| 单词 | trick |
| 例句 | What was the trick Aigisthos used to kill the better man? The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z LJ finally pulled the trick I knew he was going to but he did it so cool that I didn’t even see it coming. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I was hot, for one thing, and also I’d been remembering a floating trick Blu Jackson told me about last fall. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “You two grew up around me working root—laying tricks, mixing up potions and powders, picking out plants and such. But now you know there’s more to it.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Mr. Muhammad said he wanted us to try our best not to publicly counterattack the black “leaders” because one of the white man’s tricks was keeping the black race divided and fighting against each other. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I learned this trick the day Jay Cee took me to lunch with a famous poet. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z “You’re not the only one with a few tricks up your sleeve.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Other days I take my bike, and every now and then my mind tricks me into thinking I’m just a regular girl out for a ride. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z With Lee, Cal’s tricks did not work, for Lee’s bland mind moved effortlessly ahead of him and was always there waiting, understanding, and at the last moment cautioning quietly, “Don’t do it.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Jean, however, did not remember any special tricks. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z “If you play a trick on me, I promise I will kill you, I really will.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Mr. Clifton called it a “whiz quiz,” to try to trick us into thinking it might be more fun than a regular quiz, I bet, but I was not tricked. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z It continued, and oddly, the noise played tricks, seeming to be close one second and far the next. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z “Perhaps you are underestimating Miss Lum- ley’s pupils, baroness. A dog can easily be taught a few tricks. Why not these three?” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z “I taught her that particular trick. I do not think she understood the nuances of it, but it appears she performed fine regardless. Do you feel unsteady at all?” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “A magic trick,” Lazlo had said, when it had seemed to grow with the lifting of the lid. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Especially the tricks of illusion came to him so easily that it seemed he had been born knowing them and needed only to be reminded. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z I’m so infuriated that I was tricked by a freaking airsoft gun, I get the sudden urge to kick this kid in the gut. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Mack intended to teach her tricks and go in vaudeville and he didn’t even housebreak her. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Don’t be tricked, my son, don’t be tricked, our brother. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z But, according to a newly discovered account, Hale was tricked and seized by Major Robert Rogers, a bold British officer known for his cunning. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The trick was to make the attempt while passing between, say, licking one's lips and smiling broadly, and at the same time catch the other’s eye. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Unfortunately, that memory was a trick of the Mist, a magical lie implanted in her head by Hera. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z That was a pointless trick they’d all promised to stop a long time ago. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z There were no footsteps in the snow to say her pack had been there and she knew the Arctic dawn had tricked her eyes. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “You will have to trick him. But you cannot take the prize directly. You will die!” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z However, this was just a trick to conceal the body’s actual location. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z The FCC also heard from those who had not been tricked and were surprised that anyone could be so gullible. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z It was from raising children I learned that trick. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Max Delbriick was in the expected group, and since he was a professor at Cal Tech he might have further news about Pauling’s latest trick. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z He couldn’t tell from her face whether this was a trick question. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z She resorted to all kinds of useless tricks so that Patricia Brown would go get the car with her. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z “Let me tell you, apprehending a fairy is no easy task. Slippery critters. The trick usually involves appealing to their vanity. Even then, takes quite a bit of know-how.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z I wouldn’t be tricked into talking—I didn’t need to be. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z For a moment, I held myself still, then revealed my special trick—walking on my hands. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z There was a small workbench at one end, and it was covered in little mechanical creatures made out of clockworks, and magic tricks of all shapes and sizes, which Hugo had made himself. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z He had to trick a demon to get it. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The memory played tricks, when one reached middle age, and then, the company of Mrs Helena Kingshaw had helped put everything into perspective again. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z It’s a neat trick to pack a suitcase neatly. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Tyrion had not mastered half of Groat’s old tricks, but he could ride the sow, fall off when he was meant to, roll, and pop back onto his feet. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It seemed like a memory trick or a bluegreen dream: impossible. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Buffoon!” cried the fat knight “Well,” said Lancelot, “it is your own fault You should not play dirty tricks. For the last time, will you let me arm like a gentleman?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Because a demon can help or harm you, there is no way of telling if a demon might be testing you before he will reward you or whether he is trying to trick you. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “Are you kidding me? They’re out there confessing right now. It’s a secret librarian trick to mention cameras,” he says, holding up his fist for dap. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z I developed a mental image of reporters as human ferrets— steadily sniffing, darting, probing for some way to trick me, somehow to comer me in our interview exchanges. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The rims of his eyes were often red, and he had a nervous trick of looking back startled over his shoulder. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z But don't let me trick you, there is a death in the smell of spring and in the smell of thee as in the smell of me. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z This word gave me fits until a teacher taught me a memory trick: Rhythm Helps Your Two Hips Move. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a trick they’d used plenty of times when a lock was too complicated to pick quickly or they wanted to make a theft look like an inside job. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I say, happy to see the rubber band did the trick. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The first trick of asking questions is to determine if your question is a good one. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z I thought it was a trick question; I was seven according to the American formula and eight by the Chinese calendar. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh my child, don’t you know that was just to get sympathy up in the East? That’s the oldest trick known to mankind. You know Kaiser Bill prayed to God every night of his life.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z If Dusty Muleman pulled his usual trick, all that raw waste would be streaming out of the basin later. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z “Is this some dwarf’s trick? Beg for death in hopes I’ll let you live?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He made doubly sure that nothing receded behind him wirhout his inspection; he kept his eyes weaving through upper branches, determined not to miss a trick. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Should he go in, or was this one of the brat's tricks? The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z “The trick is not to think about that.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z It seemed like a million years ago that Tally and Shay had borrowed one of the school’s bungee jackets for their final trick, Shay’s leap onto the new uglies in the dorm library. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z I laid them out one by one and used the tricks he taught me. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “We shouldn’t have much difficulty with him, not after the kappas. The trick is to break his grip. You notice the abnormally long fingers? Strong, but very brittle.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Newt leaned forward, putting his elbows on the table, as if waiting for a magic trick. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Why couldn't anyone else think it possible that a boy who had tricked everyone around him his whole life was tricking them all at this moment? A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Even at fifty-five miles an hour, time played a trick on Kaiserman. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z At night, when I usually did my selling, any suspicious person wouldn’t be likely to see the trick. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “It might have been a trick of the light,” Nhamo couldn’t help saying. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Or does it merely mark Japan’s original Jomon inhabitants continuing to occupy Japan while learning valuable new tricks? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z You’s the worse of ’em all ’cause you tricked me into thinking we was friends, you tricked me into thinking you wasn’t one ’em laughers. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z The trick was to catch the axe or leap over it without missing a step. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “And Nicholas, you have great things to do in this life. I’m absolutely sure you do, and you mustn’t let a few hard days trick you into clamming up.” Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z What he should do, he thought, is stop at Sally’s house and impress her with this new time-telling trick of his. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a trick Paul Blofis had pulled on me, but I wasn’t going to tell him that. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “Cool. I’ve got your robot in my locker. So you can do that trick, too.” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z “It’s a trick,” I whispered, resting on my haunches beside him. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I remember this one day, when I was really little and getting frustrated with Uncle Phil’s “I’ve got your nose!” trick. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z I was sure it would turn out to be a crazy trick of shadows. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z That would be a pretty trick, even for a queen. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z But none of their usual parental tricks succeeded in undoing the spell. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z I won’t fall for some silly trick, because he thinks I am some fool to lose my head over beauty; if I was, I couldn’t last a single day in Faerie. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z At first I think it might be a trick of the light, but I notice it again when we pass by a bakery and admire the loaves of bread. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z “It’s the simplest trick in the world. I’ll fight you for it.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z She had a sudden, cold fear that this was all a trick, a plot to separate her from Dallas. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z “There was no sleepover, and you never called Mamá. It was all a trick—to stall us.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z It tricked you into thinking you were waiting to go live somewhere, when you were already living somewhere. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z And—a trick that works for politicians to this day— he taught himself to remember people’s names. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z The other chariot teams had plenty of tricks up their togas. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z “Let’s show Mama his tricks,” Howard said, hurrying to the porch in his up-down way. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z When she did this, she discovered another trick. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Ben watches George doing a magic trick with cards. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z Tally felt as if some wild trick had gone horribly wrong. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z To my surprise the stove came apart fairly easily—the oil I had put on the bolts last winter had done the trick. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z “How tall are you when gliding across the floors on your knees, and are we ready to show that particular trick?” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z It must have been a trick of the light. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z I love it, but there’s a trick in it, and I have to agree to the trick to say it’s mine. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z What freedom men and women could have, were they not constantly tricked and trapped and enslaved and tortured by their sexuality! East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Hugo stuffed his pockets with little magic tricks and cards as he usually did, checked his railroad watch, and knocked on Isabelle’s door. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z It’s worth looking at a couple of tricks that allow O’Connor to keep this unblinking focus on his protagonists. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Pa shakes his head while cleaning the pots and pans before we eat so the dishes won’t seem as mountainous when our stomachs are filled, a trick Abuelo taught him. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z There is no end and no be-ginning; there is only one’s own mind, which can begin to play tricks. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “That dog can’t do one trick,” Bull observed, lighting a cigar in the front seat. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z His horse played nasty tricks on him, suddenly becoming a formidable female, a hard, wild mountain of flesh, on which he rode until his bones ached. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z If they hadn’t already seen the first window, they would have thought this was some kind of optical trick. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The remaining cow monsters eyed him warily, probably wondering if Frank had any more tricks up his sleeve. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z It’s not like I’m doing a magic trick or a dangerous science experiment. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z "That's him, that's the partner. Didn't I tell you he was around here somewhere? They always work in pairs. It's the oldest trick in the book." Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z There was no place to hide, no tricks to play, no way to be safe. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Perhaps this was some kind of elaborate trick. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z “Just promise me that you won’t do any more stupid tricks,” Peris said. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z If Dad didn’t let me have the materials I needed, I’d still get them, one way or another, no matter what it took—guile, tricks, or outright theft. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z In truth, he was still up to his old tricks, throwing his money away on dice and drink all night long, then coming to rehearsal half-drunk or late, or both. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z “She’s been hanging around again,” I say, “so whatever you said to her the other day didn’t do the trick.” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z When he saw her appear in a madapollam nightshirt and with her hair loose over her shoulders, the decrepit parish priest thought that it was a trick and sent the altar boy away. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z “The trick is not getting knocked down,” he’d told her with a laugh. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z It is interesting to note that the lion that is the most amenable to the circus trainer’s tricks is the one with the lowest social standing in the pride, the omega animal. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z In the bright light of a new day, his mom and dad’s resistance to getting a dog made perfect sense: it had to be a trick to throw him off the scent. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z Under the crushed hood lay the tattered, glistening remains of a giant silk cocoon—the trap that Annabeth had tricked Arachne into weaving. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Matt realizes that they have tricked him again and the laugh-ter makes him mad and when he gets mad he stammers. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z I came up with a trick in America. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Mrs. O’Leary saw me before I saw her, which was a pretty good trick considering she’s the size of a garbage truck. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z After a while, though, I learned a little trick that would let me get down closer to the floor. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z She loved it when her father taught her the tricks like priming the carburetor that would keep the temperamental machine on the road. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z With the proper instruction, his talent for machines translated perfectly to magic tricks. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z She brought about the death of Pelias by a cunning trick. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Everyone in the dorm was younger than Tally now, and she’d already taught all of her best tricks to the next class. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z He resented, as an addition to Jack's misbehavior, this verbal trick. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Here’s a question I still can’t answer: Did I see through the male tricks because I was destined to scheme that way myself? Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z This is a trick question, I’d remembered declaring to him with crossed arms. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “And they played tricks on me, and laughed at me.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z He thinks they need to be tricked out with gadgets and gizmos and holographic displays. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z His nose was getting congested.“I mean, they tricked us. I sort of wanted to open the window too, when I saw those wolves charging. You know, in case it wasn’t fake.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Because we know that eyes can be tricked. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z It takes a clever trick to do such an intricate calculation. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z It was so much fun trying to trick our watch officer that before long all the other Navajos were doing what I did and not taking their Atabrine. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “Let’s go somewhere tonight. Do some major trick.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Ever since Apa had to go four times to clear up some mistake with Joon’s Social Security number, he has become paranoid that people are trying to trick him. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z “Women know that instinctively. Why did they buy so many different clothes, in the old days? To trick the men into thinking they were several different women. A new one each day.” The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z The trick was to ignore what was coming in on the right ear. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Though I still hated Cristiana, I took no delight in my trick. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z It was embarrassing, I suppose, but it was also a precious secret, like a magic trick, where if I tried to explain it, or even talk about it, the thrill and mystery would be gone. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Felix tried to pass the two hours by reading, while Benji tried to entertain everyone by offering to do stupid tricks for money. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z A little corny, but it does the trick. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z The trick was to find a way to make the light last. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “You’ve tricked me,” he blurted out, and stalked out of the apartment, never to go back. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “The trick is to keep moving. Never stop moving.” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z “Of course not. But I can think of several more interesting things to do in the middle of the night than pull a trick like that. You’d better get ready for Sunday School.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Here’s the trick: don’t have any interest in the world around you, don’t have any hope for the future, and be warm. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z “It did the trick!” said Ravi, wildly spinning his hand above his head. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Many of the counter-intuitive results cited in this book are psychological tricks similar to the above, which can induce a kind of innumeracy in even the most numerate. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z She remembered playing with the stuff in chem class, wearing goggles and talking about all the tricks you could do with it. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z It is our business to find out how the trick is done.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z He said they even tricked his parents once. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z “Well, we’ve got some singers, a violin player, a kid who does these cool lasso tricks. Have you seen him?” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z “I’m not a bit afraid. It’s just a dirty trick.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z “Our plan worked! We tricked him into the well, just like we said we would!” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Fern was happy, for she felt that Charlotte’s trick was working and that Wilbur’s life would be saved. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z I used the same trick again, where I’d say something so ridiculous she had to correct me. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z At first, I thought I could strike up a friendship with Bunnicula and maybe teach him a few tricks. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z But when they handed me the tiny wrapped box, I knew they’d been tricking me, that I was getting a car after all. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z It looked like a prop from a magic trick. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z It is a great distance to go to learn such paltry tricks. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “Is this some sort of trick? Are you going to dump my body into the river, Cullen?” he joked. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z The official name for the tricks is a “mnemonic device.” P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z How I had tricked her into telling me what I needed to know to rob those houses. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z We’d take tons of pictures, in case we ever need to trick people into thinking we know famous people. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z A trick of the indirect light has made the graffiti letters float up through the coat of primer, a ghost-gray print I recognize immediately as Margo’s. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Fernanda had not counted on that nasty trick of her incorrigible fate. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Be cunning and full of tricks, and your people shall never be destroyed. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “Maybe I will lose him in a parking garage or forget him at school. Maybe I would teach him awful tricks. Maybe he would blame me for all this.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z ‘And I hope he’s up to no tricks. And anyway I hope he doesn’t fall into other hands, as you might say. Because if he does, we shall soon be in for trouble.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z There was one other trick she knew, another thing Mama had taught her. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The trick to anything is just believing you can do it. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Seated in the Negro gallery amongst other servants, Indians, and white boys banished for whispering and tricks, she appeared no different, no more peculiar in her circumstances, than any lady’s maid. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Traditionally, contortionists are either front bending or back bending, depending on the flexibility of their respective spines, and their tricks and performances are based upon this distinction. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “It’s a lucky thing for you you’re too tough for stew,” I threatened that morning after she’d pulled her favorite trick once again. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z In midair he willed his blade to extend into a javelin - a trick he’d never tried with this sword - but somehow he knew it would work. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z My ears had been playing tricks on me, and I’d misunderstood the expression. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew it must have been a trick she had taught him, or imitative rodent behavior. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z My siblings and I spent hours playing tricks and teasing one another. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘You see? It was a trick! They divided us so they could launch a surprise attack. Legion, cuneumformate! CHARGE!’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The sun shifted a little lower in the sky, and all at once the brown river was tricked out with bits of glittering sun. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “I hoped the walk might do the trick.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I could see that Mrs. Odom’s rutabaga trick with Howard’s brother Cotton wasn’t working too good because there were lots of drawings with colored markers along the bottom of the walls. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z He pulled the neatest trick I ever saw a dog pull on a cow brute. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z But Shawn’s lazy eye has reached its limit, dropping entirely to the bottom of his socket, and he nods off for a second and then pops his head up, disoriented, beginning the whole trick again. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z The trailers were all horse trailers, tricked out with televisions and mini-refrigerators and mosquito netting. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Must have been my nerves playing a trick on me. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Shay had tricked the safety governor so it wouldn’t tattle when they flew at night, or crossed the boundary out of town. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z “Mama busy in the kitchen, Mama not noticing nothing! Whisper said I can show my new tricks after dinner, I going to practice now.” Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z I repeated the trick, but this time only by going through the motions. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z What kind of tricks had she been up to? The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z “A lot of wizards think it’s a waste of time, knowing this sort of Muggle trick,” said Fred, “but we feel they’re skills worth learning, even if they are a bit slow.” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z People said that Gypsies spent their lives tricking others. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z It had tricked him and fled away at once, not daring now to face him. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z I have a little trick that I do when I’m nervous: I hold my fingers in my palm, concentrating on their movement, rather than on my nerves. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z "Just for a second. My man been working on a trick and he wanted to show us." Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z He had been studying the book very closely and had learned how to do just about every magic trick it talked about. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z He had no rivals, your father, at the tricks of war. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Ron lifted Scabbers out of his inside pocket and placed him next to the cage of his fellow rats, who stopped their skipping tricks and scuffled to the wire for a better look. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z “Could you show me the trick? I didn’t feel comfortable asking anyone else.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “I’m not sitting on a rock,” I said cautiously, wary of a trick from my teacher. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z “I knew you had some trick up your sleeve.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z The trick is to keep your stories to yourself, so they can’t use them against you. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z I didn’t respond because I knew Vega was only saying that to try to trick me into showing him. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z But Howard’s dumb trick didn’t work because the next thing I knew, I had shoved her right off the seat and into the aisle. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z “OK, do one of your crazy tricks for me.” Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Even though Guiteau didn't pay back the first loan, he often tricked a sympathetic lender into giving him more. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Pilar Ternera was the one who contributed most to popularize that mystification when she conceived the trick of reading the past in cards as she had read the future before. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z We tried to trick our bellies into thinking we were full by drinking a lot of water. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sure,” Harlan agreed, but he wasn’t so terrified that he would let them trick him into dying. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The trick I was going to teach them today was tight-rope walking. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z “I don’t know. You’re just acting different. Like when I said let’s trick Webb, you told me you weren’t interested. And like this.” Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z One part of Helen, though, still lounged in her pink-piped pajamas, under a shimmering silk comforter, clapping while her brother performed magic tricks. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z The trick, apparently, is to keep as much air in your lungs as possible—the more you breathe, the more you float. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Well, where have they—I never wanted this thing and now it’s playing tricks on me. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z “Leo,” she said calmly, “did Octavian trick you somehow? Did he frame you, or—” “No.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “He’s done nothing but ruin you with his sneaking Italian tricks. Americans are worse than Italians.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z But Jake’s saying it doesn’t feel flippant or like a trick. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z After Mole found the scent and began the chase, the fox took great pleasure in tricking him. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z The man who filled drink orders from behind the bar would let him sit up on the counter and practice his magic tricks, and gave Kaz all the hot chocolate he could drink. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I don’t think the fruit trick works with this. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z “There’s really no such thing as a magic trick with a marble-shooting robot.” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z I stick my phone into its charger and then wiggle it around for a minute to trick it into actually charging. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Genie nodded, hoping it was more dog tricks, like Samantha learning to talk. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z If a girl didn’t have enough hair to do the trick, she used rags, rats, or switches to fill up the insides of the ear muffs. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z I had hung between possibilities before, between the cold truths I knew and the heart-sucking conjuring tricks of the Shaper; now that was passed: I was Grendel, Ruiner of Meadhalls, Wrecker of Kings! Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z I was too embarrassed about getting tricked to tell on them so I went in the house and watched TV. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He became a joker, a trick player, and joked on himself as well as others. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z She had never really looked at her grandmother before, just at the enemy she had to trick, just at her bare feet. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The trick to eating on it is to turn the messy side of the cushions up. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z “Well, I can take him out now, if you like. We’ll see if he behaves himself, but I don’t think he will try any tricks while I’m here.” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z “It was another trick. Those weren’t squares on the floor—they were rectangles. Their sides weren’t all the same length.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z The first act was two kids doing card tricks. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z “Try no tricks, dark one. Speak no lies,” Tehlu said sternly, his eyes as dark and hard as the iron of the wheel. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The first trick I taught them was to creep up the sleeve of my jacket and come out by my neck. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z It occurred to Palmer that this might be some kind of trick. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z That was the sign that it was all a trick. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z These earmuffs have saved me from screechy subway brakes, piercing flutes, gross Noah sounds, trick or treat yells, wishy-washy Deb, and mean Kiki. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z Each time we let the inmates back out, someone else is attacked, violence flaring up like one of those trick birthday candles. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I had a feeling it was a trick but stepped up to the door and knocked anyway. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z She knew that her tricks would not work with him, and she needed protection and rest. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Just his old ears playing tricks on him again. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z His trick was to sit with the horn in his lap for the first half of a piece, then start at the beginning and, tooting double time, hit the last note right with the others. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Had McNaughton used some trick out of a spy novel, like laying a strand of hair over the binder—a strand that would remain in place only so long as the binder was not touched? Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Because I have a trick: I stop off at the donut shop and buy a pack of gum after I get off the bus. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z I hold the two containers out to her, and she looks at them as if maybe it’s a trick. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Shortly before the case resumed, the state played another unpleasant trick on us. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “He let Adas go. Then he tricked Annabeth into saving him and used her to convince Artemis to take the sky.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Tricking someone into grief is one of the cruelest tricks a person can play, and it’s been played on me twice. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z The lieutenant says, “I need to know everything. Was there a trick? A game?” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z "But that trick's not going to work again. He'll have to try something else next." And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z He wasn’t sure if his eyes were being tricked or if it was real, but Derek looked thinner to him and he wondered if getting thinner was a sign of dehydration. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z My friends had gone, and the courtyard was steadily emptying, so I was waiting for my trick to work, when I heard behind me what sounded like gas or steam escaping in sharp bursts. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z It was not a trick being played on her. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z This trick I've discovered made Mr. Daniels say I’m a genius. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z Does he actually think I’m stupid enough to accept his “help”? This is a trick he’s plotted with his mother. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z “It’s not that smart. You fall, it catches you. No tricks necessary.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z His tongue had earned him some stripes on the back in the beginning, but soon enough he had learned the tricks of pleasing Nurse and the noble Yezzan. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The last trick was just them throwing all the cards in the air. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z Learn any alternate fingerings and other "tricks" available on your instrument for fine-tuning each note as you play. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z One of my fencing strengths has always been my sense of timing and my ability to use the distance and false actions to trick my opponent. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z He said...I wish I could remember what it was....I think he’d tricked his way on to the throne or something. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z The girl on the floor exhaled, but Reyna knew that trick - trying to loosen an enemy’s hold. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z My mind is working hard trying to figure if he’s lying or tricking me or just likes books as much as I do. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z So here’s the quick and dirty of how this trick should work: I take an empty water bottle, which I’ve sliced a sliver of an opening in. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Somehow the eyebrow trick, the one that gets a real-Axel-smile every single time, doesn’t work. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “Well, they trick her into coming out, and when she sees her reflection she's overcome by how beautiful she is, and then she's happy again.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Thus, for relief, Maurice had taken up interference microscopy to find a trick for weighing chromosomes. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z I knew there were bound to be tricks I didn’t know anything about arguing on the air. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I watched them whirl past my window— don’t take this seriously, the playful way they fell seemed to imply, this little show, this harmless trick. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z A poem and a magic trick performed by two hateful groupies just ain’t worth my time. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “You didn’t do it. They tricked you. I would have opened the window if you hadn’t.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z I said I wasn’t going to be charmed, but I let him trick me into opening up to him. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z It’s a horrible trick, the sense that her value is being sucked down the drain, like when the plug is pulled from the tub and the dirty water goes down. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Calista asked when she was showing me some more art tricks on Thursday, after we both got sick of studying spelling flash cards. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z From the old hustling days I knew that there were tricks to everything. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z To resist that hollow ache that sometimes tricks me into thinking I don’t matter. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Aurelia glanced unseeingly at the huge shambling animal, but she didn’t wait to see it go through its weary tricks, restoring the old carefree spirit to the great audience. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Picked up the food stamps, looked from me to Baba like we were pulling a prank, or “slipping her a trick” as Hassan used to say. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Rabscuttle was full of tricks and games and quite soon he was running and playing just as if he had been one of the children himself. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s strange news but good news. At least now we know we haven’t been tricked. Sticky, better send them a message that says we understand.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z “Then I’ll bathe him and get the ticks off him and teach him tricks and let him sleep in the bed with me.” Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z You must have tricked the doctors and run away. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “The snow in the dark, it plays tricks on your eyes....But perhaps we ought to Disapparate under the Invisibility Cloak, just in case?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The trick would be to not make his failure obvious. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z He showed Sam a disappearing coin trick, and then he left. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z But because racism is stupid, it’s easily tricked. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z It made me uneasy, as though the whole evening had been a trick of some sort to exact a contributory emotion from me. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z He is represented as falling in love with one woman after another and descending to all manner of tricks to hide his infidelity from his wife. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z I think she tricked our teacher into it. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z “Anansi tricked Leopard, then brought him to you, Sky God. But he wasn’t done.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z It was a clever trick and required a deft hand so as not to spill any of the porridge. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Everything you ever knew told you that freedom was a trick—yet here you are. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The trick is remembering that you are the boss of you. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z She thinks that way she can trick me again—moving so slow people nearby seem to be running. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “I swear your imagination plays funny tricks on you sometimes.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z And talking about shaking a stick—when the bubbles started rising high, Daddy let Joe do the magic trick. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Would Dad even believe Grampa, or would he think it was some kind of trick to keep me in Greenwood longer? Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z ‘I have thought of a trick worth two of that. “Particularly deadly to rabbits.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Strauss, though, had other tricks up his sleeve. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z “This isn’t...it isn’t a trick, is it?” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z It was a dirty trick, and she knew it. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z She sits in the park, watching the kids play and the skate-boarders do their tricks and swerves at the skate bowl. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z He knew the mechanics of being a good commander: the tricks, procedures, requirements, and occasional gymnastics one had to employ to keep morale high and the higher echelons pleased. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Mack says he is anxious to teach Ruby some tricks. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z How dare he think it was funny to trick you. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “But I think it’s a trick question. Miss Garcia always says, ‘Think.’ Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z A simple trick of distracting his attention long enough to slip out through the hall, despite the lingering temptation to stay. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Got his head laid back, mouth half open, but I know it’s just another way he’s got to trick me. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z And perhaps you might pretend, afterwards, that it was only a trick and that you just said it to make them stop and didn’t really mean it. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z My Caring Critter Card would do the trick. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z He was left-handed, and it always fascinated me to see the way he handled things, like a street magician’s parlor tricks. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Maybe it was all a trick to fool people. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z “I'm good with codes and stuff. And I'm good at, like, linguistic tricks like anagramming. That's my favorite thing, really. I can anagram anything.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z Instead of chitchatting or gossiping or sharing tricks of the trade, they shift in their seats and cast rather conspicuous glances at the girl. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z And, while the corps de ballet pirouettes and leaps across the stage, Tim breaks his magician’s code and tells me exactly how the trick is done. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z Isabelle took photographs the entire night, and Hugo sat at a table doing magic tricks. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z Doc was about to answer when he saw it was Hazel’s trick again. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Then in a surprisingly tender voice, a professional trick, too, no doubt, but not without effect, Presto asked, “Listen, guy, you got any place to stay?” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z It must have been a trick, some sort of clever illusion. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z If he brought another woman into the house, they were to gang up on her and play tricks on her, hit her, and trip her when she was carrying hot oil until she ran away. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “So,” I ask, “what are you working on? Any new tricks up your sleeve?” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z He felt a little mad at being tricked. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z But when I seent how my lies and tricks had worked so good on this colored boy, the only thing I felt was puny and low. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z The trick is to know which books to read. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It could have been my mind playing tricks, but his face suddenly appeared much closer to mine. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z He swung his wild eyes again upon the Wart, guessing the trick. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “What vicious trick is Fortuna playing on me now?” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He turned in time to raise his sword, but this time he was disoriented, he didn’t anticipate the trick. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z The new phenomenon of cell fusion, a laboratory trick on which much of today’s science of molecular genetics relies for its data, is the simplest and most spectacular symbol of the tendency. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z And yet, the ordinary thought crept in, made me trick myself for a moment into thinking that I, too, was ordinary. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z And to her, tricking her: how dare he? The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z He had a trick of resettling his spectacles on his nose which was curiously disarming—in some indefinable way, curiously civilized. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z It was a petty trick, and largely useless against a skilled sympathist, but my only hope was to rattle him in some way. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z It's the old "get your foot in the door with some cookies" trick. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z They tried the trick a third time, but still the cub wouldn’t come toward them. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z ‘Getting a second life is one thing. Making it a better life, that’s the trick.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “I’ll take her home and see what her mother thinks of her choice. But if you don’t modify that outfit, the only trick you are getting is to stay here.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z The trick is figuring out which words are “needless.” The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Miguel thought it was a poltergeist, a sort of mischievous spirit that liked to play tricks on the living. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z "There is small honor in tricks," the old man said stiffly. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “I think your parents tricked us into cleaning your house,” I reply. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Either the crannogmen did know the magic of the children of the forest, or else Osha had deceived them with some wildling trick. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I’d been expecting a magic trick, but what I heard had the ring of the supernatural. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The Indian indentures were lied to, they were tricked, they were no more than cheap labor to keep the plantations running—but they were still individuals. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Should she ever own boots, she now knew the trick of tallow and wax that extended their use. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “Otherwise someone’s played a very clever trick on me.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z “That dead Griever I found—it ran this way, and we never saw it come back or go deeper into the Maze. Then those suckers we tricked into jumping past us.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Or do girls see through the tricks, too, and just pretend not to notice? Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “Have you taught me to have good taste, Mama? Is that another trick of the trade I haven’t learned?” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Since Tom Talbot didn’t make much money Mary couldn’t give parties all the time so she tricked people into giving them. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z She knew I wasn’t Green, but she had covered it up, lied on the report—was this just a trick? The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “A trick of the light. She is the most beautiful of all the gods,” said the maiden who was Loki smoothly. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z I used a little trick to help me fall off to sleep. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z Not expecting even this simple trick from Sam, Gollum fell over with Sam on top, and he received the weight of the sturdy hobbit in his stomach. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z In truth, Ashley has tricked herself into thinking she’s “allergic” to a number of things, as a way of narrowing down her diet. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z Me: I felt weird when Leo tricked me into hugging him. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “But he said they tricked him! They made him drunk and stole it away!” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z This was my old high school trick to get some privacy. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z He pulled the tablecloth through the bars of the cell, whoosh, like a magic trick in reverse. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z “They were crowding him too closely. He didn’t have time to pull another trick.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Even Cooky, for all his tricks with vegetable peelings and bone broth, couldn’t ease the twinge in their guts. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z She had gotten a new hoverboard, and tricked it up like Shay had taught her, so at least she could fly at night. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z And he should maintain this reputation in such a way that no man can imagine he is able to deceive or trick him. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z Less than a month ago, Valerian was bragging about campers he and his friends had tricked into feasting with them, gorging on rotten leaves enchanted to look like delicacies. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z She knew the trick for summoning crocodiles up from the Nile. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z “I persuaded him not to. Three buckets of water did the trick.” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z It had been said that his plan to buy a boat was nothing but a trick to make off with his brother's money, when the news spread that a strange craft was approaching the town. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z He’s trying to taunt, trick me with his relaxed, almost sloppy parrying. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z They rise from their seats and some of them chatter with their companions, marveling over this trick or that as they file out the door that has reappeared in the side of the striped tent. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z At first I think I am seeing a vision, that my imagination is playing tricks. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z "You could try the Kotex trick," Yoyo suggested, thinking it would be nice to have a little pot to smoke when things on the Island got dull. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z “You’re fooling yourself, Rose. It’s not fair to us or to him. Pretending he’s normal. Driving him as if he were an animal that could learn to do tricks. Why don’t you leave him alone?” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z There's the trick he's going to play on her, the way he'll pretend to be somebody else and snake his way into her heart. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z The trick was the weapons, he thought, remembering the mallet. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “Bobby,” he said, frowning, “do you really think my family disappeared by some magic trick?” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Carrying herself with the dignity of a queen did not prevent Cleopatra from staging tricks and playing practical jokes. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Maybe she was playing a trick on him. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z The trick was telling one from the other, parting the sheep from the goats. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Go on, the rest of you. I’ll play them the same trick.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z I knew this was a trick, I knew this was going to be How to Survive a Blizzard, Part Two. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t know about any of you, but when I’m nervous about something, I tend to think about it all day, unless I come up with a complicated mental trick to distract me. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Johnny was so anxious to be on with the work—tediously delayed by Dove’s tricks—he hardly listened. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Because such skills are never enumerated in any of the texts on dragon physiology. It is possible that someone told you so to trick you.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z “But you and I could play a little trick or two on him, so that he would not be so high and mighty in future. So that next time he will listen to his brother.” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z “I suppose not” “The Iris-message could be a trick,” Tantalus suggested, but his attention was mostly on his cheeseburger, which he was trying to corner with both hands. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z “It was a magic trick. He sawed her in half, and then he put her back together again.” Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z The trick was to get the next one in without releasing the others. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The champagne was cold, and its subtle fumes played fantastic tricks with Edna’s memory that night. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z It sounds as if they was both tricked, him and the other bear. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z “You—you don’t turn any tricks any more, do you?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Door blows open. This lock was cheap but it’ll do the trick.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The card tricks had been good, but the disappearing coin kept him up at night. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Or it was the fog playing tricks on my ears. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z The Greeks couldn’t do this neat little mathematical trick. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “Master this trick and you get to learn another.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The trick is to watch for bubbles and dimples in the sand as the shallow waves retreat. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “When mankind first sacrificed to the gods, you tricked them into giving you the best portion. You gave us fire to annoy the gods, not because you cared about us.