| 单词 | turned out |
| 例句 | He turned out the light, murmuring his brief praise of darkness; we burrowed down into our bags, and within a minute or two he was sliding into sleep as a swimmer slides into dark water. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z The “little fancy lady kit” turned out to be a box of thread, scissors, and a tiny piece of embroidery. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z And Ruth, for one reason or another—maybe she was embarrassed how things had turned out with her possible, maybe she was enjoying the mystery—had remained completely closed on the subject. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The Big City Lawyer turned out to be a man of average height with a Hollywood hairstyle and a capped-tooth smile the likes of which I had only seen on one person—a TV evangelist. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad was pleased with the way the evening had turned out. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Parker gave me a sympathetic look, and I felt the slap of irony hit—some secret weapon I turned out to be. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z It turned out they were thrilled by the way I’d represented them, and since I was the first one from Bannon’s ever to compete at Nationals, they wanted to hear every detail. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z I don’t know why—maybe they were mad about having such a wimpy nickname—but these guys turned out to be really nasty. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z As it turned out, they could do plenty, particularly the freshmen. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The banks turned out not to be such a disappointment after all. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z It turned out that Richie hadn't paid the phone bill, and it got disconnected. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z She turned out the light and I patted my son’s body lightly and went back to sleep. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I liked the poem, which turned out to be “The Creation” by James Weldon Johnson. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z This system turned out to be more reliable than working out complicated arrangements with the nervous ambassadors of the foreign democracies. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z But it turned out the sci-fi Hela was inspired by the ancient Norse goddess of death, who lives trapped in a land between hell and the living. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z He pointed dumbly to a shack that turned out not to be Brigid’s house at all, but the housewife inside knew Brigid and gave Lyddie proper directions. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Lawrence was unaware how tactless this sounded to Fosdick, who had been brooding over the foundation’s investment in what had turned out to be an instrument of unparalleled death and destruction. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “It’s a good thing you turned out to be a girl with plenty of alpana experience. I don’t think I’d have given a boy a chance.” Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z So it’s interesting, and more than a little disturbing, to see how Barb turned out—that she’s meaner and slyer than I am, more cherishing of grudges, and not quite as smart as I’d hoped. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m glad that we agreed, because homeschool turned out to be fun. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Filch found them trying to force their way through a door that unluckily turned out to be the entrance to the out-of-bounds corridor on the third floor. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z He turned out to be Dympna’s other passenger, the other ferry pilot on her taxi run. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z “Ideology,” then, had provided Jefferson with a politically attractive pro-French platform, which had turned out to have enormous rhetorical advantages no matter how wrong it proved in reality. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z It turned out they had been trapped at locations all over central Uganda. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But something had gone wrong—maybe Luke hadn’t used enough yeast, or he’d kneaded the dough too much or too little—and the loaves had turned out flat. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z They were also called suicide attacks because that was what it turned out to be for those Japanese soldiers. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z But as it turned out, she and Moody shared nearly all their classes, from biology to Honors English to health. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z As things turned out, that particular visit was simply the first of a whole series of such 'unofficial' meetings between Lord Halifax and the German Ambassador of that time, Herr Ribbentrop. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Wilson's glazed eyes turned out to the ashheaps, where small grey clouds took on fantastic shape and scurried here and there in the faint dawn wind. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z It had turned out to be an all-right Wednesday afternoon after all. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z As it turned out, a few months prior, she’d decided, “This health insurance is a scam. I never get sick. I’m going to cancel it.” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Then I turned out the light and lay down with my hands—with the pencil smudge on my thumb—back behind my head and I looked out the window. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z And that turned out to be a huge, huge mistake. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z In the highest bedroom, just below the eaves, he turned out the lamp and leaned on the windowsill. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z And then: “But if I had to guess, I would say I think she’s happy with the way her life turned out.” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z The discs turned out to be bright golden pennies. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z As it turned out, thousands of children had poured from the church that day and marched the streets of Birmingham. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I spent the time deciding how I would save my mother instead of letting her save me, but as it turned out, neither of us had to do any saving. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “I am merely being frank. I don’t believe in sugar- coating things for the young. That is how I was raised, and I turned out perfectly well.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z If it turned out the person they’d chosen wasn’t a good communicator or was uncomfortable with being vulnerable, they seemed to think time or marriage vows would fix the problem. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z With a slightly rheumatic grunt, he climbed into bed and turned out the electric light. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z It turned out that their anthill was on the other side of her wall. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z As it turned out, the dog was no threat at all. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z It turned out she did not need the compass. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z So when Mr. Tate, the principal at my new school, started talking about me laying low for the season until I got my grades together I was like seriously turned out. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z I was about to, but, as it turned out, I didn’t say a thing. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Close up, the diploma turned out to be a gift certificate from Mr. Thirsty’s Beer Hall. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z It turned out that they needed someone with long arms who could plug in connections the length of the switching board. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z But she was not, as it turned out, dead. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z I was ready with my pad for jotting down random thoughts I could use later in my writing, just in case the tar pits turned out to be super boring. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z It turned out his aunt was a widow woman with ten children, living in a nasty, rundown old cabin on a turkey farm where you couldn’t get to the privy without stepping in turkey mess. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z While the conspiracy theories were initially dismissed as far-fetched, if not downright loony, the word on the street turned out to be right, at least to a point. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z And if we turned out to be villains, they’d have to pay for it. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z As it turned out, Blue Eyes knew a lot more than the scientific classifications of plants and animals. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Joseph handed me the second volume of Octavian Nothing again and we watched them until they turned out of sight. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z It turned out that he had used inferior materials, siphoning the remaining cash into his personal bank account. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z This turned out to be joyous news for Huang Taitai, for she liked nothing better than to reclaim all her gold and jewelry to help me become fertile. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z As it turned out, they hadn’t shot much of anything that night of July 17, 1973. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z They said good night and turned out the lights. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z It turned out, however, that no one could afford a new car anyway. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Fiona turned out to be a good mimic, and for all her merriness, there was a cruel touch to her humor that Briony liked. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z That man turned out to be a great actor from a world-famous family, and soon Mabel married him and changed her name to And suddenly it dawned on Joseph who the story was really about. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z I settled my hands back down on my hips, recalling an afternoon in early April when Digger said he had something to show us—and the “something” turned out to be a cigarette. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z But it turned out that Mom wasn’t depressed at all. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z All my worry turned out to be for nothing. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Benji found Coach’s social media site—Friendly Connect, as it turned out. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z It turned out to be one of the wrong days. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z It turned out that coming from such far corners of the social universe had its downsides. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z And if every sadness, when it came, turned out at least to be redemptive in the end. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z But the safety protocols turned out to be in ROMs. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The woman turned out to be a Washington socialite, but it could so easily have been Elizebeth instead. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Their marriage was brief and confusing—especially given that her new husband, it turned out, already had a wife in Nairobi. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z At first it seemed like Styx Malone had everything to teach us, but it turned out he had plenty to learn. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “I guess your father gave you a trip after all. Except on that trip, it turned out that you were the father and you were with your own son.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It turned out that Agent Samson was something along the lines of a circuit-court speech therapist. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z What struck her most was their attitude of fatalism, as if this was how it always turned out, whatever the initial promise or potential. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he ran to the light switch and turned out the lights so we could sit cross-legged on Ben’s bed-that-looked-like-a-race-car and watch the ball glow and roll around the bedroom floor. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z Yes, I was able to care for him properly until my wife turned out to be a disgraceful drunkard when my children were at school age. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z I loved the tidy geometry of those fields, the pops of color that turned out to be barns, the flat county highways that ran straight to the horizon. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “No. Just asking how you turned out, somebody who was beat since he was four. I feel sorry, is what I feel.” Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z As it turned out, part-time jobs were as scarce as money to pay for school. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The seas, as it turned out, contrary to all plans, were running high and choppy. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z It turned out to be the exercise bar. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z But what it actually was, as it turned out, Mr. Chris had his very own name for. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z The least I could have done was to have had the decency to have turned out a little more like him. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z As it turned out, the flash flood didn’t have enough power to carry away the vehicle or even to do any lasting damage. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z These chairs, as it turned out, were for the “families”—two families—the Fishers and the Bauers. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Each night, I simply turned out the lights and went to bed. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z It turned out Turner Station wasn’t just hidden on the map. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z I was horrified to see that one of them was eating a child—but it turned out to be a doll. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z It turned out that we were selling CDs and DJing parties in order to capitalize a payday lending and pawnshop operation in the hood. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z His mother had hired a lawyer for the hearing and—in a twist that surprised only Ocean—it turned out that he was just too well-liked. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z It turned out to be a different man, though the glasses were the same. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “No, but you asked me to be involved with that petition, and look how that turned out. Then you gave an interview about me to the school paper without letting me know?” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z “You never know what truly would have happened if you had done your shoulds and woulds. Your life might have turned out worse, isn’t that possible?” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z He’d held his church service the night before, followed by a potluck, but it turned out to be more of a “down on your luck,” as only one person showed up. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z As it turned out, how- ever, she never mentioned it either then or afterward. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z "I've tried to take other pictures, but none have turned out as good as these." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z But there was an awful lot to learn about mummies, and even after a whole evening of study it turned out that Toby’s information wasn’t all that complete. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of the descendants were fine people, but some inevitably turned out to be lazy parasites. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z As it turned out, the mouse had died not from radiation but suffocation, for someone had forgotten to activate its air supply. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z It turned out my father was right about yesterday. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z It turned out that downstairs, the mood had been jubilant all along, the basement TV pumping out a consistent stream of good news. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I guess I shouldn’t have been so surprised when Isabella turned out to be hiding a whole bunch of beautiful under her unibrow and braces. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z Just, as it turned out, seven minutes too late. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z It's just that every time he tried to do something nice, it turned out all wrong. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z She had also lent him Quidditch Through the Ages, which turned out to be a very interesting read. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z It turned out we went to the wrong kind of clinic. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z "Yes. And I tried to paint your nails because you liked mine, and they turned out terribly." We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Harry got toast, coconut, baked bean, strawberry, curry, grass, coffee, sardine, and was even brave enough to nibble the end off a funny gray one Ron wouldn’t touch, which turned out to be pepper. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z It turned out to be quite a revelation. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z It turned out that Jimmy didn’t intend to pay us any money. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z And, as it turned out, all cats—even celestial ones—were highly intrigued by boxes. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z This last part was a problem, because Jessie knew that she often thought people were nice and then they turned out to be not nice. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z It turned out to be an awful day in nearly every way. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Of course, it had turned out that he’d wandered over to inspect the candy aisle. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z It turned out that my brother was the first one in line. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z But as it turned out, she was busting to talk. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z He put on his orange Racal space suit and opened up the monkeys under the necropsy tent, feeling frustrated and sad, especially when all the monkeys turned out to be healthy. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It turned out to be the beginning of a long and happy friendship. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z As it turned out, though, that wasn’t much of a problem. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The most interesting part of the day turned out to be late in the afternoon when the class worked on their projects for what the children called the Great Mouse Exhibit. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z About ninety minutes later he encountered “some unnaturally smooth, bluish-looking rocks,” which turned out to be the tents of Camp Four. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z The Hanged Man, the village pub, did a roaring trade that night; the whole village seemed to have turned out to discuss the murders. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z But as it turned out, there was very little to do for the chickens. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z It turned out that the mad “socialist,” Theodore Roosevelt, was going to run for reelection. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z As it turned out, the reckless, freewheeling ways of the First National Bank of Midland made it a trendsetter in the American banking industry during the eighties. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Atanabi turned out to be quite the little drill sergeant! Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z The survival kit did have soap, it turned out—a few disposable packets tucked into a comer of the knapsack. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z I felt like I’d taken off an itchy sweater on a cold day: relieved to be rid of it, but surprised by how chilly the air turned out to be. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z As it turned out, we lost study privileges for four years. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Wilfred turned out to be just as Tom had described him. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Luckily, it turned out that I didn’t need any help. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The only other class I had with Jenna, it turned out, was PE, so I’d have to wait till last period to find out more. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z It turned out to be a book inside a bag made of two layers of brown paper. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z They had been in the Fire Swamp for one hour, and it turned out to be the easiest one they had of the six it took to cross it. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z It turned out I was the best bowler. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z They turned out to be a knight and his lady. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he carried the new samples back into the closet and turned out the lights and looked again into his microscope. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z As it turned out, Turquine did sit better when it came to the tilt, so that this particular criticism came to nothing—but it throws a sidelight on jousting and may have been worth mentioning. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Isabelle Derby, the current mistress of the house, turned out to be surprisingly motherly and caring. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z The victim turned out to be the bandit chiefs mother—an unpleasant, haggling sort of person. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z The drive north turned out to be one of those sunny moments that come even in the darkest days. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But it turned out that making gum for a lot of people was harder than just making it for yourself. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z A squat church of rumpled stone turned out to be locked. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z We thought it consisted of five stars, but we turned out to be wrong. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z As it turned out, they spent their whole time on the plaza undisturbed by Martina or anyone at all, and yet they spoke hardly a word. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z It turned out that Evan Parker, and his strict mom, and his nonexistent finances culminated in some of my most pivotal memories from high school. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z We went to the moon to have fun, but the moon turned out to completely suck. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “It turned out that Zeno is right,” I say. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z As it turned out, Baba and I were more alike than I’d ever known. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I thought she was always poor, but it turned out her family used to be rich and important. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “You’re playing politics. You and Cardan need to be turned out in splendor for this banquet. Your new king will need everything to look right.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, she would have been glad that the division of Rome had turned out well for Mark Antony. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z What should have been the crowning moment of Bernard’s whole career had turned out to be the moment of his greatest humiliation. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z As it turned out, this meant they stopped talking at all. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I’m sorry that my attempt at a new beginning turned out to be the very worst kind of ending. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z I mean, it turned out to be a chicken bone, but still. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z As it turned out, Andrea and I were so busy the next day, I wasn’t even tempted to tell. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z It turned out that they were thinking the exact same thing. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z But their procedure, as it turned out, actually had baked laboratory dust onto the targets, which accounted for the irregular findings. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The grandmother, as it turned out, lived in New York City, in Red Hook, Brooklyn, and had been searching for her daughter for three and a half years, exactly Sergio’s age. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z I began to see why Red had turned out the way he had. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Professor Flitwick, the Charms teacher, had already decorated his classroom with shimmering lights that turned out to be real, fluttering fairies. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Comparing texts word by word turned out to be quite the consuming task. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z She ran to the front door, to the pane of glass in its center, and watched as a black SUV turned out of the driveway and drove past the house, disappearing from view. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Reality: I don’t know why things turned out this way. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z It turned out that knowing German would prove more useful to us than we ever could have imagined. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z In any event, it turned out not to matter that Honoria was from Staples or that she had long arms. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z It turned out he’d been given confusing instructions on his last visit to the clinic, and he hadn’t received his monthly five dollars. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z It turned out to be not a book at all but a wooden box trickily carved and painted to look like a calf-bound volume. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z There turned out to be one hundred and twelve of these notched letters scattered throughout the book. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Finally I got him fed and turned out. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z It turned out that the person who had written this letter was Eliot Rosewater, Billy’s friend in the veterans’ hospital near Lake Placid. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z But her daughter’s mind turned out to be elsewhere. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z “He turned out to be not so much a butterfly as a moth, you see,” I said, holding the jar out to show her. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z So the atom turned out to be quite unlike the image that most people had created. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z I was moved by all the people who’d turned out to meet us, but at the same time I was feeling something more intimate and urgent that had nothing to do with where we were. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Naomi did not like it, but it turned out that even Muff’s husband, Bud, had one. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z It turned out that the people my dad arranged for me to live with—the Bacon family—were desperate for extra cash. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z This turned out to be the ideal training for tracking spy talk. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z "She told us that she was being turned out of the human race. She was becoming a monkey." How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Ophie had been hoping the opportunity to check the attic for clues would present itself, but the next week turned out to be the busiest she’d spent in the manor so far. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z He turned out to be a very handsome fellow, nineteen years old, more than six feet tall, with blond hair that flopped over his forehead. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z But turned out they ’as from way up in the mountains. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I was sitting at a perfect piano, it turned out, with its surfaces carefully dusted, its internal wires precisely tuned, its eighty-eight keys laid out in a flawless ribbon of black and white. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Especially if it turned out that he really could. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z But this, too, turned out to be a false lead. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z My first opponent turned out to be a giant, so much bigger than the toy general I used to peep at. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z It turned out Akira had wanted to see the nearby river that day, so Mama had taken him. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “That you were gone into the army, and she was afraid had—not turned out well. At such a distance as that, you know, things are strangely misrepresented.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z “Well, what good was it for your sister to be named Deborah when she turned out so bad that everyone calls her Negra?” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z It would have been better if it had turned out to be a stranger—a sixth or eighth grader I didn’t see in homeroom every day. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z She liked him well enough, and was pleased for Grace Turner that he had turned out to be bright. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z After dinner I hurried to get ready for bed and turned out the light hoping I could fall asleep and wake up with one of Gay’s fresh starts. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Ess followed eagerly, and it turned out they were in luck. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z It turned out they had other things in common, too. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z It had certainly been that way with Cecilia, the beautiful butterfly who had turned out to be a poisonous wasp. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z And her release project, after a rough start, has turned out to be a great success. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z “Well, it’s turned out well enough this time, as the ostrich said when he swallowed the melon. But there had better not be a next. That was too close for my peace of mind.” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z I stood there panting, sweating, wishing things had turned out some other way. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Sweet old ladies turned out to be Grannies. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z And, by an unforeseeable paradox, it was my career in the church that turned out, precisely, to be my gimmick. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z It can only be proven that I brought a person onto campus who I presumed to be an expert on sexual deviancy in adolescence and who turned out to be an actual sexual deviant. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z His recurring illness had turned out to be appendicitis. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “There we go,” he said, viewing how the photo turned out. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z “Being friends with you,” she says, “has turned out to be a pretty cool adventure.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z He knew, but she said, “It was torn up and the floor dug—even the baby’s box turned out, and as I looked they put the fire to the outside.” The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z While Abby seemed nice enough, it turned out we had different taste in extracurricular activities, and houses too. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z The next two weeks turned out to be the most critical weeks of my life. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The gallop turned out to be a good forty yards wide, mown to less than six inches. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I hoped her visit to her mother had turned out differently than mine. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z It turned out to be the high-water mark of the antislavery effort in the House. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z All that work, all that memorizing and patting myself on the back for having memorized not only my own lines but also the lines of everyone else, turned out to be for nothing. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z By coincidence, it turned out Barack and I had met Sam years earlier through a different set of friends. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z As it turned out, I had only been away for three months. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z But yeah, it turned out to be fun, too. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z But then the winged thing turned out to be Boo. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z He turned out to be a terrible person. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z Unfortunately, his prediction turned out to be off by nearly three decades. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Because what if I got to know you and you turned out to be just like they said? Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Thus the Cartesian distinction between mind and matter turned out to be less sharp and decisive than at first it had seemed. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Once someone you trusted turned out to be spying on you, it called everyone into question. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Those losses, as it turned out, would not be insignificant. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z He wished he were in China, where if there turned out to be something wrong with the marriage he could always take a concubine. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z It turned out that adventure was a tiring thing. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z My mother’s family turned out in its entirety. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z What is extraordinary from our point of view is how well it turned out for us. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Soon after, Mother married Daddy Clidell, who turned out to be the first father I would know. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Then the March family turned out en masse, and Jo exerted herself to some purpose, for people not only came, but stayed, laughing at her nonsense, admiring Amy’s taste, and apparently enjoying themselves very much. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z What if only one of them turned out to carry that mark? The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Bill was coded as defensive, as it turned out, for forty of the first sixty-six seconds of their conversation. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Eventually, I found what I thought was the path we had walked Zu out on, but it turned out to be nothing more than an old side trail, overgrown and unforgiving to bare skin. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I still can't believe how everything turned out once the championship round began. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z It turned out zombies didn’t just care about brains. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z Technically, the old man’s work turned out badly—brown and streaked. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z The four youths all turned out to have criminal records. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z As it turned out, no one asked Mr. Jones any questions—he says he never met the who team. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z As it turned out, very few people showed up to support the State. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Two hostages, it turned out, had been seriously injured by the inmates, but ten hostages and twenty-nine inmates were then killed by police in the attack. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z On his head was an impossibly large cowboy hat with a silver hatband, which I at first thought was made of little conchos but turned out to be little silhouettes of, right...more women. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z We could do that, it turned out, without much fear of discovery. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Moreover, to Harry’s amazement, he turned out to be quite right. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z I figured I’d get in trouble for this no matter how good or bad it turned out. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z His will, it turned out, was that Emily give birth at home at twenty-six weeks’ gestation. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z It turned out that Uncle had joined the group three days earlier, but since there were more than thirty people traveling together, they had not found each other until now. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “I always thought Matt was the brave and strong one and Travis was the sweet and gentle one. In the end, it turned out that Travis was sweet, gentle, brave, and strong.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z “It was terrible, and it turned out I was taking an antibiotic that wasn’t strong enough. What are you taking, Esther?” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z She asked me why, and I said we were working on a project, and that turned out to be the truth. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z Your sons will be turned out, your wife and daughters banished from the town of Ithaka.” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Even the contents of the suitcase turned out to be somewhat tedious. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z The pain woke me often, but most times sleep turned out to be heavier, pulling me right back down. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z As it turned out I happened to be sitting between them. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z It turned out she’d broken her leg tripping over one of her cats, and she didn’t seem quite as fond of them as before. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z I thought I might be able to exist there without touching anything, but then hours passed and it turned out I was wrong. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Her god of communication became a god of vengeance—to her the most satisfactory deity she had devised so far—and, as it turned out, the last. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z It turned out that he had a girlfriend on the side, and that’s when she filed for a legal separation. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z Despite my terrible grades and our parents' strict rules, junior year in Flushing has turned out pretty nicely. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z As it turned out, my reasoning was seriously flawed. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z When we got there, it turned out as Dad said. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z What he desired turned out to be gold. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He turned out the light and closed the door. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Near the end of his trip, it turned out, Chris had gotten lost in the Mojave Desert and had nearly succumbed to dehydration. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She even taught him how to spell and to write sentences, and he turned out to be a splendid intelligent pupil. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z It turned out to be one of the biggest mistakes I ever made. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z However, it turned out in the end that he was basically correct, though in a manner he had certainly not expected. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Wilkinson, it turned out, was a photographer himself—though he preferred landscapes. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He’s so excited, he has to call a bunch of friends and tell them how this has turned out to be the best Christmas ever. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z “I was really scared of flying, and it turned out okay. No, not okay. Great.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z But it turned out she didn't need him so badly after all. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z The sole exception turned out to be Amy, who is capable of getting even without first getting mad. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Our war and theirs turned out to be remarkably similar. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The rain turned out to be a blessing for Lake Windsor. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z As it turned out, on the day of the murder, a fish fry was held at Walter's house. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z It turned out that the Black Panthers at the People’s Center had taken up a collection for Cecile to fly down here. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Coraline closed the old wooden door, turned out the light, and went to bed. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z It turned out, Brian Boss wasn’t wearing a cup after all. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z As it turned out, he wound up apologizing for the comparative failure of his effort. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z And Britain’s Royal Air Force, in a gallant and furious fight against the Luftwaffe, turned out to be a stronger opponent than Germany had expected. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Abby’s sitting on the ledge by the sinks, toes turned out like a ballerina, jelly flats peeking out from under her dress. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Which was lucky, because the brutally skinny chicken carcass turned out to be her new roommate. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “Not at all what I expected. What an interesting group of people you have turned out to be.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z That note, it turned out—which by now had been quoted or read aloud by half the grade—was Maya’s first ticket to a kind of popularity she’d never experienced before. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z It turned out we did still have that canoe, overturned and full of dead spiders. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z This railroad turned out to be the protocols I mentioned above—the language of the Internet and World Wide Web. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z There was one condition that must have been a matter of chagrin for the arsonists—all the farm animals were turned out to pasture during the summer nights and so escaped a fiery death. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z So my father had been the first one to open the letter, a long letter it turned out. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The paving of the Kinshasa Highway affected every person on earth, and turned out to be one of the most important events of the twentieth century. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It turned out to be a pretty sloppy game, considering that the Tangerine Times had picked both the Lake Windsor Seagulls and the Cypress Bay Cardinals as “Teams to Watch” in its preseason poll. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z And, we might add, look how well that turned out. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z It turned out that Sticky had once been quite content with his life—the agreeable child of agreeable parents—but the situation changed once his gifts became known. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z I just wish more people had turned out to vote. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Harry tried to make an apologetic face to Lavender, but it might have turned out simply amused, because she looked more offended than ever as the Fat Lady swung shut behind them. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z But I’m glad it turned out that I’m both these things.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z And what if it turned out that Granddaddy was—God forbid—wrong? The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Many people in the county turned out for Roan’s funeral. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z A batch of jerseys given to the Fugees turned out to be very large, almost like nightshirts. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z The way it turned out—” He shook his head. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z The game, which turned out to be the longest of Bobby’s career, ended as an interesting draw. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Ollie and I remained trembling in place, watching their backs until they turned out of the alley. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z The Iowa pigs turned out to be more delicate and more expensive to house and feed than the Creole pigs, and in the end, most didn’t survive in their new home. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Grandma tucked our quilts around us, then turned out the light and went back to the bathroom. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Dussel, the man who was said to get along so well with children and to absolutely adore them, has turned out to be an old-fashioned disciplinarian and preacher of unbearably long sermons on manners. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z One of Grammer’s workers later admitted to authorities, “I had the assurance that if I was ever arrested...I would be turned out in five minutes.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z He kissed my forehead and turned out the light. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z “Last night turned out the most terrible storm we have had in Jackson Park,” Burnham wrote Margaret on Thursday. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “If I had half your initiative, things woulda turned out different,” says Bobby. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z “He is now gone into the army,” she added; “but I am afraid he has turned out very wild.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z As soon as she came close enough, I tried to plead my case, but as it turned out, she had nothing to say. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z And together, they all laid out the plates and cups, as Ben served up a good dinner of dandelion salad and grilled ersters, which it turned out Ess did prefer to raw. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “It might even be a migraine. My aunts foot doctor used to get migraines, only they turned out not to be migraines at all. Do you know what they were?” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z Finally, I would see my home, but it turned out to be empty, a ghost house, with all the doors and windows open, but no one at all there. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I stayed there by the creek wallowing in my pity, thinking about how this day had turned out so bad. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z But it turned out she was pretty good at art after all, because the way she decorated it, it looked almost real. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z I told him yes, and it turned out that he had this old trailer I could stay in for free. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The producers at Channel 3, as it turned out, had good instincts. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Well, it’s true. I don’t know how I’d have turned out without you being my best friend.” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z As it turned out, their relatives had correctly predicted their fate: their age gap would lead to long-term problems in their marriage. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z “Suppose I’m not, though? You’d mind terribly if you turned out to be wrong this time, wouldn’t you?” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z As a rule, though, that wasn’t how all their drinking turned out. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z What would I have been if things had turned out differently? The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z As it turned out, though, nothing was done. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The whole of Chicago’s black community and a few white friends turned out to celebrate. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z No matter how things turned out, I was going to try to see the good in things, like Jackie and Howard. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Some people thought that, except for a few boulders, it would be hard and flat—and they turned out to be right. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Ben turned out his lights and waited for the driver of the Rambler to identify himself. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z It turned out to be a miniature spicy fish cake. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z The turkey potpie wasn’t half bad, and the cherry strudel turned out to be surprisingly tasty. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It turned out later that Dennis Doyle, a man I knew in Nairobi, had sent the man from St. Lawrence University to see me while he was in Kenya doing fieldwork with his students. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z As it turned out, I did not see her again until the afternoon, when, as I say, I came across her in the dining room, replacing crockery into the sideboard. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z But nothing had turned out as either of them expected. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z As it turned out, the schottische was a very energetic type of dance. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z His eyes got beady and his lip turned out. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z The cops grouped the boys together, lined them up against a fence, and demanded to know which of them had jettisoned the bag, which later turned out to be filled with quinine, not heroin. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I have done a lot of work on black holes, and it would all be wasted if it turned out that black holes do not exist. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Mama Bellini, by the way, turned out to be the best friend a cricket ever had. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z As it turned out, Enstice had a history of prematurely and incorrectly declaring deaths to be homicides without adequate supporting evidence. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Later, it turned out he was just a douche. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z If she had stayed in Honduras, he would have turned out better. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z In a strange way he was looking forward to it—relieved that things were going to clear up between them, however things turned out. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z The scrawny animals, it turned out, were seldom slaughtered for food because they were being held as the people’s wealth. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z However, leaving the sarcastic, mocking side of myself behind turned out to be a bad idea, because nothing really stepped in to fill the gap. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z It turned out lopsided and scratchy, but still legible. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z It turned out that under the western United States there was a huge cauldron of magma, a colossal volcanic hot spot which erupted cataclysmically every 600,000 years or so. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z I shoved it down my pants, turned out all the room lights, and opened the back window. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z “The way everybody turned out, it seems they did a good job too,” Richard said. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It turned out to be their most effective offensive weapon: Permian was called for roughing the kicker and Odessa High got a first down. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Professors, relatives, random people I met, asked what was next for me, and when I mentioned I was bound for law school—Harvard Law School, as it turned out—the affirmation was overwhelming. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z This stage setting turned out to be unnecessary. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Things which were odd, by Julian’s definition, often turned out to be amusingly mundane. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z We found what turned out to be one of the last buses out of Tembisa, for the police were quarantining the ghetto, barring all company vehicles and public transportation. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z He was very sad that the only invitation that he had received for many years should have turned out to be such an unhappy occasion. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z He undressed and got into bed, read for about half an hour and then turned out the light. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z It turned out to be placenta, and washed off. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He spent the whole night making incomprehensible movements in the drawing room; later they turned out to be exercises designed to perfect the mind’s control over the body and to improve digestion. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z "I waited, and about four o'clock she came to the window and stood there for a minute and then turned out the light." The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z "I messed up with the skin. It turned out too bright." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z It turned out there was no good reason for me to lie to my family. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z I arrived in Cape Town at midnight for what turned out to be a two-week stay. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The whole population of the neighborhood turned out for a long, trailing funeral which went on for hours and was in effect an indignation meeting. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z It turned out that the Soviet one-time pad system had a weakness. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z That idiotic Zen-hippie style of his turned out to be just right for a driving instructor. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z I was certain she was going to punish me, but this turned out to be one of those times when she didn’t care. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z It turned out that the Mosses were not the only villains in my story. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z He turned out to be as tetchy and irritable as he looked. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z The only person I dreaded saying good-bye to was Grover, but as it turned out, I didn’t have to. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z It turned out that for most of their lives they’d lived only a few blocks apart. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Some guys said that he had been turned out. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z Then it turned out the purple flowers were called poison kisses, and Arya got a rash on her arms. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z My first night in a proper hospital turned out to be quite pleasant. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z As it turned out, Ionia was the place where science was born. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z What scared me most, it turned out, weren’t the threats. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z They turned out to be a lot more valuable than the jewels. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z A large number of sports fans, it turned out, refused to believe that a set of statistical tools could help them understand how good a basketball player someone was. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Gary went back into class, and as it turned out he really didn’t need the answer sheet anyway, looking at it once or twice. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I slid them under my pillow, but when I turned out the light, fear filled up my hard, narrow bed. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe he had turned out well anyway because the family had been so poor. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z If it turned out that those answers I unearthed were no different from theirs—which I very much doubted—well, then I would believe everything they said with a clear conscience. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z That earthquake of 8 October 2005 turned out to be one of the worst in history. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z That has turned out, over time, to be correct, though at the time even the advocates were not sure. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z His happiness, it turned out, was because he had killed seven mice and was feeling very proud—not to say pumped up and gladiatorial. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z After all, her own grandmothers made her match, and look how that turned out. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z They were so hungry they ate mushrooms that turned out to be poisonous. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z As it turned out, though, it was just about the last moment like that between me and Ruth for the rest of that outing. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z What turned out different was who shot whom. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “And here I thought you would have turned out to be so much more clever.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z But it turned out it really wasn’t at all. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z But Johnson, it turned out, was also rotting underground. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z She took an experimental bite of one which turned out to be coconut. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z As it turned out, the old man never castled. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The gravity of relativity theory was brilliant at explaining why planets orbited suns or why galaxies tended to cluster, but turned out to have no influence at all at the particle level. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Even a whole month later, Anise still looked bowled over by how everything had turned out, like Kalinda and I had taken turns spitting in her face. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z High lords and fabled champions had come from all over the realm to compete, and the whole city had turned out tq^ watch. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Most of my new high school friends were black, but that didn't necessarily translate, it turned out, to any sort of uniformity in our experience. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z As it turned out, it’s a good thing I didn’t. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z As it turned out, the news was much bigger than the boys could ever have imagined. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z It turned out later that only one horse had been actually stolen. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z It had been her idea to follow the cucos before they were prepared, and look how that turned out. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z One of Sally’s cousins was a good-looking, slender, dark-haired boy named Appy, who later turned out to look like a movie idol and aroused more admiration than the short, comical, chubby Sally. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z A wooden plaque in the entryway was engraved in cursive with the words Home Is Where the Heart Is, and the entire house turned out to be festooned in such observations. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z Johnson, the guy who had lifted the pump onto the truck, turned out to be going to Alpha Company with us. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z But it turned out that Hanako’s grandparents had discovered this afternoon that the wheat was being attacked by insects, so they did not think they could go to Kobe. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z In half a minute it could be turned out and the mold oiled for the next pouring. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z The toothpicks’ most lasting effect, however, turned out to be on Izzy herself. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z So it turned out the prayer wasn’t so simple. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z So the lady lent him a black horse which turned out to be a fiend, and it vanished in dramatic circumstances when Percy luckily crossed himself that evening. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sorry it turned out so bad. You musta got there just as everything went to hell.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z But it turned out to be too soon. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The proper line, the one leading to the office responsible for issuing birth certificates and other documents, turned out to be longer than the other one, so we waited another hour. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z At the time, I thought it was a real awful curse happening to me, but instead, it turned out to be a big blessing. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z It turned out that a lot of people felt the same way. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z Anyway, Joey turned out to be pretty funny. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The adventure all began with a glass of milk being overturned by an elbow and Jack and Sarah being turned out from the house for the morning in punishment. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z When they got into Tyler, it turned out that the man lived at a boarding house just down the street from Lewis’s lady friend. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z But he turned out to be a liar and a cheat, and he had a vicious streak. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z He’d barely turned out the light when his mum had very apologetically—and very groggily—come in to kiss him good night. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z Another glyph, u-kahi, turned out to mean “by the action of.” 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z A pair of stage "twins"--who turned out to be the girls in yellow--did a baby act in costume and champagne was served in glasses bigger than finger bowls. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z While in there, it turned out, she decided to relieve herself. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z They were supposed to keep awake and watch for enemies, but, as it turned out, they were all so weary from the feast that they soon slept too. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z As Caltech astrophysicist Kip S. Thorne has written: "The speed of light turned out to be the same in all directions and at all seasons." A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z At first glance it appeared to be a three-ton pair of scissors, and this turned out to be exactly what it was. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Our feet were trapped under a weight on top of the blankets that turned out to be Tree and Zheegwon lying perpendicular on top of the comforter. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Sometimes I thought I heard Edmond’s voice in my head but it always turned out to be my subconscious replaying old tapes out of some perverse kind of nostalgia. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The senator turned out to be a state senator, a hack politician, now serving a five-year jail term for bribery. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z But how can I look him in the face and tell him that's turned out to be true?' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Bologna turned out to be the most rewarding event in Captain Black’s life since the day Major Duluth was killed over Perugia and he was almost selected to replace him. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “He don’t know what he’s missing out on, sweetie. And you’re gonna be just fine. My dad was a bum, and I turned out all right.” The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z It turned out that at the age of thirty-one, Moore had hairy-cell leukemia, a rare and deadly cancer that filled his spleen with malignant blood cells until it bulged like an overfilled inner tube. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z The inscription turned out to be a date: September 3,32 b. c. , in today’s calendar. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z First Jackson and then Smith were also prepared with their response, which turned out to be the fullest public exposition of the proslavery position yet presented in the United States. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z She’d picked the gym bathroom because it was far from the classrooms and there were no P.E. classes after lunch, but it turned out to be a bad choice. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Less than a week, as it turned out. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z The fire, it turned out, had been in the basement. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z There he stopped the car, ate a sandwich, drank some beer, turned out the lights and curled up in the seat to sleep. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z But when it comes to how things turned out, I’m not sorry. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z It turned out that corn was an excellent way to store and trade wealth. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Not only for me but for my mom, too, because she is always saying, “Never thought I’d be here forever. But that’s how things turned out.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z A federal grand jury in Washington began what turned out to be a smoke-screen investigation accusing Fischer of money laundering after his match with Spassky in 1992. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The two dollars she hated to release turned out to be well spent, for Teapot did have a fracture, although the doctor said poor diet had contributed substantially to the daintiness of his bones. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z That turned out to be good, for it gave me the chance to better myself. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s just sad the way it turned out. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Later when it all turned out to be nothing, nobody would remember who started spreading the rumor—it had always been the same with the Sparra. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z She would buttress her argument with recommendations from Dr. Cuevas, which later, when he was asked point-blank, turned out to have been made up. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The Social Security number turned out to be genuine and placed McCandless’s permanent residence in northern Virginia. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z They were relieved things had turned out the way they had; that they were in a position to comfort Ruth, instead of being left behind in the wake of a dizzying boost to her hopes. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z As it turned out, the uncertainty itself was the worst suffering we had to undergo. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z But as he observed in recalling the discussion, that was before they actually had exploded their firecracker, which yielded a display that turned out to be very impressive indeed. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Nothing was truer; as it turned out, Milkman’s feet could hardly make it over the stony road covered with second growth. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z The National Cancer Institute’s $30,000 grant had turned out to be insufficient to cover new demands for shielding and other safety provisions. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z It even turned out to be crucial for the D-Day invasions. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z It turned out the Cowboys had won the Super Bowl last year, so they were the best team in the league. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z It was his fault that he pressed the wrong button on the camcorder and none of the film turned out, so there was no movie of the day I broke the single-season scoring record. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z What if this turned out to be the exact moment the jelly beans wore off? The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z This turned out not to be such a good idea. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z The basement, it turned out, had a light switch. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I was sure Dad wouldn’t wear a costume to help us trick-or-treat, but it turned out I was wrong about that too. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z It turned out, then, that summer, that the moral barriers that I had supposed to exist between me and the dangers of a criminal career were so tenuous as to be nearly nonexistent. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z Here the Pan-American Highway had, as it turned out, sliced through some of the oldest public architecture anywhere on earth. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z He’d been out of the Academy only a few months, it turned out, but had already been assigned several times to the State Shop. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Both Adams and Jefferson, it turned out, were too deeply shaped by the desperate struggle against England to foresee the Anglo-American alliance that flourished throughout the Victorian era and beyond. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z But it turned out Andrecito was such a sweet cherub of a baby that his diapers didn’t bother me. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He wondered how things might have turned out differently for him if he’d had more faith, a different name, or been born to different circumstances. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z “Of course, Abnegation turned out to be no better, in some ways. It seems there’s no escaping the reach of genetic damage. Even the Abnegation leadership was poisoned by it.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z He loved his two nephews and it would be a sad blow if they turned out to be lions when they grew up. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z But at home, it turned out, they had all felt the same way: as if they were different from the other children. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z This turned out to be an accurate appraisal of the lawyer’s then immediate future, now his receding past. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He then led me into the rear room of the office, which turned out to be a tiny factory filled with many strange machines smeared with red dust. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z But First Wife turned out to be a living ghost, no threat to Second Wife, who had her strong spirit intact. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Thirty thousand local residents turned out on a blustery day in mid-March to fete the men they had adopted as hometown heroes. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z I’m wondering how things would have turned out if it hadn’t been for that deer. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Just “hanging on” turned out to be impossible as Westmoreland appealed to Johnson for more troops. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z It was a poem by somebody who really thinks about things, and that somebody turned out to be Tyrone. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It turned out that Toby wasn’t kidding—he really did go for the Egypt Game. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z What if he turned out to be stupid? Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z We grew cantaloupes that turned out pale and tasteless. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The “small” ceremony turned out to be “Bobby Fischer Day” in New York City. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I’d thought I hated these guys, but it turned out things changing didn’t always have to be a bad thing. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z When Elizebeth and her team broke the intercepts, they turned out to be messages from spies. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z But summer, it turned out, was no more real than the snow that melted in wintertime. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z It turned out those belonged to none other than Sahil, who came to sit by me on the boulder. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Galileo took this at face value, which turned out to be a big mistake. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Imagine how things might have turned out had the Neanderthals or Denisovans survived alongside Homo sapiens. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z But he seemed okay and I thought he had an honest face—which turned out to be right, except that I’m not sure what a dishonest face would look like. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z “No staff to speak of, the larder half-empty, the city getting ready to explode, and she wants this turned out and polished. Of all the foolish—” A loud beating on the front door interrupted her. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z It turned out those cells weren’t from Russian cancer patients at all. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z But anyway, the zombie costume turned out pretty great. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z Jahrling carried some slides containing spots of his own blood serum into his closet, shut the door, turned out the light. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z As it turned out, he did most of the talking. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z At first, people thought it was another virus, and they were looking for groups like the Coalition of Pity, but it turned out that it was something called Nostalgia Feedback. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Unfortunately, it turned out to be too thick for tying his exhaust pipes in place. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, they were only a collection of fiends, of course. The whole tower turned up-so-down and vanished immediately, and it turned out that they had been fiends all the time, including the priest.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z She nibbled his ear in an affectionate sort of way, which was a far better present than the one that she had brought him, which turned out to be from the Dursleys. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Even so, the canoe turned out to be a cranky little craft. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z Not too far to crawl back to them swiftly if the trees turned out to be full of spirits idling the night away. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z If it turned out that the River of Doubt was a tributary of the Amazon River, they estimated that they had to travel another four hundred miles. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z The problem, as it turned out, was not so much bad math as false hope: Colin had been trying to tweak the Theorem to make K-19's graph look like: An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z Actually, it turned out he was really friendly. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z As the car plunged, Milton only had time to be astonished by the way things had turned out. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z A man whose life turned out just fine, regardless of his education level. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z As it turned out, this was not to be, for in traveling to Orlando they had, of necessity, sat in a non-White carriage. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z If I had gone straight home, if I had gone out to get our rations with my mother and father, things might have turned out very differently than they did. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z One hundred and seventy islanders turned out for Arthur’s funeral, which was held on a warm, cloudless day in June at the San Piedro Memorial Cemetery. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Someone was saying how they liked to read the last pages of books first, to make sure everyone turned out okay. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z It turned out that pregnancy tests were expensive. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Until I was walking down the hall just after my talk with Katie, on my way to my locker, happy about how things had turned out. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z That evening an audience of nearly a thousand people turned out for the concert in Savannah’s new Municipal Auditorium, whites sitting in the boxes and dress circle, blacks in segregated orchestra or gallery seats. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z They had turned out, like people in small towns all over the country, to watch their young men leave. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z After that, I was sure Halloween was going to be awful, but it turned out it wasn’t. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z Bull found a knife and clambered to the back end of the boat, which turned out to be a humongous mistake. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z It turned out the headaches were a symptom of runaway tooth decay. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z She was going to buy me every single thing, even if it all got broke or turned out wrong. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Tuesday night, most of what I thought I understood a y about myself had turned out to be wrong. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z It was very quiet as I turned out the light. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The first thing she said when she met me: “Oh, you turned out short.” How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z I got one of the boys to fashion little miniature boxing gloves out of dried plantain leaves sewn together, which turned out very realistic, and had them dangling down from all the lights and fans. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The woman loosed her grip slightly and Hazel lunged for the nearest thing—which turned out to be the arm strap of her backpack. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z It turned out he had been shot twice in the leg. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z It turned out there were a lot of things I had yet to learn about life, or at least life on the Princeton campus in the early 1980s. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z As it turned out, I didn't get to brood too much over what had happened. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z It turned out to be much nastier than any of Mate’s! In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z As it turned out, the surprise was three dudes with snake tails instead of legs. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Mom took longer than five minutes, which turned out to make all the difference. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z It turned out that dumb old A-10 Thunderbolt from the Sea, Air, and Space Museum didn’t fly at all. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z It turned out I was supposed to have been picking them up over the summer as well—some kind of handout that I didn’t get in the mail. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z But in typical wise-sage-mom fashion, she turned out to be right. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z She missed the brickwork edge and landed in the canal, but it turned out to be only a few inches deep. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z As it turned out, the easier choice was the correct choice. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z Still later, when the dust had settled and he had had the paperwork organized, Inspector Thomas Mathew congratulated himself for the way it had all turned out. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “The fact is,” he answered, “I think I've turned out to be a Conservative.” One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Tenants, made jobless by the fever, ran out of rent money and were turned out of their homes. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z They hadn’t planned on a big hole, or a deep one, so the work of digging shouldn’t have been as demanding as it turned out. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z He remembered wandering up the hill, that what he had thought to be a child had turned out to be a fox, that a helpful caretaker had escorted him back out to the street. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z The first body he came to turned out to be Namba, but Hutchison couldn’t discern who it was until he knelt in the gale and chipped a three-inch-thick carapace of ice from her face. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z “I hope everything turned out all right,” Gram said. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z In a blow for Elizebeth’s team, RED’s Enigma messages turned out to be doubly encrypted. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Leslie and Jesse had wanted blue, but Bill held out for gold, which turned out to be so beautiful that they were glad they had given in. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z As it turned out, there were ample grounds for the volunteer’s despair. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought he would write Everyone turned out okay, but when he passed the book back, he'd actually written, Everyone was mauled by a bear, it was very sad, let’s go get ice cream. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z As it turned out, between the end of the fifteenth century and the end of the nineteenth century efforts to find a new route failed over and over again. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z It was an entirely random decision which, as you will see, turned out to be quite fateful. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z And as it later turned out, I was correct. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z The sensor even read her stomach muscles, which, it turned out, hoverboarders always clenched in anticipation of turns. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Was it too far-fetched to imagine that things might have turned out differently if I hadn’t? The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z It turned out that the way to make magic was to rip up my new thrift store clothes with a pair of scissors. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z It was, as it turned out, an impossible task. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Yet it had turned out not to be the sleepy little village that the captain had envisioned. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z We gave him a real nice send-off, whole neighborhood turned out. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z “What? Oh, my God. So glad it all turned out okay.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z I was distressed to see her, and thought how things might have turned out differently. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z School was very easy, it turned out, if you just disconnected your heart. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z I put on my PJs, turned out the light, and got under the covers. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “But it turned out to be pretty cool. Sort of like the grass thing.” Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z Christened the Sagarmatha Environmental Expedition, Fischer’s team removed 5,000 pounds of trash from the mountain—which was very good for the landscape and turned out to be even better public relations. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z If we would have, though, what would have become of that guy that used to carry a gun, or that other white kid that actually turned out to be my friend? The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z No one, it turned out, but that madman Yossarian, who brought him down with a flying tackle one day as he was scooting along the bottom of the ditch to his trailer for lunch. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The men of the 10th Leningrad turned out to be friendly and sympathetic, and were assigned to help train the 587th in battle techniques in their challenging, powerful Pe-2 dive-bombers. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z One-ninety Howard Avenue turned out to be just across the street from a big convent, and there were a lot of trees and stuff and nuns running around the place. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z As it turned out, Mistress Cutler provided her with a store- bought calico gown. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z It turned out to be a Missouri special, with the St. Louis Cardinals winning in four over the St. Louis Browns. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z This made me nervous, but it turned out to be a good thing in the end. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z He turned out to be one of the Luftwaffe’s most celebrated and deadly flying aces, and he wanted to meet the pilot who’d shot him down. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z How it turned out—the only bad feature is, everybody comes in here, they pester her with questions. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Not surprisingly, the vacation cabins the pilots had been living in all summer turned out to be drafty and freezing cold in the winter. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z His timing turned out to be flawless, for the catastrophe that had struck him that afternoon had plowed under the entire nation. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z On what turned out to be my last meeting with Luzan I went over the appointed fifty minutes. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I put the baby down quickly—just in time, as it turned out. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z It turned out to have been good thinking. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The issue turned out to be the most successful ever in terms of newsstand sales. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z As it turned out, most of the younger psychologists were staying at the Independence, and that was where the big first-night parties were. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z As it turned out, however, they had other motives. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z It turned out that Bunny knew how to swim. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z And really, I didn’t care if they made their pies out of sweat socks and wiggle worms, as long as they turned out this sweetsmelling I’d eat them. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z There were few physical clues, and Weaver, as it turned out, had an alibi. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The class in which I thought it would be the easiest to get a good grade, P.E., turned out to be one of the hardest. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z The page came out with a ragged tear and the pencil turned out to be a green one, but that would have to do. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z But it turned out the notion that being a middle kid was a form of child abuse was greatly exaggerated. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z They turned out the flashlight and pushed me toward the door. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z This person was singing, and it turned out to be Hare himself. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z But that wasn’t too bad, as it turned out. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z After the game it turned out that Crow had not been whimpering. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z We were an odd couple, for I affected the informal dress I had gotten used to underground and wore khakis and fatigues, while Robbie was always smartly turned out in a suit. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Right away I drove to Portsmouth and met my mother’s childhood friend, a slim, brown-haired, soft-spoken woman of Mommy’s age whose eyes, it turned out, were working just fine. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “You turned out so unusual. I fixed your tongue so you could say charming things. You don’t even say hello to the villagers.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z It turned out that a large part of the hospital’s staff had had direct contact with either Monet or Musoke or with blood samples and fluids that came from the two patients. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The boots turned out to belong not to a guest but to a man delivering the Cucaracha Voice. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z A few of the people he claimed to have murdered turned out to be alive. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z It turned out that my mother had once spent about a year working for him as a secretary, taking dictation and maintaining the legal department’s files. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Comparing texts word by word turned out to be quite the consuming task. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z We weren’t sure where he got his information, but it generally turned out to be true. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z It turned out my new friend, Matt, wasn’t lying about his parents. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z It turned out I had signed up for a weekend of prayer and singing hymns about Jesus. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Baba had lied about a lot of things as it turned out but he hadn’t lied about that. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t always like my school photos, but that one had turned out pretty good. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z But it turned out that the camps, which had seemed to go on forever, were, after all, temporary. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z That turned out to be our last moment of peace. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Mom noticed I wasn’t overjoyed with how the article had turned out. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z The orange horizon turned out to be a sunrise, which turned into a bright blue winter morning. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z At the end of the fifth test, the subject was sent home to New York with three or four aspirins in an engraved envelope for his sniffles, which turned out to be bronchial pneumonia. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z That Sunday turned out to be the dreariest one on record. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z When the commander sent someone to clear the airfield before an accident occurred, the thing turned out to be a big teddy bear. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z It may be too late, as things have turned out. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe if things had turned out differently that day, they would have turned out differently in the end, too. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z It was the one consolation for what had turned out to be a pretty disappointing day. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z A failure to command coherence connectives turned out to be among the skills that most sharply differentiated the struggling students from their successful peers. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z But the Wrights, it turned out, were unexpectedly easy subjects. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z My birthday party turned out to be much smaller than I thought it would be, but it was still great. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z ‘It’s all turned out wrong. It won’t do. It’s no good.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The thing she’d tried to avoid turned out to be a bush—a bush that saved her life and those of her crew. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z They were twins, as it turned out, even though they didn’t look anything alike. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z As it turned out, he was a little better, but by then both Trotter and William Ernest were down with the bug. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z The last night of the eliminations turned out like the second night. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z That turned out to be the biggest surprise of the day. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z “It turned out to be easier,” he grumbled by way of explanation. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z As it turned out, I didn’t even need to control the currents. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z The inhabitants of Norfolk turned out to watch us drill, alarmed by our volleys. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z It turned out he’d changed his mind and instead of heading south had driven to Alaska.” Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z With each viewing, we cried at the end when the Mexican kids buried Charles Bronson—who, as it turned out, wasn’t Iranian either. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Under all the sequins, it turned out that Pixie had on a proper bathing suit. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Every flower that had bloomed bore some kind of seed or fruit, and it was a surprise to see how the different ones turned out. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z She and some of the engineers turned out for the parade, enjoying the celebration, allowing themselves, perhaps, just a sliver of pride in having been a part of such an achievement. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Well, it turned out that we didn’t have one, but I didn’t learn it from my mother. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z The famous upstart neurologist wanted to be my lover, it turned out, and actually won me to his bed for a time. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z As it turned out, the first school I visited, the Sarah Bonnell School for girls, had a large contingent of Muslim students. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z It turned out that 1–4 per cent of the unique human DNA of modern populations in the Middle East and Europe is Neanderthal DNA. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Not saddles; their diamond-shaped backs turned out to be comfortable enough without them. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z It turned out to be another Russian guard—he hadn’t answered because he’d forgotten that night’s password! A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z It turned out to be an inmate’s bedding and mattress on fire. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z However, this venture turned out all right, because I did not have to noose that bird. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z In Amarillo the doctor I summoned turned out to be a young man. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Our destination turned out not to be the town of Ensenada, after all, but about five miles out of the city limits. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z It was lucky that Harry had tea with Hagrid to look forward to, because the Potions lesson turned out to be the worst thing that had happened to him so far. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Joyce settled down on a bench on the foredeck, sipping coffee in the sun, looking forward to watching Joe race and seeing him afterward, however it turned out. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z It turned out Henrietta’s cells could float through the air on dust particles. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z And when an ear infection turned out to be the culprit, it was she who fed antibiotic syrup drop by drop into Mirabelle’s small pink mouth and let her lap it up like a kitten. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “This afternoon I thought that if it turned out that books were worth while, we might get a press and print some extra copies—” “ We?” Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z I whispered a prayer of thanks, then went back inside, turned out the lights, and crawled into bed. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z It took another thirty minutes before the forest opened up to fields below—it turned out they’d been on a hill. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z My second-grade classroom turned out to be a mayhem of unruly kids and flying erasers, which had not been the norm in either my experience or Craig’s. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z It turned out, Rindlisbacher explains, that the wife of the guy was the daughter of a police captain in Las Vegas. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z She wasn’t amused and it turned out that she didn’t even know what Malayalam was. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The feral cat that Charles found turned out, surprisingly, to be a rather good pet. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z When she had finished her ritual, Blanca climbed into bed and turned out the light. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The car squealed as we turned out of the parking lot. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z The kraken’s daughter turned out to be just a woman after all, the captains and the kings would say. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I was a little late for the briefing because no one had heard of the journalism lab, which turned out to be just an ordinary classroom. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z I always thought Angie would grow up to be something awesome, like a designer or an artist, but it turned out she was another Mexican daughter who didn’t want to leave home. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z It turned out they were soldiers who worked with military scout dogs and lived on the far side of the base. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Each book and each paper, as it turned out, had quite a bit to say. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z The name of the man with the Clark Gable mustache turned out to be Dr. Faruqi. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z But that name turned out to be a detriment rather than an asset to me. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It turned out to be the best thing he ever did, since, quite unexpectedly, the Nazi offered him a job. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z It then turned out that the plug was defective, and the cell stank abominably for hours afterwards. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z She wondered whether she had turned out the light in the back room. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z It turned out to be an empty sack of sunflower seeds. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z He had nothing, it turned out, but a few dollars and coins, for which he begged Fujiko’s forgiveness. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “That’s right. It turned out to be your wife dressed in your flight suit. We recognized her by her mustache,” Major Reynolds, Bull’s executive officer, shot back. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The address turned out to be the Museum of World Art, the finest museum in the city. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Garfield felt relieved about the way the battle turned out. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z There were, it turned out, an untold number of ways that bodies could intertwine. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z An alternate choice has been made, or an accident has turned out differently. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z It turned out that he and I were taking the same exam, but he wasn’t studying at all—didn’t believe in it. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z He hadn’t really thought before about the fact that it mattered to him that those two fellows were in the boat with him, but it turned out that it did matter, a lot. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z But this marriage turned out to be particularly important: Frederick’s daughter Sophia married the Elector of Hanover and was the mother of George I of England. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Yet some of Fabyan’s unlikely stories turned out to be true. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z He wondered why it hadn’t turned out the way it said in songs. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Well, what a fine pair of commanders you two turned out to be. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Marly was puzzled at first, but then it turned out that Joe wouldn’t go to the little school by the graveyard at all. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z His invention, it turned out, could also cleanse noxious vapors and particulates from smelter effluent, coal particles from mine air, and much more. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z But that wasn’t the word that hurt most, it turned out. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z A long time afterwards I thought that if I had waited and gone to my uncles, or somehow sneaked across the bridge and warned my grandfather that things would have turned out differently. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Neal, it turned out, was both the owner and the cook. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z It turned out to be such a great dress, and the only one of its kind in the camp, that bride after bride—whether she's fifteen or fifty—gets in line to borrow it. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Butternut was on it in a second, happily licking it while I checked the email—which turned out to be spam. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z And Michael turned out to be a great Rooster. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z As it turned out I saw almost more potatoes than I needed to see. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z So as I sat in the living room that night, I took on the full responsibility of finding my parents’ killer—even if it turned out that the killer shared my DNA. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z It turned out that Oliver did have the best idea for the first Operation Beiderman. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Every window upstairs and down blazed, though she always turned out the light when she left a room. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z In the ranks he was anonymous, and it turned out that to have been inside conferred a certain status. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z And so were their children and grandchildren, because the lessons those garment workers brought home with them in the evenings turned out to be critical for getting ahead in the world. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z The Germans, it turned out, had poisoned the river shore with an yperite mixture—more commonly known as mustard gas. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z It turned out that the rumour Wacker had picked up was wrong. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Given how hyper and energetic I’d always been as a little kid, no one was entirely surprised when it turned out I had ADHD. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Punching someone in the face, it turned out, hurt like hell, and she pressed her knuckles against the tiled wall, hissing a little. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z There turned out to be a huge market for games that allowed people to play a leading role in one of their favorite old movies or TV series. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z But it turned out I wouldn’t get to, because Susie still wasn’t at school. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z He had tried to climb the ladder but it turned out not to be possible. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The perfect teacher Mom had chosen turned out to be none other than my dad. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The holiday season is supposed to be a time of happiness that you can spend with your family, but this year turned out to be tragic. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z I nodded at him, thinking how for a guy I first met in Juvi he turned out to be a pretty solid dude. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z They turned out of the lane that ran between tall houses and the outer wall of the fourth circle, and they regained the main street climbing up to the Citadel. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Fie turned out to be Jamaican—a rear gunner in the RAF, shot down last week—perhaps they’d been hoping to get Allied invasion plans out of him? Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z The people were hurrying us on down toward some kind of open dirt-floor patio with a roof over it, which as it turned out was going to be our father’s church. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He’d waited tables at a roadside restaurant in Panamá, which turned out to be the only experience he needed to find work in the United States. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Code breaking, it turned out, was not everyone’s cup of tea. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z It turned out that she had ordered a book for me to read, about childhood leukemia and its treatment. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z As it turned out, almost everyone liked the Journal of Researches and many loved it—his expert friends and reviewers in journals and papers. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z In the morning it turned out that one of the guards had become convinced of an escape in progress and had alerted the tower machine gunners. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z To add insult to injury, she then turned out to be better at counterspy operations than the FBI was. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Jule thought of the most appealing thing she could say, and it turned out to be the truth. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The blue and yellow eyes were following the heroine, who was gaily carrying a pail of water to what turned out to be her elephant. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It turned out we’d come in through the jailer’s living quarters. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He ran to the door and locked it and then turned out the light. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z No, I think, but even if it were, it turned out to be Mitt, some wondrous thing, who will forever annul any of our regret. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z They gave Elizebeth a few more messages in what turned out to be yet another system. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The way it turned out, though, we got lucky and were spared that particular ordeal. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z It turned out that other kids could pick up facts quickly too. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z One of the girls, Cindy Thompson, made a special effort to befriend me, but it turned out that what she really wanted was to recruit me for the junior Ku Klux Klan. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Galileo’s physics was intended to be practical but turned out to be of little practical use in its most obvious field of application. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z It turned out I’d played an unwitting role in this decision. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They turned out to be a gang of junior-level crack dealers who operated out of the building, and they were not happy to see him. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z I have not, as a matter of fact, though I must say it rather amused me to remember that exasperating housemaid - who in the end turned out to be one of our most devoted. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z There are murky, smoky parties, with the lights turned out and candles flickering in bottles. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I turned out my light and fell into my bed. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z But I think maybe it had to do with being a musician: Ms. Fender turned out to be a great listener. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z The problem, as it turned out, was that everyone was looking in the wrong place. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z When I told my adviser that I was going to Erie, Pennsylvania, I had no idea of going there, but as it turned out, I was. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z His wife turned out to be a really tired, bosomy, Persian-looking blonde.” Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z Now it turned out there was another room—one that could be furnished however you wanted. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z When my dad dropped me at school on Monday, I gave him a wave, waited until he turned out of the driveway, then took off. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Even if it turned out to be me. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z It turned out, what we had seen in the park must’a been a wild coyote. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Yellow and blur turned out to be the easiest when Rishi snapped a picture of a yellow cable car going by while they walked. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Well, it turned out to be harder than I expected. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z His gift turned out to be a copy of John Quincy’s recent two-volume work, Lectures on Rhetoric and Oratory. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Where the conventional view had been that lands close to the equator must be uninhabitable, this had turned out to be nonsense. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I thought Jawad Sahib’s arrest would be good for everyone, but it turned out change, no matter how good and necessary, came with a price. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z It had been a little sketchy there for a while, but in the end everything had turned out great. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Newton, it turned out, had not been so wrong after all. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z For human life turned out to be no different from any other kind of life on Earth. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z It turned out, however, that Blackavar, when not crushed by humiliation and ill-treatment, was a good cut above the ordinary. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The Texan turned out to be good-natured, generous and likable. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “My mom was always complimenting me, and look how I turned out.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z “Because I got to be watching Monkeyman’s back the same way he turned out for me.” 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Got pregnant, was turned out by her mistress and went and drowned herself. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z Celaena had once met a young woman from that cursed land, and though she’d turned out to be both cruel and bloodthirsty, she was still just a human. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The next morning, I turned out of the hammock and ran outside as soon as the sun streaked in. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z It turned out to be the wrong office for our purpose, and it wasn’t until an hour or so later when it was our turn at the window that we found out. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I turned out the light and tried to drop back to sleep, but Joan's face floated before me, bodiless and smiling, like the face of the Cheshire cat. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z As life would have it, the one who fed me turned out to be June. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She told me that her boyfriend, Arlo, wrecked his car and turned out to be a loser. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z But what is the sense in forever speculating what might have happened had such and such a moment turned out differently? The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z It turned out that the rebels hadn’t shot him but had fired at close range near his head. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z The injuries turned out to look worse than they were, just minor cuts from flying glass, thank the Lord. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Certain Australian surf bathers, several years ago, were stung by tiny creatures that turned out to be nudibranchs armed with the stingers of Portuguese men-of-war. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I wished I had Annabeth’s invisibility hat but as it turned out I didn't need it Every time we came to a skeleton guard, Nico just pointed at it, and its glowing eyes dimmed. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z But as it turned out, everyone who had eaten the smoked salmon in the first-class airport lounge during our layover in Poland—like I had—was now suffering these unfortunate consequences. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z They trusted the bank blindly—stupidly, as it turned out. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Anyway, the Tigros turned out to be a new gang that were trying to build a rep in the ’hood. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z It turned out that the year before there had been some sort of stationery arms race among the kids, with each trying to have the most unique pens and paper. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z The freezing-cold winter had killed three-quarters of all the cattle that roamed the Badlands, and ranching turned out to be a money-losing venture for him. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z It turned out that Baba had had no cash on him for the oranges. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z That turned out to be my last year in Greenwood. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z “Well,” said the Wart, “I am glad it has all turned out to the best. Do you think I could go and visit them?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z As it turned out, he was a director of a boarding school. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z The big black thing that looked like a log turned out to be a big gun. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z It turned out that once I decided not to tell Annette at that moment, it became almost impossible to tell anybody. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z It turned out to be a war which, unfortunately for Comrade Pillai, would end almost before it began. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Which turned out to be a fairly good idea, since TOC ceased to pursue him. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z When Burn next went back to his hometown to visit his constituents, he had a bodyguard, but it turned out that wasn’t necessary. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z It turned out that none of us code talkers could go home as soon as the end of the war was announced. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The rain provided the Prime Minister’s cover, as it turned out. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “It wouldn’t have turned out so well if you hadn’t helped.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z As it turned out, it was my dad who ended up causing the trouble. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z As I turned out the light, my phone buzzed with a text. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z After they left the niece’s suburb, the son drove them to the address his mother had given him, which turned out to be a skyscraper in downtown Los Angeles. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z As it turned out, I didn’t buy Blackjack donuts in New Jersey. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z It turned out to be a good thing really, because they were just in time to find out about a plot. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z The kouros it most resembled, it turned out, was a smaller, fragmentary statue that was found by a British art historian in Switzerland in 1990. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z The manner in which the Farewell Address was actually composed, as it turned out, served as a nearly perfect illustration of its central message—the need to subordinate narrow interests to the larger cause. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z And as it turned out, his lack of experience didn’t matter. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Not only had it taken place in international waters, but it turned out that the I’m Alone had been manned by Canadians sailing under a Canadian flag. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Flushing the milk away turned out to be the easiest part of the process. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z The belemnite, it turned out, had been discovered four years earlier by an amateur naturalist named Chaning Pearce, and the discovery had been fully reported at a meeting of the Geological Society. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z If it turned out that such crops did not become adopted for cultural or other reasons, we would be left with a nagging doubt. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z You waited and waited and waited and then...Summer vacation turned out to be boring. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z As things turned out, my father's ordeal proved even worse than might have been predicted. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z In any case, all that practice in falling down turned out to be a waste of time. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z And I was beginning to wonder what would happen to Digger if it turned out to be true. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z The culprit turned out to be a turkey chili recipe that she and Wilson had discovered: every ingredient except the turkey came from a can. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z This turned out to be the big revelation for me about counseling: No validating went on. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z He answered angrily and then hung up even more angrily, having been told that the tip turned out to be bad information. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z Some boys kept insisting they could see people ahead of us, but it always turned out to be tree stumps they were seeing. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z At Albuquerque, even the reservation population turned out. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Except for the pleasure of recognizing the signatures, the reading turned out to be flatly uninteresting. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I was merely along for the ride—very precariously, as it turned out—which reminded me once again how really minor man can be when it comes to competing for space and time and food. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z In this place, he knew instinctively, the lights would never be turned out. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z He wondered how his mother had turned out to be so nice—always laughing, always gentle. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z We’d found sixty pounds of morels, it turned out—a personal best for Anthony and Ben. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z The cake turned out crisp on the outside and moistly soft inside, and he cut slim slices and took them out in saucers. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Bree had always told him that he must keep his heels well turned out, and Shasta had got the idea that something very terrible would happen if he dug his heels into a horse's sides. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z ‘What I saw in the Mirror: trees cut down and all, and my old gaffer turned out of the Row. I ought to have hurried back quicker.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z I chose instead the local secondary school, and as it turned out, that may have been the most important decision of my life: Alexandra Secondary School had a tennis team. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z As it turned out, Mark Antony needed all the encouragement Cleopatra could give him. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Right then I could have tried to talk him into moving back to Texas, where he supposedly had some kind of ties, according to his passport, which turned out to be almost entirely false. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Read the textbook” turned out to be excellent advice. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z It turned out to be sooner than later. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z On the uneven surface of the ice, the machine turned out to be awkward and impractical, and plans to use it were abandoned. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z “There are only things that could have turned out differently. You don’t have any shoulds or woulds in your life, see? You only have things that could have gone a different way.