| 单词 | Tom |
| 例句 | Tom sat down uneasily, and Bud pulled another chair over. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z In that moment, Chamberlain made up his mind: Tom would have to go. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z His scalp was a riot of springy red hair just like Tom’s, and he kept patting it as though it might fall out if he didn’t push the roots back in. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Now Tom Yew's in a cemetery on a treeless hill on a bunch of islands we'd never even heard of last January. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z I remember holding the bite of a line while Tom drove pegs and braided a splice. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Doesn’t it look like Tom?” asked the old man. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom was evidently perturbed at Daisy's running around alone, for on the following Saturday night he came with her to Gatsby's party. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Half my mind told me that Tom might be a police informer. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom picked up a rock and hit her in the stomach and knocked her off the fence. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Uncle Tom, though surprised, was highly critical and contemptuous. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Howard called his trainer Tom; Smith, without fail, called his employer Mr. Howard. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Tom answered,” wrote a delighted Jolly Roger, “with a grunt of something akin to rage.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z "I think it's----" Her husband said "SH!" and we all looked at the subject again whereupon Tom Buchanan yawned audibly and got to his feet. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z He said that he’d like to be clean-shaven and wear a fine black suit for his appointment with death, and Tom’s father promised to honor his wishes. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z That was Mary’s job as she saw it—to keep the despondency away from Tom because everyone knew he was going to be a great success some time. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The scattered lives of Red Pollard, Tom Smith, and Charles Howard had come to an intersection. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom rubbed his ears until he forced the blood out of them and for a moment they were white. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Tom, I don’t know any of these people. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z “One of die things you get to know,” Tom Chamberlain was saying, “is that this here brigade has got its own special bugle call. You ever hear tell of Dan Butterfield?” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom’s sergeant was shot six times by an assailant, while a bystander was struck twice. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Tom Owens stumbled up a companionway yelling, “We’ve sprung a leak!” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “She at least has good manners. Her sister, Maria, is about your age and plays with Tom. Well, some might call it play. Most of the time she winds up crying her eyes out.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Another article, by Tom Oliphant, contained a message from the country’s most famous fugitive. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z A while later, when Evie gets bored of lying there, I get her up and we go downstairs and leave Tom to snooze. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Pastor Tom sat down on the porch stool. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Knowing Babbage was a middle schooler just like them made her all the more irritated that he or she had poached Tom Sawyer. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z It was probably among the first three or four letters that young Tom had ever written. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z I miss work, but I also miss what work meant to me in my last year of gainful employment, when I met Tom. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom brought Olive’s letter from King City, and because he knew what it contained he waited until he caught Samuel alone before he gave it to him. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Tom, showing me the bruises on his arm, on his chest, where I’d hit him. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “Tom, I needed to talk to you,” I say. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom later recalled, “I was raised practically right in the jail. I could look down from my bedroom window and see the jail corridor and the doors to some of the cells.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z She hustled them into the canalboat and they floated up the canal under the evening stars, Tom lying on his back, his eyes closed; asleep or not, there was no telling. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m looking forward to seeing Tom’s house—my house. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Knowing Babbage was a middle schooler just like them made her all the more irritated that he or she had poached Tom Sawyer. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Tom had sent home these photographs of a hot, green country that he loved and hated just the same. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Tom, the stooped and toothless landlord, was polishing glasses behind the bar counter; a couple of warlocks having a muttered conversation in the far corner glanced at Hermione and drew back into the shadows. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Two days later Uncle Tom came to me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom had beautiful tackle and made his own flies. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Look sharp, Tom, you don’t want to be caught out of bed out of hours, and you a prefect...” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z It is a scene which combines the worst of Uncle Tom’s Cabin and Fritz Lang’s Metropolisit is mechanized Negro slavery; it represents the progress which the Negro has made from picking cotton to tailoring it. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z There Tom Smith bent over the track rail and exchanged looks with him for the first time. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I do know Tom, but in my mind, he’s pretty much indistinguishable from the rest of Phil’s teammates. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z And Tom, big and red, already cultivating a fine flowing mustache, sat at the kitchen table with his sleeves rolled down as he had been mannered. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “He loves anything like that. He’s ever so good with his hands, Tom is.” 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z And Tom had cut Mollie’s tongue with his pocketknife and died in his heart when he realized his courage. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Well I was thinking so hard about going up to Tom Warrups’ and finally seeing Sam after all this time that I kept forgetting it was a secret. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom said she was being reasonable, she didn’t seem drunk, she wasn’t hysterical, she didn’t make threats or beg him to go back to her. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom soon disappeared in front of them, and the noise of his singing got fainter and further away. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Sam found Frodo and his friends by the fire talking to old Tom Cotton, while an admiring crowd of Bywater folk stood round and stared. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Already, though, he was picturing himself walking his bright, clean children up to Pastor Tom during an altar call, sunlight coming through the windows, the choir singing, the whole church looking on. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z We are all bits and pieces of history and literature and international law, Byron, Tom Paine, Machiavelli, or Christ, it's here. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z There was no trace of the Gaunts in Tom Riddle’s face. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z When Tom Gau and I sat across from each other in his office, then, we almost immediately fell into physical and conversational harmony. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Now, look, Richard, this is your future . . .” “Uncle Tom, I don’t care to discuss this with you,” I said. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s just that I haven’t made that many friends...and Tom is a really nice guy. Someone I can talk to...” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Matt was relieved to find that the bodyguard didn’t like Tom either. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “But we stood up to them. They couldn’t break us,” Tom said. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The God that Pastor Tom had promised would be with him now and always but who had been elsewhere when the school was exploding with the children inside. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “I bin thinkin’ of young Tom,” he said after a moment. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Dessie was lying on the gooseneck sofa when Tom came in. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “You know my dad, Tom, and that’s my neighbor, Mr. Patterson,” I said, pointing to them at the edge of the rocks. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Tom Chamberlain went on sleeping, mouth open, saintly young, at peace. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I end the call, but am suddenly gripped by the completely irrational fear that the phone could ring, that Tom would hear it from upstairs, so I slide the French doors open and step outside. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z In Tom Smith’s younger days, the Indians would watch him picking his way over the open plains, skirting the mustang herds. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s just, I remember it differently . . . Tom, when you saw me, w as I hurt? Was I . . . Did I have a cut on my head?” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I can remember both about my grandfather, but when I think of Tom it is a memory of a kind of warm silence. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Tom called them one by one and they climbed over the brow and stood in a line. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z As for Tom, the fact that he "had some woman in New York" was really less surprising than that he had been depressed by a book. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z “Tom Smith,” lamented a reporter, “is by no means a long distance conversationalist. Ten words in a row for him would constitute a course record.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom Chapman then walked in with Don Valeska, and they both scanned the room. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Fat Tom was at his post, guarding the door to the Tower of the Hand. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Tom soon received the orders for one of his first missions: he was to accompany his captain and his sergeant in pursuit of cow rustlers in Kent County, north of Abilene. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Usually he just ran away to Tom Warrups’ hut up behind Colonel Read’s house. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z "Oh, yes," said Tom, gruffly polite but obviously not remembering. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z “This is trainer Tom Smith speaking,” came the voice over the line. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z But Tom now seemed wide awake and plied them with questions. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z When Dessie got up in the morning Tom was already at his drawing board, beating his forehead with his fist and growling to himself. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Tom threw on both brakes impatiently and we slid to an abrupt dusty stop under Wilson's sign. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z She looked at Myrtle and then at Tom. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z "Now, if you'll let me have that name again correct----" Picking up Wilson like a doll Tom carried him into the office, set him down in a chair and came back. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z He could be as gay as his father, and suddenly in the middle it would be cut the way you would cut a violin string, and you could watch Tom go whirling into darkness. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He disarmed Tom and put him in a cell and fed him black coffee and brandy until Samuel came for him. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Tom was as inventive as his father but he was bolder. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “No. He won’t get one either. Not to come see me. Mister Tom said for him to choose a new wife there on the plantation. That way, Mister Tom’ll own all his children.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z As Tom took up the receiver the compressed heat exploded into sound and we were listening to the portentous chords of Mendelssohn's Wedding March from the ballroom below. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Tom started to call after him, and then he leaned wearily down and picked up the telegram. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z No one knows whether Tom’s poetry was any good or not, for he showed it to only one person, and before he died he burned every word. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I never knew when some brainwashed black imp, some dyed-in-the-wool Uncle Tom, would nod at me and then go running to tell the white man. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “Tom doesn’t even belong in the family. He’s here only because El Patron refuses to give things up once he’s laid claim to them.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Did I tell you what Tom Perry called me? He called me ‘Mate.’” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “MacGregor’s. He’s a real wreck—his liver’s all eaten up with alcohol,” said Tom in a casual, chatty way. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Matt saw Tom holding Maria’s hand and felt an almost uncontrollable surge of anger. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Humming to himself, Matt removed Tom’s card and put it at the baby table. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom said, “I tell you, Lawrence, I sure was fond of that man.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Then another, this one with some of our machinists, and then another with Mr. Dubonnet, Tom Tickle, and some of the other miners. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z When the new ABI investigators, Tom Taylor and Greg Cole, called me, I eagerly agreed to share case files and information. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Tom's voice groped unsuccessfully for the paternal note. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z They breakfasted now off the remainder of Tom’s provisions, meant for their supper, with additions that Tom had brought with him. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “The boys keep flyin’,” Tom said, stepping up to Mr. Fuller. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He’d tried first with Pastor Tom, who gave him Jesus, and then with the twins, who still admired him at least a little. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “He’s always drinking out of the toilet,” Tom said. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I wrote to Tom Fleet, the boy who helped Gram when the snake took a snack out of her leg. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z When I grew up, and I did grow up with black people, they were Calpurnia, Zeebo the garbage collector, Tom the yard man, and whatever else their names were. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Tom uncleated a heavy line with a floater tied on its end and dropped it into the water. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z “But Tom. I love you. I want to know.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Just as I reached the stairs, Tom Weylin came out of his bedroom. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Then Tom and Goldberry set the table; and the hobbits sat half in wonder and half in laughter: so fair was the grace of Goldberry and so merry and odd the caperings of Tom. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Many of the men with whom Tom had served in the Rangers went prematurely to their deaths. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z "How do you like this one?" inquired Tom. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z “I don’t know what you mean,” said Tom. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Then, as though he could not suppress the question, as though it burst from him in spite of himself, he asked, “Was my father a wizard? He was called Tom Riddle too, they’ve told me.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Emmett was left to raise Tom and his siblings, all of whom were under the age of ten. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Tom’s tour included the dormitories; Mother’s and Dad’s room, where the baby stayed; and even the lavatory, where he pointed out the code alphabet. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z "Ask Myrtle," said Tom, breaking into a short shout of laughter as Mrs. Wilson entered with a tray. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z She put his plate of hot cakes in front of him and poured coffee in his cup and refilled Tom’s cup. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z There is always a halt there of at least a minute and it was because of this that I first met Tom Buchanan's mistress. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Tom must have been at least half asleep when he heard his name called over and over. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z But Tom would relive that scene all his life. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Arriving in Jersey City after midnight, he walked down slushy sidewalks to Tom Black’s apartment. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “There’s an Uncle Tom in the theater!” a black girl yelled. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z This was a comic strip we used to draw together about two astronauts named Gleebo and Tom who lived on Pluto and had a dog named Darth Daisy. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z Tom turns off the engine and turns to me. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z And Tom lay in the dark of his room, puzzled as a child. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Well, right now Tom Dobashi who used to live over in Block Nine is in jail in Los Angeles for refusing to report for his physical.” Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, Tom and the harmonizing girls have wandered over. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z In the process, Tom Stafford was assigned a crew of his own, and I took his place. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom deferred that much to the sensibilities of those East Eggers who might be on the train. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Thinking about Tom laughing conspiratorially while he traced his fingers lower over my belly, smiling up at me, saying, “I’m a good liar.” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Needless to say — not that Tom’s threat sounded very serious — the hobbits came soon, and left the table late and only when it was beginning to look rather empty. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z A few moments later I rose from my chair, where I had been reading, and was on my way down the hall when I heard Uncle Tom scolding his daughter. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z On February 11, 1969, Doc, who was staying on the ranch where he and Tom had grown up, died at the age of eighty-four. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z He wasn’t watching TV that evening, but his mother burst in to report that Tom Brokaw was talking about him and Beatrice on the network news. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Two nights after that, the Home Tom Chronicle showed a different picture—the home of the Catholic Relief Agency where Mai Thi lived, which had been attacked by unknown vandals. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z For six months Tom Smith had been holding Seabiscuit in his closed fist. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I remember the sweeping lovely dance of high buzzards against the sky and Tom looking long up at them, but I can’t remember that he ever said anything about them. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The telephone rang inside, startlingly, and as Daisy shook her head decisively at Tom the subject of the stables, in fact all subjects, vanished into air. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z He came back from France when Tom and Daisy were still on their wedding trip, and made a miserable but irresistible journey to Louisville on the last of his army pay. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z “Tom, you that way; I’ll go here and lead them off! Run to the canal; I’ll meet you there in ten minutes, boy!” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z She looked at Tom, alarmed now, but he insisted with magnanimous scorn. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z When Tom was nine years old he worried because his pretty little sister Mollie had an impediment in her speech. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Tom the innkeeper reappeared, wearing an apron over his nightshirt and bearing a tray of tea and crumpets. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Fudge marched Harry along the narrow passage after Tom’s lantern, and then into a small parlor. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z The white stranger chose that moment to come out of the library with Tom Weylin. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z And there was always the danger of running into Tom. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom gave Matt a scowl, which Matt returned. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I think Uncle Tom was as shy as we were. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z As the train began to back up, Tom Bolles, wearing his battered lucky fedora, had much to ponder. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z We lived in Salinas and we knew when Tom had arrived—I think he always arrived at night—because under our pillows, Mary’s and mine, there would be packages of gum. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The word "sensuous" had the effect of further disquieting Tom but before he could invent a protest the coupé came to a stop and Daisy signalled us to draw up alongside. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Last year these boys had been primarily in Tom Bolles’s charge. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Finally, my washhouse friend Tess, who also worked in the main house, ran out and said, “Marse Tom say get food on the table!” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Tom rang for the janitor and sent him for some celebrated sandwiches, which were a complete supper in themselves. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z At last Tom and Goldberry rose and cleared the table swiftly. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z That day last summer, when I went to Tom and Anna’s, it didn’t happen exactly the way I told the police it had. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z How many times had Matt entertained himself with thoughts of Tom’s downfall? The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Before long, Tom was tugged away from her. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “You look white, the way Tom and Eb did once when they tried it.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z After a while, I sat down in Tom Weylin’s worn arm chair and put my head down on his desk. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z “Tom, remember when you took Jenny and Belle Williams to the Peachtree dance on the sofa?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z We all stood up and sang it for Tom Yew. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z “Tom, thanks for telling me. Poor man. Well, maybe it’s better this way. He was a mad dog. Would you like a glass of lemonade? Or some beer?” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “Has something happened? Is it my mother? Is it Tom?” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom could see the knife protruding from his father’s back, blood gushing onto the floor. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “How do you do, Tom?” said Dumbledore, walking forward and holding out his hand. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Tom had the wheels off the buckboard and was buttering the axles with yellow axle grease. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z It’s quiet, save for the sound of Tom’s breathing, ragged and shallow. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z We were all quiet until Mr. Patterson said, “Tom is a rescue diver. He broke his foot in a very difficult rescue effort.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “Thank you, Marse Tom. Yes, sir. Sure do thank you. Fine clothes, yes, sir...” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z The night had not gone like he’d expected, not with Tom’s meddling, and now he wanted comfort from the drink, from his home. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Henry opened the porch door, and Pastor Tom stood up from the stool. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Tom has been gone almost two hours now, he’ll be back soon from wherever he’s been. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom told me we didn’t have the money, and I didn’t question that. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, it doesn’t. The higher it is the colder it is because the air gets thinner. Now Scout, you say, ‘Tom, where are we going?” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z But she wasn’t going to explain anything to Pastor Tom or anyone. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z She comes back with a Tom’s candy wall calendar. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z My guess is that many of you have the same impression of Tom Hanks. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z He drew a long breath when he was down and handed the lines to Tom. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z And Samuel was wise, but I think he knew only one side of Tom. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I knew that when I got up, Tom Weylin would expect me to work as though I were completely well. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z “How can Tom be MacGregor’s son? Felicia’s married to Mr. Alacran.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z There was no place in the whole world for Tom Hamilton to live. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z One day there would be another grand wedding for Maria and Tom. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I turn, ready to bolt out of the front door to chase her down the street, but Tom’s standing there in the doorway, Evie wrapped in a towel in his arms. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “Couldn’t your father have that hovel cleared away, Tom?” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z “I told you it wouldn’t be a stranger,” Tom said. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom said uneasily, “If your mother says it’s all right, I’ll order the oyster loaf this morning and pick it up tonight.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Tom Riddle merely smiled as the others laughed again. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Tom worried his father, for Tom grew deeper and deeper into books. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Reluctantly, Tom and Matt left off their glaring contest and began looking under pillows, behind curtains, in dresser drawers. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She told him so at least once a day, and Tom was scared to death of her. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z At five in the afternoon, with the sunset, Tom returned. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Let’s go to old Tom Cotton’s down South Lane! He always was a stout fellow. And he has a lot of lads that were all friends of mine.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Without thinking, she had parroted the words that made her cringe inwardly every time she heard them from Muff or Pastor Tom. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Jordan and Tom and I got into the front seat of Gatsby's car, Tom pushed the unfamiliar gears tentatively and we shot off into the oppressive heat leaving them out of sight behind. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z I think about Tom’s laptop, which is on the coffee table in the living room. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Sitting on Tom's lap Mrs. Wilson called up several people on the telephone; then there were no cigarettes and I went out to buy some at the drug store on the corner. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z When I open my eyes, Tom’s nodding along, tapping the pads of his fingers together like guitar frets, the way Nick does. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z In the afternoons when Tom was at work Mary sometimes gave tea parties for the neighborhood cats. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Moved by an irresistible impulse, Gatsby turned to Tom who had accepted the introduction as a stranger. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z They stood silent, reluctant to make the final parting, and only slowly became aware that Tom was wishing them farewell, and telling them to have good heart and to ride on till dark without halting. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z We were in the bedroom, Tom’s and mine, and I was getting her changed. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z So by the time Tom came home, I was spoiling for a fight. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “But not until a year after they were married. Tom Riddle left her while she was still pregnant.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Now he really did look like Tom, and Matt felt an unreasoning surge of dislike. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z And that was the last that was seen or heard of Tom Riddle for a very long time. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Tom clicked his fingers, a fire burst into life in the grate, and he bowed himself out of the room. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Tom tapped his thick fingers together like a clergyman and leaned back in his chair. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z It’s not just that Tom never mentioned going anywhere in the car with her, it’s the fact that when I saw her, walking away, getting into the car, she wasn’t carrying the baby. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s been a lot of stuff about Tom in the papers. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “I never even saw him,” said Tom, glaring at Matt. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He flashes me his wide, Tom Cruise smile, and then he’s gone, and it’s just me and her and the baby. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The man was Tom White, the owner of Boston’s largest commercial construction firm. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z May I remind you that Tom Creighton died for the Union cause, that he died in battle, where a man fights his opponent face to face rather than striking and scuttling off into the darkness ? Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Just as Tom and Myrtle--after the first drink Mrs. Wilson and I called each other by our first names--reappeared, company commenced to arrive at the apartment door. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Zach’s mom sat halfway back in the auditorium with his dad, Tom Philippi, the “manly man,” as she described him. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Tom and I, making plans: what we’d plant in the garden, what we’d hang on the walls, what colour to paint the spare room—already, even then, in my head, the baby’s room. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Arya had no choice but to go with him, wishing it had been Fat Tom. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z It was a fine thing that Tom had helped to do. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z They were a party of three on horseback--Tom and a man named Sloane and a pretty woman in a brown riding habit who had been there previously. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z A towering man with a dense mustache, Emmett, as Tom’s father liked to be called, was poor, stern, hardworking, and pious. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z In Seattle, at about the same hour, Tom Bolles and his assistant coaches released the freshmen. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I wanted Rufus and Tom Weylin to waste time looking around the plantation for me tomorrow when they realized they hadn’t seen me for a while. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Before, when I was still myself, I used to dream of taking romantic train journeys with Tom. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “Maybe it’s because Shad told me so much about him—I don’t know—somehow the man that interests me most is Tom Paine.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t have time to visit the Reuters office in Bangalore, but I was able to get hold of Tom Glocer, the CEO of Reuters, to hear what he was doing. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z She looked closely at Tom and saw that the lines were gone from his forehead and that he was not blinking badly. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally, she calmed down enough for Matt to check up on what Tom and Felicia were doing. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Prosperity, in the form of a fat salary from Howard, had found Tom Smith. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He was lying on Tom Warrups’ frame bed on his stomach, with a deerskin rug over him. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He was looking at Tom, not at them, as he spoke. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom’s father noticed that, thirty paces from where the victim lay, there was a spot of trampled earth and a burned ammunition wad; it was the place where the killer had stood. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Pastor Tom gave a wave to the folks lined up to be saved and the many more there to watch and celebrate. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z He could make Steven and Tom—yes, Tom!—be polite to him in front of their friends. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Eleanor smiled, and he smiled back, and for a second he looked a lot more like Park than like Tom Selleck. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z But apparently he got something out of Tom Sawyer, even if he didn't read it or write the paper on Mark Twain. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z "Why, only that Tom- men may get his wish. The maester thinks the boy may yet live." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He stopped, took a deep breath, stood still, then turned to look for Tom. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It is hard to imagine Tom Smith surrounded by the artificialities of show business, standing in a glitzy showring, loosing horses to run in chaotic sprints, and not think that something precious was being squandered. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom Weylin had probably marked his son more than he knew with that whip. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Tom was searching, but he didn’t seem to be really looking. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom was going through the motions, but all the while his eyes were watching Maria. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m frightened, too, because if Tom decides to show' this to the police, I could be in real trouble. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “I know things you don’t know, Tom Riddle. I know lots of important things that you don’t. Want to hear some, before you make another big mistake?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z George was back in school today, but he joined Tom K. and Nick without hesitation, as if that was the way it had always been. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z By mid-spring Tom Bolles found himself struggling daily with the freshmen, and the trend seemed to be going the wrong way. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Uncle Tom had taught school in country towns for thirty years and as soon as he was under the roof he proceeded to tell me what was wrong with my life. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “Not until we build back the boys’ blockhouse,” Tom said. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “Like how Pastor Tom says, ‘Thy body is the Lord’s temple.’” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z But James is hungry, and Tom is with him, and I am afraid that if he doesn’t get his lunch now, there won’t be anything for him to eat until dinnertime. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z He blurted, “Tom’s not himself. You shouldn’t be alone with him.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z And when I brought it up with Tom—calmly, matter-of-factly—he was just as baffled as I was. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Fat Tom used to call her "Arya Underfoot," because he said that was where she always was. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Tom and Eb squirmed uncomfortably; Wilse Graham crumbled a piece of bread. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t call out, to her or to Tom. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “That Tom’s friends from the army don’t really exist? That he made them up? That he’s actually off with some other woman?” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z It was probably because Tom had been taken away from him by El Patron. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom said, still grinning, “Brother, you did real good.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The hobbits under the spell of Tom’s words may have missed one meal or many, but when the food was before them it seemed at least a week since they had eaten. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The Ranger with whom Tom argued about usurping the law joined a posse of vigilantes and was accidentally shot and killed by one of his own men. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Why was Tom asking that question when he himself had done the crime? The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “I was only doing a science project,” said Tom. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom’s bristly red hair was slicked down, and his fingernails were neat, white crescents. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m so scared, Jeth. Seems I hadn’t known what war was till Danny Lawrence come bringin’ us this awful word of Tom.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z But she and Tom had gone away early that afternoon, and taken baggage with them. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z “Tom,” said the girl’s voice again, now so close they were clearly right beside the house, “I might be wrong — but has somebody nailed a snake to that door?” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Everyone trusted Tom because he had such an open, innocent face, and yet—“He’s an unnatural little weevil,” growled Tam Lin. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “They do not call me ‘Tom’ anymore,” he said. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z But when news of the events at Bree came to Tom’s ears, he sent them to Mr. Butterbur, who thus got five good beasts at a very fair price. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z She could infect a whole house with gaiety and she used her gift as a weapon against the despondency that lurked always around outside the house waiting to get in at Tom. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The street is clear—no sign of Tom or Anna—and the part of me that can’t resist a bit of drama is actually quite disappointed. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Several people had suggested that Tom Chapman, the new Monroe County district attorney and a former criminal defense attorney, would be fairer and more sympathetic to someone wrongly convicted than lifelong prosecutor Ted Pearson. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Tom never knew why she was in jail, and his father never discussed it. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “Of course if Tom was home he’d put it right in a moment,” she said. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Tom and Ellis Spear were waiting down below. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Her will took hold again and she lay still while Tom read bits out of the Almanac to soothe her. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Daisy was my second cousin once removed and I'd known Tom in college. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Tom turned his head but kept his hands firm on Wilson's body. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Merry, to whom the others belonged, had not, in fact, given them any such names, but they answered to the new names that Tom had given them for the rest of their lives. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z One day in the summer of 1925, Tom White, the special agent in charge of the Bureau of Investigation’s field office in Houston, received an urgent order from headquarters in Washington, D.C. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Tangy and cold, the taste of my first- ever holiday with Tom, a fishing village on the Basque coast in 2005. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z He wondered if Tom had a coat and blanket; he thought of the bitter cold outside and shuddered involuntarily. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z So many things Pastor Tom would never know. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “Give her to me, Tom, please. You’re going to hurt her. Please, give her to me.” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Anna looks from Tom to me and back again. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Nearly everybody expected spectacular things from Tom Riddle, prefect, Head Boy, winner of the Award for Special Services to the School. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z I liked Tom and he liked me, and he came up often, almost every weekend. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom White met Farmer’s “WL” definition: someone who donated money but didn’t understand the depth of third-world problems or how to really fix them. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Very gently, Tom takes her from Anna’s arms. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z "I read somewhere that the sun's getting hotter every year," said Tom genially. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z “And who is to run the ranch while you and Tom are gone?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z There is no confusion like the confusion of a simple mind, and as we drove away Tom was feeling the hot whips of panic. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z All at once back into his mind, from which it had disappeared with the first coming of the fog, came the memory of the house down under the Hill, and of Tom singing. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The three devised what they called a “disassembly strategy”—or, out of earshot of Tom White, “the post-Tom plan.” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z If I had to write dow n every transgression for which I should apologize to Tom, I could fill a book. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “So, Tom ... to what do I owe the pleasure?” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z It bothered him when Tom made a lightning shift like that. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Some time toward midnight Tom Buchanan and Mrs. Wilson stood face to face discussing in impassioned voices whether Mrs. Wilson had any right to mention Daisy's name. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Tom was saying, “I guess you got to hand it to them, the way they came up that hill.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z "Wait a minute," snapped Tom, "I want to ask Mr. Gatsby one more question." The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z How many different faces shaped over Tom’s face, all wrong? The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z He would cut him in on the profits, but Tom was a dreamer and could not be trusted with a good sound plan. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Tom Bombadil’s house and the valley, and the Forest were lost to view. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “I hope whoever she was, she was worth it,” Tom taunts. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z Last week the Malvern Gazetteer had Tom Yew on its front page. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z “No—yes, french fried. Your mother is worried about Tom. Is he all right?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Liza knew about it, and Olive, and Dessie had written to Tom. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z So they came under the care of Tom Bombadil for a while, and were well-off. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z These were mysteries that Tom might never solve, though he seemed to spend most of his life trying. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Driving up the Hamilton road, Tom wondered how to break it to Dessie that their plan was no good. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Tom White had no formal training as a law-enforcement officer, and he struggled to master new scientific methods, such as decoding the mystifying whorls and loops of fingerprints. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Jefferson denounced Washington's speech as “shreds of stuff from Aesop’s fables and Tom Thumb. ” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Daisy and Tom looked at each other for a moment in silence. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Today we’re just sitting side by side in Tom’s car, windows down, letting the warm breeze in. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z She carried her husband Tom along on the wave of her excitement. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He did his work well enough, but Samuel felt that Tom had not joy enough. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z And as it rushed nearer, nearer, it became more familiar, until when it reached the landing it was Tom! The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Farmer and Jim were, among other things, pragmatists who understood that even with Tom White’s generosity and PIH’s fund-raising efforts, the organization was overextended and sometimes close to being broke. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z He looked past Tom and saw a frog on the lawn. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “I didn’t want to even be close to her. When Marse Tom sold my babies, I just wanted to lay down and die. Seeing her like she was brought all that back.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z “Tom, Tom, son, listen to me. Come back, slip down the vines, boy. Come along, Anna’s waiting; we’ll give you a good home, everything you want.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Johnny White was the number two man in Tom Bolles’s outstanding freshman boat that year. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I have to keep in mind that the things Tom said about Scott and Megan came from Anna, and no one knows better than I do that she can’t be trusted. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom played softly on a mouth organ for a while, but no one had the heart to sing. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z “Mother wanted to come. Have you ever seen Mother cry, Tom?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He tried to explain about the accidents, about his bad luck, but each time Pastor Tom cut him off, called it evil superstition. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “Turf writers and dockers swear by Tom Smith,” moaned a reporter, “and very often they just swear.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He turned away and then came back and put his hand on Tom’s shoulders. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He handed the flask back to Tom and said, “Put it in the beam, and let’s look at it.” The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Almost before I had grasped her meaning there was the flutter of a dress and the crunch of leather boots and Tom and Daisy were back at the table. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Did Tom Brown, as he took out $160 million in loans and signed promissory notes for $6.25 million without reading the paperwork? Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He must see to his mother, first of all; he must use Tom Torgerson’s ham radio set and put in a call to Anacortes about printing the paper there. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z And Tom could stand it because he had been with it. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z "Don't you call me 'old sport'!" cried Tom. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z “Little town like this, that’s what keeps things on an even keel. These folk will carry a grudge for fifty years about what their Tom said about our Kari.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Tom, wouldn’t you be willing to take over the ranch?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z "They've been living over that garage for eleven years. And Tom's the first sweetie she ever had." The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Tom White’s son had also joined the bureau, making three generations of White lawmen. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z There is no great revelation: Tom and I argued in the street, I slipped and hurt myself, he stormed off and got into his car with Anna. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Luke threw the ball in the air, then scampered off with Mr. Tom. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Bookcases filled with complete sets of Tom Swift, The Bobbsey Twins, The Hardy Boys, and Nancy Drew were in the grade-school hallway and available to any student for the asking. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z I was talking to my cousin, Maggie, who was a few months younger than I, when Uncle Tom entered the room. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom glanced around to see if we mirrored his unbelief. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z He was Tom and James and a man named Switchman, another named Butterfield; he was the town mayor and the young girl Judith and the husband William and the wife Clarisse. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z “But to me, I’m afraid, you will always be Tom Riddle. It is one of the irritating things about old teachers. I am afraid that they never quite forget their charges’ youthful beginnings.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z If we want to understand what makes someone like Tom Gau so persuasive, in other words, we have to look at much more than his obvious eloquence. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The priest said, True for you, Tom, decent man that you are, fine man that never set foot inside a speakeasy. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “We can worry about the other stuff later. If I give you a letter, can you keep it a secret from everyone? Especially Tom?” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “I thought Tom,” he remembered later, “had blown his topper.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom winced and I shivered at the immensity of her criminal charge. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z One member of Tom’s company would seek out the most ruthless bad man in town and then provoke a fight, so he could kill him. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z ‘Eh, what?’ said Tom sitting up, and his eyes glinting in the gloom. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z At the hanging of his friend, convicted killer Tom Horn, he made national headlines by stepping up to the gallows and belting out “Life’s Railway to Heaven.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom is meeting some of his army buddies for a drink and Evie’s down for her nap. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I was probably the only child in America who was horrified when Dustin Hoffman forgot to thank Tom Cruise in his Oscar acceptance speech for best actor back in 1989. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z The news of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes's wedding was everywhere. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Then Tom shut the door on them and came down the single step, his eyes avoiding the table. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Tom Tate was elected the new county sheriff days after the murder took place, and folks started to question whether he was up to the job. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He asked to meet the warden and was led in to see Tom White, who was then nearly sixty years old. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Father sacrificed his favorite brown sweater, which was unraveled and remodeled into the roly-poly hide of Tom Turkey. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z Tom sat on a while beside them in silence, while each of them tried to muster the courage to ask one of the many questions he had meant to ask at supper. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z He leans against the stoop of a building across the street and down the block from Tom Arlen's place. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z If it were true, Tom was a fool. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Uncle Tom, don’t you think there’s some way for her to be a boy?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Tom,” he said, “what did you do this afternoon?” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z The fury had drained from his face as completely as it had once drained from Tom’s face, and the change was even more frightening than rage. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z But then Tom Yew said he thought it'd gone on a bit long and everyone agreed that though the film was classic it'd dragged on for ages. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z There are in these two studies, I think, very important clues as to what makes someone like Tom Gau — or, for that matter, any of the Salesmen in our lives — so effective. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z With initial funds from Tom White, and Farmer’s eventual strong support, Jim created a system of community health workers in Carabayllo. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Tom wrote secret poetry, and in those days it was only sensible to keep it secret. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Tom sprang away, and breaking off a hanging branch smote the side of the willow with it. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z "I'll say it whenever I want to! Daisy! Dai----" Making a short deft movement Tom Buchanan broke her nose with his open hand. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z I picture Tom and James in their rec room, playing video games, not having any sense that their week was disrupted. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z She wouldn’t approve of throwing a rotten orange in Tom’s face, even if he deserved it. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z But it was still a new course record by a wide margin, and Tom Bolles remained undefeated on Lake Washington. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Daisy looked at Tom frowning and an indefinable expression, at once definitely unfamiliar and vaguely recognizable, as if I had only heard it described in words, passed over Gatsby's face. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Then Tom's voice, incredulous and insulting: "You must have gone there about the time Biloxi went to New Haven." The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Nonetheless, you’ve managed to extract something very meaningful about him from those thin slices of experience, and that impression has a powerful effect on how you experience Tom Hanks’s movies. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Furniture had indeed fallen; the place was a chaos of wrecked clocks and chairs, and in the midst of it the bulk of Tom Hustings lay, fallen on the smaller figure of Abanazer Bolger. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z He tried to pull her from Tom, and she shrieked, “Don’t touch me! I don’t want to think about it!” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “You wish! You wish!” yelled Tom, dropping his cheerful grin. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “My brooch, and mine alone,” he muttered, and followed it with a barked, “Just coming, Tom!” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z She was as awful as Tom, only no one suspected it because she seemed so meek. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yore pa wrote Tom and me about it. Tom tried to pretend he didn’t keer, but I know he did. He cried oncet—I wouldn’t tell that ’cept now it’s no matter.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z “Him always running off alone any chance he gets. Tom!” she called. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Naomi wished she could run out to the porch and tell Pastor Tom the truth: there was nothing new in Henry. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z He had sympathized with Tom and Eb, and he had been angered at his father’s command for silence when they grew loud and vehement in their demands for war. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom looked into the eyepieces of a microscope that was attached to the cutting machine. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The “Uncle Toms” think that every Negro should bury his head in the sand and pretend he is not there. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She was just drowsing, but Tom Yew was snoring. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Tom Smith was an obscure trainer with one year’s experience with a mainstream stable. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Her voice reminded Piper of corn growing—a crackling, hissing, hot and persistent noise she used to hear at Grandpa Tom’s on those quiet nights in Oklahoma. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z As the waiter brought my change I caught sight of Tom Buchanan across the crowded room. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Tom could be heard about the house, clattering in the kitchen, and up and down the stairs, and singing here and there outside. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Not when I met Tom, who saved me from grief after Dad died. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z So Tom Buchanan and his girl and I went up together to New York--or not quite together, for Mrs. Wilson sat discreetly in another car. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z “Some suspect,” wrote Jolly Roger, “that Tom may have removed his tongue.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Tom Smith,” wrote a reporter, “says almost nothing, constantly.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The women were alcoholics, Benito was as dumb as a guppy, and Tom was a moral black hole. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Hello, Harry Potter. My name is Tom Riddle. How did you come by my diary?” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Others feared I might be an Uncle Tom going over to the white side. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Give us your glass then, Tom. Nice drop of Scotch, put hairs on your chest. Say when.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Tom touched his cap, a thing he rarely did, and moved off thoughtfully. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The first time he read Tom Jones, he got so excited he absent-mindedly rocked baby for half an hour, but even this did not upset that regular Silsbee of Lexington. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Then there was the time that a new recruit in Tom’s company was gunned down while trying to stop an assault. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Tom Grieves had to pedal through Nantucket on a bicycle to find the doctor. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z The gym instructor was a ridiculously good-looking young teacher named Tom Cruise. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z Tom learned to be a lawman by following the example of the most skilled officers. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z She opened it a crack to see Pastor Tom standing on the porch, his Bible pressed against the front of his coat. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Something Tom once said tipped me over, sent me sliding. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “Marse Tom says you s’pose to take care of him and you better do a good job. Aunt Sarah says you call her if you need help.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah, it’s too bad,” Tom said to her. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z She had told him that she loved him, and Tom Buchanan saw. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Tom Bolles hustled his freshmen out onto the water that same day, anxious to see how they would handle the unfamiliar racecourse. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Tom found these people cowards and, therefore, more contemptible than the desperadoes who risked their lives to hold up a train. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Tom put on the wounded look, face of the ruptured deer. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom loved all of them passionately, but he felt heavy and earth-bound. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Can’t repeat it—not fit for a lady’s ears. Not fit for Christian ears, neither. Pastor Tom would swallow his tongue if he could hear them boys talking trash on the rig.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Then Tom saw him stand up and walk slowly up the eastern hill, kicking at the flints on the ground. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “I’m going to drive in and talk to Will,” said Tom. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z At number seven was another of Tom Bolles’s former freshmen, Merton Hatch. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Tom’s lips are moving, he’s saying something to me, but I can’t hear him. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Tell me, if my asking does not seem foolish, who is Tom Bombadil?’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “Tom, I tell you I cannot get to that hospital alive if you don’t get on over there and buy me a bottle of beer.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Chamberlain saw Tom come up, whirling through smoke, saw a rip»in his coat, thought: no good to have a brother here. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom’s going on ahead candles for to kindle. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Tom Yew reached for his backpack, got out two bottles of beer, and flipped off their caps with his Swiss Army knife. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z He thought of Tom Perry and the note they’d scattered on the water in his memory. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom talked incessantly, exulting and laughing, but his voice was as remote from Jordan and me as the foreign clamor on the sidewalk or the tumult of the elevated overhead. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z These four now suddenly remembered what the joy of this house had driven from their minds: the house of Tom Bombadil nestled under the very shoulder of those dreaded hills. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Tom and I looked at each other blankly. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z “Why?” said Matt, who enjoyed hearing about Tom’s misdeeds. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Two-Toed Tom lived wherever there was a river. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Tom steered him down one of the rutted work roads, his hand a sweating brick on Henry’s shoulder. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “I’ll have to get my rig together, do a piece of sharpening, and put my house in order. In a few days I’ll send the equipment with Tom.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Tom lighted the lamp in the old living room. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Fudge came back, accompanied by Tom the innkeeper. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z “Don’t you mind him, sir!” broke in Mrs. Tom, with a cheery laugh. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Redding Ridge being a small place I knew everybody there—all the kids, and Tom Warrups and Ned, the Starr’s black man. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom was a dedicated family man, but like his father he was attracted to the darkness, and in 1917 he took the oath to become a special agent of the Bureau of Investigation. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “Well,” Tom said stubbornly, “you did real good.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Desmond and Fat Tom had dragged the man to the stump. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Tom Smith and Red Pollard, just in from the West with Seabiscuit, were in the Belmont stands to see War Admiral’s epic performance. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Pastor Tom said that listening to the radio can interfere with Bible reading,” Cari said primly. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Tom Geisbert lived in a small town in West Virginia, across the Potomac River from Maryland. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Just the thought of all this made Tom shrink back uncomfortably in his chair. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s a new book: Tom Sawyer, by a fellow named Mark Twain. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z A few minutes later, Pastor Tom marched a groggy, squinting Henry out onto the porch. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z I’m not sure I could bear to relive the stupid, awful things I’ve done, to hear the words I said in spite, to remember the look on Tom’s face as I said them. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom was a mild-faced lad who, like Jethro and Bill, had inherited the blond hair and blue eyes of his father’s side of the family. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z A little before 4:00 p.m., in a driving rain, Tom Bolles’s freshmen paddled upriver to the stake boats and took their starting position, with Columbia on one side and California on the other. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “Tom, Tom, if I knew I couldn’t tell you,” said Slughorn, wagging his finger reprovingly at Riddle, though winking at the same time. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z “I was wondering whether you could tell me anything of Tom Riddle’s history? I think he was born here in the orphanage?” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z With Tom, she might have been able to linger at the door on some excuse and hear what Yoren was saying, but Desmond was too single-minded to trick. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Finally, just before noon, one of the attorneys, Tom Harper, speaking for Governor Faubus, asked if preliminary matters were taken care of. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom had a Reb officer in tow, a weary gentleman with a face of grime and sadness, of exhausted despair. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom had bought the parrot from a sailor. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Tom became a railroad detective, and the steady wage made it possible to raise a family. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Later, these seven test pilots were further immortalized in the book The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe and in the award-winning 1983 movie of the same name. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z Always the words lay dead on the page, refusing to come into his heart the way Pastor Tom had promised they would. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Samuel’s jeweled, sardonic eyes dwelt on Tom’s face until Tom said, “What’s the matter, Father?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He held out his hand and poured the scrapings into Tom’s hand. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Tom, watching at the door, saw his duty. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she remembered something her father had told her years ago: You were named Piper because Grandpa Tom thought you would have a powerful voice. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z He took the paper and added his name: Tom Fleet. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z He was looking at Tom, and a smile was creeping over his mouth. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z After a moment Tom got up and began wrapping the unopened bottle of whiskey in the towel. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Nine, Tom Barleycorn had said, and nine there were, but two were dead and one so weak he might have died by morning. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Mother’s brothers, Uncles Tutti, Tom and Ira, were well-known young men about St. Louis. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “Okay. Scout, you say, ‘Tom, there’s no time to lose. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z The house was too big for Tom Grieves, the handyman, and Mrs. Cunningham, the cook, to keep in order. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z “I have come to offer Tom a place at my school.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z When I look at Tom, I thank God that he found me, too, that I was there to rescue him from that woman. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “I w'as here. I was on my way to see ... to see Tom, my ex- husband, but I—” He squeezes his eyes shut, rubs his forehead. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z And then I lay awake, trying to sleep, waiting for Tom to call. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z There are even pockets sewn into the skirt, a request the dressmaker was happy to oblige, and I’ve hidden Tom Sawyer in one just in case I find time to read some later. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z In the days that followed, I read other animal rights thinkers: writers like Tom Regan, James Rachels, Joy Williams, and Matthew Scully. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z But he heard it all the same, and remembered every word: Tom, I just triggered the Ending. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z “What if I did? I could read on your face what you was planning, Tom Hustings. Thief.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z I tell Tom that I’m going to make a Starbucks run, and he looks at me like I have been totally, irredeemably girlified. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z At one point, Tom and the sergeant paused at a store to get provisions. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Chief steward Tom Thorpe demanded that Smith run his horse. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom Riddle, who confided in no one and operated alone, might have been arrogant enough to assume that he, and only he, had penetrated the deepest mysteries of Hogwarts Castle. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z "The king is dead," he said, "but we shall go with you nonetheless. Tom, assemble an escort, if you would." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z When I wake again, Tom’s not at my side, but I can hear his footfalls on the stairs. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “Uncle Tom,” she said and chewed her gum with great snapping sounds. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “It’s nice here,”Tom said, picking up Matt’s treasured teddy bear. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Those things Tom said to me in the car, all mixed up with guilt over what happened with Scott the other night: the dream was just my brain picking all that apart. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom said, “Say, what do you think it is with—nickel and silver—” “It must have been long thousand centuries ago,” Samuel said, and his sons knew he was seeing it. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Tom nodded gloomily and returned to wiping glasses; Harry, Hermione, Hagrid, and the Weasleys walked through the bar and out into the chilly little courtyard at the back where the dustbins stood. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Tom leaned back from his board and laughed. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Tom Smith would like permission to work a horse after the last race.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom Yew got on her and sort of jiggled there and she gasped like a Chinese burn and wrapped her legs round him, froggily. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Or maybe they’d realized I got my essay on Tom Sawyer from the Internet without ever reading the book and now they were going to take away my grade. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z And as for Tom Hamilton—he had been just crazy. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Mr. LaFarge sat down to his supper and, knife in hand, looked over at Tom. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom stirred like a man shaken out of a pleasant dream. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z It was Tom Smith, on a broad yellow horse. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Not much. ’Bout much as old Marse Tom whipped you that time.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z “Now, have a crumpet, Harry, while I go and see if Tom’s got a room for you.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Samuel sat down at the table and said, “Bless you, Tom. Well, Mr. Trask is making great changes. He’s fitting up the old house to live in.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Tom and Daisy stared, with that peculiarly unreal feeling that accompanies the recognition of a hitherto ghostly celebrity of the movies. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Dessie decided to sell her business and go back to the ranch to live with Tom. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Black Twitter’s been going in on Officer Cruise’s dad, claiming his name should be Tom Cruise with that performance he put on. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Tom pulled her away, and Matt knew he was enjoying every minute of this. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom, chastened, retrieved his rifle, and it was not long before he understood the sergeant’s urgency: they were being tracked by the rustlers. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Tom, who’d spent much of his life in male company, was taken with her. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Tom’s father hired a carpenter to construct the gallows near the southern wall of the prison, the only place where the ceiling was sufficiently high. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z "Tom's getting very profound," said Daisy with an expression of unthoughtful sadness. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Should he call out, “Tom, my son, this is your father”? How to speak to her? The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom sat down by the round center table. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Tom flashing through the moonlit streets, alone, passing people. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Watching Tom I saw the wad of muscle back of his shoulder tighten under his coat. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z “What was that?” asked Tom Hustings, spinning round. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z The woman rode double with Rory, her son with Tom Barleycorn, the old men with Horse and Satin. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He drove back along the highway toward the church, already laying down a bargain: if Pastor Tom’s car was there, then he would stop in and talk to him. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Pastor Tom made his hands into a steeple and studied his fingernails. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “I’ve been trying to get hold of you since Monday,” Tom says when he answers the phone. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I nodded, though I knew that in my own way I was as lost in the mist as Tom White or Mollie Burkhart had been. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Woman, you gonna run on down to the Foster place and tell Tom I needs him to bring a horse to hitch to this here wagon. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Nat thought back over the years—the shilling he’d invested in Tom Perry’s expectations—the hundred and thirty-five dollars he had risked in his first venture on the Henry. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z "You two start on home, Daisy," said Tom. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Samuel looked up at Tom with clear eyes and said, “I’ll have to get up,” tried it and sat weakly back, chuckling—the sound he made when any force in the world defeated him. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Attorney General Tom C. Clark developed a list of these organizations, which included everything from African American civil rights groups to labor unions and virtually anyone associated with communism or the Soviet Union. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “Of course it’s only because Tom isn’t home,” said Mrs. Parsons vaguely. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z “It would be the finest thing on earth for me, but what about my folks? My ma has lost three little boys and Mary—and Tom—and Bill. I’m the youngest; they depend on me.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z And because Tom was an unnatural little weevil no father would like to have around. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “That’s the stuff, Mi Vida. Get rid of your enemies when you can. I don’t like Tom either, and dinner will be better without him.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Allen said, “Well, I think the real issue is Mrs. Granger’s reaction to a harmless little experiment with language—it’s an overreaction, don’t you think so, Tom?” Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom said it was too thin, and I thickened it with mashed up nuts—I had run out of acorn flour. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Then Tom put the Ring round the end of his little finger and held it up to the candlelight. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z I had not known of her son Tom or of his death as a twenty-year-old soldier in the very place where I was born. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z “That was a wonderful thing Tom helped to do, wasn’t it, Shad?” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought how desperately I would love to be able to run home and for Tom to be waiting for me. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Al Ulbrickson was quietly pacing the shoreline, waiting to board the press car on the observation train with George Pocock and Tom Bolles, when a reporter approached and asked him whether he was nervous. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z ‘There’s earth under his old feet, and clay on his fingers; wisdom in his bones, and both his eyes are open,’ said Tom. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Some of my friends are moderates, conservatives, extremists—some are even Uncle Toms! The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom was talking to him about calling some people. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes, if it rained we’d go up to Tom Warrups and get him to tell us stories about the Indian wars and the brave things his grandfather, Chief Chicken, did. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “And if Mister Tom wasn’t so stingy, you’d have had a dress a long time ago. Man loves a dollar more than he loves Jesus.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Tom, her eldest son, had recently moved from Hazelhurst to Jackson and lived near the outskirts of town. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “Tom would—what running there is to do in the winter.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z She rang Tom and he came home and sat with her in the living room. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z For one thing, he knew a little more than Pastor Tom about Naomi’s reservations. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Was it then that Tom started to look at me differently, his disappointment mirroring my own? The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom’s brother Doc recalled, “We had nothing—not even fingerprints. We had to use mostly witnesses, and they were sometimes hard to come by.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Pastor Tom thumped a hairy hand against his Bible. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Tom Riddle hit the floor with a mundane finality, his body feeble and shrunken, the white hands empty, the snakelike face vacant and unknowing. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z As the freshmen of 1933 flailed at their oars in the first few days, Tom Bolles and Al Ulbrickson strode up and down Old Nero’s walkway in gray flannel suits and fedoras. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The two deserters were caught and prosecuted for murder, and Tom’s father attended each day of the trial until both men were convicted. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Tam Lin had shown him the same things, and Matt had almost done what Tom described. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Tom,” she said, “I’m sorry. But I’m awfully sick, Tom. I’m terribly sick.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Tom and the rest in the group had wondered why Keith was late, and they’d heard separately that there had been an accident on Valley View Highway. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z On that Saturday night I stood here, at the entrance to the underpass, and watched Anna getting into Tom’s car. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “I reckon we’d best not tell Pa—not till we hear from Tom or Eb.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z They tended to resemble Tom Waits, or maybe it was the other way around. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “Why don’t I drive, Tom?” said my mom. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z I insisted, and it wasn’t—yes, I called Tom from time to time, but not every night, it was a total exaggeration. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom’s patience wears thin “I don’t have time for this,” he says to me. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z She had to reach Tom- men, no matter the costs. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Daisy and Tom were sitting opposite each other at the kitchen table with a plate of cold fried chicken between them and two bottles of ale. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z “Mr. Tom! ” he called to his new primary from Conn Cottage, “this is my sister!” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Cox finally blurted out, “Tom, we must get those men who were here this morning across the river.” Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z She told them how Pastor Tom was the best thing that ever happened to this oil field. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z He looked less like Tom Riddle than ever, his features thick with rage. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z We had lunch and lay out on the lawn, and then when it got too hot we came inside and ate ice cream while Tom watched the Grand Prix. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z As Jerrie and her boss, Tom Harris, talked before that day's events at the Air Force Association conference, two men who had just had a swim in the ocean were headed in their direction. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z Tom Yew serves in the Royal Navy on a frigate called HMS Coventry. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Frodo gave a cry — and Tom leaned forward and handed it back to him with a smile. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “Go to Tom and tell him that Papa’s gone home. Ask him to come here and take charge of things,” Granny said. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z On my own I found Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, and my sister Geraldine gave me a copy of Little Men. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Tom Geisbert looked at a piece of it under his microscope and, to his dismay, found that it was “incredibly hot—I mean, wall to wall with virus.” The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z There were too many things she could say that Tom Weylin in particular would resent. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Tom Riddle had turned Hagrid in because he was faced with the prospect of a Muggle orphanage if the school closed. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Since Tom Talbot didn’t make much money Mary couldn’t give parties all the time so she tricked people into giving them. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He knew Tom was up to something foul, but he hadn’t figured out what it was yet. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It felt like that song Miranda used to sing to me: Ground Control to Major Tom, your circuit’s dead, there’s something wrong . Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z “Tom, do you think you could look after the ranch if your mother and I took a little trip?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z On the observation train, in a press car full of Washington coaches, alumni, and sportswriters, George Pocock and Tom Bolles paced up and down the aisle. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The paramedics arrived, too late for Tom, and on their heels came uniformed police, then the detectives, Gaskill and Riley. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Nat said, “I have a friend on the Pilgrim. Tom Perry.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z British Bulldogs was aborted 'cause Tom Yew's a minor legend in Black Swan Green. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Tom heard a horse’s clattering hoofs and he saw a small boy, elbows flapping, urging a tired horse toward the house. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Brother Tom went off to find the hospital, to see how the boys were, to see how Buster Kilrain was getting along. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z And Tom and I have had another row about—inevitably—Rachel. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z You didn’t want to leave anything vulnerable around Tom. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z We carried the casket to a sand dune between The Shoe and the ocean, where Dad and Tom dug a shallow grave. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z They three, Liza and Tom and Samuel, were alone on the ranch. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Tom woke me up early with a kiss and a cheeky grin. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z He picked up Tom’s letter and read it again; then he smoothed it carefully and returned it to the envelope. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Black people often saw me playing tennis with Helmut, or travelling in a car with him while sitting in the front seat, and their suspicions about my being an Uncle Tom mounted. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m on my way to see Scott, and I’ll have to run all the risks of Blenheim Road before I do: Tom, Anna, police, press. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Then Tom said, “Amazing! You can see inside!” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom wagged his head up and down, and there was a glint in his eyes when he heard of the Riders. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The nearest schoolhouse—which had one room and a single teacher for eight grades—was three miles away, and to get there, Tom and his siblings had to walk. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Old Tom Watson caught up with Cal one night and asked, “Why do you walk around so much at night?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Violence and shyness—Tom’s loins needed women and at the same time he did not think himself worthy of a woman. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z She smiled slowly and walking through her husband as if he were a ghost shook hands with Tom, looking him flush in the eye. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z But Tom got into a book, crawled and groveled between the covers, tunneled like a mole among the thoughts, and came up with the book all over his face and hands. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z She was probably visiting Tom now, asking him to go to school with her because she liked him better, the unnatural little weevil. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z But as the speed with which he managed to impregnate Anna demonstrates, there was never any problem with Tom’s virility. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Monroe County Sheriff Tom Tate did not have much law enforcement experience. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Tom did not speak again as they walked down the hill. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z When Zach first got interested in theater, Tom Philippi was not happy. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Mr. Dubonnet, Jake, Tom, and Basil threw themselves to the ground while the rocket hissed overhead and then slammed into the road behind, skittering along until it plowed into a muddy ditch. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He had a regular uniform he met trains in, a sort of Uncle Tom's cabin outfit, patches and all. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Naomi shrugged, hoping Pastor Tom would let it alone. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “Everybody wants to fight, Tom, but nobody knows why. Suppose I were to ask you not to fight, as a special favour to the King? Would you do that?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I allow myself these tears sparingly, only ever w hen Tom’s not here, just a few moments to let it all out. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I touched the scar Tom Weylin’s boot had left on my face, touched my empty left sleeve. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z "Well, you ought to see her. She's----" Tom Buchanan who had been hovering restlessly about the room stopped and rested his hand on my shoulder. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z “Well, I think you’re a pig! And I’m not going to be mean to Tom just because you don’t like him. Besides, everyone thinks you’re awful.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z "From Louisville. Our white girlhood was passed together there. Our beautiful white----" "Did you give Nick a little heart to heart talk on the veranda?" demanded Tom suddenly. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Tom Meek didn’t like people to kid him. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Captain Prince said, “Mr. Collins, have the men drilled twice a day until further orders. Have Lem and Tom divide the detail.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom must have come home while I was up there, because they were together when I came downstairs. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Well, the start of the school year arrived and with it came Tom Riddle, a quiet boy in his secondhand robes, who lined up with the other first years to be sorted. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z On Christmas Day 1967, Tom Kelley’s plane touched down in Vietnam, and he stepped into a wave of heat, chaos, and noise. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Tom woke Harry the next morning with his usual toothless grin and a cup of tea. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z “She probably won’t be up for eating right after surgery, Tom,” my mom snaps at him, his face falling at her words. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z “I wasn’t in favor of it,” said Tom. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z "I want the guard doubled," he told Fat Tom. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I had not intentionally tried to shock Uncle Tom, and yet his anger at me seemed to outweigh his sorrow for his father. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z And the courage with which he confronted enraged mobs dissolved the stereotype of the grinning, submissive Uncle Tom. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The need for contact must have been overwhelming, and there was no one I could call except for Tom. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom did not have his father’s lyric softness or his gay good looks. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z During Easter vacation Tom said good manners were no harder to learn than rolling over or playing dead. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m not done yet, ’’said Tom, quickly picking up his paintbrush, “but I’m almost through. ” each other/one another. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He grinned at Tom Allen, and Tom smiled back weakly. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom came bubbling up with a message from Vincent: the Corps would move soon, on further orders. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Although Ridgeway’s father scorned religious talk, Tom Bird’s testimony on the Great Spirit reminded him of how he felt about iron. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z At the front door he almost knocked young Tom down carrying in a bucket already filled to the brim. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Wilson's eyes fell upon Tom; he started up on his tiptoes and then would have collapsed to his knees had not Tom held him upright. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Tom is trying to quieten her, he’s ignoring Anna, so it falls to me to take hold of her. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “Tom is a filthy little pustule,” said Tam Lin. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “I thought you might like to see something,”Tom said. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘You won’t find your clothes again,’ said Tom, bounding down from the mound, and laughing as he danced round them in the sunlight. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The horsemen stopped almost in front of me, Rufus on the gray he usually rode, and Tom Weylin on a darker animal. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z "You ought to live in California--" began Miss Baker but Tom interrupted her by shifting heavily in his chair. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z He remembered the rhyme that Tom had taught them. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Everyone looked at Tom Yew for the answer. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Like Grandma and Dad, Aunt Anne thought that all Irishmen were shiftless and that Tom Grieves was the most shiftless of all Irishmen. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z I have three missed calls: one from Tom and two from Scott. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “There are a lot of Toms,” muttered Riddle. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z A week after I left Santa Barbara Tom ran into a wagon on the Ventura road one night and ripped a front wheel off his car. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z “Blast! They know about the cameras,” said Tom. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “I wish we could have brought Tom with us.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z I am sharing the room with two other boys—my brothers, Paul and Tom. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z Tom had stumbled on a very interesting thing. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Tom pulled out six cans of Coke and shut the heavy wooden door. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z It seemed strange that this scrap of paper had actually come from a battlefield, that Tom’s big hand had actually touched it. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z “But for two bits, Uncle Tom a little—white cats especially like that. I’ve had them to come back two, three times a dance.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom Geisbert had heard about the sick monkeys in Virginia, and he wanted to take photographs of the meat to see if he could identify any simian- fever-virus particles in it. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I wasn’t supposed to go near Tom’s computer, because he was worried I would delete something important by mistake, or click on something I shouldn’t and let in a virus or a Trojan or something. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m not sleepy,” said Cal, and this didn’t make any sense at all to Old Tom, who couldn’t remember any time in his whole life when he wasn’t sleepy. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Marse Tom already don’t like you. You talk too educated and you come from a free state.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Tom was sent to his room without dinner. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Tam Lin studied Tom’s earnest face for a moment and then loosened his grip on the boy’s shirt. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He was perhaps a trifle annoyed with Tom for seeming to make so light of what even Gandalf thought so perilously important. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Then, because Matt didn’t want to think of El Patron dying, he said, “What does that have to do with Tom?” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom helped Dessie into the seat and pretended to peek coyly at her ankle. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The papers and a pen were there on the desk next to Tom. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a Bible on the nightstand, the same kind that Pastor Tom had given to Beto last week after his baptism. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z "I've heard of making a garage out of a stable," Tom was saying to Gatsby, "but I'm the first man who ever made a stable out of a garage." The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z "Hello, Wilson, old man," said Tom, slapping him jovially on the shoulder. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Her eyes flashed around her in a defiant way, rather like Tom's, and she laughed with thrilling scorn. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z If there was any doubt in her mind about Tom, she didn’t voice it. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom Yew clenched his eyes shut and shook his head. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z “He kicked and jerked around a long time,” Tom later recalled. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Pastor Tom pulled Henry aside as he came out of the church building on Sunday. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Tom often puzzled over why criminals did what they did. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “Hey,” I say to Tom as we head to football practice, “did you hear about that kid in Monroeville who says he was possessed by the devil?” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z Tom Draper was changed into a wide, long shirt that trailed upon the ground. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z I’m feeling really quite jolly, thanks to the wine and the tedious contents of Tom’s computer. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Now, sodden and almost sober, I’m going to call Tom. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Pastor Tom said, falling into step with them. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Tom turned to laugh in his father’s face. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z “I did go there, I wanted to speak to Tom. No one answered the doorbell . . .” “So how did you get in?” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z It's the part of the movie where the kids are putting on the play of Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Chamberlain turned, saw Tom’s white grinning face, saw him flick rock dust from his uniform, blinking it out of his eyes, grinning bleakly. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z "Tom," I inquired, "what did you say to Wilson that afternoon?" The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z “Yeah, Tom,” answered the woman, “about twenty times.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Across the track, Tom Smith was leaning against the easternmost barn, turning a straw in his teeth. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I have a pretty silver bracelet with onyx inlay from Evie, and a black silk teddy and matching knickers from Tom, and I can’t stop smiling. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z "I think,” Jack said slowly, "that Mrs. Cunningham and Tom should do the work. They get paid for it.” Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z “I fergot this—it’s from Tom. Ma wanted you to read it.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Pastor Tom elbowed his way to the front. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z I do, of course, but I can’t tell him that, so I tell him about that time with the golf club, when I attacked Tom after we’d had a fight. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Up came Tom with his big boots on. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Tom would be working from home and I’d barely be through the door before he was taking my clothes off. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The late Tom Mayer wanted to write a book entitled Galileo was Guilty. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Celia would turn into Rosa, and Maria would turn into Tom. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom Sands said, “And there’s another. Right now he’s just walking around the chapel. He’s the one who’s been all around the graveyard for the last month. But there’s something different about him.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z “Tom’s one of the heirs, and he’s not stupid!” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z When the preacher finished, Tom heard a familiar voice. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Tom pulled ditched cars free with his freshly painted two-ton wrecker; Dave sold gasoline, batteries, and motor oil and advised his customers to go home and stay home. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z He instinctively understood that if he refused to react, Tom would lose interest. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Tom showed up about six months after she returned.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z In June I met Tom, a lanky Zulu tennis player who had just come out for the tennis team. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom’s face flushed with rage, and Matt braced himself for a fight; but just as suddenly the anger drained away, as though it had never been there. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He was beginning to regret calling Tom Hustings over, although Hustings was big and good for scaring people. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z “Tim, how about getting me a pint of beer? And one for Tom, too.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Suppose Tom found out that Daisy had been driving. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z The whole story came out about MacGregor’s clone and Tom’s part in luring Maria to see it. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom said seriously, “If the assay showed enough nickel and silver, wouldn’t it pay to mine it?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Did you find out about my friend Tom Perry?” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “Then ‘tis: Na, Tom, for thee must go right quickly. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “No, because you were already grown, already two syllables when you came here. But I was young; I was still Tom when I arrived,” he said. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, “Here—Tom! What have you done with my brooch?” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Tom’s face was so dark and his eyes so blue. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Let me pray with you, brother,” Pastor Tom said. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans, Tom.” Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Tom wasn’t in bed with me, and I felt relieved. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z You know Tom, I can’t tell him how I feel about anything... Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z But a year of dealing with Tom Smith had gotten to some of the reporters. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Pirates and Small World were converted to magnetic levitation, and they opened up Grand Canyon Land in the dry moat around Tom Sawyer’s Island. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Tom Watson himself, who had spoken with passion and idealism about wiping out the color line, became one of white supremacy’s greatest supporters. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z “There’s ripe hazel-nuts in the thicket just beyond the Littlejohns’ monument,” said Tom with a smile, as if softening a blow. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z He didn’t want Tom poking around while he was talking to Maria. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Pastor Tom’s told me as much, but he doesn’t know...he doesn’t know everything.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Tom had been no more in charge of his fate than the dullest eejit. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Score, newsmen 2, Tom Smith 0,” wrote Jolly Roger. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom sounded as disgusted as Lem Harvey would have been. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z As light glimmered around the Institute, Tom sliced pieces of monkey liver with his diamond knife and put them into the electron microscope. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I want to talk to Tom, to ask him about the night Megan went missing. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “He’s trying. He wants to do right, I can tell you that,” Pastor Tom said. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Tom Yew parked his Suzuki by the bench on the narrow end of the lake and sat on it, sidesaddle. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z With a reluctant backward glance the well-disciplined child held to her nurse's hand and was pulled out the door, just as Tom came back, preceding four gin rickeys that clicked full of ice. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Eleanor imagined Park's dad, Tom Selleck, tucking his Dainty China person into his flak jacket and sneaking her out of Korea. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z “Oh, dear Tom,” she said, and her lips moved. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z She didn’t think it was necessary to mention that her teacher had just read Tom Sawyer to the class—and just possibly Set had had a little help from Mark Twain. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z He felt the cool mud about his toes as he paddled in the Pool at Bywater with Jolly Cotton and Tom and Nibs, and their sister Rosie. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z “You put your hand right in it,” said Tom, ignoring Matt, “and screamed your head off.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It was not Tom; it was only a running shape with a face like silver shining in the light of the globes clustered about the plaza. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z "Still--I was married in the middle of June," Daisy remembered, "Louisville in June! Somebody fainted. Who was it fainted, Tom?" The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z He showed her the paper, and told her about Tom Perry. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “Far too much. He can’t seem to come out of it. In some ways Tom is a great big baby.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Tom, Tom, if I knew I couldn’t tell you,” said Slughorn, wagging a reproving, sugar-covered finger at Riddle, though ruining the effect slightly by winking. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z "There's some bad trouble here," said Tom excitedly. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z I wanted to say sorry about Tom, too, because I should have known. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom had provided them with plenty for the comfort of the day. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Like that time we went to a party thrown by a colleague of Tom’s, and I was very drunk, but we’d had a good night. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, Tom,” said the attorney general, “I see you’re in the act too.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “He’s up betimes,” said Tom, a word which, Bod knew, meant early, “and said to tell you he wanted you. If we saw you.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z I bet she came crying to Tom to tell me to leave her alone. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom came to look for me in the car. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m watching the first Mission: Impossible movie with Tom Cruise. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Her body was laid in a plot where Tom could see the grass growing over her. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Pooky and Tom looked like they were dancing, with Pooky trying to come inside the Big Store and Tom turning him back around. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Steward Tom Thorpe walked across the course and stared at Luther’s uninjured body, incredulous. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Chamberlain said over his shoulder, “Sign it, Tom.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Before the Civil War, eight different plays based on the life of Uncle Tom had been written and produced, without Mrs. Stowe’s consent. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom’s whole life was constructed on lies—falsehoods and half-truths told to make him look better, stronger, more interesting than he was. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Mary walked quietly out and shut the door, and Tom turned over on the bed and put his face down between his arms. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s like Halloween, only better. It’s the ugliest, gooshiest thing you ever saw, and I bet both of you wet your pants,” Tom said. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The book, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, or Life Among the Lowly, was published in two volumes in March, 1852. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z When Tom Perry came back, Nat would have plenty of money for Harvard. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Now Red Tom, Gum Tom, was too tired to kill himself. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Naomi was frying doughnuts when she glanced up and locked eyes with Pastor Tom’s on the other side of the kitchen window. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “I found the phone, Tom,” she says, her voice so small, she’s almost inaudible. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z He was profoundly affected by the fact that Tom was there. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z I opened a package of Tom’s peanuts and shook them carefully into my bottle of RC Cola. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z In the second, Tom Deckard, the other American, failed to qualify. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z Tom Grieves opened the pantry door a crack and peeked in. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z The adjutant general wrote to Tom’s captain, saying that Tom had “proved an excellent officer” and that he would “regret to see him quit the service.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “Tom said I was puked up by a cow,” said Matt. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom drove slowly until we were beyond the bend--then his foot came down hard and the coupé raced along through the night. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z “We let her know what would happen to her if she didn’t. Now she’s more scared of us than of Mister Tom.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z It was very late, and still he thought to himself: What will happen to Anna if I don’t bring Tom home with me? The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z "Well, we'd better telephone for an axe----" "The thing to do is to forget about the heat," said Tom impatiently. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z But there was no mistaking him — “Tom — Tom Riddle?” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Tom Paine, for example, claimed that it was simply a matter of common sense that an island could not rule a continent. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z “Now, listen, Uncle Tom,” I said, “you’re not going to whip me. You’re a stranger to me. You don’t support me. I don’t live with you.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z You don’t know about me, without you have read a book by the name of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, but that ain’t no matter. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z “We seem to have involved a lot of people. Tell me, Tom, what do you intend to do tomorrow?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z His new priority, now that Tom White had established Partners in Health as a legal fund-raising entity, was to find money for expanding his clinic. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z “Yes, that was Tom Riddle senior, the handsome Muggle who used to go riding past the Gaunt cottage and for whom Merope Gaunt cherished a secret, burning passion.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Presently Tom lifted his head with a jerk and after staring around the garage with glazed eyes addressed a mumbled incoherent remark to the policeman. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Tom is now just a couple of feet away from me—he’s just inside the door and I’m just outside it. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The sofa cricked in criticism, and Tom looked at it and at the smoking lamp to which the sofa referred. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He stretched, pulled on his pants, and said, “We’ll play Tom Swift. I’m Tom.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Maybe Tom opened up a little more for children. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Tom couldn’t help me, but perhaps the other man could—the red-haired man. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “I can’t tell you exactly where Tom Cruise is, either. That doesn’t make him a corpse.” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z I try to think outside the box— most men use football teams as passwords, I think, but Tom isn’t into football; he quite likes cricket, so I try Boycott and Botham and Ashes. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z He was busy reading a mailgram from University of Nebraska head coach Tom Osborne wishing him luck on an upcoming game. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z As Tom listened, a preacher read Nichols’s final statement: “Sheriff White has been very accommodating to me indeed. I feel prepared to meet death. My soul is at peace with all mankind.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Still, he couldn’t help feeling the warm sensation of pleasure at having zinged Tom. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I met my friend Nigel because he lived down the hall in college from my friend Tom, whom I met because in freshman year he invited me to play touch football. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom prided himself on his ability to kid people and make it sound serious. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z In the living room, we sit in a little triangle: Tom on the sofa, the adoring father and dutiful husband, daughter on his lap, wife at his side. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z She turned and reached and a plate of crisp hot cakes lay between Tom’s hands. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Magic always leaves traces,” said Dumbledore, as the boat hit the bank with a gentle bump, “sometimes very distinctive traces. I taught Tom Riddle. I know his style.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Tom Riddle had been at Hogwarts fifty years ago, yet here he stood, a weird, misty light shining about him, not a day older than sixteen. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Tom’s brother Dudley, equally entranced by the Ranger mystique, entered the force the same year as Tom, and Doc soon joined them. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “Tom, I had visitors about four o’clock this morning,” Cox revealed. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Harriet Beecher Stowe, the renowned best-selling American author of Uncle Tom's Cabin, offered to write for Stanton, but only if the paper would consider a less provocative name. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The second is from Tom, received at ten fifteen. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “Tom Nugent’s here. Save your breath to climb the stairs and tell us both when you get there.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Pastor Tom would tell him to make it easy for them. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “You can learn a lot from studying a place like this,” Tom said in a casual voice. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom seemed to change right before his eyes. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She was red-cheeked with pride over her efforts at providing a good dinner, and her eyes flashed a little in the direction of Tom and Eb, from whom she anticipated the usual teasing. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z No, of course, peace would not be a perfect pearl, not with young Tom never to return, not with the possibility of Bill’s return only the most shadowy and remote of chances. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom asked, but Matt didn’t hear the answer. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “You have to admit it,” Tom is saying. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z There was Tom Bombadil’s house before them, up, down, under hill. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z DRACO: Tom Riddle didn’t emerge from his dark place. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z "We can't argue about it here," Tom said impatiently as a truck gave out a cursing whistle behind us. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Tom was not at the landing at eleven o’clock. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z But evidently the sound of it pleased Gatsby for Tom remained "the polo player" for the rest of the evening. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z It is probable that his father stood between Tom and the sun, and Samuel’s shadow fell on him. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Tom told him that it was in his scabbard, on his horse. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I knew it wasn’t true the next morning when Tom turned his back on me when I tried to speak to him. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom went back in again, and there was a sound of much thumping and stamping. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z I got angry with the growers who mistreated them and was glad when Tom Joad protested and fought for their rights. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z He remembered once when Tom and Eb were washing at the kettle, and they had splashed him with cold water when he came to watch them. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Dessie had to rise very early to get in her hand at the housework before Tom had it all done. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z As the weather worsened, Tom Bolles watched his freshman squad rapidly shrink from the 210 who had turned out in the fall to 53 on January 14. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He glanced back with a look of savage triumph, and Matt had to clench his teeth very hard to keep from running after them and pounding Tom to within an inch of his life. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “I had a cut, Tom. On my head. I was bleeding.” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom was making a drawing when Samuel came in to him. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “These new fathers. I was one once. Tom, throw a saddle on for me, will you?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Already sent for. But Marse Tom is having bad pains in his chest.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Tom Weylin, in his loud silence, clearly thought she was hopeless. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z ‘I wish old Tom was near us now!’ he thought. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Tom Yew wrote a letter to his family the day before the Coventry was sunk. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Tom saw both inexperienced and veteran officers die. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z No matter how much trouble she causes, Tom and Evie are worth it. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom looked for her for ages, but he couldn’t find her. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom was a master of the near miss. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z "You know the advertisement of the man----" "All right," broke in Tom quickly, "I'm perfectly willing to go to town. Come on--we're all going to town." The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z “My fourth baby. The only one Marse Tom let me keep.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z A provider, a good father, a man that Pastor Tom would be proud of. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Tom had wanted something and hadn’t got it. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z They pulled into the front of a long dock, and Tom took a line from the bow and wrapped it around one of the posts. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z “Congratulations, Tom. You are now the proud owner of three hundred twenty Montana acres. Good luck.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z There’s no one I want to talk to except for Tom. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom must have seen him come out of the pump house and decided to finish the job he’d started when he dumped Furball into the toilet. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “You a Uncle Tom, what you is,” Rings said. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The first hanging that Tom witnessed was carried out in January 1894. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Silent Tom’s tirade lasted a full five minutes. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom looks at her, then hunches over, looking down at the palms of his hands. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Someone swore that as Bing handed the trophy to Howard, Tom Smith smiled. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Mary said, “Uncle Tom, how do you get to be a boy?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “We came here to enjoy our old age in peace, not to think of Tom. He’s been dead so long now, we should try to forget him and everything on Earth.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z If you transcribed that person’s interactions with his clients, he would sound just like Tom Gau because he would be using all of Tom Gau’s words. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Julia calculated, “Better than ninety percent chance that Tom's okay, then.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z “There’s nothing—nothing at all—wrong with asking for help, Tom.” Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z He felt that it was more dignified to lose oneself in business, as he intended to do, than in alcohol, as Tom was probably doing. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Tom passes his hand over his mouth and leans back against the kitchen counter, folding his arms across his chest. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I hide them in my skirt pocket next to Tom Sawyer. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z That decided Matt.There was no way he was letting Tom take Maria by herself to see whatever horror he had stashed away. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I can remember riding and pressing my ear and cheek against Tom’s coat. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Tom walks a little way ahead of me, pushing the buggy; he’s singing something to Evie, making her laugh. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom found my grandfather lying on the floor and got him to a small hospital in Clanton. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Sam used to go to help Father, and after Sam went off to college Father got Tom Warrups to go wife him. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom, the third son, was most like his father. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z If it worked out, Will could be depended on to give Tom a very substantial present—maybe even a Ford. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Tom Crean, another Irishman and a tough sailor, had also been south with Shackleton before, and proudly wore Britain’s snow-white Polar Medal on his jacket. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z His word, even through Pastor Tom, did not fill her with confidence. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Tom puts his hand on her shoulder and squeezes it. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The fiercest of the whole lot was Tom Sheligan who would have been at the party if he had known about it. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom Owens was busy at one of the guns. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z I was so distracted that I almost didn’t notice when Tom K. dropped a note on my desk. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Tom bruised himself on the world and licked his cuts. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Samuel and his sons Tom and Joe thought big and George and Will thought little. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z In such cases, Tom’s father withdrew into himself, as if tormented by some dreadful sickness. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Tom Bolles continued to flog the back of the fellow in front of him with his old fedora. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Tom bends down, slips his hands into the waistband of my jeans, grabs hold of them and drags me along the floor into the kitchen. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Heron nodded, and he and Tom Warrups left I picked up the beer mugs to clean them. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He had control of himself now and he wanted to see more of Tom. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Tom said softly, “You think it’s a meteorite, don’t you?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Tom calls after her, “Rachel! What are you doing here? Rachel!” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z In 1905, when Tom was twenty-four, he enlisted in the Texas Rangers. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z He knew she was thinking of Tom, away somewhere in Kentucky or Tennessee with Grant’s army. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom stood up and tugged Pooky away from me, turning him around and pointing him across the street. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t mention Scott by name, because I didn’t want Tom to go round there and confront him—God knows what might happen. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Bolger unlocked the door and Tom Hustings pushed his way in, his raincoat and hair dripping. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Tom slowly folded the telegram and folded it again and again until it was a square no larger than his thumb. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z She had a cold and was reading Uncle Tom's Cabin so much that her eyes had begun to hurt. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z By then, Tom had returned to the Bureau of Investigation. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I tried to call Tom on the way home, but his phone just went straight to voice mail. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Matt immediately took both Tom’s and Maria’s hands and dragged them to the door. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He’d looked at Matt with those bright blue eyes that were so much like Tom’s, and Matt had been revolted. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Now, Uncle Tom, what do you want with me?” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Here through the rocks was a grinning Tom. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z While they were eating Tom went up to the mound, and looked through the treasures. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z There was a nodding of heads in the kitchen, and only Tom sat rocklike and brooding. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z After N. P. Thomas’s death, Tom felt a lawlessness within him. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “I thought that was over on this plantation. I thought it died with Tom Weylin.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Tom could see that they contained granules or specks. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom Weylin didn’t want me reading on my own, but he had ordered me to read to his son. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z On the day of the execution, Tom, who was twelve years old, stood on a tier inside the jail. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Tom White had witnessed many of his colleagues at the bureau cross that line. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z He couldn’t see much difference between himself and Tom, but perhaps he was different inside. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z If he and Tom were locked up in the Slammer, they would not be able to carry out any research on this virus. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe Tom would console Prince about the loss of Lem; Tom was a mighty handy man, too, with the guns. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom Bolles commenced beating a stranger on the back with his lucky old fedora. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Tom was with me, but still I felt afraid. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z But how did Tom use the laudanum without leaving his fingerprints on the bottle? The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of the dockers, training their field glasses on Tom Smith’s face as he led the horse back to the barn, noticed a glaring incongruity. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “No, Tom. Sit down and try to listen. Lift those chessmen off the stool. Can you understand things when they are said?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Lem stepped closer and stood nose to nose with Tom. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z "I'd a little rather not be the polo player," said Tom pleasantly, "I'd rather look at all these famous people in--in oblivion." The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z “Tom here tells me that you two scheduled an interview.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z It was all the more extraordinary given the record of the trainer in question; aside from Fair Knightess, Tom Smith had reportedly never had a horse in his care suffer a serious injury. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom stopped beside the porch and looked up at the second floor where two windows bloomed with light among the vines. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Nobody spoke to me: they only gave me cold stares and muttered “traitor” and “Uncle Tom” under their breaths. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Oh God, I’ve got to find Tom, or what will come of Anna? The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Now this is true, Tom Hamilton was dead and he had only to do a few decent things to make it final. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z It was one of the many reasons why I didn’t want to move in here in the first place, but Tom wouldn’t leave. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z As Tam Lin said, if you didn’t know Tom well, you’d think he was an angel bringing you the keys to the pearly gates. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I found myself on the doorstep, the front door closed firmly behind me, and when I looked up I saw them: Tom, pushing a buggy, and Anna at his side. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z We needed money badly and Granny and Aunt Addie decided that we could no longer share the entire house, and Uncle Tom and his family were invited to live upstairs at a nominal rental. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “The time is long gone when I could frighten you with a burning wardrobe and force you to make repayment for your crimes. But I wish I could, Tom...I wish I could...” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Even Tom Watson, who had been among the most forceful advocates for an interracial alliance of farmers, concluded that Populist principles could never be fully embraced by the South until blacks were eliminated from politics. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Tom said she promised him, and that he believed her. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z When I get back, Tom is sitting at the dining room table looking at something on the computer. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z When we said we didn’t know them, Dad questioned Tom Grieves, who admitted readily enough that he had been showing tourists through the house and lighthouses, while we were at the beach. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z “Eventually,” warns Tom Hombein, thirty-three years after his ascent of the West Ridge, “what happened on Everest this season is certain to happen again.” Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Tom’s cowardice was as huge as his courage, as it must be in great men. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z And with that, Washington won the race but lost Tom Bolles. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z We knew of the phenomenon called the Bradley effect, named for an African American candidate, Tom Bradley, who’d run for governor in California in the early 1980s. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z If George was sick, Dari should’ve gone with Tom K. and Nick, because boys went with boys and girls went with girls. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Grandpa Tom’s story about the water cannibals was true. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z With a joyful click, fizz, I open the second can of G&T and realize, with a rush, that I haven’t thought about Tom all day. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom Weylin was tall himself, but too lean to be as impressive as his massive slave. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Samuel said that Tom was quavering over greatness, trying to decide whether he could take the cold responsibility. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Tom protested, “Sometimes with a skittish horse—” “I know,” said his father. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The call from Tom was last night, as was the first call from Scott, but later, just before midnight. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom is affable and good-natured right up until the moment the whiskey he’s tippling from a flask in the pocket of his father’s too-big suit coat makes him drunk. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Tom never learned to read but liked to show off his volume of Lander’s Appeal, which the great orator had signed to him. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Tom K. handed it to me, shooting me a look that said he didn’t appreciate being our postman. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z As for Tom, he was trembling and shaking violently. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z If only he could slip Tom the laudanum. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom sighed and looked down at his hands again, and I could see his failure on him and I was sorry for him, aching sorry. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z On one trip back to Boston, he asked Tom White to give him ten thousand dollars in cash, which he planned to smuggle into Haiti and turn over to the underground pacifist resistance. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z ‘Good morning, merry friends!’ cried Tom, opening the eastern window wide. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “Where was he, Tom? You tell me, where the hell was he when this happened?” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “And a private parlor, please, Tom,” said Fudge pointedly. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Rattling pots and pans in the kitchen would now awaken me in the mornings and I would know that Uncle Tom and his family were getting breakfast. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Pastor Tom swept his eyes over the rest of the men. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Walter McMillian, like Tom Robinson, grew up in one of several poor black settlements outside of Monroeville, where he worked the fields with his family before he was old enough to attend school. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Jon sent Tom Barleycorn ahead to scout for them, though the way to the white grove was oft trod and familiar. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The owner of Boston’s largest commercial construction company, Tom White, for whom Zanmi Lasante’s tuberculosis hospital had been named, had befriended Farmer from the start and ultimately gave several million dollars to PIH. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z In June she married Tom Buchanan of Chicago with more pomp and circumstance than Louisville ever knew before. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z This was not good news to Tom Allen. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Tom,” he said, “do you think you could keep the estate going while I run down and talk water with a dry man?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Tom said with vast delight, ticking them off, “Lawrence, we got prisoners from the Fifteenth Alabama, the Forty- seventh Alabama, the Fourth and Fifth Texas. Man, we fought four Reb regiments!” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Dessie waved wildly out the window, crying, “Here I am, Tom, here I am!” though she knew he couldn’t hear her over the grinding wheels of the train as the coach slid past him. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Bobby Moch reached under his seat and touched Tom Bolles’s lucky fedora, a few extra ounces of weight in exchange for a lot of luck. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Tom drops to his knees at her side. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Another survivor—Tom the blacksmith—observed that the law had hunted Lander for months. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z It didn’t hurt either that Tom had lousy grades and managed to stay in boarding school only because Mr. Alacran sent the headmaster a large donation. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z In the late summer shortly after Tom and Eb left, there was news of another defeat for the North; it was closer to home this time—at Wilson’s Creek in Missouri. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a sound right out of a Tom Mix movie. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Tom went out of the room and they heard his clodhopper feet knocking on the flinty ground outside. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He had listened to his brother Tom and their cousin Eb, the two younger of the grown boys in the household, and their excitement had found its way into his blood. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z “That thing with the police,” I said, “it was a misunderstanding. There’s no problem with me and Tom, and I don’t know anything about that missing girl. You don’t have to worry about it.” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom flung open the door, blocked out its space for a moment with his thick body, and hurried into the room. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z “You were told to leave Matt alone, Master Tom,” he said. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Look sharp, Tom,” said Slughorn, turning around and finding him still present. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z “How did this Babbage person know you were hunting Tom Sawyer?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Near him he could hear Tom Chamberlain talking to one of die new men from the Second Maine, explaining the ways of this regiment. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom stood at the front door as the tourists filed out, and frequently collected tips. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z Besides, Gold was starting to realize that the Soviet Union was hardly the workers’ paradise Tom Black had described. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z On nights when Tom Bird felt separate from his life’s design, he shared stories of the Great Spirit. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Pastor Tom tugged at his beard and shook his head. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Tom joined his company at a campsite sixty-five miles west of Abilene. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Tom, who believed that a lawman could usually “avoid killing if you didn’t lose your head,” later told a writer that he had heated discussions with this Ranger. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Tom tipped his hat to me as he passed by. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Then Tom’s steps sounded on the porch, and he came in with an armload of oakwood so high he could not see over it. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z After Mr. Dubonnet, Tom, and Jake left, we boys gathered with Basil beside the blockhouse to discuss the results of the flight. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z It reminded Piper of Grandpa Tom’s place in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, back on the reservation. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Tom looked down at his hands and picked at a loose piece of callus with a broken nail. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah, but most people call me Thomas. Well, except Newt—he calls me Tommy. Tom makes me feel . . . like I’m at home or something. Even though I don’t know what home is.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-21T00:00:00Z "That drug store business was just small change," continued Tom slowly, "but you've got something on now that Walter's afraid to tell me about." The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z And if Tom Weylin was any example, the people would be sold without regard for family ties. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z When he saw us Tom jumped up and took half a dozen steps in our direction. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Emily Brent, too—actually a niece of old Tom Brent of the Regiment. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z “Tom,” she said to my dad, “I told you he would get his hopes up.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Tom collected the Ranger’s body and transported it to the home of his parents, who couldn’t fathom why their boy was in a box succoring maggots. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z When I came back up the road, Mr. Dubonnet and Tom were inspecting the rocket with the other boys clustered around him. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Tom drapes and bedding lay dumped on the floor. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Tom rang me back - he was in between meetings, he couldn’t come home. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Isabelle told Hugo about other movies she loved: comedies and cartoons and cowboy movies starring someone named Tom Mix. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z Mostly she was successful in keeping the dark things out of the house but sometimes they got in at Tom and laid him out. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Samuel had said that Tom always took too much on his plate, whether it was beans or women. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z According to the standard ways by which we measure persuasiveness — by the logic and appropriateness of the persuader’s arguments — that should make the people using the script book every bit as persuasive as Tom Gau. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It was Tom again, calling from the home phone. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “Which makes you very different from Tom Riddle. It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Tom said, “Dessie’s thinking of opening a dressmaking shop in Salinas.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Tom was in Maria’s room, and Furball was nowhere to be seen. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s a consummate professional parceled in immaculately tailored Tom Ford, ruffled by absolutely nothing, whose affection for his charge shows in the way he tends to him like a favorite houseplant. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z But in 1862, Jethro hated to think of Shiloh, not only because of Tom, but because it seemed to him to have been an empty victory. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, with a glad bellow, Tom leaped for the guns. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z In my house, this room used to be Tom’s study. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom points his chin in my direction and mutters to Phil, who turns his head and waves. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z But today, Rufus and Tom Weylin had gone into town leaving Edwards in charge, leaving him several hours to show us how “important” he was. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z I watched Tom getting ready for work this morning, putting on his shirt and tie. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “I can blame you for a lot of things, Tom.” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d never lived by myself, I’d gone from parents to flatmates to Tom, I found the idea overwhelming, so I said yes. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom put only a bridle on the horse and flung himself on bareback. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He tore off a bit of his shirt, was working away diligently, saw Tom coming. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Something’s the matter with Tom. He’s moping around like a monument.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “See, I don’t need Pastor Tom to straighten me out. You and me, we make a good team, huh?” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Tom Gehrels, an asteroid hunter at the University of Arizona, thinks that even a year’s warning would probably be insufficient to take appropriate action. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Tom was overcome by the news; his brother—who was married and had three children under the age of eight—had seemed invulnerable to Tom. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Tom said, “Oh, Lord, Dessie, it’s good to have you back! It’s good. Makes me feel I’m well from a sickness.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z El Patron looked directly at Tom, who flushed red. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It was also clear that Tom had dealings with the Elves, and it seemed that in some fashion, news had reached him from Gildor concerning the flight of Frodo. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Mam doesn’t talk to her sister, Aunt Aggie, or her brother Uncle Tom. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Tom Johnson would recall hearing Lawrence describe it in the Berkeley library that first night, the Wideroe paper clutched in his hands. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Tom cranked the movie camera while we went through the second funeral. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z If I did and her mother caught me, I might be in more trouble than if Tom Weylin caught me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Tom had on his professional Cute Kid smile. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Henry studied an old loblolly pine that towered behind Pastor Tom. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “And Liza has the smoke of brimstone coming out her nostrils. Poor Tom.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z By shutting himself in the white world and refusing to come to any of the ghettos, he was looked upon as a traitor, an Uncle Tom. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “Tom, I’m telling you this because . . . well, because there’s a possibility that the child could be yours.” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z In the distance the dust drifted down after Tom had run along the canal rim. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z “We can play after you unpack,” Mr. Tom said. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Then suddenly I was reliving that early morning when I had held Uncle Tom at bay with my razors. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “Just once you could be nice to Tom. I’ve moved his card right back.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z They have it all wrong, I told myself, I’m not a traitor or an Uncle Tom; if only they knew the true reason why I’m playing. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sit there,” she told Tom and he squatted down on the floor in front of the footstool. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “Uncle Tom, Granny says to come at once. Grandpa’s dead,” I panted. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z "My God, I believe the man's coming," said Tom. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z “But Tom Yew was killed back in June.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z “Now then, chummy,” said a voice Bod had not heard clearly before, “I’m sure we’re all going to be great friends,” and with that Tom Hustings pushed open the door. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z The corn shuld be laid down in the Lower medow now, I reckon it is, Toms a good boy, you tell him That. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z To Tom he said, “You stay by me. But get down, keep down.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She’d shrunk against Tom, and he had his arm around her. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom Meek, the constable, came out of Bell’s candy store and fell into step with Cal. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z ‘Hey there!’ cried Tom, glancing towards him with a most seeing look in his shining eyes. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z After a while brother Tom found him, sitting in the rain, and sat with him and shared the darkness and the rain. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “What we are talking about really is the loss of your innocence,” said medic Tom Kelley. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z “He did,” Maria said, “but Tom teased him.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom Bolles decided it was time to move the best of them out of Old New and into shell barges. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I hadn't been there two minutes when somebody brought Tom Buchanan in for a drink. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z The relentless beating heat was beginning to confuse me and I had a bad moment there before I realized that so far his suspicions hadn't alighted on Tom. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Tom said, “When you ask them prisoners, they never talk about slavery. But, Lawrence, how do you explain that? What else is the war about?” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Soon Steven and Tom left for boarding school, and Matt found himself the only child in the Big House. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom texted me to say he was going to be a bit late this evening, he had to take a client out for a drink. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “Would you like to have my fly cage, Uncle Tom?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “It smells like Welch’s grape juice. Here—” He offered the flask to Tom. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Please, Tom, please, I need to talk to you. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The first time that Tom White saw a criminal hanged he was just a boy, and the executioner was his father. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Tom Owens reached a calloused hand and almost broke Nat’s fingers with his grip. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z He wanted to throw Tom to the ground. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z One columnist wrote that Tom Smith fed Seabiscuit two quarts of Golden Rod beer before each race; if the horse doesn’t get his beer, he wrote, he “whinnies and stomps to indicate displeasure.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom put his face against the bars and grunted. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t want to stay here! I want to be with Tom!” cried Maria. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom Price tells me in math class senior year, leaning across my desk to look at them, first one and then the other. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Tom opened the door leading from the waiting room to the rest of the hospital. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom was moving about the room whistling like a starling. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Tom said, “I wonder what would have happened if Father’d got hold of a ranch like that instead of Old Dry and Dusty.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z She decorated the door with old Christmas things, glass balls, and tinsel, and she made a placard that said “Welcome Tom, our Hero.” Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom now told them that he reckoned the Sun would shine tomorrow, and it would be a glad morning, and setting out would be hopeful. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z One of them said that it would be a nice time to bury the novel, now that a Virginian, one hundred years after Appomattox, had written Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He did not philosophize about the law or his responsibilities, but Tom noticed that he always maintained the same manner, no matter whether the prisoners were black or white or Mexican. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z After Tom left for work, I sat down at the kitchen table to do battle with Evie over breakfast. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “You do spoil this old lady, Tom.... Sit down, sit down... Where’s Hokey? Ah...” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Instead he called out the name in a perfectly reasonable way, without pause, without doubt, without a suppressed smile, just as he had called out Brian and Erica and Tom. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Tom sang most of the time, but it was chiefly nonsense, or else perhaps a strange language unknown to the hobbits, an ancient language whose words were mainly those of wonder and delight. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z It meant he and Tom could be infected with Ebola Zaire, which kills nine out of ten victims. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom looked at his father with veiled eyes, trying to read the effect of Olive’s letter. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Tom Yew slipped off her red panties and stroked the cressy hair there. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Tom put his mouth to the crack and began singing into it in a low voice. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Tom appeared from his oblivion as we were sitting down to supper together. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Tom Hamilton labored like a giant, not only with his strong arms and rough hands but also with his heart and spirit. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Better than Tom, who was an embarrassment to the family. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z When he got back ashore, he walked up to a reporter at the shell house, buttonholed him, and rendered a startling verdict: “Tom Bolles has a fine rough-water boat,” he said quietly but forcefully. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He needed Tom White in Boston, using his influence where it had the most impact. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z It was a lot closer to—close enough to show a kinship with—“It looks like you,” Matt said to Tom. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom said, “You know, Lawrence? I close my eyes, I fall asleep.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z What really happened is that Tom had to half carry me out of the house, me crying and shouting all the way, while poor Clara cowered in the kitchen. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom Yew kissed them in turn and his saliva glistened in the April sun. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z The vision melted into waking; and there was Tom whistling like a tree-full of birds; and the sun was already slanting down the hill and through the open window. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Afterward, he stopped off at Tom’s Bar for four boilermakers and wrapped his sedan around a tree. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z He paused near Tom and spun one of the free-running wheels of the buckboard, and he inspected Tom as though he saw him for the first time. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Tom Devin, the other brigade commander, arrived with a cheery grin. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It was startling to both of them when Dessie said one evening on the hill, “Tom, why don’t you get married?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He set upon Julian like a Tom 'a Bedlam, striking edgeblows, downright blows, blows which had no name. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z “Tom, I was thinking about what you told me I said. That the Maze is a code. Being holed up in here does wonders for making the brain do what it was made for.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z When Tom was six, his mother died, apparently from complications after childbirth. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Tom Bolles, the freshman coach, was a former Washington oarsman himself. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z They also learned that what had seemed a brutal workout schedule in the fall was merely a whisper of what Al Ulbrickson and Tom Bolles had in mind for them now. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z She had changed her dress to a brown figured muslin which stretched tight over her rather wide hips as Tom helped her to the platform in New York. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z “I want him to read Tom’s letter,” she said, taking up the envelope. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z On the ride back to the ranch in the late afternoon Tom was depressed and sad. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Tom, for instance, didn’t even know the price of pork and its probable trend. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z My heart rises into my throat as she turns to go upstairs, but it sinks again just as fast, because Tom is on his feet, his hand on her arm. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s hot— too hot for a roast, but I’ll do one anyway, because Tom loves roast beef, and we can have ice cream afterwards to cool us down. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z But Tom Black didn’t give up that easily. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom Bolles and Al Ulbrickson climbed into the train’s press car, along with John Roosevelt, who had overnight become an enthusiastic Husky fan. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He had practically the whole school saving their Wise and Tom’s and Ruffles bags for him. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z “Isaac, she’s all right. She got a whipping once for teaching a slave how to read. Tom Weylin was the one whipped her.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z He went on in the same vein, filling her ears with lines cribbed straight from Pastor Tom. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z At last Pastor Tom came to the door. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Harry followed Tom up a handsome wooden staircase to a door with a brass number eleven on it, which Tom unlocked and opened for him. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z "I don't see the idea of going to town," broke out Tom savagely. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z A white ashen dust veiled his dark suit and his pale hair as it veiled everything in the vicinity--except his wife, who moved close to Tom. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Tom Bolles maneuvered his coaching launch up behind his boys’ boat. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I can hear Tom talking, but it seems like he’s a long way away, or as though I’m hearing him through water. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘And let us have food and drink!’ cried Tom. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z I need to speak to Tom, to get things straight in my head, because the more I go over it, the less sense it makes, and I can’t stop going over it. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom Grieves built a realistic-looking black coffin out of a packing case. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z He was a horse whose quality, an admirer would write, “was mostly in his heart, and Tom Smith had been the first to recognize it.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z She and old Marty were drinking Tom Collinses--in the middle of December, for God's sake. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z He and Tom Geisbert, following tradition in the naming of new viruses, named the strain they had discovered Reston, after the place where it was first noticed. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Before he got to the lane’s end there was Farmer Cotton with three of his lads, Young Tom, Jolly, and Nick, hurrying towards him. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Tom, age 10, was mute when he came to the Esther B. Marinoff, but now he speaks in simple sentences and reads at a third-grade level, the caption reads. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Some dim impulse moved the policeman to look suspiciously at Tom. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z At noon on March 15 Tom sat on the bench outside the forge. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He loved Tom and he tried to give him the things he himself found pleasant. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Unlike Gatsby and Tom Buchanan I had no girl whose disembodied face floated along the dark cornices and blinding signs and so I drew up the girl beside me, tightening my arms. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Tom laughed again, and then he spun the Ring in the air — and it vanished with a flash. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z He thought of another dot, which was only peach orchards and an old church, where Tom and thousands of others had died—a dot that seemed a hateful place to him. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m all right, Tom. I’m getting better. I am.” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “Tom can build a level of trust and rapport in five to ten minutes that most people will take half an hour to do,” Moine says of Gau. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s a chance, a faint one, that I wrote an email to Tom and didn’t send it. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z He tapped my dad’s shoulder and said, “Tom, there’s a flashlight in the glovebox. Would you mind?” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “And your guardian was looking for you,” added Tom. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z "The rumor is," whispered Jordan, "that that's Tom's girl on the telephone." The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Tom told me, “It won’t always be like this, they’ll eventually upgrade the line and then it will be fast trains screaming past,” but I couldn’t believe it would ever actually happen. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Chamberlain took them, glanced down, handed them back to Tom. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Indeed so much did Tom know, and so cunning was his questioning, that Frodo found himself telling him more about Bilbo and his own hopes and fears than he had told before even to Gandalf. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z In the background, I can hear the prattle of the child, and Tom says something away from the phone, something I can’t hear. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Next Friday about twenty Spooks, including Tom Yew, rode up there on bikes and motorbikes. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z But she wondered whether she really wanted to go, or whether Tom did. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Pastor Tom...was he the one who gave you this idea?” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Pastor Tom could dunk Henry in saving grace till he was sleek as a muskrat, but he couldn’t shake those mistakes off easy as drops of water. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Tom Warrups did spare work for Mr. Heron; sometimes he ran messages for him, too. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z These continued to call me an Uncle Tom, and to threaten me with death. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z "I just meant----" His voice faded off and Tom glanced impatiently around the garage. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Tom the innkeeper put three tables together in the parlor, and the seven Weasleys, Harry, and Hermione ate their way through five delicious courses. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Tom grinned, and the step miners erupted in laughter. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z She came by on Thursday, banging on the door and calling out for Tom. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “I was grateful to Tom Black,” he later said, “very much so.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom was a nice mixture of savagery and gentleness. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The rotten orange burst apart all over Tom’s face. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Thank you, Pastor Tom. I’m glad you’re here to holler me back.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z "Oxford, New Mexico," snorted Tom contemptuously, "or something like that." The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z “Have you ever met Tom’s family?” she asks me. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom Yew's death killed the thrill of the war. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z The operator identified Granddaddy’s number and called Tom Dickerson, a man who lived across the street. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I look at her and realize how well suited they are, Anna and Tom. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Returning to the shell house that evening, the first varsity boat fell in alongside Tom Bolles’s first freshman boat, which was also returning. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “The fact is,” Tom said gloomily, “we was not engaged.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom Torgerson’s high school kid had gotten the chains on his tires, and Ishmael, bending low, checked now to see that they were tightly bound. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Tom Bolles followed his freshman crew out to the starting line in his launch. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I’d inserted the image of Anna, walking away from me in her blue dress, into another scenario: Tom and a woman getting into a car. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “Take me out of here,” she moaned with her face buried in Tom’s shirt. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes. Yes. That’s Tom’s doing. You don’t understand, mi vida. All of us have been warned not to talk about clones. We don’t always know who might be listening.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, Tom Geisbert went off to collect some pickled monkey liver that he could photo graph for viruses, hoping to prove that the Mar- burg-like agent lived in the monkeys. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z About an hour later we had the turtle, had cleaned it, and I knew that Mr. Jacket was Tom Sidler. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z "Now see here, Tom," said Daisy, turning around from the mirror, "if you're going to make personal remarks I won't stay here a minute. Call up and order some ice for the mint julep." The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z At some point last night, Tom got promoted back up the list of men I think about, and I sent him an email. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Often they stayed in one of Tom White’s houses. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z In that moment, Tom Weylin opened the door and stepped in. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Until Vanessa showed up right before the end of the period, just when—as promised—Tom Cruise gave the class a few minutes to “socialize.” Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z “But, Tom, Green Lawn Park, every Sunday, the flowers and . ..” LaFarge had to sit down. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z “She hadn’t been to the house for six months. When she arrived, she asked to see Matt, and Tom boasted that he’d shot him dead. She flew straight to me.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Then Tom K. threw a snowball, because that’s just the kind of kid he is. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Tom put his hand under the cover and felt muscles knotted like iron. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Always Tom came back to the ranch, puzzled, not critical, but feeling that somewhere he had lost track. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z As the runners entered the final lap, Lash gave himself a breather, dropping just behind his Indiana teammate, Tom Deckard. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z No one wanted to trim its list of priorities, but how to raise funds when Tom White’s money eventually ran out was subject to much debate. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Tom would go to bed long before everyone else and in the morning growl at them, “I don’t know what you guys talk about all night long.” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Tom calmed her down, he begged her to let it go, to let me go. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Few now remember them,’ Tom murmured, ‘yet still some go wandering, sons of forgotten kings walking in loneliness, guarding from evil things folk that are heedless.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Meanwhile Tom brought out a bottle of whiskey from a locked bureau door. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z He wanted nothing less of Daisy than that she should go to Tom and say: "I never loved you." The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z In the hazy background of his mind, he recalled a boy named Tom, who was bad. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The more Tom Bolles bellowed at them through his megaphone, the sloppier they seemed to get. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Young Tom’s face was red with anger, but a warning look from his mother kept him quiet. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Besides, Tom Price notwithstanding, the life I’m living is big enough for me. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Another salvo of three bombs exploded as Tom Bolles’s boys passed the finish line an astonishing five lengths ahead of Syracuse. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “We only got about two hundred men,” Tom said thoughtfully. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom goes to her side and says soothingly, “I’m sorry, darling. That was unfair of me.” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Poor Tom did not know and could not learn that dissembling successfully is one of the creative joys of a businessman. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z It’s exactly the same as the room I shared with Tom. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z What hiding place had Tom Riddle discovered inside Hogwarts Castle, that he believed would remain secret forever? Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z During the summer of 1855, Professor Calvin Stowe, Mrs. Stowe’s husband, wrote: The drama of Uncle Tom has been going on in the National Theatre of New York all summer with most unparalleled success. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z My mother used to tell me that I had an overactive imagination; Tom said that, too. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “Steven and Emilia like each other, and I don’t mind Tom— much. He’s getting more like MacGregor, but I can change him.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “I do hope we’ll be able to see her soon,” she said, but when I told Tom about it he dismissed it. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z "Terrible place, isn't it," said Tom, exchanging a frown with Doctor Eckleburg. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z He leaned his head down and called Tom awake. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z “River’s still high,” said Tom, who was a faithful follower of whatever Malcolm said. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z A couple of days later, Tom Testo, the director of the Department’s Bureau of Labor Relations, warned us against abusing these powers. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Tozier on the rock with the flag in his hand, Tom plugging the gap, bayonets lifted, that last wild charge. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I laid eyes on him, cold and clear, in the back of Tom Arlen's house. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z "I want to see you," said Tom intently. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z The butler came back and murmured something close to Tom's ear whereupon Tom frowned, pushed back his chair and without a word went inside. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Tom said, “Let me beg you never to tell that story to Will. He’d have you locked up.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z It was a curious statement, but Tom Hannah brushed it off and let Yurchenko walk out; though he was under the care of the CIA, the KGB defector was not a prisoner. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z He did have some little worry about Tom, who had gone directly from the funeral to San Francisco. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z But Tom was busy, and so this time Father had to take me. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Pastor Tom held tight to his hat as he backed down the steps, still preaching. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Tom Buchanan could be a Duke lacrosse player, Gatsby a Wall Street derivatives dealer whose life story unravels at the same time his deals do. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z They tied up their horses and were heading inside when the sergeant asked Tom where his Winchester rifle was. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Tom said that it had once been the boundary of a kingdom, but a very long time ago. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z He grinned, plucked a book from his jacket, handed it to Tom. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “He shouldn’t have told you, then,” said Tom. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z They topped the rise above the little valley of the old Hamilton place and Tom pulled up to let her enjoy the view. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He had a saloon partner named Tom Bird, a half-breed who took a sentimental turn when lubricated by whiskey. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z "Listen, Tom. If you're such a snob, why did you invite him to lunch?" demanded Jordan crossly. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z “How did this Babbage person know you were hunting Tom Sawyer?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z I open my eyes and Evie’s smiling, too, and when I look up, Tom’s standing at the foot of the bed, holding a tray. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “We want to apologize to you, Tom,” he said. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z With Rosemont in the race, no one had any reason to believe that the horse Tom Smith was leading down the platform would be anything more than an also-ran. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “I guess you could say that Tom had taken quite a liking to Charity.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom Robinson, the wrongly accused black defendant, is found guilty. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Her father was alone in the solar when Harwin and Fat Tom marched her in, an oil lamp glowing softly at his elbow. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "That's a great expression of yours, isn't it?" said Tom sharply. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z “The Tribe of Ham has already been punished,” Pastor Tom started in. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z As they moved in and out of the shell house, in shorts and jerseys, helping Tom Bolles register the new freshmen, there was an unmistakable hint of swagger in their step. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Dessie said, “Tom, wouldn’t it be ridiculous if we made money, we of all people?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Tom raged crazily through the hills like a lion in horrible pain. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z She grumbled to herself all morning over her work while Tom and Samuel went over the boring equipment, sharpened bits, drew sketches of windmills new in design, and measured for timbers and redwood water tanks. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Tom glanced at his mother and then leaped into the wagon to drive the tired team into the barnlot. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well done, Tom,” the mayor said, radiating relief. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Since Tom was in pajamas, having been routed from his bed, most of the island knew about Bob’s birth. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z “I heard her talking to Tom. She was so—so happy about it. I didn’t know people could be that evil.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She would call him Major Tom and they would sing “Space Oddity” by David Bowie together. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z He reached out his hand and, reluctantly, Tom Hustings passed him the brooch. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z It w as one of the things Tom loved about me, he said: my stubbornness, my strength. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “He knew he was in Mississippi. What he think that was? Tom Sawyer Land?” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Several hundred miles south of Charles Howard’s estate, an old horse- man named Tom Smith was spending 1935 at a Mexican racetrack, living on a cot in a horse stall. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom Bombadil! and with that name his voice seemed to grow strong: it had a full and lively sound, and the dark chamber echoed as if to drum and trumpet. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Good old Tom was a miner who had always supported us. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Tom and Eb were sullen and resentful for days that their prophesies of an easy victory should so early have taken on a hollow ring. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Years later, Daily Racing Form reporter Pete Pedersen noted that “Tom’s eyes were sparkling mirrors” when he recalled this incident, making one wonder if the old cowboy had a hand in the bell’s demise. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z But aboard Old Nero, Roger quickly found that his freewheeling rowing style was more hindrance than help when it came to mastering the racing stroke that Tom Bolles and Al Ulbrickson taught in the 1930s. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z "Why----" she said hesitantly, "Tom's got some woman in New York." The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Matt scrambled for the ear, but Tom put his foot on it. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s bound to take a spell. I wouldn’t worry, was I you. You’ll be hearin’ from young Tom or Eb before long. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z That's when Tom Taylor called and said that he and Cole wanted to meet with us again. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He said to me, “Tom, the playing field is being leveled.” The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z Tom came out of the house and waved his hat and danced upon the doorstep, bidding the hobbits to get up and be off and go with good speed. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z But a day or two later, Tom was hauled over by his lieutenant, who demanded to know why the crew were referring to the locals not as “Bennies” but as “Stills.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z “Anna, do you remember anything about Green Lawn Park, a market, and Tom having pneumonia?” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I excuse myself to the library, which inspires no shortage of taunts from Tom, who claims that “libraries are for girls.” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z As the four came to the beach a sliver of the sun broke over Tom Work’s land across the head of the bay and it gilded the water and made the rocks yellow. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Next day at five o'clock she married Tom Buchanan without so much as a shiver and started off on a three months' trip to the South Seas. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Tom White died in January 2011, but not before realizing his ambition to give away virtually every last dollar to philanthropy. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z "Get up, Uncle Tom," he said, and I clipped him. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom was on his hands and knees at the other end of the garden. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I start writing to Tom, writing and deleting, writing and deleting, trying to find ways to ask forgiveness for the things I said last night. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I could stand things as long as I had Tom along with me.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z If it had been Tom asking for the kiss, no one would have cared. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I had it again, the dream where I’ve done something wrong, where everyone is against me, sides with Tom. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “Good Tom. The light-bringer. How old did you say you were?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “So there you are, Tom, dear, and I hope you enjoyed that!” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Tom attended a local Baptist church with his family, and the preacher said that everyone was a sinner—even Emmett, the upholder of justice. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “You gonna build another one?” asked Tom Tickle, one of the single miners who lived in the Club House. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Tom came out of the house wrapping a quart bottle in a towel, followed by Daisy and Jordan wearing small tight hats of metallic cloth and carrying light capes over their arms. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Therefore Tom would have to go, and Chamberlain told himself: Run the boy away from you, because if he stays with you he’ll die. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom was too harmless-looking to be a thief, so one day I asked him where he got the stuff. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Pastor Tom walked slowly, letting the last of the churchgoers pass them. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z If only he hadn’t put Tom at the baby table. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Rumors of your doings have reached your old school, Tom. I should be sorry to believe half of them.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z “We sent out a detail,” Tom said cheerily, yawning, “and found some poor departed souls down there and they were carrying coffee for which they had no more use, so we took it.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Myrtle pulled her chair close to mine, and suddenly her warm breath poured over me the story of her first meeting with Tom. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z A few hundred miles south, Tom Smith sat in the sun by the barns at Hollywood Park. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom nods, but he still doesn’t look at me. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Men and women read it, talked about it, cried over the death of Little Eva and of Uncle Tom, shuddered at the cruelty of Simon Legree. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom’s father broke the news to Nichols, who was in his cell, deep in prayer. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Everyone told me I was insane to agree to move in to Tom’s house. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z After Pastor Tom prayed over him, Henry drove straight to the Humble Oil work yard and went to the boss’s trailer. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “You know, in Tom Sawyer, when everyone thinks Tom and Huck and what’s-his-name?” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z I wondered whether the captive black man belonged to Tom Weylin. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Tom did not tell him, and he left Will to “think it over,” knowing that the verdict would be against the pigs and the acorns. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z "I'd like to know who he is and what he does," insisted Tom. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Tom mustered a grin, “I’m just talking for myself, Lem.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z A gruff, hard-drinking man who often carried a bone-handled six-shooter and, for good measure, a knife slipped into his leather boot, he was brasher than Tom—“rough and ready,” as a relative described him. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Pastor Tom’s wife must have washed his clothes before they sent him home because everything was clean and pressed like he was going to church instead of coming home after half a week away. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z It was a mystery, but then fairly simple things were mysteries to Tom Watson and he preferred to leave them that way. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Tom shakes his head, almost in disbelief himself. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally, Tom Stafford and Apollo 10 had conducted a rehearsal in lunar orbit, including everything but a landing. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom Bolles was sure now he had a freshman crew at least equal to that of the previous year. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z "What do I owe you?" demanded Tom harshly. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z “Are you sure about this, Tom?” she asked. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Better yet it brought me in from the rise behind the house where Tom Warrups’ shack was. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z "First place, we didn't have any president----" Gatsby's foot beat a short, restless tattoo and Tom eyed him suddenly. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z The music made up for everything— the silent contempt of the servants, Steven’s and Emilia’s snubs, Tom’s hatred. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Matt knew no one would believe him if he accused Tom. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z One summer day in 1892, when Tom was eleven, his father hurried out with the bloodhounds: a family man had been gunned down while riding his horse. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Elderly Mr. and Mrs. Riddle had been rich, snobbish, and rude, and their grown-up son, Tom, had been, if anything, worse. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “I am here, as I told you in my letter, to discuss Tom Riddle and arrangements for his future,” said Dumbledore. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z I don’t bear her any ill will—I couldn’t think badly of a child, any child, and especially not Tom’s child. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z "He reads deep books with long words in them. What was that word we----" "Well, these books are all scientific," insisted Tom, glancing at her impatiently. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Tom Yew lay back grinning and looked up straight at me. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z He gazed at Matt with those bright blue eyes that were so much like Tom’s. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z At night I lie in bed thinking about Tom Brown and his adventures at Rugby School and all the characters in P. G.Wodehouse. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “I don’t think you have a choice, Tom,” my mother said. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z Tom finished his hot cakes and stirred his coffee. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z At the time, however, it seemed to me that in the Chief all the most photogenic features of Buck Jones, Ken Maynard, and Tom Mix had been smoothly amalgamated. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z “Yeah, but most people call me Thomas. Well, except Newt—he calls me Tommy. Tom makes me feel . . . like I’m at home or something. Even though I don’t know what home is!’ The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Yes, Harry thought, Tom Riddle would certainly have understood Helena Ravenclaw’s desire to possess fabulous objects to which she had little right. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Cal stood smiling in the dark for he thought of Tom Meek lumbering up, saying, “Hello, Cal. What you up to?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Mudgett’s only close friend was an older child named Tom, who was killed in a fall while the boys were playing in an abandoned house. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Before she got out of the car, she looked at my dad and said, “We have to apply for assistance, Tom.” Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Wilfred turned out to be just as Tom had described him. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom gave Henry a push up the slope, toward his truck. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z He was introduced to Mr. Alacran, the fierce man who had thrown Matt out that first night and who was Benitos, Stevens, and Tom’s father. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom, who was born in 1881, was the third of their five children; among them was Doc, the youngest, and Dudley, Tom’s bruising older brother with whom he was particularly close. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Tom said clones weren’t the same as children. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Gatsby started to speak, changed his mind, but not before Tom wheeled and faced him expectantly. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z El Patron banished Tom to a year- round boardingschool with no holidays. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom groaned, licked his lips, groaned again, opened his eyes. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z At some point our childlessness became an acceptable topic of Sunday-lunch conversation, not just between Tom and me, but more generally. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom says, turning to face us, the laughter gone from his face. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “That looks like everything, Tom,” Mr. Ebgard said to the careworn man across from him. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z I didn’t like Ivanhoe, hated The Prince and the Pauper, tolerated the poems, and loved Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z This is like the room I shared with Tom, but it is the one he shared with Megan. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Pastor Tom set his hat down in front of him. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z And it was that great lout, Tom Kawaguchi, who now took the seat between them. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sonny’s small,” Coach Tom Morgan told my uncle Clarence at practice one day, “but he makes up for it by being slow.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The friend explained that a guy he knew, Tom Black, was leaving his job at a soap factory in Jersey City. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom’s father was determined to make the killing mercifully swift, and once the apparatus was completed, he repeatedly tested it with sacks of sand. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Tom just happened to be the neighbor Granddaddy had given his only extra frontdoor key, in case he ever locked himself out of the house. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Nick Yew is a school hero 'cause of Tom. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Sherman stopped long enough to help Mr. Dubonnet and Tom up. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Naturally he had come to seek the services of Tom Swift and his friends, and Tom leaped at the prospect of adventure. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “I’m not an idiot, Tom. Yes, I’m perfectly capable of remembering—” A loud bang from above and behind them cut her off, made Thomas jump. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Bud said, “Sure, Tom, I understand. Just between us.” Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Good morning,” said Hermione, and as Harry crept past, still carrying Griphook piggyback under the Cloak, he saw Tom look surprised. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Tom said, “Would you care to make a tour of King City? It’s a lovely town.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He waited for an opportunity, when the talk was going again, and Tom was telling an absurd story about badgers and their queer ways — then he slipped the Ring on. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Lin was listed as the official trainer of the horse, but the actual conditioning had been done by Jimmy Smith, Tom’s son. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m looking forward to putting her down early tonight, to slipping into that teddy Tom bought me. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Only Tom the landlord, wizened and toothless, remained of the old crowd. 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