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z What if this was another of her tricks? Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z His eyes had been playing tricks on him, too. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The third key Grandpa Sorenson had given her did the trick. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z We knew at once that she had been tricked. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Often he would focus so hard that his imagination played tricks. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “Yeah, well, it’s amazing how twenty-five dollars can help a recruitment officer overlook a thing or two. Maybe you should try it, Ned old boy, but then, company vouchers might not do the trick.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “A trick, Blackberry: a trick to put us right once and for all.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z A memory came to her from childhood, of seeing at an afternoon birthday party the famous tablecloth trick. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z A pretty impressive trick, considering the kid didn’t look like much. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z "No trick," a woman said in the Common Tongue. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Stella’s foot hurts too much for her to do any hard tricks for the two-o’clock show. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z Inside, clear black-and-white diagrams revealed what seemed like an endless array of card tricks, many of which Hugo had seen the old man do. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z He says this war is none of our business because the English are up to their tricks again. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “Remember your tricks on the common behind the church? Before this day is done you’ll never run and dodge again!” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z What I don’t know is that he also has a few tricks of his own. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z His wife told him that this is what happened to people who obtained money through tricks. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z Couldn’t someone have put Harry’s name in the goblet as a trick, a practical joke? Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z I had not intended for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to triumph from my trick and be so satisfied with their stolen favors. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z My mom looks between us a few times like she’s trying to figure out what the trick is. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z ‘You haven’t seen my best trick yet. I have a weapon guaranteed to win any contest!’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “We won’t let him hurt you again. We need to figure out how to trick him, though. You harpies must know him better than anybody. Is there any way we can trick him?” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “I think so. And there are many tricks.” The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Though ultimately no great shakes, the projects were proposed and illustrated with such enthusiasm that even the most hardened ten-year-old could be tricked into believing he was in for some serious fun. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z “Fadi,” said Noor, her voice an octave lower, “I know you’re an excellent photographer. You know all the tricks Dad taught you, but don’t be too disappointed if you don’t win.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Anyone could ramble on and leave big spaces between the words, but the trick was to come up with convincing arguments to prove the necessity of talking. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z She has no reason to trick me now. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z She was thinking about the handy trick Boo had shown them, where all they had to do to go somewhere was reach for a place with intention. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Not for this, nor for a single trick throughout the evening. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “You tricked him into it; he wasn’t ready,” I heard Gram shout. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z “Old soldier’s trick,” I said as I set off. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “You don’t. You just have to trust me—and trust that I’m not trying to eliminate my competition by tricking you.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Karl put me wise to this trick when I saw him using a stone boat to bring his supplies out to our common boundary. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Old Chad Jensen was taking the first trick at the wheel. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Long ago, Ouranos the sky god had been tricked down to the earth by Gaia and the Titans. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z My grandmother knew about my tricks and made fun of me, calling me carseloi, which means spider. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z The trick is to make them different sizes, and then crowd them one on top of another. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z The bites faded before she even got dressed, so she had nothing to show her stepmother except cobwebs, which her stepmother thought was some sort of clever trick. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z So in the end it was not courage that got me through; it was a trick of the mind. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z It was a very dirty trick, but I went over and brought it over to him--I didn't have any alternative or anything. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z “I know this trick of yours. You mimic my words when you have no new ones. You don’t understand me.” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z There’s a third time-honored trick: read the sentence aloud. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z My brother was two years older, but I could do all the tricks he could. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z It was a trick he was playing on himself. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The trick, he knew, was to stay off the brake and to keep his traveling speed low and steady, backing off the accelerator at the crests of hills and evenly gaining momentum in the dips. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The magician had tapped the wand three times and was about to say “Abracadabra!” or whatever Clayton imagined magicians say as they pulled off their magic trick. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z If there was a rock, Nathan could trick the fish into swimming into it. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z The trick is not to think of them as regular folks. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Many spirits, some kind and some mischievous, hovered near us at such a sacred time, and one of them may have tried a trick of some sort. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z I sniff hard—a trick Maria taught me to stop the tears from falling—and look away, folding my arms. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z In many Mende stories the spider is the character that tricks other animals to get what he wants, but his tricks always backfire on him. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Too tight to perform any kind of trick. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z “I won many times and was so lucky the others teased that I had learned the trick of a clever thief,” she said. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Though they sometimes teased and tricked me, they could be kind as well. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Trying to learn the trick of what passes for patience. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Electric blue in colour, up to eight inches in height and very mischievous, the pixie delights in tricks and practical jokes of all descriptions. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sometimes,” she said, “at twilight, or in the shade, the light plays tricks. Once I saw something that looked like a woman with wings.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z There was no more “new and improved,” there was just the trick of different—new styles, and advertisements to convince that stylishness was all the rage—but the basic technology remained exactly the same. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z I knew this part of the tournament would take a while, because the guys who had lasted this long were good—they wouldn’t easily fall into simple traps like the old lift-and-dive, Hassan’s favorite trick. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z ‘That was just a trick we played so we could get married. I couldn’t stand another year of not talking! Please come and see your new grandchildren.’ A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “This bad boy got a trick to it,” he explained. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z While you will have your army at the ready in case Ghohg plays dirty tricks, do not forget that Ghohg will doubtless have his goblin army ready to attack us, too. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Did Madge and I only practice trombone together because I taught her math tricks? Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z Jumper was full of a lot of pesky, aggravating mule tricks; but when you called on him to move a load, he’d move it or bust something. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z My mother couldn’t have learned the roach trick from May, I thought. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Shadows coming alive are a trick of the eye. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z This is a different trick that has three benefits. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Anger welled up in Ged’s heart, a hot rage of hate against all the cruel deathly things that tricked him, trapped him, hunted him down. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z “Some of the most insidious tricks employed tonight will involve artifice and illusion. Without the milk you could be even more susceptible. It would only broaden their ability to mask their true appearance.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z As he ate he felt that they were thinking of the job he was to get that evening and it made him angry; he felt that they had tricked him into a cheap surrender. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Jabir demonstrated a few more tricks before clapping his hands and signaling for the dogs to stop and sit. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The trick was to say no without offending anyone, especially Cole, who was known to be a little bit crazy. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z I think a 1 percent content will do the trick. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “Why do I need to spend time learning foolish tricks?” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I thought for a moment we were trapped; the thick haze tricked my mind and I knew not if we should proceed down or up. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z It looks like they might do a magic trick, Dr. Martin hidden behind the sheet with her black bag in her hands. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z He’d already snared me once; I wasn’t looking to get tricked again. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z As he made his way toward his chair, he drily noted, “My trick knee is warning me that we might have some rain. So prepare yourselves.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z She was going, “I’ve done some of it before. I had this boyfriend, he played the guitar. Somehow he tricked me into doing a thing or two before I realized his lyrics didn’t rhyme.” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The trick, he explained, was to look for signs of something pushing up the leaves. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Even the cheeseburger and fries didn’t do the trick. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z When he walked to the lectern he rolled up his sleeves, as if he were a juggler about to perform a trick. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z They didn’t know it was all just a trick. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z “The trick with people like Marsha Jean,” said Louisiana’s grandmother, “is to be forever wily, to fight back, to never give up or give in.” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z And from weatherworkers and wandering jugglers who went from town to town of the Northward Vale and the East Forest he had learned various tricks and pleasantries, spells of Illusion. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z “Some people see a magic trick and say, ‘Impossible!’ Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “Volantis has been overrun with dwarfs of late, it seems. Does this one do tricks?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He put the platter behind his butt, said a silent prayer to whatever Roman god oversaw stupid sledding tricks, and jumped off the side of the hill. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z I wanted to think Hades was pulling some kind of trick. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z They flipped up and landed on top of the backpack—someday, Finn vowed, he would get Emma to teach him that trick. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “Piper needs to find more things to excel at. She won’t have time for magic tricks.” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z She still remembered shivering in a dark corner of that dilapidated mansion, listening to the Cyclopes mimicking her friends’ voices, trying to trick her into coming out into the open. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He knew all the tricks, could counter all the holds. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “All my life, that trick always work. How come it don’t work today? Now you disappoint.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The whole trick is watch the overhead, she told herself. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z He still recalled enough of his former schooling to be able to recite entire blatts of the Talmud from memory alone, a parlor trick he’d shown off to the crew’s disbelief and amusement. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z So he may be up to his old Weedy tricks, too frightened to really spy for us. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Of course it was a trick of the candlelight. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z She made them turn more tricks but she wasn’t mean about it. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Then I hopped on an early train to London and didn't pay a penny because there's this trick I know to dodge the ticket collectors. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z “You are the most like me, Jinjoo. And I have always struggled with my temper also. But this little trick helps me keep not only my temper, but also my friends.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z She claps her hands together like I’ve done some sort of trick. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z For a moment I think I can make out a glimmer of light on the horizon, but the next it’s gone, just a trick of the eyes. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z “Stay with the wagon,” the noisy one added, and then whispered, “Here comes my trick.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z I have a trick up my sleeve which I haven’t told a soul about, even though it’s the God’s honest truth and I know it: I have a good shot at the Ambassador. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I wondered if this was supposed to be a trick. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Most Ravenclaws seemed to think that he had been desperate to earn himself a bit more fame by tricking the goblet into accepting his name. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The trick was that Mario could put his fist anywhere he wanted inside the newsstand, and Chester still had to land just on the other side of it. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Annabeth feared it might be some sort of trick, but she had no time to wonder. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Lucas—the old Lucas—might have pointed out that cutting Mrs. Verne’s class was a new trick, but I still get it. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, her sister, Arsinoe, was up to her usual tricks, working behind the scenes to sow dissent and confusion. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z If you get tricked and a good person dies in the movie then you can rewrite it in your head so the good person lives and the part about death is superfluous. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “Show them your trick. Do your language thing.” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z She even talked about the leopard that had appeared to her by the water so long ago—if it was a leopard and not a trick of the light. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She saw how close Romero always worked to the bull, and I pointed out to her the tricks the other bull-fighters used to make it look as though they were working closely. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z By now, the Careers have probably begun to suspect some sort of trick. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z As a result of the scam, Woodhull tricked the seventy-four-year-old tycoon into believing she and her sister had mystical powers. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z “You tricked me! The French, the magic ... you are a touril” he said. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z The men were furious at having been tricked into behaving politely to this insignificant fellow with the unsavoury reputation and the heretical opinions. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z I wondered if Ted was really trying to trick me, to get me to admit that I was giving up, that I wouldn’t fight the divorce. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “So,” said Sweeney, “you want to know the trick of how it’s done?” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Perhaps it was a trick of some kind. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z My previous trick of spying was out of the question. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He pulled the door behind him to close off the house like I was going to trick him and run through his legs and attack Maria’s nose again. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z "The rovers could be anchors. The trick would be getting the line around the—" Flying wreckage slammed Watney, carrying him off into the wind. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “You mean on the boat. I must say, Blackberry, you’re a clever fellow. I remember now that after we’d crossed that other river you said that that floating trick might come in handy again sometime.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z They seemed so serious, as if their lives were a really complicated trick that had to be planned and replanned every day. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z And he attempted to trick the Pilgrims into attacking the sachem. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z They rise from their seats and some of them chatter with their companions, marveling over this trick or that as they file out the door that has reappeared in the side of the striped tent. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z For instance, at different times, his wicked tricks included everything from atomic ray guns to sulfur and brimstone. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Across from that, there was a funny man in a booth doing magic tricks with cards for the kids. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z I know she’s tricking me just so she can make fun of my accent and make me sound stupid. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “So it was, maybe, a trick? Somebody playing a joke on us?” Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “I do no such tricks as these,” he said. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z It was said that a fox could lure a man to his doom, tricking him into coming to its den, where somehow he would be fed to its offspring. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z “Trip, what’s this I hear about a hat trick in yesterday’s game?” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I wasn’t going to announce that Ambrose had tricked me out of a whole talent. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z But there is one little trick that can save the zombie. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I invented a memory trick to help me with this one: What did Caesar have for breakfast? Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Nice and easy does the trick, Potter,” he growled. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The trick, Nico shares, is to do it in a way that fits with the tempo he set. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z That is the point of this little trick, right?” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z “You can’t teach a rhinoceros tricks,” he had explained in his brief and vigorous style. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z We began to talk about babies and crops and tricks for keeping bedbugs out of our beds. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z He would do the stiff-arm, back-arch trick that was guaranteed to make whoever was trying to pick him up fall over also. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z He began a trick even more pointless: a one-handed half-dollar-to-penny transformation, but with his two quarters. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z “He’s using my lies, my tricks! That’s not blood, it's paint, or some kind of dye.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z “Why do you pull this trick every year? Disappearing like you don’t have a family. I was worried about you.” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “I knew it might be a trick,” he sobbed. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z “We don’t know,” Papa said, holding out his palms as if to prove they were empty, as if to prove he was not trying to trick her. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Tally smiled, always happy to teach someone a new trick. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z “In some ways, though, it’s better now. They have to keep thinking of ways to keep the people satisfied. All sorts of fancy tricks they got—well, you’ve seen ’em. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Scipio had locked Barbarossa in the cabin to make sure he didn't try any new tricks. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z "How can he be alive, this boy named Sik? It must be magic; it must be a trick." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z He even starts to teach me how to stall the ball on my shoulder blades and on my forehead, too, like a sea lion doing tricks at the aquarium. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z I found myself studying her, trying to pick up her tricks. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z The adult geese frowned at his flying tricks, but the goslings thought he was amazing. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z It was the first time she’d eaten ice cream and Mariam had never imagined that such tricks could be played on a palate. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z And I knew right away this was a warning, because when I shouted that declaration of happiness, I almost tricked myself into thinking it might come true. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I called them William and Mary, and in the hotel I set out right away teaching them to do tricks. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z From my crawling days, Grandfather had taught me all the tricks of the American and the British armies, and quite a few from the French. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Okra has too much pride to do tricks for mere human beings,” Mary Anne stated officiously. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Then Dad pulled one of his famous tricks on me. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Violet told Dad some of the tricks Great-Uncle Jim used to run the farm by himself. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z It may have been only a trick of the wind in the cracks and gullies of the rocky wall, but the sounds were those of shrill cries, and wild howls of laughter. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “Maybe that’s the trick. You know, American people, they always ask this, ask that. Not me.” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “And let me have none of your tricks here,” said Mr. Trabb, “or you shall repent it, you young scoundrel, the longest day you have to live.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z So I pick up my spoon, lick it, and hang it on my nose—a pretty good trick even when your nose looks like it's there. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Now, boys, for my next trick, I’m going to make two little problems disappear!” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Tidbit jabbered all the time, asking questions, making little jokes, playing tricks on his mother and the two girls. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z The trick of doing this can be learned like any other mental technique. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z He promises, later in the night, maybe back at the Gazzloft when First Friday starts, to show a trick or two—to demonstrate more about the power of attention and distraction. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z They had played a similar trick with the instinct of parenthood. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z A wall of force slammed me through the air—just like the trick Kronos had pulled on the bridge. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z "You dare talk of tricks? Your brother Tyrion sent us cutthroats in envoy's garb, under a peace banner." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Had he still been alive to respond, though, Descartes would surely have replied to Newton that the problem was nobody could run fast enough to make the trick work. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z He might be able to trick these mangy outlaws into letting the prince go. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z “Percy, something is about to happen. A trick that ends in death.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “Oh, a couple of silly tricks,” he said. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z They chirp and whistle, and he tricks them into showing themselves by clicking two coins together, which sounds like their chatter. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z As much as she admired Diana, she wouldn’t be tricked by her, or even by Betsy, to joining any protest. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z It might be a trick, but it was no coincidence. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z She used to make me wear earplugs at night so I wouldn’t hear her in the next room, talking dirty to tricks in other time zones. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The trick is to not dig away the whole mound, but to work tunnels to those pockets. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Not his trick with the sympathy lamps—I recognized that for what it was: showmanship, a bluff to impress ignorant townsfolk. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She looked at Mo. The little trick with the burning match didn’t seem to have surprised him. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z The trick in killing Secretary of State Seward, Booth reminds Powell, isn’t the actual murder. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Teresa? he said in his mind, closing his eyes, as if that would do the trick. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z But soon I was distracted as the girls gathered around to watch our driver do a magic trick with a disappearing pebble. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Their Dad did a trick for George with a matchstick and a handkerchief. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z “Cory wanted a sister! He was going to show us some basketball tricks,” I said. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z He laid it on the table and waited until each of The Souls had inspected it thoroughly before saying, "Gopal gave me this little sculpture. It can do tricks." The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z It was a trick to ascertain how much insurance there was. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z They each wore several layers of clothing, more than usual, both as a packing trick and because they were going to be outside for several hours. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Or I might copy a trick I had seen lawyers use, both in life and on television. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z It was like a conjurer’s trick, the swift disappearance of his hostility. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “Make sure you’re honest about his condition. It’s a tough situation. We don’t want to trick anyone into falling in love with a terminally ill dog. We have to be honest. Okay?” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Richard looks at me warily, as if he thinks this could be a trick. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z “Nobody asked you. Why don’t you do one of your stupid magic tricks and make yourself disappear?” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z She fooled the minders and climbed out as usual, but she didn’t feel much like any real tricks. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z “Nonsense, we don’t do tricks!” he managed to say. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z “Is this some trick to postpone your punishment?” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z And Werfel wondered whether this was a trick by the secret police. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z But Nereus had a few tricks left, too. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z As always, Durham presented itself as a model of tolerance and racial goodwill in housing, but a Duke sociology student found real estate agents there performed the same tricks used across the country. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Undoubtedly older heads than this boy’s had egged him on to this wretched, scurvy trick, but Mr. Lyte had no wish to go into the matter beyond the recovery of his own property. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “In the old days, a guy named Sisyphus tricked Death and tied him up. Another time, Hercules wrestled him to the ground.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z But everything has turned around so fast, like a magician’s trick: foreign hands moved behind the curtain and one white King was replaced with another. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z For the first time in years, I used one of the tricks Ben had taught me for calming and sharpening the mind. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z But everything was unlikely these days, and Reynie preferred almost any explanation to the one that seemed most plausible: For some awful, unknown reason, Mr. Benedict had tricked them. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z They were all eating and laughing and playing such tricks out of pure frolic as might be the marvel of a king’s court. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z “You don’t have to whisper. No one comes here at night It’s ugly territory, and they’re all in bed, unless they’re tricking.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z At the first, no doubt, he thought it was all some new trick of mine. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “How do I know to trust you, human? You have tricked me once already.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Maybe a few more drops would do the trick. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Emily was so pleased that her trick had worked she almost missed Mr. Quisling’s stare shift momentarily to herself. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z His vision was still tinted red, and he realized his eyes weren’t playing tricks on him. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “And if you get lonely, you can talk to me with your . . . trick all you want. I’ll try to answer back.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z With such sorceries at her command, she should soon have no more need of the feeble tricks of alchemists and pyromancers. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “The trick is to get back down alive.” Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z The trick is to hold the rope on your left and right while stepping over gaps onto wooden slats. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z He lifts both his arms like a magician presenting a trick. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Long story short, I can trick the regulator into pulling all the oxygen out of the Hab. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The trick to negotiation was to hold all the cards going in, and even if you didn’t, to try to look as though you did. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Mrs. Harper taught us tricks to remember which letters go with which lines and spaces. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Although there is no direct link between this incident and spymaster Washington at that time, later in the war he would often use such tricks. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “You said this was a story without tricks.” A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z This gets him laughing like his eyebrow trick gets Axel going. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z He knew now that it had been a mistake coming here, that Archie had faked him out, tricked him. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She makes a noise like someone seeing a magic trick for the first time. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z She never teases him like the other kids, and he does tricks for her. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z "Nobody else could have thought up a trick like that! Your father was right to warn me about you!" Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z Tim does a quick card trick with a volunteer from the audience, then returns to the stage to set up the main event. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z “We went all that way— “It was a trick,” I said. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z And there was another trick where you rubbed gently with a pencil and a message appeared. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z It was an old trick; his father employed the same strategy. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Also there's this trick picture of Jesus on the wall, where his eyes keep following you, and you go cross-eyed looking at it. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z “Anatsou prefers his tricks, but...but he supposes the human girl’s logic is sound. She has won Anatsou’s game, and so...” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z “And what a scream! If she had been in great pain one would have excused it, but she only wanted to bring us all here: I know her naughty tricks.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z She felt exhausted and out of tricks, but her mind was clear. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The a-helix had not been found by only staring at X-ray pictures; the essential trick, instead, was to ask which atoms like to sit next to each other. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z None of his tricks, if he could even call them that, worked. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z It took a lot to get Leo’s attention away from his work, but that did the trick. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The trick lies in figuring out how to budget your energy so there’ll be some left over for the next day. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z They have absorbed a vast inventory of words, idioms, constructions, tropes, and rhetorical tricks, and with them a sensitivity to how they mesh and how they clash. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z “I plan on doing other tricks, too, but this is just a sampling.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z I will trick you and deceive you, lie, cheat, and steal to find you, tempt you out of your hiding place, and chase you until you have nowhere else to run. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Catarino, who did not believe in magical tricks of strength, bet him twelve pesos that he could not move the counter. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z The first sergeant paused for a moment—he saw me moving and must’ve figured his tantrum had done the trick. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z The crew compared notes on what had happened in Salt Lake City, but even Leo’s ridiculous story about how he tricked Narcissus wasn’t enough to cheer up the group. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z While the optimist struggled to defend herself, I scrambled to think of an answer to what had obviously become a trick question. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z I thought it was some trick of the moonlight, some weird effect of shadow; but I kept looking, and it could be no delusion. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z “That was a dirty trick you played on me,” he said. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “No tricks, no weapons, skill against skill alone.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “Nothing. It’s nothing at all. Just my nervous Nellie ears playing tricks on me. You’re an old fool,” she said to herself as she turned back to the stove. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z This was my mind, playing tricks on me. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “What, are you deaf? Fat kid asthma attack. It's the oldest trick in the whole fat kid book. Just follow my lead.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z "Gilgamesh beat him," said Mo. "He tricked him into removing them." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z I think I see it move a fraction of an inch, but maybe my eyes are playing a trick on me. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z “I’m telling it, Tab! So they trick her. They put a mirror up in a tree and pretend it’s the moon. She sees it shining through the branches. So she eats.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z “False lenses are the oldest trick in the book—and trust me, I know ’em all.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Loki’s green eyes flashed with anger and with admiration, for he loved a good trick as much as he hated being fooled. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z She had a funny sense of humor and liked to play tricks. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Others say that he made Apollo angry and that the god by a trick got his sister to slay him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z I saw how, by imitating it, I could trick Cristiana and sow discord to the confusion of all. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “Where’s the canoe? Can we find our way back to it, or is that going to play tricks with us as well?” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z That would be the crudest trick the gods had played on her yet, and they’d played some pretty cruel tricks. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z By this point he knew there would be some kind of trick involved; and knowing this, he felt sure he’d be ready for it. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Athena had tricked him and there was no way of escape. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “Man, you’ve never seen those before? There’s a simple trick to getting out.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Since Oscar is It, I wonder if he’s trying to trick us into coming out of our hiding places. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z David said, “How can you not speak to us when you’re the ones who played the trick?” Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “I guess there are tricks to every trade,” said Adam. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The tent full of people on raised circular platforms, performing tricks with bright white fire. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z "This is either a cruel trick or the man was insane." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Supreme and James watch me with amused expressions, and it’s as if I’m their pet, about to perform a trick. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z For a while Dad’s counting concentration trick works. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z Billy Pilgrim went on skating, doing tricks in sweatsocks, tricks that most people would consider impossible—making turns, stopping on a dime and so on. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “He’d come up with some fancy scheme to trick the Rattler into giving himself away. You know, a con.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z But Citra wasn’t quite ready, still wondering if this might be a trick. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z There’s no District 12 to escape from now, no Peacekeepers to trick, no hungry mouths to feed. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Maybe practiced tricks in the parking lot after all the buses were gone. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z What was interesting about this little insight was that I could see the army had a point, but it still seemed like a sneaky trick to perpetrate on all those simple country folk. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z She wondered why she had forgotten that wonderful trick. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z They are smart birds that can learn aerial tricks and navigate their way back home. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Pauling’s success with the polypeptide chain had naturally suggested to Francis that the same tricks might also work for DNA. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z It was preordained, a bulletproof future they’d tricked themselves into believing was guaranteed to them. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “But they’re not worried about that. They just want to get it into court—” “As a kind of propaganda trick, que no?” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sure. Framing somebody to start a war. Oldest trick in the book. I recognized it immediately. In a way, you got me to thank for your little quest.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Nancy was a very good twirler and taught us younger kids all her tricks. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z But Dad took it slowly, and within a couple of months the older children had learned all the tricks involved. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z But when the grief yearning scent was strongest, none of his tricks would work. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z "Much better. Whatever you shot into my arm did the trick," he says. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z His heart thumped faster instead of slower—the relaxing trick wasn’t working this time. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z "I'm afraid greed got the best of you, Theo. By taking white's queen you were tricked into opening your defense. I know, I've lost a few games that way myself." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z You think he’d try to pull a trick like that, have her testify without glasses? Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Something to do with tricking him into eating meat. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z A panic darted through him, a trick of his mind. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “Hasn’t he got another rabbit to pull from his bag of tricks?” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z The trick was to plant both my feet on the ground, near the wall, then launch myself to the top of the opposite wall and hit with my back. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He was a smart old fellow and had a sackful of tricks. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I feel a little bad about the trick now, not knowing if some boys who were really sick couldn’t get that medicine because we had gotten it first. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “You need to become a better marble player before the other fellas will accept you. I’m gonna teach you some tricks.” Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Monteverdi brought all the tricks he was learning composing madrigals and sacred choral music into his telling of Orpheus’s descent into the Underworld to rescue his recently lost lover, Euridice. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z For some reason, Onofre’s attitude, tone of voice, words, or all three taken together did the trick. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It might be a trick of the light, but I’m pretty sure I spot a small tear running down her cheek. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Of course, the trick there was that Vince had to be willing to learn. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z If I do a stupid magic trick with him at the talent show, it will just remind everybody about why I was disqualified and why I had my blue ribbon ripped away. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z "Good. He was terrible. I don't like Cohn, God knows, and I think it was a silly trick for him to go down to San Sebastian, but nobody has any business to talk like Mike." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z I could, by a trick of terror, turn that vision into my own house tumbling down. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “And then you tricked me into going into a stranger’s apartment.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z There were a frosted cake and homemade cone hats, and Mama wore a satiny cape and sparkles on her face and did magic tricks. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s also seeing the trick through another lens, a scientific one. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z And I was prepared to wait that long myself before I tried some dangerous trick that might get me home. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z He was very brave and smart and he tricked the giants and escaped . . . but no sooner was he outside the castle than die Others took him, and drank his hot red blood. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I could catch him when his thoughts were focused on something else, trick him into trying to protect one memory when I was really going after another. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Occasionally Cora’s mind tricked her and she’d turn the story into one of her memories, inserting the faces of ghosts, all the slave dead, who looked down at her with love and indulgence. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Then, because they have learned to fear their trainer, they can be made to perform stupid tricks dressed in unsuitable clothes, day after day, night after night. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z “Well, they distracted the soldiers, tricked them into turning and chasing them, the decoys. If that hadn’t happened, I wouldn’t be telling you this story.” In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z He said someone must be playing a trick on me. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Perry taught him several tricks: to play with a paper ball, to beg, to perch on Perry’s shoulder. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z “An ugly lives for tricks. Haven’t you ever done something just because a mysterious stranger intrigued you?” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Then on a day so like summer that the apple trees were tricked into fruit, there came another visitor. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Performers spotting them in the audience will bring out their best tricks. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “It will not play tricks on you. As for you, Ranofer,” he turned interested eyes on the younger boy, “come with me. I have a task for you.” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z The trick was to refuse to allow your pain to prevent you from living honorably. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “You know any magic tricks to make garbage disappear? Can’t you just wave a wand or something?” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z “Are you trying to trick me into singing for you?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Two friends, who liked to play tricks on one another and on other people, decided that they would go to the burial too. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z “He never comes in here for a trick,” Doris said a little sadly. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z There was something at the edge of Silas’s lips that might have been a smile, and might have been regret, and might just have been a trick of the shadows. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z He might’ve tricked me into one kiss, but there is no way he is getting another one! A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z He doesn't seem angry about my tricking him, drugging him, and running off to the feast. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I did my trick from yesterday, making myself small and lowering my head in submission. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z The man on the stage, a slick-haired, bearded fellow whose white gloves move like birds against the black of his suit, performs simple tricks and sleight-of-hand misdirections. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I knew she was trying to trick me. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z “Good luck with the idealist. Don't let him play another trick on you.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “We do not believe that she would help you. It must be a trick.” Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z “Friends, older than me. Uglies like us, who try to figure out how stuff works. And how to trick it.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z “This could be a trick!” said the Head of the Fire Department. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z Only if I tamed him could I possibly trick him into dying first, if we had to come to that sorry business. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “No one’s going to die. My friends have prepared a trick that El-ahrairah himself would be proud of.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z As I stand in the water, I begin to wonder about the wisdom of my latest trick. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “That would have been a real trick,” Edwin said. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z When Joseph turned back to the dining room, his uncle had vanished, like a magic trick. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Her stories of Br’er Rabbit’s tricks on the other animals always made me laugh. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “It is nearing Halloween. Are you playing tricks or treats?” My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z "I love you," John said, rejoicing, tricked by the barks and the howls. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z The displays Bailey has difficulty thinking of as tricks meld one into the other. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Not that I ever believed that the whole production of World War II was a trick of the eye manip- ulated by a bunch of calculating fat old men, appealing though this idea was. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Disguising themselves was one of their favorite tricks. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z But the trick is that in America, nobody wants to answer questions. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z The trick was they had to hide their superpowers, which is hard when you are so awesome at baseball. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z I also sold at the back doors of the wealthier clients in town, trying to remember what my father had told me and learning a few new tricks as well. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z What kind of a trick question was that? The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z I maintained the hope, however, that Francis might already be on to the vital trick and would immediately blurt it out when he got to the lab. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z There were no more tricks to play; exhausted, despairing, he collapsed on his bed and fell asleep. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Maybe there was a trick to this as well. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Or it had tricked its owner into letting it play in the courtyard, and then leapt over the roof of the new wing. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s a trick they like to pull when they suspect someone but don’t have enough evidence. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z The crow had tricked him into flying, but when he woke up he was broken and the world was changed. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Now everyone learned about the nasty trick the junior wife had played. The husband sent her back to her parents, and gave all her jewelry to the senior wife.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z If there is such a thing as a haunted place, that one was haunted, made so by dim light strained through the leaves and various tricks of perspective. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z But it is no use, we listen for every explosion that comes close, miscount the tricks, and fail to follow suit. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Shay’s disappearing trick had gone too far, leaving Tally to explain. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z My bigger pranks had been all in fun: moving outhouses to trick farmers and things like that. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew when I see Biddy look down at her toes, like she waiting for ’em to do tricks, that I be free of scrubbing. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “Who did those drawings? Who is playing this trick on me?” The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z Somehow, he’d gotten bigger—or maybe her eyes were playing tricks on her. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “And I mean stay right here. I’m going to try once more to get the little eyases. I have one more trick up my sleeve.” Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z My parents waited nervously as the doctors tried every trick they knew. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z She began to show us a few steps and tricks, be-ginning with the splits. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z The trick of it seemed to have escaped him. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z She had all the knowledge then of a grown person, she’d enter into conversation with men and women as clever and full of tricks as someone of eighteen. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Now there was no one to show her anything anymore; the tricks, in her dimming memory, glowed with magic again, like an old mirror resilvered by candlelight. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z They forgot El-ahrairah, for what use had they for tricks and cunning, living in the enemy’s warren and paying his price? Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Chunking is not just a trick for improving memory; it’s the lifeblood of higher intelligence. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z The trick, I realized, was not to talk about it. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z After a few more tricks she tucks the ball beneath her arm, grabs her bag, and walks offstage. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Apparently, my reverse psychology trick has not worked as well as I’d hoped. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Time can play all sorts of tricks on you. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z I knew the fifty yards had saved us a good hour, because he could have pulled trick after trick if he had gotten in the water. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She was invulnerable to praise, reason, and shame, which meant she couldn’t be coaxed or persuaded, and she was cunning, which made her hard to trick. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z To break them, she used every trick she knew. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Stella used to perform in a large and famous circus, and she still does some of those tricks for our show. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z Her gentle efforts to guide the hand of destiny, by decoying her master with fertile tricks or by reticent considerations these had not bean strong enough to be recognized in the despotism of fife. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z At this point I used one of the tricks of the stage. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z There I offered, not my trick prayers, but my honest-to-God ones. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z All afternoon, while we read Bible stories out loud and watched Miss Rhonda’s teenage son do magic tricks, I thought about that note in my pocket. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Also of exceptional general interest was a series of tricks whereby Dad could multiply large numbers in his head, without using pencil and paper. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z Thus, the essential trick of gene replication could come from the requirement that each base in the newly synthesized chain always hydrogen-bonds to an identical base. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z “It’s probably some kind of trick,” I said. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Especially intriguing was his hunch that specific ions might be the trick for the exact copying of macromolecules or the attraction between similar chromosomes. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Two summers ago, Kronos had tricked us to the very edge of the pit and almost pulled us in. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z It took a good hog dog to pull off the trick; but the way Burn Sanderson talked about Old Yeller, I was willing to bet that he was that good. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Prolix, quartz, quandary, sylpb, rhythm, all the old tricks with consonants I could dream up or remember. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z “Who could possibly trick me?” the second voice said, all wide eyes and breathless wonder. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z “We will remember that, if this turns out to be a trick.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z I hear her tired voice and think of all the tricks Stella has learned. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z Getting the firebox over the doorsill was a small problem, but I remembered a trick of my mother’s: I rubbed the sill with very soapy water, and the masonite slid over easily. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Those conversations could trick me into believing I could say anything, even though there was so much I was holding back. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z It was a trick, I thought, a collapsible sword. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z He would have suspected a trick, if he could have formulated such a complicated thought. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z “This is an outrage, Judge. I retract my bid on the grounds that I have been tricked, manipulated, and lied to. This man is a charlatan. He told me he worked for the government.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z By the time I was seven or eight, I was too smart to be tricked, so she changed tactics. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z No one moved at first, probably thinking it was a trick. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z And after his experience being tricked in the fortified village, he doubted any Vietnamese would help him. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z I’m a little mad that he tricked me. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z Again, it didn’t cross the white men’s minds that a trick like that might be pulled on them by Negroes. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z They’d gotten so many phony messages sent by Japanese soldiers who spoke perfect English that they thought it was just an enemy trick. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Though, if the Black Tips thought tricks like this would keep the Wraith from her goal, they were sadly mistaken. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “I thought I heard yelling . . Mama put her hand against her cheek. “I guess my ears are playing tricks. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Maybe the bus driver would let him on the bus because he was so smart and would do tricks for all the kids. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Afraid his eyes were playing some sort of trick on him, he pointed out the star to other people and established that they too could see it. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “Look about you before you do a stupid trick like that!” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z In the back of her mind, she had a nagging thought: What if this is a trick and he betrays us? The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z "There's no salt, my dear, but if you shake this on, it will do the trick. A little basil, a little mountain thyme—my own receipt." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Maybe it was his mind playing tricks, the G forces sloshing his brain around, but A-Dawg was sure he saw his dog nod. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z Was there a trick to sitting on the horsehair sofa? Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z “What you think I did? I turned around and asked if she had a problem with me. Ol’ trick, gon’ say, ‘I wasn’t even talking about you,’ knowing she was! The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z After reading this book, I realized how teens are very gullible; getting tricked into doing things against their will because they want to fit in and be popular. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “It is a trick. Your brother is dead.” Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z By subjecting it to the economist’s favorite trick: regression analysis. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z The sun beats down on us, turning the air to steam, playing tricks on our eyes. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z There were also a couple of times in February when Julian, Miles, and Henry played tricks on Jack. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z “His arguments blind the eyes of good Christians with tricks of the Devil.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z “What my brother tricked Adiah into doing to Lkossa nearly a hundred years ago was...cataclysmic, an unprecedented violence against the innocent.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z So often, nothing could deliver me from fear, but then sometimes, just listening to Daisy did the trick. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z It had been a trick of the light. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It made no sense that she’d go through an elaborate ruse to trick me into believing that he’d followed through on his promise. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z I wasn’t sure if it was a trick question, and seeing how I didn’t want to derail our rock-a-thon of love with a wrong answer, I kind of hedged, although what I said was true. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z She becomes pretty so suddenly that it's almost like a magic trick—but it's not like I want her or anything. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z She wondered if the same trick might work twice, should her own turn come. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z At the end we voted on which hut had given the best performance, and the kids gave due consideration to the juggling acts, the joke-tellers, the card tricks, and me. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z “It was only a coin trick. It’s not like he was doing an underwater escape.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z For some the spell lasted only while the voice spoke to them, and when it spoke to another they smiled, as men do who see through a juggler’s trick while others gape at it. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z I wish I could draw a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, or a fist full of twenty dollar bills, and perform some magic trick and make it real. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z I will knock and say “trick or treat” like a song, and Madge will play it on the trombone—A, A, F—quietly, she says, with a glance at my muffs. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z All of these things are possible: we’ve both reached that borderline age, that buffer zone in which it can still be believed such tricks will work if you avoid bright sunlight. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z We’ll teach these little mice to be as clean as pins—and to do tricks. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z I learned a trick with the soup, which was to wait awhile before lining up for it. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z At some point, they realized that they had been tricked. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z That’s the principal trick of Congolese cooking: rubbing two leaves together to give color and taste to another day’s translucent, nutritionally blank ball of manioc. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Madame now has a new trick up her sleeve: trying to get out of washing the pots and pans. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z She stepped from the carriage, flesh envivified; her brain tricked out in schemes; I have forgot my mantilla; only this do I recall; she ran. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z He used that "like a man" all the time to trick me into telling on myself, but it was okay, because I did believe that a man stands up and admits what he's done. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z ‘Let me have no more of your tricks and insolence, El-ahrairah. Where are the carrots?’ Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “You hid them in the refrigerator, and it’s a mean trick.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z This was a trick; he was clearly trying to throw her off. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z But it is only a trick of my imagination; nearly everything that I knew in Coalwood is gone. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z What if the solution to the structure of DNA could be achieved by the same “tricks” that Pauling had pulled? The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z I gave a hesitant nod, trick questions were fairly common around lesson time. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He was friendly, in a treacherous sort of way, smiling into one’s face the while he meditated some underhand trick, as, for instance, when he stole from Buck’s food at the first meal. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z I think my head was playing tricks on me, because I knew what I really wanted was for Liam to do that—do more than that. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Others looked as innocent as maids, but that was just a trick of their trade. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z As if that sort of trick could work on her. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He couldn’t see how the mammoth walls could possibly be mobile—felt so sure of it he relaxed, thinking Chuck was just playing a trick on him. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z The image staring back at me shows that the Kool-Aid trick worked. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Nothing seemed to change in the big grassy field beyond, but Leo was sure Hazel had some Mistalicious tricks up her sleeve. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Perhaps he would share a trick with me before he stopped his answers and began his questions. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Bertha ran after me, calling, “I knew it! I knew my meat loaf would do the trick.” Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z “Could that mouse of a maester be doing this? Maesters know spells and other tricks. He might be using one to poison me, hoping I will let him cut my hand off.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z A month, maybe two, and the families with their out-of-state plates and minivans that were a tick too nice for the parking lot would disappear like a magic trick. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “It can’t be done by fighting or fair words, no. So it will have to be done by means of a trick.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z People were scared to bring Stalin bad news, and he was sure he couldn’t be tricked. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “Yeah. It’s a pretty serious trick. Anyway, I wore this mask and crashed a party. They almost caught me, so I grabbed a bungee jacket.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Or what if—this had suddenly occurred to Reynie—what if S.Q.’s note had been left on purpose, to trick sneaking children like themselves? The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Harry stressed the smokiness of the tent in an effort to avert the deadly dosing, and this apparently did the trick. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z He loved to play tricks, delighted in horsing around, always seemed to have a joke at the ready. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The Indian system of numbering allowed them to use fancy tricks to add, subtract, multiply, and divide numbers without using an abacus to help them. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Arms crossed, her expression just as smug as when she tricked her grandpa into buying her that expensive bat. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z It didn’t look like anything special, but it was manned by the Stoll brothers, and I shuddered to think what dirty tricks they’d schemed up. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z A trick rider had claimed that he could jump a car while riding two horses simultaneously, “Roman” style—a foot in one stirrup of each. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe putting aside his pain to help his friends had done the trick. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “You will be able to teach him all your tricks, so that he grows up to be the greatest knight in the world.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Those fickle tricks of memory were even more critical when the killing of the workers was brought up. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Suddenly, Shirley remembered the trick she had played, bribing the boys. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z One of my dumber tricks was to pee in her favorite rosebush, which was planted in a pot on the patio outside my bedroom door. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z After Sam showed me a Zippo lighter trick, I asked her more about Mary Elizabeth. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z You’ve played some trick on the dividing of my cells so my body can never be free of the small parts of Africa it consumed. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “What about tricks to keep you from slipping into others’ heads?” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z There were no more tricks or merry games. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z The trick of emptying, in fact the only way it was possible for her, was to close her eyes, hold her breath and avert her head. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Erlan said he and his brothers tricked their teachers all the time, and the other kids at our old school. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z “This whole trick where you haven’t turned pretty yet. Very mysterious.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z But if my mind is playing tricks, isn’t it more likely to be the dream that’s illusory? The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z They were obviously trying to play a trick on her. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z I’ve discovered a trick, and the effect is overwhelming, just like pricking someone with a pin and watching them jump. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “Yes. And this trick, Blackberry, is going to be devised by you.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The guy had once tricked him into visiting Hades’s palace, and Percy had ended up in a cell. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “If I knew that trick, I'd have used it by now,” I say. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I knew this was a trick, the bag must have been empty, but I looked inside anyway. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z That did the trick: seven other horses were entered to try for second place. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Through our conversation it came up that I spoke several African languages, and Theesan thought a colored kid speaking black languages was the most amazing trick. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z In confrontation, a wizard should trick the Kappa into bowing—if it does so, the water in the hollow of its head will run out, depriving it of all its strength. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z So at this point Gilly was not ready to pull her time-honored trick of stopping work just when the teacher had become convinced that she had a bloody genius on her hands. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z She never ratted me out to my parents, but obviously she’d remembered the trick. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z They didn’t play tricks on me, I think, because they knew that if they got caught “bullying” me, it would be big-time trouble for them. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z “A Greek trick! Greeks are infamous for their tricks!” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z She would have a way of tucking it up to fit, some trick a waiter in Paris had taught her. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z I didn’t hurt nothing, but soon’s I jumped back up, Flapjack did another trick I hadn’t never seen him do afore. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z He would know right away the deception, the trick of shapes and light and movement, but it wouldn’t matter at all because the deception was part of it too. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The trick is trying to figure which attack is coming when. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Junior and I would sometimes fight for the hammock, and if he got it, I would trick him by loosening its ropes so that he would fall once he sat in it. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z At first, she thought it was a trick of her imagination, a by-product of the pain still throbbing in her head, but...no, this light was real. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z He wanted that gold, yet he feared a trick; he had the look of a man who had often been tricked. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z But the magic trick came with a catch. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z “It’s got a few tricks up its handlebars now. Tha’ one was my idea.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The more I thought about it, the more the feeling grew in me that it was wrong; it was as if he were playing some kind of a trick on me. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z The most obvious reason why they’re not is that employers resist wage increases with every trick they can think of and every ounce of strength they can summon. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z She was so shocked, she even forgot that she was annoyed at Harry for his trick with the bezoar. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z He’d learned the trick from an East Stave magician with a fire-breathing act that had run for years before the man had accidentally poisoned himself by ingesting kerosene. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “The gods are playing tricks on us. How could they be so cruel and still make the sky so lovely?” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But the trick was this: If you went through the wrong door, the room you entered had an electric floor, and you got a shock. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z He never actually tricked me, but he thought my straight-faced reactions were hilarious. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z It was partly, I suppose, that I was so floored by the fact that Ruth would come out with such a trick. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Some heavy eye makeup would really do the trick. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Just her imagination, a trick of the light on the water. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “He’s getting to be almost a trick pony,” he complained. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z I lay out how we are all in jeopardy, how the whole country is in jeopardy because of my trick with the berries. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z "Despite all their tricks," he remembered, "I had succeeded in keeping from them the most important things I knew." Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “Though it’s little faith I’m having, John, that the beast can do the trick.” The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z “A lot of people don’t realize that children at a studio like mine can already perform more difficult tricks than many, many Broadway professionals can. Even adults. Isn’t that right, Shawn?” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z I’ve got to get out into the world, though, trick myself into thinking it is any other day. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Genie also felt bad about those poor thirsty plants, so he started watering them, and plucking off the leaves that had died—tricks he’d learned from Grandma in the pea garden. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “It’s been a few years since I heard that. Back when I worked as a scriv we’d trick the first-termers into giving us a penny to use the Archives. Called it a stack fee.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Surely. He can do any number of tricks. Would you like to see some?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z She imagined her family looking at her in amazement when they saw Paganini do tricks. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z “There has to be some kind of trick to it,” says Elsie. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z The trick was to observe everything and every person without becoming the object of anyone's negative attention. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z “Never mind the trick. What the hell’s the point ?” Dunbar pondered in silence for a few moments. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z But they had succeeded in playing a very simple trick, bamboozling the Mark commander, attacking his sentries and escaping by night. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe it was just a trick to see if I was dumb enough to look for something that wasn’t there. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z “Illusions, of course—tricks, games of seeming. Like this!” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z For the last couple nights, Nailer had lain in his bunk, his head filled with words and letters, dreaming of spellings that Knot had tricked him with. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z “Do it! He deserves it! He lied to us! He tricked us! He pretended to be our friend!” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z I remembered what Thalia had said to me in the entry hall, looking at me all puzzled when I asked about the finger-snap trick: Hasn’t Chiron shown you how to do that yet? The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Here’s a trick to help keep them straight. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The War of the Worlds broadcast wasn’t the first time—or the last—that a media hoax tricked people. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z “The trick is to get into the mind of the turkey.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z She’d been practicing this trick, but never with something so heavy and dense. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z It felt like hopping from stone to stone, picking up tricks of the trade along the way, leveling up on his way to the final battle. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z He would find out soon enough that his trick had not worked. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z The butter is a trick I learned at the Rachel and Leah Center. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z And although Dr. Cable’s office back in the city might be one big lie detector, this table and chair were solid wood, without any tricks inside. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z The outlaws drifted in for the meal like a conjuring trick. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Milligan started to turn, but the terrified children, realizing they’d been tricked and not wanting to believe it, clutched at one another and did not move. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z “Because they think we won’t leave. That we say we’re coming for a visit, but it’s a trick so we can stay forever.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z But on the other hand, Spurge had tricked him. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z It was a dirty trick, but it killed old Phoebe. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z There were wonderful suppositions embedded in this method of reading: that books are not tricks, and that I was not feeble. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Cold with dread, Harry slowly pulled out the bag of Zonko’s tricks and the Marauder’s Map. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Kaede wondered if her eyes were playing tricks on her, for he seemed to be lengthening. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z And from what I can guess, it’s the oldest hospital trick in the book, taken straight from that movie The Fugitive, which Mom and I recently watched on TNT. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z They figured out a way to trick him. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z She told Odysseus, who was at first inclined to think it all a trick on her part to do something detestable to him,—drown him, very likely,—but she finally convinced him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z I have a trick to tell someone’s public face from their private one. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Bull saw Ben set up a trick that Bull had taught his son. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z That afternoon I had a session with Dr Dunbar at his surgery in Cathedral Road, Cardiff, and I tried the same tricks all over again. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z I tell Emery all about Jamie, because if I keep talking about the things that make me happy I can trick myself into forgetting about the things that don’t. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z As if through dark glass I could see him lying flat in his circle of sandbags, silent and scared, listening, telling himself it was all a trick of the dark. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I cleared my mind with one of the tricks I’d already learned, and bore down on believing. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z "I don't think I'll remember. Not even with a bag of pretzels," I say, guessing that this is some kind of trick to get me to talk. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z That was one of his tricks, whenever she was put off or irritated—changing the subject in the sweetest way possible. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z The world has a tendency to trick people. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z At school, my plan was to do the “hat trick” again until some teacher made me take the cap off. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “No, I’m not tricking you. We live there. We moved in two days ago. Honest.” Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z “Yes, my brother and his litde tricks. Bring them forth, Percy Jackson.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z "Knowing they'll knock the daylights out of me soon as they find out I tricked them?" The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z You know the sort: brave orphans trick the Chandrian, win riches, marry princesses, and live happily ever after. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “We hunt filth like you. We know all of your tricks.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z ‘Isn’t there some trick? Wouldn’t the beast bolt back to him with all our stuff, or help in tracking us, or something?’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z When the youngest boys got very hungry, some of the older boys played a trick to help them. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z To prove it, he used a trick he had devised to discover whether his children were listening when they begged him to read to them and would not let him stop. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The trick is at the other end, where the closing quotation marks go. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. van Daan thought a good laxative in her coffee might do the trick. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Likely the Devil had tricked the boys into laziness, for they were found asleep and given a sound beating. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z When she worked at the famous circus, Stella had to balance on a pedestal for her most difficult trick. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z Since many of them had done it before, there was no particular trick to it. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He rode backward with no hands, he rode on his own handlebars, he jumped off and back on his moving bike as he had seen trick horseback riders do in the movies. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m sure she’s learned a trick or two. Let’s try to ask her.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z I kept waiting for it to be a trick, for them to turn and say, “It’s you!” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The day we were going to pick her up at the bus station in Asheville, I spent the morning practicing tricks with Wishbone. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z It was just his mind playing tricks, fantasizing that the liquid all around was actually water. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Even though my brother was gone, lately I had started thinking: what if it was all a trick? The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z The trick was in deciding when to stop rolling and stick with your dice, because there was always a chance that you’d end up with nothing. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z One tribe even tricked us by first trading goats to us for some empty cooking oil cans we had, then sneaking up on us to steal their goats back. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z This was a new trick of his, riding home, hanging off the tailboard. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I use a paintbrush to spread the powder, a trick Maman taught me, to coat it evenly. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z He saw her as the passionate spirit of innocent youth, now beleaguered by the trick which is played on youth—the trick of treachery in the body, which turns flesh into green bones. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z As soon as Omakayas saw Tatah, an itchy, joking mood always came upon her and she looked around to see what tricks she could play on her quiet cousin. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z I haven't gotten them to do any tricks like the pigeon trainers in Afghanistan have done, but I'm working on it. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “Compromise,” Kaz said, “I’m sorry does the trick and uses fewer bullets.