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z “I was nauseated by the smell of burning flesh, which turned out to be my own as I climbed up the hot ladder,” he said. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z It turned out the test had been “broken” in my year; they were tweaking it to make it less formulaic—i.e., less likely to let in people like me. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z His weak leg made him dance a little funny, one foot turned out for balance, but it didn’t keep the girls from wanting a turn with him. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Everything turned out all right after all; Bep just had a sore throat, not the flu, and Mr. Kugler got a medical certificate to excuse him from the work detail. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z I was trying to bring whoever committed this crime to justice, even if it turned out to be me. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z “She turned out to be trickier than her friends. You taught her well.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z But as it turned out, I was able to ask an expert, the person who had actually designed that very ramp and the killing machinery behind the blue door. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z As it turned out, my doing so on that foggy afternoon I encountered her in the summerhouse produced curious results. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z As it turned out, being the Agency's first female officer in Moscow had its advantages: The KGB never caught on to her real position in the CIA. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Why, oh why hadn’t it turned out the way it did in a song? A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z After considerable wrangling, it turned out that the Lord Mayor was not entitled to vote on the appointment, and in 1665 Hooke took over the post, which he retained for the rest of his life. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z It turned out that the bruises were from bullets that had merely torn my flesh as they missed killing me. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z They had to retrieve something which was stolen from them, which turned out to be— SCORPIUS: —people they loved. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z It turned out the school district had insurance and the woman told him not to worry. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z She caught a dark bundle that turned out to be a sleeping bag, and Sherm dragged another one behind him up the ladder. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z "You liked that Orpheus fellow too. Look how well that turned out. Let me kill him, just a little bit." The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z As it turned out, I didn’t have to worry. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Her husband turned out to be not just a heavy drinker but a full-blown alcoholic with all an alcoholic’s deviousness and tragic charm. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z "She had a Jew named Cohn, but he turned out badly." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z ‘You were worn out, and it has turned out well: we are now both rested. And we have a hard road ahead, the worst road of all.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z It turned out that neither crew, nor any of the official judges, had ever really had any doubt about the outcome. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I already sensed, though I couldn’t have said why, that I would lose either way, no matter how it turned out. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z The boys and their toys had turned out to be a monumental waste of her time. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z When he had finished, he turned out all the lights and left. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z The plan was to just pay for the stuff we needed, but it turned out this old white guy working the register was a straight-up racist. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Losing, as it turned out, never occurred to the contestant herself. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z And on many occasions it turned out they had. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d been raised on the bedrock of football, basketball, and baseball, but it turned out that East Coast prep schoolers did more. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z It turned out he was in my English class also. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Lau Po, as he allowed me to call him, turned out to be a much better player than my brothers. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z As it turned out, no one from the United States women’s saber team did well in the individual competition. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z 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 What transpired over the next several minutes turned out to be one of the great varsity races in the history of the Cal-Washington rivalry. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z While Gregor tried not to wolf his food, which turned out to be delicious, Vikus filled him in on the history of Regalia. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “Better turned out than into, if you take my meaning,” said the bard. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z LINK: You mean because my family turned out to be from the Holocaust and hers turned out to be from the KKK? Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z ‘The Grand Canyon . Jason recalled that day on the Skywalk, when one of his jerk classmates turned out to be a wind spirit. ‘ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z As it turned out, the wood was too hard for cutting once it dried, and the groves were abandoned. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z For hours at a time she plunked away at C-ration cans, a bit unsure of herself, but as it turned out she had a real knack for it. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z She had learned the song of the snakes - which turned out to be a George Gershwin number from 1935. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z If it turned out that he did not like those plans or his part in them, however, well . A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “You can’t second-guess yourself. It was fate that determined how things turned out.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Luckily, that problem turned out to be nothing more than a tennis ball lodged in a downspout. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z But it turned out that Mrs. Baker’s strategy didn’t work after all! The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z A pair of economists who heard of this dilemma—it turned out to be a rather common one—offered a solution: fine the tardy parents. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Dobby now handed Harry a small package, which turned out to be — socks. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z But to their chagrin, the mysterious messages turned out not to be from the Nazis. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z As it turned out, I didn’t have to worry about RiRi. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z A Perilee promise is usually as solid as an oak, but this turned out to be one she couldn’t keep. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z As it turned out, there was no chance for me to go, anyway. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z It seemed like the whole town of Alexandriaville had turned out for the big finale. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z All the elfin knights and soldiers had turned out, and they were standing in their battle ranks, ready for action if something went wrong. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Plus there were a lot of women hovering around who turned out to be moms, helping the teacher with their kids. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Two cases going down to the theater turned out to be amputations. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z It turned out he wasn’t just a poet. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z If, that is, he turned out to be the real thing. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z It turned out I could handle bad babies but I couldn’t handle Kermit. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z None of her instructions turned out to matter. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z The media, it turned out, was far more interested in a bit of HeLa- related news that was almost as sensational as Alexis Carrel’s immortal chicken heart. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z It turned out I had severely sprained my ankle. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z That turned out to be an understatement of considerable magnitude. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z But it all turned out brassy orange, and took three more tries to get it right. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Mama had been so pleased, I wrote her a number of new poems, but none of them turned out as well as the first one had. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z As it turned out, not once during the entire expedition would I ever have reason to rope myself to another climber. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z As it turned out, Mrs. Cooper had been trying to register for months. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z As it turned out, Matt was just really shy. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Arizona turned out to be everything Dad had hoped it would be. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z The storm turned out to be a cloudburst, and an island where we were going to spend the night was flooded. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Eventually my father said, “Oh well. It all turned out the same anyhow. No harm done.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z A low cloud in the air turned out to be tiny flying antlike creatures by the millions. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z His name was derived from his serial initials, of course, but it was apt, nevertheless, for the SPD models were among the fastest robots turned out by the United States Robot & Mechanical Men Corp. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z “Snape knew more curses when he arrived at school than half the kids in seventh year, and he was part of a gang of Slytherins who nearly all turned out to be Death Eaters.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Dill thought—incorrectly, as it turned out—that his exchange with his mother that morning had somehow inoculated him against more pain. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z They turned out to be a good tool for learning English. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Not only was I shocked when it turned out she was to be our teacher, but there and then I instinctively knew that whatever the principles of proper teaching were, she did not possess them. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he turned out the light and closed the door. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z As it turned out, my family hadn’t necessarily been having the excellent week I had been imagining so resentfully. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z As it turned out, Seven was not ready. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z But, as it turned out, I discovered something before we ever made land. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Ocean Desmond James was a very big deal, it turned out, and I don’t think even he’d realized just how much until any of this happened. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z From the animals’ point of view the bargain with humanity turned out to be a tremendous success, at least until our own time. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z The shadows turned out to be jungle gym equipment. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z For now, only one thick book, as thick as a brick, rests with its golden letters turned out to face the room: A. P. Brown’s Collection of North American Birds. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z It turned out that the Soviet leader had secret weapons of his own. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Billy turned out to be a white-bearded, gruff sort of fellow. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z All the other subdivisions from the brochures turned out to exist— most of them on the north side of town, which had been totally developed a long time ago. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z It turned out Lunelle was a hatmaker without the least bit of shyness. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It turned out to be one of the most harrowing events of my life up until that time. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z All I hoped was that however this revolution turned out, Lin Nai-Nai would get her wishes. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z As it turned out, it was a good thing he had not come home with us. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z And once he turned out of his pocket a wadded-up baby copperhead that nearly threw Mama into spasms. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Climbing a chain-link fence turned out to be not that easy. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Uncle Vernon’s rations turned out to be a bag of chips each and four bananas. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z As it turned out, the film was a box office dud, bringing in only $40,000; it did make additional revenue from DVD sales and television licensing. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Winter came, and turned out to be a very bad one. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z As it turned out, it wasn’t really much of a promotion. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I told her that Nora, it turned out, liked cards, and was almost as good at hearts as I was. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I had, as it turned out, guessed correctly. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z She guessed, correctly as it turned out, that that beach would be a favorite spot, that it would be crowded on this hot Sunday. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Doreen had met the man online, a car salesman who turned out to be nice but married. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z She kissed his forehead, anyhow, then turned out the light. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z In fact, the harder he tried, the more laughable his efforts turned out. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z It turned out he’d been convicted of the very disturbing and brutal murder of an older man. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Past Grace, it turned out, was a real idiot. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z But what if it turned out to be bad? Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Gym turned out to be not so horribly bad, even on an empty stomach. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z He and Anh had hurried to the studio at lunch the next day to check how their prints had turned out after drying. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z It turned out he was paying me three times what a normal saleslady earned! Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Mr. Caton, as it turned out, was a man of vision. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z It turned out that reading was a great idea because the book was terrific. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z It turned out it was heading to the United States, and when it made port Nasser jumped off and immediately sought asylum. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z But Fox and the other purveyors of conventional wisdom turned out to be wrong. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Just after I turned out the lights and opened the door, I heard her say softly, “I want you to stop smoking, you hear?” The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z It turned out we were both drawn to the same Enlightenment thinker, David Hume. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Secrets are turned out like pockets, and old memories meet new. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z After we turned out the lights, she fell asleep in no time flat. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z They turned out of the gates into the twilit, deserted lane to Hogsmeade. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z We started with the sample problems first, and it turned out he was right: once I found the clue word in each problem, I knew what to do. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z It turned out that he was my cousin's cousin, and my parents hadn't bothered to tell me he'd enrolled in my kindergarten class. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z She stood on the driveway, with her hands on her hips, watching as I stuffed boxes of T-shirts into the Sunbird, which turned out to have zero room for cargo. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z It turned out she wasn’t the only gay kid at school, and she was never harassed or teased—but she found she didn’t know how to be affectionate with friends. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z He opened one and shoved Fred into what turned out to be a very cramped, very dark prison cell. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z It turned out that my mom’s parents already knew and so did a lot of extended family members. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Our destination turned out to be an empty stretch of road cut off by a pile of stones and logs heaped in the middle of the path. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z They don’t even forgive themselves for what a jerk I’ve turned out to be. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Percy told her about the last three days—the gorgons who wouldn’t die, the old lady who turned out to be a goddess, and finally meeting Hazel and Frank at the tunnel in the hill. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z On June 15, all hands turned out for the great Antarctic Dog Derby, held on a course called Epsom Downs after the famous racetrack in England. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z An enormous crowd has turned out to watch me, held back and patrolled by an almost equally large platoon of gun-wielding soldiers. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Announcement Day—February 10, 2007—turned out to be a bright, cloudless morning, the kind of sparkling midwinter Saturday that looks a lot better than it actually feels. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The lines turned out to be a hundred dull ones, as Aeneas—Turner thought he finally had the spelling down—moped about and looked for a place to live. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z It turned out that Trujillo had been visiting some official’s house next door, and attracted by the shouts from our volleyball game below, he had gone out on the balcony. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It turned out that instead of waiting obediently for the CCD men to come out and take him away, George Boatwright had vanished. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Problems he had always assumed to be purely racial turned out to have a hidden component. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z He had only enough funds, it turned out, to buy one shell, not twelve. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He was still bothered because she’d seen it first, she could tell, and because she had turned out to be the one to come to the rescue. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z I was so anxious about what kind of kiss it would be—because my friends back home described so many types—and it turned out to be the beautiful kind. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z The class everyone had really been looking forward to was Defense Against the Dark Arts, but Quirrell’s lessons turned out to be a bit of a joke. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z He walked up slowly, holding something that turned out to be a grasshopper. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z The next month was the wedding and it turned out so good! 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z That afternoon’s two hours in Egypt turned out to be mostly a long discussion of the What and How of the Egyptian Oracle. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z That turned out to be the University of Utah, in Salt Lake City. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Mrs. Clarke was also rather well turned out for the party, in her fashion. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Their injuries turned out to be relatively minor, but still I’d felt no pleasure witnessing their misfortune. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z And it turned out they were all running for a train going in the same direction they had just come from. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z And the whole day turned out to be the most affirming experience—it cemented my purpose in the world. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z The mother and the father in this family were exactly the same as everyone else, but for some reason their children had turned out to be made of wax. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z The catwalk turned out to be a series of fifty-degree ice fields blanketed with knee-deep powder snow and riddled with crevasses. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I was understandably anxious, because if it turned out I’d been sold bogus data and none of the passwords worked, I would have sold myself into lifelong slavery. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z She stays awake for hours after they’ve turned out the lights, prepared to answer him, prepared to lie to his face. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z It turned out that when it finally happened, the revolution wasn’t televised. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Mom noticed I wasn’t overjoyed with how the article had turned out. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z As it turned out, my grandfather had proposed to my grandmother in much the same way, after seeing her dance in a village competition. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z And just before they turned out the lights for the night, Henry would knock on their door and peep his head in. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z This hand’s lucky winner turned out to be none of the men seated around the table, however. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z As it turned out, we didn’t study much. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z This turned out to be unwise in the long run, since each time I missed practice I had to make up the time and pay for it with an extra half hour. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z When the day came that my class graduated and, for the most part, moved on to college, I would be turned out into the world. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z After all, what can we ever gain in forever looking back and blaming ourselves if our lives have not turned out quite as we might have wished? The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z I needed to reread that case study of the woman who had no symptoms except a stomachache and turned out to have C. diff. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z It sounded lame, but it was interesting because I know how his program turned out. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z Terryl says Kathie told her that the man was curious about how the kids turned out but didn’t want to be a father to them. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z It turned out that my fear was equally amusing to him, though. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z We rode our bikes to Rado’s house and jumped the wooden fence, which turned out to be a real bad idea. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z My visit to the old geisha who lived across the firebreak was a typical example of how those attempts turned out. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z But as it turned out, the Americans had no interest in settling scores with the Stasi or even the KGB. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “Oh Ron,” said Hermione, shaking her head skeptically, “we thought Snape was trying to kill Harry before, and it turned out he was saving Harry’s life, remember?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Barack, it turned out, had retreated up there as well, clearly needing a moment of his own. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Winn-Dixie hopped up on the bed, and the preacher got up and turned out the light. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z His lamp turned out to have a short in it. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d spent the past two months thinking she was miserable, and it turned out that wasn’t the case at all. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z It turned out that he was still aloft, borne by the winds toward Nova Zembla, and that he had been unharmed by the cliff-ghasts and had fought off the other witch clan. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Once the process of discovery had begun, it turned out that it was possible to make discoveries anywhere, if only one knew how to look. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z He turned out to be Franklin Salisbury Jr., president of the National Foundation for Cancer Research. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z But as it turned out, the Sleeper could take many forms. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z For all his contributions, Broadbent’s assumption turned out to be simplistic in much the same way that, before Helmholtz, people thought reaction time was immediate, infinite. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Hatsue knew she had not fooled anybody, she had not fooled herself, as it turned out, either, she had never felt completely right. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Wisely, it turned out, for as he dropped a last pinch of sand into the fourth socket and stood back, he found Pai at his elbow. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z I needed her to see me—how great I had turned out without her help. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z It turned out pretty well—four layers of hotcakes with maple syrup between and a stub of a miner’s candle on top. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z This uplifting vision, it turned out, was mostly a mirage. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z It turned out that Queen Neferbeth felt so strongly about “cutting holes in Petey,” even if he was dead, that it was decided to dispense with that part of the procedure. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z All she would remember was Mia holding her tight, so tight that the world stopped spinning at last, Mia tucking her into a low soft bed that, it turned out later, was Mia’s own. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z So, too, as it turned out, was my patience. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Longstreet sent Goree to find out what was happening and it turned out to be nothing much—skirmish of pickets in Anderson’s front. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I was glad I was with someone I loved, but it turned out that nothing about it was as scary as I'd imagined. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z For her it began as an adventure and turned out to have more twists and turns than she expected or knew how to handle. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Richard envisaged somebody young and alert like their houseboy, Ugwu, but Harrison turned out to be a small stooped stick of a man, middle-aged, wearing an oversize white shirt that stopped below his knees. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z But whatever he said, he came home with a pretty good shiner, because pretty Mr. Culross turned out to have hands even quicker than my father’s. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “I turned out to be useful after all. What a terrible surprise.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I turned out the light and snuggled up to Lumpy. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z It turned out that the restaurant’s owner, Gul Khan, was one of Habib’s classmates from Kabul University, where Khan had studied biochemistry. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z At first I thought she was mad at Abbey and me, but it turned out that she wasn’t. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z His father had wanted to go back to Afghanistan to help, but it just hadn’t turned out that way. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z It turned out that Prometheus was punished for his theft by being chained forever to a rock where an eagle came to eat his liver, which grew back every day. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z On the cave floor what looked to me like nothing in particular turned out to be an ancient midden: a refuse heap. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z I myself had a close encounter that turned out to be all right. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But the overall course of history might have turned out more or less the same. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Ironically, the real source turned out to be air pollution from cars and factories. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Nasreen Baji told me about her family back in her village, and it turned out we had other neighbors in common. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Even though Branwell did not speak a word during the whole meeting, he said a lot, and as things turned out, it was a good thing—a very good thing—that I was there. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘All the “great secrets” under the mountains had turned out to be just empty night: there was nothing more to find out, nothing worth doing, only nasty furtive eating and resentful remembering. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z It turned out that Silly’s father had died shortly after she was born. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z It had a lighter melody but the same flowing rhythm and turned out to be quite easy. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The third week turned out to be the best of the three. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z But Pauline, it turned out, was no dragon. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z It turned out that Belle was the one who had reported Marcus to the police. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z And then, one day, it turned out little Jeanne was just as strange as Theresa. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z As it turned out, liver was the only available source of vitamin C—and on liver I stuffed, without knowing why. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z She turned out to be a natural, but I had to cut the workout short. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z Then she was scrambling across the sidewalk, the street, shoving people’s legs *It turned out to be four and a half blocks long. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “Handle H” turned out to be a knob, rather like a doorknob, with a pin on the end that would fit into “Hole 7” in the wheel. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z It has turned out that it’s Johnson in the White House—and black votes were a major factor in his winning as decisively as he wanted to. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Inspired by the capture of the narrowboat the year before, she intended this time to make a proper voyage before being turned out. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z It turned out to be a member of the campus security force, or so he said. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z As usual, the High were to be turned out by the Middle, who would then become the High; but this time, by conscious strategy, the High would be able to maintain their position permanently. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The day I married, the whole population of Ojo de Agua turned out to wish me well. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z And when we saw the Boy turned out of doors to sleep in the Stable, coughing prodigiously from a Chill he had caughten, his Head bowed as he went... The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The most liberating activity of all turned out to be downhill skiing, a sport with which I had little experience but that quickly became a passion. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z About twenty years ago, his brother was digging a well when he hit something metallic that turned out to be a gourd. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The sample didn’t just test positive; it showed that Henrietta had been infected with multiple copies of HPV-18, which turned out to be one of the most virulent strains of the virus. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z “Mrs. McDaniels called today and told me about your friend Liz. The one who turned out to be”—she looked around and lowered her voice—“a Negro.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z It turned out she was wearing a brown housedress the exact color of her skin, and mistakes are easy to make at six a.m. when the sun is barely a blip in the sky. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z It also turned out to be a great ride. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Then, in 1953, a geneticist in Texas accidentally mixed the wrong liquid with HeLa and a few other cells, and it turned out to be a fortunate mistake. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z The phone had rung many times since the accident and almost every time I asked him who was calling, it turned out to be one of the guys on the team. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z It turned out that not everyone was happy with their newfound fame. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z It turned out to be easy to deal with places I couldn't reach. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z We were given a small amount of water, which helped, but we were quite thirsty when we were finally “rescued” and returned to civilization, which in this case turned out to be Beno, Nevada. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “I believe we have perhaps chosen you too quickly to be a missionary. What I thought was great potential to spread the word of God turned out to be, well...” Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z It turned out he had a dusty collection of punk-rock records under his bed. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z But as it turned out, I had to change my plans. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z As it turned out, she sent it back with her sisters and stayed in the vicinity hunting work. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Of course, she turned out to be right. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Mrs. turned out to be right after all. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z As it turned out, she need not have worried about the children running away. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Worse, there was, it turned out, no cable modem access in Richton Park. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z As it turned out, lots of the women there liked Ron the instant they met him, and lots of the men liked Lillian the instant they met her. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z A Uruguayan sculptor finally did what I had in mind, and the statues turned out exactly as I wanted. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z As it turned out, I came down with a fever and stayed home for ten days. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z As it turned out, Frank could not turn into a rhino, and he lost valuable time trying. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Now that the pile of rocks had turned out to be worth millions of dollars, he said, “everybody wants to get in here and get some of this money.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Julie, it turned out, loved gardening and she talked about nothing else. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z It turned out that I needn’t have been worried. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “A piece of cake, apart from the bit at the end where the pinpoint turned out to be next to a ruddy great prison!” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z As it turned out, that day in Cape Town was the first of many excursions. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z My first round of grades at school turned out to be pretty good, and so did my second. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Styx Malone wasn’t right about everything, it turned out. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z But observing nature, it turned out, was very different from experimenting with nature. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Therefore the government volcanologists called in to monitor and forecast St. Helens’s behavior primarily had seen only Hawaiian volcanoes in action, and they, it turned out, were not the same thing at all. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z But convincing him to cover for us turned out to be not so easy. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z It wasn’t until he arrived at the University of Washington and turned out for crew that he came into his own. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He thought it would be good for her leg, but turned out what it was really good for was her confidence. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z I thought I was the last one out of the locker room, but as I turned out of my aisle, I saw Greg sitting on a bench, leaning toward Freddie's locker with a key. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z It turned out there was no baby in it—just somebody’s sleeping poodle. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z It had turned out, by far, to be the most frustrating of the rules he was required to obey. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z But when he grew up, the name turned out to be an apt one. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z She nodded approvingly as Naomi turned out the biscuit dough. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z That turned out to be fortunate, because it left him free to take on a new project that soon landed on the NDRC’s plate. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Her father had insisted on giving the children cow’s milk, with the result that Theresa turned out a giantess — five seven! Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z More than fifteen thousand people, it turned out, had come that day. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Jane, at least, turned out to be an unexpected mercy, a tidy bouquet in her arms, even if conception proved yet another humiliation. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z But it turned out that Dad had given all the ground he intended to, and the girls found Mother a weak reed on which to lean. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z Besides, it turned out to be the best day of Virgil’s entire school year, because that’s where he saw Valencia for the first time. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z After a slow glide around the Statue of Liberty, the Zeppelin banked north, then turned out over the Atlantic. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z It was a bother to be stopped on the road in a Free State when the lost property turned out to have a silver tongue. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z It turned out that there was a law that stated that no black person could be released or tried on weekends, for the Bantu courts were open only on weekdays. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s a good thing I turned out to be a girl. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z No, it turned out that the street instead commemorated Hermann’s father, Heinrich Goering, founding Reichskommissar of the former German colony of South-West Africa, which became Namibia. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I gave it more gas and slowly we crept forward, and I turned out of the driveway and onto the Norvelt road. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z But Hamilton’s reference to “fifteen years” turned out to be a precise estimate of their history as political antagonists. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Born on March 13, 2001, in the birthing shed across the road, 534 and his mother were turned out to pasture just as soon as the eighty-pound calf could stand up. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z There were six people and a Scotch terrier inhabiting the remote farmhouse Major Major called home, and five of them and the Scotch terrier turned out to be agents for the F.B.I. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Two weeks later I presented him with a list of suspects that turned out to be 90 percent accurate. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Lunch turned out to be a massive affair, with a thick soup, fresh rye bread, onion rolls, bagels, cream cheese, scrambled eggs, smoked salmon, and chocolate pudding. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z His story turned out to be one of outstanding heroism: having remained aboard the foundering Athenia to minister to injured passengers and crew, he was the very last passenger to board a lifeboat. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z It turned out that the library did have a back door—locked, of course. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z By morning light, the books are all hunched together again with their spines turned out, fossilized, inanimate. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z That was number 14 on today’s to-do list, and I’m pretty proud of how it turned out. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z “I guess I did sort of wing that. I’m glad it turned out okay.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z No. This bombing turned out to be just one more “unsolved” explosion in Bombingham, Alabama. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The incident reminded me of the time in Poe Park when this squirrel I was feeding turned out to really be a rat which at first glance could have passed for a squirrel any day. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z When I got up this morning, she asks how things turned out. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z We just needed some time—something, as it turned out, we wouldn't get at all. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He went to the stove and turned out the gas under the tea-kettle, then lighted it again. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He had entered the country by way of Mexico, riding in a wagon drawn by a tobacco-chewing man who had turned out to be, in his spare time, the local judge. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z After we had turned out the lights he came over to my bed and rubbed my shoulder the way he used to do when he was scared to be in the dark. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z His hammer turned out to be a waste of two or three good pounds, because there appear to be no nails in the mud-and-thatch town of Kilanga. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z They had emerged from what turned out to be the black-painted metal car of a long freight train, parked or abandoned in a woodland siding. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z As it turned out, my breakdown had become a breakthrough for my family. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z An aide led me into a sterile black-and-white room that turned out to be the nurse’s office. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Delicious as the day turned out to be for Milkman, it was even more so because it included secrecy and defiance, both of which dissipated within an hour of his father’s return. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z ALBUS: And then you got there and it turned out to be terrible after all. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z He wanted her to call; he wanted her to miss him; but as it turned out, he was okay. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z A fine spy I have turned out to be! The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z It turned out to be a cool summer. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z Her job turned out to be sending e-mails as imagery became available. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z How was it that he, Ralph, had turned out the sort of person who would find the machine empty? Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Each time I turned out a new line of text it felt like magic, words forming from slugs of molten lead. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z It turned out Boots was special weaponry after all. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z When the job was finished, it turned out to be a bird of prehistoric dimensions, with the face of a furious eagle, wings that moved, and a propeller on its back. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z It turned out that the value of compatibility was much higher for everyone than the value of trying to maintain your own little private network. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z Then Elijah started playing a great riff on his bass, which turned out to be the opening of “Seven Nation Army.” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z It turned out that, like Satan, cancer had many names. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes on Sundays we bought a dime’s worth of beef which usually turned out to be uneatable. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z But the movement turned out to be her dog, which she had carried to the block with her, hidden in her skirts. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Plug is self-sufficient; after a handful of oats, he is turned out to find his own grub. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Our plan was to ask the Court of Criminal Appeals to reconsider its decision, and if that turned out to be a dead end, we would seek review in the Alabama Supreme Court. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z During the Depression, the studios, which were mostly run by immigrant Jews, turned out a string of formulaic fantasies about life among the Gentile upper crust. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z His old babysitter, Tia Callida, had turned out to be Hera and had a nasty habit of putting him down for naps in a blazing fireplace. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z It turned out we were not being overcharged. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z It turned out Cory knew a lot about the ice age. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Jobs turned out to be sorting the plastic forks, spoons, straws, and napkins for the cafeteria. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z As it turned out, the divorce was all for naught. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z But since she had suddenly realized how all the work had turned out she didn’t want to look at it. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z It turned out that the Soviet team would be playing for the first time on United States soil. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Half of the inmates in the Box, as it turned out—all thirty on the upper floor—were not disciplinary cases but men under protective custody, of which there were two kinds. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z As the end neared, I congratulated myself silently—and, as it turned out, prematurely. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z In far-off Russia, a woman called Charlotte Russe claimed to have found the second ticket, but it turned out to be a clever fake. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z It turned out that her grandparents were giving them their big bedroom and were taking a tiny bedroom for themselves. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z She spotted a rusty-looking streak in the wall of stone and coaxed the board closer, but it turned out to be just a slimy smear of lichen. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z “Well, I'm sure your parents must be so proud of you. You seem like you turned out to be a very nice young man.