It was bigger than his pony, twice the size of the largest hound in his father's kennel. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Right dere he jumped at me as Ah turned to see de doorstep outside and cut me twice in de back. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Nailer remembered the time when his father, high and angry, had taken a man twice his size, blurringly fast, a broken bottle and blood on the ground. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then he thrust my hand away and shook his head once, twice, and then a third time. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

It would take Pong more than twice that long to get down the twisting mountain track, but he couldn't leave before learning how Father Cham was. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Nero came closer, turned around once or twice, and curled between us, purring as if he hoped to comfort us. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

She said his name over, twice, three times. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

Charles wrote to Emma every day, even twice a day, and she wrote back to him. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

A neighbor gave her clothes to wash in the river twice a week. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Boobie was placed in a foster home, and his father was allowed to visit twice a month. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Last winter, Stella’s foot swelled to twice its normal size. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

His eyes had rolled shut and his foot was twice its normal size. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

When I lost twice to the boy whom I had defeated so easily a few years before, I stopped playing chess altogether. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Billy got her once or twice—Brian stood up to try to draw the fire—but she made it upstairs to the second floor. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“She will be treated like all my servants, no better, no worse. I’ll even let her visit twice a year like the others.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Those two have had back luck twice already, what with that ice cream business, now with the restaurant. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The courts repeatedly endorsed the Indian view and the state repeatedly appealed, twice reaching the U.S. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The round man sputtered twice but didn’t say a word. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are great mesas here, twice as high as the Tibetan plateau, an immense rift valley, possibly giant volcanoes and a mountain as high as Everest. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

But maybe curses weren’t all that terrible, because he’d saved their lives not only once, but twice. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She wasn’t sure she’d have the courage to describe them twice. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I stay to finish my last four pancakes; twice I have to drop to the floor;—after all, it means four pancakes more, and they are my favourite dish. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

In truth, he had scarcely considered the mudmen at all, beyond eyeing Meera once or twice and wondering if she was still a maiden "You may be right. We will spare them if we can." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I shuffle my favorite songs and play them each twice. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He tapped him on the head once, twice. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Only once or twice in a summer—on days of unendurable heat, teachers dismissed school, masters closed shops, and the boys ran down to the wharves to swim. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t have to look twice to see that what she lacked in power, she made up in brains. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ceiling, which was twice as high as the ceiling in our house, was painted blue like the sky, and there were clouds and angels. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The anger that’s inside me is boiling, spitting out words before I can even think twice. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Once, in reference to winters in central Florida, she solemnly informed me, “We usually get frosts once or twice a winter, but this year we had ’em a couple of times.” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

She became very still, but to her credit she remained composed, reading the letter through at least twice. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, I have twice done you a wrong which I regret now. One was in breaking the promise which I gave my husband to bring you up as my own child; the other—” she stopped. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t remember exactly where, even though he told me twice. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was so good I watched it twice, then went off to find Bill so he could see it. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Look, they’re your tickets. You don’t have to buy them twice!” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

He seemed twice as big standing as he did sitting. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m afraid it will make it bigger. It’s twice as big as it was this morning.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

‘Why don’t we pool our money tomorrow and send it together? We’d be able to give twice as much.” The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

The cottonmouth bit her twice, in the calf and deep in the meat of her thigh. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Several of his arms reached out, but twice as many slapped them away. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Rowan was half his size, and about twice as strict. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

He had learnt as a practical business that fundamental statements like this had to be said at least twice, before everyone understood them. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

When farmers or loggers clear the tree cover, droplets shoot at the ground with more than twice as much force. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Then Adah would fly home, and Leah and I would drive as far as Brazzaville together for safety’s sake, although if you ask me two women traveling alone are twice as much trouble as one. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when she rolled off the bed…twice…he lifted her back on. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

It’s my first New York audition and I already know we’re going over the time limit, that I’ve been in here twice as long as the last girl. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

He then methodically recounts the money once, twice, three times. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was almost twice as tall as I, with a flat surface and a pointed tip. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Ralph stared at Pinkus’s new office, twice the size of his old one, with five big windows spread over two walls. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

After Mary Alice twice said she was so hot she thought she might throw up, we left. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Orfeo played twice at the palace in Mantua to an audience of fewer than a hundred invited guests. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

No one thought twice about what he looked like or jumped to conclusions about what his appearance meant. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I’ve played ball with the guards twice to see if it works, and it does, so it’s easy.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

In silence deep as the sea of their sorrow, they kissed twice on the cheeks, then parted. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

They like the floors damp mopped twice a day. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

There's this sort of upbeat soundtrack playing under it that makes it twice as awful because, of course, almost everyone on-screen is dead. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“And do you know, they say he never wears any outfit twice? He gives them to his houseboys once he has worn them.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Do you actually know I’ve only danced with you twice in eleven months? Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

She doesn’t need to tell me twice, and I march off with Isabella right behind me. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

It didn’t help that twice as he flung the snow onto a pile of decomposing bodies, he found he was also tossing rats that had frozen in the snowfall. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Within a day, the British promised boiled peas and rice with butter twice a week for their American prisoners. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

For flat runs, he had the Norden bombsight, an extremely sophisticated analog computer that, at $8,000, cost more than twice the price of the average American home. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

He stabbed Robinson twice in the shoulder, deeply and to the bone. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She leaned over and turned the knob on the lamp, once, twice. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Normally, since Christmas Eve is my mother’s birthday, she would get twice as many presents. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Andre agreed to work out with me in the morning at Ellis Park, twice a week. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not only was Hagrid twice as tall as anyone else, he kept pointing at perfectly ordinary things like parking meters and saying loudly, “See that, Harry? Things these Muggles dream up, eh?” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

But at least twice a week Tidbit stole quietly through the darkness to fetch Amari to come to the bedroom of Clay Derby. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Waiting to see a lightbulb, for that same lightning to strike twice. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He shot his mother three times, and his father twice. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

A Legionnaire jerked the propeller and the motor coughed twice, then roared. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

The Lord dwindled in size until he was only about twice my length. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“My papa always tells me we gotta be twice as smart to get half as much,” she told Tony with a frown. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I’m never the same person twice, but I’ve certainly been this type before. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Mandy whispered that she had only run laps twice and that they had never forced her to squat. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

I was late a few times and absent twice because I’m still me, but not bad overall. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“He’s been up once or twice to look at the farm. The house is fine.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

There she was, waiting on the back step with two neat sacks beside her, one for herself and one for him, only his exactly twice as big. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Max wins twice, but in the third game, I corner the white van while she drives off a bridge and falls into the river. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Peewee aimed at the mat and fired twice. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I was so torn about it, Mal, ’cause first of all he was so gentle and so sweet to me....He said it twice, that I was beautiful. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

It was a long time before they dared trust the silence, such a very long time that once or twice Farid turned his head because he imagined that the skeleton had moved. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I waved it, like a flag of truce, once, twice...The breeze caught it, and I let go. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

In fact, in New Jersey, whites were almost twice as likely to be found with illegal drugs or contraband as African Americans, and five times as likely to be found with contraband as Latinos. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

They learned to overlook the fact that his parents were divorced, that his father had remarried not once but twice, that his second wife was only ten years older than Moushumi. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was sweating twice as much as I was. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

“They only like him because he’s famous! They wouldn’t look twice at him if he couldn’t do that Wonky- Faint thing —” “Wronski Feint,” said Harry, through gritted teeth. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

You don’t get lucky twice with those sort of men.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Reilly climbed the curb twice trying to force the car out of the parking place and left the impression of a 1946 Plymouth bumper in the hood of the Volkswagen in the rear. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know it sounds crazy, but he always did this twice, he said it really made your beard super-soft. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don't want to have to explain twice that Mirjam is never coming back to this house. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

You have to wonder where you've gone wrong when twice a day you're offered writing advice from men in funny hats. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

For the moment they seemed more entertained than disturbed by the strange goings-on, but Penelope’s sense of foreboding had returned at twice its previous level. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

A few of my fellow Scholars look twice at me, some with wariness, others with sympathy. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

This didn’t mean you were home free, it simply meant bigger guys would think twice before starting something with you. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

They were close enough to the island now to see it was teeming with plant life: trees twice the size of the ship and an understory of bushes and tall grass. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The fair needed twice as many, he said, and greater scrutiny of their work. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Peach sniffed twice and cried a short hiccupping cry. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Listen to the engine, depress the clutch, shift, gas, release, steer, check your mirrors, signal your turn, look twice for motorcycles. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

We all tap our chests twice with our fists as the announcer finishes. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Graham had thought twice this time, however, for he knew that just a few months earlier Geyer had lost his wife, Martha, and his twelve-year-old daughter, Esther, in a house fire. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I am not sure he can keep hauling any longer than I can, but he can haul harder and faster than I—twice as hard. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Once or twice he was aware of being on his feet with the loud not really tuneful singing all around him. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

At least that seems to be the case because no one looks twice when I open doors or hit the elevator button. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It could have wrapped its body twice around Uncle Vernon’s car and crushed it into a trash can — but at the moment it didn’t look in the mood. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

But despite my own situation, I do not believe that there is a large enough need for useful information about losing two parents twice. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“Everyone knows what happened. It’s happened once or twice— some Griever-stung shank flipped out and attacked somebody. Don’t think you’re special.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

It was as long as Nali’s mobile home and twice as wide. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He was told to measure pills with the younger children, and his quota was twice theirs, “to teach him the value of labor.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She bounced twice, straight up and down, then settled onto a hard surface and found herself in silence and absolute blackness. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The lock was stiff and I turned it twice before it gave and the door swung in. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Zooey put out a hand and stroked Bloomberg’s arched back, once, twice, then quit, and got up from the coffee table and meandered across the room to the piano. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I have to repeat things twice before she hears me. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Old as the hills, Snuffy chuckled, and twice as worn out. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sits on the edge of the bed and pulls on his black boots, wrapping the long laces twice around the tops. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Archimedes would never do the same thing twice. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I’d never had any friends on the top floor, so I had gone up only once or twice in the past to run an errand. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

“The same play might be called twice in a row, but a player’s movements have to vary in response to actions on the rest of the field.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

“We can’t go out on the surface, with a robot or without. Oh, for the love of Pete”—and he snapped his fingers twice. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

She never rewarded them and she punished an offender only twice before she removed her. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t even thought twice about them until I was cleaning stuff out of my closet last week. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Lead the way,” he said promptly, and he swept off along the corridor behind Harry, leaving Snape standing next to the gargoyle and looking twice as ugly. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He had been in the camps since 1940—over three years now, and almost twice as long as Jack. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

Gurgi, sitting cross-legged, devoured his food with so many outcries of pleasure and loud smackings of his lips that he seemed to be eating twice as much as he really did. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Perched on a corner of table eight, the young lawyer tried to start a conversation with Angela, ignoring Sydelle Pulaski, who twice asked, "Surely you must have the answer, Mr. Plum?" The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Twice more Tidbit was tossed into the bloody water, and twice more he barely escaped the jaws of the hungry alligators. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first week, Mami even rode the buses with her, transferring, going and coming, twice a day, until Carla learned the way. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Usually Father doesn’t have to look twice to see when he’s being insulted. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

My father has visited the institution in Calcutta twice—once without warning, hoping to see a transformed Moni, living a secretly normal life behind the barred gates. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

“How dare they offer me five million dollars for a month-long match? Ali received twice that much for one night!” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

New Madrid has been silent ever since–but not surprisingly, since such episodes have never been known to happen in the same place twice. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

She glanced around, saw no sign of any lurkers, and then stepped up and knocked twice with the big brass ring. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He wiped off the blood, but it was still swollen twice its normal size. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

And he had heard it said that black people, even though they could not get good jobs, paid twice as much rent as whites for the same kind of flats. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Blunt was equal to them all: she was as tall as the tallest boy in the class and twice as wide. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

I heard him hit the table at least twice while we were on the phone. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He had done his test twice, he said, and both times the samples were positive to the Mayinga strain of Ebola Zaire. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wouldn’t have left the country twice, listening to my pleas of an aging mother and fantasies of beefsteak. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The towering magnet weighed 220 tons, its sixty-inch pole faces nearly twice the diameter of its predecessor’s at the old Rad Lab. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Every Saturday during term time, and at least twice a week over the holidays, I went to a riding school in the country. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

You could always make a woman talk twice as long as a man. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

