| 单词 | trained |
| 例句 | Primary and secondary school trained them for hard labor. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z “Mrs. Byrne holds her money tight in her fist. Why would she pay Mary to do the work you can be trained to do for nothing?” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z In September, a team of FBI "Super Gs," or specially trained surveillance agents, landed in Santa Fe, New Mexico, near Howard's home. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “I bet he does. You been trained in these?” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Bigger raised his gun and trained it upon the man and waited; if the light reached him, he would shoot. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z How can we even question it, we tributes trained to gather fish and lumber and coal? Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z I have read that there are two fears that cannot be trained out of us: the startle reaction upon hearing an unexpected noise, and vertigo. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The Permian players had been trained and molded to perfection, every ounce of skill extracted and made into something, and it showed stunningly. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z "The crew may have to fix things here and there, but they're well trained. Remember, Hermes was made to do all five Ares missions. It's only halfway through its designed life span." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “Papa Acevedo—Mauricio—he was my teacher before he died. I was just a kid, twelve, when I met him, but he knew I had something in me...and he trained me.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Her name was Pretty, short for Pretty Pig, and she had been trained to saddle and bridle since she was a piglet. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I joined the boxers and for the first few weeks of the separation we trained at an uncomfortable place for a freedom fighter, the police gymnasium. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They were trained in military tactics, which they put to good use against the English. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Then he just lies there, his eyes trained on my face as I build a sort of blind out of vines to conceal the mouth of the cave. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z In addition, Smith might enjoy pitting his horse against one trained by his son, Jimmy, just as Howard would enjoy facing off against Lin. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z And the one on the pigeons, trained to peck a button that made a grain of corn appear. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z One of the black shirts trained his gun on the girls just as another black shirt approached Miss Miss. “I think that beep’s coming from inside. “Thank you. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z The fastest runners were trained to chase buffalo. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z She became very ill, and a trained nurse moved into the house to look after her. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z “Straight back. Deep breathing. Same answers to different questions. Who trained you, boy?” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The medical personnel were trained to handle drug overdoses and minor injuries, and knew very little about cerebral palsy. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Like all of my detail leaders, he was smart, trained to be hyperaware at every moment, a human sensor. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Less than twenty-four hours before, I had been sleeping on the bathroom floor, so I didn’t have the highest of expectations, but it was moments like these that I had trained for. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “This is fundamental stuff. You should have been trained to do this in middle school. This is basic basketball. The only guy to make a difference on the boards last game was B,” Coach said. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z But still trained to protect him—from her. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z "So then, who trained you? Somebody had to train you to be so fast." Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z “These soldiers were trained to shoot first, ask questions later,” was all he said. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Ethel responded like a soldier who comes in his cushion age upon the sergeant who trained him. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z But alive, he was invaluable to their mission, trained to use his amplifier gifts to sense Grisha power through touch. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z What did Julie say about me—I am trained to react positively to orders from people in authority. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Sam had trained her to hunt the rabbits and pheasants that lived in the abandoned fields on their mountain. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z ‘But back in the day this place - the Asclepeion - was a medical school as well as a hospital. All the best doctor-priests trained here. They would’ve worshipped both Asclepius and Hygeia.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The head of a wolf pack needed to be trained, and who better to do this than Amaroq? Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z A tap of metal on metal: his trained ear told him a gunsmith was at work. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Internally he had been moulded by the two women who had trained him. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z He was a great Talmudist, but he had been trained in a European yeshiva, and I didn’t think he would take kindly to the scientific method of studying Talmud. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z You might be lucky enough to be trained as a specialist—the person who watched the cane grow and who kept an eye out for when the plants were ripe and ready to be cut. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Even today, a pilot is trained to learn emergency flight procedures as a memorized sequence, so that if your engine fails, you have an automatic routine to help you ward off panic and land safely. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z There were almost twenty in the group he trained with, yet not one he could call a friend. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z One night it was an exhibition of trained police dogs at the castle. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “I’ve never seen a wild bird that didn’t try to fly, get stopped by the jesses, and hang upside down. She flipped up on your glove like a trained bird.” Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Sam had trained her to hunt in abandoned fields. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Some had twenty soldiers, some two hundred or two thousand, all slaves they had trained and equipped themselves. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Ye can have them only on one condition. Ye leave them here until I’ve trained ye to use them.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Zeitoun thought of the trainers now, how these guards too had been trained to deal with a certain kind of animal. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Maybe if I’d trained more, spent longer hours practicing in the gym, mastered more challenging skills—like the Amanar—I might be feeling less scared. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z He shook me violently, the glare of his flashlight trained into my eyes, searing them. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z There is no end to the need for new, highly trained people to run the enterprise. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Brad’s surrounded by the best- trained people with the best equipment money can buy.” Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z You don’t need to be trained by the Special Operations Executive to know how to use invisible ink. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z They suggested tactfully that Old Rit had better see to it that this new girl baby was trained as a cook or a weaver or a seamstress. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z But Abe said that he was a special breed from Asia, trained by the Chinese army, and that his jaw was strong enough to bite through metal. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z Some owners leave out rolls of coins or even stacks of loose bills, perhaps with a video camera trained on them to catch some light-fingered or especially hungry maid in the act. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z And here she had trained him to eat from her hand! The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z We’ve had little money and are well trained in doing without it. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z This was something I’d trained myself to do many years earlier, a drill I forced myself to go through every time I climbed, and on Everest it may have saved my life. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z The female is generally larger and more aggressive than the male, though neither should be approached by any but highly skilled and trained wizards. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z At the Adolf Hitler Schools, boys were trained in physical exercise, racial science, and loyalty to the Führer. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z She had been carefully trained by her upbringing, she said, to avoid effusive displays of feeling, but this did not mean her heart was shallow. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “Didn’t you hear me? That dog’s trained to attack Negroes. Now get from that dog.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z It occurred to her that Brullo might have trained the captain. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z In places like Osage County, where there was no coroner trained in forensics and no crime laboratory, poisoning was a perfect way to commit murder. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Once they’d finished their run, they trained in a private room far from her competitors’ eyes. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Her eyes are trained on a gull wiggling a potato chip out from the wood slat bench. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z This was prolonged euphoria, better than the carrot the sluggers used to turn me into their trained monkey. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z When it began to get dark, the helicopters switched on powerful searchlights and trained them on to the galloping giant so as to keep him in sight. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Both good patterns and the patterns that a person might want to change. Professionals are trained to help people figure out things they struggle to understand on their own.” The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “Don’t they want to be trained? They could run the shop for you one day.” Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z The vomit that yellow fever patients spewed forth, as well as the blood and offensive odors, were particular horrors to most people, even those medically trained. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z So while Osage boys at other institutions learned farming and carpentry, Mollie was trained in the “domestic arts”: sewing, baking, laundering, and housekeeping. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z We had panes of smoked glass to peer through; and, for more precise accuracy, a refracting telescope trained upon a piece of paper, so that the image was cast down upon it. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z And we gave food away, as we often did also—even I, a businessman, trained to give away nothing, to always make a profit. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Liverpool was soon the happy recipient of Lawrence’s blueprints and two English-born, Rad Lab—trained physicists, dispatched to help Chad wick build his machine. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I turn my head to look at Jake, but his eyes are trained on an object in the distance. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z They were trained and went overseas and knew they might not come back. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z The archers drew and released, and the road was littered with arrows that flew in a trained arc. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Like many Siamese cats, he was as obedient and as trained to go on walks as most dogs, and would always return to a whistle. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I was sure he noticed me, like he had to have noticed the hunters and Otto, but he kept his eyes trained on his knees, hoping to be ignored. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Generations of Masks have trained and served and died without a whisper of the Trials. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Amber steps forward—eyes gazing ahead, shoulders back, slight smile on her face—looking exactly how Du Barry trained us to. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Our program was strenuous: we trained from 8 A.M. until i P.M., broke for a shower and lunch, and then again from 2 P.M. to 4 P.M. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The slavers of Yunkai had trained them in the way of the seven sighs, but that was not why Victarion wanted them. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z If the computer’s operating system was rewritten, computer scientists realized, the machine’s time could be shared; the computer could be trained to handle hundreds of tasks at the same time. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Right now, the camera was trained on my face. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Archaeologists can deal with some things, but we’re not trained to shoot, and someone who can do that and navigate and make camp and do all the sort of survival stuff is very useful. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Furthermore, they had been trained to be war fighters since they were children. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z “This isn’t a job for trained soldiers and spies. It’s a job for thugs and thieves. Van Eck knows it, and that’s why he brought us in.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Our moral laws were policed by our Fmit of Islam—able, dedicated, and trained Muslim men. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z He told us of a king who fought wars across the Niger by releasing fleets of birds trained to hurl arrows. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z “They get ideas, see. Ain’t properly trained yet. Only made ’em last week.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z The whole time Annabeth spoke, he kept his hundred blue eyes trained on her so hard his whole body turned bloodshot. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z He was highly trained, intelligent, and one of their own: the first CIA agent to defect to the KGB. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z She was loving and firm with her family, three girls and me, trained us in housework, dish washing, clothes washing, and manners. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The trained ear, he believed, could pick up the softness and flexibility of the female style. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z He had hoped it would nod its head or stamp a hoof, like a trained horse he had once seen on the village green when he was younger. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z He wrapped his arms around me without complaint, even as he kept his eyes trained on the man, crying in a strangled tone I hadn’t heard from him before. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z His skin was dead looking and hairless; dropsical too, he moved with a shambling gait like a trained bear. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Nature is like a wild animal that you have trained to work for you. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z But Margaret had been trained as a surgical nurse, which meant sterility was her specialty—it was key to preventing deadly infections in patients in the operating room. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z “The Greeks have fired, on us! Your boy Leo has trained his weapons on Rome!” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He was the man who had trained me, who had treated me as if I were his own flesh and blood. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Her mouth was trained to a line that concealed nothing and offered nothing too. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z As we proceed to the Hub, I start to understand the extent of the camp and how the razor-wired, sky-high security fence pens us in for miles, cameras trained on us. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z I trained in a desultory way, and only years later, when I had put on a few more pounds, did I begin to box in earnest. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z One old friend—an officer they’d trained at Riverbank—came to them one evening on the verge of a breakdown. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The boys were early trained to copy—though not to read; he had to teach himself that part—and those with any skill were drafted into scribing. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “I assure you, he is extremely well trained. Harry — I will wait while you get into bed.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z She trained on-site at the airfield where the regiment was currently stationed, arming bombs and attaching them to the Pe-2s. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z As I mentioned before, I had been trained in combat. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z It was in our view essential to build up a nucleus of trained men who would be able to provide the leadership which would be required if guerrilla warfare started. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She wasn’t immediately any better than any other pilot who trained at Oakway with the Civil Air Guard. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z I trained my gaze on the floor, squeezing my hands. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z And they must be trained as well, or they will lay my kingdom waste. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “A pair of dwarfs, well trained for your amusement.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z A radio expert with the Coast Guard, Jones had been trained by William in the early 1930s. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z J acknowledge the truth of what he is saying, but tell him that I am trained and ready to be of service. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z Almost, except I notice him, because I have trained myself to notice him. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Fainter traces came to his nose as the overtones of a bell sound in a trained ear. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z She was one of three women recruited and trained for an all-female flight. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z She trained it on the distant walking forms. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Before Wes could even react, a half dozen plainclothes officers were on top of him, the barrels of their guns trained on his head and the lights from their flashlights blinding him. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z The boys were trained to use bows and arrows, slings, clubs, throwing sticks, and spears. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Mr. Malcolm X,” those devils would ask, “why is your Fruit of Islam being trained in judo and karate?” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Members of a turtle patrol are trained to recognize the flipper marks that the mother turtles make. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z The English rangers who had trained to fight like Highlanders were essential to Britain’s invasion of Florida in 1739. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z Some of these Navy men had been trained by her, but that didn’t stop them from playing tricks on her and calling her a “witch” and a “hag.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z He'd trained for this for years, and he did his job extraordinarily well. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Usually this would work to her advantage and throw off her opponents, but I’ve trained for this. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Oshiro was horrified by the thought of being asked to portray the men they were being trained to fight, and wouldn’t comply. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z The Holy Roman Emperor wanted trained warriors; instead, he got thousands of volunteers who didn’t know where they were going or what they were doing. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z The cop looked from Moss to the camera trained on him from over Moss’s shoulder, then back to Moss. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z When the Soviet Union entered World War II in 1941, Marina Raskova took command of a thousand female aviators and trained them to fly in three separate bomber and fighter regiments. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Some are bought to be trained for the circus. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z After I returned from my survival test, the two old people trained me in dragon ways, which took another eight years. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z A trained spy, she watched her back at all times, sensing that she was being followed. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z He now had his own fencing club where he gave private lessons and where he trained the Columbia High School team. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z There’s a milliner in Athens who trained with Love in Baltimore and she says Love’s daddy fought on the Union side in the War. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “Right now we can’t take someone who hasn’t been trained. Much less a girl in love.” The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The librarians had trained the children to present the books that way. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Army soldiers peered down at us from machine-gun nests on the rooftops, their guns trained on the streets. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “You’d be in charge of the entire division, second-in-command only to me. I’m talking about five thousand highly trained combat-ready avatars, all taking orders directly from you.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z He trained in aviation metal- smithing, specializing in the repair of propellers. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z They are trained in Torrance to travel across the United States, give presentations, and raise awareness about human rights abuses in North Korea. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Officially, it’s the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, but to the thousands who have trained there and the millions who have read about it, it is Star City. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z In part this new skepticism reflected the superior technical knowledge of his official overseers, who now included trained physicists with knowledge of nuclear physics that equaled or even exceeded his own. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Minli could only guess how puzzled he was, but he was well trained enough to keep it out of his voice. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z It was a ritual he could perform in his sleep, one for which his father had trained him from childhood. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Usually, a Marine’s discharge papers indicate what he was trained to do. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z And although the women of Marina’s regiments were trained as strictly as any soldiers, they didn’t receive military status until their training was complete. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Discovering that she had been trained as an art historian, he drew her into a discussion about Vermeer, pretending to be ignorant himself about the painter’s work. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z Weeds had been kept down in this field, and the plants had been trained up stakes. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z “We trained with padded sticks so no one got hurt—purely ceremonial. It was all about pressure points and energy flow. I’ll show you, one of these days.” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z He trained his calf, Fawn, to come when he whistled like a killdeer. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z They had secrets and were probably late to be toilet trained. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z “They wanted to do what they had been trained to do.” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z As he worked, he remembered the men he had trained: Keeler—Johnny—Owens—Lem...When he thought of Lem he stopped working and pounded his fist on the desk in helpless rage. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z René Descartes was trained as a Jesuit, and he, too, was torn between the old and the new. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z George’s row was the last to be called, and the kids in it had their eyes trained on Ms. Udell. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z “I would like to study at Performing Arts because of its academic program and so that I may be trained as an actress.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Our meals were cooked by a team of world-class chefs and delivered by professionals more highly trained than those at any five-star restaurant or hotel. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z They landed at the Matsika estate, with searchlights trained on them from all sides. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Whatever we might have been—healers or politicians, jurists or builders—was trained out of us, spun up and away into the funnel of darkness that is Blackcliff. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z They have tamed and trained the hunch, but not increased its certainty. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z “Quite right, sir. I may then depend upon this child being received as a pupil at Lowood, and there being trained in conformity to her position and prospects?” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z “She has obviously inherited my ability to communicate with the spirit world. She has been trained by the njuzu. I am pleased to welcome her into our family.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Sweet was not formally educated, but she trained Dad well in the practical aspects of life. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Jaime was led into the boiler room, where other men were lined up against the wall beneath the watchful eye of a pale soldier who kept his machine gun trained on them. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z And without warning, with no perceptible change in mood, Rufus turned slightly and trained his rifle on us. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z They married and raised two daughters, both of whom were enrolled in a Pyongyang school that trained multilingual spies. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z I look at them carefully, since I've trained myself to tell pigeons apart. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Celia moves the binoculars in an arc from left to right, the way she was trained, and then straight across the horizon. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The third round automatically began the tiring of the aging Liston, who was overconfidently trained to go only two rounds. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z For all the rigor of his calculations, it seemed that no one wanted to believe what he was saying, that an equation could perform better than a trained physician. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z She would have kept her eyes trained on Maxine’s plate, insisting she have seconds and then thirds. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Woolf was still, his eyes trained on War Admiral’s head. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The late sun sifts through the bougainvillea trained to climb the walls of the patio, to thread across the trellis roof, to pour down magenta and purple blossoms. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Russian missiles were being assembled, trained supposedly on New York City. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z By the time Bobby is a senior at Truman, his father is working as an electrician, “but he’s not trained as an electrician, so he works as an apprentice,” Bobby says. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z “The ease. Us, the children...I never realized how easily people could be trained to accept slavery.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z In the face of the charge that had been leveled against him he sat with his dark eyes trained straight ahead and did not appear moved at all. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Thus Mozart, an Austrian writing largely Italian-flavoured music, thought of himself as a natural successor to Handel, a German trained in Italy who settled in Britain. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z The animals are so well trained, no one even needs to guide their reins. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Alex tries not to be in awe of the simple agility of his hands, tries not to think about classical piano or how swift and smooth years of polo have trained Henry to be. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Frightful had once been so well trained, she came to the lure even when she was not hungry, but that was long ago. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Why am I hopping around like some trained dog trying to please people I hate? The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The enemy are not trained fighters like we are, not natural killers. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z They had eight or nine of the eleven-year-olds trained to hand over their pocket money every week. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Maddie, nothing if not mechanically minded and trained to react positively to orders from people in authority, clawed her way up the gun. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z His wife watched in horror as two undercover cops appeared, trained their pistols on him, and told him to freeze. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A bracing example of how the landscape was changing can be seen in the unfolding career of the classically trained son of an orthodox Jewish cantor, Kurt Weill. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Killing ten people at once may not be difficult for three people trained in combat, but it's hard for a lone person green as the grass. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Because all four team members lived and trained in different parts of the country, we arrived to the World Championships, held in Paris, France, separately. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z That’s when I see Bill, below me on the inside of the wall, his rifle trained on me. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Although my mother—having a master’s degree in psychology and working on her doctorate—is a trained listener, she sometimes over-listens, especially when it comes to me. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “I noticed being trained by Gretchen early on with her, when I first trained her to simply sit.” This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He was a traditionally trained doctor, but he also believed in things Charles thought were nonsense, such as diagnostic clairvoyance and spiritualism. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Conductors trained to soothe riders who were afraid of heights stood in handsome uniforms at each car’s door. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z She had trained her mind to start all her dreams in her favourite place - the Garden of Bacchus on the tallest hill in New Rome. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z But he’d trained me so patiently all these months; I couldn’t turn back now. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z They trained him to be vicious, and now he will train the rest of us to be vicious too. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z The statues had swiveled so that their cameras were trained straight on us, the spotlights in our faces. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z At the time of my father’s death, none of the first responders were trained in the technique. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z “When I asked for men, I had in mind men of the Night’s Watch, trained and disciplined, whose loyalty I should never have reason to doubt,” wrote Ser Denys. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “I have trained my player better than that.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He thinks an argument can be made that the brain might be trained in its ability not just to attend but even to multitask. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Given how easily Chaol had kept up with her, if Brullo had trained him, then the Weapons Master must live up to his title. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Mother wants to sell the amethyst ring Father brought back from America, where he trained in the navy before I was born. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z She moves with the grace of a trained ballerina, a detail Mme. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He had been well trained as the chief deputy sheriff. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He had been a knight too, trained with the sword and sworn to defend the weak. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The older kind of Socialist, who had been trained to fight against something called "class privilege," assumed that what is not hereditary cannot be permanent. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z In interviews here, my previous findings were confirmed: with the exception of those trained in professions where they can set up independent practice, they can find jobs commensurate with their education only outside the South. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z These were Orgota, people trained from birth in a discipline of cooperation, obedience, submission to a group purpose ordered from above. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z I felt like a fraud, acting as the ship’s doctor, but I was the closest thing we had to medically trained personnel. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Powers and his fellow test pilots trained for months at a secret facility in a remote part of the Nevada desert known as Area 51, learning to control the powerful experimental planes. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “Indeed. We might have come west sooner, you know, but no one had trained a threave hawk in two hundred years. We decided to wait until that had been mastered.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z This was Argos, trained as a puppy by Odysseus, but never taken on a hunt before his master sailed for Troy. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Not just any soldiers, either: these were troops of the Imperial Guard of Muscovy, the most ferociously trained and lavishly equipped army in the world, and one sworn to uphold the power of the Magisterium. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Having been trained by Papa and Henry, I look for the lifeboats, too, and see they are stacked on top of the cabin. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z Experienced interrogators, they conduct extensive interviews with every North Korean defector and have been trained to screen out the assassins that Kim Jong Il’s government periodically dispatched to the South. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Imre’s population griped about unnatural arts being practiced two miles away, but when an aqueduct collapsed or someone fell suddenly sick, they were quick to call on engineers and doctors trained at the University. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He had hired me as a restoration apprentice, trained me, even sent me to the best school. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z In short, Africans should be trained to be menial workers, to be in a position of perpetual subordination to the white man. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z That is what first officers are trained to do when they believe a captain is clearly in the wrong. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Matt had trained himself to stop thinking about Celia and Tam Lin. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z They don’t care that they’ve trained you or anything, Marlene goes on, they can always get someone else if you complain. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Mary O’Hare is a trained nurse, which is a lovely thing for a woman to be. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The kid deserved a round of applause for how well he was hiding the tremors in his hands and legs from the others, but I had a trained eye. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Something about him said government—a species Dad had trained us to avoid. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z New recruits came here to answer the chronic shortage of officers, and they had to be trained. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Veteran combat pilots trained the recruits in air combat tactics. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z He had been trained by guards and teachers to believe that every time he was beaten, he deserved it—because of the treasonous blood he had inherited from his parents. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z She was already an expert pole fighter, daughter of a teacher trained at the Shao-lin temple, where there lived an order of fighting monks. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The young dog belonged, in every sense of the word, heart and soul to their father, who had trained him since puppyhood for hunting. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The man, who was trained and fit and hard, could have dealt with Will, but the cat was in the way, and as the man tried to move back, he tripped over her. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Or I might be trained for some special duty here in the United States. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “Let me take a look. I’m trained in first aid. From my school.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z They were trained to perform a purely mechanistic job “watching meters and adjusting dials” from swivel chairs set before tall steel consoles marked only with numerals. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z There were trained monkeys and clever starlings that had been taught to talk. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z But he was up there right now, with his glasses trained on the valley, on the town, a radio by his side, searching for Joe Mondragon. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Of course I’d have loved looking up to see her in the viewing area as I trained, but I also enjoyed the feeling that my gymnastics practice was completely my own. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z I knew what Aimee was going to say—that I hadn’t trained seriously enough in the weeks leading up to the US Secret Classic, and my exhaustion now was the result of poor preparation. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “No, but they’re not horses to be trained. You might as well keep a phoenix as a songbird.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z We frequently exchanged books, did English homework together, read prose and poetry together, trained together, and sat on the same seat during tennis trips. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z A German-born Communist trained in tradecraft in Moscow, Werner had spent the 1930s working as a Soviet secret agent in China and Switzerland. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “And then we’ll see about getting you trained with a pistol.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Their eyes are trained straight ahead or on the ground. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z It’s the opposite, come to think of it, of how we were trained to deal with police. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “Gwydion told me the birds are trained when young,” Taran said. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Owen had grown up in Lancaster, in the north of England, where he had trained as a doctor. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z That evening—it was Saturday, the twenty-ninth of January—the Popper family and their twelve trained penguins, two of them carrying flags in their beaks, left the house to find the Palace Theater. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z I would learn in subsequent years that he had been trained as an industrial engineer, and had actually completed a master’s degree. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Another glimpse: the enemy crouched along their walls, all guns trained upon the head of the column. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The document set a goal of seven thousand MK recruits in the country who would meet the initial outside force of one hundred twenty trained guerrillas. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Ten gold-rimmed glasses Father brought back from America where he trained before I was born. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Eliza kept her eyes straight ahead, as if she had been trained how to behave in these kinds of situations. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z “And I am yoga trained in slow breathing. I won’t move a muscle.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Reverend Cross knew I had been raised and trained in the church and that I was familiar with church business and program planning. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The whites of the eyes she now trained on me were the only place where the cream magic seemed to have worked. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z The mind was already trained to find it exquisite. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z There was little sign of activity in the village behind the rebel lines, for it was hardly in their interest to appear above their trenches and petty escarpments while the guns were trained upon them. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z And more than once, I have turned in the school hallway and caught his eyes trained on me, only to quickly flit away. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Dobzhansky had trained with Thomas Morgan in the Fly Room at Columbia. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z I’ve been trained to deal with guys like this, to watch them from the other side of the glass. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Don’t worry at the way they’ve been mistreated, don’t worry about their punishments, don’t worry about the guns constantly trained on their backs. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Sometimes when he trained, it almost became a game in itself. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z He trained so hard that he rubbed the skin right off one of his toes, leaving his sock bloody. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z We, the humans, were being trained as well in that we added special bits of meat for the ravens so the dogs wouldn’t go hungry. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Mr. Muhammad invited me to visit his home in Chicago, as often as possible, while he trained me, for months. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z It was as if he were somehow responsible for her beauty and stature, as if he'd personally designed her spots and trained her to grow to the size of a pony. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Young boys were taken away from their families to be brainwashed in a communist doctrine and trained for war. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Both had been trained by him in the English language and evidently a good deal else, for Brother Fowles left some mystery in his wake. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She had not been trained to cope with this kind of madness. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Had they been alone, she might have attempted it, though the chains would make it difficult; but with an entourage of royal guards trained to kill without hesitation... Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I look past her, into the distance as I’ve been trained to, and her cold glare bores into me with the delicacy of a blunt knife. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z “Oh, your instructors are well trained. They know their scientific facts. Everyone is well trained for his job. “It’s just that... without the memories it’s all mean-ingless. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z One group of men dragged a cannon from the town hall and trained it on Hygeia’s bottling plant. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I turned back, fully expecting to see Rob’s gun trained on me through the blown-out back windshield of our van. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z This is what I had been trained for. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z We were trained in the army for ten weeks and in this time more profoundly influenced than by ten years at school. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z She steps up on it as she has been trained to do. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Three guards kept their guns trained on the prisoners while the fourth set off on foot back down the road—to find a telephone, I think. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Some may have doubted the wisdom of confronting a trained, professional army with a homegrown militia. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The fruits were apples and early pears and plums which Brother Michael had picked from the trees and vines kept trained flat along the garden wall. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z I am speaking, of course, of the struggle at the boxing and weight lifting club at the Donaldson Orlando Community Center where I trained almost every evening. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “You see, professionals are trained to recognize patterns,” she continued. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z It requires a staff of trained technicians and the help of complicated computing machines. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z “But couldn’t it be the other way? Couldn’t the people have trained him to make crowd sounds so they would come...?” This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He’s intoxicated and furious and not all that well trained, but he’s one of the Folk, born with their cat reflexes and blessed with height that gives him better reach. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Ranger groups were sometimes trained in especially violent irregular warfare by veterans of conflict in Europe. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z Ralph had never heard of taking a dog to school, but Helen said that was exactly how dogs got trained in America, so he signed up for a class. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “Conner would have used it against me. He probably would have trained Lumpy to scare me on purpose.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z "He can't carry on a conversation or anything. But parrots can be trained to say lots of human words. He's not the only talking parrot in the world." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z And prison is a terrible place for someone with mental illness or a neurological disorder that prison guards are not trained to understand. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “The memsahibs have got you well trained, I see,” said Uncle Brian. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Music education in the early 20th century continued under the purview of the music supervisor, while classroom teachers were trained to teach music to their students. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z We trained as a team, we won and lost as a team. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “I trained a fellow maybe ten years back, what was his name ... ?” He tapped his head for a moment, then shrugged. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z At night, the helicopters trained searchlights on houses. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “There’s no automatic cut-in of the vagus nerve,” Phil Resch said, “in an android. As there is in a human. Weren’t you taught that when they trained you? I got taught that years ago.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z They had been trained to live in libraries and museums. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z “John! Natalie!” the voice repeated, and I turned to see Mikayla’s mom, shouldering her way through the masses, eyes trained on me. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z He presented himself with propositions—“the Party says the earth is flat,” “the Party says that ice is heavier than water”—and trained himself in not seeing or not understanding the arguments that contradicted them. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Travis trained his handgun on Miig and moved forward quickly to kick the hunting rifle away from reach and just into the shadows at the edge of the woods. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z I had long ago been trained in judo. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Two iron legions out of New Ghis, trained and armed in the same fashion as Unsullied, were encamped across the river to the north. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z After all, a human being cannot be trained for these situations, he must be born for them. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Most history textbooks about the colonial period refer to the militias, which were organized groups of armed farmers or townspeople, not trained professional soldiers. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z Livingston and Henderson rewired the switch and trained the deuteron beam on a carbon target for a quarter of an hour. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “A trained monkey can type,” she snapped, and nearly popped her eyes right out of their sockets with exasperation. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Lembede, whose father was an illiterate Zulu peasant from Natal, had trained as a teacher at Adam’s College, an American Board of Missions institution. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Tia waved at the cheering crowd as she ran in place, a number four forming in midair in sparkling lights courtesy of trained fireflies. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z A scout from a neighboring school that will play Marshall in several weeks has his binoculars trained on the game. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He did the actions Jenny had trained him to do; no more, no less. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Taisin had learned some rudimentary healing practices at the Academy, but she was not trained as a healer, and Kaede had never reached that far in her studies. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “She was a trained hospital nurse. Stengelberg her name was. She, too, was devoted to Daisy—and to my sister.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z The Colonel much preferred her for hacking about Boston, but she was not yet well trained for drums and volleys. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z In the Motor-HJ, boys trained on motorcycles and learned practical mechanical skills and traffic and car regulations. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Ken and other agents trained and trained until they knew the cramped space by heart. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “So you were doing your job as trained?” Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z Like a pack of trained dogs, the lords and ladies in the hall began to shout their pleasure. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Performing Arts, the write-up said, was an academic, as opposed to a vocational, public school that trained students wishing to pursue a career in theater, music, and dance. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z On Rack 10 rows of next generation’s chemical workers were being trained in the toleration of lead, caustic soda, tar, chlorine. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The crowd had turned toward him, and as far as he could see, every eye was trained his way. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Harassing fire had been trained on it all night. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z For all of April, the jet stream had been trained on Everest like a fire hose, blasting the summit pyramid with hurricane- force winds. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z He’d just had a natural gift for sports, they hadn’t trained him; no, Mr. Wright had never been much good at sports himself. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Of course, New Guineans tend to perform poorly at tasks that Westerners have been trained to perform since childhood and that New Guineans have not. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Renaissance lawyers were trained to talk about half a proof or a whole proof. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Rowan and Citra trained with blades and staffs, sparring against the scythe, who was surprisingly strong and limber for a man of his apparent age. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Her dialect deepened as she spoke, abandoning the smooth lyrics she had been trained to use when she worked in the houses of white men. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Sergeant Maples had in his time trained thousands of men in hand-to-hand combat. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Like a trained hunting-bird it clung there, but it wore no broken leash, no band or bell. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z "That woman was a food-taster. That young girl's tongue has been trained to detect over ninety-eight types of poisons to be found in our kingdom." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z It had bright fluorescent lights—that didn’t flicker or change color, I noticed immediately the first time I walked in—and a trained, professional library staff. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z A copy was given me by a Frenchwoman I trained with, just after she was brought back from the field late last year. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Or maybe they were just as mean on the inside, but they'd been trained to be polite—to give up their seats for old people and girls. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z I did not recognize him, but he bore himself like a thoroughly trained agent. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Quentyn had trained with spear and sword and shield since he was old enough to walk, but that meant nothing now. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “My boys are well trained. We are not like those dirty rebels you people called an army.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I’m always amused by commercials for banks which tout their personalized service, which service amounts to a poorly trained and badly paid cashier saying “Good morning” and then promptly fouling up your transaction. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Everyone began referring to the space as the Warehouse, even the parents of the kids who trained there. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z She complimented them on their flattering, carefully chosen outfits and waited as they had their hair fashioned, their eyebrows trained, and their slight imperfections masked by powder. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z She is a trained singer and gifted dancer who radiates energy onstage. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z “And Speed-O trained me when I first got the job with the trucking company. We worked together for a long time. Had a lot of fun. A lot of laughs.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Maurice, a beginner in X-ray diffraction work, wanted some professional help and hoped that Rosy, a trained crystallographer, could speed up his research. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z No mention of the magic word “emergency,” which is what air traffic controllers are trained to listen for. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z “I trained in this temple, same as you.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Jinny looked briefly at all the others, their serious faces trained on her, their eyes a mixture of sadness and bewilderment. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z As if he’d been a circus beast trained to behave like a domesticated creature, the mammoth dog left the dead man’s side and slipped out of our car through the opposite rear window. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z I was not a great believer in psychiatry but still, who knew what a trained eye might see in a personality test, a dream, even a slip of the tongue? The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z He kept his rifle trained on the small space between their heads. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z I bet she’s the type of person security folks are trained not to follow. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z “Oh, no! The children in our section never drop balls! They’re all perfectly trained. We haven’t had an Aberration for three years.” A Wrinkle in Time 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z At camp, she’d been trained to survive in all sorts of bad situations, including injuries like this. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The Memory Charm may be performed by the owner of the beast in question, but in severe cases of Muggle notice, a team of trained Obliviators may be sent in by the Ministry of Magic. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Bubber was a swell kid and she had trained him pretty good. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z He trained and took on real matches and everything. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Her eloquence would earn a standing ovation from the dazzled spectators, who would find it impossible to believe that this mere girl of fifteen was not a trained lawyer. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z He had never graduated from college but had fooled hospital officials into believing he was a trained physician with expertise in psychiatry. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Working with James Chadwick, whose experimental skills matched his own, Rutherford trained his alpha particles on a series of gaseous targets: oxygen, carbon dioxide, even ordinary air. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Dr. Bright had trained me as a man might train a dumb beast, through repetition, reinforced by beatings. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z So now the entire faction is brain-dead, obedient, and trained to kill. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z But Warren had been different—he just had a talent for it; his coach had said he might make a Division I school, if he trained hard enough. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I stand there, feeling broken and small, thousands of eyes trained on me. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Even trained for years as they all had been in precision of language, what words could you use which would give another the experience of sunshine? The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z She is trained not to ask her passengers any questions. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z He had trained me, and now he trusted that I would create something that was true and honest, unflinching but not gratuitous. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Wouldn’t he be living up to the prophecy, and giving himself the best chance of survival, if he joined those highly trained wizards whose job it was to find and kill Voldemort? Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z The Gymnova bars were springier and swung me faster than the bar setup I’d trained on for most of my life—and that day, I just couldn’t seem to get the hang of them. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z He was trained to remain calm while sorting through loose snippets of information. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z And because he had trained her so well, she could not alight without his whistle. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z I waited, but he just kept his eyes trained on the faraway sky. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z “He’s trained ’em to kill wolves as well,” Ben Bones had confided. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Go run some heat over them clothes and knock them wrinkles out before people think I ain’t trained you. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z In the cramped little surgeon’s cabin, Nina tried to put Inej’s body back together, but she hadn’t been trained for this type of work. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z And now they were being connected, trained, and encouraged. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “Very well then,” said Mr. Popper, “if there can be trained dogs and trained seals, why can’t there be trained penguins?” Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z Grandpa was real proud of the store having a milliner trained at the Armstrong and Cater Company in Baltimore. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “Well, sometimes I was hunting. And ... I trained with Beetee down in Special Weaponry.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z A trained nurse, although nursing wasn’t the point, and she had done service in Ethiopia and Guatemala and Mexico. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He was born in Bercy on the outskirts of Paris and trained in France, and while he knows a little poodle-English, he responds quickly only to commands in French. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Kids from wealthier Districts, where winning is a huge honor, who've been trained their whole lives for this. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “He had the binoculars trained on Karoyi Mountain from the minute you left.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Baba would appreciate that, and like he’s reading my mind, Nico explains, “My mom’s trained me. It’s always the first thing I do when I get home.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z By the time I was born, disturbing the tranquility of Anthony’s remarkable career as a three-year-old wonder-jock, the video cameras were fully trained on his every sprint, gasp, dive, and volley. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z By 1939, nearly a score of physicists who had been trained on Lawrence’s machines were building cyclotrons at a dozen American universities. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Even the teenagers get trained to sit tall, not cry, swallow back fear. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z They have led corrupt lives and must be trained to be productive workers. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Even though the doctors said it would be impossible, by the time I was three, Mom had me potty trained like any other kid my age. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z The other hand still had his gun trained on both me and my friend. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z With those big startling blue eyes trained on her blankly. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Also, even if a dangler is in no danger of being misinterpreted, enough readers have trained themselves to spot danglers that a writer who leaves it incurs the risk of being judged as slovenly. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z He was clearly their strongest member, and he was riding Tali’s horse, a great black stallion trained for battle. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “Whom he had trained to come when he made the crowd sounds.” This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z From here, looking east across the rows of trained raspberry canes, the sea was visible beyond the tops of the cedars falling away along the hill. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z We are trained to think that what goes into any transaction or relationship or system must be directly related, in intensity and dimension, to what comes out. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Tree trained the gun back at our prisoner from where he had pointed it at me and wiped his forehead with the back of a dirty hand, leaving a streak like paint. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z “Come here,” she said, her eyes on me but her gun still trained on Liam. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “No,” said Mr. Popper, “I have a better idea. We will keep the penguins. Mamma, you have heard of trained seals, acting in theaters?” Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z There was a long silence, and then, eyes trained on the notch they’d created in the link, Wylan said, “Just girls?” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z At every step Tree-ear had to keep his eyes trained on the path and the cart. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z That meant that every year there were a hundred more people in the world that had been trained in the use of sympathy. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Farmer was trained as an internist and ID specialist, but he had studied other fields on his own, including obstetrics and gynecology, because the needs of his patients demanded it. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Luckily, the children had been well trained in the art of party conversation. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z A trained elegance shone through even his briefest gestures and steady posture. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I worked as a puppet trained to scrub and carry, curtsy and nod. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Like men meeting a fashion model, they trained their eyes away from my body and pretended to be interested in me as a person. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He hissed and stomped the ground, but I guess he was well trained to guard that tree. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Most were inept at it, but some had clearly been trained in combat. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z The untrained eye might see little difference between the work of the two men—but in Ch’ulp’o, every eye was trained. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z He had been getting rather uneasy about his money; and after all, without him they could never have trained the penguins. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z Thousands of them were trained in our camps in Tanzania, Angola, and Mozambique. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It takes a lot to set me off; I’ve been thoroughly trained to control my emotions. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z The detective’s trained eyes roamed the scrubbed and humble room. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z It was the beauty of a creature fulfilling her exact purpose in the world, being the precise thing she had trained her whole life to be. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z But they had been trained to stay calm and help the best they could. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z He's mumbling now: "I wasn't expecting company. I'm not prepared for visitors. I need to put a few things away .. ." He then quickly shoots like a trained hamster through a crazy maze of stuff. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z So I went back to the gym, and I trained—hard. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z But now, for the first time, I fully understood why Timothy had so carefully trained me to move around the island, and the reef . The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Even though I was small, I was strong and I had been trained as a Marine. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Virtually treeless, it features frosted picture-book mountains that are interspersed with rugged, lava-strewn terrain, giving the landscape an unnatural, almost lunar appearance: American astronauts trained there before their voyages to the moon. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z We trained Ginger to accept the treat without excessive salivating. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z This is an unusual skill that even most trained musicians do not have, and research seems to suggest that if you don't have it at a very early age, you cannot develop it. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z He will be aiming for me, and I remember how I’d trained for him with the others, how Roshan had warned me of his adaptable nature. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He had been trained to get a grip at once and to hold it at all costs. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The population of District 12 waits, sweating and silent, in the square with machine guns trained on them. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z On the positive side, children are learning from a professional, trained to teach music to children. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z “Must be nice. My mom might work all the time but she’s got the neighbors trained to keep an eye on me. Whenever I sneak out I know she’ll hear about it.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Tally pulled out her binoculars and trained them inward, toward New Pretty Town, where the party towers were just coming alight. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z She walks demurely, head down, red-gloved hands clasped in front, with short little steps like a trained pig’s, on its hind legs. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z If they weren’t trained correctly, they could get killed right away, and put other men at risk. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Henry trained the revolver on Wash and glanced back inside the Chevrolet. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z A trained war-horse was also expensive, and Simon’s father was not alone in being bankrupt after the war. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z They trained on her, golden, or amber, with flecks of copper and mahogany in them. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z As the person in charge of the school for sabotage, Kappe had made sure that the men were well trained. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z All she had to do was rescue her friends and fight her way through an entire nation of highly trained warriors. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “I trained him as my assistant in the business of concocting and dispensing noise,” finished the doctor, mopping his brow with a handkerchief. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z In my case, to protect myself from Richard Parker while I trained him, I made a shield with a turtle shell. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z It was a small force, barely two hundred demigods, but they were well trained and well organized. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z "Some septa trained you well. You're like one of those birds from the Summer Isles, aren't you? A pretty little talking bird, repeating all the pretty little words they taught you to recite." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Knowing that he had never been trained as a teacher, the school asked Mendel to sit for the formal examination in the natural sciences for high school teachers. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z “I’ve had the benefit of being trained by the two greatest scythes who ever lived—you and Scythe Faraday. If that hasn’t prepared me for today, nothing could have.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Everything was always damp, so we were trained to sniff out mould to keep that sickness at bay. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Everyone who had trained in the 122nd Air Group was devastated by the news. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “What makes you think we can do this? There will be other teams out there, trained soldiers and spies, people with years of experience.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He’d trained all his life to take down men; none of that training had prepared him for this. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The mission schools trained the clerks, the interpreters, and the police-men, who at the time represented the height of African aspirations. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I think of my sister, who understands that cardboard forts can become all too real, and I think of the captain, who has tormented me yet has trained me for this moment. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z I don’t know how Dad has trained himself to concentrate only on one bird call amid all the outside noise. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z The Manhattan’s crew had trained floodlights on the enormous white Olympic flag flying from the after mast, on the American flag on the foremast, and on the ship’s red, white, and blue funnels. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The filth seemed to erase identities, transforming the men into identical copies of a single soldier, which was exactly how Jimmy Cross had been trained to treat them, as interchangeable units of command. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Standing next to Lawrence, Serber had trained his unprotected eyes directly on the fireball at the moment of detonation. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z And even though I am very good at what I do, I have never been formally trained in this area. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Every muscle in his body seems ready to pounce like a dog that has been trained to fight. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z They trained incessantly and practiced landing maneuvers at Hawke Bay, where the tides were bad. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Then he settled himself on the fallen trunk, ears trained for any sound on the road. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z But we’ve never trained against something that isn’t supposed to exist. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z His stare was serious, and his stance like that of a trained boxer preparing to pounce. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z He leaned back in his chair and trained his watery, red-rimmed eyes on me. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “Even when you fight against soldiers trained as you are, most of them will be men, heavy footed and rough. You will have the advantage. Don’t be impatient.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He said no, that he wasn’t really trained on that level. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z “You know, Jon,” she said, “I have the funniest feeling that our guest is a trained falcon.” Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z A Caesar cipher is easy to break, but not everyone is trained to spot one. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Of course, Mother was slightly disappointed, but since I made her read Lockhart’s books I think she’s begun to see how useful it’ll be to have a fully trained wizard in the family. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Using magic was like playing a gusli: anyone could pick up the instrument and strum the strings, but only a talented or trained bard could make real music with it. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z And how could he someday rule a country whose soldiers had been trained to have so little compassion for human life? Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “Of course I have heard of trained seals,” answered Mrs. Popper. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z The Ghost has his crossbow trained on Balekin, and every eye in the room is watching him. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “You can’t. Dogs are trained to trace your smell and attack you when they find you. I’m not going to try to sugarcoat the danger.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z All three of us had trained as soldiers and we probably had the best chance of actually executing an escape. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Born in the Philippines, she was trained as a nurse and had raised two kids of her own. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Frightful, my trained falcon, flew to my fist, and we jumped and slid down the mountain, making big holes and trenches as we went. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Hadn't they fallen into the company of a girl with a trained bear? The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z "Only a man trained in the Citadel of Oldtown wears such a chain," he said, "and such men do know much of healing." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I trained him to jump through a hoop I made with thin branches. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z I looked silently into his face, taut and ashy in the cold, his eyes trained upon the men going up the steps. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Men with binoculars had them trained toward the whitecaps, and everyone was tense. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m trained not to take the word of a prisoner—I know that they’ll He, that they’ll say anything they can to make you vulnerable. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z She seems to think of us as her husband’s favored hounds: poorly trained and likely to turn on our master at any moment. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Then the young vet’s hands went down and moved over hips and distended abdomen—trained and knowing hands. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z More than twenty-eight hundred Peace Corps volunteers were now trained to implement programs for girls internationally. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The exceptions are the kids from the wealthier districts, the volunteers, the ones who have been fed and trained throughout their lives for this moment. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z That night, as I was lying on my bed reading Greek, I was startled by a flash of remembrance, almost as if a hidden spotlight had been trained without warning on my face. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z When he trained, people lined the track fence, calling out, “Come on, Iron Man!” Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z This audience of fashionably dressed planters made her feel that she was little better than a trained animal, brought out for their amusement. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “A highly trained Auror, who has been assigned to you for your protection.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Sometimes I awoke with the feeling that a spotlight had been trained on me while I slept. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The culprit, I learn through the grapevine, is the ultraefficient twenty-three-year-old who trained me—another trailer home dweller and a mother of three. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He had a nice, boyish sort of cheerfulness that had never been trained out of him, and I probably have not brought it out. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z He also was working to secure employment for his trained cyclotroneers. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “Who would have thought that a girl could be trained to work as a rickshaw painter?” Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z Pax trained his nose to the humans’ camp, which, as always, tortured him with its rich food scents. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z He began to slowly reach for it, keeping his eyes trained on the archers. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z For the inhabitants of the desert are well trained and well armed against desolation. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z But now that anger I’ve trained myself to feel seems false. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Then he looked over the eighteen heavy water machines—they looked exactly like the ones he’d trained on back in Britain. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He had those bays trained like a couple of hunting hounds. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z He’d trained him to lie in the woods like a fawn. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z It didn’t seem right that he would be rewarded for turning into a trained monkey at the age of fifteen. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Billy put in, “He trained that pony as good as anybody I ever seen.” The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Once the brachy has been properly trained and domesticated, it will follow its rider into the most intolerable situations. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z “And the simulation made her incapable of reasoning with him, so when he threatened her life, she reacted as she had been trained by the Dauntless to react: Shoot to kill.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z I was a fugitive from justice, and here I was breezing into a jail where there were probably policemen trained to recognize me. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He was trained to be a carpenter by her family, the house he lived in was given to his grandfather by her family. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Have a small set of trained knowledge and constantly need to have things explained again and their communications verified. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Hitler Youth boys received training that prepared them for military life, whereas girls were trained to become good wives and mothers. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z “Thank you,” said the girl, “but if I may say luck plays no part. We’ve both trained long and have been taught well by our scythes.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z “She was running alongside the train when we pulled out yesterday,” she says, keeping her eyes trained on Walter and Queenie. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z After while, the locusts in the trees start humming, the shade get cooler and I feel my eyes, trained on the kids in the pool, start to sag. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Something about the function of a clinically trained listener. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Healthy, strong tykes were valuable; properly trained, they could contribute to family needs and would be greatly desired. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z As trained, I would follow the journalistic method, naming the who, the what, the where, when, and then very briefly interpret it, offer the how and why of what Kwang did or said. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The more intelligent of the species have been trained as guardians. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z This kid was getting brainwashed—trained to hate the gods and lash out because he’d been born half Olympian. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z He had rescued me when I was a convict; Mr. Muhammad had trained me in his home, as if I was his son. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Curious, he trained his field glasses on Smith through the cottage window. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I hurried back through the marketplace, past the man with the trained monkey on a chain and the stall where birds were imprisoned in tiny cages. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Laloo Chiba, who once trained as a tailor, wrote out minuscule coded messages that would be placed in the converted matchbox. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “My warriors have been trained to perfection. They are vicious, cutthroat—” “Dolphins,” Percy noted. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “It’s a trained penguin act,” explained Mr. Popper. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z He trained as a teacher at Adam’s College near Durban. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But in a physical sense war involves very small numbers of people, mostly highly trained specialists, and causes comparatively few casualties. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Fitzsimmons would remember him as “a big dog,” the most easygoing horse he ever trained. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Terrified though they were, these beasts had been trained. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z That, too, was short-lived; the owner Walters trained for soon retired from the racing business. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z After we’re trained, Greta’s nice about giving us the same shift, and we do everything from selling tickets and making and selling popcorn to sweeping up between shows and shooing away pigeons. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z “My aunt trained them up herself,” Mr. Robert added. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The station is swarming with reporters with their insectlike cameras trained directly on my face. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Newspaper columns on usage are filled with apologies for “errors” like these, spotted by ombudsmen or managing editors who have trained themselves to flag them. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z With his eyes trained on the spot where his father had disappeared, Fadi started to run. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Like his father, a high cleric, 8-Deer was trained for the priesthood, but political events and his own overweening ambition stopped him from following that path. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “I would hope so. She was trained in Lys, where they make an art of love. The king enjoyed her greatly.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He was watching a group of soldiers with a trained vork in a metal collar. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Sucking in another deep breath, Lon trained his attention on the letters. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Parks asked him about police protection, and Malcolm X laughed, “Brother, nobody can protect you from a Muslim but a Muslim—or someone trained in Muslim tactics. I know. I invented many of those tactics.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Madoc trained me to be formidable even with a wooden sword. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Each regiment had two companies picked and trained for special duty. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The penguins were now so well trained that Mr. Popper decided that it was not necessary to keep them on leashes. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z It used to make us laugh, but now we cringed for having trained him in insolence. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I sit down on a stool in front of the mirror, and she stands behind me, her eyes dutifully trained on the task at hand rather than her reflection. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Drug dealers are rarely trained in economics, and economists rarely hang out with crack dealers. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z They had been trained, of course, to not make eye contact with the citizenry, and to instead gaze past them impassively. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Miss Peregrine kept her eyes trained on the slate-gray sea. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z It was true that the other side had twice his numbers, but most of them were afraid of him and none was a trained Efrafan officer. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Usually, Mr. Kellerman helps me,” he grumbles, letting me know that the service I am trained and ready to provide will not be required. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z Asher has his eyes trained on me, a smug grin spreading across his face. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z We could not afford a ring and trained on a cement floor, which was particularly dangerous when a boxer was knocked down. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z On the edge of the field stood a row of ambulances and teams of trained stretcher bearers with walkie-talkies. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Who knew what was happening inside Froelich's head as he trained Arnold. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z Something is not understood: the robbers and their strange commands, the lady and her gyrations, the tricks she’s compelled to perform, like a trained dog. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The flashlight is again trained on Calliope in her blazer and blouse. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z In a traffic stop, for instance, the officer is trained to park behind the car. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z “Just like the farmer who trained his horse to eat less and less,” said Gitl. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z In October he trained a second time, as a radioman, and was sent to a staging area on the North Island of New Zealand as part of the Second Marine Division. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Their dappled grey coursers were swift, strong, and beautifully trained. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The family decided they had to get me trained in art. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Every few yards, there stood an SS man, his machine gun trained on us. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z But the women who trained in the 122nd Air Group, though they split into three separate units when they went to war, would say that they belonged to “Raskova’s regiments.” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Their beaks, claws, and plumage were so distinct that only a trained eye could have discerned the unity lurking beneath. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Little did I know that surviving the war that I was in, or any other kind of war, was not a matter of feeling trained or brave. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Ishmael Chambers trained as a marine rifleman with seven hundred and fifty other recruits at Parris Island, South Carolina, in the late summer of 1942. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z She was younger, more recently trained, and could do a light press that lasted. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z One of the key groups that spread these teachings was founded in the 1530s: the Jesuit order, a collection of highly trained intellectuals well suited to attack Protestantism. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Forever after, Helen was there, her eyes trained on every move of her husband’s horses. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The other two heads trained their eyes on me, completely ignoring the spirits. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z We would also be trained to be expert in every form of communication used by the Marine Corps, from radios to Morse code. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z I keep my eyes trained on the pool. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z But, no matter how well trained, medical eyes couldn’t spot a reces-sive mutation hiding out on a fifth chromosome. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z One of them, David Saxon, an MIT- trained physicist, would become president of the University of California in 1975. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z As her belly popped out, I grew more and more furious that I’d have to wash heaps of diapers again, just when Jaimito had gotten potty trained. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Schools set up across Egypt trained the leaders and administrators of the future. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z He had trained in the natural sciences himself, and so was considered fit to act as the under-writers’ representative in the College. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “Mr. Malcolm X, what about those ‘Blood Brothers,’ reportedly affiliated with your organization, reportedly trained for violence, who have killed innocent white people?” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The eyes of the most bullheaded boys radiate a shining determination: every ounce of their attention has been trained to ferret out weakness. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Having trained us and our dogs—it took about two weeks to complete—the ravens set about altering, or trying to alter, the rest of our regimen to fit their needs. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z These new Indian hires had accounting backgrounds and were trained by Reuters, but they were paid standard local wages and vacation and health benefits. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z He had no children, just a wife, Glass, who ran a small healing spa next to the gym Hibiscus owned, where he trained Redemption and a couple of other kids. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z He trained it, fought it, brought it to heel. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “A trained bombardier is supposed to drop his bombs the first time,” Colonel Cathcart reminded him. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Indians got hold of them through trade and shipwreck, and trained themselves to be excellent sailors. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z For many months he had trained for this, and now he finally understood why Goddard always let the last one go before Rowan could strike, stopping him one blow short of completion. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Perhaps a Shao Lin priest could have anticipated some of the more exaggerated movements, but these men were hardly trained adversaries. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z These were members of the Royal Family’s personal guard: ruthless, lightning-swift soldiers trained from birth to protect and kill. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z We were beyond all else trained that there would be no fighting back. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z In 1886 the big packing-house strike broke out in Chicago and Adam’s regiment en- trained, but the strike was settled before they were needed. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z However, most musicians can be trained to recognize relative pitch. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z The Japanese field soldier, trained in the art of kendo, or stick fighting, was exceptionally proficient at killing in this manner. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Outside Hagenback’s Animal Show, the most famous traveling zoo of the day, handlers prodded four trained lions into full roar. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z She folded her arms and stared defiantly at Pet, whose face remained still, trained on hers. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z He kept his dark eyes trained on the boat in the distance, so Jinny did the same. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “Your slaves seemed well treated and content. It was not till Astapor that my eyes were opened. Do you know how Unsullied are made and trained?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Her eyes immediately trained themselves on the gun in Wes’s hand. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z The white people danced as though somebody had trained them—left, one, two; right, three, four—the same steps and patterns over and over, as though somebody had wound them up. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The three German soldiers organized themselves so that they were always facing in different directions, and one of them always kept a gun trained on the prisoners. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z ‘I see. So everything you are trained for is out?’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z More goons from the Kidnapping Club sat astride each trike, rifled muskets trained on the front gate. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z They clambered on top of the chairs and began declaiming, in their trained and resonant voices, an impressive variety of off-color phrases that are not necessary to reprint here. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z This was what she was trained to do. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z We had fancied our task would be different, only to find we were to be trained for heroism as though we were circus-ponies. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z On the factory floor, my grandfather was trained for his job in seventeen minutes. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z "Obviously his father hasn't trained him properly. I'm so sorry, Ranee." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “You’ll never see it coming. Our assassins are trained in discretion. They will come in the night, and it will look like a humiliating accident.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Many a night, I drifted off to sleep, filled with wonder at how the two-edged-sword teachings so hurt, confused, concerned, and upset the government full of men trained highly in all of the modem sciences. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z He understood that they were protecting their territory, just like he was trained to do in the military. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z Did the librarian really think seventh graders weren’t toilet trained? Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z The gunmen scanned the room, their weapons trained on the terrified customers and employees, their heads swiveling, looking for any movement. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Whoever had made the picture was no trained artist, but there was a rough intensity in it that was very powerful. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “She has been trained so, from a foal.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z "I can see that you have been well trained. Come, it isn't good for you to be seen with me in the street. Let's go somewhere for a cup of coffee." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Several of his younger friends, however, trained in structural chemistry, thought the a-helix looked very pretty. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z I wrote that MK was not ready for such an operation; even an elite and trained force would probably not be able to accomplish such a mission. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z During the Vietnam War, John and Marti Peterson spent three perilous years together in neighboring Laos, where John trained and advised a guerrilla army to fight the communist insurgency there. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Kinzie had made sure she could break her bonds easily, but she’d still be empty-handed against three trained warriors, and she had to act before they put her in a cage. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z From countless trained and volunteer sources, including perhaps Lydia Darragh, Old Mom, and the egg seller, Washington got enough information to spoil the British plan. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Run! Or you’ll never see your beloved holes again. By the White Hand! What’s the use of sending out mountain-maggots on a trip, only half trained. Run, curse you! Run while night lasts!’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z By 2000, the DEA had directly trained more than 25,000 officers in forty-eight states in Pipeline tactics and helped to develop training programs for countless municipal and state law enforcement agencies. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Much of Greek culture had been assimilated by the Romans, but they had found the concept of discovery indigestible, and it is unlikely that Vergil, trained to think like a Roman, would have responded differently. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z After boot camp, Kelley had been trained as an infantry medic. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z We take the elevator to the level where we trained. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z They were all deceivers and spies, trained to prey on people like him, people without their unnatural gifts. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z They also trained some of the officers’ wives. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Cora’s fear from moments ago returned—Ridgeway had trained her well. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Jackson has her gun trained on Peeta even though he’s still cuffed and unconscious, draped across a deep-blue sofa where Homes deposited him. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z She studies it intently, her head turned so that one black eye is trained on my drawing. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z A police dog named Silver, trained to pace up and down the shed row, stood patrol. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Maddie was trained not as an actual paratrooper, but she learned to fly the plane while people were jumping. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Presently he had the pencil of light trained on her right eye and the adhesive patch again in contact with her cheek. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z When litters were kindled, he kept an eye on their growth, picked out the strongest youngsters for the Owsla and trained them himself. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought only of the muzzle trained upon me, and my response, which was requisite. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The smallest daughter found the process of moving as a group hilarious, giggled, and kept her dancing eyes trained on Otto. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z They had trained her special, to respond to rein and voice and touch. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Because of this, people did not automatically reject the opinion of someone simply because that person wasn’t a trained doctor. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z He had been trained since earliest childhood, since his earliest learning of language, never to lie. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z He handed out massive bribes to the Nazis in command of Auschwitz, all the while arguing that the women were "experts," "highly trained," and "irreplaceable." The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Agents were increasingly trained in what Hoover hailed as “scientific policing,” such as fingerprint and ballistics techniques. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I heard the police had brought in a psychic, a fingerprint expert, a special team of bloodhounds trained at Dannemora. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Wizards trained on Roke went commonly to cities or castles, to serve high lords who held them in high honor. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Johnny, trained in a silver shop to do such work, made a bullet mold. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I was trained in observation, not in reaction. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Gentle to the clumsy, girl-voiced boys whom he trained to be average, to be adequate, as he hit the soft fungoes to the outfield green. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Every once in a while, she rolls her eyes and mutters, “Here I am, a trained dentist and a teacher, gluing puzzles.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Back at the highway, half the cars had their headlights on now, and it seemed they were all trained directly on him. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Their code clerks were carefully trained and followed strict procedures set by Moscow. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z During the day they trained, playing football on the beach in army boots to build up their legs, and then at night they had the drills. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Tyrion realized he was echoing his uncle like a trained bird. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I trained astronauts, talked them through their science experiments while they were in orbit, and often went to Cape Canaveral for launches of the space shuttle and other rockets. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z "To point out the dangerous nature of his speech isn't destructive criticism. Far from it. Like the rest of us, the new brother must learn to speak scientifically. He must be trained!" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He had it trained on the pond below where ducks were swimming. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z She getting her trained for when Minny have her baby and Sugar gone have to fill in for her. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “I’m not trained to fight in battles,” Chaol replied through his teeth. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I’ve been trained to defend myself against an attack like that, as I think I proved during the street brawl when I was arrested. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Fortunately, all of us had been trained in basic medical procedures, and the Hab had excellent medical supplies. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z With every camera gleefully trained on him, I have just enough time to release the small, choked sound in my throat and compose myself. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The teachers introduced a program that explicitly trained the students to construct coherent arguments, with a focus on the connections between successive ideas. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z It wasn’t enough for them to look, though; she needed those guns trained away from the gate. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Sometimes I couldn’t sleep because I was so worried that I hadn’t trained hard enough. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “He trained you and then made you pay for it?” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z We're trained to give up our seats to anyone older than us, and to refer to our elders with titles of respect. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z It took some work to break open the things—but a couple of former soldiers like Alec and Lana were trained to break open things, weren’t they? The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z It made a high rasping sound like a cricket and sent a shower of metal fragments to glitter in the light Eye trained on the gate. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z By now, kids in our class have gathered on the bleachers, including Edna, who has her eyes trained on us like a hawk. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z She had somehow trained herself by now to block her ears to the ghastly sound of the dreaded box. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z I hadn’t fenced competitively or trained for almost a year, and I had no intention of hopping back on the strip. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z They said the City makes you lonely, but since I’d been trained by the best woodsman ever, loneliness was a thing couldn’t get near me. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I got attention by acting grown up, and my mother bragged about how early I was toilet trained and how clearly I spoke. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Now, free among these easy-going strangers, he saw himself as a trained Efrafan using his skill to help them in their need. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘An ordinary chicken wouldn’t hunt out my things to break them. A witch must have trained it!’ A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The woman had a fishing rod trained over the wall, and dangling on the other side was a T-bone steak. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z But she always ended up in the big tent, her eyes trained on Jacques-Paul as he defied the odds, grabbing through thin air at nothing, finding temporary safety in the bar at the last minute. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Said they were trained to fight with sticks from the time they were kids. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z I stand next to my bed, my eyes trained on the double doors, waiting for them to open. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Though he was only sixteen and had never even trained at the distance, he won by fifty yards. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z Killian, a soft-spoken South Carolinian of fifty-three who had succeeded Karl Compton as president of MIT, was a management expert rather than a trained scientist. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Every Saturday morning for eight weeks, I would take a bus to Ellis Park, where the team trained. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Although I was a member of the royal household, I was not among the privileged few who were trained for rule. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “We’re running out of time!” the man with the gun trained on David says. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z The shift foreman who had trained Shin rushed over. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z In Eastern Europe guides were trained to act more like Sherpas—hauling loads, fixing ropes, establishing the route—and less like caretakers. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z A long tradition of using scales in particular ways has trained listeners to expect certain things from a piece of music. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z He keeps his eyes trained on the floor. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z In one possibly apocryphal story, doctors once trained a homeless man to do routine lab tests because there was no one else available. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z The boy, trained in night-sight when the lantern was dimmed so as not to alert the wood’s creatures, picked out a blurred shape in the dark. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z As a result, a fierce competition developed between the SS and the SA, who trained newly enlisted army soldiers. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z But they were trained warriors, and a moment later their dæmons leapt at the angel, savage teeth flashing white in the gloom—and Balthamos flinched: he cried out in fear and shame, and shrank back. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Others, assistants, were trained by Mr. Yacub to continue his objective. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I inched closer and closer, the whole time keeping my focus trained on the men lounging on the couch. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z However, he had trained himself not to look at the picture very much, and always to tell himself firmly that his eyes were playing tricks on him when anything like this happened. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z There were five police cars now, and a line of officers crouching behind them, pistols trained on us. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z After the first few boulders, she turned to look down and saw the others below, their eyes trained on her. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z She used her trained toes like fingers, feeling the way. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The film itself, loaded into the T-50 by specially trained technicians, was barely wider than the lens—a mere five millimeters. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z In short, Edward Lee Howard understood exactly what he was up against, and he had been trained—by the CIA no less—to beat the FBI at its own game. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “These squirrels are specially trained for getting the nuts out of walnuts,” Mr. Wonka explained. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z I had two weeks off for winter break and I drowned my sorrows in music, I stayed up late reading, I trained hard, and I drew ugly, unimpressive things. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z There would be a need for people trained in biohazard work. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z University College London, which was known as the godless university, where great men were thinking great thoughts—but were not being trained, as at Cambridge and Oxford, for the church. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z For the eight months he trained under Scythe Goddard, he had made over two thousand kills, mostly the same people over and over again. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z The Childcare specialists were trained very carefully in the discipline methods: a quick smack across the hands for a bit of minor misbehavior; three sharper smacks on the bare legs for a second offense. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z A well- trained falcon might be worth her weight in gold. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z They had, almost all of them, yearned to be assigned a career involving transportation so that they could be trained to drive the equipment. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z She couldn’t be panicking—flight attendants were trained not to panic. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z And she went home, like a trained monkey, after a lifetime of Mr. Kahn treating her like a trained monkey. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Aux soldiers, though not as highly trained as legionnaires and nothing compared to Masks, are still merciless hunters. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The sophists—of whom Gorgias was one of the first examples—were essentially just private tutors who trained Athenian aristocrats in philosophy and rhetoric. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z While she trained the new recruits, she went on tracking the spy networks herself. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “True, unless I am trained to deliver a service of extraordinary value. Have you ever received a massage?” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z The boy kept his gaze trained on the floor. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z She trained her feet and hands to know the shapes of things and her mind to sense when she neared an edge and must back away lest she fall. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z It was brutal to be young and already trained to sit quietly and listen to charges brought against my color with no chance of defense. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I trained myself to limit my water intake, understanding there was rarely time for bathroom breaks on the road. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z They were doing what nature meant them to do, or what their human masters had trained them for. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z “Fiona is already being trained in the fine art of release,” The Giver told him. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z The class I sat in on was being trained to speak in a neutral middle-American accent. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z Peeta sits beside me, leaning against the wall, his bad leg stretched out before him, his eyes trained on the world outside. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Sneider trained Bobby in swimming, weight lifting, tennis, and soccer, and they became friends. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “You mean that monkey is trained to do that?” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z They were such naughty dogs, not like Bosh, Grendel, and Poppy, whom Mummy trained. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Knowing she had little hope of finding trained code breakers, she intended instead to search for novices with the potential to go far. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Up there they had glasses trained on him, on this house, probably on his house too. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z |
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