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Dad says, "This is a trick, right? Do something else." Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Does she do tricks for them? Like she used to for the sailors along Hancock’s Wharf?’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s some sort of trick! ” said the so-called doctor. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z "That would be a fine trick, without a wolf." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She would have stopped immediately had she not still been so completely bound to the notion that this was a bush, and that she was witnessing some trick of darkness and perspective. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Some say there was a faint grin on his face, kind of playful, as though the Knot wasn’t his enemy at all, but an old pal just playing a little trick on him. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He stretches the bill, snaps it a couple of times, showing that it is, in fact, just a standard Andrew Jackson, nothing fancy, no tricks. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z She knew her father would tell her that it was only the fading light playing tricks on her. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z "Not cynicism—realism. The trick is to take advantage of them in their own best interest." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z His mind plays tricks, too: he walks into a room and forgets why he’s there. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Watching the Warrens live was like watching a magic trick, as miraculous as transforming an empty soda can into a silver pitcher, or pulling a steaming pie from a silk top hat. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z It was as if he were looking in a trick mirror where he saw himself perfectly but on a smaller scale. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “My eyes aren’t too good, and I wondered if they had played me a trick,” he recalled. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z “Marjory told me all about how you tricked her into stealing that book,” said a man in a priest collar, who Kyle figured had to be Father Mike, chaperone for the Midwest team. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z The moon hid behind the clouds, and the night shadows played tricks on Amari’s imagination. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “I just try to make grammatical sense with the remaining letters. Anyway, it's just a trick.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z “We can’t trust them! It’s a trick. I know it is. It’s a trick to get us to come out of our hiding place!” Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Many turned on funny tricks—a silly keyword, perhaps, or a pun. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z There was a trick where he pretended to slap me in the face to check my reflexes. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z As a keeper, he had watched and learned the tricks and moves of successful offensive players, and had noted how the best had worked to keep a goalie off balance. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Here everything was new plastic, a ghost trick to lure immigrants into feeling safe and spilling their secrets. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Everyone has a sense of how much this next trick means to the Great Timdini. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z “Simple if you know the trick of it, remarked the vulture as she laid a falcon egg.” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z I let myself feel the smallness and closeness of the closet pressing in on me, and I think about Sir Patrick Moore’s black hole trick, when he just vanished into thin air. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “Your grandfather was a big landlord, and you’d better watch out. We won’t put up with any of your landlord tricks.” Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “They aren’t very interesting. We tried to teach them some tricks, but with no luck, I’m afraid. I think you’ll like this tank over here much better.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “No holidays, hell. Have you forgot it’s Lent? They ain’t turning a trick at Jenny’s.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I briefly consider that Finnick could have stolen it to trick me, but somehow I know this isn’t the case. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z We are insensible, dead men, who through some trick, some dreadful magic, are still able to run and to kill. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Zeus took up the white fat and was angry when he saw the bones craftily tricked out. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “Probably a long time. You pass along stuff. You know, one person figures out how to trick their board, the next finds the rapids, the next makes it to the ruins.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Francie suspected that her mother’s talking about McShane was a trick to divert her thoughts and she was angry because the trick had almost worked. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a dog here once—wild when he came, but I managed to teach him tricks. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z By some trick of the curved lines, my eyes got lost in the painting so that I kept having to refocus on tiny individual pieces of it. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z In the stories, the Thicket is where Brer Rabbit tricked Brer Fox into releasing him. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “Yes,” A-Fu said proudly, “we decided we would trick the Green Tiger into getting so angry that he would destroy himself in the well. And our plan worked! ” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z She was skeptical, because she knew the tricks the mind could play. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I go up into my bedroom, dump out my bag of tricks. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “So are you really doing those magic tricks? I love you, but those were pretty sketch.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z I used an old stage trick to keep myself from blushing, gave my best unconcerned shrug, and looked down at the willow wand I was peeling. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I thought my eyes were playing tricks on me. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z “That was just a red herring! A trick, to throw us off course.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z Tally had no idea what would happen if she got caught. her ring, skipping classes, or tricking the house into playing her music louder than allowed. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z For none of them, for all their clever tricks, had saved a village by wizardry. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z I sat still, my pen resting in my hand, my notebook open, my face flushed and my jaw jutting out into an underbite, an old trick I had to keep from looking sad or scared. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z “This must be some kind of awesome multiday trick. Are we going all the way to the sea or something?” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z The dirty tricks of making squared infinitesimals disappear and then dividing by zero to get a derivative were no longer necessary. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Attempting tricks she knew she couldn't do, rocketing to the ground over and over again. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z “The sooner, the better. I noticed a squirrel having an upside-down feast on feeder number eight. We need to put an end to that. A slicker surface might do the trick.-” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z She and Shay had shown each other a lot of tricks over the last three weeks, but they hadn’t been back into New Pretty Town since the night they’d met. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z The streets transform every ordinary day into a series of trick questions, and every incorrect answer risks a beat- down, a shooting, or a pregnancy. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Liz liked the trick I had taught her, but I wasn’t sure it was enough. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Part of me wonders if this is just some weirdo who stole my grandfather’s ring and is tricking my mom. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z “Anatsou is a maker of mischief and magic, a trader of tricks and truths. Humans will never know what Anatsou is.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Tally, Ryde, Croy, and Astrix made contact with the city uglies, starting new rumors, teaching new tricks, and offering glimpses of the ancient magazines the Boss had salvaged from the Smoke. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z “And remember, one false—” Bud Gleason blurted, “Excuse me, sir, but I ... I think I’m gonna sneeze—” “No tricks!” snarled the sawed-off shotgun. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He dared not move; it was probably just another of the fox’s tricks. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Actually I’m more disappointed in myself for the way I’m tricking people into believing that I’m something I’m not. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z The trick was to live here without hating yourself because all around you was hatred. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “Interesting. You’re from Camp Jupiter, and yet... Oh, I see. Juno is up to her tricks.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Maya had learned this trick a long time ago, the art of staying quiet and letting the other person dig themselves into a hole. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Again the language was dazzling and full of rhetorical tricks. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z And all the stuff about his sister might have been a trick bag. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z But I’m not like my mom, so light-skinned that a conk does the trick and you can go incognito. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “My poor child. You can’t be certain. It’s more than probable that your baby will be fine and healthy. Will you promise me not to try any more tricks?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The trick is to fool yourself into thinking that you’re headed somewhere: just pick a spot and set off towards it. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead it suggests that for a long time clever people who knew tricks that we have yet to learn used big chunks of Amazonia nondestructively. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “I know many trick,” Jiichan said, “and I will teach you everything I know. We have many long time until you grow up! Many long time!” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z "Like a court magician paid to entertain royal children with fireworks and tricks?" The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Next he thought of her trick—her testing of him. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z This song was about William the false lover and how he tricked pretty Peggy-o into running away with him but then murdered her. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The late afternoon sun glints in my eyes, and at first I think that what I am seeing is a trick of the light. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z “She’d never make it as a trick monkey. She only has one trick,” Piper says. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z But you know, Iorek said to me once that bears couldn’t be tricked, and showed me that I couldn’t trick him. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z My sister and the girl wanted to be left alone, but also wanted me and the boy to want to play with them, so they spurred us to do tricks that they would judge. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Sometimes, I read to him at night, played riddles with him, taught him card tricks. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “This is a robbery. Send two of your party to the top of the cliff with all your valuables. No more than two. Leave the magic horse. No flying. No tricks. Just climb.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z To hide from a swarm of hunters was truly going to be a trick. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘He may have had nothing to do with the real mischief. The big fellow with the sharp sword doesn’t seem to have thought him worth much anyhow — just left him lying: regular elvish trick.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z They arrived at twilight and as we strolled out among the sparkling hundreds Daisy's voice was playing murmurous tricks in her throat. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z "You wrote out those lines as quickly as Sander said them. A trick like that could be really useful. Why, you could copy down the plays of the Lord Admiral's men, word for word!" The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Instead I say nothing, and she walks out with Jax, boasting about math tricks. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z I conveniently forgot to mention that Worm and Dylan had tricked me into wading through sheep excrement and then bailed out a half-mile from our destination. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Surely it was a trick of the mist and light. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “I remember the way your father checked the wind was to kick up dust with his sandal, see which way the wind blew it. He knew a lot of little tricks like that,” I said. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “Passing off manipulations as tricks and illusion. Charging admission.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z "It's a trick sword? Why didn't you tell me?" The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z “You’re welcome. So, now that the science fair is finally over, you want to come to my house this weekend? Mom bought me a new trick.” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z But maybe they were so greedy that they could be foolish enough to be tricked? Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, darn,” she says before Mitch even has a chance to say trick or treat. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Here, even though there were trees everywhere, they just didn’t do the trick, when it came to blocking out the sun. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z There was no doubt about it, the Scourge didn’t miss a single trick. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Alex taught me tricks on the bike, like how to let go of the handlebars while I rode. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Arya had tried to use her hands, the way she'd seen Koss do, but fish were quicker than pigeons and the water played tricks on her eyes. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Smith said the trick was to be firm without being nasty or egotistical. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z His lips are full, not from a makeup trick or fake-looking fillers like back home. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z They never had to make this fabrication a matter of public record, however: their letter to Bloom accusing him of this deed did the trick—he finally dropped out of the fight as if poleaxed. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Even as the program ended, others remained unaware that it had been a Mischief Night trick. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z “You’re playing a close game with fifty thousand dollars,” she said, “and you’re not going to get away with it. I don’t know what the trick is, but I’m going to find out.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Peris hadn’t given an address, but Tally knew the trick for decoding the random-looking numbers at the bottom of a ping. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Kronos could influence people with dreams and trick them, but I didn’t see how he could physically overcome Artemis if he was still like a pile of evil bark mulch. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Hence many germs have had to evolve tricks to let them spread between potential victims, and many of those tricks are what we experience as “symptoms of disease.” Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z A final burst of energy flew through Inigo’s veins and he made every attempt, tried every trick, used every hour of every day of his years of experience. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z In the story they would say, Khosrou was always so mazloom that he had no idea when his sister would trick him. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z He offered their new friend a corner of the fudge on the edge of his greased knife, and showed him the trick that he always performed for anyone when he wished to be liked. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Rather than teach a series of tricks and tips for momentary success in speaking, as any catchpenny sophist might, Aristotle sought to form a coherent view of why those tips and tricks worked. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z At first, she thought her eyes were tricking her. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Thursday, January 14 Minerva is up to her old tricks again. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Most of all, I had to have a serious conversation with the god who’d tricked me. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z My brother was the one who taught me that trick. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z I couldn’t believe how many tricks they could do on a wave. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z A “good old criminal trick, of course,” Elizebeth commented, “but it worked.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z She had learned a trick or two from the Assassins over the years, but she’d never be able to disappear into the shadows the way they could. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “I’m not tricking her into talking to you. I don’t wanna get in the middle of this.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Soon he was completely blind, his knees and back and head all against the rock, and for a moment he panicked, thinking Lindsey had tricked him, and would leave him, wedged in here. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z From her training, Marti knew that this might be an old KGB trick—keeping foreigners in Moscow off balance, sleep deprived, and aware of being watched. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Tally knew how to trick an elevator, but it took time and a penknife. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z To trick him into giving scientific talks, his friends would stuff him into a taxicab and pay a one-way fare to the destination. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z My neighbors here at the Big Top Mall know many tricks. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z I just have to find some way to make it as entertaining as a cello solo, an operatic aria, or a magic trick. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z Rather, the trick lay in choosing a woman of the correct sensibility. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I watched as he demonstrated tricks and sleights of hand he learned from Yorick, but I never dared to speak to him. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z David helped his mother, searching the ruins for salvage, and taught wilderness survival tricks to any ugly who wanted to learn. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z I look at his hand first, to make sure it’s not a trick. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Maybe it’s a trick to make me let go of the keg. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “El-ahrairah was silent. But he thought, ‘Perhaps I can trick him into taking my life. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z And, although I had neither the stature nor the temperament for either role, I was expected either to sing "Old Man River" and just keep rolling along, or to do fancy tricks with my muscles. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Other men who had the talent took Samuel’s tricks and sold them and grew rich, but Samuel barely made wages all his life. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Commander Brum himself had been the one to tell Matthias how to find the secret bridge, as well as the trick for crossing it undetected. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Eleanor clung to the door and laughed until tears came into her eyes; what fools they are, she thought; we trick them so easily. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z He already regretted tricking his parents into letting him stay here. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Then Smith asked him to turn sharply left, a trick he had learned to test the suspensory ligaments. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z His Unseen had improved enough now to know when Ruza was trying to trick him. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z You could not trick a bear, but, as Lyra had shown him, Iofur did not want to be a bear, he wanted to be a man; and Iorek was tricking him. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z In her excitement she had not considered who it was she should give the letter to; a trick of her imagination had everyone reading it at once. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z She saw now that she had been tricked. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z A favorite trick of his was putting the time-out trash can on his head, then blindly knocking into walls. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z “The omens are horrible\\ This is a trick, a deception. Beware Greeks bearing gifts!” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z My radio trick couldn’t drown it out, not completely. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I hesitated, wondering if this was another trick. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “Friends? You tricked me. That’s what friends do? You give me the creeps, you know that?” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The trick is to stop evaporation from drying out the top. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z I wanted to think: Methuselah is playing a trick on me. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He had this trick— wept, if he willed to, inwardly. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “But your blood is worth more than mine. Ah, that seems to have done the trick, doesn’t it?” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Once she tried to play a trick on some of the dead Scholars, by switching around the coins in their skulls so they were with the wrong daemons. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z The shadow of the bridge, the tiers of railing, my shadow leaning flat upon the water, so easily had I tricked it that would not quit me. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z “She’ll read it to me, so don’t try any tricks, right?” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z So they had tricks, as my students would say. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z “No, I was just thinking about the way you tricked Narcissus and those nymphs...” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z When I can see my shadow again if not careful that I tricked into the water shall tread again upon my impervious shadow. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z And the kids playing hide-and-go-seek were playing tricks on me and they were laughing at me too. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z The trick was to recognize a good thing when you saw it, no matter how odd or worthless it might at first appear, no matter who else might just walk away and leave it behind. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Maybe he’s trying to trick me into talking to him. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z And it was no use trying to trick her by telling her to meet you at a time twenty minutes before you really wanted to meet. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z On the morning of April 12, the same thing happened, but now Ulbrickson tried one more trick. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Bobby wondered, rightly so as it developed, whether Tal was up to his old tricks. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z A wile is a trick or an enticement. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “You see how the Devil tricks people into losing their souls?” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Play all day, stay up as late as we wanted, roam the woods and fields, tease and play tricks on the living. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z She learned this trick from Grandpa Ed, who always makes her put the extra rolls in her purse when they go out to eat. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “I’m so sorry, Julius! It was very wrong of us. It was a trick, to—to punish you for falling asleep. We took him....” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z I picked up a big, hard chunk of ice to get ready for Byron’s trick. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Moonlight can play odd tricks upon the fancy, even upon a dreamer's fancy. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z This is different, I don’t know what’s going on, he wants to catch me off guard, it’s a new trick. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z The next day the cameramen arrived to make the picture of the penguins doing their tricks. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z Must be a trick of the shadows, she says, and smiles at the scale. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “He gave the children everything they wanted. He tricked me!” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z She and Peris had figured out how to trick the house minder back when they were twelve, when the three-month difference in their ages seemed like it would never matter. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z And how do you like being tricked into doing what you don’t want to do?” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z They could change shape and charmspeak, tricking mortals into letting down their guard. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Many Christian commoners were tricked into believing that their religion and their cause made them superior to those they fought against as soldiers. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps the red arrows were the ones to follow—perhaps that was the trick. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Though it was the oldest and most shameless trick in the book, he reached over her and put his hand on top of the one that gripped the cue. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Now her suggestions and advice resembled maneuvers, the way a farmer tricks a donkey into moving in line with his intentions. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z ‘Know? I didn’t need to know. It is a very old story—a very old trick, and will you be gone—or shall I have you flung out?’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Jensen came below from his trick at the wheel. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z She climbed trees and tried to catch birds and sometimes played tricks on Fyrian, making him cry. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z “She’ll come when she's called and she knows a few tricks but mostly she likes attention and sitting in windows. I thought you might like the company.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “A while ago I pulled a really bad trick, the kind that gets you special attention.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z The therapist’s tricks might work on a dumber kid, but not me. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z I have heard the expression “trick of the light” applied to sights within Le Cirque des Rêves so frequently that I sometimes suspect the entirety of the circus is itself a complex illusion of illumination. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “I got to admit to the other trick I used too, but I can’t take full credit for this one.” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “The children say the marten can do tricks and the boy’s a fire-eater. Perhaps we could come to the show and watch at close range?” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z I’d run out of party tricks, so I just concentrated on keeping everything simmering inside. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z This was probably yet another of its tricks. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z “I dedicate this next trick to my father.” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z Maybe the warden was just a trick of the light. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Three years earlier, when Chapter Eleven was fourteen and I was eight, my brother had played a trick on me. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He’d stayed up all night, trying every trick he knew to keep her alive. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z It was the perfect soda for a spicy food, and apparently, for tricking naive city boys like Genie and Ernie. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z I just felt that it was about time she was up to some of her tricks again. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Was he in fact in a room full of invisible people and this mirror’s trick was that it reflected them, invisible or not? Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Staying dry in the pouring rain is one of those cat tricks I’ll never figure out. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z “They’re very good, how do you make them do all those tricks? I’ve never seen a cat do a somersault in midair,” Bailey says. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z But, as time went by, and no one burst in on them to gloat about the successful trick, that seemed less and less likely. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Love at First Sight Enchanted by her clever and daring trick, Caesar fell in love with Cleopatra at first sight. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z There she goes again, Tiller thought, tricking me into talking about old stuff. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z “The forest is trying to keep us from leaving. Don’t try that little trick again, Seven, or you’ll barbecue the three of us.” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z If that is magic, it is minor magic, on the order of card tricks. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z He exposed one of the tricks the planters used to get around the terms of the indenture contract. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Sometimes I felt so frustrated with his tricks, tears filled my eyes. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z “One of his tricks did not go entirely as planned.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z You picked up little tricks: overturning your boots each morning in case a scorpion or some other critter had crept inside; shaking out your blanket for rattlesnakes before lying down at night. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The oars are a good trick; but it has reached the time to play for safety. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z She turned her mind away, accompanying the mental trick with a swift quarter-turn of her head. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z “It’s important, Peris. It’s more than a trick. I made my friend a promise that I’d keep a secret for her.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z If I didn't feel like a mess before, the short walk to the sheriff’s office from the rail station definitely does the trick. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Orde-Lees found a bicycle in the hold of the ship and practiced trick riding on the ice around Endurance. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z “The Augurs tricked everyone into thinking I died yesterday. Fll explain later. What’s important is that I'm setting you free—for a price.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z But still, in the end, it was a memorization trick, like counting turnings in the ducts and keeping the quota count. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Soon, I’m fighting in earnest, using every trick I know to survive her onslaught. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z And so, tomorrow night, we shall hold the first of these grim fêtes to inter the dead and trick the gods. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z “But I do trust my friends. This isn’t a trick, Reyna. We can work together.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Malik’s been doing flips and tricks the whole time we’ve been here. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z But the third trick is that if you stand at the back of the line and realize you don’t have any money, you don’t have to tell anyone. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Maybe I tricked most of the kids into coming by dropping Link’s name, but he’s turned out to be the star of the meeting. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z “I didn’t say that. I just said we can’t approach it like anyone who’s had any experience with magic. A magical person would try to trick their way into emptying the cauldron.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The moon was high and bright, but seeing past the waves was a trick. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes I can trick myself into thinking traffic sounds like the ocean. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z “I thought — but a trick of the light, I suppose —” said Hepzibah, looking unnerved, and Harry guessed that she too had seen the momentary red gleam in Voldemort’s eyes. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z ‘Don’t play any tricks with them! If they are not alive when we get back, someone else will die too.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z So he kept himself in shape, and taught himself coin tricks, and thought a lot about how much he loved his wife. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z I went into my closet and found some computer cleaner and it did the trick. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z "You, Stark? Is this some trick? Why would you do such a thing?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z As it came closer it moved past the other greystone that lay in the grass, and I realized my eyes weren’t playing tricks on me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He was angry at being tricked, and the people heard his roars from many miles away. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z Akin to this first trait is the second, an ever-present, poorly controlled rage—easily triggered by any feeling of being tricked, slighted, or labeled inferior by others. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z But those darn bats were too clever to fall for our trick. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Maybe it’s my eyes playing tricks, or the moonlight, but the fog seems to be transforming. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “It could be like when we were uglies, playing tricks. But telling the whole city the truth.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z The trick is remembering that change is as easy as you make it. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z And this trick, which she had, unconsciously, picked up from her father, rarely failed to work. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z “The way to save Wilbur’s life is to play a trick on Zuckerman. If I can fool a bug,” thought Charlotte, “I can surely fool a man. People are not as smart as bugs.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z Plus the whole town saw him whitewashing the curse words he painted on the parking lot of St. Basil’s, so it’s not like vandalism isn’t already in his bag of tricks. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z And with that he raced round the last corner, only to find that by some trick of the tunnel, or of the hearing which the Ring gave him, he had misjudged the distance. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Maybe it was a trick name and a trick address, and Joe was “Daddy” picking up mail somewhere else and telling Steam his name was Sage. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Tim pulls out some shiny steel rings for his first trick. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z Besides, your imagination often plays tricks on you in moments of danger. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Of course, finding his way back would be no trick. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Camilla played well—this was her game, her favorite—but I wasn’t a good partner and we lost trick after trick to the others. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z They were dean, but I still kept waiting for the trick. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “My mom showed me the trick when I was three. She called it ‘the worm.’” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z The chieftain of the dan lumbered over to Agravaine like a good-natured animal doing a trick, and patted him with a huge paw. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The sun could play tricks on your senses this far north and they had no compass with which to navigate. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z You could blame the munitions makers or Karl Marx or a trick of fate or an old man in Omaha who forgot to vote. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s a new trick I’m working up. All about levitation. My parents bought me a chair suspension kit. You want to come see it?” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z "That was no trick I played on you," my grandmother said. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z Chase relished his role as teacher and, for the next hour, showed me this trick and that of homestead life. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z There were jokes and tricks to fulfill even Fred’s and George’s wildest dreams; Harry gave Ron whispered orders and passed him some gold from under the cloak. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z I rushed over to help him with the groceries and he held a finger to his lips and whispered, “Help me set some things up. I’m going to trick Nan into a cooking lesson.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z “Sweeney. Did he actually show me how he did that trick with the gold coins?” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z After briefly training a few of Irwin’s old horses, he ended up working as a foreman for an old rodeo trick rider turned trainer named Harry Walters. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z As tempting as the books were, how many times could I fall for her tricks? Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z If he managed to catch you or trick you, he used the club to stun you. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z The trick would be to find which few of them had the potential for raw power, the nearly superhuman stamina, the indomitable willpower, and the intellectual capacity necessary to master the details of technique. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The dirtiest of all tricks for passive carriage is perpetrated by microbes that pass from a woman to her fetus and thereby infect babies already at birth. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I unlocked my door just in case he had any tricks up his sleeve. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z With her flaming red hair, she seemed like a true fox demoness who would delight in tricking humans. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Lonna had been furious to learn her son was up to his old runaway tricks. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z With Tom, she might have been able to linger at the door on some excuse and hear what Yoren was saying, but Desmond was too single-minded to trick. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Everything that was on top fell to the floor, like the old magic trick done wrong. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z That requires a lot more force than yesterday's little leverage trick. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Newton’s method of differentiation was based on a notational trick: he let the fluxions change, but he only let them change infinitesimally. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z It all felt like a trick, like an elaborate stunt that would leave him humiliated and embarrassed, and yet, at the same time, he didn’t think Mark or Linda would do that to him. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z He’s evaluating me, trying to see what I know, or maybe he’s trying to trick me into giving out information on Russ. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z There were many times when she’d tricked Seven or another one of their classmates into believing something that wasn’t true for a prank. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z If this fellow tricks a white woman into failing her test, what hope would I have? Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z That’s probably what had tempted her through the window so many times, learning every trick she could to sneak closer to the new pretties, to spy on the life she would eventually have. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z I remembered the haint in the marsh that had tricked me with the poppet doll. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “Maybe he’ll remember the spot where he hid all the bodies of the other kids he tricked into taking him here,” I said. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z It was a trick he’d often perform for school groups, if someone brought him a bit of orange nougat. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z “There you go again,” Thomas said aloud, though he was relieved that her trick didn’t really freak him out anymore. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z The trick she had of leaving it to you whether she meant anything or not was no less confusing. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I moved along the rail, but my suit was dark too and I could wipe my hands, watching my shadow, how I had tricked it. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z I don't recognize these berries, perhaps they are edible, but I'm guessing this is some evil trick on the part of the Gamemakers. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “We didn’t talk about stuff like that. We just hung out. Because... it hurt being alone. We were just into playing tricks.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z "The staff is conspiring against her. An elaborate trick." We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z The one eye did a funny twinkling trick, red to yellow. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “A little trick I learned for a certain real estate commercial.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z The Horse reached for my neck, but I knew about his favorite trick and ducked. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z While Kit resorted to ingenious tricks, Mercy possessed the patience. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z I think of my father, snoring peacefully under the sun while I try every trick I know to wake him. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z They were running, all four of them, Cari shrieking foul play even though she’d pulled the same trick herself a hundred times. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “Here’s my trick. Don’t think about it. Keep moving.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Did he break an ankle attempting a hard trick on his skateboard? Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z The moonlight was playing tricks on him, for he thought he saw the figure of a man standing right behind his friend. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z The aunties were superstitious, and we lived in a place where many people practiced voodoo, so I knew my trick would scare them. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z “The trick is to figure out which one is which fast enough.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Because the girl has learned your magic tricks, Hecate? The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “A classic of the magician’s craft. A trick not to be attempted lightly.” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z I preferred the chores that took me out of the kitchen, for it was there the bees tricked me into seeing Ruth’s ghost playing on the floor, churning butter, or counting out kernels of com. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z We explained how we had run away and tricked the regent in the bargain. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t know any more tricks than most uglies.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Every day she goaded Fyrian into making atrocious choices or she played tricks on the poor dragon, making him cry. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z “But you use physics in your magic tricks,” I tell him. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z There are no myths or legends that can trick you by the time you’ve put something in your mouth and you’re digesting it. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Bapi had been light crew himself once; he knew their ways, knew the tricks of laziness. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z I could not tell you, and I know all the tricks. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z In this story, a condor falls in love with a lady and tricks her into becoming his wife. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z “My dad shows me tricks sometimes. There are a lot of tricks to drawing. I can show you.” When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z He still seemed unsure whether it was a miracle or a trick. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “I think that was a trick question, Mr. K.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z He ran the water in the sink, soaking the knife and the cutting board, and rubbed a lemon half along his fingertips to get rid of the garlic smell, a trick he’d learned from Shoba. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z “They gave me that ridiculous name—Silvertongue. And Capricorn is firmly convinced I can repeat the trick anytime, with any book at all.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Zu, for her part, delighted in showing me what she had learned in school, and the tricks the other Yellows had taught her outside of it. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z She made him tell all the story of his tricks with the mist that had defeated the Kargish warriors, and she listened as if she wondered and admired, but she spoke no praise. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z One of the favorite tricks of a smart old ringtail is the tree- barking trick. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Nice trick. But you can’t just steal his Manchurian Fire Thrower.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z But it was just all molasses, so I felt tricked but didn’t know how. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Maybe that’s because they have better stuff to do than kid tricks. Maybe partying in town is better than hanging out in a bunch of old ruins.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z We were marched down the hall and then brought back—what a mean trick. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Everyone wanted to know how he had done it, how he had tricked Dumbledore’s Age Line and managed to get his name into the goblet. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Did she just imagine the child had relaxed a little against the pillow, or was it a trick of the candlelight? Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Thumbing through the pages, I find several different tricks, but none of them grab me. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z "A conjuring trick, my dear—a very good one...." And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z “He walked that rail fence. The hackberry tree has something to do with his trick, but I don’t know what.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The magic trick also hints at why technology plays so powerfully to our brains, and our attention systems. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Hugo’s father had taught him how to play solitaire, and he used to entertain Hugo with a few card tricks. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z I figured the trick would come in right here so I kept a real good eye on LJ while we put my monsters back in the pillowcase. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “I didn’t really see a spirit leopard! It was a trick of the light.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Piper remembered what Hercules had told them: his first family dead, his second wife dead after being tricked into poisoning him. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “You’d be better off on your back, learning tricks useful to a woman. In fact, I can teach you some tonight, if you’d like.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z His years in the Kingsguard had taught him the trick of listening without hearing, especially useful when the speaker was intent on proving that words were truly wind. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z With every boat which we have over-hauled since then this trick has succeeded; we have had every deference shown to us, and not once any objection to whatever we chose to ask or do. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z “The gemstone was a bomb. They tricked me. They wanted me to deliver a bomb to Tenebrion without even knowing it.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z At first he was sure his eyes were playing tricks. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z I’ve heard many parts of the world are tricked out like this. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z A loud crash from inside revealed that the trick had worked—and the litany of swearwords following it let them know Gaily was none too happy about it. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z “Uncle Leo’s still got a few tricks up his sleeves!” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Sure, they were having a great time camping out and playing hide- and-seek, and living out here was a great trick on the cities. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z “You ready to bounce? This is a trick question, obviously.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “I reckon these might do the trick. That is, if you wanna help me defend our home.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Since her trick with the Mist against Sciron the bandit, even Jason felt a little nervous around her. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Barbara put this trick to good use at summer camp, when she wrote her letters in cipher so that the camp director couldn’t read them. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z They taught her nothing but love tricks, sftared nothing but worry, gave nothing but money. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z In the prison debating, I had learned tricks to upset my opponents, to catch them where they didn’t expect to be caught. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z As it was, I had to find some way to pass the time and trick my students into believing that they were getting an education. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z They didn't have to tell the truth, but the oaths were binding unless they said "Mayhaps," so the trick was to say "Mayhaps" so the lord of the crossing didn't notice. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z ‘Even if Bubber is seven years old he’s got brains enough not to tell us where he’s going if he wants to run away. That about Florida is just a trick.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z I could see her mind working—suspicious at first, wondering what trick I was playing, then finally deciding I meant what I said. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z “A pity. I once had a monkey who could perform all sorts of clever tricks. Your dwarf reminds me of him. Is he .a gift?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Tell Sela that the Abbot will see her two days from tonight at ten o’clock in Mossflower Wood. She must come to the old tree stump, and mind you tell her—no tricks!” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “I mean tricks like...giving somebody bad luck or something like that. Or make someone scared of you.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z I am not caught by polis or dogs, not this time, but by this man who has tricked me. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z The trick to looking rich, he told me, is to have one expensive item, and for the rest of the things you get basic, good-looking quality stuff. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “They tricked me last time, but I’ll never let you go again.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z “It’s the old pail trick, Wilbur. Don’t fall for it, don’t fall for it! He’s trying to lure you back into captivity-ivity. He’s appealing to your stomach.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z You had trouble remembering them, so I started thinking of tricks that could help. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The ridges seemed to play queer tricks with sound. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “She will not be able to play a trick on me if she is too busy counting to one million.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z “I’ve had a lot more practice than you have. I could teach you a couple tricks, if you want.” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z On the march toward Gettysburg Pickett’s Virginia Division is by a trick of fate last in line. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Besides running covert operations, including dirty tricks known as sabotage, Franklin’s work would include gathering intelligence, sending out counterintelligence agents to hunt for moles and British spies, and using propaganda against England. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Easy enough, a cheap magician’s trick, and Kaz knew them all. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z It was about time for him to play out a few tricks and I was wondering what he would do. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z You have your designs now, and we know all the tricks of actually building an aeroplane.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Nathan was a bit old for that trick, but it still made him laugh. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z It had tricked us at first, more than once, sending us running to the windows to see what beautiful, exotic birds made such a strange call. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Adam probably figured I’d be easier to supervise while tumbling around and doing my usual backyard tricks on Bannon’s enormous spring floors. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Nan winked at me, clearly wise to my tricks. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z To her way of thinking, that actually made the day pretty interesting, and she was excited to tell Mom about the new trick she’d discovered for surviving school. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “You know. About that trick you played on Hilly.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z He was in good shape because of football but he wasn’t a runner and didn’t know the tricks. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He nodded gravely, but he waited for the trick to develop. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Even though it doesn’t work a hundred percent of the time, it's a good trick for dealing with a tricky spelling problem. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “They tried getting this fencer yesterday, some of the standard enforcers, but it seems he has certain sword skills that made them wary, but I think I have a trick that will work.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “Our contract specifically stated there would be dog tricks.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Left to its own devices, it had grown knotted and wild, like a circus whose animals had forgotten their tricks. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Sure, the idea of a bed and hot food sounds like something worth getting shot for but maybe it’s a trick and we’re being so stupid we deserve to get caught. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z I was sure they had made fun of me and tricked me when I was too ignorant to know better. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z But Shorty had always found it something of a trick to manage her amorous quirks. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Such a shirking trick in a workman employed to keep the terraces clean should be a criminal offence.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I am sure it is only a dreamworld trick when I access my identity and find it’s Rhiannon who appears. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z “I’ve got more tricks up my sleeve than old man coyote has fleas. I’ll get you out of there, my love!” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z This was a trick he’d learned from Gran, and unlike with rattlesnakes, it actually worked on bee stings. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Though the horse was still goofing off and pulling tricks in his workouts, his speed was excellent. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I see through her trick—this is exactly when rehearsals are to begin for the winter concert. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “But don’t ask me to do it—it makes me feel like a monkey doing parlor tricks.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z She was certain it was a trick of the light, but everyone else took the appearance of a spirit leopard seriously. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “He was a lover of pets and always had a dog or cat and usually a horse, and he would play with them by the hour, teaching them little tricks or romping with them.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “A small gift might do the trick. Something to help the Germans put your name at the top of the list.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z The trick was not to avoid surveillance, the CIA learned, because that would only invite more suspicion. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z But no one ever thought of a trick that wouldn’t kill someone. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z The trick to climbing them was not combusting from the fiery soreness burning through my entire body. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z He put back on his salt-crusted clothes, for there was not enough water to wash them, and going out into the grey windy morning looked over this place whereto the shadow had tricked him. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Joon, now that he has an audience, starts to do tricks. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z Through her tears, Hazel explained how she had switched the physician’s cure for an illusion - a trick of the Mist - so that Leo could keep the real vial. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Polyphemus cursed you when you tricked him with your invisibility in the Sea of Monsters. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Maybe it was just a trick of the light, a reflection of moonlight from some exposed piece of unrusted metal. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z The cold water does the trick for a little while and we manage a few more hills as the sun gets to midday in the sky with minimal shimmer. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z The trick was eating them fast, before you actually tasted them, and before they turned all slushy from milk. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “That was a trick question. I knew the answer, because I am currently at your house.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z “I can tell. It’s not just a trick to you, like it is to most runaways. Even Shay, who really believes the operation is wrong, doesn’t get how deadly serious the Smoke is.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z 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 “Coin tricks is it?” asked Sweeney, his chin raising, his scruffy beard bristling. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z “God, you’re naive. I guess this explains how that League woman was able to trick you into thinking you were something less than a monster.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z ‘Tricks? Does she do tricks? Lieutenant Stranger has taught her a rigmarole about poor Nell Gwyn selling fruit at a theater. I don’t need to tell you how she carries on.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah,” I said, “I’m a real tricker. But I’m not tricking you now. My name really is Humphrey.” Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z ‘Just one of its works. Saruman was doing its work all the time, even when he thought he was working for himself. And the same with those that Saruman tricked, like Lotho.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z He had never looked at her seriously before, she thought; until now he had always been like an adult indulging a child in a pretty trick. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z After they got over their illness, no one could be sure, not even Doc Hawthorn, which of the two treatments had done the trick. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Even though she’d faced down a demon and tricked the seasons, this was the first time she felt like she’d done something magical. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Which is comforting but also terrifying: What if his mind is playing tricks on him? Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z With the crickets chirping through the open window, Priscilla “Petey” Willis sat cross-legged on her bed in-the dark of her room, waiting for Finn to appear like some sort of magic trick. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z In the woods she fell in love with a shadow who tricked her into believing he was a man. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z Over the summer, as the last few seniors turned sixteen and pretty, the tricks had grown worse and worse. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z “He tricked me, Edward. He watched our videos.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z “Because they shouldn’t be in there mixed with the good. They like to trick you.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I’d figured out the trick of breathing in through the woolen scarf to warm the sharp air before it stabbed my lungs. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z But as soon as we swung open the steel door, Ben’s face became a mix of excitement and panic, like he’d just been picked out of a crowd by a magician for the get-sawn-in-half trick. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z “This is the magic trick now,” he said. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Two of their friends decided to play a trick on the unhinged group. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z It was a spare from the basement, and they hadn’t even had to trick the rack to get it free. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z For that matter, Odysseus himself might have borrowed a trick or two from the rabbit hero, for he is very old and was never at a loss for a trick to deceive his enemies. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He arranged for Caesarion to be tricked into returning to Egypt and executed him upon his arrival. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z The Cursed Toads—Spares whom she’d sympathized with, had tried to learn about, who she thought shared a common fate—had tricked and bested them. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Maybe two in one day would do the trick. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z His trick: Don’t speculate where the slave is headed next. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “A devilish trick,” said Mr. Benedict, “and a necessary one. You see, only a child’s thoughts can be slipped into the mind so secretly. For some reason, they go unnoticed.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z The change of subject had worked the trick, for the area around Lola’s eyes which had been inflamed was freckly and pale once more and she was very much her old self. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “This isn’t a trick or illusion or something?” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z It wasn’t her niece’s greed—the old woman had played a trick on them the whole time. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Public speaking, like writing, is in many ways a confidence trick. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Julia and Sander tried to cheer me, but the only thing that might have done the trick was to hear that the queen had changed her mind and would have the Lord Admiral's men instead. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z When some of the distressed listeners realized that they had been tricked, they formed an angry mob. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z After Sunday school, on our way to the fellowship hall, Howard slapped me on the back and said, “Good job, Charlie. I told you that pineapple trick would work.” Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z She rubbed her eyes, not sure if they were playing tricks on her. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Her avoidance of me after the wedding was another trick, the meaning of which is too deep for me to fathom. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “Now, young man, what can you do to entertain us? Sing songs? Tell stories? Compose sonnets? Juggle plates? Do tumbling tricks? Which is it?” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z They understood not only evil, it seemed, but the extravagance of tricks with which evil presents itself as good. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z What if this is a trick, too? she wondered. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The lord of all the tricks of war surveyed this fugitive and smiled. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The trick with addled old folks was to be agreeable. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z But if your name’s on it, I know you’ll quit if the company tries to pull tricks. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z I know a great many such minor tricks now, involving objects and gadgets and the rearrangement of space, that I didn’t need to know before. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Either too far to reach me or too sure this is a trick or ... is it possible? The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The tricks of the Antarctic atmosphere brought mock suns and green sunsets, and showers of jewel-colored ice crystals. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z It’s as if she’s doing it in her sleep, this knife trick. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z It was sort of a key question, and he looked a little suspicious as he asked it, as if I, or someone, might be playing a trick on him. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z He’s a few feet away when you realize that no dance move or soccer trick is gonna stop his death blow. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z The trick was to bathe the meat in smoke without actually roasting it. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He gave Yoyo pointers on delivery, notes on the great orators and their tricks. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z It was a psychology trick called empathic listening. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z But the old one’s tricks were not knocked out of him; far from it. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Herold told Booth the details he knew of what had happened at the Seward residence: The trick of claiming Powell was a messenger from a doctor had worked perfectly. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z By the time he knew he had been tricked, it was too late. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Charlotte was delighted with the way her trick was working. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z “What is that, a trick answer? I did not ask you a trick question. Your mother was right. You are Legba’s child.” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Even what little ground is visible from outside is black or white, painted or powdered, or treated with some other circus trick. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z ‘I grew up on a farm,’ he said, ‘but I never knew you could teach a pig tricks. Help yourself to more bread?’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z They don’t deceive you with thrills and trick endings. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, so getting yourself killed is your next brilliant trick. I guess that would just about top your current one.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Mint is good because we drink mint tea after supper often, so it tricks my stomach into thinking eating time is over. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Everyone clapped and hooted, the kids’ enthusiasm undimmed though they’d probably seen her do this trick a thousand times. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Because we liked them, we began to play tricks on them and tease them. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “You were easily tricked,” Count Olaf said, grinning, and the judge began to cry. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z He came to understand its dodges and tricks, and to accept it as it was. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “Whatever trick you did yesterday. You didn’t scare me.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z “The oldest trick in the book,” she said, “but everybody falls for it.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z “You don’t sound angry that I tricked you.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z For a moment he wondered if the Ring itself had not played him a trick; perhaps it had tried to reveal itself in response to some wish or command that was felt in the room. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z She had this cool trick where she got them into perfect squares, with the sleeves tucked into the center. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z When “parallel” lines converge at the vanishing point in a painting, observers are tricked into believing that the lines never meet. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Was it a god, a demon, some conjurer's trick? A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He also plays the old trick of presenting as a fait accompli what is, in fact, the nub of the argument, and to give the force of inevitability to something contingent. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z We passed a few more rooms and I didn’t care if the Amish were doing card tricks or shaving their beards off. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z It wrapped itself around Gum Baby, and a trick of the dim light gave it a link pattern, like a rattlesnake. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “You’re trying to trick me into asking questions,” I pointed out. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “They do so many tricks with photography now, for posterity.” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z “I’ll show you the trick to it. You have to find the right kinda rock first. Small, flat ones.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z When Hyena saw that he had been tricked in this way, his heart burst within him, so great was his anger. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z "He tricked Humbaba into lowering his auras, then cut his head off with Kasusu. Thus the giant ended up in the netherworld." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z “It’s all about gravity,” I say, because I figure a levitation trick would definitely have something to do with gravity. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z Frightful, who was drawn up as skinny as a stick, relaxed and fluffed her feathers, and then I said to her, “See, he got his treats. No tricks.” My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z I caught the highlights of Hugh's broadcast and understood that my first goal was to make him my boyfriend, to trick or blackmail him into making some sort of commitment. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z They found out other marvelous arts to take the place of tricks and old stories. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z We wouldn't have had to trick ourselves into sleep to stave off the need for conversation. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z ‘And anyway all these notions are only a trick,’ he said to himself. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z The next trick the old fellow pulled was a dandy. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He’d been staring straight ahead and into the trees, but the jungle was playing tricks on him now. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The trick to eating catheads was to get the butter on them before they got cold—then they were delicious. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The trick, of course, is to break the cipher without the book. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Mr. Kazilly has made us do enough poems that I’m not fooled by the tricks that poets play with words. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z In fact, it just about broke his heart to see any thing or any person tricked into believing in something that wasn't real. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I try to come up with little tricks to help him remember things. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z “Viji, if you can watch the stove, maybe I could quickly show your sister some bead tricks?” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “You tricked us into doing your dirty work.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Then he's gliding away, and I hold myself still in case this is a trick and he's really sneaking up behind me to see if I can get my hands loose. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z The assembly, suppressing a growl of disgust at Mr. Tuffett’s indulgence in the oldest schoolmaster’s trick on record, adjourned and followed him to the front of the building. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z During Franklin’s long stay in London he had become well aware of British Secret Service tricks. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Most people had the sense not to share a dieting trick with an overweight person, but no one seemed to think it was wrong to share their acne remedies with me. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z “Just because someone knows a trick or two doesn’t mean they’re an arcanist. They might know how to set a bone or read Eld Vintic. Maybe they even know a little sympathy. But—” “Sympathy?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I think making me quit my job and locking me in the house did the trick. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z I taught my dogs every trick I knew and any new ones I heard about. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a terrible trick that we played on this man. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z “If you win, it’s by mindless chance. Make no mistake. First you tricked me, and then I slipped. Accident.” Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z “The trick is to make it seem as though none of it is purposeful,” Lainie whispers. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “You put it there! Don’t deny it! You thought, Let’s take Granny out to lunch. Let’s play a trick on her. Oh, you worthless hooligans! Even the She Elephant isn’t this bad!” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Hazel felt exhausted from her run through the maze while controlling the Mist, but she needed to pull off one more trick. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I just wanted to trick him into taking down the roll. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z “How else did he get out of there? I suppose He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named taught him a few tricks!” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Never having been in love, this is going to be a real trick. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “Good trick to play. People are shocked when they see a thing like that; they don’ t like to look too close.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z “The dead have a tendency to leave us parched and tired. Watered-down soma always does the trick.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The trick is that you take so long to hit the target, you forget about being hungry. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z I imagined his fury when he discovered that the cart was missing, that he had been tricked. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Madge and I do our trick or treat duet, singing and tooting in tune. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z “I was tricked. Yes, I was. I saw the pretty color and believed it was sweet. I know there is no sugar in Japan for cake. But I saw the pretty color.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Old Dr. Hirsch, I am beginning to learn, usually has a trick up his sleeve. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z So precise was their coordination that they did not look like two brothers sitting opposite each other but like a trick with mirrors. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Then, for the second time, he did the trick he’d just learnt. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Skeptics, though, said the hat tip was just a trick Onofre had learned to do by wiggling his scalp. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z As Rasheed watched with anticipation, the way people wait the simple tricks of street magicians, Zalmai pulled on the TV’s wire, pushed the buttons, pressed his palms to the blank screen. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z It almost looked like the arrows had intercepted the thorns in midair and sliced them in two, but my eyes must’ve been playing tricks on me. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z This was about her tricking us into not coming. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Unfortunately, the text also specifically says not to use this trick on a demon, for the demon will surely overpower and possess or even kill you. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “El-ahrairah is a trickster,” said Buckthorn, “and rabbits will always need tricks.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z But when the ocean finally gave up the secret of immortality, the gods tricked the asuras and took all the nectar for themselves. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I realized my mother knew more tricks than I had thought. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z This was not a trick or a question, it was a speech. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Perhaps it had only been a bird, a reflection on the snow, some trick of the moonlight. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Sleep felt miles away, and he couldn’t shake the despair and hopelessness that coursed through his body and mind—the temporary joy of Chuck’s trick on Gaily had long since faded away. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z The dinner dishes manipulated like magic tricks, and in the study a click. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z For the rest of the school year, the entire campus seemed to be playing some kind of trick on me. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z A trick she and Etienne have learned over a hundred insufficient meals: before you eat, drink as much water as you can, and you will feel full more quickly. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He smiles, unlocking the door, and I’m wondering if I’ve been tricked and he’s arresting me after all, but there are no other policemen inside. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z The mischief-makers planned to return to the scene of their tricks the next night, Halloween, dressed in costume, innocently asking the neighbors for treats. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z Well, he was going to turn the trick again before he died—even if Johnny had to stand over him and make him. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s a trick Ben taught me to help settle my Noise. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z “What you hear is not genuine. She makes clouds with one hand, rain with the other. She is trying to trick you, so you will do anything for her.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z In the darkness and whirling snow, my grandfather’s eyes play tricks on him. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z You will probably think it silly that a nine-year-old boy should imagine he could get away with a trick like that, but I had sound reasons for trying it on. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z “H-H-Hilly won your pie. And she accused me of signing her up for it. Playing some... trick on her.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z He had been tricked by it himself, but he had extricated himself without asking or receiving help from any man; let anyone else who might be so imposed upon do the same.— Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z She held up the tattered red ball, and probably came to the same conclusion I did—if she rewarded Cerberus, there’d be nothing left for another trick. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z He felt as if the girl had tricked him somehow. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z “And our city can stand a great deal of freedom, Tally. It gives youngsters room to play tricks, to develop their creativity and independence. But occasionally bad things come from outside the city.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Yet even in times of catastrophe we people it with tricks. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Smith drilled them in the gate until he was satisfied that Seabiscuit had seen every trick War Admiral might pull. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The trick was to do it carefully, gradually. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Or a trick of the eye, like crouching shapes on dark, lonely streets that turn out to be trash cans up close. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z Sheed rose to his feet, much more wobbly than when he did the bike seat trick, but managed to find his balance next to his new twin, Mr. Flux. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “But she’d just wriggle away from me. Knows my tricks too well, she does.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z And he used his trick, his standard joke. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z There’s a trick in it like focusing your eyes.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z “I told you. There’s always time for magic. By the way—no birds were hurt in the performance of that trick.” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z "I've got one trick. If that doesn't work, I'm following her orders." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He was trapped now, tricked into trying something that could never work. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z If there was some kind of trick, he had no idea what it might be. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Doing tricks is great! Okay? Breaking the rules is fun! But eventually you’ve got to do something besides being a clever little ugly.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z She would put the slippers next to the bathtub on the linoleum floors in winter and trick her lazy children into wearing them. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Unlike Dumbledore, he was still carrying a wand...and he seems to have learned a few tricks from his master.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “I think it was some kind of trick,” she told Rocky and Tayo one evening, when old Grandma was snoring in her chair. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The pitch appears to writhe and squirm, but I know it must just be a trick of the light. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Mandy scurried away, but I lingered long enough to catch another trick. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Maybe I’d teach him a trick, like to sit or lay down. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Yeah, getting that wig cap over my head was a pretty impressive magic trick. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z But the Northern white man, he grins with his teeth, and his mouth has always been full of tricks and lies of “equality” and “integration.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “No tricks. No publicity. Just us and the boys?” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “Hazel Grace, when you’re as charming and physically attractive as myself, it’s easy enough to win over people you meet. But getting strangers to love you... now, that’s the trick.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z Anyway, Rain said the whole thing was a trick to get me to go to regular school. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z Also, I could tell a trick to force me to eat a healthy breakfast when I saw one. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z Caution murmured it could be a trick, a lure, a trap. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Their faces looked years younger as they remembered old friends and old tricks. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z The trick with these silent words is to walk in the spaces between them, turn sideways in your head, evade. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Here is what we have agreed with the goblins: When you meet with Ghohg, both you and he will be permitted only two attendants, to ensure that there are no tricks. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Many True Persians used cups like that, but I had never mastered the trick. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z There was a clock, high up in the sun, and I thought about how, when you dont want to do a thing, your body will try to trick you into doing it, sort of unawares. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z “That was a trick question. You want both.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z The trick was in knowing how to dispose of people when you were through with them, and Gilly had had plenty of practice performing that trick. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z He had to trick the Whisperer, had to think just as Mr. Curtain would. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z That trick really gives “meat” to my lower notes, she says. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Judging from his expression, I guessed Thorn hadn’t been fooled by Thalia’s trick with the Mist after all. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Emily was so pleased that her trick had worked she almost missed Mr. Quisling’s stare shift momentarily to herself. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Once, she tricked me into lending her my yellow stone necklace. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z “The enemy has shown his hand. He’s killed Rider. He’ll be expecting a replacement. Somehow we have to trick him.” Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z The trick is to always have a new rack ready to go into the machine the minute the last load is done. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s more like a warehouse. In the garage. That’s where the new levitation trick is.” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z They trick us every breath we draw! he thought. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “It’s just a mirage, a trick of the light. Nothing to do with the war.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z 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 “That sounds like a fine idea. What say you, Eudora? Will a little restitution do the trick?” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z The boys who were so well behaved in the American school played tricks on them and talked back to them. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z |
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