In addition to the occasional shot of Haldol, I now take four pills, twice a day. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Waste twice as many men, men who might otherwise be walking the Wall. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

And normally, I wouldn’t think twice about it, but this isn’t regular Nick—this is Sad Drunk Nick. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Once or twice she teetered on a print and almost fell over. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sketches on the fliers Terrance had printed after their escape were crudely drawn but resembled them enough that any savvy hunter would look at her twice. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“When it’s twice as big as it is now, we can braid it.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

She sails through the air, tucking her body into a ball and rolling forward twice. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I climbed in the front seat, stalled the car twice, and put on my seat belt. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

The action came naturally, even though I had smoked just once or twice over the last several years. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Armpit was questioned four times by the police: first in Kaira’s suite, then on the way to the emergency room, where his broken arm was set, then twice more at the police station. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

I watch as Hannah trips across the stage, falling not once but twice. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The unpleasant sound was repeated, twice; there was silence. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lost my balance twice and fell into the mud, but I managed to right myself quickly. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I come here once or twice a week. I get to say stuff like ‘I’ll have the usual.’” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Is that far enough ?” The soldier who saw everything twice nodded weakly and sank back on his bed. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The police came back to The Dump twice more. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The number of deaths would go above twenty only twice after October 27. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

The husband was a head taller and twice the girth of most men. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He chewed down his carrot sticks and what remained of his sandwich, then poured out the tin cup of milk and filled it twice with water. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Fortunately, the phone rings twice before noon, and—more out of claustrophobia than any serious economic calculation—I accept the first two jobs that are offered. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I messed up my combination twice before finally opening the door. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Whew! It’s hotter here than Brooklyn in July—and twice as humid!” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

She scrubbed hard with the washcloth and shampooed twice. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

His father set all four summaries on his desk, side by side, and read each one twice. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

I knew I wasn’t supposed to go to the Mud Flats alone, but twice I had managed to sneak off for a quick visit. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had been struck twice by Iranian torpedoes. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I carried a full scoop of litter—not once but twice—down the hall to the bathroom and dumped it into the toilet. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I remember how Darius brought my laptop over, and I didn’t think twice about it then because he was nothing and it was nothing. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Shortly after Christmas, he managed to cadge on temporary loan from a laboratory colleague a magnet twice as powerful as his paltry four-inch model. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Now he seemed twice that size to the kids. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

“He already had twice as much as me. Ask him if he aint.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘The legs of Men will lag on a rough road, while a Dwarf goes on, be the burden twice his own weight, Master Boromir!’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He’s quick, he thought, as the longswords kissed once and twice and thrice, but he needs to get stronger. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

We passed the burning building twice more on our long ride. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I’m lucky if I hear from Mother and Adah twice a year. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mother smeared the salve over Dad’s upper body twice a day. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Then that smell of jet fuel, that smell that welcomed me before, and leis and the scratchy blanket wrapped twice around me, and why does the window seat matter when the shades are drawn closed? Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

When the bond issue to renovate the dilapidated civic center failed not once but twice he could not help but wonder if there could ever be any real progress in a place like that. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The remaining one-third—49 million acres, or an area roughly twice the size of Ohio—is available for logging. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

He had twice been wounded in battles against the British. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He beat his wings once, twice, and flew up in the air high enough to catch a breeze that rode him out over the water. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

She threw the stone- but not at me. skimming bouncing I threw the stone— over the water skipping swift and merry twice over the water. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

It feels twice as big with everything missing. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The caretaker’s cottage was twice as big as my house back in Queens, and the mansion itself was from a movie. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

A man came twice to take her to the bathroom. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve been to her house twice since I mailed the package to New York, both times to trade out her library books. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

No one, seeing us, would think twice about it. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Mine, I think. People tend to look twice at a car like yours.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He got up twice a week around six-forty-five to be at the early morning practice before school had even started. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The crazy part is, I never thought twice about what I spray-painted at the school. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“You know what? Every year since you were eight, you’ve gotten twice as pretty as you were the year before.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tree has grown twice as tall as I stand on tippy toes. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Powell’s remarkable face was unforgettable, and he had been to her home at least twice before. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Giti had secretly met him twice for tea, fifteen minutes each time, at a small teahouse on the other side of town, in Taimani. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

It was virtually unheard of for a missionary to return home twice. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

The young lady, however, seemed slightly bored with her own singing ability, or perhaps just with the time and place; twice, between verses, I saw her yawn. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

The broom came down on my back, once, twice, but it didn’t matter. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now, here was a lady who had driven the two of us to and from rehearsal twice a week for over a year, and this was the first time she had ever talked at all. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I'm not sure, but I think his heart stops twice. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Wyatt told me you stayed through that movie twice.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was a whole nother ball of wax—twice as long and in many ways more than twice as hard. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

She drew a deep breath, shook her head, opened her eyes again, sniffed once or twice, then blew her nose on her fingers and wiped them on the skirt of her tunic. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, I mean, obviously I’d be a model. I’ve been on the cover of Teen Vogue twice. These genetics transcend all circumstance.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The medik moved aside, and Kaz blinked twice, trying to clear his vision and make sense of the absurd luxury of his surroundings. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“They would have your head off your shoulders before you could think twice about it,” Gwydion said. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

The trio walked quickly, and Nailer almost lost them twice amongst the thump of workers and crew on the floating docks. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Their homes are worth an average of $400,000, twice the national average, and they have nearly twice as many rooms as the average house. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

I got hit in the jaw about twice a week, but nobody ever broke it, because none of them had a third-degree black belt. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

He flicked his tail twice, as if to say, What? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The great surprise was on the wall next to the computer desk: bookcases as tall as me and twice as long, filled with vinyl records. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Before I could think twice, I plunged off the porch and into the night. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Even Robertson Ay made a special effort and turned round twice. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Then she claps her hands together twice, hard. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

But the centerboard twice rubbed on the bottom lightly, so he took her back out a bit to deeper water until he had covered most of the bay and still found no sign of civilization. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The one good thing about math club was that it took place during my regular math time, so I only had to do math once a day instead of twice, like I was worried about. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

As the half wore on, the Fugees charged once, twice, and then a third time, at one point racing down the field at a full sprint, like kids chasing an ice cream truck. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Huygens had always suffered from ill health, and although he was based in Paris for the next fifteen years, he twice had to return to Holland for lengthy periods to recuperate from sickness. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

Wages in Birmingham were already twice as high as in Meridian. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

In the old Alamo games, Hester had often been a cougar or a wolf, and once or twice a rattlesnake, but mostly a mockingbird. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And the really, really old stuff, we could advertise as vintage and charge twice as much.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

I’d been to Troy’s with my sister once or twice before, but never for a party. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once or twice he looked back at her. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Nivea, the latest of our laundry maids, was "black-black": my mother always said it twice to darken the color to full, matching strength. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

I’d gotten out of first gear plenty of times, and even up into third gear twice. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

There he ate the meals that Visitación brought him twice a day, although in the last days he lost his appetite and fed only on vegetables. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

However amazing the stars were, Calypso was twice as brilliant. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

She works up a nice amount of suds in each section and rinses twice. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The tones seemed to echo and hang on the air so that each word sounded twice. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Yes, she made twice as much when she was a waitress but that place closed down and at her age she’s never going to be hired at a high-tip place. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

At more than three hundred pounds and well over six feet tall, he was easily twice my size, probably the largest person in B-block. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He read the message twice and looked anxiously up and down the street. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

But Pong made himself come twice a week—for no other reason than to walk out the door on his own two feet, rather than riding out in a durian basket. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“You said you were from Terrasen; did you ever visit the Great Library of Orynth? They say it’s twice the size of this—and that it used to hold all the knowledge of the world.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He came close twice, and then, down along the lake not far from the beaver house he got his first meat. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, I dribbled twice, focused on the basket, and shot the ball. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

They sat down twice to eat on rocks beside the road. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

I would have enjoyed the sight of so many people who had terrorized me being terrorized themselves, except that I was twice as scared as they were. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Once or twice he caught sight of a flitting shape, in among the trees. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Delaney came back once or twice to see how her son was doing, but she never stayed too long, and she never seemed too sober. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“The new tower will be twice as tall as the one you burned, he says.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

With every cough, I had to duck under the blanket—once, twice, three times—and try to keep from coughing anymore. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

She knew that these sort of wonders do pop up in the world from time to time, but only once or twice in a hundred years. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

I only got past this rail once or twice. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama had told her to make sure the harness was secure, twice. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Albert had to repeat himself twice before Joseph heard. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Four eases his hand into hers, looking stiff, and shakes it twice. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Bridge had already done that twice, in front of the whole audience. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Splendid meals were served twice a day, but Siddhartha only ate once a day, and neither ate meat nor drank wine. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once, as they drifted silently past a massive white cloud, they saw on the top of it a group of strange, tall, wispy-looking things that were about twice the height of ordinary men. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

He’d told us that, about his father being proud of him being an officer, twice. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

If it isn't tat from Taiwan, I paid far too much for something I'll only use twice. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

I wondered how she would receive us after only having seen us twice in her lifetime? Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The power failure had been more than twice as long as any other so far. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

When she took her eyes off the peanut she looked from Margaret to me and asked, “How do you explain its happening twice?” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But we shouldn’t have to read a sentence twice to get it. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It bobbed and fell and came and went, and twice we lost sight of it and had to stop, searching frantically before spotting it again. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“I think she wouldn’t even look at you twice,” Toby said, stepping around Bo to put his toothbrush away. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Heard him on the wireless once or twice. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

He was sixty-eight and a widower twice over; she was in her twenties—no one knew exactly where in her twenties, but estimates put her between twenty-one and twenty-seven years old. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I sat next to her at the kitchen table, twice a day, for sixteen years, and never once did I consider the possibility that she could have been anything but Abnegation-born. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The driver drew a .38 caliber pistol from his pocket and fired twice directly at Spicely. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

They were fat toads that Tam Lin wouldn’t have thought twice about blowing up. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

They rolled Yossarian away on a stretcher into the room with the other soldier who saw everything twice and quarantined everyone else in the ward for another fourteen days. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I fold the stack of pages inward from top to bottom three times, and then fold the result in half lengthwise twice more. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ulbrickson hustled the boys out onto the water twice that day to give them as much exposure as he could to the challenging conditions. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He roared once or twice to see if he could frighten Hare into giving away his hiding place, but he did not succeed. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

My heart nearly stutters to a stop when Bill counts five twice in a row. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

She had folded it twice and fastened it with three staples to prevent our reading it. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He stopped at the 1920 Victrola, looked at it blankly, and barked, twice, for his own amusement, into its megaphone speaker. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Then they heard the father hit the boy twice, and finally they saw the boy walk angrily out of the house. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He broke off indignantly and deliberately made the sergeant’s ears flap slowly twice, in unison. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Watch it, James Washington Fuller. You think twice before you use that tone with me, do you hear?” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Occasionally, perhaps twice a week, he went to a dusty, forgotten-looking office in the Ministry of Truth and did a little work, or what was called work. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“The milk. You rang it up twice, Starr.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

The thing about Churchill was that, like the stopped clock that’s right twice a day, he occupied one position and waited for the world to come to him. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

Elizebeth would have known exactly how to handle it, without thinking twice. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

They were glowing with that dark excitement he had seen but twice before. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He could have made the war end twice. Nay, it would look like cowardice to compound.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

And each time I crossed the footbridge over the river, twice a day, I had to stop and scoop around in the coffee-colored snow at the road’s edge until I found a decent-sized rock. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Instead I ask, “What are you afraid will happen if you don’t touch your nose twice?” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“Just wait till the fancy admiral gets back. I don’t like saying stuff twice. Plus, he might not want you to hear it anyway.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

That evening, dancing and singing to myself in the kitchen, I make twice as many sambo jelly sandwiches. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Penelope had seen it twice before: on the employment contract she had signed upon her arrival at the house, and also on the note Lady Constance had given her with her salary. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

She huddled beside him behind a wide bush twice her height, trying to breathe quietly. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Although she was assured that no farms would be sprayed, her property received two direct sprayings and, in addition, was twice subjected to drifting spray. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Well, someone’ll think twice before blowing up this house, anyways, said Cora. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she added, “But it might do some good to tell her how stingy Pa is, and how hard he is to cook for. That might make her think twice.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

