| 单词 | total |
| 例句 | I had Green Bay and a point total of forty-eight, which was closer than anybody else. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “It was total word of mouth,” Fitzgerald remembers. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But to our total amazement the huge dog opened his huge jaws and clamped down his huge fangs on the apple, which he firmly tugged from my trembling hand. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z My mother was a Masterpiece Theatre junkie back in the day, total anglophile. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z Or if he’s one of those people who gets dressed in the dark because mornings are such a total violation. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “Well fan my brow,” cried Finny, giving us his stunned look of total appalled horrified amazement, “who would have thought that! Chinese. The Yellow Peril, right here at Devon.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z She has taken to smoking the same brand herself late at night when she totals the day’s receipts at the kitchen table. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Because he had never seen TV before, he was a total addict who barked out warnings and advice to the characters on the screen. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z Tennis is the only sport that comes close to not being a total waste of time. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z When he stepped off his bike, the waistline of his slacks was way higher than normal, but somehow he still managed to look manly and stylish and not like a total goober. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z We could have only a total of two hours during the week, and two hours on the weekend. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “And tell us, again, the total amount of money that you and Mr. Moss got?” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z He’d stolen a case of bottles from a shop at Winter sector’s edge earlier in the evening and sold all but this one for a grand total of 650 Notes. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z The city glow faded behind us, leaving us in almost total darkness. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z “Some few minutes before total immersion. Dr. 09-01 — mark that Venus is half way to its first internal contact... half way ... now.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “I put each trunks worth in its own box, eight boxes total. They’re all in there.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-21T00:00:00Z It was a strange sensation to float in the total darkness, suspended by a cobweb’s light touch, with no pressure anywhere on my body. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she hugs me—not an average good-night pat, but a complete and total embrace. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z It will be a total disruption to her routine, a complete twist in the way her life is supposed to go. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z The dressing rooms are just generally a total free-for-all, and anyone who cares about privacy at all changes in the bathroom. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z Maybe from the outside looking in it would seem crazy, but for me, it made total sense. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “We need to get back on the right track. I know our last East River was a total bust, but we have to keep looking. So let’s review the facts those Blues gave us: Eddo.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z My brain is humming like a cash register, totaling it up, making change. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Rishi frowned, not sure what was up with the total change of mood. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z I know I thought Ethan was a total weirdo when I met him, but suddenly I’m real glad he’s my friend. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z “Hah. I already told her you and Mom are total Star Wars nerds.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Reducing diversions even to 10 percent of total production, he calculated, would require a force of tens of thousands of inspectors fanned out across Russia’s vast territory. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z As I gulped it down, my computer’s sensors silently took note, scanning the barcode and adding the calories to my total for the day. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Also, the more we thought about DNA chemistry, the more unlikely seemed the possibility that even Linus could pick off the structure in total ignorance of the work at King’s. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z The way she includes me, the way she takes this total stranger and makes her feel a part of this world, makes me care about her even more. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z What a goon, except it really is funny, me trying to sneeze a hot dog through my nose, and we're both laughing like total morons. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z But after two years of total immersion in art history, I found my experience of looking at paintings and sculpture totally transformed. The Annotated Mona Lisa 1992-06-01T00:00:00Z It takes me time to total the number of words on the page and the number of letters in the words. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Generators flooded and shut down, and the reactors overheated, resulting in total nuclear meltdown. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “I suppose it tells us he’s not a total idiot.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z “No kidding! I guess we need to work a little harder, huh, Jak? Loo is a total disaster!” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Then June suggested the registrar’s office, which made total sense. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The dark was total, impenetrable and constant, without layer or texture. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z To Dr. Treisman, there were two basic conclusions: first, “the attention filter is very effective,” but second, “our filter is not a total block.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z I was so scared I nearly fainted at the thought of this total stranger managing to discover our wonderful hiding place. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z There were three men total, and they stood in a circle around Lana’s body, all of them looking down at her. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z “This is going to be a total disaster,” I tell her. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Now take a look at the last column, which totals up all the summer gains from first grade to fifth grade. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z I know you know what ballet is, but just in case you don't, it's tip-top, tiptoe, total body control. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Nothing like total failure to generate great ideas. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z When these fiber cables were originally laid, the optical switches—the transmitters and receivers—at each end of them could not take full advantage of the fiber’s total capacity. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z The car was totaled, the money was gone, and there were no prospects ahead of him. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The twisting crunch that totaled Mr. Costello’s van had only lasted a second. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z They wanted to know everything and Milkman found himself rattling off assets like an accountant, describing deals, total rents income, bank loans, and this new thing his father was looking into—the stock market. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Lynds’s achievement—the seemingly total subjugation of a large group of violent inmates—is one that would probably dazzle most correction officers and wardens today. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z So far, for our first few weeks in Kilanga, attendance in church had been marked by almost total absence. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Horses were all around, their bodies elongated in total effort. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Turkish hospital records list a total of eleven children who weighed over twenty pounds at birth. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “Why would you risk your life for a total stranger?” Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Then, softly but firmly, she added, “I was a total idiot. I love you.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z That totaled eighty-six cents, for lunch and dinner. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Bridge had wondered about Em’s definition of a total geek. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z In the total telling, it made him at once the most mobile and ubiquitous private in the history of warfare. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z But then at school, I’m the total opposite and Mrs. Brown complains that I need to speak up more. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z “Though, in fairness, I’ve spent a lifetime sum total of five hours in Atlanta. So far.” Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z There were about fifty people in total, a big enough group that invisibility the way we enjoyed it was out of the question. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z “My old eyes are not what they used to be,” my grandmother said, in the shy humble voice she reserved for prayers and for total strangers. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z But this brother, it happened, had seen too much of my total loyalty to the Nation to carry out his order. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z In third grade I began to sum up our grocery bill in my head, silently write it down and hand it over, faster than Delma Royce could total it on her cash register. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Over the six months of the fair an average of twelve thousand people would attend each of Cody’s 318 performances, for a total attendance of nearly four million. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z There are twenty-two roles total, one for each student in the class. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He moved his hands over each other and behind his back as he executed a total 360-degree rotation. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z The model of an officer in total control was a lie, Smith said. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Michael Donovan brushed down his red hair with a violent motion of his hand and a total indifference to the fact that the unruly mass sprang to attention again immediately. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z “Teams will be asked twenty-five questions. Each correct answer from each four-member team is worth one point, so the maximum total team score is one hundred points.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z But each of these aspects of her self may be a quite genuine and real aspect of her total being. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z And then someone else, and before she knows it, the scene is total chaos. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z In total, X-Ray gave him five hundred and thirty dollars. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z By one forty-five A.M., they had an exact total. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z What is the total size of the carpets? Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The boy hated the man with the red face with the same total but helpless hatred he had felt when he saw his father chained, when he saw Sounder shot. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z She pays us that and a bonus, which makes my Super Bowl total $185 cash, plus the eight bucks an hour I’ll get in my next paycheck. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z “It’s her epilepsy, idiot. You total idiot. Her dad has her on this special diet. He makes her special food. She’s not supposed to eat bread, or drink soda.” When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z It relates the temperature of an object to the total amount of light energy it radiates. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Because their system of counting was based on the number 20, the Mayans naturally divided their year into 18 months of 20 days each, totaling 360 days. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z According to his diary, he spent the journey introducing himself to every pretty girl he saw, including a total of five between Chicago and Ohio. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z Yes, there was warning—years of it, in fact—but public service announcements about conservation are a whole lot different from a total stoppage. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z The voice on the speaker gives him his total. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “I had a grand total of one good friend at school,” Seven said, and her stomach turned at the use of the word had. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Ergo, if the Great One was a 4 and I am a 0, total size of the Dumper/Dumpee differential = -4. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z “That makes your total, yes, by George, fifty! You’ve made the quota, Parmentier. Good boy, good boy! A round of cheers, gentlemen.” The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Jason has inherited his mother’s total lack of humor. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z And when I asked him why he wasn’t at our regular spot after school, he’d just mumbled something and looked at his feet, and then we’d walked toward Amsterdam in total silence. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z The solitude and total freedom of the wilderness created a perfect setting for either melancholy or exultation. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I never had the heart to tell her that I thought organized religion was a total crock. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The problem of water pollution by pesticides can be understood only in context, as part of the whole to which it belongs — the pollution of the total environment of mankind. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “Ten dollars and seventy-four cents is your total.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z I can’t imagine how life led her to this place, but I take out a dollar and throw it into her hat, bringing her total to two dollars. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z When he’s finished, he points to the total and watches as the man counts out $1,528.47. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z As soon as the Federalists launched their prosecutions of Republican editors and writers under the Sedition Act—a total of eighteen indictments were filed—it became clear that the prosecutions were generally regarded as persecutions. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z And these men were a small proportion of the total. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “I spent this whole day thinking about it, about why. I’ve been a total zombie since yesterday, trying to figure out who I am. Why I would do this.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z There'll be four "shelves" total; two on the rover and two on the trailer. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “It makes total sense. I was the same way. I said you were cowardly, but I was just as terrified, Rishi.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z We hadn’t really spoken since my total epic fail at the protest. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Charlie helps clean up after dinner, which is a total shocker. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z Especially for a man like Horse, the kind of man who’d drop in on a total stranger to cheer him up. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z We sat in total awkward silence the whole way. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z As rattled as I was, I took some satisfaction in the expression of total shock on his face. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z If you were to walk a straight line for a hundred miles and drop a total of three hundred feet, you wouldn’t even realize you were descending in elevation at all. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z Coherence Relation Elaboration Example Herons have one thing in their favor: they are total opportunists. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z He believed that she was ready for total immersion in a hot zone. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I picture Grandma, as a little baby, being handed over to total strangers. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Once there, he lay down and at once returned to the sleep of total exhaustion. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Studies of racial profiling typically report the total number of people stopped and searched, disaggregated by race. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z In total there were more than a hundred pictures. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z My silence, at this point, was total; any scene which tended toward scrutiny, demonstration, and display was deeply repugnant to my current spirits. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Each number is the total notes bet on each team. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Well I could say the same,” I retorted, with less than total candor. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z How can one assay the total impact of the unprecedented calamity that gave rise to the world we live in? 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z I grab his phone, and my hands are practically vibrating with total fury as I punch my number into his contacts. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z Recently, it’s like the brother I’ve known my entire life has vanished, and a total stranger—one with better hygiene—has moved into his place. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z If each of the ten items needed for the manufacture of something or other has risen 8 percent, the total price has risen just 8 percent, not 80 percent. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a total of 138 problems in my black book; as each one got solved, I drew a line through it. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a total guess, but the altar showed Mithras killing a bull, so Annabeth figured it must be important. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z His old total ease was no longer with him. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Jake’s mom was stomping her feet on the risers in total “We Will Rock You” rhythm, leading the thunderous crowd. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z She’d thrown herself into each challenge with total commitment, thinking only about the endgame — taking down Miss Teen Dream for good. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z The other kids treated her like a total pariah, crowing that her mother was a “hoor” and calling her “lice girl.” The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z This would mean that the Colony had a total of around 1200 inmates. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Despite our wondrous appliances, life in Phoenix wasn’t total luxury. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z It was like a Rubik’s cube, where everything seems like a total jumble until all the pieces slide into place at once. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z Instantly, in total silence, both dæmons sprang around, becoming wolves: mad light eyes, bare white teeth, menace in every line. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z And, at last, he spoke the final and total truth. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z The total number of prisoners in the single cells was usually about twenty-four. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Mother’s conversion to Dad’s philosophy was not total, however, and occasionally she was possessed of her old enthusiasm. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Apparently there was a guy from Lake Valley a few months ago, but...Aaron’s a total enigma, but I know he likes you. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z My mom’s magical thinking allows her to believe that I have total autonomy over my life. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z The silence in the room is total, except for the sound of the queen’s teaspoon scraping circular motions in the bottom of her teacup. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z There are only five houses in total along a little strip of the road, one with what looks like a small general store tacked onto the front. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z I mean, Lewis’s family is a total cliched joke. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Quang-ha shoots him a look of total disbelief, but I'm the one who says: "Really?" Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z There were six beds total, two against each wall, steamer trunks at their feet. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z While they were next to each other like this, the differences were pretty obvious—they looked like total opposites. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z “No way! You better be back. We’re going to go to college, remember? I'm not rooming with a total stranger.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Alabaster is giving it a gravity that resists a total smile. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Led by South Carolina, a total of eleven slaveholding states in the South have left the Union and formed a separate nation, the Confederate States of America. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z “I have two dollars and thirty-six cents total to spend on my sisters and my parents.” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z The fourth and last set of factors consists of continental differences in area or total population size. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I had known a thousand reassurances that Betty’s faith in me was total. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Remarkably effective, the boycott reduced sales between 15 and 20 percent for a total loss to the targeted businesses of around a million dollars. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z But he must have dozed off, because he woke to total darkness. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z The hatred, he thought, almost coldly—the hatred was total. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z In fact, by the age of twenty, the elite performers had each totaled ten thousand hours of practice. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z I bet she was a total babe when she was my age. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The total financial package, moreover, once the Potomac location was factored into the equations, should make most Virginians smile. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z “Eleven wounds total, six needing stitches, two broken ribs. I think even you’d be proud, Captain.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The cashier gives us a coupon for 20 percent off, but when I see the total, which is still a lot of money, I gulp and thank Mama for the new clothes. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z I didn’t know what to do other than stand there in total disbelief while he finished, shook off the last drops, and zipped up his fly. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z The total signified the number of boyfriends I would have. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Papa had only three books total, leather bound and heavy, which Babulya had gifted to him when he had converted to Judaism. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Ms. Morales is going to think I’m a total baby! The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z My face must be a total mess of disbelief. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z Against a former World Champion who was known to be one of the most difficult to defeat, Bobby had won five games, drawn three, and lost one, for a total score of 6½–2½. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Though I should feel a total failure, my time on the prairie has branded this hope on my heart: next year it will be better. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z The battle lasted six months and ended in total defeat for Tilantongo. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z In accepting both the chaos of history and the fact of my total end, I was freed to truly consider how I wished to live—specifically, how do I live free in this black body? Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z A total of fifteen people lived in my aunt’s trailer. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Even using the Plug’s high-bandwidth fiber-optic connection, the total estimated upload time for ten zettabytes of data was over three hours. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “The totals are bad,” Brian said, plunging, wanting to get it over with, wanting to get out of the school, this office, Leon’s suffocating presence. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He’d dated exactly two women after my mother died, maybe five or six dates total, and he’d never tried to hide them from me. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z My hair is a total mess, so I wrap one of Mom’s scarves around it. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z The number of black holes may well be greater even than the number of visible stars, which totals about a hundred thousand million in our galaxy alone. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The silence around her was total, not rich and full like Abuela’s when she crocheted, but empty and sad and lonesome. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z “Her level of verbal expression and her ability to grasp her total situation are way above her age level.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Another nine weeks were required to make the only slightly less harrowing descent; in total Waterman spent 145 days alone on the mountain. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z But after photographs of the 1919 total eclipse showed that light bent as it passed the sun, the facts proved without a doubt that Einstein was right! Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Then, without warning, all the lamps went out and they were plunged into total darkness. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Their house was total chaos, babies screaming all the time, diapers everywhere, dirty burp cloths thrown over the backs of couches and chairs. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I don’t realize I’m standing in a total daze until the secretary gives me a tug to keep moving. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z But it was interesting, once I started to analyse and sort the examples, to discover that the greengrocer’s apostrophe formed just one depressing category of the overall, total, mind-bogglingly depressing misuse of the apostrophe. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z There, at knee level, in total darkness, I found spiders living in webs. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Momentarily, he forgets about the reel and looks me directly in the eye with total friendliness. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Life as the son of Richard Boyle was never easy physically, even if it ensured total financial security. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z “I’d say the site is about a half-kilometer total size. The trees were coming down pretty fast. There must be a big group or large equipment or both to be moving at that pace.” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Without all of the receipts having been counted yet, the running total for the evening was already over $21,000. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z By my senior year of high school, I can say with total confidence, I'd seen my dad cry approximately one million times. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Including us, that made a grand total of thirty-one Japanese people. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z She probably could have spent centuries like that, hibernating in total darkness. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z In spite of their minute size, the total weight of this host of bacteria in the top foot of a single acre of fertile soil may be as much as a thousand pounds. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Until this is done—and it will be accomplished very soon—the total destruction of the white man is being delayed. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z A total of thirty fresh warriors, armor gleaming and eyes frill of hate, lowered their lances as one—making a bristling wall of death. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z He’s got those total douche glasses on, the ones that coaches wear that almost look like Star Trek glasses. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z "I'm sorry," I muttered lamely, feeling the total emptiness of my response. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z In New Jersey the cities of Trenton and Lamberton resolved that “a total stop should be put to the landing of all persons from Philadelphia.” An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z He established his headquarters there and proclaimed total war against the regime. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z A thousand per day seemed like a lot of money, but it was a mere blip of the total they had to spend. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z Burt and I spent four hours going through the lab section by section, as I tried to familiarize myself with the total picture. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Henry looked hard at the total, his face motionless. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Going north would add a lot of time to my total trip. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Jeffrey has certainly noticed the total lack of hair coverage on his head. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z A high school graduation photo that showed a mouth full of braces and a bad haircut, posted by a grandmother who had blogged a total of three times. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z In his old age this same total warfare had come back to roost as total hatred, as the most modem of hostilities. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Elijah flips it over and glances at the total. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z “That kid is a total idiot,” she says. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z I saw only emptiness and fear and a kind of sudden, total end to things that I had never experienced before. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Each of the thirty-six cars weighed thirteen tons, for a total of just under one million pounds. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “I’m not in therapy, Sparrow, I was just making sure the woman treating my daughter isn’t a total idiot.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z When the wheels finally ceased spinning, I reached for the door handle, a spike of total and complete grief cutting through me. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z The eighth-grade relationship was a total mess, obviously, so that was different. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z Here are the monthly totals for the wages that J. T. paid his gang members. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z I wasn’t a total house Negro, so to speak. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I had made the first total emotional commitment of my life when I read how the phonetic experts had given these tongueless people a language, newspapers, institutions. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Though exact numbers aren’t known, some experts claim that the total number of victims may have doubled to 200,000 or more. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z So, despite my mother having a total meltdown over her inability to give her older sister a “proper funeral,” Lucy was cremated. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z The soldiers were moving them up the mountain where they would be under total Khmer Rouge control, isolated from the world and cut off from all the escape routes. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z By comparison, the total number of atoms in your body is about 1028, and the total number of elementary particles—protons and neutrons and electrons—in the observable universe is about 1080. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z To upset it, he had introduced the idea of total war. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s wearing a Foo Fighters T-shirt, pajama pants, and a pair of moccasins—total suburban white boy—but he’s so hot, I’d like him even if he wore a tattered garbage sack. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z He glanced up at me with this look of total resignation that should never be on a five-year-old face. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s homecoming, which means school is a total joke. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Rather, it was the first, brief flicker of total separateness. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z “The guy following us is a total doofus. As soon as you can ditch him, let us out, then keep on going to the bridge.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z “Last year, the final tournament saw a total of three hundred million viewers. Three hundred million! Mr. Tanaka must be proud.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Herons have one thing in their favor: they are excellent hunters and are total opportunists. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Incredibly, in spite of his small number of total mounts, his soaring win percentage invariably placed him near the top of the national jockey rankings for purse money won. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z They then sat down, and when her enquiries after Rosings were made, seemed in danger of sinking into total silence. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z The thing had frayed in the wash, so the silvery gray now just looked gray, a total noncolor, like something she’d washed and worn for a decade. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “And five bucks to get you home. Your total invoice is ten per week.” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z At the start of high school, I was a total innocent when it came to substances like pot and acid and ecstasy. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z “Goodness only knows what unmentionable desires that man has. Please don’t tell me the whole truth. I would have a total breakdown.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Between us, we have a total of seventy-two names, other than the names you see here. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z “I just want to see what you’re doing,” his sister said quietly, making him feel like a total jerk. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z We sat for a few moments in total quiet. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z So naturally I tripped coming in the door and made a total fool of myself. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z I just keep a running total—you know, three hundred here, five hundred there, two thousand in a carton. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z He leans over it, cutting here, snipping there, in absolute and total concentration. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z I went around knowing that I looked to them like a total fool. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “Because he notices—as we do—that all this is complete and total nonsense!” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z That, added to the six dollars weekly from Mr. Platernis and four apiece from the other three stores, made a total income of thirty dollars a week. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Now they would think her mother was a total nutcase, she thought, unable to even look at them. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z We drifted through the doorway into total darkness. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z So the total energy of the universe is zero. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Billy went from total dark to total light, found himself back in the war, back in the delousing station again. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z In their three years on the front lines, the 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment flew more than twenty-four thousand combat missions in total. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Neutrinos can on rare occasion convert chlorine atoms into argon atoms, with the same total number of protons and neutrons. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The total floor space of the Hab is about 92 square meters. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The three of us eat at the dinner table in total silence as our silverware scratches against plates. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Then came Dari’s turn, with a total of sixteen swings. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z These were the total features of his world— the sea sound and the three small lights: darkness, flatness, vastness, wetness: and, in the gulf of night, the gulf-stream of the wind. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Please understand my deep and total commitment to Israel: if you could remember what I remember, you would understand. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Otto was being a total brat, though, sitting on my face and pulling at my ears, then ignoring me when I tugged his ears back. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z “Who’d have thought it? That brings her total of real predictions up to two. I should offer her a pay raise....” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z “We could give him a total. The ether’s right here.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Your numbers were chosen to fit this remarkable total: One Gross, if I may use the expression. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z I get my cash bag ready to cash out and scribble my total on a napkin so I don’t forget it. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Inside I found a number of my colleagues who had been similarly rousted out of bed, and over the course of the night, more arrived; by morning we totaled forty in all. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Frisby crawled under the cabinet, searched in total darkness for the small hole, and finally felt one foot slip down. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Thus the heat expelled by the computer’s cooling fan means that when a computer records an item in memory, the total amount of disorder in the universe still goes up. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Brian then went to Brother Leon’s office and totaled all the figures. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z And if it be thought that Lee Chong suffered a total loss, at least his mind did not work that way. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z She was clean, quiet, and very close to total deafness. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z For example, when Baker listed the total spent on carriage rental, the subcommittee demanded the names of the people who rode in the carriages. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z When she came back to the waiting room after visiting the chapel, she found Mrs. Schein a total wreck. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z And we looked with bated breath into the blank and expressionless features of the man of science, asking with our total beings: Do you bring us hope or disaster? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The brain is locked in total darkness, of course, children, says the voice. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z How much does each worker get if they get a total of $1,254 dollars? Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z They gave us 50 liters each, making 300 liters total in the Hab. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Every once in a while I found myself smiling at total strangers because I knew that if I were to speak to them in English, they’d answer in English. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z What I was seeing was worst than all those things totaled up together. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “The report says you sold fifteen boxes yesterday, bringing your total to forty-three. Wonderful!” The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z And the university officials who so diligently took note of those students in their self-serving totals of entering minority students finally took no note of them when they left. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The policy has led to several jittery years of missile launches, frozen economic deals, border shootings, and periodic threats from the North of “total war.” Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Anyway, so there we were, me, Charlotte, and Jack, nodding away like total bobbleheads as Mr. Tushman went on and on about the summer. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z When Benton Sage arrived to help him, his total was, as he said proudly, 1,74.0. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z We drive in silence for a while before I say, “My mom’s a total nut. I’m sorry.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “They had adopted a lot of children with disabilities, and had a total of sixteen kids.” Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z These hysterias are well known to anybody who spends any time online, though the incidents are extraordinarily rare when viewed in proportion to total Net and Web use. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z What made the deepest impression on me was Gaur’s total commitment to the freedom struggle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Heidi comes out of the bathroom, having done a total costume change, standing there in sweats and an old Pitt T-shirt, looking like college photos Mom used to have of her. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Twice, he rang up wrong totals and had to call Jake over to unlock the cash register and correct the receipt roll. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “Here’s what to do. Arrange to have Renault appear before The Vigils. Check up on the sale—get the totals, facts and figures.” The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Still, this offer was something to think about If she kept on making just one copy by hand, yes, she could keep total control of it. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z No total reveal of the mess I’d be if I had to stand up at a podium. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z The information content of the human brain expressed in bits is probably comparable to the total number of connections among the neurons—about a hundred trillion, 1014, bits. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Tolkachev's espionage helped America achieve total air superiority by the late 1980s, earning him the nickname "the Billion Dollar Spy." Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z When the last canister was sold, the boys had taken in a grand total of fifty dollars and seventy-five cents. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Almost a total disembowelment and when it paused I looked up through the trees arched high and cool above me to see a whirling, double-imaged moon. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z She and my dad ended up signing a one-year lease for two warehouse bays that made up a total of 9,000 square feet. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Beginning French, Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, a total of three hours a week. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z SAD is an extremely contagious disease that causes total memory loss in those who contract it. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Angela, new mother, agitated, forgot she was holding the child and let him slip into the baptismal font, a total immersion of the Protestant type. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z His status netted him a grand total of $200 a month, a stipend meted out by a few admiring patrons. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z When the results are tallied, our team has a total of eighty-one points. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z What fascinated me with him most of all was that he was the first man I had ever seen command total respect. . . with his words. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z They seem to be able to live a long time believing, as coastal people do, that they are at the frontier where final exit and total escape are the only journeys left. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z The most difficult test, in her opinion, was the isolation chamber where she remained in total darkness. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z Emma said, actually throwing her arms around the older girl’s waist as though she were a friend, not a total stranger. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The drill bit is 1 cm wide, the holes will be 0.5 cm apart, and the length of the total cut is 11.4 m. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “Thou shall not be dirty” and “Thou shall not be impudent” were the two commandments of Grandmother Henderson upon which hung our total salvation. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z My total commitment to Islam demanded having no other interests, especially, I felt, no women. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The word for “this world” in Hebrew is “olam hazeh,” and by adding the numerical value of each letter, the total numerical value of the word becomes one hundred and sixty-three. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z I recognize him, I could recognize him in total darkness. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The total amount of energy from outside the solar system ever received by all the radio telescopes on the planet Earth is less than the energy of a single snowflake striking the ground. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The bike races past me with the rider holding up his middle finger as if I almost totaled his hipster bike with my five-foot-four-inch frame. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z If we had leveled out with any more speed, or at any steeper an angle, we would have totaled, or even flipped. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Erik, his head down in total concentration, took two steps forward, like he’s rehearsed a million times. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m not sure. I’m being told I need to hunker down for a while, hang home with my mom. She’s been awesome, total rock.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z She was, and still is, a total knockout. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z I figured she was just depressed, thinking about Dad returning to jail and how he might never get his captain’s license and how our quiet3 seminormal life was a total mess again. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z The scoring total for Tangerine Middle School is an awesome 52 goals, which is already ten above the previous record. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I hand her my ATM card when she gives me the total, and then I work up the courage to ask. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z From a teenager’s standpoint, though, this was understandably a complete and total drag. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “I don’t want anyone else to try to help,” Harry said loudly, and in the total silence his voice carried like a trumpet call. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Their total lack of hesitation astounded me, because it was obvious many of them were rushing toward certain death. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “Our next meeting shall commence tomorrow, lunchtime. The topic: Mr. Owens giving detention out just for talking in math class. It’s a total infringement on our First Amendment rights!” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z There are ways to find out: by making an accurate census of the total amount of matter in the universe, or by seeing to the edge of the Cosmos. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z My mom, who was normally a total clean-freak about something like a dog in bed, never shooed him down. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z It hit him that his knife was gone, forever, and the total silence of the ship seemed to press down on him. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z Just twenty-one miles of it—less than 1 percent of the total—are on public roads, mostly on bridges and where it passes through towns. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z At that time it looked as though the match with Spassky would have a total prize fund of $138,000, the highest amount ever for a chess match. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z This had to be done in total darkness, because the glow would be faint. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He has a total “what the what?” look on his face. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z In total silence, hundreds of cockroaches were dancing around Boots. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I thought about telling him I hadn’t come looking for anything, that it was a total fluke I’d crashed right in front of New Life in Christ. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z A total of 22,726 soldiers were killed, missing, or wounded. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z An analysis of the entire Chicago data reveals evidence of teacher cheating in more than two hundred classrooms per year, roughly 5 percent of the total. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z I’d spoken to this kid for a total of maybe an hour and suddenly his presence was in my bedroom, in my personal space, stressing me out. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z The total expenses so far were unbelievable, definitely in the six-figure range. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The total damage included one stomach pumped, three breakups of long-term relationships, one lost diamond earring, four outrageous hotel-room parties, and five matching tattoos allegedly decorating the behinds of the senior class officers. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z The first day we had no luck, selling a total of zero grapefruits. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z Because you’ve turned my smart, funny, confident best friend into a total bowl of Jell-O, I wanted to yell. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Not after he made our friendship out to be a total joke. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z He generally sucks at this game, because he has about twelve Facebook friends total. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z A total of 51,116 soldiers were killed, missing, or wounded. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z And a lifetime of figuring out how to fit in and be cool, without being a total traitor to my race. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z It’s, well, I don’t mean It’s like a total, you know, a totalism kind of thing, whatever it’s called. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z “Well, here’s what we know for sure. The final count: one hundred and seventeen students injured in total.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z For a second, there’s total quiet while it sinks in. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Not only was Ashish being a total punk, like usual, he was also talking about Ma and Pappa in front of Dimple. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z But it lacked coherence, a coming together of the features into a total self. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z And Raven had said there were fifty copies total of The Gold-Bug hidden around the city, so if Mr. Remora was interested in it for the game, he could find his own copy. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “When we left, there were reports of a thousand dead. Do you know what the total is now?” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z On Monday, October 7, a total of 82 dead were carted away for burial. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z I felt like a total fool, out there every day preaching, and apparendy not knowing what was going on right under my nose, in my own organization, involving the very man I was praising so. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z A total of 2,390 American soldiers and sailors were killed. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z After each whiff, he laughed and bellowed the strikeout total. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z At this time of year, when the tree canopy was thick over the road, the way was in total blackness. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The brain is locked in total darkness, of course, children . All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z In the coming months, he would declare an oil embargo, freeze Japanese assets in America, and finally declare a total trade embargo. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z During this period, total sales of The Autobiography of Malcolm X reached record numbers. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The Hamburg incident had been a total disaster. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z “These pledges don’t total up to our allotment yet.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z They were discouraged even more after counting a total of six waterfalls. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z I want—no, need—a few days to be a total slob. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z And Raven had said there were fifty copies total of The Gold-Bug hidden around the city, so if Mr. Remora was interested in it for the game, he could find his own copy. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Luke, who was normally a total terror, sat docilely and sipped a soda. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z A scene of total devastation met their eyes. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z I spent a total of eight days in that glorified hut, but I mostly just slept the first few away.The last five were the problem. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a total lie, but that’s not what Mom noticed. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z Yes, Joseph,’ says you,” here Pumblechook shook his head and hand at me, “‘he knows my total deficiency of common human gratitoode. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Yep, I only scored three points, my lowest point total of the season. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z Of course, all is not total harmony, in every instance, between associates and their servant-leaders. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Grand total: I have enough food to last till Sol 600. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “Three hundred each ticket, or three hundred total?” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Mark shined his light and noticed that the group between them and the door of the chamber was the smaller of the two, maybe eight people total. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z He was warned that unless treated, he could experience total kidney failure, seizures, and even dementia. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z There was damage to the gym floor in addition to the doors, which were a total loss. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z In the last month he’d gone down to Bursa a total of seventeen times. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Second, because the little girl, who I guessed was Tobias’s sister, began smooshing Delilah’s ears, which made Delilah wag her tail, and then lean against Tobias in total love with him. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Also, his hair was neatly combed, completing an image makeover so total that he was barely recognizable. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I counted the beats, a total of fifty-five, for thirty seconds. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z They were the ones we could evolve and sustain through the early millions of years of our evolutionary history, when the total human population was tiny and fragmented. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The girls marked and boxed items sought and put down their total and their own identifying number on the top of the front page. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z With a violence born of total helplessness, he pulled her dress up, lowered his trousers and underwear. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe it makes me a total grouch, but I don’t need another best friend. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Mom almost shouts, "Since Tuesday? This Tuesday? Oh, Robert. This ... this is like trusting a total stranger with your life!" Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Each new auction seemed to surpass the previous one for the record of the highest single bid and the total of millions collected. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z When we got to the cash register, the checkout lady gave us the skunk eye as she tallied up the total. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z The total was over three thousand dollars and growing. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z But the Angkar will protect us if we give it our total loyalty. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z By the time they show up on Wednesday, my parents are so glad to see I’m not a total outcast that they send them right up to my room. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z The revelation didn’t come the way she’d expected it to—total and devastating. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z So we can cover the infinite cohorts of rational numbers in the number line with a set of carpets, and the total size of the carpets is 2. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z America seemed a society moving rapidly toward a greater accommodation of its diverse population; South Africa on the other hand was moving with equal speed, if not more, toward a total separation of all races. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Turtle returned to her calculations, multiplying numbers of shares times price, adding a broker's commission, trying to total the sums to the ten thousand dollars they had to spend. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Her total intellectual association was the Bible, except the talk of Samuel and her children, and to them she did not listen. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The office on Dublin was a total loss. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z The first team to reach forty-five total points wins. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z The screen goes black for a second, and then a total stranger with the face Rufus has in his profile appears. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Thus the total force between A and B would be twice the original force. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z This plan could be a total failure, but at least I had Trevor back. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z But even these problems were all part of the total process. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z The look of total horror on the girl’s face when she first saw me. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z By their elimination the total load of carcinogens would be enormously lightened, and the threat that one in every four will develop cancer would at least be greatly mitigated. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The van’s rear doors had no windows, so I was hunched over in total darkness for a second, until my fingers found the old power strip I’d duct-taped to the ceiling. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z He used total strangers who had never even met the students they were judging. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Bod had not experienced total darkness for many years. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z The soil destined to support the northern half of the building showed total settlement of less than one inch, consistent with the rest of the park. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z She wasn’t a total cripple, not even when she was ill was she truly crippled. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Unfortunately, because I’m a total klutz, I dropped it on the floor. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z They’ve got the swimming pool on total lockdown...because high school pools were the only ones that were excluded from the Frivolous Use Initiative. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “Your total is eleven eighty-five,” Renee said, turning around to scoop the fries. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “I thought they were supposed to be slow! You must think I’m a total lamebrain.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z They said the attack had been too sudden, too chaotic; that everyone had fled in different directions in total confusion. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Late Sunday afternoon, as the grand total of $129 was being stuffed into several coffee cans to go to the bank, there was news about the theft. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z Because trying to dismantle and stack solar cells in total darkness isn't fun. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Another thing that awed me was their almost total lack of information outside their milieu. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The changing tools had been put away under the floor under the table, so that my total load had to be unpacked. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z In total, four families had been targeted throughout town that night, though thankfully, nobody had been hurt too seriously. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z He came awake, bolt upright, opening his eyes into total darkness. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z “He sort of lost some revenue. The Corporation posted second, third, and fourth quarter losses totaling around forty billion? So, you know, they had to make some sacrifices, let some workers go.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z “I’ve spent about two hours total in the Archives, and half of that was getting thrown out on my ear.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z There’s maybe seven buildings total in Farbranch, smaller than Prentisstown and just buildings after all but somehow so different, too, it feels like I’ve wandered right off New World into some whole other place altogether. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z His smell’s very strong, no offense, but we’re talking total sweaty ape. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Another 37,380 visitors had entered using passes, bringing the total admission for the day to 751,026, more people than had attended any single day of any peaceable event in history. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z One more girl appeared wearing only panties and sat down, bringing the total congregating there in just a few minutes to eleven, all but one of them completely unclothed. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Jamie’s assessment made total sense considering my experiences with this were recent and only happened at competitions. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z The answer is that the total energy of the universe is exactly zero. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s like the woman he’s spent his whole life looking up to has been replaced with a total stranger. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z The top sheet, which was written in my dad’s handwriting, was a tally of the total unpaid amount to date: $27,000. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z She thought she was blinded at first because the darkness was so total and sudden. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Digger was still being a total jerk, avoiding me. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z While the exact number of horses in Washington, D.C., during the Civil War is unknown, it’s safe to say that the total reached the upper tens of thousands. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z There are twelve beds total: a row of eight crammed together along the far wall, and two pressed together on each side, leaving a huge space in the middle of the room. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z It had lasted just six months, yet during that time its gatekeepers recorded 27.5 million visits, this when the country’s total population was 65 million. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z That may seem a meaningless figure, but look at it this way—it is eight times the total mileage of America’s interstate highway system. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z A hit meant duplicating the last three figures of the Stock Exchange’s printed daily total of U.S. domestic and foreign sales. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Cholly was kindness still, but began to resist her total dependence on him. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Although total in Portugal, it was only a partial eclipse in Copenhagen. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Cleopatra was a key player in Mark Antony’s master plan for finally gaining total control. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z We compare strategy; the quality of each side’s military intelligence; the strength of their positions—and then we total up each side’s advantages and disadvantages like we’re doing an arithmetic problem. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z When Brother Leon arrived, they totaled the sales together and discovered that fifteen thousand and ten boxes of chocolates had been sold thus far. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z They ask a total of one question: about three Free French flags rolled up in a second-floor closet. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z According to a study by the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, each year the average jockey is injured three times and spends a total of almost eight weeks sidelined by injuries incurred on the track. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Before long eighteen boys had joined Thomas and his friends in the tunnel, making a total of twenty-one Gladers in all. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z I would myself much prefer to wait on just one diner, even if he were a total stranger. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z He’s smiling at the concrete like a total whack job, but I’m the only one who knows, due to my stellar vantage point. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z After the overthrow of Mossadegh, public opinion in Iran was so against the Brits taking total control of the country's oil supply again that IOP was the United Kingdom's next best option. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z After subtracting out the cost of the food and ignoring the cost of the ruined sleeping bags and the lost tools, we made a grand total of four dollars. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z At all events, there is some evidence to suggest that for the next twenty thousand years the total number of people on Earth was never more than a few thousand at any time. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z The lights go out and I experience the disorientation of total darkness. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “The total number of bison, say, seems to have gone down quite a bit, but they wanted to have them available for hunting in the prairie a couple days' journey away.” 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z In any case, it’s not the cast’s best performance, but it’s not a total mess. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z I believe there should be a total ban on housing children under the age of eighteen with adults in jails or prisons. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z It was hard enough for him to come out of total isolation at Garland without having to be dropped into the snake pit that was middle school. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z The total entropy of any system, said Dr. Hauptmann, will decrease only if the entropy of another system will increase. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Reenacting the film wasn’t just easy—it was a total blast. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z There are almost 700 miles of gorgeously mountainous Appalachian Trail in New England—about a third of the AT’s total trail length—enough to keep me occupied till August. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z “Mom’s car got totaled. Come on, get in.” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z The total for the three of us came to fourteen dollars, and was packed up and ready to go in four minutes. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z The city, our city, is even closer to total destruction than it was before. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z If I don’t get home soon, my mom will have a one hundred percent total breakdown. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Instead of the total confusion the human tongue actually turns out to be. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z But when I look inside, the car is a total mess. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z I walk to the elevators in total disbelief. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z It was a doe, so no antlers, but she was big, and she would have totaled the car, rolling right up the windshield and into us. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z My breasts are held back from total exposure by a few inches of string. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z With the addition of the dress, the new total is 234 dollars. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Many words that mean a group of things—total, majority, and number, for example—can be singular or plural. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “A few are broken, but it’s not a total catastrophe. We’ll stick the bad ones on the bottom before Abuela can see.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Besides, those little shorthand symbols in the book my mother showed me seemed just as bad as let t equal time and let s equal the total distance. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z I stare at the video in total admiration. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z The Agricultural Revolution certainly enlarged the sum total of food at the disposal of humankind, but the extra food did not translate into a better diet or more leisure. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Either they think I’m a total freak or that death is contagious. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Like Truman, Churchill feared that the Soviets were establishing a zone of total control over Central Europe. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z They couldn’t seem to relax unless they had total control. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z When the cashier gives the total for our meal, Mom doesn’t pull out cash or her checkbook. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z “And you’re not supposed to be a total stranger,” I say. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Disaster is one thing, and a riot is another, but the total disintegration of society? Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Everyone’s a pretty good sport about running through everything once, and it’s not a total disaster. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z “You people regard sex as a total experience—and that’s how it should be. Anything that makes you feel good is morally all right for you. Isn’t that the main difference?” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He couldn’t wait to report the totals to Brother Leon. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He now faced a total of 115 years behind bars. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z In total, Radar’s parents owned more than twelve hundred black Santas of various sorts. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z She would work madly until she had not only caught up with but passed them all, and then she’d skid to a total halt. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z By the time I’m back from the final run, she’ll have my totals ready, and James will be doing the dishes. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Three hundred types of mussel, a third of the world’s total, live in the Smokies. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z According to him, I’ve totaled about twenty imaginary cars while trying to navigate those lots. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z I knew where the moon was, but in the total darkness, its surface was not visible: it was simply that part of my window which had no stars in it. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Mainly because of the way it was integrated into the very fabric of society, which made it hard to see when a guy was being a total d-bag to you. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z In one day, the blood travels a total of twelve thousand miles. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z No one knows the total number of letters and telegrams sent to CBS, The Mercury Theatre on the Air, or Orson Welles, beginning on the night of the broadcast. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z The total now is "at least ninety," about a third of which have been found in just the last ten years. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z But still, the small fraction who do add up to an annual total of more and more costly, dangerous youthful criminals. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z If each system were to have about ten planets, as ours does, the total number of worlds in the Galaxy would be more than a trillion, a vast arena for the cosmic drama. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z What was odder still was that the evacuation of Centralia was not total. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Hazel and Piper exchanged a look of total exasperation. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z "Three hundred jars, you say? That still does not account for these totals. You are several thousand jars ahead of the best estimate you gave me when last we met." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I’d gotten it for a total steal on Craigslist because the lens cap was missing and the handle was broken, and even then it had wiped out my entire savings account. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Harry put off the moment of total submersion from second to second, gasping and shaking, until he told himself that it must be done, gathered all his courage, and dived. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z I preferred reading in the total isolation of my own room. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z It wasn’t equipped for passengers—the young women had to ride in the bomb bays in total darkness. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “Yeah, I should be, but one of my teachers was being a total jerk.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Immie’s bank and investment accounts had a total of eight million dollars in them. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Later that week, we heard that two more Coxsackie officers had been hurt, bringing the total to seventeen. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z At the end of the year, there were an extra five days, bringing the total up to 365. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Even so, the number of useful ways of putting nucleic acids together is stupefyingly large—probably far greater than the total number of electrons and protons in the universe. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Greyback unlocked it with a tap of his wand, then forced them into a dank and musty room and left them in total darkness. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z But the thing is, J.T.’s a total computer geek—or genius, depending on the way you want to look at it. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z In the cinematographic twilight, Bernard risked a gesture which, in the past, even total darkness would hardly have emboldened him to make. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z I told her that the Global Alliance had issued more warnings about the possibility of total war if their demands were not met. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z If she added the fingers on one hand, she was just as likely to total four as six. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But the total energy density in “empty” space far away from the plates must be zero, because otherwise the energy density would warp the space and it would not be almost flat. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Their first shadow-travel experience together two days ago had been a total fiasco, possibly the most humiliating episode in Reyna’s long career. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Convinced as he was of his total solitude, this did not concern him, but it did intrigue him slightly. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “My friend, you are a total and complete pig. And I’m just having a good time.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The congressional debate over Hamilton’s financial plan and the location of the national capital had produced total legislative paralysis. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z “So I talked to the Genies, and they are in total agreement. They said Amsterdam is lovely in the beginning of May. They proposed leaving May third and returning May seventh.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z These would have been some of the measures taken to protect me from sezisman, or total, crippling shock. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Did Mama run off and leave me with a total stranger? Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z The total effect is rather surreal, especially when one sees Les Africains moving about attending to their tasks in this mechanized setting. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The crowd swarmed away in a panic, people screaming and scrambling to escape the gunshots, and what had been merely confusion deteriorated into total chaos. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z It washed out from his chest and up into his head, so total and so complete, as if he were under a waterfall that flowed the wrong way. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z If sold individually—there were thousands of games, according to Bobby—or as one large cache to a collector, the value of these score sheets alone would have totaled somewhere around $100,000. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z That got us talking about Down and Dirty in Kansas City and the total lameness of Desert Moon Over the Desert again. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Because most new prison construction occurs in predominately white, rural areas, these communities benefit from inflated population totals at the expense of the urban, overwhelmingly minority communities from which people in prison frequently come. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z It both surprises me and makes total sense. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “I can be a total jerk sometimes,” she said regretfully. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z From a few incidents in which before and after totals are known with relative certainty, Dobyns calculated that in the first 130 years of contact about 95 percent of the people in the Americas died. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “Let’s give him a total and knock him out. Then we can do what we want with him.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z In all, a total of nine Democrats would throw their hats into the ring. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z And I get less total seam length by not trying to use the existing pop-tent canvas. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Most of all, we need to preserve the absolute unpredictability and total improbability of our connected minds. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, if you ever get off this island and want a job, let me know. You’re not a total klutz.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I served a total of seven years in prison. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Letting total strangers drive one’s car around all day was a hard thing to ask, but nearly two hundred people turned over their keys to the boycott. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z “Echo was a nymph like us, a long time ago, but she was a total chatterbox! Gossiping, blah, blah, blah, all the time.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z After basketball was a total fail for me, he thought volleyball could be good. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z For a while there was total peace and quiet, with nothing but the sound of Piper humming quietly and a chiff- chaff chiff-chaffing in the apple tree and me turning the pages of a book. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Steve Jobs, too, gave credit to his arts training, which was just about the sum total of his higher education. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z The mechanism is there, and there is no doubt that it is already capable of functioning, even though the total yield thus far seems to consist largely of bits. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Just a friend,” I said, thinking: a friend and total stranger. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z He barely had time to glance around, however, before there was a muffled clunk from behind them: The door had reappeared, sealing them inside the vault, and they were plunged into total darkness. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “Speaking of showers, you are a total mess.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Forks High School had a frightening total of only three hundred and fifty-seven — now fifty-eight — students; there were more than seven hundred people in my junior class alone back home. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z I can see Caesar’s lips moving, but the place is in total chaos and I can’t hear a word. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “The British Lord Dunmore in Virginia offered freedom—total freedom—to any slave who escapes to his camp.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z JonPaul plays football, basketball and baseball and is roughly the size of a half-ton Chevy pickup, but he’s a total wuss about his health. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z In Homo sapiens, the brain accounts for about 2–3 per cent of total body weight, but it consumes 25 per cent of the body’s energy when the body is at rest. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Judith, Isaac, and I together consumed a total of 4,510 calories at our lunch, which is about two-thirds of what the three of us should eat in a day. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Today, the total population of Africa is less than 700 million, compared with 4 billion for Eurasia. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He had tried to reassure her that the cupcakes weren’t a total loss. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z She would beat Ruth into total silence if I let her. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z In a test flight, a pilot staked his reputation and his life on his ability to exercise total, direct, and constant control over the plane. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z After a while, he is learning, even total darkness is not quite darkness; more than once he thinks he can see his spread fingers when he passes them in front of his eyes. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “I don’t know. But it gave me the total creeps.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z If I hadn’t already been on Hawaii, which had some jungle of its own, it would have been a total shock to me. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z They never seemed to run out of things to say to each other, which made it all the more astounding that they'd known each other for a total of two weeks before they got married. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z And like a total idiot I was standing right out in the open. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Beckany, the ringlet-haired casting assistant whose voice has steadily shredded into a total rasp today, is standing by the door, letting the last child out from her singing audition. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z If Chapter Eleven left a light on for more than a minute, he returned to total darkness. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z When Beatrice closed the door, they were in total darkness; Roy couldn’t see his own fingers in front of his face. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Kilvin reached out and extinguished the one remaining lamp, bringing the room to near total darkness. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z In the House, the measure fell nearly one hundred votes short of the total needed—with 174 in favor and 204 opposed. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z At least the day won’t be a total loss because I can smell the parathas that my mother is making for Indian brunch. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z The number has grown more than 400 percent since 1980, after adjusting for inflation, while the total number of households has grown only 27 percent. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z By the end of the 1500s CE, the total population of what we now call the Western Hemisphere was about one hundred million people. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z Soon Caroline got a job cleaning hotel rooms—twenty-eight to thirty rooms a day for $2-$3 a room, for a total of about $300 a week. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He asked no questions, for he was accustomed to seeing total strangers living under his roof. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z By one account, the amount of oil money had surpassed the total value of all the Old West gold rushes combined, and this fortune had drawn every breed of miscreant from across the country. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “He had a great laugh. He was kind of a quiet, serious person. A total perfectionist. But when he laughed? God, it was contagious. It was the best sound.” The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Settling into his niche as a miracle worker for tough and neurotic horses, Pollard earned assignments on nearly three hundred mounts and guided them to more than $20,000 in total purse earnings. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Most of it was a total mystery to him, but the part that was clear was enough to keep him alert and jittery all the way. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt myself in motion, still directed toward the total possession of my body, but by some other route which I could not before then have imagined. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z The guy was acting like a total psycho. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z In fact, he wasn’t a total stranger to me and my sister. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z And now communism, the only way of life he had ever known, seemed on the verge of total collapse. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “Try not to be a total fool, Samuel,” Emma Lee said. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z A week later, Walter Sisulu and eleven others were arrested, bringing the total to one hundred fifty-six. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Confession: I’ve been on an airplane a grand total of one time. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z But when it’s a huge gym full of parents, the drizzle becomes like this total hurricane. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z This piling up of chemicals from many different sources creates a total exposure that cannot be measured. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z It was a library, in a house, in total silence. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Roosevelt had invited him to a total of two private talks. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z A total of sixty-four American planes hit four North Vietnamese patrol boat bases. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z We both got quiet, like we just realized that we were having a conversation with a total stranger who maybe didn’t feel so much like a stranger anymore. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z “Forty’s good. Forty a night. Then we tack on food—say another hundred? Two hundred sixty total?” The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Mixed with her fear for him was a total admiration: that he had learned so young, so much. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z More donors were listed, with a total of $1,050 raised. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z But a small percentage of uranium atoms—about 1 out of every 130—have a total of 235 protons and neutrons. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “Buddy Gui is a total meathead. I’m an artist. I’m going to have my work entered in an interplanetary contest.” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z That’s roughly equivalent to today’s total population of New England, New York, and New Jersey all put together. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z I was in total shock that Maddie’s arm was around my shoulder and that she’d said “we” about her and me and that she still remembered our popcorn ritual from our sleepovers. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z But having totaled up all of the smells and sifted them for information, the bear seemed to have decided that Omakayas was no threat. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z During the continuing Great Migration of African Americans from the South, Chicago had already received more blacks than any other northern city, a total that would grow to more than twenty-five thousand. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z I would’ve thought he was a total weirdo if he hadn’t smiled. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Call’s total lack of enthusiasm for my poem had had a dampening effect. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I can hardly remember now what it was all about, but I was a total mess then, having just split up with Salim’s dad and not yet having discovered Transcendental Meditation. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m a total fiend for Scrabble, so I pulled it off the shelf. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z I’ve smoked weed a total of five times now, and every single time, I start worrying about the stupidest things. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z "The total sunlight reaching the surface is very low in the area of the storm. Right now, it's twenty percent of normal. And Watney's rover is powered by solar panels." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Committee for Refugees estimated that approximately two hundred thousand people, or slightly less than a fifth of the total population of the Nuba region, were killed in what it called the Nuba genocide. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z “Well, you can still use them at the Book Scavenger and Bayside Press stores. And some people are just competitive and want to see how high they can get their point total.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “I am so regretting that I made you watch The Wire. I should’ve guessed you’d be a total doofus about it.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z “I never hated you,” I say, which is a total lie. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z If you include all the farmland growing fruits and vegetables for Earthbound it comes to a total of 25,000 organic acres. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Brian shrugged, tabulating his own totals once more to be sure that Brother Leon wouldn’t blame him for any discrepancies. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z When the homeroom bell rang, Annette came rushing in to give me the latest totals on box office receipts and the profits from the program ads. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z They purchased Leading Lady and New York Speed Machine for a total of $115,000, plus $330 per day for food and housing—or “boarding” as the horse people called it. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z Just Zmeyreka, a tiny village with a grand total of four Jews in it—three, with Papa gone—who all prayed differently than this community she sat with. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z In an hour of driving, he saw a total of only eight black passengers on the buses. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z For total greed, rapacity, heartlessness, and irresponsibility there is nothing to match a nation. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z With a total lack of sorrow for his deceased parent, Chickenhound began figuring out his next move. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Even if I looked like a total dweeb at the spring concert, I couldn’t let John down like that. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z “Yeah! At first it was just Ziggy, but now we’re going to start walking another dog named Tank. We want to walk four dogs total.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z And they became more palatable when folded into a total debt package produced by a war for independence. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z It was like being inside the most beautiful car accident in the world with all your best friends and a bunch of total strangers and knowing you couldn’t get hurt. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z And he had stooges or frightened kids like David Caroni who sang out their reports in the classroom as Leon basked in the totals. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He was standing by the open door of the classroom, and there was a sudden movement of heads as everyone turned and gaped at him in total astonishment. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z A total of three hundred years in and out of prison. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z I mean, sure, he was a total dipstick for punching me, and I wanted him to get in trouble—but I really didn’t want him to get kicked out of school or anything. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z I went to physical therapy twice a week for a few months, and did some basic stretching and core exercises, which was a total drag. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “But I thought you said he gave you total free rein over the park.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z It amazed them, it made them angry, and several of them—the pharmacist, the manager of the bowling alley—stared at the defendants with total contempt. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z It was hard to believe that Marcus was once a total stranger to me. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z Or he could pay thirteen percent of the bail to the courts and three percent to the bondsman—about $10,000 total. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z On Tuesday the total of cars hung reached twenty-one, with only fifteen more to add. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z In the far north, where food supplies are historically lean and farmers are regarded as politically hostile, the military takes a quarter of total grain production, Kwon said. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z “Five days total, if everything goes well. I think I just need to avoid having another meltdown. Then I have to go to therapy, which is not so bad, I guess.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Who knew that acting like a total freak would make you popular? Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z By the end of our sixth trip to France, the house was finished and I’d learned a total of 1,564 words. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Nothing in the world, nothing she had ever seen or heard, had pleased her more than this crazy plunge down a waterfall in the total darkness. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z “Can you tell me what happened back there? You turned into a total psycho. What was that?” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Combined with Rondon’s team, there were a total of twenty-two people. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z For the first time I found myself aware of my total armlessness, and I guess I felt like I was sort of naked all of a sudden. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The sum total of vegetation on this land was enough to keep one cow in food for approximately sixteen days out of every year. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z In the hospital, friends and even total strangers visited Lilya and brought her candy and other little presents. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z There’s more about total, majority, and number in the chapter on verbs, page 51. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “A scarf here. A cutlass there. One or two deft and tasteful suggestions. That’s all. The total effect is rather fetching.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Dead fish of 27 species were observed, totaling about 1000 pounds to a mile of riverbank. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z By the summer of 2004, Reuters had grown its Bangalore content operation to three hundred staff, aiming eventually for a total of fifteen hundred. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z Muslims make up only about 1 percent of the total US population. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z And the mayor was a total loss, a scared jackrabbit, but one who at least would not talk. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Nicole would tell me later that up to this point Dave was a sweetheart and a total gent, but that afternoon he was jacked up on too many Red Bulls or whatever, desperate. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z It came as a total surprise to him when he was grabbed off the deck chair and first his scarf, and then his jacket and pants, were ripped from his body. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z There were nine huts in total, each equipped with four metal beds and four metal lockers. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Later Sumerian cuneiform did become capable of rendering prose, but it did so by the messy system that I’ve already described, with mixtures of logograms, phonetic signs, and unpronounced determinatives totaling hundreds of separate signs. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He takes off the headset and moves in the total blackness toward where Volkheimer sits and grabs what he thinks is his arm. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Thus I have created an opportunity for Lambert to earn back everything I took from the city—a fortune totaling $40 million at my last reckoning. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z There was sports news about the recreation department basketball season, with the total wins and losses so far for each of the fifth-grade teams. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z They all looked at him in total surprise. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z She stood staring at him from the doorway, her eyes blinking, her expression a total blank, like he had just spoken to her in a foreign language. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z I never will forget how shocked I was when I began reading about slavery’s total horror. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “When news of King Gorger’s death reached the rats, they fell into chaos. We have driven them far back into the Dead Land. Without a leader, they are in total disarray,” said Mareth. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z But by December 1942, her team had a total of twenty-eight messages. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z And it was a total surprise to me when I heard about the incident. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The total absence of human recognition—the glazed separateness. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z And then felt like a total jerk because his face fell, just the tiniest fraction of a bit. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z With each reincarnation of racial caste, the new system, as sociologist Loïc Wacquant puts it, “is less total, less capable of encompassing and controlling the entire race.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “The freeze might have helped us there, too; I just don’t know. Three houses have tents now, which makes a total of twenty-five so far in the development.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Until Paul and Jim’s program took firm hold, Hiatt predicted the number of total TB deaths would climb well above two million. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z By the time he was done I’d totaled up a hundred and twenty-two years! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z It was somewhere in the three hundreds, and the total had to be even higher now. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z Then another shape, and another, a total of five or six, I couldn’t be sure. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z By the time he was done tallying the accessories, including gloves for the grave digger, the total cost was astronomical. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z My mind did the totaling and, counting the baby, there were six of them! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Johnny White had a grand total of fourteen dollars in his pocket. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I also hadn’t added up how many total hours of oven time the meal would require. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z The total entropy of matter outside the black hole would go down. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z As soon as those students got to know us, I had total faith they would realize how wrong they had been about our people. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z If the last three digits of the total value of stock sales match your numbers, you get to collect winnings. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z In the ebb of their fortunes, this sum was their total capital; yet they laid it unhesitatingly against Matthewson’s six hundred. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z Since all the windows were boarded over, the kennel was plunged into total darkness. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Certainly not by any that assessed the true costs of the total destruction wrought by such programs as the Sheldon spraying. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “I put each trunk’s worth in its own box, eight boxes total. They’re all in there.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Was this her way of coping, total denial? Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z On each continent, animal and plant domestication was concentrated in a few especially favorable homelands accounting for only a small fraction of the continent’s total area. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z By the time I walk into history class, though, all that preparation feels like a total waste. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z What could I tell them that wouldn’t sound like a complete and total lie? The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z When I swing by her, Shay says in a low voice, “You’re still a loser, Ally. A total and complete loser.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z It’s the only thing keeping her total and desperate loneliness at bay. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Roughly five hundred total had answered his call, but even with that many, we couldn’t defrnd more than a few blocks. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Everything’s starting to make total sense and no sense at the same time. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The amateurs never practiced more than about three hours a week over the course of their childhood, and by the age of twenty they had totaled two thousand hours of practice. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Nothing less than depriving him of life or liberty will secure peace to Virginia, as motives of resentment actuate his conduct to a degree equal to the total destruction of the Colony…. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z With incomes of more than $1 million or so, they would get the biggest share of the breaks, in total amounts and in the drop in their share of federal taxes paid. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z “And she just seems like a total sweetheart. Like, I’d honestly love to see you with someone like her.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z “I often think about how weird it is that Earth is hurtling through the black vacuum of space and meanwhile you’re down here being a total weirdo.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z I can add it all up, but the total doesn’t begin to tell the story. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z “That car is a total wreck. Your driver’s license, if you do indeed have one, will doubtlessly be revoked. I certainly wouldn’t blame them.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Your total comes to eleven thousand big ones. Just put your thumb on the drum and we’ll get you all fixed up.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Last year took some getting used to, but I always fit in at recess—more than Edna, who was a total klutz. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Like I said, he was a total poseur. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z In one grave they found the skeleton of a fifty-year-old man, covered with strings of mammoth ivory beads, containing about 3,000 beads in total. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’ve been searching for this place for years, and all this time it was within walking distance of my school! I feel like a total moron for not figuring it out on my own.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Well, there was having attitude and then there was just being a total show-off. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z We can still die on the bus, yeah, but the odds of the bus being completely totaled and killing us while leaving everyone else severely injured seem pretty low. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z If there were more cars on the road, we’d have totaled the truck by now. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Guilt digs its claws into me, but if I go home, confessing my lie before figuring out some astonishingly clever next steps, I’ll be under total house arrest until I turn eighteen in June. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z He said that 360 degrees represented “the sum total of knowledge.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Elizabeth and her friend are a total mismatch. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z “If he is anything other than a total gentleman, I’m going to gouge his eyes out.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z I’ve saved a total of seventeen dollars from my lunch money in the last few weeks and should be able to buy two books. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “But you are a total liar about not knowing what was going on the other night, Ryan Dean West, and you know it.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Which really is pot meet kettle, because, wow, up close he looks like he just emerged from a pit of quicksand—a total swamp thing. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z All I'm saying, the Fair Gwen had star quality, and even a total moron can see it. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z The congregation at the paddock alone was greater than the track’s total attendance the day before. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z But, I persisted, cautiously, and in somewhat different terms, this twenty billion dollars, or whatever it is, depends on the total economy of the United States. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z We sat and drank our tea in total silence, except for the intermittent sound of slurping. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z He told me how they got seven houses total and each one has six residents and a minivan. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Principal Principal reads the vote total: Bees—3. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z “Because half the kids at that table are total jerks.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The emotional and physical nakedness of my father somehow made me see him in a different light —he seemed a stranger, a total alien. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z He was completely happy to be a total jerk. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z By 1943, all of them—thirty shells in total—would be his. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “Is everybody at this hospital a total wacko?” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, you can still use them at the Book Scavenger and Bayside Press stores. And some people are just competitive and want to see how high they can get their point total.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Say you’ve identified the subject of a sentence, and it’s a word that could be interpreted as either singular or plural, like couple, total, majority, number, any, all, or none. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z You look a total wally if you dance too early, but after one crucial song tips the disco over, you look a sad saddo if you don’t. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z But watching him scrape a rock into a boulder, over and over like that, with total concentration, I don’t know, man, for the first time I saw him in a totally different way. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z ‘I have been reckoning,’ he said, ‘and I can’t bring the total up to October the twenty-fourth. It ought to be the twenty-first. We must have reached the Ford by the twentieth.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z In less than a minute Will found himself in nearly total darkness. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Widget asks often if the eight years counts if it is a combined total, in which case they already meet the criteria. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “No, of course not. That would be total capitulation. And I might be killed.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z But I’d had a total body PET scan on the first night in the hospital, they told me, and the news was good: no tumor growth. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z I knew at that moment I’d given everything I had to give, total commitment. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Male citizens of age, who were entitled and expected to vote in the general assembly, made up no more than a quarter of the total adult population. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z A total of 241 signs or letters was neatly divided by etched vertical lines into groups of several signs, possibly constituting words. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Now since the number of waves a second is unlimited, this would mean that the total energy radiated would be infinite. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Humans have forty-six such chromosomes in total—twenty-three from one parent and twenty-three from another. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z I kissed hundreds of cheeks, hugged total strangers, thanked them for their gifts. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Out of the total blackness of her clothes it blazed like a star. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z I let go of my anxiety and put my total faith in Allah. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z How do you estimate the total need, per patient per year, for doctors, nurses, drugs, laboratory tests, hospital beds, x-rays, and so forth, in the best of rational worlds? The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z In the cases where the Supreme Court had previously granted relief under the Eighth Amendment, the number of sentences challenged usually totaled fewer than a hundred or so nationwide. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Then it came to the forefront again, spearheaded by a total stranger. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Or, I think Lewis is a total buttmunch, but I shouldn’t have let him get under my skin and I definitely shouldn’t have been so mean to him, and I’m not sure why I was. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Meanwhile the Cosmos is rich beyond measure: the total number of stars in the universe is greater than all the grains of sand on all the beaches of the planet Earth. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The first time I went into Sweet 16 with El, I made a pointed effort to not be a total jerk about how uncomfortable I felt. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z He’d been here a total of nine seconds, and already he couldn’t keep his hands off her. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z She stared at the road, in total silence, thinking of nothing at all. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z In addition, the Chathams are relatively small and remote islands, capable of supporting a total population of only about 2,000 hunter-gatherers. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I took Gran’s initial resting heart rate, counting a total of thirty-four beats for thirty seconds, and scribbled sixty-eight in my notebook. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z He knows no more than they do about total reality—less, if anything: works with the same old clutter of atoms, the givens of his time and place and tongue. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z I wave them for everyone and erase Robert Poppins School of Performing Arts from the application, feeling a total moron. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z In a few weeks four more children joined the fray, for a total of eleven foster children between the ages of two and six. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Then, from each conversation, she selected two ten-second clips of the doctor talking, so her slice was a total of forty seconds. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Only 3 5 percent of total fixations fell on the letters. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he announces, “The two teams with the highest scores from all preliminary rounds will meet for what we call a ‘quiz-off,’ so point totals are critical. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z Only the ten-by-six-foot chamber known as "the bubble" offered total protection from prying KGB ears. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “I was a total basket case for the last six months of college. I would lose it at anybody. You know, you don’t have to do everything all the time.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z 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 My silence was thickest—total—during the three years that I covered my school paintings with black paint. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Of course, he’s the total hero of the story. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z The boys in the California boat weighed a total of 1,557 pounds; the boys in the Washington boat weighed 1,561, just four pounds heavier. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Easter Island and the Chathams are small and so remote from other islands that, once they were initially colonized, the societies thus founded developed in total isolation from the rest of the world. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Our village had no electricity, and our daytime cooking fires burned too low at night to give off any light, so each night brought nearly total darkness to the inside of our house and luak. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The total loss to Hazleton ran into the millions of dollars. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Alex ate it up as his two friends stared at him in total disbelief. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z The only way to ease the pressure was to boost the total of paid admissions to far higher levels. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Now, I realized that deep down it was just another way to run from my total powerlessness in the face of death. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z My mom asked what class we had and I said math, which wasn’t a total lie. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z “Relax. You’re not wearing the type I have on, no eye screen. Your eyes will get total freedom.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z But didn’t, because I am a total coward. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Altogether he discovered a dozen elements, a fifth of the known total of his day. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z The more difficult it was to love the particular man beside us, the more we believed in Love, abstract and total. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Most of them had their eyes closed in total delight, like they were imagining themselves flying or something. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z There are seven of us total, including two new freshmen who always seem ready to go, with their journals already out in front of them. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z I used to wake up at four every year in a total frenzy of greed. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z They had collected a total of thirty-five hundred clinical samples. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z By early summer, total paperback sales had reached 30,000, and both Wells and her editor began to get the sense that something strange and wonderful was about to happen. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Although the radiation from most would be very weak because they are far away, the total from all of them might be detectable. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z God, now she felt like a total jerk. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “I’m just saying. It was a total thing. I was at the grocery store almost every day, getting fresh dill pickles for you.” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Each thought unit is a separate stage of the total discussion that makes up the passage. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z The Preacher commenced pointing at each fish and calling out numbers and telling me to keep track of the total. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z It weighs only ten pounds, he claims, although, as I soon find out, with the attachments dangling from the strap around your waist, the total is probably more like fourteen. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Do you have a problem other than a total lack of maturity and intelligence? Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z I wanted to be in total control of the outcome of the game, so when I lost I was the only one to blame, and I could train harder to do better the next time. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z If I eat out at the buffet I can watch the large Mexican families or the even larger, in total body mass terms, families of Minnesota Anglos. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z They could not have known that Ella’s whispered story of deception and murder had been the first experience in my life that had elicited from me a total emotional response. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Sitting at a side table my mind and I wove a cat’s ladder of near truths and total lies. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “There’s no reason you should have to do all those assignments. Some of them are total busy work.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Ray fungi, growing in long threadlike filaments, are somewhat less numerous than the bacteria, yet because they are larger their total weight in a given amount of soil may be about the same. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z It flashed from the woodwork and the walls; it smote him with an awful, total power, as if generated by a vast mill. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z That made a total of twenty-six cents, fourteen cents of which would have to be saved for carfare to Mr. Dalton’s; that is, if he decided to take the job. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The old prison wall was studded with nine of these towers; there was a total of eighteen towers, including the ugly new square ones around Tappan. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z This move would bring us to a total of five moves in ten years. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Since then, he had been selling the NSA's secrets to the Soviets for a total of $37,000, money he used to pay off old debts. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “Do I believe the total perversion that I am witnessing?” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z If we start with a carpet the size of half an atom, we can cover all the rational numbers on the number line with carpets that, in total, take up less room than an atom. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Before long, though, there was no light left, and they were crawling upwards in total darkness, and Malcolm found himself beginning to get badly frightened. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Brother Leon had stopped checking the totals on a daily basis, almost as if he anticipated the bad news the figures contained and wanted to avoid finding out about it definitely. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He knew that it would take him several total color-change stages to get from black to white. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z We spent that whole February talking about the injustices we black people suffered every day in Montgomery—it was total immersion. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z Her attempt to become popular, to be more like them, had been a total failure. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z It was the only way I could avoid looking like a total wuss. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z I have almost total recall, every face is there, every hill and tree and color, and sound of speech and small scenes ready to replay themselves in my memory. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The ultimate goal is to develop total cognitive and kinesthetic awareness through sound. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z I used to fantasize about taking the Mensa test to prove that I wasn’t a total loser. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z Within a few weeks, Your High-High, we will take the city of Tenebrion while it's in total disorder with a smoking hole of Nothing at its center. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Ten years later, the Maine Appalachian Trail Club rerouted 263 miles of trail—half its total length across the state—removing the trail from logging roads and putting it back in the wilds. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Thus the total amount of energy available to make particles becomes very large. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Hitler had unleashed his blitzkrieg across Europe, his Soviet allies had followed, and the continent had exploded into total war. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z “It’s confusing to him, too. Plus Gogol is not an Indian name, so he’s like a total outsider, even in his own culture.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z “Whatever. Blame me. Blame the guy who has total respect for everybody else.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z “But a mood like that,” Rick said, “you’re apt to stay in it, not dial your way out. Despair like that, about total reality, is self-perpetuating.