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z It turned out that the Fayu normally lived as single families, scattered through the swamp and coming together once or twice each year to negotiate exchanges of brides. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z As things turned out, it was a good thing rrty mom had watched that particular drum lesson, because it would be the last one we’d be able to afford for a long while. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe she was memorizing his face, in case it turned out the girl had been abducted. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z The contents of the suitcase were turned out on the floor. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z Disappointingly, it turned out to be some banal utterances about dying and cutting cloth. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z It turned out to be a good year. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Fay hadn’t reported it to the police—and as it turned out, she didn’t even know the girl’s last name. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Maybe she would have turned out to be someone else completely. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z I took a step back, which turned out to be a really good thing, because the door suddenly swung open and there was Mrs. Windermere—at least, I figured it had to be her. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z But the secret weapon turned out to be a blob of wood filler, placed there by the manufacturer. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He turned out to be an American documentary filmmaker named Christopher Quinn. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z But gaining access to all of that information turned out to be something of a mixed blessing. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Mrs. Little opened the window and turned out the light. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z It turned out they were in the B classes, which also happened to be the black classes. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Even if it turned out David had already been caught and she’d never see him again... Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z As it turned out, we need not have worried about the moon, because the Eagle landed beautifully in the Sea of Tranquility, and Neil and Buzz were able to walk around and collect some rocks. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The white Southern voice scared some at first, but Johnson turned out to be okay. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Her husband had left her for a Jamaican woman, with whom it turned out he had a secret four-year-old child, and she somehow managed to veer every conversation towards the subject of Jamaicans. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Akira drove everybody insane sometimes, the way he could make a fuss, and then it turned out to be nothing. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The girl, it turned out, was an unwitting intermediary between two communities, a human sacrifice who allowed the festivities to go forward with no uttered ill will. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z HeLa cells, it turned out, weren’t picky—they didn’t need a glass surface in order to grow. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Scaramouche turned out to be not only a good coach but a confidant and a surrogate father. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z And, as it turned out, the Soviet codebook first captured in Finland finally found its way to the United States—to the desk of Meredith Gardner. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z As it turned out, Eliza had a bizarre accident in which she sliced open her hand at the laboratory where she worked and had to have surgery to repair the extensive damage. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z The last thing he needed was another harmless mortal who turned out to be a monster. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Now, as it turned out, the Rebellion was achieved much earlier and more easily than anyone had expected. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z It turned out there was only one train straight to Kobe, and it would be leaving at ten that night, to arrive in Kobe at eight in the morning. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z He kept shouting out the answer he was trying to mime, but it turned out he was really good at Monopoly. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z This piece looked like it might have been meant as a shield for a god, but it hadn’t turned out properly. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z After a couple of days of rest and some antibiotics, what indeed had turned out to be a nasty ear infection for Malia cleared up, returning our toddler to her normal bouncy state. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z But it turned out not to be so difficult to distinguish myself that night. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z It turned out that we were exactly the same age. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z She turned the volume down, taking a deep breath as she turned out of the lot. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z They’re diminutive and neatly turned out; each has his or her camera, his or her smile. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Leicester, which turned out to be a city in England. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z In the midst of one prayer, smoke issued from the lectern and I thought we had gone too far but it turned out to be a short circuit. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z This, his journal acknowledges, turned out to be a "tremendous mistake. ... In extreme July temperatures becomes delirious." Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet the assumption that Lawrence and Teller would work together in unalloyed harmony turned out to be an instance of hope triumphing over reality. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z James was half-asleep before she turned out the light and closed the door behind her. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Given how things turned out you might wonder why we didn’t make more of a scene about staying together but at the time we figured we could survive a week or two apart. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Been there, done that—even though the traitor god had turned out to be Ares rather than Hades. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z I stood waving until the big car turned out into the street. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z Baking scones and cupcakes for the school janitors, watching Guiding Light with our mothers, collecting rose petals for use in a fragrant potpourri: anything worth doing turned out to be a girl thing. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z She would say this a little regretfully, as though I hadn’t turned out entirely as she’d expected. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Enjoying, as it turned out, the last happy hours of his life. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The backward address turned out after several mistakes to be the undersecretary to Étienne Tshisekedi, the one government minister who might help us, though his own position with Mobutu is now on the outs. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I wrote about the peculiar children and the hollows and how all of Grandpa Portman’s stories had turned out to be true. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Plus a giant turtle shell that turned out to be a precast fiberglass pond lining. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z It turned out that the Piper had flown perpendicularly across the flight path of a jet plane that had just passed through the area. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z As it turned out, Winnie was not able to visit me for another two years. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z We never thought it would be easy, but it turned out to be even harder than we had expected. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The townspeople caught the killer just before noon the next day; he turned out to be a wanderer from the Kunduz region. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He brought in another man who turned out to be the doctor, and my leisure time was over. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Baumbach said her daughter might have been an artist if things had turned out differently. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z It turned out she knew a lot more. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z For himself, Old Chao had Henry, which turned out to be the name of at least eight kings. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z It turned out to be a rectangular anteroom. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “You were unlucky to be born to us. What can you do? Things just turned out this way.” Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z It turned out to be a bitter tea. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z One turned out to be a sealed vacuum cleaner bag full of dust that Crow had set behind the incinerator door. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a weapon against her strength and if it turned out of no significance, still it was a hope that she might fall to their level some day. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z As it turned out, there wasn’t much need to blend in. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z “That the fundamental aspects of heredity should have turned out to be so extraordinarily simple supports us in the hope that nature may, after all, be entirely approachable,” Thomas Morgan, the influential geneticist, wrote. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z She appeared pretty satisfied at the way things had turned out. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Tally didn’t have much experience in judging an ugly’s age, but she turned out to be more or less right. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z The last day turned out to be a great day. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z "Looks like the entire city has turned out for us. Lovely." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z It had all fallen apart after that, and though he wished it had turned out differently, he wasn’t so much embittered by it as hurt. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Baylor picked up the phone in the kitchen and the call turned out to be for her. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z One was an East Side tailor near me, who made only to order, while the other two turned out an expensive product with which I had no desire at all to compete. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z It turned out that a lot of them were going through this. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The four women lived in different cities and didn’t know each other, but it turned out they had something in common. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z But, as it turned out, he had wasted his breath. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z She wants to be able to say that she is responsible for how I’ve turned out. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z That is to say, we were obliged to find replacements for the two dismissed Jewish maids, and this Lisa turned out to be one of them. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z But it turned out to be more complicated than that. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Despite a minor explosion while we mixed her dyspepsia elixir, the parcels turned out beautifully, each wrapped in red-white-and-blue gingham, and I am sure they will be received with great appreciation. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z It was I who made the appointment for my father to see a doctor, but it was my mother who ultimately got him there—by ambulance, as it turned out. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Would he have turned out different, she asks herself repeatedly, if she hadn’t left him? Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z “She remembered putting something in her mistress’s cocoa that turned out not to be sugar, but a lethal and little-known poison,” said Dumbledore. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Annette wasn’t on board — it turned out she was late because of an orthopedist appointment — so I sat next to Renee. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Milo was not only the Vice-Shah of Oran, as it turned out, but also the Caliph of Baghdad, the Imam of Damascus, and the Sheik of Araby. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Of course, the math didn’t get done; but as it turned out, it didn’t really matter, because April stayed home from school the next day, and her grandmother took the day off, too. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z And then she thought about how in fairy tales people got three wishes and none of the wishes ever turned out right. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z “No. Nothing. Once or twice I thought I saw a flicker, but it turned out to be nothing.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Cas used to believe her, but it had turned out that was stupid, because it was never true. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “Well,” he observed, “I am relieved that this has turned out well after all. What will you have me do with the baggage, ma’am?” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Hundreds of Hitler followers turned out for the funeral. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z They turned out to be related to the I’m Alone—a rumrunning boat that was already in the news. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z What kind of marriage has it turned out to be? The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z More than one hundred thousand people had turned out to view the annual contest between California and Washington, crowding along the shores of the lake. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He was a lean, happy, excitable man who had turned out to be calm and serene in combat. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Reynie had gone to bed thinking of the people he might one day—if everything turned out all right—consider a part of his family. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Miss Love’s horse turned out to be a tall, prancy black gelding with a star on his forehead. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z It turned out the sneakers had been stolen from a display at the homeless shelter. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z I knew the man was crazy, but it turned out he was dumb, too. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z The rest of my life might have turned out differently if 1 had. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The Thirteens’ full roster had turned out for the game, so Luma was able to substitute freely, to keep her players fresh in the heat. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z But, as it turned out, Digory need not have marked the place. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z My mother and little sisters weren’t to blame for how things had turned out, but a part of me resented them for having to put my life on hold. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Aru thought it would look old and creepy inside, but it turned out to be just an abandoned office space. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I say, “Guess we turned out the light. Down in the root cellar.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z Over the years, Mariam would have ample occasion to think about how things might have turned out if she had let the driver take her back to the kolba. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Kendra and Seth had brought a pair of jeans, but they turned out to be from Grandma’s skinnier days, and were not even close to fitting. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z After curfew, everyone locked their doors, turned out the lights, turned down the volume, and reaped tears for Jack and Rose and the passengers of the doomed ship. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z As it turned out, that was precisely what Jimmy Kruger was proposing as well. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It turned out the first episode was Erlan and his brothers’ birthday party, so that was fun to watch because I’d been there in real life. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z “Trotter, it’s all wrong. Nothing turned out the way it’s supposed to.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z In this case, though, it eventually turned out that Copernicus’s intuition was right. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z She didn't think he even knew who she was, but it turned out he did. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z “After all,” Octavian told Hazel, “I might be able to help you. It would be a shame if those awful rumors about you kept circulating... or, gods forbid, if they turned out to be true.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Without her still eyes bearing down on me, I did not pour in too much hot water, and the garri turned out firm and smooth. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z But it turned out that goiters are fairly common in bonobos, and harmless. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z It would be neat if she turned out to be a real friend. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z That, as it happens, turned out to be a huuuge mistake. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z In fact, it turned out that the original cells had probably never survived long at all. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z As it turned out, Ernestine’s tonsils were recessed and bigger than the doctor had expected. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z She wasn’t even vaguely interested in getting married again, but Zeitoun had turned out to be everything she had not believed possible: an honest man, honest to the core, hardworking, reliable, faithful, devoted to family. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Not one had spoken to me before— and now how friendly they turned out to be. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “He turned out super handsome, didn’t he? He’s got nice teeth, nice eyes, good skin. And he’s very tall.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The anonymous caller turned out to be exactly right. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z As it turned out, her sword was more in demand. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z As it turned out I didn’t have to. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z As it turned out, the evidence that would have been used to convict Theodore Johnson would now be used against Jerome Paisley to prove premeditation—to show he had planned to murder her. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z But trusting him with the classified details of my heart turned out to be a rookie mistake. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z The people who turned out for our home games—parents, little brothers and sisters, and other locals—had turned out for this game, too. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z While I’d loved meeting so many of my idols and competing against the best my sport had to offer, the meet hadn’t turned out for me the way I’d dreamed. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The appointed day dawned full of clouds, but so many people had turned out that Marcos did not want to disappoint them. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew it sounded crazy, but crazier things have turned out to be true. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z “Were you surprised later when the gun turned out to be a toy?” Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z “I’m very sorry it turned out the way it did,” he replies without looking up. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z She spoke to me when we turned out of the village. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z As things turned out, Hazel stayed three days at the foot of the hill. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “On imagination. A lot of times they turned out wrong. For example they wrote about Venus being a jungle paradise with huge monsters and women in breastplates that glistened.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Days before, we had made a sign for the Store, and as we turned out the lights Momma hung the cardboard over the doorknob. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z And it turned out that the astronauts packed a special flag on Apollo 11, with a wire worked into the material so that it would stick out like that. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z But as Neel had anticipated, Headmaster turned out to be a top-notch math teacher despite his impatience. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z The victory tankard turned out to be the same as the consolation one. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z It turned out that despite their best intentions, her parents had prepared her exceptionally well for art school. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z It turned out there was a man about a mile away who owned a camera, so the next day Papa stayed home from work, and they went to see him. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z It was hot; the water was heavy, but the task turned out to be fortuitous for her—and for me. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z It turned out that Richard had had more sentries posted than Nailer had guessed. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Her advice to me as to the Nexus-6 mentality, he realized, turned out to be correct. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z We tried playing a few times without the North, but this turned out to be so boring that we abandoned the game altogether. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z To throw in the face of the father who was so ambitious for presidents and geniuses in the family, the German nobody turned out to be a world-class chemist. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z We had been so close to missing each other, he and I. He had turned out to be the greatest gift of all. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z So he was not surprised when it turned out to be excellent, with a fruity taste like eating a peach with the skin on, though naturally the skin was not so nice as the mouse. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “Hydrogen,” said Lil, who turned out to be in every one of my classes, except for PE, of course. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z We were by ourselves, on a two-week excursion that turned out to have something to do with Ben’s business. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Her next customer turned out to be Mrs. Polster, the teacher of the fourth-year class. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z As it turned out, the process was completed within four hours; moreover, the jury, including two alternative members, was extracted from the first forty-four candidates. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z “And I sure am sorry things turned out this way. But we’ll get this mess cleaned up—leave it with me.” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z It turned out that Hagrid knew quite as much about unicorns as he did about monsters, though it was clear that he found their lack of poisonous fangs disappointing. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z This agreement, which to Nicolas had first seemed like a shocking sign of coldness and distance, turned out to be to his advantage. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “I thought at first it was Moaning Myrtle in there, but it turned out to be Hermione. She said something about that Ron Weasley...” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z We found many of them, as many as three dozen in a day, but on being cooked, many turned out to contain dead embryos in various stages of development. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z |
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