We only met twice after that, and when I asked him questions about my release his response was always "Wait and see." Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Naturally, he loved spending the weekend arguing and kicking around techno-ideas with people twice his age. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once or twice, Tommy even brought out his notebook and doodled away for new animal ideas while I read from the bed. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even after the most substantial meal, he can look you calmly in the eye and claim he could have eaten twice as much. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

And twice last week I forgot to flush the toilet—ick. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Janie never used the word good, and definitely not twice in a row. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“Yes, it was that song. I’ve heard it once or twice since then. On the radio, on the television. And it’s taken me back to that little girl, dancing by herself.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Or it means the roads will be twice as hard to pass,” he said. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I take the stairs two at a time, my clumsy feet stumbling twice, my hand gripping the railing to keep me from a free fall. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Bakersfield is 1 30 miles from the Pacific Ocean, but twice I drove to the beach, just outside of Santa Maria, with my parents. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

He attends twice more before returning to Munich, paying his admission in full both times. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

No. This game was called Samsara, a game for children, a game which was perhaps enjoyable played once, twice, ten times—but was it worth playing continually? Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Almost twice as old as he should be to still be living here," Grandma Knife cuts in. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

The dresses they wore were new, and not only did they get to go to school, but they’d also been to the picture show twice since Ophie and her mother had arrived. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

At least twice, he was swallowed up in a throng of fans, and in both cases he became almost hysterical in his attempts to wrest himself free. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Being against the law, at least against its letter, she must be twice as law abiding as anyone else. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Neville, the boy who kept losing his toad, sniffed once or twice. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

The blue kite sliced a big purple one and swept twice in big loops. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I walk Mister Pugsly every afternoon and twice a day on the weekends. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

Someone offers you a choice of two envelopes and tells you one has twice as much money in it as the other. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frightened was the way he had felt a year ago when an unidentified aircraft had overflown the community twice. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

The human man wraps it twice around his palm. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

We had a menu on the kitchen wall that Mama changed twice a month. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I only saw them once or twice, because the demons and demonesses were so old that they kept to themselves. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had seen the wolves mouth Amaroq’s chin twice before and so she concluded that it was a ceremony, a sort of “Hail to the Chief.” Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He nodded toward me once or twice and that was it. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Fabian claps twice and snaps three times and claps again. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

They’ve been looking at these cartoons, seeing people die twice on TV, and they thought that this little boy couldn’t die. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, the little red light attached to its bars began to glow twice as bright, and Golan whipped his head around and searched the darkness behind him. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Once or twice he heard Ron stir and was sure that he too was awake, but they were sharing the sitting room with Dean, so Harry did not speak. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I was supposed to memorize the whole thing, playing the repeat parts twice to make the piece sound longer. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I smiled, strummed my imaginary guitar, and sang, “I’ll be a fool for Christ, not just once, but twice.” Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your anger that night,” she told me on the phone, meaning the night Shawn had killed Diego, “was twice as dangerous as Shawn has ever been.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Hagrid pulled out the pink umbrella again, tapped it twice on the side of the boat, and they sped off toward land. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Larson, I already knew, had talked about me to other inmates; twice in the past week inmates I didn’t know had asked me whether it was true I had a Ph.D. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He’d already lost his family twice before. Once in Poland and then again here—his adopted family. So when you and Aunt Susie came along ...” “Once bombed, twice shy?” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Not once or twice, but always three times. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

That week and every week, sometimes twice, I stop by Elizabeth’s to talk to Aibileen. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He never visits it more than once or twice a year, and even then, he never stoops to entering a Red village like mine. Red Queen 2015-02-10T00:00:00Z

He has a very black beard so that he has to shave twice daily, and he owns one of these electric razors. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know about the part about killing their dogs, but I’ll drop a few things into the rumor mill so people will think twice about taking that sort of job.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

We comforted her and told her that if she’d put her foot down once or twice and say she didn’t have the time, the shopping lists would shrink of their own accord. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I should have felt a victory, knowing Big Ma now thought twice about having me do everything. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Once or twice I nudged foot-sized rocks over the side and watched with faint horror as they crashed and tumbled to improbably remote resting places. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

But the commanders were eager for a big victory, and the 46th Guards were sent out on a bombing mission twice as far away as their usual targets took them. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Hardman came with his son twice a year to scythe the grass around the temple. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Bigwig cuffed him twice across the face and felt the third blow pass through his whiskers as he sprang back. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s dusk and we’ve called them in twice already,” Number Two told him. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

He came in once or twice a week, on his way to or from the mountain. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

The lift bell rang twice, and the men shuffled aboard. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The Susan Maries engine wheezed twice below the floorboards, then coughed, rattled, and fired up when Carl backed down the choke. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“How can it be same terms? You want I should kill you twice?” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Radar tapped a locker twice with his fist to express his approval, and then came back with another. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

No one told those little white children, with their tricycles, to be twice as good. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Briskly he retreated into the lobby of the headquarters building, where the ceiling lights flickered twice and faded out. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

No matter that you have a PhD and have read all of Henry James twice. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z

I slipped a little on the strings of the unfamiliar instrument, and Ben wandered off looking for notes once or twice, but it was nice. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I told her I knew all about it and that I didnt intend to let my boy get beat up by kids twice his size. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

My childhood friend Alisha lives in North Carolina but used to visit me in New York at least twice a year. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Arithmetic suggests that if England had been the size of the Triple Alliance, it would have executed, on average, about 7,500 people per year, roughly twice the number Cortes estimated for the empire. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

He has tried before, at least twice, eating paints. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Figure 1.43: In any particular section of a piece of music, a half note is always twice as long as a quarter note. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

As I started to get on my feet he hit me twice. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Old Familiar cawed twice, and then we took off, flapping in a giant, gusty circle as we built up speed and climbed higher and higher. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Roosevelt threw himself onto the ground and begged Cherrie to go on without him—not once, not twice, but four times. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

The ball went about as high as a young pine, then turned, slowly spun its seams once or twice, and sauntered on down until it bounced softly on the granite plate. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

She’d come face-to-face with maelstroms and sea monsters, been in more battles than ships twice her age, and survived them all. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Beverly threw the baton up in the air once, twice, three times. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

“Can’t we go home and wait? That was rough last night and this morning. Besides, then we can be heroes twice. Once when we return home and once when we reveal ourselves.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mostly I was fine; he’d hit twice, and that must have been enough. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The camera owner—a burly man twice the size and height of the one chasing Emily and James—steadied his tripod with one hand and grabbed the pursuer with his other. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

So tonight I say my poem twice, just in case the winds didn’t hear them the first go-round. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

It had not been hard to do; it had not even made him think twice about what danger he was putting himself in. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know I've been up here on the fifth floor once or twice before, but nothing looks the same. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was a wight, and I knew he wouldn’t think twice about shooting any one of us. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

The chief’s elevator is the last one on the row and is twice as big as the others. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Since the first day we spread out, Rondell’s been pulling in twice as much scratch as me. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

So I’ve got to come into his office twice a week now to talk about the things that bother me. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

In the last two months, Lewis and Clark have been rescued twice by the fire department and three times by the police. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Good. Drink twice as much as usual,” the sergeant said. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It never took long to get rid of a valiseful for at least twice what it had cost. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” White Deer agreed, warming to the idea, “some city like Oakland or Los Angeles. If you name their rival cities, it will make it twice as hard for them to bear.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The houses are twice the size of the houses on my street. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

She insisted that he hire their gardener, Jomo, to come in twice a week and plant some flowers in the yard. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

One hundred and fifty yards and they were stuck twice. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

I had never known Shawn to apologize twice. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

That early autobiography didn’t begin: “I was born twice.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

When I went and stood by her side, she lifted her head, looked at me, and raised a hand, once, twice, as if to pump up words. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

His mares would bear triplets, his hens laid twice a day, and his hogs fattened with such speed that no one could explain such disorderly fecundity except through the use of black magic. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Then bandage them and change the dressings twice a day. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I had lain tossing about, and had heard the clock strike only twice, when the night-watchman came to me, sent up from the ward, to say that Renfield had escaped. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

They sold the items at twice the regular price, but the trip seemed worth the risk and expense. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Luke made it over to Jen’s only once in all of February, and twice in March, when Dad began driving around looking for the best seed corn prices. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

He saw her ears flip twice, and her chest heave. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then Christmas came twice in the same day, because Casey said, “Let me try some with Gatorade in it too.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“They’ve got watermelons twice the size of a cow’s head and sweeter than syrup.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He kicked the first log in the seawall twice, then a third time, then a fourth. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Butler wrapped the rifle strap twice around his wrist, pulling the stock into his shoulder. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

“It’s generally safe to use any hide-out twice. But not for another month or two, of course.” 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I can still feel her smooth, cool hand against my cheek, patting it once, twice, then pulling away without any reluctance. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

They have me play the song twice, and I’m pretty sure I’m floating. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Green shirt, sandy hair. The one nearest to me by the fireplace. Give him something to make him sleep. He’s already been drinking. No one will think twice if he happens to pass out.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Ones who maybe messed up once or twice, and now that’s how people think of them. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

He would soar up and then circle the house once, sometimes twice. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

“It’s twice as big as it was when I got it. It’s eaten two square inches of cabbage leaf.” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

"There, there," he patted my shoulder and cleared his throat once or twice. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

I have gone twice to the hot pools in the forest to bathe. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

The driver twice ordered the Johnsons to the back, but they stayed put. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

Temperatures were taken twice a day in the ward. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I tried slipping it back to her, but Bloody Juan was our patrol, and his hawk eyes weren’t going to miss twice. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He fumbled once or twice against the muddy grass, nearly tripping over himself in full view of the soldiers high above on the Control Tower. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Finally, Tally had eight hoverboards connected side-to-side, twice as wide as she was tall, no thicker than a stiff sheet of paper. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“You know, I have a queer feeling that I’ve been through this exact conversation before with someone. It’s just like the chaplain’s sensation of having experienced everything twice.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Dr. Devèze had not only seen and treated yellow fever while living in the West Indies, he had contracted it twice. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

On Monday, April 17, Emma wrote in her little diary that Charles did some work and went into the orchard with her twice. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lips pulled back in a grimace, Bast drove the man’s head viciously into the mahogany: once, twice Then, as if Bast’s action had startled everyone awake, chaos erupted in the room. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Yeah; I voted twice. I wasn’t old enough, so I put my age up so I could vote and get the five dollars.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Cosmologists have long argued over whether the moment of creation was 10 billion years ago or twice that or something in between. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

He stopped twice and started back toward Emma Lee, but knew that there was nothing he could do against a grown man and a knife. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Here the birds are buntings and longspurs. They do not fly to the sea twice a day like the puffins and sandpipers that my father followed.” Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

There on the page and there in her memory, seeing it twice, seeing it all over again. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Holly’s doll was in overalls, and we had changed their outfits twice already. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Once or twice a day, mixed in with my normal lectures, Ben would present me with a little mental exercise I would have to master before we went on to anything else. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The barn was twice the size of the house, built on top of a natural cave that served as a root cellar and cold storage. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

There’s an age-old maxim in the black community: You’ve got to be twice as good to get half as far. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He banged his knee twice—and his head once—running through the dimly lit Berg toward the cargo room. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

It closed the day at $56, exactly twice the price I set.” The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

Then twice in a week there were chits marked “S” and bearing her own special code name—just an alert to let her know she was “operational,” as it were. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“Sorry. It doesn’t work that way. If my boss weren’t here, I’d let you hop on, but—” His hand knocks the counter, twice. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Hermione, who had now achieved Apparition twice, was a little more confident, but Harry, who would not be seventeen for another four months, could not take the test whether ready or not. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

As I straddled the highest point, the south face fell away beneath my right boot for twenty- five hundred feet; beneath my left boot the north face dropped twice that distance. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other man had shot Grandpa four times—twice to his head. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

No wonder he could not flee from the same jungle twice. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

His face became red as fire and he seemed to grow twice as tall. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

My face feels like it’s on fire as I say it, and my tongue feels twice as thick. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

She knew the way; she’d gone along once or twice to watch them fish with Wash when Henry had the day off and she wanted to be sure to be gone. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Rage explodes inside of Mark and he fights back at whoever hit him, swinging his arms wildly until he connects twice. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

After breakfast Saturday morning, when Mama wiped her mouth for him to kiss her good-bye, he kissed her twice and then came back and kissed her twice again. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Not that I really thought a blood relationship could explain the way I had twice been drawn to him. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

