager job instead. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z I got tired of Aunt Mary treating me so mean, so I quit her factory and started looking for a job as an usher or movie ticket clerk in Harlem. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “Of course, that’s the ticket! A hornets’ nest in a barrel. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z When they arrived at the theater, there was some discussion between Santa and Mr. Robichaux over who was going to buy the tickets. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He headed for the ticket booth but I called him back. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z He wrote out a new ticket for me in red pen. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z We found bus 47 and stood at the bottom of the entrance with our tickets in hand. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z But I come down to earth when Rani tries to buy us a ticket. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z In his pockets the officer found $112, a bus ticket for Petersburg, Illinois, and documents that identified him as Thomas Dowell, an obscure local jockey. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z It is a silver piece of paper, about the size of his ticket. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Dry-mouthed with excitement and apprehension, he went to the colored side of the counter to buy his ticket. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z We took the escalator down into the station and walked to the ticket machine. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z “Enjoy your time,” says the ticket clerk with a huge smile. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z “There’s a five-dollar service charge. What a rip-off. But the thing is, you try to sell the tickets, and all the customer’s gonna see is the face value.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Nothing’s official, but everyone knows Connor is the one joining Richards’s ticket. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z I need photographs and souvenirs, concert ticket stubs, evidences of inside jokes. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Even though we didn’t have any time to waste, we went into the theater and pretended to get in line for tickets. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z And now the whole country, indeed, the whole world, seemed suddenly to be caught up in a mad candy-buying spree, everybody searching frantically for those precious remaining tickets. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z “With ten thousand dollars, we can get tickets out of here to someplace, can’t we?” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Every day, the men came in by the dozens—dusty, tired men who had journeyed by foot and by wagon when they could not afford a train ticket. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “I wanted to talk to you about the concert tickets.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z At intermission, Ethan bought one of the ten-dollar souvenir programs, and after the show he thanked my father at least five times for getting him a ticket. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z As we approach the exit gate, a cluster of people rush forward near the ticket booth and flash cameras at us. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Stupefied that he would walk these miles as a courtesy to a stranger, I suggested he let me buy him a ticket for the show and we could walk back together. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z What she had was their clothes, the Greyhound tickets, and $1,600 in cash. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I bought a ticket and felt like Lee Harvey Oswald hiding out. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z I scoop her up and carry her out through the ticket gate. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The morning after he came barreling into town, Fred bought Day a bus ticket to Baltimore. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Zeitoun had stood in this exact place before while waiting to buy train tickets for friends or employees. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z “Here, you better hold these,” X-Ray said, handing Armpit the tickets. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z We talked about the Knicks and how we were going to cop some tickets for the Garden when the Chicago Bulls came in. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z Since I was a woman of the nineties, I offered to pay for the tickets, but he refused. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z When she said she was going to send my air ticket to Daddy, I explained that it would be easier if she simply sent my fare to the airline, then I’d pick it up. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z After lunch, I took Ginger for another walk, called the airline to see how much it would cost if I changed my ticket go home early. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z Frustrated, the women tried to get tickets to the Fourth of July event on their own. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z She sits quietly on an uncomfortable chair beneath a line of framed posters advertising past productions, surrounded by boxes of tickets and receipts. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Writing traffic tickets to refugees became one of Clarkston’s more reliable sources of revenue. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z He had carried no documents, no photographs, and no money except what his father gave him to pay his shifty guide and to buy an airline ticket to New York. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z The cashier took my last half dollar without remark and gave me a ticket. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z There are the plane tickets, hotels, car rentals, everything—and they don’t even know if they’ve gotten into these schools yet. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z She’d check the price of train tickets or see if one of their uncles could drive out to get them. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z By the time the boys arrived in Griinau, festive crowds clutching binoculars and cameras had begun to line up at the ticket windows in front of the regatta course. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z "Hey," the fat man in the ticket booth peered at me through the grating, "don't cry. Who you got there, honey, some relative?" The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Miss Hilly take out two tickets and hand the envelope back to Miss Leefolt, who goes in the back to put it away. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Leaving the dining-car I asked the conductor for tickets for the first service. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z “He said he needed the money for a bus ticket. But you don’t know where it was he wanted to go?” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Addie: Well, but will you still run for president on our ticket? The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z "Great. Why don't you have them come up and buy the tickets?" The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The Hattiesburg police had a plan: they would block every entrance to the train depot, making it impossible for blacks to purchase tickets; then they would arrest anyone trying to board without a ticket. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “I know exactly which picture you’re talking about. Your mom used to have it in a frame. She gave me the tickets as a surprise for my birthday. The Celtics won, too. It was amazing.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z “I haven’t met any other children for years and years and there are going to be lots of them down there for me to play with. And perhaps I could help you with the tickets.” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z She turned to the ticket seller and wrote her name on a slip of paper. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z A stranger came up to us in the queue, offering us a free ticket. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z When Sass returned, the tickets were quickly put away. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Then my eyes fall upon a sign next to the ticket window. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “I guess,” I said, wishing he’d forgive me for forgetting about the weeds and rip up the ticket. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Office of Refugee Resettlement for four one-way plane tickets to the United States. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z He stared at the ticket in the man’s hand and then up at the Eye. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Five hundred dollars, his driver’s license, phone numbers on slips of paper, social security card, airline ticket stub, cleaners receipts. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s a madhouse out there. All these people crowded around, and then they tell you your tickets are no good.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z After selling my last ticket and turning over the sign, I exited through the box office door, locked it behind me, and went into the lobby. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z And then I looked down at my tickets. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z I surveyed the railway schedule and became aware that I was one wrong ticket from Vienna, Milan, or some Alpine village that no one I knew had ever heard of. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z She had a sinking suspicion that sooner rather than later there wouldn’t be an extra ticket left in that envelope at all. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z I pay for all our tickets, donating an extra couple hundred dollars in the hope that the arena remains open for many, many years. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The new watchman, Luno’s replacement, nearly fried when a falling cinder ignited the ticket shed, where he was phoning for help. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Members of his congregation were often ticketed for parking improperly around the mosque at Friday prayers. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z We sauntered down the platform, up the steps, through the ticket barrier, to the street entrance. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m out like a flash, up to the ticket counter with the money I’ve saved. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Wash spent the day pulling off his plan to buy the train tickets in Tyler. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The white train conductor came to check our tickets. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “It will be cooler on the train, Marie. The director has arranged tickets for us.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The bearers make a fuss about numbers and tickets, the wounded whimper. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Some parking ticket confetti, caught in a frail wind puff, tumbled across the dirt and settled around the sheriff s boots, which were on the wrong feet. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z "You sell those children a ticket. Right now." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z X-Ray sold four more tickets to a couple of high school students from Westlake, and just like that, Armpit had another two hundred and seventy dollars. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Herr Thiessen places it in his coat pocket along with his ticket and his saved francs, and takes his first steps into the circus. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The winning ticket in these two states would collect a large number of votes in the Electoral College. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z We all buy tons of tickets, and then we ride everything. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z “But I paid for a ticket that goes all the way to Cleveland.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah. I got a ticket admitting lady and gent.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The week before, each child had been given a strip of ten tickets labeled “hot dog,” “soda water,” “merry-go-round” and so on. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “You know at the concert, how Ginny and I had counterfeit tickets?” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z A saleswoman, who was a middle-aged Black woman, greets us, then hurries to the back when Anastasia gives her a green numbered ticket. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z He wondered if he should get out his wand and start tapping the ticket inspector’s stand between platforms nine and ten. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z “Don’t you ever get a ticket for that?” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z On the street below, some fat cop was giving some delivery van a ticket. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z No tickets, no arrests, no luggage search: he was officially licensed to act like a brat. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z All I could picture was Mom’s glum face after finding out about Dad’s pricey plane ticket, and Dad’s crushed expression when he’d admitted that he didn’t know when he could replace my broken phone. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z This could be my ticket to an alternate life, Sofia, a way to become one of the insiders. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z A young militia soldier was checking tickets at the bus door. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z “The others don’t know I’ve got it. And now, you and I are going to have one more fling at finding that last ticket. How about it, eh? But you’ll have to help me.” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z She’d said he ran like the wind, which might be his ticket to a college up north. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z We sat down next to an old man who fanned himself with his boarding ticket. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z With a slow movement I gave him the tickets. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “It was fifteen thousand for a first-class ticket, but I’m sufficiently capitalized to indulge such whims. And the drinks are free on the flight. If you’re ambitious, you can almost break even.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z As he made his way toward us, collecting fares and punching tickets, we would plot our escape. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z To my surprise, however, the sergeant who signed the ticket did not have the inmate keeplocked pending his hearing. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “See, I have this friend. And he was scalping tickets. We bought twelve tickets for your concert. I paid for the tickets, and he sold them, and we split the profit.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Even with the concert tickets, the private jet, and eight hours wasted online shopping, they weren’t even halfway. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z “So we turn in Gladiola,” Annabeth explained in her best strategy voice, “we get money, and we buy tickets to Los Angeles. Simple.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z I stepped to the window with the leather petty-cash envelope, paid her for three tickets, and we hustled around the corner to where the buses were, trying to make it on ours before it left. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Quickly he pushed through the crowd until he saw a white girl fighting with a colored girl by the ticket booth of the flying-jinny. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Eventually they sold almost everything they owned and used the money to buy plane tickets to somewhere else, somewhere better, which to them had always meant the United States. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z They then had to return a second time to pick up a ticket–that is assuming they had passed the interview–and finally come back a third time to view the museum’s treasures. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z The envelope contained only a single plane ticket. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z While the day of waiting was tediously slow, the line to enter the circus moves remarkably fast, and soon Bailey is standing at the ticket booth, purchasing a single admission. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Right. Let’s see your ticket,” he said gruffly. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z She didn’t like the idea of leaving both the money and the ticket there, but she was afraid he’d ask more questions if she protested. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z Armpit pointed out what was written on the back of each ticket, but X-Ray wasn’t concerned. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z I helped to drive the cow to the village, but when it came time for Sass to buy the railway tickets, she sent me home. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z My ticket had been safe in my boot and I took it out when I got to the St. Louis station. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Luke Garner,” she announced solemnly, “you have come to the right place. Forget that hiding-like-a-mole stuff. I’m your ticket out.” Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z With your ticket in hand, you follow a continuous line of patrons into the circus, watching the rhythmic motion of the black-and-white clock as you wait. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “And how much is a round-trip ticket to New York City, please?” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Yes and No. I watched him get in the line to buy tickets. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z There was only one movie playing, and as they waited in line to buy tickets Ophie couldn’t help but bounce a little in excitement. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z What could make more sense than the Gang of Five running on the same ticket together? The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z “Y’all need to get some Lotto tickets up in here, baby,” she says as Daddy rings her up and I bag her stuff. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z We sat in silence until John jumped up, saying, “Awful price to pay for a ticket to heaven.” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z “So you didn’t sell the tickets?” asked Armpit. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z “Do you have any idea how many people would kill for the tickets you just lost? Front-row seats?” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z A week after he returned from Canada in August, Bobby bought a ticket to a night baseball game at Ebbets Field to see his beloved Brooklyn Dodgers play the Milwaukee Braves. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I follow the directions and purchase a one-way ticket to the last stop, New York City. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “I need money for two train tickets,” I said. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z “I’m really sorry. The only reason I told him about the letter was because I was trying to explain how no one got hurt by the phony tickets.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z "My parents and I kept expecting to hear about it. I was just waiting for the dates to book my ticket." We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z All the people she speaks with get another ticket to wait for one of the other windows. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z “After you get your tickets, come talk to me.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z He is allowed to stay, so he does not get a return ticket, and she does not have enough money to buy one. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “I found a journal entry from September 1973. One month before the bus ticket.” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Armpit felt a little worried as he handed the tickets over the glass case. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Attendants served the dogs up on rye bread, and when that ran out, hungry fans had to hold their dogs in old newspapers and then discarded mutuel tickets. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I liked that and handed him my ticket. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “I want a job as a ticket clerk. Or an usher. You have an usher job?” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Me: But shouldn’t we have another girl on the ticket? The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z That note, it turned out—which by now had been quoted or read aloud by half the grade—was Maya’s first ticket to a kind of popularity she’d never experienced before. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z We have actual tickets, and food in our satchel—cold meat and bread. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The man handed over the ticket and led us over to where he’d been standing in the queue. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z And at times we would spend entire mornings scouring the streets for empty beer bottles and used bus tickets, to sell to shebeen queens and bus drivers. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “Did you find tickets on the floor or something?” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Want me to save you a ticket to one of my games? Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z That's what one says at the box office when ordering a ticket, and I say it quite well. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z They bundled me off and got me to the station in a cart, making sure I had a ticket and a whole package of saltines in my hands before they left. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z I bought a ticket to Montgomery and went to sit outside on the curb where other Negro passengers gathered. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I was supposed to drop each ticket that I took from a customer into a metal receptacle. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The ticket booth had been converted into a kitchen. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z They were waiting for the wickets to open in the morning to buy tickets for the bull-fight. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z The four men were seated in folding chairs near the Greyhound ticket desk. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z If he sold those tickets I’m going to kill him, Armpit thought, and then a second later the X-Mobile pulled around the comer. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z But I was no longer a boxing fan, since that incident years ago, so when Uncle Pietrus, a boxing fanatic, obtained two scalped tickets and invited me along, I refused. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z In the silence, with the air still scented with exploded powder, collectors accompanied by armed guards went to each ticket booth and collected the accumulated silver, three tons of it. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z He pushed money at the clerk, received a ticket in exchange, and hurried off toward the train. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Her extended family and friends fill up whole sections of the auditorium at shows and account for thousands of dollars in ticket sales. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z “Look, I’m not a police officer. I’m not going to give you a ticket.” Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z A user of force or a writer of tickets? Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z An unsmiling woman in uniform, ticket booklet in hand, was stumping towards them when Ginika jumped in and started the car. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “To get to Farmington, you have to go to Hartford and take a bus,” the ticket agent said. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘The glass is reinforced. It’s very strong and safe—’ ‘So you don’t want your ticket?’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z I expected to hear something about Mike over the loudspeaker, but the only announcement they read was about reduced tickets to a carnival that’s coming to Tangerine. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She might never have noticed him if a white man with silver hair had not stood behind her and if the ticket seller had not signaled to the white man to come forward. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Instead of buying the watch, Agnes bought an extra ticket west so her mother could see her marry. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “A warm bath is the ticket for cold toes.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z One ticket for the baker, and two for her guests. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z But the thing was, I'd made that date to go to a matinee with old Sally Hayes, and I needed to keep some dough for the tickets and stuff. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z That extra quarter-dollar would mean two more meals for my sisters, a fraction of a train ticket, or part of a bribe to pay off corrupt officials. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Arthur stares at her like she just got the last available ticket in the world for Hamilton. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z The woman tore a ticket from a long reel of them and passed it through. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The ticket stub from Portland Art Museum and the program from the Artists Repertory Theatre are both outings Woman to Woman arranged. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z It was clearly the best solution to the problem, but instead we went to the half-price ticket booth. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z I had gotten only as far as the ticket counter. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “I told you,” Miss Mallory said again, patting her pockets to see if perhaps the ticket had hidden itself inside. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z We bought tickets and got through the turnstiles, looking behind us for any signs of pursuit. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Black market vendors left their normal posts in front of theaters and cinemas, and stationed themselves in front of the Dom Sindikata to peddle entrance tickets to the match, which were in great demand. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z While standing at the ticket window, the boy had remembered his flock, and decided he should go back to being a shepherd. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Audiences who attend operas are usually able to afford the price of a ticket and are of an educational level and demographic cohort that supports, understands, and appreciates the form. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Apa opens his mouth to ask a question, but the grandma has already started to hand a ticket to the person behind us. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z About halfway through the movie, while I sold tickets for the next show, that girl came tearing out of the theater holding her wrist. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z We even asked the policeman who gave out parking tickets on that block. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z He bought a ticket and traveled down the lake on Hydro, leaning over the rail, with one eye on the minute hand of his watch. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I looked at the ticket but didn’t say that I couldn’t read it. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Victor approached the ticket booth and cleared his throat. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z “I’ll pay you a hundred and thirty-five for the two tickets,” said Armpit. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z There was a ‘person-counter’ by the ticket desk registering the daily numbers. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z He got stuck in the ticket barrier on the Underground, and complained loudly that the seats were too small and the trains too slow. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z “These are our tickets to a new life.” Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Her diploma was her ticket to the university. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z There was a small building there, with a window at which people bought tickets to Africa. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z At four o’clock in the morning he decided on seventy dollars a ticket. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Borrowing money for a train ticket, he headed instead for Cornell. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “But no airline tickets,” she said under her breath. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z When he took the job, the only piece of advice he was given by the outgoing superintendent was never to promise anyone Permian season tickets. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I stood in the ticket hall, blinking at the signs for different exits. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z “You alone?” the driver says, taking the paper ticket from my outstretched hand. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “I could sell lottery tickets,” she cried out. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z “In my day they put the old fellows in the ticket booth. Kind of the end of the road.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “It’s an instant lottery ticket worth ten thousand dollars!” she cried. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z “We can collect money for a plane ticket to Peshawar.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z “You’ll need a ticket for your son as well,” the conductor told her, nodding his head at Will, gaping in the aisle. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z It felt like having a high-stakes lottery ticket, only with science involved. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “He said he’d pay a hundred and fifty a ticket. I told you the price would only go up. Didn’t I tell you?” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z I turned the tickets over, scanning them for the when and where. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Not believing his eyes, he handed the ticket to Bri for confirmation. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Shin made little progress in learning how to manage money, sometimes spending more than he could afford on dinners and airline tickets for friends. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z He had, in fact, bought two tickets and had gotten a kick out of deciding which blows he would call for. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z They wave and blow mock kisses from their candy stands and ticket booths and from the bumper-car rink. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I shake that from my mind, too, because it makes me think of the tickets, which makes me think of Uncle Q, which makes me scared for my cousins. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z The man’s face broke into a smile, and he tore our tickets and remarked on what pretty children we were. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z “But we have tickets, for God’s sake!” shouts someone behind her. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The government still existed and the government owed the owner of that lottery ticket ten thousand dollars. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z We handed over our tickets and passed through a turnstile. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z And just like that we’re rummaging through a box filled with newspaper clippings about Chuck “Da Man” Bell and torn ticket stubs and old flyers and . The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z “He turned in his own ticket years ago, but he’s seeing the truth of his words now.” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z Hugo lit his candles to help him see and began with the clock that overlooked the ticket booths. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z “And you just like bought a ticket and—” He interrupted again while unscrewing the cap. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z He has only ten francs and uses almost all of it to buy a train ticket to take him partway. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z My red hat and the two bus tickets went in after it. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z But on the subject of who should give up a ticket, Ethan was particularly silent, which was a subtle hint that he really wanted to go. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z “To begin with, I should like a plan of the Istanbul-Calais coach, with a note of the people who occupied the several compartments, and I should also like to see their passports and their tickets.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z My ticket for sailing right over all the competition, or passing them until they were just a dot in my rearview mirror. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z “Except, sir, that I paid—” “Boy, are you accusing the ticket master in Marshall of cheating you? Right then I knew I had been cheated, but I said, “No, sir.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I said, “Papa, you said if we did those things you’d give us half of the money to buy the tickets. That was your word, Papa. What about keeping your word?” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z I purchased a ticket from the kiosk man. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z "By the time we save enough for a ticket, I'll have a long white beard," I call up to Rani as I shift uncomfortably on the ground. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z No raffle ticket, no Bingo, no policy slip, no clearing-house number, no magazine sweepstakes, no, nor any unpierced carnival balloon succumbed to her magic. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Said he needed the money for a bus ticket. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Combine that with the fact that by losing me they’ll be losing their ticket to all kinds of big social events, particularly my wedding, and the whole thing becomes unbearable. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z My mom and dad first met while they were standing in line to pay speeding tickets at the Dade County Courthouse, and they got married six weeks later. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Besides, maybe finding the lottery ticket on Papi’s birthday was a miracle. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z This meant to me that the white boy was being given the ticketing job because that’s what they saw when they looked at him. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z She imagined packing her things, somehow buying a ticket, and going back to Lagos. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “Couldn’t we use the ticket to get food instead?” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z I took my ticket out of my pocket. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z To make this easier, I am translating the ticket seller’s speech from Aberdeen Doric. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Also, nobody wants a truancy ticket for slapping a class that you don’t have to go to. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z Our tickets secure us seats in the steerage class on the boat. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The next day, right after breakfast, Walter and I line up in front of the red ticket wagon along with everyone else. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z About fifteen seconds after his first left turn in this vehicle, Herbie was stopped by a cop who ticketed him for a nonfunctioning blinker signal system, an incident which took the edge off his glow. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He sold everything, even the tame jaguar that teased passersby from the courtyard of his house, and he bought an eternal ticket on a train that never stopped traveling. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z “I am thinking for myself. And I don’t want to run on your fool ticket, okay? That’s the bottom line, okay?” The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z I walk over to the machines, stealing a quick glance over my shoulder to be sure the ticket booth lady isn't watching me. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “We’ve got a new arrival. This is Ruby, folks. Six hundred pounds of fun to save our sorry butts. This gal is gonna sell us some tickets.” The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z Mr. White glanced at the ticket, then at his watch. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z The crowd came in and gave me more tickets. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z We went to the ticket booth, where a man in a Red Sox hat was talking to the ticket guy. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z “I’ve had her ever since I was a child .. . and we must get on this train . .. and we paid so much for our tickets!” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z “Okay, let’s say we only sell the tickets for two hundred,” said X-Ray. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z “But also remind her about the weed ticket. It has to be paid or it will double to six bucks.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The actors weren’t given complimentary tickets for friends and family, so he had to buy three for us. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z The reserved-seat ticket seller glances at me quickly, and when he realizes I’m not a cop goes back to his business. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “I told them to hang on to their tickets. Double Red! You’ll lose your place in the queue!” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Worse, they had spent their money on one-way tickets to Hartford and had to borrow train fare to get home. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z Ben turned when he heard a familiar voice near the door where Mr. Loring was selling tickets. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The man I had met in the cafe came through the door and put a ticket in my hand. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z They agreed Henrietta would stay behind to care for the children and the tobacco until Day made enough for a house of their own in Baltimore, and three tickets north. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z He bought a train ticket and made a motel reservation. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A plane ticket was expensive, but she couldn’t bear the thought of waiting, even an extra few hours. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z "I was going to give them a ticket, sir. It was just a joke, sir." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Then, with the meal finished, I wrote up my first mess-hall ticket. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Determined to get Bobby to Moscow, Regina had appealed to the producers to help her come up with a ticket not only for her son but also for his sister Joan to accompany him. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I figure there’s probably something wrong with a guy if he can’t even afford a bus ticket. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Now he had this play, and these tickets. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z While you walk toward her, she sorts through piles of paper and tickets. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Often someone approaching the ticket booth in a black coat with a red scarf will be waved in without paying admission, or given a mug of cider or bag of popcorn gratis. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z And that’s not all—apparently he told someone who worked for the circus that he used to carry water for the elephants, and they upgraded his ticket to a ringside seat! Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The ticket would take me to Chicago, then to Hong Kong, then to Brisbane. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z "Here are museum passes, metro tickets, pocket money, and the Foundation's emergency phone number. Meet back here at seven for dinner and the first evening session. Any questions?" You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I bought my ticket and climbed into the bus. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “I been votin’ the straight ticket for forty years,” he said. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘This bird in the queue. That’s who I got the ticket from.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z The station agent wouldn't have been allowed to sell a ticket to someone whose papers were marked Jood. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “You’ll go to the whipping post, and a fine will be added to your debt—the sum of the two tickets I just lost. By my calculation, that’s about six months’ worth of your wages.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z And once they arrived here, what about train and ferry tickets? The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z It was from this ticket that Nye had obtained the address of the rooming house. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z I figured we would get our tickets and be on our way. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Inside were two tickets for Romeo and Juliet at the Festival Theater. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z But there had been no way to get away from the digging, no chance for a trip to Tyler to get the train tickets. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “How are cookies and raffle tickets going to raise twenty thousand dollars?” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Inside, a cold, mushy card from my parents and a couple White Stripes tickets. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z “New Hampshire? Why did you buy me a ticket to New Hampshire?” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Looking back anxiously, he purchased the tickets for the theater and allowed his wife to draw him into the unwelcome darkness. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z A woman with a cute, short haircut and a navy blue suit took our tickets and ushered us out the door. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The striped curtain beyond the ticket booth hangs open, and through the haze, Marco can see a figure standing in the shadows, illuminated by the sharp spark of light from a cigarette lighter. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z As for the negatives, she talks a lot about allergies and weird hobbies, like the kid who collects movie ticket stubs. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Then rips three new tickets from the printer. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “There are over a thousand tickets available right now.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z “Small price to pay to get airline tickets for you and Frankie.” The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z But he is just a man waiting in line to buy a ticket. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z She swallowed, reached for a numbered ticket from a little red dispenser on the glass case, and turned her back to him. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z The only covered portion was the ticket counter, a little hut in the middle of an open-air platform. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z “I know you did a lousy job cutting down those gutter weeds and earned your family a ticket.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z In some ticket booths the volume grew so great, so quickly, that silver coins began piling on the floors and burying the ticket-takers’ shoes. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Right then, if I would have had enough money for a ticket to Marshall, I would have bought one. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah, well, if it’s so risky, then why do you want the tickets so badly?” asked X-Ray. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z He marched to the ticket window and bought passage to Hartford. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z My mom wrote to my gran, asking her to send the price of a train ticket, about thirty rand, to bring her home. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z ‘Because it was right after you gave us that ticket. Salim went up the London Eye. But he never came down again.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Grandpa Joe leaned forward and took a close look, his nose almost touching the ticket. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z I was so distraught that I wanted to buy a plane ticket and go find him. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Mom had given me thirty dollars that morning, to pay for my ticket, some popcorn if I wanted it, and ice cream, with a little extra in case of an emergency. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z “Well then, pretend my book is a pair of Flush tickets. That’s how important this is to me.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “Look, what was I supposed to do? You kept calling me back, changing your mind. Sell the tickets. No, don’t sell the tickets, I’m taking Tatiana. No, I’m not taking Tatiana. Sell ’em. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z I threw the two dollar admission at the ticket window and we raced for the field. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z “A bit more than that...and a bit more...that’s the ticket.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z I hand over all my tickets for a pink notebook and pen set. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z I got my clothes, a rail ticket to Peking, and enough money to go to America. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Dicey followed, pulling their two tickets out of her pocket and handing them to the driver. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z I heard it, too—a man’s laughter, coming from inside the ticket office. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z The ticket my mother got was for driving 44 miles an hour in a 35-mile-per-hour zone. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z “I already had the bus ticket. I bought it on the Internet.” The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z There was a grinding sound, like when movie tickets shoot up through the slot at the box office. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z The speeding ticket that my mother had been waiting in line to pay when she met my father was the only one she’s ever gotten. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z “You all have your tickets?” the bus driver asked before they began the journey. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Through it all, one thing was constant: a factory job that was his ticket to the middle class. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Many a winning lottery ticket holder, upon receiving the news, has spent the entire afternoon methodically sharpening pencils; for all we know some are sharpening still, their winnings yet unclaimed. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z In addition to himself there were five other employees at the show—two men to operate the swings and take tickets and three girls to manage the booths. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z ‘That would be wrong, Kat. Besides, we haven’t got the money for the tickets.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z He went to the ticket office and laid down a coin and I saw him slip the tickets to the girl. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z In the bottom of his sock drawer was Kaira’s letter and the money from the ticket sales, almost a thousand dollars. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z “Come on, Beck, use those skills to create some tickets,” chided Kurt. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I push past the shoe boxes full of dream books and no-good lottery tickets and fabric scraps, and go for the one marked with my dad’s name—Gregory. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z “Five rupees. The ticket booth is right there.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z A dozen Cyclopes rushed forward, waving little red tickets and shouting excitedly. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z In the morning I bought three tickets for the bus to Burguete. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Even the concession tickets provided a splash of color—brilliant blue for the Turkish Theater, pink for the Lapland Village, and mauve for the Venetian gondolas. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z "Soon the plague will have blown through, and you can come back to visit. We have more than enough money for two train tickets." Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Finding a ticket is difficult for most people now that the trains have been taken over by the German army for their own transportation. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z They were your ticket to university—without those exams, you could not go anywhere or do anything. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z It turns out that Heather O’Malley said no to being on the Freedom Party ticket. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z My dad showed people his ticket, and we eventually made our way to the gate, weaving our way through the obstacle course of people lying on the floor. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z This was a vast sum, far more than the cost of a train ticket. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes they came and went without having met Gatsby at all, came for the party with a simplicity of heart that was its own ticket of admission. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z They said ticket receipts were barely enough to pay for electricity to light the field. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z In my hand I’m clutching a pair of tickets to Shanghai. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z He could sell the stones and buy a return ticket. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “No, man. It’s my tickets. I had twenty-three Tier Two and Tier Three tickets in the last year.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He gave me the ticket and sat looking at the moving shadows upon the screen. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Milkman took out his wallet and pulled from it his airplane ticket stub, but he had no pencil to write with, and his pen was in his suit. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Liddy got a Social Security card with this name, club membership cards, and other “pocket litter”—ordinary things like torn train tickets and scribbled notes that make a wallet look real. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “But here’s something I don’t get. I heard there was a limit of six tickets per customer. How did you manage to buy twelve?” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z So for all our making fun of Osbert and his passion to join the War Effort I could see now that this was our ticket to getting back home. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The day I would buy my ticket using my dad’s credit card. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z He started to explain to his father about the train tickets, the first step of his plan. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z I needed to buy my ticket as close to the departure date as possible. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z As my ticket is ripped I'll briefly consider all the constructive things I could be doing. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z I take my ticket and try to look as confident as I can, pulling my shoulders back and keeping my eyes straight ahead. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z But I have another couple of tickets, so I blow most of them on midway games and save my last one for the Tilt-A-Whirl. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z Nearby was what looked like a ticket office, but it was closed. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The man at the counter seemed alarmed at Mom’s directness, but he handed Babou our tickets and wiped the sweat from his forehead. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Between tournament fees, airplane tickets, hotel costs, and food, the average cost to compete in one World Cup competition was around $2,000, and there were eight World Cups a season. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Which was why in addition to needing to book a ticket for Theodore Johnson, she planned to book one for herself: first to Portland, then to Costa Rica. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z If a ten-thousand-dollar lottery ticket could buy a can of pineapple, who knew what a diamond ring was worth. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z He remembered Murdock had bought the tickets so he could spend time with his daughter on the one weekend a month he got to see her. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z England was warm and cloudy, and each morning I walked the tree- lined streets near the tennis courts, passing teenagers cued up for leftover tickets and vendors selling strawberries and cream. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “If everybody buys six tickets—” “Not everyone’s going to buy six tickets,” X-Ray interrupted. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z I had planned to offer him my two-dollar bill as a partial payment on the ticket, but now I could spend it on myself. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “It’s my ticket. I’m the one who took it in the first place and it was in my pile and I get to say what we do with it.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z I’ve purchased my bus tickets and arranged travel plans for mid-February. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Not only did he lose all his money, but his ticket home as well. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The train ticket remains folded in his pocket like a betrayal. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “He keeps saying that plane is our ticket out of here,” Mom said derisively. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z This did nothing to encourage the ticket buyers, whose numbers dwindled to the single digits by the second night of our weeklong run. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z She said the ticket price was a waste of her hard-earned money. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z The man beamed and slapped the tickets down on the counter. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z So many tickets sell that after Uncle Al entreats the crowd to shift closer together for the fourth time, it becomes clear that this won’t be enough. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “Well, it still makes me mad that ticket scalpers make the money instead of me.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z They had also promised him VIP tickets to any future concert of his choice. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “I heard there was a problem with some tickets,” the girl said. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Francie was a poor marble player and quickly lost her tickets. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z His greatest weakness is instant lottery tickets, what he calls “los scratch,” and he sheepishly confesses that he can squander as much as $75 a week on them. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z We looked after each other’s babies, went on group outings to the zoo, and bought bulk tickets for Disney on Ice. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z After I got the tickets to the Lunts' show, I took a cab up to the park. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z No one, except passengers with tickets, was allowed to enter. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z The train tickets wouldn’t be cheap; they needed the money. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The ticket guy didn’t blink an eye at Trevor’s crumpled bills. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z If the D line went to the moon, I’d buy a ticket. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Bring a little girl up in the party way and when she married, she’d see to it that her man voted the straight Democratic ticket. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a play that summer at the Worm Creek Opera House, and Shawn and I bought tickets. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “He was caught with counterfeit tickets,” said one of the officers. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z I said irritably, “There was a time when a man could be listened to. Must I buy a ticket? Must I make a reservation to tell a story?” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “And for those who attend,” said Mrs. Baker, “your ticket stub will bring you extra credit for your next English for You and Me assignment.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Olive screamed and several of us flinched in vicarious pain as Horace dropped to the floor like a sack of potatoes, loose change and train tickets spilling out of his pockets. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z He gave me my ticket and I climbed hastily aboard the train. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I take the orange and white ticket with the six magic numbers out of Uhmma’s purse. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z And then I looked at my watch and 3 minutes had gone past since I was at the ticket office, which meant that the train would be going in 2 minutes. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “There weren’t any planes. We didn’t have any tickets.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z The salon was in the middle, between a Chinese restaurant called Happy Joy and a convenience store that sold lottery tickets. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Except for the stationmaster who checked my ticket and a couple of railroad workers, the station was empty, and I wished I had a book or magazine to read while I waited for my train. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z Poppet and Widget stand by the circus gates, just out of the way of the ticket booth, though the line for tickets has waned in the late hour. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The terrified mother pawned the cornet immediately and destroyed the pawn ticket. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m going,” she said, “to New York. I got my ticket.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z She returns his francs with his ticket despite his protestations, and after rummaging through a small box, she produces a business card which she hands him as well. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Now they’re even talking about passing a law to make ticket scalping illegal.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z “The mayor’s all charged up. Got to stop all the counterfeit ticket sales! What do you think that does to my business?” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z “Something to do,” he said, tossing the tickets on the floor. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z And I didn’t like the ticket being half yellow but I had to keep it because it was my train ticket. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “What more can go wrong?” she said to the ticket agent. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z But Calista paid the ticket man for both our tickets, and when he gave me a funny look, she said, “School in-service day.” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z And also because it took up my Sunday—not to mention the trouble of getting to the bus, buying tickets, and spending two hours traveling. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z To make the payments, her mother must keep her job at the hotel and the next oldest girl could leave school and begin to sell lottery tickets. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z She looks around and exhales in deep disappointment, signs the ticket and takes Dee out the front door without a word to her. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z If not, he would leave the tickets and a message. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z We finally got tickets and a few hours later, another train came. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I thought of Kat, out there, somewhere in the city, under the growing cumulus cloud, on the trail of the strange man who sold us the ticket. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z My sister wanted to look at every single stall in the bazaar that sprawled between the ticket office and the entrance to the ruins, but Babou managed to maneuver her away from them all. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z They buy their tickets and climb into the balcony seats. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z I thought of what Marcus had said about going to the movies in my time machine, that if I didn’t leave until I was sixty-two, the ticket guy wouldn’t recognize me. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z He either had tickets to the planetarium, the train show, or the game at the stadium. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z I nodded my head toward the ticket, and said, “It is written there.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I nodded yes, whereupon the conductor cheerfully punched my ticket and mumbled something about Jabavu being a fine man. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “And even if I wanted to, I can’t return the tickets to Uncle Jimmy.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z At the ticket counter, he surrendered his wallet and was frisked for any other possessions. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z “How much does a train ticket to Seattle cost?” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “So would you run for president of the student council, DuShawn? On the Freedom Party ticket?” The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z I pressed the ticket into her hand and curled her fingers around it. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z “My friend is. Was. And he’s the one who gave me the phony tickets.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z We left Bill's baggage at the station, and he bought a ticket to Paris. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z At the Abuja airport on his way back to Lagos, he thought of going to the international wing instead, buying a ticket to somewhere improbable, like Malabo. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z He's sweet, respects my physical boundaries, and spoils me with thoughtful gifts like handing me his parents' unused tickets to the Yankees game so I can take Dad for his birthday. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z When asked to account for the time I’ve spent in Paris, I reach for my carton of ticket stubs and groan beneath its weight. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z The man who took their tickets at the door scowled, and Alfred was sure he wouldn't let them in, but he tore the tickets without a word and returned the stubs. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z I am driving and going seventy-two and praying not to get a ticket and playing Metaphysical I Spy. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z They had also promised him VIP tickets to any future concert of his choice. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The nice thing about the finished ticket was that it all sounded worse than it was, containing words such as assault, unhygienic act, threats, etc. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The ticket windows didn’t open until ten after eight, and the line moved excruciatingly slowly. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z As soon as he found out that Ethan would be in town, he started calling the ticket office to buy one more, but there were none to be had. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z I walked up to the ticket counter and said I had a reservation. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z If Mrs. Smith hadn’t already purchased the tickets two weeks ago when I’d accepted the invitation, I’d have made up an excuse now to not go. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Here is a ticket stub from the first film we ever saw together, the one where I begged my best friend, Elsbeth, to come along, too, in case I got tongue-tied around Bas. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “Eat your pie, Magister Spurge. In an hour we will go see the goblin play Lovebirds in the Cavern of Doom. I have purchased tickets.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z "Now, here's what a bus ticket looks like. If you get on a bus, you have to pay a man called the conductor." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z He did not see the task as a ticket to fame, so he designed what he called a “quickie experiment” involving a single neutron detector placed in a stairway outside the cyclotron room. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Actually, I saved just about everything—my movie ticket, a handkerchief from the hotel, even the soap and shower cap! The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z To wreck Renault in front of everybody, no matter what was written down on the raffle tickets. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Mom took the tickets from Mr. Otto and looked them over carefully. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z And how the raffle tickets would control the fight. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Among his other sterling qualities are cheap tickets to the Yucatan. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “Well, I’ll have to split the profits with X-Ray. When we sell all the tickets I’ll make a profit of four hundred and thirty-five dollars.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z She smiles at me as she takes the ticket. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z He suspected that the Ralston number was really a “blind”—that an operator had been paid to destroy the original log ticket, which revealed the true source of the call. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z In Amarillo, I used the last of my money for a paying ticket to Marshall. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z As soon as the first endorsement payment arrived in my account, I bought a one-way bus ticket to Columbus, Ohio, set to depart at eight the following morning. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The nasty ticket man is all polite to us now. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z “If you don’t sell the tickets, I’m going to kill you,” Armpit warned him. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z She would hide them beneath her underwear until she could figure out a better place, and tomorrow she would call the bus station and ask the price of a one-way ticket to San Francisco. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z “Sure, if you want us to get a ticket,” he responded. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Maybe they have to get free lunch tickets and deal with all the same shame I had to deal with when I was first in school. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z “Where’s your ticket?” he asked, and I handed it to him. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z When the line to the ticket taker had begun to move, Big Ma had gotten teary and mushed us up in her loose- fitting, violet and green muumuu dress. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z She waved us to the side and took some people’s tickets. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Next he takes the theme park tickets, holding up the envelope and ducking his head as he says thank you into the microphone. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z And more than that, it feels as though the Bailey who entered the circus was an entirely different person than the one leaving it now, with a silver ticket in his pocket. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He bought our tickets, then turned me toward the dance floor. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Albert doesn’t have many clothes and he gets a ticket from Mr. Daniels every morning. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z What will Arthur do for Erik, his sponsor, his benefactor, his ticket to the big time? Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z My mother kissed her teeth when he gave her the ticket. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z I mean, I was grabbing the frozen dinners my mom had left me, anyway, thinking they’d come in handy at Fang’s, but I stuck the tickets back in the freezer, where I’d first found them. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z It had always been the other drivers who’d gotten the tickets, for following too close. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Veruca’s father, Mr. Salt, had eagerly explained to the newspapermen exactly how the ticket was found. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z We walk to the right staircase and I get in line with my ticket and Erin’s letter in my hand. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Three thin handmade tickets slid into my palm. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I said again, gesturing toward the ticket, “It is written there.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A battered customer-service kiosk stood just inside the door, and after a quick retinal scan it spat out my ticket. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “We can ask my mom or Nan or my dad. Or Wynn, if you want. You know, keep the extra ticket in the family.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Hagrid, who didn’t understand “Muggle money,” as he called it, gave the bills to Harry so he could buy their tickets. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z That was the golden ticket, because Martha Karolyi would select the next artistic gymnastics women’s senior and junior national teams based on the results at Nationals. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z So eventually Fred took his last three dollars and twenty-five cents and bought a bus ticket north for a new life. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Emily looked up to see Matthew applying a bumper sticker for Flush to the face of the ticket machine. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z As Zach pulled into a parking space in front, I saw them— five or six white men standing by the ticket booth. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z But it still took many, many months of persuasive pestering before Dasch received a new German passport and a ticket back to Germany. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z To put England’s advance in context, it would be over a century before music-mad Vienna had similarly open-to-all, ticketed public concerts. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z “How much did you pay for the tickets?” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z “What I’m asking is, how did you find each other in the parking lot? How did you know he was the one selling the tickets?” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z “Why, I’d give him five hundred dollars for that ticket! You want to sell that ticket for five hundred dollars, young man?” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z I had been given forty dollars in travel money, along with my bus ticket. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z “We have tickets. Didn’t my cousin hand them to you?” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Yes, I thought so," he said. He answered the ticket lady's baffled look with a satisfied smile. “Do you happen to know the address?" The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z I took the two tickets out of my shirt pocket and held them up. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z He held a book close to his eyes, then wagged it like a winning lottery ticket. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “Didn’t need to. Just sent me a confirmation number. Electronic ticket. All I have to do is turn up at the airport in a month and show ’em my ID, and I’m outta here.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z And Mom had freaked out over a ridiculously expensive plane ticket. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z He reached for my ticket, stared at it for a sec and looked at me, handed it back. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z When we finally got to the zoo, the man at the ticket booth looked surprised that anyone was there. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z In front of us was a little building, like a ticket booth. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I stopped by the ticket booth and handed the cane to Bring Back My Hammer. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z The soft cotton becomes wet with spit as I chew and think of how to pay for next week’s Superlotto ticket. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z But every time I was alone with Papa, he bought a whole bunch of tickets and called it a good investment. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She wanted to live a life of the mind, and the university was her ticket to that life. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z And now I needed a train ticket, and it was more money than I had. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z It made about as much sense to him as a fifty-five-dollar ticket costing sixty dollars. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z “We don't have a ticket,” Prosper whispered when the fully loaded boat cast off. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z The scene on the tarmac at the airport wasn’t as feverish as the one at the parking lot of Ratliff Stadium, where Permian fans had been lined up for two nights to buy tickets. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “I know it’s zahmat for you. But you look like a decent brother, and I—” “Don’t worry, hamshira. I understand. It’s no trouble. Let me go and buy your tickets.” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z After handing the shooter over to the police officers, ticket agent Robert Parke crossed the ladies' waiting room to the fallen president. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z And he said, “Have you got a ticket?” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Wakil handed tickets to the soldier, who tore them in half and handed them back. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z My grandfather, not knowing he was soon to be fired, had splurged on four tickets to The Minotaur, playing at the Family. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The clerk slaps a piece of paper in my palm: my ticket. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z This was the house Papa talked about when he held a lottery ticket and this was the house Mama dreamed up in the stories she told us before we went to bed. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z I couldn’t think of anything funny about buying a train ticket. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z I can’t believe an eye patch is a ticket to the lawn. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z “Show’s over. Go back to your lottery tickets.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “What can I say, babe? Tyson bought a ticket to the gun show.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z After we’re trained, Greta’s nice about giving us the same shift, and we do everything from selling tickets and making and selling popcorn to sweeping up between shows and shooing away pigeons. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z I certainly didn’t want Mr. Spizz to come by and ask about paying the ticket. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He gets tickets for speeding and having an open container of beer in his car. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Some people cried, while others were desperately looking for their ticket stubs. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z “You can never get a speeding ticket if you follow one of them,” he declared. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The woman at the box office sells you a ticket, rips it in half, and hands you the stub. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z She takes the fellow prisoner's combined currency of camp money, ration tickets and an additional "tip" for the shoes—two cigarettes wrapped in a bit of newspaper. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z With this credible alibi in place, he bought a ticket for the three-day cross-country bus ride. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Still, I couldn’t help secretly wondering if performing the Amanar—even an imperfect one—would have been my ticket onto the team. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Also, he discovers, his sample case is gone, all the bottles and rings and souvenir copper flashlights, all gone, along with his suitcase, his wallet, his passport, and his air tickets back to Oman. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z He is beginning to regret buying a ticket to Octopussy’s Garden. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Holmes acquired a ticket to a village called Englewood in the town of Lake, a municipality of 200,000 people that abutted Chicago’s southernmost boundary. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Before I could answer, the woman at the ticket counter cleared her throat. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z There had been the secret buying of the railway tickets. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z He bought two tickets, one for him and one for the boxes, and flew home with the Pentagon Papers on the seat beside him. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z But she went to the door Salvador had gone through and showed her ticket to the man. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z On the last day of February 1941, a dapper little Gestapo man comes to him with the news that the unwitting Dupont has tried to use the forged tickets. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “I have some tickets to the children’s museum, and they expire tomorrow.” Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z A kid sits behind the ticket wicket, his face framed by bags of pink and blue cotton candy. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Nerds who traded in their Comic-Con passes for gun show tickets. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z "I check if you have tickets, and if not, I throw you off the train." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Kate got them past the ticket queue and into the aquarium with no problem. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z But because he got thirty thousand pesetas and people had stayed in line all night to buy tickets to see him, the crowd demanded that he should be more than very good. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z I asked the ticket master, “How far north can I go on this much?” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “I will strangle Digby with arcade tickets if he shows his face.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z In a moment she reappeared to hurl my change and the ticket on the counter with such force most of it fell on the floor at my feet. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Matthew had found a group of friends from his school who were going to the Flush concert, so their parents had agreed to let him buy a ticket. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z 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 “So if you had the money, would you pay fifty-five dollars for a ticket?” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z “Now I know why those plane tickets were so important to you.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z They have only ever traveled business class to Europe but have jobs that can’t even afford them a regular flight ticket. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z It was time for step two: the train ticket to Leningrad, the Soviet Union's second-largest city. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Robert only stays long enough for my mother to thank him for buying our tickets for getting us home. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z X-Ray laughed, then handed Armpit the envelope containing the two remaining tickets. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z There was a line at the ticket window. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z There were a few bills from some shop in San Paolo, a receipt from a supermarket, a ticket to the Doge’s Palace. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z We bought our tickets to Nogales and boarded. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z We stand in a line that’s kinda long, and when we finally get to the front, Mama hands the clerk our tickets. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z I could see someone in a park ranger uniform standing in the ticket window. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z JonPaul took my letter when I found him near his locker, but as I turned to walk away, he said quietly, “I gave your concert ticket to Greggie.” Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Will she sell a ticket to a kid alone, or will she call the cops? The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z "My teacher told me a little bit about tickets, but I sort of forgot. And I guess I should know that only rich people own planes." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z “Let me help you here, sir,” the ticket seller said, in that comically contrived “white” accent that uneducated people liked to put on. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I had left enough in my pocket for a train ticket, but before we got to Marshall, I found out that L.D. didn’t have nothing. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Redeem me like a pawn ticket worth little on the marketplace, but priceless in retrieving real value? Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z While I liked to save my money for hard times ahead, I would use some for a paying ticket. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z After a while a guy wearing a Lonestar Arena T-shirt came out and tried to adjust the line so that instead of sticking straight out from the ticket window, it went parallel to the building. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z My father’s ticket was much worse—he was doing 93 on the turnpike. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z “I’m glad you’re not a Saint Bernard,” I whispered down to the duffel bag, then walked out around the corner and up to the ticket window. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z She was driving to the courthouse with the divorce papers when she got the speeding ticket that led to her meeting my father. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Kat and I kept Salim company in the queue until we got to the man who collected the tickets, who was shouting, ‘Eleven-thirty boarders step this way!’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Her hands free, she opened the suitcase, rummaged, and found the ticket. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z She picked the tickets off the comforter and fanned them across one hand. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z “Yeah, all the parents, all the kids, all the teachers, everyone. They even sell tickets to the community, like people who are up from the city come, the college kids in town, everyone.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z The police and reporters were so moved that they passed around the hat and raised money for three tickets on the next plane to New York. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z “It’s the Quidditch World Cup this summer! How about it, Harry? Come and stay, and we’ll go and see it! Dad can usually get tickets from work.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z People stood in line for hours to buy tickets to her recitals. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z At Christmastime Papa bought us tickets to see the nearby Pennsylvania Ballet dance The Nutcracker. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z As Hand Clap had told me, Lefty bought his ticket home, but the night before he was to leave, he tried to double his money. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z X-Ray didn’t sell a single ticket over the weekend. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z The only one he saw was several blocks away, with tourists lined up to buy tickets. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z A police detective had discovered that Theodore Johnson’s airline ticket was purchased over the Internet and that the same computer had also purchased a ticket to Costa Rica for someone named Denise Linaria. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z One more thing—be certain to have this ticket with you, otherwise you will not be admitted. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z “Look, they’re your tickets. You don’t have to buy them twice!” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z For months, he would resist Berkeley’s blandishments to leave Yale, despite the obvious benefits associated with writing his own ticket. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z After he was gone, I bought enough tickets for one ride and walked in. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I hung up the phone and bought a plane ticket. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z In 1853, at age fifteen, Victoria married a twenty-eight-year-old physician, Canning Woodhull, thinking he would be her ticket to a better life. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z His dad wasn’t wrong about how ugly things would get with Richards leading the ticket. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “I felt better then. The worst moment was my arrival in Baton Rouge. I realized that I had a round-trip ticket and would have to return on the bus.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z After he handed us our passes, we hurried over to the ticket gate. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z Searching for a way to get ahead, some blacks stuck in service jobs thought that joining forces in an organized way, black and white laborers together, might be their ticket to something better. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “Why not? I got us plane tickets. I booked us a hotel.” Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The ticket man yelled out that he was out of tickets and wouldn’t sell more until after the train came. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z They’re to keep the fans of opposing teams from getting into fights with each other, and to keep out people who didn’t pay for a ticket. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “Which trunk did you steal those from? Cost more than a third class ticket, I’d say.” I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z ‘I mean really lost. The police are looking for him. It was just after you came up to us and gave us that ticket. Remember?’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z My father presented his ticket, but the policeman still refused. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z He inserted the ticket and went through the gate. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z At the ticket counter, an immigration officer had routinely checked his passport, entering the number: Z7792702. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z She would have been there in person to hear the announcement, but by the time she knew they were moving to San Francisco, tickets had all been given away. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The station agent, in green eyeshade and black alpaca work- sleeves, leaned through the ticket window, talking to a friend. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z When we returned to the ticket shack, the light was off and Dusty had gone. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z She runs off in the direction of the ticket booth while Bailey watches the clock tick closer to twelve. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He even bought a ticket for her, so it didn’t cost her anything. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z What I did was, I went up to the window where they sell the tickets and bought old Phoebe a ticket. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z Old tickets and advertisements fluttered around the asphalt. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z The other day I discovered a stack of parking tickets in a comer behind a chair—there must have been forty or fifty of them. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z “If they took most of your money,” she asked, “then how’d you get a bus ticket?” The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Then he told me that he’d found a lottery ticket in her purse and she hadn’t been able to explain how she paid for it. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z “Of course it will stop. That’s the ticket, old pagan. Now then, are we ready?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, I was supposed to go to a few Celtics games, but now they’re giving the tickets to my uncle and cousins,” Trevor said. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z He had tickets and they were going to see Henry Hull in The Man Who Came Back. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z We probably wouldn’t have the best seats in the Garden, since we’d have to buy our tickets late, but at least we’d be there. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Tomorrow from the school pay phone, she’d call the bus station and find out how much the ticket cost. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z Go back to the days when people camped out overnight for tickets with huge smiles on their faces, as if they were performing an important service for their country. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z So he borrowed money from his relatives to buy a train ticket to Berlin. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z Ten dollars for railway tickets, and another ten for lodgings. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Dicey hurried over to a ticket window and bought four tickets to Annapolis. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z One night, after Forrest had been staying with Jule in London for a week, he bought the two of them tickets to see A Winter’s Tale at the Royal Shakespeare Company. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “I have the tickets of Monsieur. I will also take the passport, please. Monsieur breaks his journey in Stamboul, I understand?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s the roulette for tickets, where I once spent a lot of credits only for someone to come up right after me and immediately win five hundred tickets. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z The ticket lady let another gum bubble pop and eyed the box curiously. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z The game of darts was in full swing again, and the knot of men at the bar had begun talking about Lottery tickets. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z “Thanks for the ticket back. And the clothes.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z “Give me your meal tickets!” he demanded gruffly. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z She set it up on my day off from the Brown Cow and give Biddy and me tickets to the movie. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Under the law, blacks and whites could choose to eat in the same restaurants and get tickets to shows in the same theaters. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Police usually release the innocent on the street—often without a ticket, citation, or even an apology—so their stories are rarely heard in court. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z They presented him with a wallet bulging with traveling money, a train ticket, new clothes, a shaving kit, and a suitcase emblazoned with the words torrance tornado. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z She must have known about his visit for at least two weeks because everybody I know has to buy airline tickets that far in advance to get the discount. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z I was proud to have a paying ticket and not be riding the rails. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He’d booked a ticket to Manhattan on the same Greyhound as I had, so there we were, together again, heading into the city. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Jane and Michael, holding their tickets, walked on into the Zoo grounds. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z He pulled the car into the station, presented the ticket, got the trunk, hoisted it to the running board, and headed again for the Dalton home. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Everyone hands over their tickets, and I feel like I just won in Vegas. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z “I thought we agreed you were going to give him a ticket to the carnival so he could go on the rides,” Mom said. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Remember when you and Uncle Jimmy left me there alone? I filled up bags of food for us, but I also tore off some instant tickets and put them in my pocket.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z “The tickets are for Belle’s concert,” I say. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z Federal deregulation has done the same for plane tickets and long-distance phone calls. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z But then I think I could get her something really good if I win more tickets. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z Mrs. Sen took a ticket from the machine at the counter and waited in line. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z It was usually our manager that collected ticket money. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “So I understand you paid six hundred dollars for the tickets, is that correct?” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Papa had been trying his best to cheer Mama up ever since the Tuesday before, when, as Aunt Loma put it, “Miss Love grabbed Sister’s ticket to New York.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “I understand that Rasheed agha has tickets for the bus to Kabul that leaves shordy. So, in the interest of time, we will bypass some of the traditional steps to speed up the proceedings.” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z “So you didn’t sell the tickets, did you?” said Armpit. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z “And I also see that Ms. Cadence already has one guest inside and has not marked down that she’s expecting another. Now unless you can produce your ticket, I’m afraid I must insist you leave.” A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Then he finds a parking ticket in your coat, proving you spent two hours in the middle of the day parked somewhere in the center of town. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z As for the floor, you couldn’t have found a greater confusion if the ceiling had been lifted off and the sky had rained down ticket stubs and newspapers and Baby Ruth wrappers. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Ms. G said I could have his ticket! The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z When we finally pulled into the parking lot, my body had to adjust to sub-light speeds before I could pour myself out of the Smokemobile’s backseat and follow Sohrab to the ticket office. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z He bought a strip of twenty tickets for a dollar and they started to dance. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sell us the tickets at once or I shall report you to the rail authority for child discrimination!” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z I just wish I could give her a ticket to pass Go faster. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Armpit might have guessed they were street people, except for the fact that they were waiting in line to buy sixty-dollar tickets. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z The woman beckons you over to the ticket booth. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Lying mute on the floor between us, a crumpled envelope and two concert tickets. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z I take all my money out of the bank, $120, money I earned slaving away at my mother’s bakery, and buy a one-way bus ticket to Miami. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He had never acted, never painted a set, never worked on a stage crew, never ushered or as much as sold a ticket. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z We pay a couple of dollars and they give us tickets, and then we're in. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z The passports and tickets were in a pile at one side. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z She said, “Of course,” and then turned and walked away, conscious of them watching her as she entered the ticket hall and crossed it. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The plane hadn't even left Paris when the New Yorker seated beside me turned to ask how much I'd paid for my round-trip ticket. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z He took a cab to the airport, where he was able to exchange his ticket for the next flight, but there were no first-class seats available. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z I lean close to Apa and study the ticket in his hand. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z “Why not just have your dad come and save a plane ticket?” The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z It was a vast open-air hall with wooden benches, a velvet curtain with Greek masks, and three box offices in the shape of lions' heads, through whose mouths the tickets were sold. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z The only ones in line for tickets were two children and a young couple who immediately vanished inside the dark auditorium. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z As usual, she was broke, dumping single dollar bills, change, pennies on the counter to pay for the one-way ticket to Ohio. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He punched my ticket and said, “All the way to Texarkana, huh?” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z If I came along and helped look after her two toddlers, she said she’d pay me two hundred dollars at the end of the summer and buy me a bus ticket back to Welch. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z It began to bother her, thinking of how much she had paid for the suburban train ticket. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Inside, a folded sheet of paper and two tickets. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z A woman wearing a special train hat comes and inspects my ticket, which is sort of fun. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He would take my place packing, I was told, and would learn the ticketing machine. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z And I said, “Where do I get a ticket for the train from?” because he hadn’t answered my question. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Since I was so worried about the ticket I couldn’t lie in bed and read, so I just got dressed and went outside and started mowing the lawn with the tractor. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Once he was on the platform Archie knew he could not refuse to go on, even when he heard about the tickets. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Or would you at least try to get your tickets back?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Prosper leafed through the compartments but there were only a few one thousand lire notes tucked in between crumpled receipts, restaurant bills, and used vaporetto tickets. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z No one spoke as they showed their tickets and boarded bus 22. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z “We will set a new standard for entertainment! If Mother is pleased, we can write our own ticket to fame and fortune!” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “I’m Tel’s friend,” he said, naming the girl who sold the tickets at the movie. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He arrived home one night, late again, but armed with plane tickets. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Movie theaters make most of their profits from their snack coun-ters, not from ticket sales. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z “Hey, man, it was nice seeing you,” he said to the ticket guy. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z He called X-Ray to make sure he hadn’t already sold the tickets. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Turned out, he was a big Danny Devon fan and even offered to buy his own ticket. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z By rough estimates, it had cost the town approximately two and a half to three dollars a week for over two years just to ticket Onofre Martinez. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She managed to shift a shallow layer of Kleenex, which her mother had used for blotting lipstick, and thus exposed the corner of a red ticket. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a long line at the ticket counter, but Armpit breezed right past it and went to the one for first-class passengers, where there was almost no wait. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z We were all decent guys from nice neighborhoods and good families, picked up for unpaid parking tickets and other infractions. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z When Francie brought a ticket and a dime back and pushed them across the counter, he gave her the wrapped shirt and two lichee nuts in exchange. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z "I don't know. The Lunts. It's all I could get tickets for." The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z The ticket man's face twitches like he's been stung. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z As I sat on the floor near the hotel window, I thought about my mother, who had agreed to pay for half of my plane ticket and hotel fees. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z We arrived at the station only to find that the manager would not sell us tickets. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Like if she finds a dollar, which means God wants her to buy a lotto ticket. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z We got out and walked up to the ticket booth, where Mom quietly spoke with the cashier for a minute before buying four tickets to the movie. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z But Daddy was so excited and had spent so much money on the tickets, I couldn’t disappoint him. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “You just do your job, Cochran, sell the tickets. And leave the details to me.” The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Years later, Bobby laughed in reminiscing about the incident: “And he sold us the ticket without further talk. He thought there was something wrong with my chest!” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I put us on the list for two tickets, which was standard behavior for a junior-associate adviser and her summer-associate charge. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “Well, sure,” Gladys called, hurrying out of the precinct yard, her shoulder bag bursting with black speeding tickets. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She zipped up her jacket, stood up straight, and went out to the ticket counter. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z We waited for a while at each stop and then the conductor came through to punch tickets. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Johnnie Larch had got to the airport, and he handed his ticket to the woman on the counter, and she asked to see his driver’s license. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z It was the train conductor, snipping holes in the tickets of each passenger as he passed through the aisle. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z The girl selling tickets smiled down at them. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Big Ben donged eleven o’clock as we reached the ticket queue, which was very long. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z An FBI agent asked to see her ticket and look in her bags. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z At the airport he unloaded our bags, helped us verify our tickets. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z As we approached the marina, I could see that the Coral Queen was dark, though a light shone in the ticket shack at the foot of the dock. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z As they were rounding the square, a vendor came up to sell them a lottery ticket. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Bill and I were going to sit in the barreras, and I gave the extra ticket to a waiter to sell. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Mr. Montsisi, who now talked on my behalf, told the official that the deposit and the plane ticket would be taken care of. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a line for the train tickets a hundred people long. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z On an impulse she said, “Aunt Consuelo, may I take Irela to the cinema with me? I will buy her a ticket.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z They reproduced and grew up so fast that there was barely time to sell the tickets for the raffle. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z I had thought that would be my ace, my ticket to getting the part. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Mameh was his meal ticket to America, and once he got here, he was done with her. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The woman just sighs, rolls her eyes, and hands me the ticket. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z He feared anyone in uniform: the meter maid giving out parking tickets, a museum guard approaching to tell him not to get too close to his favorite Goya. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Down the staircase, up another, around the bend, past the ticket booth Sally ran, and Dolores, too, huffing and puffing till she thought she couldn’t run any farther. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Instead, the usher looked at the ticket, looked at her, then looked at the ticket again before calling over a second usher to personally escort her. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z “Man, just give me my ticket—” “Get out the car! Hands up, where I can see them.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z The Federalist ticket featured Adams and Thomas Pinckney of South Carolina as a tandem. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z I look at the board above the counter and say, “Can I get a ticket to Casablanca, please?” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Always paid for my ticket when I could. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She gets on the loudspeaker, calling the names of the last people to buy tickets. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z He let the hunchback keep the disputed ticket and issued another one to the colored girl. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z But this year, with everything that’s happened, I don’t notice the banners and the signs announcing ticket sales. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Except we never get pulled over, because no one, including the cops themselves, would put it past Brick to ice a cop to get himself out of a ticket. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “We’ll take the ticket to someone else. Someone who can help.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z At first Victor went to buy a ticket as well, but then he decided to walk. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z She works at the ticketing counter for a big airline at Philadelphia International Airport. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z “Oh yes,” said Mr. Weasley, tucking the tickets safely into the back pocket of his jeans. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Abby was dancing more for my sake than her own, and that felt almost as good as getting those tickets. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z “May this movie be the ticket to your Ivy League futures. You’re all A-list in my eyes.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The ticket seller had a dim banker’s lamp burning behind his wee cage. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z He returns to the entry well and starts tearing passengers’ tickets. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z In June, in one of those conversations, she got the impression from him that he was frustrated and that it seemed the likely outcome of the case would be a ticket for driving left-of-center. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z I’m the kind of girl who makes fun of people who buy lottery tickets. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z I’d spend the rest of my days living in fear, looking over my shoulder, tormented by nightmares, waiting for them to finally come back and punch my ticket. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z It had been given to them, everything—including tickets to Disney World—all paid for; a gift of healing from the town of Shanksville. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z Francie took the tickets, thanked him and was backing off when he asked, “Would that be your mother sittin’ over there in the green hat?” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I used up everything I had on my train ticket into the city. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Being a paying customer this time, with a full-fledged ticket, I didn’t have to jump off, and I knew that the preacher would be waiting for me. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Then I got back outside, and the guy shows up, and I told him the tickets were no longer for sale. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z The tickets he wrote out were long and convoluted and very elaborate. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “This ticket says round trip, Marshall, Texas, to St. Louis, Missouri. Don’t you try to put one over on me.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Her first thought was that it was a forged ticket and she was being escorted to the exit. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z ‘Low-down factory tag. I done paid my money and I ghy ride. White man, you make her give me back my ticket.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The mums went off for coffee, just as we'd planned, and Salim and the two Sparks cousins joined the ticket queue. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z There are no ticket machines as far as I can see, so I head straight for the booths. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Argus unloaded our bags, made sure we got our bus tickets, then drove away, the eye on the back of his hand opening to watch us as he pulled out of the parking lot. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z "We don't let your kind on our trains," the man at the ticket counter announces. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z He double-checked that he had the tickets and pencil and paper, then he went back into the living room to face his parents. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z We paid for our tickets and walked in. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z “No, sir. I got off in St. Louis, but I already bought a ticket that goes to Cleveland.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Hamlin was a Northerner, and Lincoln needed a Southern presence on the ticket. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t need to ask the ticket master for directions. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Wilkins then asked Carter how many tickets they wanted set aside if the game was held in Odessa. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z As she pulls out a ticket he inquires, first in French and then in English when she does not catch his meaning, if she might know whom he could contact about the clock. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Finally the man behind the ticket counter called out, “Bus number 94 arriving from Raleigh!” Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Wally has bought a ticket to fly on Virgin Galactic's spacecraft, scheduled to launch in December 2013. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z Dicey asked about tickets to Bridgeport, how much they cost. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z He had shaken the KGB tail, and he secured his ticket. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “The tickets you sold. Where did you get them? You mentioned standing in line for six hours.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z I turn around one last time to look at all the things we could not do because we had only one line of tickets. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z In front of me stared the ticketed pigeon-holes, and the words upon them “letters-unanswered,” “estate,” “miscellaneous,” were like a reproach to me for my idleness. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z We marched past the ticket booth, the clerk now gone, then down off the platform, out of the depot, and into the streets. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z He worked for the Rangers and he had some tickets for me to a baseball game against the New York Yankees! Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But he didn't have enough money to buy a ticket for passage, so Dasch snuck onto a ship and sailed to America as a stowaway. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z Beer, candy wrappers, old movie ticket stubs, and one soiled pair of underwear had been left on the ground around it as offerings. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z “After all,” Santa said to him as he handed tickets to the two ladies, “you the one’s got all the money.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z And when he told one of my students he had tickets to the “Rage Against the Machine” concert, she turned to me and whispered, “Doesn’t he realize that he is the machine?” The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z A first-class planned escape, complete with a forged Chinese passport and an air ticket from Beijing to Seoul, sold for ten thousand dollars or more. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z In the album Dad’s ticket looks sort of lumpy and wrinkled because he’d crumpled it into a ball when the state trooper handed it to him. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z “See, I didn’t get the tickets from a scalper. Well, technically I did, but I didn’t buy them.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z I paused for a moment, then looked down at the other two tickets. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “In Philadelphia, tickets went for seven hundred and fifty dollars,” she said, trying to show that she knew a thing or two. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z “No, boy, your ticket ends in St. Louis.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He wore a monocle, which Ophie had only ever seen once before; the ticket clerk in Atlanta had worn one when she and her mama booked passage north. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z “Did you really think I wouldn’t notice? I know how many seats I got, and I know how many tickets I took.” The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z But it does not include restaurant meals, video rentals, Internet access, wine and liquor, cigarettes and lottery tickets, or even very much meat. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, if I don’t see you before your ticket comes through, Sister Henderson, have a good trip and hurry back home.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “He’s going to have to start handing out tickets to all the babes. Make them wait in line.” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z I see children and their parents buying tickets, just like the tickets Mack sells. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z I promise to do my best, and we get out of there with a ticket to pick up the suit next week. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z “See that ticket stub? I went to that show. It was at Madison Square Garden, the old one. Great show. I danced salsa all the way home.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z “That’s my ticket out. All we have to do is get to it.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z He walked very quickly across the carpeted lobby, looking at nothing, and pausing only to see his ticket torn, half of it thrown into a silver box and half returned to him. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z There wasn’t a ticket booth at this station, so there was no MTA worker who might care too much about his job. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z Then he drove over to St. Luke’s Hospital and gave the ticket to Pollard. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Your brother asked us to give you some money for a bus ticket.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z And he said, “Have you got any money to get a ticket?” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z And I did detecting by watching and I saw that people were putting tickets into gray gates and walking through. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “Why are you giving me a train ticket?” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The people who bought tickets to our Echoes of the Soul fundraising concert did not simply support one hundred and fifty high school kids, they supported a cause. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z ‘This man - he came up and offered us a ticket. For free. He’d bought it and then decided he couldn’t face the ride.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z The patches aren’t fast enough, and before we know it disgruntled men swarm the ticket wagon demanding refunds. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z I was crouched low enough that I could see the top of the ticket window, but not the person inside. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Why didn’t they sell the tickets to Felix when they had the chance? Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z “And that’s the last thing I said,” said Armpit, shaking X-Ray on each word: “Don’t. . . sell. . . the . . . tickets!” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z The people at the cafeteria were civilians, and they didn’t want any part of our meal tickets, even though a sergeant tried to explain to the head of the cafeteria that the U.S. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z And I need to stay focused on reading, if I want to win those tickets to the zoo. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z No, not on the creative end, she said, but would he want to help with ticket sales and other administrative tasks? Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z At the gate of the corrals two men took tickets from the people that went in. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z “After that we have to see about some Broadway tickets,” said Milton. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “It’s a little living creature—and it sings beautifully! I’m going to give up my season ticket to the Philharmonic.” The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Hope Springs Hardware was covered with signs advertising a “Sizzling Summer Sale” and free tickets to Griggs’ Rigs Racing with any purchase. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z I feel the pile of tickets in my pocket and think about a prize for Charlie. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z He could’ve written a “left of center” ticket, a moving violation that would have laid the matter to rest. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z She had eleven dollars left, not enough for train tickets to San Antonio. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “But maybe with the ticket we could find a way out,” Julie said. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Bill Thorpe asked, sticking his tongue out good-naturedly at Mercedes as he got the tickets on the package from Nick. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Ablative’s the ticket. The hard ones are always ablative.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Ira Baker, the train station agent, opened the ticket window at the Amagansett train station. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z He drove to Las Vegas, sold his junk-heap car, packed his collection of maps, old letters, manuscripts, and books, and bought a ticket for a Greyhound bus. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z We line up outside the Hub by last name and proceed through the security check—full-body scanners and luggage imaging like at the airport, but with a ticket to nowhere. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Unlike mine, which is completely black on the outside, Emery’s is covered in stickers, concert tickets, and tape. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “It’s a winning lottery ticket. New York has to pay.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z “Better not try to go out home to dinner. We’ll likely have another rush just before the show opens. Get you a lunch at Rogers’ and put a ticket in the drawer.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Every time Ms. G asked for a final headcount to reserve our plane tickets, I never responded. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z As always, the plaza area was littered with a thousand fragments of recently torn-up parking tickets that looked like muddy stars. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “You have to buy tickets for Shoot the Moon, but Flush will be playing, too.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The earring is surely worth more than two train tickets. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z He cannot slide down the aisles of buses, counting change and selling tickets. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He worked downtown and took on a wide variety of cases, from traffic tickets to criminal defense. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z She remembered years ago how she had treated herself to a game at the stadium, and that she had ticket number six in the center section over home plate, row B, next to seat seven. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z He held a book close to his eyes, then wagged it like a winning lottery ticket. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “I’m running on the Salami Party ticket,” Ice said. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z Our admission ticket into these groups is not our thoughts or our feelings. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z When the ticket arrived from California, they became frantic. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z After I picked up my ticket I announced rather casually that I would be leaving the following day. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z She’s knocking her rings together, topaz, I think, like the kind my mom once pawned when she wanted to buy Olivia concert tickets for her thirteenth birthday. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Saved a dollar every week for a lotto ticket, but we never won more than twenty. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Smoking half a joint wasn’t necessarily a one-way ticket to the booby hatch, and a den, I was gently told, was not the same as a basement. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z “If the experts don’t know for sure, I don’t mind not knowing. Let’s get tickets for home.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Told that the boy was twelve, the agent refused to sell her a ticket. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z In far-off Russia, a woman called Charlotte Russe claimed to have found the second ticket, but it turned out to be a clever fake. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z “I’m using the ticket to get out,” she said. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z “Look, kid, you came in here and asked me for a ticket. I gave you one on the next bus.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z A tall, square-shouldered first lieutenant gave out meal tickets, and we were told we could use them at the airport cafeteria. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z A small brown bear waddled through the heart of town stirring up parking ticket flakes, but nothing else: the Doberman Brutus in the Pilar Cafe was much too tired to bark. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z "Some weather! Hot! Hot! Hot! Is it hot enough for you? Is it hot? Is it . . . ?" My commutation ticket came back to me with a dark stain from his hand. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z But I just couldn’t tell her the whole truth about the ticket and Mr. Spizz and his threat to have Dad’s runway closed down. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z If we charge $15 a ticket and there are a thousand seats in the auditorium here, that’s fifteen thousand right there.Then we have a bake sale set up in the lobby. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Over lunch in Boston Common, Felix learned she had season tickets in LA. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z “Because we don’t have enough money. Each ticket is two forty-five. That makes nine dollars and eighty cents all together and we’ve only got seven dollars.” Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z “You real dummy, Henry. Don’t you know? You just free dance ticket. She just using you.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Mom got two tickets through work for Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back in concert. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z I see my mom move through the line toward the lady taking tickets. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z She was released after a year and immediately bought a one-way bus ticket to California. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z After only a couple wrong turns Mong led us to the bus station and I paid for three one-way tickets to L.A., the farthest south we could go in one shot. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Beyond the ticket booth the only way forward is through a heavy striped curtain. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z And he said, “Back by the ticket office,” and he pointed with his thumb. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z A quarter an hour was a decent take, and he was saving for third-class train tickets to the Mexican border, the price of a new life with his girl. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Go find a train or bus station and buy a ticket somewhere. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “Like, do you even get that you just lost front-row Hamilton tickets?” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z "Yeah. Henry's got your ticket. The boss said if you ever came back you might as well see what you came back for." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “Prime seats!” said the Ministry witch at the entrance when she checked their tickets. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “Okay, so how much does a train or bus ticket cost?” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Then there was the lady who sold lottery tickets for a turkey raffle. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z I buy us tickets to Vancouver, which has the advantage of being warm, or so I suppose. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “I was thinking about the tickets, not what he looked like.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z He knows all about buses, and we buy tickets with the bit of leftover money from Earring Aunty. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z It was with pride that I waved the ticket collector’s hand away and showed Mr. Kumar into the zoo. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Ms. Morales had insisted she leave her notebooks in the car, so Emma had been reduced to writing potential code keys on napkins and awards tickets, and stuffing them in her pocket. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z I bought a ticket to Idaho for Christmas. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I quickly pull out our itinerary, travel tickets, and reservations. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I recognized the skinny man behind the ticket window. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z The ticket seller’s pockmarked face brightened in a wide smile. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z They entered a huge, hollow hall lined with benches and ticket windows. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z After the broken phone and Dad’s expensive plane ticket, I didn’t want to make things worse for Mom and Dad. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z He reached for the ticket of the woman in the nearest seat, who—based on the numerous crossword puzzles scattered around her—appeared to be a Talented solver. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z “I really didn’t know the tickets were counterfeit,” he said. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z “I told the guy they were no longer for sale, and he offered two hundred a ticket.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Once again, he noticed This ticket may not be resold clearly printed on the back. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z And a train ticket for no reason was food straight out of the Diamants’ mouths. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Anderson appeared at Armstrong High again in 1937, but as the demand for tickets to her performances continued to grow, Howard University rented the still larger downtown Rialto Theater for her 1938 concert. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z The scene resembled the ticket counters that served flights to Haiti, or to any other poor country in the world. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z I held on to the ticket and my body grew tense, hot as fire; but I was used to that too. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z We ended up in the main part of the station, which had a coffee place, newsstand, and several ticket machines. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z Kat told her in a quiet voice, not like her normal voice, all about the strange man, the free ticket, tracking the pod and waiting for Salim to come down, and how he hadn’t. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Her parents had spoken to mine, so Annie and I got tickets to fly up to Seattle together on Friday after school. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z In his paw were two pink tickets which he held out to the children. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z When people are released from Illinois prisons, they are given as little as $10 in “gate money” and a bus ticket to anywhere in the United States. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z You have sat here and voted guilty with everyone else because there are some baseball tickets burning a hole in your pocket. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z It could be his Christmas gift to her, two airplane tickets tucked into the back of the guide. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z You didn’t need to shell out twenty bucks for a movie ticket at the real theater because you got all of that in much more lux surroundings at her place. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Rahel could smell the sheaf of bus tickets and the sourness of the steel bus rails on the conductor’s hands. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She had four passports, four driver’s licenses, three wigs, several thousand dollars in cash, and a credit card number belonging to Forrest Smith-Martin that would do for buying plane tickets. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z He was brought to the Amtrak ticket counter, and now Zeitoun saw that they were fingerprinting and photographing each of them. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z “All students are encouraged to participate. I’m sure you’ll make us proud. The winner will get four tickets to Six Flags and a big check for college savings.” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z “I have it, Mr. Pignati,” John insisted, giving a dollar bill to the man in the ticket booth. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z Later, Jack would wonder how his father had managed to get them first- class tickets on the overcrowded train. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z Then I hopped on an early train to London and didn't pay a penny because there's this trick I know to dodge the ticket collectors. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z He was too old to shine tourists’ shoes or sell lottery tickets. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z There was no way that many people from Dallas would come to a football game 350 miles away in Odessa, and he did not want to tie up such a large number of tickets. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Crouching low, I dashed across a clearing and ducked behind Dusty Muleman’s ticket shed. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z “Oh, honey. We just gave away your tickets.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z They stood in line and got tickets for a tour. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z He had lied, of course, and had instead gone straight to his uncle to beg for enough cash to buy a plane ticket. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z I booked an air ticket for myself and thought that helping my father, saving a few bucks, and writing on my own was all the purpose I needed. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z The old man who owned it sat miserably in his booth, flipping the end of a roll of tickets against his forefinger. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z One was of the strange man who’d sold us the ticket. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Judging by Professor Sprout’s scowl, she did mind, but Lockhart said, “That’s the ticket,” and closed the greenhouse door in her face. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z And I said, “Where do I get a ticket for the train from?” because if you are lost and you need directions you can ask a policeman. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Right that minute, the conductor came around for old Mrs. Morrow's ticket, and it gave me a chance to quit shooting it. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z The simpering landlady on the first floor takes the sheaf of ration tickets he offers and buries them in her housecoat. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Enough to buy himself a hundred and twenty sheep, a return ticket, and a license to import products from Africa into his own country. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z When they got to the concert, scanning the tickets took over an hour because they had to swipe through 1,442 of them. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z Shot another woman as she was walking in to buy lottery tickets. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z And sure enough, there were three tickets inside, just the same as there were every year. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z They couldn’t get any closer without a ticket, and the streets were roped off for blocks. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z I pick up a slop bucket—my ticket to the ship’s deck. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z We don’t have the money to buy the tickets ourselves for times is hard but you might be able to see your way. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z When she turned around I asked, “Can I trade in this ticket and go play one game of baseball?” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I talked enough and stole enough and sold enough to buy a steamship ticket, and I joined the multitudes going to America. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z My dad doesn’t say a word and just stuffs my ticket into his coat pocket and grabs me by the elbow and pulls me out the door. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z “Didn’t the agent who sold you the tickets tell you it wasn’t necessary to confirm on tickets purchased less than three days in advance?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Artemis would not risk causing brain damage to his meal ticket, nor could he afford to reveal the Book as the source of his information. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Then she, Salim and I found the end of the ticket queue and joined it. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z “Every hotel concierge knows who to call if some guest wants tickets. All I’m sayin’ is, it’s not as easy as you think for a couple of independents. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z “It is about winning. Winning those tickets to the photo shoot.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z There are at least a hundred people in line at the old ticket windows, struggling to find a place to look that isn’t a painful reminder of what our collective reality is. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z A ticket to ride the subway, like some rollercoaster to Hades. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z I'd planned to join him, but that first year, when the time came to buy my ticket, I chickened out, realizing that I was afraid of France. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z “I could give you a speeding ticket,” he declared. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z All of this meant that I would buy my ticket this Tuesday, 3 p.m. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z I had the uneasy feeling that we were abandoning them, as if we had the magic ticket and they did not. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z "Too hot. By the way, I got the bus tickets." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z “Oh, shut up, Gonzalez. Did you get my plane ticket to Chicago for the Bears' game with the Packers?” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Matthew had found a group of friends from his school who were going to the Flush concert, so their parents had agreed to let him buy a ticket. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “Well, I paid the man for a ticket all the way to Cleveland.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Look, I’m not saying you couldn’t make more than seventy-five dollars a ticket. I wouldn’t be talkin’ to you if I didn’t think so. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z A few moments later the same tickets were handed to me by other customers. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z If they hadn’t been there to sell tickets, he wouldn’t have minded a sausage wrap or a chopped-beef sandwich. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Fadi clenched the boarding ticket in his fist and stared out the small round window. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z The woman in the ticket booth does not recognize him when he pays his admission in full. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z ‘Mum and Auntie Glo gave me this money yesterday. Remember? For the five tickets. The souvenir photo was seven pounds. This is what’s left.