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z It was anger, partly, but it was also a sense of pure and total loss: I didn’t fit anymore. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z In some years it was a total ban while in others it was just during Lent. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Turner felt it tilt and buck beneath him as he sat in total darkness. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Piero, who was a mathematician as well as a painter, demonstrates his total command of perspectivist illusion and uses the vanishing point to convey God’s incomprehensibility. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z There was a moment of total, impersonal panic, and then Finny’s hand shot out and grabbed my arm, and with my balance restored, the panic immediately disappeared. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z “I thought it was the only way to prevent total destruction,” I say. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Given the almost total darkness and the landfall confusion, it should be almost impossible to spot the switch. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Viewing exhibitions at the Guggenheim is like being conducted through a predetermined stream of consciousness, where everything merges into a total unity. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The quantum laws are more liberal and allow you to be overdrawn on one or two accounts provided the total balance is positive. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he went back to totaling an order for a gaunt housewife. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Before total darkness, he had skinned them, deftly cutting meat from their sides. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Now, it appears, some of them, and the most important ones at that, are total strangers. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “You never said your dad was the CEO of Global Comm. My dad, like, totally wants to invite your parents over for dinner. He says Kartik Patel’s a total legend.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z The sum total of these chains makes a web in which every work of art occupies its own specific place. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Seated on the church steps tonight, I wondered if he could have known how truly he spoke, how total the feeling of oblivion was. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Ten toads total were racing for each team, and the first to reach the finish line would be the winner of the race. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z A tall man stood in front of him, taller than Finn, taller than Sean, a total stranger yet so familiar at the same time. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z I was a total idiot to think this movie could mean good things for Maddie’s and my friendship. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The enchantments they had cast around themselves ought to be sufficient, in the near total darkness, to shield them from the notice of Muggles and normal witches and wizards. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “Regardless, I suppose it was mildly competent, what you two did. I thought you should know—it wasn’t a total loss.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z There was instant and total chaos in the back row, the one nearest to the football field, because the portables themselves were starting to break apart and move. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The total ban on life-without-parole sentences for children convicted of non-homicides should have been the easiest decision to implement, but enforcing the Supreme Court's ruling was proving much more difficult than I had hoped. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z From then on, spending my days at school would feel like a total waste of time. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z In total frustration, I stabbed Riptide against the boulder. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z But it wasn’t the eyes themselves that caught Reynie’s heart—it was their look of total despair. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z A complete moment of total attention is due everyone alike. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z We laughed again, because we were stoned and because it was the total truth and because we both knew it wasn’t funny at all. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z And the sum total of all those differences is that in certain kinds of situations that require dealing with risk and uncertainty, Danes tend to react in a very different way from Belgians. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z I was feeling pretty lucky right then that JonPaul is a total hypochondriac who’s always worried that he’s coming down with something rare and dangerous. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z South of the Potomac was a different matter altogether, since approximately 90 percent of the total black population resided there. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z “Confucius say a woman is worth a thousand words. Tell your wife she’s used up her total.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Bishop Ambrose Reeves of Johannesburg took the extreme step of closing his schools, which had a total enrollment of ten thousand children. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It was their way of explaining what they believed was white madness— crimes planned and executed in a truly lunatic manner against total strangers. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z I started screaming hysterically, wailing like a total baby. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z Cramp stood up behind his desk in total slo-mo, with his eyes locked on my feet like he’d never seen a pair of bloody socks before. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Comer had rushed for 135 yards to up his total to 1,221 yards. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z "Your car is totaled and I need you to sign this release so the insurance company can pay me." Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z I didn’t normally wear white, because it was a total stain magnet. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z It means total harmony, but it was an occasion for the teacher to criticize students for what they had done wrong the previous day. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z I, on the other hand, am the total opposite of Soojin. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z A thing may happen and be a total lie; another thing may not happen and be truer than the truth. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Bear in mind that these figures represent not only lynchings attributed to the Ku Klux Klan but the total number of reported lynchings. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z It was a total lie—but they needed a reality check, and they wouldn’t call Mamá to confirm my story. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z I turned off my lights and stood in total darkness, feeling a bath of sweat trickle down my chest, hearing the thump of my heart and the swish of blood in my head. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Then we took our average number and used it to predict the soccer field total by figuring out how many of our squares could fit inside the field. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z I lay there for a long time staring at total blackness and knew that never again would I sleep in the woods with a light heart. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z There was a stately and graceful feeling of motion, as we glided across the world in total silence, and with absolute smoothness. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Let me see now, Malian. Why, that brings your total to forty-seven. Congratulations, Malian. I’m sure you’ll be selling those three remaining boxes today.” The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Then each pack counted off and when the totals were in, Miyax’s wolves yipped among themselves as if discussing the tundra news—a pack of twelve wolves to the north. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt a rare moment of total joy. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z On their third trip, they played 48 times, for a total of 172 hours on stage. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Eventually, Petrosian complained that Fischer was still studying the board—in total darkness—and that therefore his clock should be started. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I think in the first year we sold a grand total of one grapefruit. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z “Radar was like this total hero. He chased them all the way out of the park. They were screaming like babies the whole time.” Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z If he’d tried to say anything, could he have gotten the words out without snorting or belching or stammering or doing something else that made him seem like a total dork? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z With just three genes in question, there would be six alleles or gene variants in total—three from the mother and three from the father. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z “Used to. Too noisy. And Isaac Pye, the landlord, he's a total slimeball. Not that he”—Dawn Madden nodded at the tractor plowing the field—“is much of an improvement.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Dora herself said she could have used the total membership of the old ladies’ home. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Dylan was a total champ about it and loved the attention. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z My heartbeat quickened, my stress levels surpassing total destruction on the Richter scale. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z “But,” Miles says, “it sucks being one of the only Black kids there. There are, like, four of us total in the whole middle school.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z The chilled stone chamber, which felt like some kind of tomb, was plunged into total darkness. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z “So here’s our tailwind. The checks range from five dollars to two hundred and fifty, and our new grand total is four thousand seven hundred and sixty-five!” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z In total, Weismann had serially removed the tails of 901 animals. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z They appear to be bank ledgers, rows upon rows of numbers and calculations with notations and totals and dates. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He stood staring at us for a second in total silence, red in the face and sweaty, maybe feeling as wiped out as I was. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The sun had gone down about fifteen minutes earlier, and since the lights were always turned off at exactly eight o’clock, most girls were already in their assigned beds, chatting until total darkness set in. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z With clear skies, I dedicate 80 percent of my total power toward movement. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The publishers agreed to spring for the postage costs, so your total expense is the note or card or whatever. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z We have received via post your absurd comments about our trousers, the comments revealing, as they did, your total lack of contact with reality. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Apartheid was a police state, a system of surveillance and laws designed to keep black people under total control. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Along with assorted friends and family members—for a total of forty travelers—they had piled into a luxurious sleeper car, named Benares, provided by the Chicago & Alton Railroad. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Actually, it was not so much the speed that was impressive as the pure animal confidence, the total absorption in the moment. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The total was sixty cents, a sum that limited and blocked escape routes. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z To say she thought this was total BS? When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z We counted how many washers the hot magnet picked up, a grand total of thirteen. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z How I managed to operate the car was a total mystery. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z But the worst was the time a total stranger commented on my skin. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z A total of fourteen unmanned missions deposited everything we would need for surface operations. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z A tingle King of. the rebels—the King of the Hundred Knights—had with his own forces two-thirds of the total number to which the Round Table was ever to grow. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Mama will be back in precisely thirty-eight minutes, and if things continue the way they’ve been going, this visit will have been a total waste. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z There are times that one treasures for all one’s life, and such times are burned clearly and sharply on the material of total recall. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Just so I don’t look like a total failure. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I held up my two hands to illustrate the total and complete lack of gifts I had brought for the African children. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z It lacked but one thing to place the seal of total success upon it, and that would take place very soon. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z But not having a girlfriend means you're a homo or a total loser or both. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z I assumed she was a total dork, until I went to school with her one day. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z In fact, there were more black men in the state’s correctional facilities that year just on drug charges than the total number of black men enrolled in undergraduate degree programs in state universities. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Cool water lapped around him, the darkness almost total. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Besides where she grew up, I’ve gotten a total of twelve words. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z When an auction for Osage oil leases was held in Tulsa in 2012, three leases sold for less than $15,000 in total. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z By i860 the rewards offered for her capture totaled sixty thousand dollars. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z By contrast, the merely good students had totaled eight thousand hours, and the future music teachers had totaled just over four thousand hours. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z And every Sunday, snow or not, I rode to Mass in the village of Bircza, piled in the back of a hay wagon with brothers and sisters who eventually reached a total of eight. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “That’s why you didn’t want to be around her. Especially why you didn’t want to be around...him. It makes total sense.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “That averages out to almost one combat mission every two months. And I’ll bet your total doesn’t include the time you bombed us.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Routed from their positions in total disarray, tens of thousands of South Vietnamese soldiers deserted. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z I didn’t know why, but Julia’s look had given me this total determination to get Alice Evans to the bathroom before she wet herself. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z I hurl it against the wall and the screen is totaled. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z He never let anyone in it, and it was a total surprise—it was nothing like the rest of the house. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Since I’m not a total spaz with the racket, Ms. Connors pairs me off with Jock Goddess Nicole to demonstrate the game to the rest of the class. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z The total came out right, and, by eleven in the morning, the great walled Thieves Quarter was officially empty and padlocked. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z I’ll be back next week and if you don’t have the money, one pound eight shillings and sixpence total, ’tis out on the pavement you’ll be with the skies dripping on your furniture. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z You've got to subtract an additional year from the total to get the right answer. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The sledge was heavy loaded; Estraven guessed the total weight to pull at something over 300 pounds. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z “I wasn’t really going to touch it. I’m not a total idiot.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Just the way she rescued Henry, Dad’s best friend and bandmate, who, once upon a time, was a total drunk playboy. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The mission was well funded with a total of $172,200 divided between the two teams. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z The silence of the house at night was not total. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z A total of six; one for each crew member. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The nucleus of a uranium atom usually has a total of 238 protons and neutrons. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “She is the only person I know who’s not, like, grown up who has total elegance.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z |
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