And although Mother had once or twice entertained Leapers in the house, she tended to lump them all together, fairly or not, with snake handlers, fallers, foamers, and other fringe examples of the henhouse sects. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Mr. Tweedie swallowed twice, his Adam’s apple rising and falling with emotion, but said nothing. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Doctor had said once or twice she was real sensible with these things she picked up what she showed him. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I knew mothers who belted their girls, but the belt could not save these girls from drug dealers twice their age. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

They had to slow up at the gorge, inching slowly down along the narrow, twisting road, pulling over twice before they hit bottom to allow other, wood-filled pickups on the way home to pass. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Everyone knows: ‘A tinker pays for kindness twice.’ The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

You only have twice as many positive answers as negative and noncommittal—how does this keep happening? Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

The official death toll in the four months of violence stood at about four hundred; the unofficial figure was twice that. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps the Spancel had a strength in it Perhaps it was because she was twice his age, so that she had twice the power of his weapons. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Martin bursts in, and within sixty seconds, he changes his drink order twice, burps, and manages to level Abby s sugar house with an overly enthusiastic finger poke. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

His face blank, he puts one arm around the corner, steadying it with the building Wall, and fires twice. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

These are groups of families, usually in cities or suburbs, who put together a big order once or twice a month. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“For going around twice ? What can we give him a medal for?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Tufts of hair I miss jut out like a staticky lion mane, and the pretzel bun falls out twice, leaving the braid dangling down my chest. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I’ve snuck out of my house, before that night, only twice. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

“If it wasn’t for the ‘church every day and twice on Sundays’ thing...Annabelle says to Luke as they walk back down the gravel road where Dawn Celeste’s camper is. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The odds of sneaking by her twice in one night without getting nabbed were slim. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

The quiet money whispers twice: once when I slide it in my pocket; once when I slide it out. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

If my father had this space, he’d fill it with tools and boards and a drill press and a lathe and cans and stuff before you could spit twice. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Druther break cayuses any day, and twice on Sundays,” was the reply of the driver, as he climbed on the wagon and started the horses. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z

Henry’s fist slamming into his sister’s face once, twice, three times. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I think it shocked my teacher, who had already busted me twice that year for chewing gum in class and once for passing a note to Lauren. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Lupita, feeling grateful for her dancing lessons, smiled tentatively once or twice, but Rafael did not look her in the eye. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Skarpi cleared his throat once or twice in a way that made me thirsty. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I'm so glad we got a chance to taIk on the phone—not once, but twice. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Tally coughed twice, the last bit of pepper leaving her lungs. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The ball went up, hit the front rim, rolled around twice, and then fell through. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Lawson will probably want to see me twice a week, same as before. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Sheed, using the natural athleticism his gangly legs allowed, circled Mr. Flux twice, looping the rope around his calves. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Then again, “Yes, I am,” as if she needs to say it twice to convince herself. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Sir Cadogan spent half his time challenging people to duels, and the rest thinking up ridiculously complicated passwords, which he changed at least twice a day. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

The little boy didn’t need to be told twice. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“He'will meet with you on the morrow, by the spice market. Uook for a door marked with a purple lotus. Knock twice and call for freedom.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Well, who are you?” he said to a dog, whose broken chain was wrapped twice around the hawthorn. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

They’re so thick with dust he has to wash them twice before we can use them. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The Rusty Raptors didn’t have to be told twice. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Tanu and the other two women worked twice as fast as I did. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

“You know better than to fight. This boy is twice your size!” The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

She brushed her teeth three times and changed her clothes twice. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I have to run twice as fast to match my short strides to her long ones. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“I would be remiss to do so twice. Pray, what are your names, children? Your full names, please.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The uniform isn't in here; I check twice. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

She had had the McCarthy book only twice. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I rapped the roof of the car twice and Eduardo moved it slowly through the crowd before squealing off north, through the red lights, for Queens. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m guessing Sneaky’ll think twice about selling candy at school, but it’s the complete opposite! Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Know it takes me twice as long as Judd to split that wood, but I don’t stop. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The room starts spinning—worse than the time I rode the Tilt-A-Whirl twice. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Each athlete was required to attend tutoring twice a week. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He blinked twice, and then said, “We can always start with this ball.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Island County coroner coughed twice, dryly, and circumnavigated his examination table. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The famous producer told him he was good in the role, even if his voice did crack once or twice in the higher registers. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Her hands went up and then back down to her skirt, where she wiped them twice. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one looks twice at us, and no one speaks of the Emperor's death or of Marcus's coronation. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Another Marine, close to twice my size, was next to me. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

And if he, good Christian, scion of a striving class, patron saint of the twice as good, could be forever bound, who then could not? Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Then the household went like clockwork and the shop had earned money for butter and butcher’s meat once or twice a week. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’d already taken the hardcover out of the library twice, gone up to the front desk and signed it out with her library card. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“This ought to make ’em think twice before they try anything. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“Maurine, the boy was in jail and scared. Now, I got in trouble once or twice as a boy. Curtis is a good kid. He just needed someone to help him out.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knotted it twice at the back of my neck and then tucked the ends of my comrows underneath. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Richie had already yelled at him, twice, for trying to sleep at the top of the stairs. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

So when she saw the huntress outside the garden gate with a black horse in tow, she had to look twice to make sure she was not imagining it. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wrote his reminder to himself in a heavy and decisive hand, amplifying it sharply with a series of coded punctuation marks and underlining the whole message twice, so that it read: Yossarian! Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He cleared his throat once, then twice, and then asked, “Is Ms. Washington in today?” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Ill • He walked down the three flights of stairs, and rang the doorbell to 1 IF twice before using the keys to get in. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

When the wheel turns under your hand, you must watch your words: and I had twice called him dead, and carried him as the dead are carried. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

He barely winces, then shakes his hands twice in the air and winks at me. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Sure enough, the ball comes flying at us, and, cigarette between his teeth, Charlie steps backward once, twice, once more, as if he’s not in any hurry, as if he knows he’s got this. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“More than twice the length of my own life.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He can only win the contest twice, and then he has to give somebody else a chance. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Mom got pregnant twice and had two miscarriages. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could feel his heart beating, but it beat only twice, very slowly, loud and hollow like the waves on the beach, and then no more. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once or twice, in fact, I had to close my eyes, but it didn’t help much. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pats my shoulder twice before he exits, and then I’m alone. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turned east toward Sully’s Inn and the private beach where we could hawk our sugar for twice as much. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Liam was silent as we approached Petersburg’s outer city limits, only nodding once or twice to confirm that the craziest parts of Chubs’s tale were true. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

They were dirty and wet, their sleeves ragged, and their mother kissed each of their unshaven cheeks twice. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He remembers her mainly at the pujos he had attended every year, twice a year, with his family, where she would be dressed in a sari carefully pinned to the top of her shoulder. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He had been to tennis practice at Perkins twice that week—mostly to give pointers to his dad about the players. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The large male by the cook-fire puffed out his fur until he looked twice as big. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bell at the top of the Council Edifice rang twice. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They returned perhaps twice a year, mainly to plow their fields. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wasn’t it weird that the pattern of coats hanging up on the classroom hooks went blue-green-red, blue-green-red twice in a row? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I tried once or twice to ask the old woman, but I couldn’t get through to her. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Benches and trestle tables ran along either side of the hall, with room for fifty men... though twice that number had squeezed themselves inside. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Pah. Even the Scourge of the East would think twice about engaging both the Crux and the Current. He might even take out the Beauty and rid us of the competition.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

With his pants undone he had fallen in and, to his partner’s horror, had thrashed once or twice before disappearing altogether beneath the surface of the moon-addled sea. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

By the middle of October everyone in the class, except me, had been called on at least twice. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I don’t know if she’s just being neighborly or if she’s on the government’s payroll, but she shows up twice every day. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I have thought a thousand times, I guess, about how I so narrowly escaped death twice that day. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

We made sure never to play at the same place twice in a row. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I also had to meet with her twice a week at her office for therapy. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“A feeling I’ve had once or twice before, just before I fainted. A lightheadedness ... everything intense... but my body feels cold and numb...” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I mean, the agents are amazing, taking down monsters more than twice their size, but every time one falls, another appears out of thin air to take its place. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Joey told me nothing ever goes back exactly the way it was, that things expand and contract—like breathing, but you could never fill your lungs up with the same air twice. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“You’d better think twice before you attack us. Romans and Greeks will fight you together. You don’t stand a chance!” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He wrote brief, untroubled letters to her once a week, sometimes twice. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He rapped the arm of his chair twice. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Plus, she never put anything in the same place twice, including us. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

He came to their houses twice a month to collect one dollar and sixty-eight cents and write down on a little yellow card both the date and their eighty-four cents a week payment. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m more than twice as big as a dime. A dime only comes up to here on me.” Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

Sibanda sang these lines only once or twice when he heard a sound in the leaves above him. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Playing with other children in the park, she had several times started to cry, and once or twice to throw things; she had lost a doll this way, and a dragon. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

She repeated the riddle twice, just to make sure he heard it all. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I felt quite uneasy, though I had been there once or twice before; it was a private place, and everything in it belonged to two dead people. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

He only wore them twice that she can remember. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Once or twice Grandma came over for dinner. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

But at least twice they've gone to bed early without making sure that I came in before curfew. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

We need our limbs trimmed just the way you need to cut your fingernails and hair, although for us it’s only once or twice a year, and it’s called pruning. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Yes ma’am,” I say, wondering why she think she got to say this twice. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I plucked an imaginary napkin out of the air, shook it twice, and placed it on my lap. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Hands trembling, he made scratches on the wall again and recounted, once, twice, three times. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

I blinked through the snowy haze, once, twice, and how did I not see him before? The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Boy21 offers me his hand, which is twice the size of mine. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve always wanted my nails done, but looking at these weapons has me thinking twice. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The inside of the car was what Conrad called “cherry”— clean and polished as if he washed it twice a week. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She snapped twice, and the laugh track erupted again. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

If you act like you know what you’re doing most people don’t even look twice. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I had fun watching him put the meat through the grinder: once, twice, three times. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Of the hundreds of thousands of troops who died in the war, disease killed more than twice as many men as battlefield wounds. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

I turned it twice to the right, and then the knob; they both turned easily. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cute chipmunk on the front cover gives way to a mass of fur and bloody entrails inside, making you think twice about investing in that fur coat. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

“What a wild bunch of savages those sparrows are! I thought they had me once or twice back there.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

At least once or twice a year the house had to turn in on itself as parts of it became agitated, and the attic was usually the loudest of them all. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Jeffrey had the two worst black eyes I’d ever seen, and his nose was swollen to about twice its normal size. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He used to go out three or more times a week; now, it’s just once or twice a month to play pool. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps you’ll think twice about doubting your elders next time! Now ... it was your sixteenth birthday recently, wasn’t it?” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Letters from him trickled in, once or twice a month, with half the words blacked out, calling her “Sweetheart” for the first time in fifteen years. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

The witch doctor offered the diagnosis: appeasement of the spirits through sacrificing a white chicken twice a year. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

A distant voice that only I could hear replied: It was shot twice. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Sciola, blinking in slow, somber consternation, twice reached to put his hand upon her arm, and on the third try his slow fingertips finally made contact with her elbow. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

But they had to get Grandma down I rum the plane, and getting her out was twice the job of getting her in. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

If I were to give a bracelet to you, now, I would measure your wrist twice. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s not like the tides just hit Wednesday night, like one of those tsunamis, one-shot deal. • • Tides are twice a day, every day. Full moons will really be killers.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

But the rice he reaped from the land of the Hwangs brought him twice as much as that from his own rice land. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

He had been here only once or twice, and each time had left the place as soon as he could. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

I may have fallen asleep once or twice. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Thus the total force between A and B would be twice the original force. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

His blue eyes were light, bright, and sparkling behind half-moon spectacles and his nose was very long and crooked, as though it had been broken at least twice. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

The savage, whoever he was, ululated twice; and the cry was repeated in both directions, then died away. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Figure 3.14: The second harmonic has half the wavelength and twice the frequency of the first. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

I walked toward them and had to say "Excuse me" twice. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

She could have been shot twice in the chest. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Twice she grabbed, and twice I dodged her. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then he poured it through a paper cone into a brown bag and folded the top over twice. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