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z He knew he had a ticket for a flight on Friday, but he didn’t know if it would work today. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z A porter had been charged with our welfare—he got off the train the next day in Arizona—and our tickets were pinned to my brother’s inside coat pocket. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Miss Celia just shrugs but I keep those tickets safe in a drawer in case there’s ever any question. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z My mom slapped the tickets against her palm. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Carole had purchased first-class tickets on a commercial flight, but now everyone worried that John’s condition was so fragile, his appearance so scary, that the airline pilot might not allow them to fly. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z “After all,” Grandma Josephine said, “in the whole wide world there are only three tickets left to be found.” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z Two weeks beforehand his hotel reservation had been made and for a long time he had carried his railroad ticket in an envelope in his pocket. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z We felt an incident boiling, but none of us wanted the young Negro, who had paid for his ticket, to be forced to vacate his seat. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Next to it is a very bored-looking cyclops; it glances down at its ticket and rolls its large, bulging eye. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z The ticket master’s office was the only building. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Anyway, the new one is coming out the weekend of December 4, and Pam wants me to buy advance tickets—there’s only one theater in Chokecherry, and when it sells out, that’s it. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z I had never really thought about why we’d gotten so few tickets to David’s graduation that Granny hadn’t even been able to go. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Donatelli showed tickets to a sleepy old man at the door, and led them through a dark corridor into a large, bare room filled with older men, half-naked boys, and cigar smoke. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Ellie clutched her bag and refused a newspaper from a kid and watched the main entrance by the ticket counter. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z At the ticket booth, I remember, Linda stood off to one side. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z It looms across from the ticket booth, just inside the large iron gates. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He had a little drawer just for the ticket stubs of the movies he and Isabelle saw together. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z “Okay, well, this is a good start. I’m going to talk to some of the other people seated nearby at the concert. Maybe they also bought their tickets from Habib.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z In the far corner stood a carnival ticket booth with a mechanical dummy seated inside. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z Other than that, if I wasn’t selling tickets, I was reading. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z In most-cases he was asked whether he wanted to book a ticket, but in one of them, the Fantasia, no one answered the phone. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z “I bought seven tickets and rented six strangers and a minivan for the night.” Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z At Port Authority I wandered past the tie shops and fast-food stalls, looking for the ticket booths. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I’m behaving myself perfectly and I am getting no free tickets. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Write the inmate a ticket for disobeying a direct order? Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z When, in the time of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven, we refer to a ‘public’ concert, it is not in the modern sense of a gathering open to absolutely anyone, for the price of a ticket. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z “And at the end of the summer, buy her a bus ticket to New York City.” The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I purchased a ticket to Idaho for Christmas. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “Ma’am, I’m sorry, but I simply can’t let you in without a ticket. In any case, the competition is already well under way.” A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z “Show him the ticket, Charlie!” shouted Grandpa Joe, who was still dancing around the floor like a dervish in his striped pajamas. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z “We stop selling tickets in half an hour,” said the girl. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z “There’re discounts. Half-price tickets for Broadway. I want to see Wicked. A musical about the witches of Oz.” Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z “As soon as I can buy a ticket,” she said. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z We’d pull the Jeep or the Hummer over and whip out a pretend notebook from our Hello Kitty purse and write a fake ticket. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z There are ticket machines and a subway map displayed against the white-tiled walls. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z When they pulled into the parking lot, they saw that a line had already formed at the ticket window. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z “Well, generally your reservations are confirmed at date of purchase, especially on non-refundable fares such as these. The agent should have informed you of this when you purchased the tickets on Tuesday.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “Do you think we can get floor tickets?” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z Dad places both hands on the ticket counter and leans in toward the agent. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z I ran into the house, clutching my letter like a winning lottery ticket. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “Nothing to worry about. The police have better things to do than to launch a big investigation over a couple of phony tickets.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z It was almost like he was given a special ticket to see a magic world in his dreams, even if he couldn’t remember anything when he woke up. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z “You’re the only holdout. Pick someone and then the three of us can bag our boys before the dance tickets go on sale.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z “This thing” Grover warned, “is our ticket west. Be nice to him.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z “Like you said, you can only buy six tickets. Six tickets at a time. There’s nothing that prevents someone from buying six tickets, then getting back in line and buying six more tickets.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z I do the same, though my ticket is a little crumpled and splotchy from my clammy palms. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z ‘Kat,’ she said, ‘I relied on you. You should never have accepted that ticket. You should never have let Salim go up on his own.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z “You can keep you ticket. I not going anywhere.” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Lily trailed off, running a finger across a dusty display case filled with old steamer tickets, diner car menus, and various advertisements for trips around the world. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z But then they tell them that the tickets have already been booked, the plans already made. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z There was no ticket to the promised land in doing that. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Kat explained that we were queuing for five tickets. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z He was so serious that I didn’t have the heart to tell him that we probably needed to fill a couple of those jugs just to pay for one airline ticket. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z He planned to hold the tickets in his hand so that no one would question whether he was a real passenger or not. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z In fact, the man who handed them their tickets told them they’d better rush so that they didn’t miss their flight. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z High up in the corner of the rec yard is a guard tower no bigger than a one-man ticket booth. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘He took one of you and me, Kat. And I took one at the Eye, just before the strange man came up who gave us the ticket.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z A woman behind the ticket counter says the Germans carry fog pills and wear rocket belts; their uniforms, she whispers, are made of a special cloth stronger than steel. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z With so many “cast members” not returning, there are a lot of new hirees—including an eighteen-year-old ticket taker at the front gate whose mother forced him to take a summer job. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z He reminds me of Mr. Subramaniam, who helped us out at the ticket booth and said he used to be a policeman too. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z But by the time I reached into my backpack for it, the ticket screen had reset itself and we had to start all over. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z The girl blushed as she gave the man his ticket. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z The natural custodian of bus tickets, bank receipts, cash memos, checkbook stubs. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “But, Twinkle, you don’t need it. It’s not a golden ticket. You could’ve gone to the carnival in sweats and I’m sure you’d still be able to charm this guy, whoever he is.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “I’ve got a plan. Now that you can drive, let’s borrow Miss Volker’s car and cruise into Pittsburgh and go to a Pirates game. I have money for tickets.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z She used her computer to purchase a plane ticket to Los Angeles, booked an LA hotel, and researched used car dealers in the Las Vegas area. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The conductor would know and he was there to take my ticket so I wasn’t too worried. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They were still waiting for the tickets to go on sale at seven o'clock. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z But they also had subscriptions to the Philadelphia Orchestra and its Sunday chamber concert series, as well as season tickets to the Phillies. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z I imagined where the clue of the strange man with the ticket might lead and how it might fit in with the theories left on the list. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z “Okay,” she says, not asking for Anthony’s ID or anything, selling me one ticket. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z The ticket lady blew a large chewing-gum bubble with her brightly painted lips and let it pop. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z My friend Kurt wanted to attend a soccer match with the rest of our group, but all tickets had been sold. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z If a man wanted to go home, the union gave him a ticket on the next train back. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z Despite the odds Archie had set up with the raffle tickets. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z They were each given five dollars and a train ticket. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z They bought tickets and walked into the darkened movie and took seats. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Dad walks away from the ticket counter, his face scrunched into tight wrinkles, then, without warning, he smashes his fist into the wall right next to where I’m sitting. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z My mom sounded upset, again, which was a drag, because ever since the plane tickets arrived she’d been behaving so well. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Now he had three train tickets to San Antonio and a world of details he needed to explain to Naomi about how they’d get to Tyler in the morning, early, early. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z All I had to do was get my things in order—get the money I needed, buy a ticket, get to Jamie. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z But he returns our tickets and waves us on. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z He stood impatiently at a ticket window in Pennsylvania Station where Regina was attempting to buy him a ticket to Nebraska via Philadelphia. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Uhmma starts digging at the bottom of her purse for the change that will buy us a ticket to our dreams. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z X-Ray went first, and when Armpit reached the one next to him, he could hear X-Ray arguing with the ticket agent. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z The ticket booth clearly visible behind the gates is closed and barred. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Mama, that’s great! Can you and Papa get plane tickets? Do you need money? I have some saved up.” The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z He bought Mohammed a bus ticket to Damascus to train and compete with the best swimmers in the region. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z You will be given a numbered ticket when you board the bus. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z “How ’bout this,” says Mike O, “whoever wins gets everyone else’s tickets.” Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z ‘We should never have left them to get the tickets on their own,’ Mum said when Kat finished. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z When they had all four tickets, Dicey started walking along the concourse. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Most teenagers camped out for concert tickets, but I had to camp out so that I could continue to legally work in the country. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z I look at the ticket booth and see a woman sitting inside. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Since Sabena Airlines was one of the show’s sponsors, it was agreed that two round-trip tickets would be given to Bobby as a promotional gift. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z My hand shook as I pulled one of the tickets out and held it up so she could see it. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Naturally, he had believed her and taken her home with him to give her time to rest up a day or two, then he had bought her a ticket for home. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z Here is a ticket stub from the second. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “Look, she had a really bad day. Just bring the tickets over here. I want to get an early start so we can beat the crowds.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z “Even the graphs! The questions were all about people buying and selling everything from gasoline to hula hoops, but in my own mind, I put it in terms of tickets.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z When Pa goes with us, he always insists we pay for our tickets. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Does your ticket say for you to get off here?” he asked. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, gee, I’m really sorry, Bobby,” he says, like he honestly means it, “but I’m already running on another ticket.” The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z “No one’s going to pay six hundred dollars for a ticket.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z The officers issued a traffic ticket for the burned-out taillight and released him. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Plus he was an adult and nobody would ask any questions when we bought the tickets. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z “Here’s your ticket,” the gruff voice said, and looking up, they found that it came from a huge Brown Bear who was wearing a coat with brass buttons and a peaked cap on his head. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z “As a matter of fact, I already have tickets for us to go see him play.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z When the dwarf went to hand him the ticket, something silver flashed in his hand. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z No drinking was a condition of his parole; by getting caught, he had earned a ticket back to prison. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The conductor returned with a bundle of passports and tickets. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z He pulled the ticket Hagrid had given him out of his pocket. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z He and Ginny waited out front for X-Ray to bring the money from the ticket sales. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z I can see he's more than comfortable doing business with us, unlike the man at the ticket booth. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Armpit was still waiting for either the money or Murdock to return the tickets. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z While Mr. Jefferies picks up our tickets, we wait next to a gigantic white statue of Ben Franklin in the biggest chair I have ever seen. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Merchants were opening their shops for the day, putting out signs in Latin that advertised pottery, jewelry, and half-price tickets for the Hippodrome. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “You can go up to sixty-five without getting a ticket,” I pointed out. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Those hard times when Chokecherry Middle School couldn’t sell enough raffle tickets to even pay for the prize might as well be a hundred years ago. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z ‘That’s right. And the queue was terrible. So we took the ticket. And gave it to Salim. And Salim went up on his own. And he didn’t come down.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z “They just selling wolf tickets to themselves,” Johnson said. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “That’d take a lot more than a lottery ticket,” he said. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z I know this for a fact because Mom put the speeding tickets in a scrapbook, along with their wedding pictures and stuff like that. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Lucy kept dancing and showing off her ticket. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z “We buy tickets. All the available tickets for his show.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z The Torch Man shone his light on the pink tickets. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z As we strode away from the counter with tickets in hand, Horace’s chest puffed out like a peacock’s. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z It was a big day indeed, and not just because it was the first time Cady had ever managed to use both of her guest tickets for the bakeoff. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z “Maybe she could get us tickets to the Arletta Paisley show,” I said. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Already the bake sales and the raffle ticket sales have started. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z “Fifty-five dollars for just one ticket? I don’t think so.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z "Religious mania, that's the ticket...Looking at her, though, you can hardly believe it...Suppose I'm wrong...." And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z Fern balled both hands, banging her fists at her sides, her ticket now completely crumpled. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z For leaving her there alone over the weekend while she and Chacko went to Cochin to confirm their return tickets. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z There was, however, a single ticket in the envelope. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z “Well, you just gotta play your cards right. Get them grades up, and extracurricular activities are your ticket. Where you from, anyway?” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Did I really think the after-school debate club could be my ticket out? The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z The Tremont Theater has a little kiosk in front where tickets are sold. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z “Three hundred each ticket, or three hundred total?” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z “You will leave from King’s Cross Station on the first of September. There is a train ticket in there too.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Plus Salim had given me his savings, so I had more than enough to buy two London Eye tickets. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z “But maybe today would be better, because it’s Papi’s birthday and he loved lottery tickets.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z “Seven hundred and twenty dollars. Talk about a rip-off. They’re supposed to sell for fifty-five a piece, but they charge a five-dollar service charge for each ticket.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Then, while he made up a possessions ticket, he fed down the time of arrest and other information to the dispatcher, who typed it out rapidly, one-finger style. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Another dreamer,” said the ticket seller to his assistant, watching the boy walk away. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Woolf stopped off at a betting venue and bought a ticket on Seabiscuit, to win. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I got quotes on airline tickets, solicited local restaurants to donate gift certificates, and my hotel even offered two rooms if she accepted our invitation. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z We pass a busy ticket hall full of vendors and rows of glass hatches, lines of seats and signposts. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z They wouldn’t go without him—he was their lucky ticket. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Mrs. Weasley was stirring the contents of a large pot on the stove, while Mr. Weasley was sitting at the table, checking a sheaf of large parchment tickets. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z I look at the ticket again and then at my brother, who is carefully poring over the information on it with me. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z “So just to be clear, when these people told me they bought tickets from X-Ray, they really bought them from you.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z He gave Salim the ticket and showed him his place in the queue and then he dashed off to work because he was running late. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z And I walked into the ticket office and I turned round and I could see that the policeman was still watching me so I felt safe. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Food had become so scarce that each prisoner was issued a monthly meal ticket, which was punched when he went through the food line to prevent the possibility of someone going through the line twice. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z Salim gave up his free ticket and winked at us and laughed. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Jack’s ticket went to a tailor named Salek, who in return helped Jack by keeping his uniform clean and repaired. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z At the front of the line, Audrey and I got into a fight when she tried to pay for all of our tickets. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z My only interaction came when people slid money over to my side of the glass and I slid back their tickets. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Enough to pay for ship tickets, a wagon to Ia§i, and the train ride from there to Bucharest and the port city of Constanta. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z So he'd had to borrow money from his relatives to buy a train ticket from the seaport town of Stettin to the bustling big city of Berlin. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z She gives you a ticket to a shop and they give you the clothes. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “I thought you'd already booked a train ticket home. You complained about how carsick you were the whole way down.” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “I thought you turned that ticket in to go play baseball,” he replied. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z At the ticket window, a fat-faced white man scowled down at them, and Alfred was sure he would tell them to get lost. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z We received a ticket for a special greeting room, where we would meet the president and First Lady before the dinner. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Still, I must of changed tickets two or three times. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Julie asked, but before Alex had a chance to say yes or no, she pulled the lottery ticket out of her pocket and waved it around. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z With shaking hands, they handed over the tickets. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z He walked up to the front, escorted the white man back into the line and then shouted at the ticket seller. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z ‘When you took that last photograph,’ she said, ‘in the queue for tickets . You must have put it away in your jacket pocket without thinking, Ted.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, too bad. I get free tickets all the time. Let me know if you ever want to check them out.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z She was alone in a bone-cold bus station on December 23, listening to a drunk guy and scraping the last of someone’s blood from underneath her nails with the corner of her bus ticket. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “My daughter said, ‘Take a book of food tickets and you’ll have no trouble—no trouble at all.’ Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z In other words, any inmate who received Newjack had to surrender it immediately, on penalty of receiving a ticket for contraband. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “You better get a whole ticket,” Lucy said. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z The price of the vouchers goes from two hundred dollars to three hundred to five hundred dollars, and still no one is willing to surrender their ticket. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “She got three tickets to Arletta’s show in Hope Springs. And she says we can have them. They’re filming next Monday!” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z The Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society would be able to point my mother in the right direction, even help her get tickets at the train station. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z She’d been ticketed only once in recent memory, for an expired registration, and she had paid the fine on time. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z I reached to take Fern’s ticket, afraid she’d crush it the way she was holding it She felt me reaching and pulled her hand away. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘I seen Lurie drop her ticket and I watched this here white lady pick it up. That the truth,’ a colored boy said. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z She did not notice Odenigbo at first, standing ahead of her in line to buy a ticket outside the university theater. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “That would earn you a one-way ticket to a boarding school in India.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z He didn’t answer when I asked whether he considered train tickets material or intellectual property. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He knew owners and ticket sellers and players. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “We can use the track. He’ll even put on a race. All money from entry fees and tickets could go to the community Downtown Revitalization Fund,” Colton said. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z “What would you say if I said I had tickets to the master?” If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He asked for four tickets to Jamaica in Queens, New York. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z The ticket would cost over a thousand dollars, even one way. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Then he unearths the emergency credit card from his wallet and buys two plane tickets, first class, nonstop. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Gabriel had turned in his return ticket in order to stay in Paris, selling the old newspapers and empty bottles that the chambermaids threw out of a gloomy hotel on the Rue Dauphine. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z “Will you get the tickets for the Thursday concert?” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Emily looked up to see Matthew applying a bumper sticker for Flush to the face of the ticket machine. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z I filled my glass again and went to stand by the door: deep breaths, I thought, fresh air, that's the ticket...Charles burned his finger, cursed, and slammed the oven shut. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “You can never get a speeding ticket if you follow one of them,” he declared. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Using the Willow Creek ticket as a starting point, Kalitka launched an extremely thorough search, chasing down leads that led as far afield as Europe and South Africa. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s from my dad’s favorite place, the same one he ordered from when he gave us the tickets for his play. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z When I found them I bought a ticket for a night bus to Chicago, paying the fare as far as Scranton, Pennsylvania, which was as much as I thought I could afford. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “You have to buy tickets for Shoot the Moon, but Flush will be playing, too.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Calls flooded in for his resignation from the Republican ticket, and impolite members of the public took to waving placards speculating on whether or not his wife Pat wore a mink coat. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z The mother I knew had a glove compartment full of speeding tickets. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z The one my family, Coach Drucker, and the handful of people who still talked to me back home all told me was my ticket up and out. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z One thing I notice, though, is that Mama really has four tickets. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z He messed around with tickets and luggage tags for a minute. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z She would have been there in person to hear the announcement, but by the time she knew they were moving to San Francisco, tickets had all been given away. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z We had heavy debts to pay off, including the cost of Fathers ticket. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “Got to where won’t nobody sell her a raffle ticket. They just want her to hold theirs.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “Two tickets to Salinas on the train. Ollie says she doesn’t want to give us a single escape.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z At the front of the line a stooped grandma with curly white hair and eyes the color of summer grass hands us a small baby-blue ticket with a number. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z One way that high school theater bears some similarity to professional theater, or any kind of show business, is that ticket sales matter. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z When basketball season began, there was an inexplicable discrepancy between the number of ten-cent tickets sold and the considerably larger number of kids in the bleachers. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z Our reward money for returning Gladiola the poodle had only been enough to purchase tickets as far as Denver. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z I stooped to pick up my change and ticket from the floor. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z We rushed inside, bought tickets, and rode the elevator up to the observation deck. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Todd was lifted from his chair and brought to the Amtrak ticket counter against the wall. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z He was up three hundred dollars, and there were still two tickets left, which would mean another hundred and thirty-five for him. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z It was a golden ticket to another world—but also to the dizzying idea that the life she wanted, that she dreamed about, might actually happen for her. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z It didn’t matter if “old” Uncle Darnell had come back to us and was holding tickets to the concert. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z “I don’t care what you and Bri do. It’s my ticket and I hate it here.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z But we still had to get plane tickets and visas and everything. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z The magical, transforming clock that sat across from the ticket booth, doing so much more than simply telling the time. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “That don’t tell me nothin’,” he says, continuing to ignore my ticket. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Those who couldn't afford a ticket need not have missed out, either. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z It was about an artist, a lost lottery ticket, a criminal, a borrowed coat, and an opera singer, and it had one of the most amazing chase sequences that Hugo could ever imagine. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z In October of 1795 Aaron Burr visited Monticello, presumably to discuss the delivery of New York’s electoral votes, probably as a condition for his own place on the ticket as vice president. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z She hands me her ticket, and I retrieve a stylish fur stole. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z He reached into the pocket of his trousers and brought out a pale-green ticket, which he shoved into her hand. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z It would have taken us forever to save enough money for plane tickets. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z He took out the tickets and handed one to each of us. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z It was pitch black behind the boarded-up door and Victor’s heart nearly stopped when, by the ticket booth, he ran slam-bang into a cardboard cutout of a man pointing a machine gun into his face. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z “They paid like three hundred dollars to some scalper for counterfeit tickets!” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z I took the ticket about the car being his friend’s but I didn’t go for the show. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z The Falcon’s got a nice big ticket slapped on the windscreen, under the wiper. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z A bulletin board filled with ticket stubs and photos hangs above her bed. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z “I paid your way in to the dance. Give this ticket to the man at the front door.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z Not a whole roll like John Chuchurelli’s father, who sits on the bench in his blue suit, handing out tickets like tissues every time John and his sister run by. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z “You need to be fifteen years old to purchase your own ticket,” the man says, looking above at a TV monitor of the local news. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z The only way you could tell it was a “date” was that Howard paid for both the tickets, fifty cents each. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z He came in the train from Klausenburg, and the guard was told by the station-master there that he rushed into the station shouting for a ticket for home. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Families stood in line before the ticket box of the movie and young boys and girls stared at the posters on display outside. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z “Tell your friends to buy tickets. They’re now on sale in the student activities room. The price is seventy-five cents for students and one dollar for adults.” Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z He patted his pockets and said, “My ticket’s not there.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Whoops, sorry,” the man talking to the ticket guy said. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z “That gentleman bought a first-class ticket,” the clerk said. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z If you got a parking ticket you ain’t paid, you going to jail. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z It was plane tickets and keys to cars, but more importantly, it was tuition payments, food in the larder, medical care. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I bought my ticket, then went hurriedly to the corner of the block in which the movie house stood. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Or would you at least try to get your tickets back?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “She’s completely in love with this guy. The only reason she even came to the concert was to see him. I’m the big Peppers fan. I bought the tickets a long time ago.” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z They gave us each two tickets for Opening Day next April. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z The following morning is payday, and the employees of the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth line up in front of the red ticket wagon. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z She had been awarded tickets to the 9/11 memorial service for her charity work, because she had spent the better part of the entire last year helping to set up the temporary memorial. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z Poppy said he was afraid to buy Sitti a bus ticket for the pilgrimage to Mecca, because he really did think she might die soon afterward. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z A beleaguered sprite was sheltering behind her ticket desk, besieged by angry gremlins. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z I fished in the pocket of my gray hoodie and found my train ticket, the one I’d ordered online the night before with the credit card I’d snuck out of my mom’s purse. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z They ferried him to an evacuation point, whereupon a helicopter flew him to the airport and he was given a free plane ticket to New York. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z She had also said that the money she would get for the car would pay only for Chima’s ticket, which was half the full price of a ticket. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z He shouldn’t have given me that ticket, because now I wanted him to see that I really was her boyfriend and that he should be jealous of me. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z On the back of each ticket, printed in bold letters, were the words This ticket may not be resold. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Having bought tickets in hopes of seeing Lincoln and Grant, the theatergoers have monitored the state box, only to find it empty. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z If Gold got two tickets to a sporting event in the mail, with nothing else in the envelope, he was to take note of the date on the tickets. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z But he had to give the tickets to Naomi and tell her where to go and how to get there. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z They want me to climb on board and buy a ticket to the Mount Pitts police station. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z You couldn’t get close to the actual stones unless you’d bought tickets ahead of time. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “How did you first go about acquiring the tickets?” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z X-Ray had said people were still calling about the tickets, so maybe it wasn’t too late. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z They were just in time to buy tickets for the last train south. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “May I see your tickets, please?” the security guard asked again. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z “He had a ticket for Denver,” Bill Thorpe said. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s like you’ve finally won the lottery of peace and quiet and then you rip that winning ticket to shreds and dump a bucket of angry, screaming monkeys on your head. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z “Well,” he muttered as we slowly approached the ticket table — he was carrying most of my weight, but I still had to shuffle and wobble my feet forward — “there are more than enough vampires present.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z “How old is your son, ma’am?” the ticket agent asked. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z And airplane tickets to places they haven’t the energy or the desire to visit. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He didn’t know the price of a steamship ticket. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Yes, the boss was there, taking the tickets himself. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I sneak a look around and see a man slide a paper ticket like mine into the small pocket in the seat in front of him. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Stanton wrote to the president of the Centennial Commission, General Joseph Roswell Hawley of Connecticut, and asked for fifty tickets to the ceremony. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Although his name was a household word among Permian fans, he didn’t have season tickets anymore. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The only saving grace is that there were tickets available for the next day. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z There was a Subway franchise, various ticket counters, an information kiosk. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z I remember what Bedi Ma'am said about conductors as I whip our tickets out of my pocket. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z It was my golden ticket, almost like a VIP pass to any funeral I wanted to go to. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z All because she didn’t have any money to buy a plane ticket or even a bus ticket. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z I keep sliding one-dollar bills into the machine until it spits out a ticket. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “So you just came over, handed me the tickets, without even a warning.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z “Here. Give this here to that fella there, at the end of the line,” he says, pressing a ticket into my free hand. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z When the performance ended, he marched right to the box office and bought tickets for the next night. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z One was so desperate for relief that he moved into an air-conditioned theater, buying tickets to movies and sleeping through every showing. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z Throngs of people were jockeying for position in ticket lines that snaked up and down the block. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z There are some movie ticket stubs and letters. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z I didn’t have the four hundred rands’ deposit, nor the sixteen hundred rands for the plane ticket. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Inside the station, men stood in a long line at the ticket booth. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z “This number hasn’t come up in four months,” he told them, showing them the tickets. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z It was exactly what I hoped it was—my ticket out of the house. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Holding his breath, he’d gone through folders of important documents and taken his passport and the airline tickets, saved from their trip from Peshawar. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z There were album covers, Joe Cuba’s congas, guitar picks, ticket stubs, all from salsa’s golden days in the sixties and seventies. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z One said Spokane on the front, just like my tickets. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I’m just wondering how much they get for Seals tickets when Mr. Trixie appears out of nowhere. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z I walked along the track and hoped to one day see that ticket master in Marshall again. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Outside the fight ring, a few women sold iced drinks and tickets to the Dominican lottery. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z I got tickets to a ball game tonight. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z If Gordievsky was seen buying a train ticket, the KGB would apprehend him immediately. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “You’re not going to be taken care of for life. You’re just getting a ticket out of here and a chance to start over someplace better.” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I saved my plane tickets, just so I would have proof that I’d actually gone, to show him when I get home. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z They were printed on stiff, expensive paper, and each ticket pad cost the town two dollars and sixty cents. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z |
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