He was now twice the length of the canoe from me and though I paddled fast I could not overtake him. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The outline she’d seen once or twice when the side door opened and a woman shook crumbs from a tablecloth or dust from a small rug onto the ground. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He ran away twice more—the second time in a blizzard, when it was a miracle he didn’t freeze to death. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

He was forty-five years old, nearly twice as old as his wife. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Mars has days and nights of about the same length as ours, and seasons which last twice as long. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Merlyn opened his mouth and shut it twice, before he was able to comply with this restriction. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Because he always says things twice,” I say, jumping up and down. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Although Scipio had stolen his father's sea chart, they still lost their way twice. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

March meant rain, which meant mud, which meant it took twice as long to get Henry’s work clothes clean. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was true that the other side had twice his numbers, but most of them were afraid of him and none was a trained Efrafan officer. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally they got the man who ran the ferry twice a day to agree to take it over ^n the morning. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

So when they pull up to Minute Maid and the line wraps around the block twice, he feels beyond gratified. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I'd read the Milton twice already, but I couldn’t keep a thought steady long enough to know what it was. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The ball was still rolling when the referee blew his whistle—once, twice, and again—to signal the end of the game. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

The experience made a profound impression on him that led him to think twice about the difference between spirituality and religion, between faith and the institutions that deliver its message. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

It was as if he had had to pay the same note twice because of some trifling oversight of date or signature. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Yeah, but you made two hundred and eight dollars! You see? You're my little sister, and you're twice as smart as me." The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

Practices would take place twice a week and would last three hours, Luma said. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Branwell’s eyes fell on that card immediately, and he blinked twice very rapidly. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The coach continued, “OK, let’s get started. Gino, you’re the captain. Take them twice around the field. Then were going to break into sixth-, seventh-, and eighth-grade groups and start calisthenics. Let’s move out.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t you just punch him once or twice?” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Strangely enough, Lucy did not wake; but she got up twice and dressed herself. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

The odds of sneaking by her twice in one night without getting nabbed were slim. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

She only went to visit him twice a week now, because she didn’t want him to get tired of her. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

She is a lovely girl with a delicate nose, red lips, and slender legs, wonderfully clean and well cared for, she certainly baths twice a day and never has any dirt under her nails. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once or twice while Nathan was away on a revival I may have locked the doors and breathed into my own mouth in the mirror, putting on red lipstick to do the housework. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He swears the only reason God spared his life twice is so that he could spread the word about the illness, as if nobody knew what it was. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I imagined their parents telling them to take twice as much. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Our Navajo secret code that had begun with a vocabulary of only 265 words was now almost twice that size. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

She walked down the line of apprentices twice, sizing them up. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“They don’t have to tell me twice,” Sticky said, slipping into bed. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

She had never met Bebe before, though her mother had mentioned her once or twice. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I just pinned him down and tried to not get his blood all over my dwindling supply of school shirts, and Chas caught up to us and kicked the kid twice in the ribs. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I wrote those words down on my paper and underlined them twice. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked once, looked twice to be certain: an apple, red and ripe. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

I step up to the line, bounce the ball twice, and put it through the net. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

All night they had raced the Iowa Chevrolet through thick rain, stopping twice to siphon gas, both times from vehicles parked on the empty streets of small sleeping towns. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bassi said no that was no test because he had already drunk twice as much as 1. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Assuming Leo lived long enough, assuming his crazy secret plan worked, his destiny was with somebody else, on an island that no man ever found twice. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

It was simply a day when people were more courteous, looked twice at a beggar in the street, remembered that love was a living thing. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

His breathing was labored; he mumbled and twice flayed his arms as if to shake some invisible attackers off. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I just landed myself at the bottom of a twister with a man who’s tried to kill me twice. Don’t reckon any of my ideas are too bright.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The partner lived, though shot twice, and although the partnership was dissolved they retained admiration for each other. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

They would let in twice as much light if they were washed. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

This time of year, it’s twice as fun because everyone has their Christmas lights up and is participating in the Who-Can-Flaunt-the-Tackiest-Collection-of-Obnoxious-Holiday-Bullshit Contest. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“You don’t have to say ridiculous things twice, Holling. Once is more than enough” “Why is military school ridiculous?” asked my sister. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

In the early volumes of the Philosophical Transactions it appears only once or twice a year. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Six boys are called to the front of the room for reciting and if you miss a line you are slapped twice on each hand. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Where do you get the nerve to keep flying, when in a single year you’ve already survived being shot down twice? A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Small Chinese kid putting a guy twice his size on the ground, one shot. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

The Argo II was designed like an ancient trireme, only twice as big. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Based on the sixty cents a day he had earned at the pig farm, Shin’s expectation was that he’d be paid at least twice as much. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

He leaned down and kissed my cheek twice. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

A gentleman, Gabriel Archer, has been shot through both hands, and a sailor has been shot twice in the torso. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

He kisses the top of my head twice and asks, “How are you doing, baby girl?” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Frightful watched his spectacular sky dance twice more, then she flew off the bridge and traced the same design in the air. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

“Yes, but we could have ham twice, couldn’t we? It wouldn’t kill us,” I said. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Maribel had laughed twice since that first time, and it seemed to me that she was able to remember more on her own now, too. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Kuda, said the Praise Singer, spoke as clearly as a child twice his age. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The medical profession at that time called them “stomach pains” and felt the best cure was coffee dolloped with brandy twice a day until the pains subsided. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

During the night, they all went to the outhouse twice more, but always with a guard. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

A great hall of a room with ceilings twice the height of the doors. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Jason had expected about a hundred spirits, but twice that many were milling about, chasing spectral serving girls, smashing plates and cups, and basically making a nuisance of themselves. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

In a little less than two weeks, they were going to have to race again, twice, in a pair of two-thousand-meter sprints, to earn the right to represent the United States in Berlin. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Problem number three: How am I going to get food out of the house, enough to feed Shiloh twice a day, without Ma noticing? Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Enrique has been caught twice near the depot in police sweeps. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

"You will immerse once, then twice," she instructs me. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I’ve talked to her twice since then, and she seems okay—sad, but okay. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Although once or twice the light chaise slurred as it caught in great ruts made by the disabled Lyte coach, there was no other sign of the late violence.The mob was utterly gone. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Even a broken watch is correct twice a day.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I visited her once or twice, but it was a bit—well—frightening. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“This is called a telephone number,” he told Ron, scribbling it twice, tearing the parchment in two, and handing it to them. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Once I reached the laundry room, I scrambled up the ladder and flipped the circuit breaker switch twice. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

He swung it once and twice and again. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dino blinked twice, then wheezed and snorted, eyeing the orphans. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Food had become so scarce that each prisoner was issued a monthly meal ticket, which was punched when he went through the food line to prevent the possibility of someone going through the line twice. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was more than twice as long as the entrance tunnel. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

His mother serves him huge portions of chicken and rice, filling his plate twice. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s right—it won’t. I want you here twice a week instead of once. You come in Monday and Friday and talk to me, just so I can see how you’re doing.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Now, she pulled it twice, once and then again to emphasize her words. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He's nice-looking and has twice stopped to help me pick rocks in my field. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

He felt twice as strong, three times as tall. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

The compass was my most valued possession and I’d lost it twice in two days! Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

The rat was swollen to twice his normal size. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

If two objects are moved twice as far away, the gravity now pulling them together is only one-quarter as strong. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

As if saying okay twice really makes everything fine. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Notice that the fourth harmonic is also twice the frequency of the second harmonic, and the sixth harmonic is also twice the frequency of the third harmonic. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Masson went for the one that had been pointed out as his and hit him twice, as hard as he could. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

We were practically the same heighth, but he weighed about twice as much as I did. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“While I do wish they were perhaps a bit more discreet in their work...I can’t deny that this is twice this month that they've saved us from a rather rare and unfortunate accident.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

But while Paul’s arms were as thick as my neck, I beat him off the dribble, and twice in a row I got a foot around him and nailed fadeaway jumpers Guzzo couldn’t block. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He immediately stood out from the rest of us because his tennis clothes and rackets were worth at least twice the tennis team’s annual budget. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Surely the words are enough to make anyone from 12 think twice about the plan. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

But after backing into the wall twice, he gets things under control. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

The older boy turned to give Thomas such an annoyed look he thought twice about saying anything. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“Out of all those times, I was scared just twice: the first time and the third. I’ve been handling it ever since, right?” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Relaxing his stance, Zooey took a folded linen handkerchief from his hip pocket, flipped it open, then used it to blow his nose once, twice, three times. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

She translated what she wanted to say into English and went over it twice before she spoke. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I've been with a dead person only twice before, at my grandparents' funerals when I was eleven and twelve, and then there was dim lighting and music. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He's as tall as the Tribesman but twice as broad, with a paunch that strains the buttons of his gold brocade shirt. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Try acting your age and pretending you been outta Possum Moan once or twice.” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

“Then take these important people and get them registered for the nurse. Come find me at the movie house just into town. Knock three times, twice, and I’ll open the door.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“I’m as fast as can be,” he announced, running around the island twice in no time at all, “and I’m as slow as can be,” he complained, waving good-by to a snail. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

I am glad it cannot happen twice, the fever of first love. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Iorek stood beside him, looking in the same direction, and then reared up high, fully twice the height of Will, his gaze intent. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

She thought of her father wearing a fresh dicky and collar every day of his life and shining his worn shoes as often as twice a day. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Name a girl Jack and people will look at her twice, my father said. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Before he could react, a rope was looped twice around his wrists and secured to the trunk of a tree. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

My tongue was twice its normal size, and I couldn’t make out the words. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

In 1941, Leningrad had a population twice the size of modern Manhattan; Moscow was bigger than Los Angeles is today. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

“I—I ought to, uh, have to recite the Five Principles of Good Citizenship and the Four Attitudes Leading to Right- Mindfulness twice before, uh, getting food next time,” said Ton- Ton. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t think twice about it, because the sky here seems wider. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Any students interested in causing trouble would think twice about it if they knew their friends and teachers were watching them and ready to act on any suspicious activity. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know how to thank you. You’ve saved our lives twice.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I’m dog-tired, and my body feels twice as heavy as we do our scythe work. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

He got detention twice that month before he bought a pack of nicotine gum and chewed it instead of smoking because his dad said if he got detention again, no bike. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“A drug deal turned into a robbery, and he got shot in the head twice. Right in front of me. A few months before you were born, in fact. That’s why I named you Starr.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

After Chaol gave Fleetfoot a friendly rub on the head, the dog trotted back beneath the table, circled twice, and curled up. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I’ve gotten to use the swords twice, and I'm passable with them, though I need a lot more practice. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

By the fire, in a three-legged stone bowl, was a lump of fresh masa twice the size of a toaster. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

A thousand at least; perhaps twice that many. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The stupid thing wasn’t going back once — anyone can make that mistake—the stupid thing was being arrogant enough to go back twice. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

I also had twice the energy, and I got sick a lot less frequently. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Surgeon General Barnes came to the White House twice a day to assess Garfield's condition and discuss it with the other three doctors. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Whisper silent, with a satellite-bounced solar battery that would fly you twice around the world. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

“Go to your father and brother. The alley on the right, down to the basement. Knock twice, then three times, then six times.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

But everything that happens twice will surely happen a third time.’ The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Xan visited the Free Cities twice a year, once with Luna and once without. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Then I rolled over twice under the belly of the plane to the other wheel. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I jerked the string twice, our usual signal, and Hassan tossed the kite. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I agree to reproduce at least twice to give my corrected genes the best possible chance of survival. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Dad’s fortune says: Only a goofus locks his keys in his car twice in one week. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I looked down, and I couldn't believe it—it was swollen twice its normal size. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Even more than the movies, Dad liked the shows that we staged once or twice a year in the parlor, for his and Mother’s benefit. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man laughs at the sight of Amber but doesn't look twice at us as Rémy gives him money. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“The fall? That was nothing. I fell twice that far from the St. Louis Arch.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Sigurd had tried to kill Anya and Ivan twice each, three times if she counted when he had thrown her into the river near her barn, but she still didn’t think she could... Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

After Nick had turned the gun admiringly over in his hands once or twice, he set it back on the rubber mat again. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Montag started to speak twice and then finally managed to put his thought together. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Barbara had her share, and she gurgled and licked the spoon twice. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Slept the night through once or twice, put back some of the weight she’d lost in the attic. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I went to physical therapy twice a week for a few months, and did some basic stretching and core exercises, which was a total drag. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Jasper Jr. was a vicious punk who wouldn’t think twice about beating up a girl half his size. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Get it right: ‘A tinker’s advice pays kindness twice.’ The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It took, as I said, probably a month, and in that time he read The Princess Bride twice to me. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I reach out, trying to be as gentle as possible as my exhausted hand pats her stomach once, twice. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Being against the law, at least against its letter, she must be twice as law abiding as anyone else. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

At 0142, on pilot’s orders, the Corona made its corrective dogleg while the navigator fixed twice more on the sounding board. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

You had to look twice to see her. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I had done the unthinkable, not once, but twice, by interrupting him at his work. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Then the road was clean-packed snow and led through the woods, and twice coming home in the evening, we saw foxes. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

So the sheriff stopped and shot twice more, aerating the dump but not the bird. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He brought it into the boat room and lit it, and the room grew twice as bright. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Plus Kingston needs water, remember? But just a cup twice a day,” Mom adds. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

It happened once or twice a day to some girl in the factory. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

“Pinkie, T. C. O’Quinn says he can take your 'fifty Ford any day of the week and twice on Sunday,” Jim Don said. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wiped my tears away, dribbled once, twice, and pulled up for a jumper. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You speak perfectly, of course. I mean if we were talking on the phone I wouldn’t think twice.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mark has a twinkle in his eye like Chicho, but he is twice as tall and used to be a football player when he was in college. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

They have gone through this cycle at least twice, possibly more—rising to awesome heights, eroding away to nothingness, rising again, each time recycling their component materials in a dazzlingly confused and complex geology. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

I took my newspaper and folded it twice to read about Huey, Bobby, and the protesters later. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He coughed twice and something dark and thick started leaking out of his mouth and nose. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

He spelled the name out twice, and tapped his teeth. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pitezel’s almost hallucinatory description must have tantalized Holmes, for he wrote to Cigrand and offered her a job as his personal secretary, at twice the salary she was making in Keeley. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“There’s too many loopholes in here,” he declared, twice. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She is rough-and-tumble but doesn't think twice about lending anyone a hand. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Once —” “Or twice —” A minute — “All summer —” “Oh, shut up,” said Percy the Prefect. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

But once again, the phone beeped twice, then went dead. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Once or twice he looked up quickly, and his eyes narrowed. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

One night I saw a car pull up in front of the Pastor house and blink its headlights twice. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

And Papa had taught him to work harder than sailors twice his age. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

He’d disappeared from my life a month or so back, but before that, surfer boy had been making a real effort to be there for me, after school, once, even twice a week. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Before resuming the search I spat twice on my right palm and parted the spittle with my left forefinger, watching to see where the most spit went. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

His workboat was three times the size of my skiff, and twice as fast. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

The walk signal came on, and after checking both ways twice, Calista let us cross. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

She stopped once or twice more to give him meat to chew and a few sips from her canteen, but otherwise, they walked without speaking, and almost without sound. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He was even used to sex, which he no longer wanted twice a day. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Seeing no one, he pointed his flashlight at the barns and flicked it on and off twice. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they were talking on a phone they made twice the number of errors as when they were listening to the radio. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

He was powerful, chest fully twice as deep as a normal man’s, shoulders twice as broad. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

After I had gone through the sheet music twice, I moved to the glassware and then the records; Henry bought a garden hoe for twenty-five cents. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

This summer all the men in Palestine had beards, and his cousins, who didn’t, were jealous of his because it made the older girls look twice at Rashid. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Historians tend to discount Gorges’s tale, partly because his memoirs, dictated late in life, mix up details, and partly because the notion that Tisquantum was abducted twice just seems incredible. “utterly void,” Dermer reported. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Then it seemed to take forever to come to a rolling boil and twice forever to fill six wooden pails. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Her father owned several shotguns, and he did refer to them twice the night we went to his place to tell them the bad news. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

But at five and seven years old, Adria and I didn’t think twice about that. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

But whenever he did, Father slowed him down by knocking twice. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

We lost the van twice, but I had a pretty good sense that they would go into Manhattan first, so it wasn’t too difficult to pick up their trail again. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I backed away from the window and walked around the block twice, till my knees stopped buckling. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

It’s a woman’s head, blown up to twice the size of a normal head. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Weylin said yes twice without looking at me, and the doctor asked his questions. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I have been debating in my mind for some time a question which I have had to debate with myself once or twice before in my life,” she wrote in “My Day.” The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

I thought of all the trouble it would be, having to tie up that Spot heifer, head and feet, twice a day, every day, for maybe a month or more. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Reb Saunders called me twice today and once last night,” I heard my father say softly. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, work on the hospital did not progress smoothly; twice the contractor was changed, and each man in turn appointed new foremen, and these brought their own labourers. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two more boys emerge from the soot carrying a portrait in a gilded frame, twice as tall as they are, the visage of some long-dead great-grandfather glowering at the night. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

We have two clipboards now instead of one so we can split up and talk to twice as many people. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Then, with feedback in hand, I revise each chapter twice more before circling back and giving the entire book at least two complete passes of polishing. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

He apologizes twice for never doing something about Mr. and Mrs. Kahn. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Two-thirds of the adults have had four or more years of college and earn more than $100,000 a year, twice the American family average. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

One summer my dad harpooned eighteen tuna, twice as many as the next best man in Spinney Cove. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

My parents called Joseph’s counselor twice, then three times, and she said she would like a few weeks to evaluate Joseph before she made the decision about him seeing Jupiter. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

There, for some unknowable reason, Everett twice etched the name Nemo—Latin for "nobody"—into the soft Navajo sandstone—and then vanished. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She met his eyes twice, those dark eyes, and the second time he turned away so abruptly that he almost dropped one of Dustfinger's bottles. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“He steals and he tried to murder my mother twice.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

But he was obviously a purebred Rottweiler, except of course that he was twice the size of a woolly mammoth, mostly invisible, and had three heads. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Frankie wasn’t anything more than a guy she had kissed twice. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I went to my husband and he was perplexed twice over. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

He breathed deeply twice, let half of the breath out, and went back to work. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Employers will look at that $30,000 figure, which is over twice what they currently pay entry-level workers, and see nothing but bankruptcy ahead. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I see Josef twice a week, and know enough not to try calling him or seeing him at other times. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Once or twice I stopped off at the church, but that, like keeping up my notebook, I tended to neglect. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

It does not hurt to learn good lessons twice. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

She took a last sip, set the cup down on the floor beside the bed, turned over on her side, hiccoughed once or twice and went to sleep. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Anyway, the Mark of Athena is an owl, just like that one. It appears in fiery red. I’ve seen it in my dreams. Then twice at Fort Sumter.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

They would be watching me twice as carefully now, anyway, after Alice’s vision. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

But getting a little wet seemed vastly preferable to climbing that hill twice in one morning, so I bent my head against the spitting rain and trudged onward. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Once or twice, when the normal process of evaporation is deemed too slow, I am assigned to dry a scrubbed floor by putting rags under my feet and skating around on it. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first he thought he was losing his balance—it even made him stumble once or twice—for the buildings were two or three degrees out of the vertical, all leaning the same way. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

In the evenings there were usually twice that many. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Pippin soon began to feel sleepy, and staggered once or twice; but each time a tall Elf at his side put out his arm and saved him from a fall. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

When people say something twice that way, after you admit it the first time. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Caroline had just stood there, and once or twice she had made a little sound in her throat as if she were going to say something, but she never did. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d known my turn was coming sooner or later, but going next makes me think twice about doing this. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Reassured by twice hearing my father's name, my mother nodded to me, and finally, after almost two full days, we dropped down from the rafters. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Calvin says, “Exactly. Freak accident. All the EMTs and the doctor said it: You probably couldn’t make it happen twice. Not if you tried. They aren’t even sure how I knocked my head.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

He had watched the boy reading the letter, once, twice, three times, and later as he spoke confusedly with the mac. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a slaughterhouse on the farm where fifty or so pigs were butchered twice a year, exclusively for guards and their families. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Once or twice I heard heavy footsteps on the stairs, but then Dad’s voice would float up to me, booming and terrible, yelling words I didn’t like or understand. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

That day, the lineup in front of ReelTok’s tripod is twice as long. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

She washed and dressed at twice her customary speed. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

And within ten minutes, Ireland had scored twice more, bringing their lead to thirty—zero and causing a thunderous tide of roars and applause from the green-clad supporters. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Once or twice when it was raining, I’d invite them to come into the house, but they’d refuse, knowing it was just politeness on my part. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A proponent of the Great Books series—which he had read twice—Uncle Pete was engaged with serious thought and Italian opera. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

In this respect, at least, she will be twice more blessed. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can beat someone twice my age at arm wrestling. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He honked his horn twice and waited until Ben rushed through the front door, bounded down the stairs, and entered the passenger side of the car. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once or twice I glanced over at Howard. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Tom’s sergeant was shot six times by an assailant, while a bystander was struck twice. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The sun had passed over the trees once or perhaps twice since she had crawled to her present bed. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Going once, going twice—” “Wait a second,” said the girl who sat next to Armpit. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

She kept looking sideways and all around, but despite her nervousness she reached a tentative hand forward and patted me twice. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

During that time we talked on the telephone maybe five times and saw each other twice. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

For some reason, eating the same dirt twice didn’t appeal to him. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

To his surprise he noticed that the great block was shaped like a heavy door, and was less than twice his own height. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Our daily regimen was just like at the ranch: workouts twice a day on all four apparatuses, with a lunch break and some downtime in between. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Wearing that plastic suit and carrying all that stuff, I could tell he was getting too hot; he stopped twice to rest and put the carton down. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

He fired twice as they came over, one bird plummeting into the water and the other landing with a thud on the shore nearby. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

My legs are stronger than they’ve ever been—cycled a good sixty miles twice this week, once to find the field and again two days later to take Paul to see it. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

She is faster than I am, spry and probably smarter, although I am twice her size and that, too, is important. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

I will admit that twice I feigned tripping on a rock just so my right arm would brush against her breast, and that was awesome. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She had been brought up around plenty of cursing, and knew every word and provocative construction, but since she’d become a mother, since she’d converted, she hadn’t sworn more than once or twice. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

But deep in the fields the brownish stalks rise from the earth to more than twice her height, occluding her vision. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I brought groceries from the store; twice he came to the back door as I was leaving the eggs and asked for specific things—he had run out of salt; he needed cooking oil. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Many people marry twice, men and women,” I said. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

And it didn’t only happen once, it happened twice: first his eight-year-old brother was able to save him and pull him back in. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Others joined in only once or twice while on vacation; a few picketed while on their honeymoons. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“I have had the same dream twice,” he said. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Actually, they’re already thinking twice after last night. This will make them think three times.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Another weathercaster announced that it was going to be twice as warm the next day, since the temperature would rise from 25 to 50. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once or twice the travellers heard the rush and whine of swan-wings, and looking up they saw a great phalanx streaming along the sky. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Shells hardly ever land in the same hole twice, I’ll get into it. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have to admit that once or twice that day, I almost texted Zara to apologize about what I’d said in the lunchroom. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Meg G. is twice as big as me and knows all about saddling horses. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Anything just to make those cowards regret even looking at me twice. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I’d ironed my poor plaid flannel as well as I could, twice, but the collar still looks crumpled and worn. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

"I may have mentioned it once or twice." We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Once, twice, three times, it keeps ringing until Lorena picks it up. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Tricking someone into grief is one of the cruelest tricks a person can play, and it’s been played on me twice. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

She was arrested twice— once for theft and once for soliciting. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was a large, beefy man who looked like his younger son, if you blew JT up with a bicycle pump to twice his size. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That is a thing I have caught you doing at least twice since you met him at the state dinner last year, so yeah, it is,” she says. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Koalas far too big to be cuddly and cute rustled in the trees and flightless birds twice the size of ostriches sprinted on the plains. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Judge Swango had to ask him twice before he finally looked up. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

They were too fat and they talked too much and they did not think twice of asking a man to die for them. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Called the ambulance, I mean; but it didn’t come Until morning after I had called twice. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I awoke twice and kicked open the door. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn't too bad when the sun was out, but twice--twice-- we were there when it started to rain. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

I surge upward, climbing twice as fast as I had been only moments earlier. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“True,” he said quietly, “I have held a sword once or twice in my day.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

He pulled the drawstrings and took from it notes and silver, counting them twice over to make sure. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Lord, however, may or may not be aware that our mother assisted this miracle by forcing Ruth May to eat the same pills twice. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t think twice before grabbing it and letting Rashid haul him up. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“I tried the store twice and called up your house, but they didn’t know where you were,” he says, digging in the drawer. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when, once or twice, I did hit, always just some combination, as I’ve described, West Indian Archie paid me off from his own roll. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Blackie had been in the hospital twice and he got along great with everyone now, even strangers. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tyrion only wished he could as easily make city walls twice as tall and three times as thick. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Though the janitors in Commons rousted me every night at closing time, I doubt they ever realized they spoke to the same boy twice. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

A truck would bring them twice a day from Reston, and the first shipment would end up in Nancy’s air lock while she was suiting up. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Etty reported that she and Annie bought oranges, that “yesterday I fell down twice,” and that they were going to buy combs. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

They hit them twice against their chests, the standard response to acknowledging the rules. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He had known her not once but twice; he had gone back to give her a second son. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pigs had sent out a large bottle of pink medicine which they had found in the medicine chest in the bathroom, and Clover administered it to Boxer twice a day after meals. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

It was eerie, spine-tingling, unearthly; it lifted the hair on Harry’s scalp and made his heart feel as though it was swelling to twice its normal size. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

He looked at me from the side of his eyes and I blinked twice at him and he blinked twice back at me. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Inside is one word scribbled hastily in pencil and underlined twice. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stepped quickly away, and eyed with alarm the tall Man, nearly twice his height and many times his match in strength. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

She hits it twice, then lets out this wail. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

But you know what happens when you’re trying to be quiet—the old stairs creaked twice as loud. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Hand Clap’s young cousin twice removed came all the way from Colorado. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

At twilight she circled the parapet once or twice, but she never left the rooftop. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

He stood up, paced around the sofa once, twice. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Phoenix had twice the amount of background radiation. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Only young Armitage had looked at him curiously once or twice. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

He married twice and had children, although we were never certain of the number. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The mare twitched twice with her whole body, lunged left, then right, and tore off after the coyotes as if she had discovered a new kind of follow-the-leader. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Give the crate a good shaking, smack it with the stick once or twice, put them gloves on, open the lid far ’nough that you can reach in and grab the cat by his head. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

Harry did not need telling twice; he and Hermione both hurried off; Hagrid’s and Filch’s raised voices echoed behind them as they ran. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

She hadn’t asked that old lady in Lkossa’s marketplace—a different old woman from the one before her—for help or more information, but she wouldn’t make that mistake twice. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The smith, this fabled Hammer, proved to be a ffeakish-looking hulk with a left arm that appeared twice as thick as his right. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Rondell’s just as hungry, man—and he’s twice as big as me—but he hasn’t even asked once how come we’re not just stealing from stores. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Marc is a former social media manager for a soda company, which he’s mentioned twice in his profile, and he isn’t sure if his daughter will reach him in time. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He expected Beatrice to ignore the question, as she had twice before. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom looks at me, because she’s already told me twice to clean my room and the kitchen. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

My lip swollen to twice its size, face sore. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Once or twice he tried asking in English, but it was no use. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The typical baby girl born in a black neighborhood in 1970 was given a name that was twice as common among blacks as whites. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

In a population of about eleven million, the country boasted more doctors per capita than any other country in the world, and twice as many per capita as the United States. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Marie seldom called Pecola the same thing twice, but invariably her epithets were fond ones chosen from menus and dishes that were forever uppermost in her mind. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

She relaxed, allowing her body to be moved however the water chose to move it, turning over once or twice, loving the way her hair in lazy strands caressed her windbumed face. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It got so hot after I shot it twice that it burnt my hand and I throwed it down. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

The man insisted he lived in Idaho, even though Rindlisbacher had pulled him over twice locally, in Logan. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Harry caught sight of the headmaster only twice over the next few weeks. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Then they turned round and swayed backward and forward once or twice, in order to get their weight on their toes. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

A black boot kicks him in the stomach, twice. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

He sniffs close at her face, licks her once or twice, then sits down next to her, leaning into her side as she rocks. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Yes, at ten, I am an aunt twice over. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even after getting shot twice in the chest and once in the head, Sergeant Prothero stumbled off and ran about ten feet, finally falling in the green bushes that surrounded the jewelry store. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

With the men, Victor is jovial and back-patting, asking twice for their names, as if he means to pass on a compliment or a complaint. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Sometimes she missed one, or counted one twice. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Once or twice she took a quiet dinner there alone, having instructed Ce- lestine beforehand to prepare no dinner at home. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nor would you know that inches below your feet, frogs are sleeping, their heartbeats down to once or twice per minute. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

My father hovered with the rest of them and said "fascinating" twice. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mom and Dad called regularly from pay phones to check up on us, and once or twice a month, we’d all get together at Lori’s. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

A chapter having been read through twice, the books were closed and the girls examined. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

He swivels his head around, blinks twice, and says, “They’re okay.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He ate well and got twice the rest he should have needed, but he always looked tired. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, when she was very happy, Mama Bellini whistled, and once or twice Mario had heard her hum. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once or twice I stopped, shivery with goose bumps, and called his name, but he didn’t jump out from behind a tree or a bush as I expected. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Once a day, twice a day, and sometimes three times in one day, Dove would sneak over to the Observer’s office. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

As proof, Meggers pointed to Marajo, an island more than twice the size of New Jersey that sits like a gigantic stopper in the mouth of the Amazon. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

"Do you remember Victoria Forester? I might have mentioned her name once or twice on our travels." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

I had a vague recollection of seeing him at Sunday school once or twice before, but he wasn’t a regular like me. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hunter had spoken to her there twice, he said, but Joe knew that those woods were not her favorite place. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

A lightning that cannot strike twice, our lesson learned in the hateful speed of light. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t say that. It’s just that Mother doesn’t feel she knows a person until she knows their aunts, uncles, and second cousins twice removed. She just likes to have her ducks in a row.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Physical inactivity is more than twice as common among high school dropouts as among college graduates. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Before I can think twice about it I’m charging down the road after him. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

She had hired him twice before to get my father out of trouble. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Now that it was January, Tech Crew began to meet after school twice a week to get ready for the Talentine show. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

It was a most formidable task, for the roof soared to nearly twice the height of the bell tower. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He used it like a sword, smashing it mercilessly once, twice, thrice, into the Sparra King’s face. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

A square house, ivy-covered, with no name on the gate, which we had already passed twice. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Once or twice she had seen the father furtively slip the child an extra morsel from his plate, but he was plainly too spineless to stand up for her against his shrew of a wife. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

A1 is half a foot taller than Will, and twice as broad. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

My heart started beating in time with the windshield wipers, only twice as fast. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

"You better think twice," the white man called. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Students rush through the corridors, but they're mostly Yearlings, and none of them look twice at us. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

It’s a week before opening night, and we’re performing Oliver! twice in full costume during the school day: freshmen and seniors in the morning, and juniors and sophomores in the afternoon. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

I had told him this twice already, so I had to wonder what kind of educational requirements they had for policemen in Tiburon. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The battery fired twice and the air came each time like a blow and shook the window and made the front of my pajamas flap. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

He asks this at least twice a week. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Once or twice they tried to play the Game indoors, before the grown-ups were at home of course; but it wasn’t the same at all. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Blood relative or not, they had only met twice before with their other blood relative/stranger. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The mansion was twice as long as it was wide. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he thought of the disembodied voice he had heard twice and remembered what Ron had said: “Hearing voices no one else can hear isn’t a good sign, even in the Wizarding world. ” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

It was still in her book box—Mo had twice given it a new dress. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Windy takes a bite of chicken, chews twice, and then starts talking. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

In addition to training sessions twice a day, we had to sit for media interviews from the gaggle of media outlets—both national and international—camped out in Rio. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Milo sniffed in consternation twice, like a shaggy brown hare. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I didn’t even have to think twice what to do. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The heavy truck hopped once, twice, before smoothing out. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The pipe passed around the circle twice before any of the men said a word. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

I’ve won the writing prize twice, and I would have this week, too, but I decided to leave some i’s undotted. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I even see her look up at Theresa once or twice. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Still worried about the police? They didn't even look twice at you.” A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

When I told Mama, she said, “I’d rather get worn out twice a year than stay worn out all the time.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Once or twice I stopped to watch, admiring and envious while the stones broke obediently to the right size under their skilful blows and the knobbly heaps before them grew. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

I let him win twice and left with the fire alarm key in my back pocket. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

He is probably twice Ainsley’s size, so he could stop me if he wanted to. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

I’d have to see Peach, not to mention Mama, who, I knew, must be so disappointed in me for yelling at Peach twice in one morning. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I am a lucky man, twice a day I see you,” he said. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Then, ashamed, she touches her nose twice, and tries to fit in a new piece. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Together, they either solved the problem twice as fast, or they hopelessly confused each other. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Only seventeen, yet carrying more valor than those twice my years. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He was a large, hairy man who shaved twice a day and still looked as if he had a four-day-old beard. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the lightning flashed and the thunder cracked, I, the unsung quarterback of an unsung team, rose up out of that mud not once, but twice, to achieve football immortality. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He dribbled twice and took a jump shot. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

I’d only heard it twice, but it had stuck in my head. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She blinks twice and finishes buttoning her coat. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

I strain against him, against the handcuffs, but he is twice as big as me and has a gun. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Once, twice—God, it hurt—but on the third try, the left shoulder popped back in. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He was scarcely two feet tall and almost twice as wide, and he wore a blue uniform with white belt and gloves, a peaked cap, and a very fierce expression. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Rhoda inspected his earnings, counting out the four pennies and three nickels twice to make sure before she looked up, eyebrows raised. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The three Dominicans, a husband and wife and their business partner, agreed because Bodega had twice helped them make their rent. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Once or twice Mr. Govind came by to see how I was doing. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

“For going around twice ?” “You gave one to Hungry Joe when he cracked up that airplane by mistake.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

She honked twice before they pulled out of the driveway and sped away in a shower of gravel. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

He pulled up just short of the threshold of the Maze, his instincts forcing him to think twice about entering. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“Modern-day gypsies, that’s us. Never set foot in the same place twice.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Recently Jamison had been stopping by sometimes twice a day to see the progress she had made. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And if she read anything in the newspaper twice she knew too little about too much. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I hadn’t even thought twice about it. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

It has changed hands by secession often, by siege- once, by treachery twice, but never by assault On this tower the look-out hoved. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is twice my height and four times my width and depicts an attractive woman with watery gray eyes and spectacles—Jeanine. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

It’s only been two days, but that’s twice what I’m used to. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Jack was unremarkable in appearance, the kind of kid you would pass in a school hallway and not think twice about. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He was king because he was a lot older than anyone else and twice as strong as the rest of us. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Justice and her brother had not been close, and she had met the children only once or twice, but the call was impossible to ignore. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

“But that doesn’t mean you have to go twice as slow as everybody else!” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“And yet twice the size of you, Lucky Girl.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

And when Joaquin got the email, he read it three times before filing it away, then read it twice more and put it away again. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Later I learned a truly skilled worker easily would have produced twice that number. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Once or twice she looked over her shoulder at me, as though she was still doubtful. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He got up on the stage and the conjurer waved his cape over the boy’s head twice. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

When your family’s had to send you off twice to the Hunger Games, this isn’t the kind of detail you should overlook. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

For a Depression-era teenager accustomed to breakfasting on stale bread and milk, and who had eaten in a restaurant only twice in his life, the Manhattan was paradise. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

But one day something happened to cause me to think twice before declaring white terror more the fantasy of movies than the reality of day-to-day living. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

We watch the movie twice before we head for bed. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

It whips around Mars so fast it actually rises and sets twice a day, running west to east. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

It makes me think twice about joining the track team. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

It took us twice as long to get a fire started, and it took me longer to carry water up and down the stairs, but I didn’t care. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

It had become one of those hot, grey days when there seem to be twice as many flies as usual. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Cade and I ate there at least twice a week because the food was free for us. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

At least twice a week she’d ask me to cook breakfast long after everyone had eaten and the dishes had been cleared. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

We stopped twice for a bite of food. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

They felt it was because their maintenance system allowed them to fly nearly twice as many missions each night as other Po-2 regiments, and they were extremely proud of themselves for outflying the men! A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Easily twice the size of most black bears. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I hold up two fingers and say, “I’ve only been here twice, but yeah. I think so.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Though scarred and cracked, they were sculpted from years of hammering, chiseling, and fishing, and were twice the size of the foreman's. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, he reached into his pocket and then held his napkin up to his face and sneezed into it, once, twice, three times. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Aravis looked twice at his face before she gasped and said, "Why! It's Shasta!" The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

He pointed at me, made a move to his left, changed direction once, twice, and then did a stutter step which got my feet turned. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Despite my vigorous protestations, the joke is repeated twice during the breakfast service. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I just don’t get it. Why would the Grievers have left after getting Gaily? He said something about them killing us one a night until we were all dead—he said it at least twice.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

It’s like having school twice in one day. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

She might as well go back to bed—the bed she so rarely abandoned that poor Mrs. Helm had to battle for the chance to change its linen twice a week. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then would come feeding time—twice a day. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Grandpa visited us once or twice a month. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

At least twice a week, I would accompany one or more of the adults in my family to his store. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sold what she could, disappointed that she could get only seven hundred dollars for a house that was worth twice as much. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Zombielike, he slowly, slowly, slowly shook his head once, twice, three times. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they got to the target, they circled it twice in their small plane, heavy with the weight of the bombs hanging beneath its fabric wings. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Try as the potters might, the wood in the kiln never burned the same way twice. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

“There was plenty of time to check it twice.” Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

It allowed him to get paid for the same job twice, and to salve any guilt he felt about working for a demonic multinational corporation like IOI. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

As I watched him, he shifted his feet twice, standing on one and pulling the other up into his warm feathers. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I go to church, and I volunteer at the soup kitchen twice a month, you know? Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

But before he had finished speaking, the stone was rolled aside and a fifty-foot giant, more than twice as tall and wide as the BFG, came striding into the cave. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She blinked at me twice, really fast, like something was in her eye. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Only twice, though she would only remember the second time.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Harry barely understood half of what Professor McGonagall said to them these days; even Hermione had had to ask her to repeat instructions once or twice. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Knights twice his size fled from him, or stood and died. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She missed it in math class but got to witness it in language arts and twice in science. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then the weather turned warm and I saw her twice more, always in the morning, on her way to school. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He told her he wasn’t cut but twice but she had to have him naked so she could look him all over and fix him up to a certain extent. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Several times I thought of going to Kenny, and twice I did go. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

I better put this away and not try the devil twice. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We haven’t talked about anything else, like what it means that we kissed twice or how I told him I like him and he told me he likes me or anything. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He picked up Fujiko’s bamboo flute, turned it over twice in his hands—small hands for such a thick, cloddish man—then set it on the dining room table. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

No, he doesn’t, for Arthur tried twice to make a chance, and I helping him all I could; I am not ashamed to say it now. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Matt was dragged there twice a year to undergo painful and humiliating tests. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We have dined nine times at Rosings, besides drinking tea there twice! How much I shall have to tell!” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

When they saw the baby stretched out over two places, they scowled fiercely at Katie who sat rigid and scowled back twice as fiercely. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked both ways twice at every stop sign. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Dad’s car sat in a yard twice in one day offering magnificent refuge. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once or twice, gently, Mark Fossie suggested that it might be time to think about heading home, but Mary Anne laughed and told him to forget it. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The yellow VW spun twice before coming to a stop at the edge of the cliff. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Nothing a man could put his finger on—but everything took twice as long to do as it should. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The members met twice a month from November until June, when virtually all of them went off to spend the summer doing fieldwork. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

That night, I read Treasure Island again, and I don’t want to brag, but I’ve read Treasure Island four times and Kidnapped twice and The Black Arrow twice. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Central Mexico, they said, was the most densely populated place on earth, with more than twice as many people per square mile than China or India. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

They monitored what the members of the Black Categories did during the day, recorded any visitors to their homes, watched their Morning Repentance and Evening Reports, and supervised their sweeping the alley twice a day. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you had lived back then, you would probably have thought twice before you opened an enterprise of your own. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Users could circumnavigate each of these planets and never see the same terrain twice. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

All that summer, while Josiah and Tayo watched the cattle and the sheep camp, and Robert worked in the fields each day, Rocky read magazines and ran laps at the baseball diamond twice a day. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I had seen the small Toyota hatchback only twice before, but I could point it out anywhere. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

She enrolled us in forty-five-minute sessions twice a week, and she bought us colorful leos from Bannon’s gift shop on our first day. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Yes, very selfish,” continued Amy, in a calm, cool voice, twice as effective just then as an angry one. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hazel tripped and got kicked in the face twice before he could get to his feet again. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once or twice a week an order would come in, and it was my job to fill it. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

We hold whole notes twice as long as halves. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

It's about twice as big as my mom’s apartment. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Now he was at least twice that, and as thick around as the tree itself. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

For an instant, I saw myself pushing her off the dock into the water below, but I blinked twice and the vision vanished. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Indeed, whatever being uttered that fearful shriek could not soon repeat it: not the widest-winged condor on the Andes could, twice in succession, send out such a yell from the cloud shrouding his eyrie. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

She called me twice, but I was at the library. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Powell used every ounce of strength he had to land a tremendous blow but, in the dark, missed twice. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Please. Do you really think lightning is going to strike twice? I mean one ghetto kid stumbling into fame is rare enough, don’t you think?” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

At least twice a week we’d meet for a telephone marathon. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

In all our lives, my sister only told me her stories twice. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Sometimes the mulefa would groom each other’s claws, out of pure sociability, and once or twice Atal had invited Mary to attend to hers. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He interrupted with questions only once or twice. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Max blinks twice and kicks away a chunk of concrete that's come loose off the sidewalk. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

But then Emma reached down and squeezed his hand twice, before giving him a nudge in the side as she looked up at Natalie with narrowed eyes. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The police were taking roll calls, once, twice, twenty times. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

We stepped down twice into another room dominated by glass-front refrigerator cases that served as the counter for the store. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“There is the possibility that he would have to pay twice for the same lute. There is no justice in that. It would be punishing him twice for the same thing.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

There were twice as many songbirds in the eastern United States in 1948 as now. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

At least twice a year we attended adoption picnics. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“Fig trees give twice a year,” her mother explained, showing her a full branch. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She didn’t think twice about stealing from us. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

I ran with Joey and about thirty other guys, twice around the field. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She seent me from ’bout a half mile off and waved her arm twice o’er her head afore she got back to digging out weeds. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

Dr. Bangs came twice a day, Hannah sat up at night, Meg kept a telegram in her desk all ready to send off at any minute, and Jo never stirred from Beth’s side. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He must really love me to want to see me twice a day,” I said. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“That must be that Mr. Levy. He already rang up here twice today.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Once or twice I think. They’re some old crew of powerful phantoms. Supposed to have, like, a golden glow. No one knows too much about ’em. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

“Oh, that random white dude that used to roll with your granddad? I didn’t see a lot of him, but I remember meeting him once or twice.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

The little boy crossed his legs at the knees, leaned back, and minced forward twice plus twice more, exactly like a crab that could count. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He bled her twice and prescribed Maredant’s Drops to cleanse her blood. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

All in all, though, he seemed to Joe to be relatively composed for a man who had now twice lost a young wife. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

They raced twice around the garden and under the mangle. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t have much. I got a lady friend here. My brother knows where I am. He’s come to visit me once or twice.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

It had been grazed twice by beef cattle. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“Just twice. The second time I came, she waited until Mrs. Janssen was gone again, and then she said there had been a notice in the newspaper and that she needed my help to escape.” Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Salim has already come twice in this time. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

It was strange being so close to him twice in the same day. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The coast guard kept the clockworks greased, and the lenses revolved twice each minute. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

And at least this time, I’d known to do the homework twice. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He leaves, only to be arrested in town—twice, both times for loitering. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Mama blinks twice but says nothing at first. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

So there had been no one at home that morning to make her think twice about the cat ears. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

The two of them shared the chips, and once or twice, Miss Lupescu even smiled. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Noah did tell me once, no, twice actually, that he followed me and watched me build. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Uncle Kufa might think twice after he considered how much a specialist cost. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

His chair creaked once, twice, and then the office was very quiet. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

She had to work twice as hard to get recognition as a strategist, an architect, a senior counselor—anything that had to do with brains. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I knew they often drank together on Saturdays, and once or twice he had been to our house. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Diana and Mary appeared in the chamber once or twice a day. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

I opened my mouth once or twice but thought better of it. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

She had to pass by the saloon’s window twice before the station agent saw her and motioned for her to come around back. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Liam paced the room once, twice, three times, and it felt like an hour had passed before I worked up the nerve to open Chubs’s letter myself. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

It is as prominent as if he were a grandfather and not a third cousin twice removed. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He was interviewed twice on local television, profiled by newspapers, and by the Oklahoman magazine, and continued to draw crowds to his table. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It tapped twice, clearly and sharply, and I could not control myself. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I was a slow reader and often had to read each assignment twice. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

I asked the price and counted my change twice. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

“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

Ranofer tried twice before he found his voice and discovered how to make it work. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

It wasn't easy, and I think we hurt Lucas twice trying to get him down the bus steps, and again when we crowded him into the elevator. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

It was at least twice as nice as seeing him somewhere she expected him to be. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I'm missing the old Mom, who would show up once or twice a day, give an order, and then get on with her busy life. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Two hundred repetitions, twice a week from fourteen to sixteen and a half,” was all his comment. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I told him we were meeting often, almost twice a week. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

It took them twice as long to get up the stairs as it had the week before. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

The driver, a man about our age who had already driven us down twice, looked in his rearview mirror. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

If for us the Gallery remained in a hazy realm, what was solid enough fact was Madame’s turning up usually twice—sometimes three or four times—each year to select from our best work. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were being asked to move out of the house because the landlord had found somebody who would pay him twice or perhaps three times the rent. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Once they reached the city they would doubtless pay over all they had to put those high comforting walls between them and the war . . . though they might think twice if they knew about the wildfire. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Because if you do something bad and forget about it, then you might do the same bad thing again. But if you always remember it, then chances are you won’t do the bad thing twice.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

You don’t want fire to go out inside you twice. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Diamant nodded and smiled when asked if I was her daughter, elbowed me to do the same, and whispered that she wished I could go to a shop owners’ meeting twice a week. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

As they came at us, I saw that they were as big as vultures, and their wingspan was twice their length. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

She went through them twice, then dropped them on the bed as if she was no longer interested. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

The valuable things were books and records, surgical instruments and optical glass and such things that a practical working burglar wouldn’t look at twice. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Which means, Mum,’ Salim said, ‘you’ll grow old twice as fast in Manhattan.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

On this dark evening it was twice as difficult, because of his head. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He does not talk wistfully of a relocated brother or best friend he sees only twice a year. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Then she touches her nose twice, and tries to fit the same piece in the same spot, then touches her nose twice again. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I had already bothered him about it twice that week. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

I will make them suffer twice the blows I’ve suffered by their hands. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Werner is in the stairwell, halfway to the ground floor, when the 88 fires twice in quick succession. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Once or twice, they broke into the old house for a dare. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The ground was a long way away, at least twice his own height, but that wasn’t going to stop him now. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Elizabeth returned home on the train twice each month, her knitting bag stuffed with military documents, microfilm, and other secrets that she would pass along to Moscow. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Each length bucked him forward and twice he nearly pitched headfirst into the blades. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Every morning he soaped his chest and arms and neck and feet—and about twice during the season he got into the bathtub and cleaned all of his parts. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

It went round and round in the sky and seemed twice as high as by day. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

He figured they could go on from there picking up their own knowledge and, according to his calculations, when they reached thirty, they would be twice as smart as he had been at thirty. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And you said Mr. Lemoncello never repeats himself, never uses the same kind of clue twice.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Rosewater was twice as smart as Billy, but he and Billy were dealing with similar crises in similar ways. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The chupacabras’s mordida had left three ugly lacerations two inches above her ankle, on the outside of her leg, so both her ankle and calf were swollen to twice their normal size. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He was picked up twice for trying to slash another teenager with a knife. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This day can’t be all there is,” Daniel says once, and then twice. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Actually, her cell rang twice and then went to voice mail, which means she looked at the screen, saw who it was, and then hit reject. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Even though I am holding a knife, even though I’ve avoided his attacks twice and disarmed him, even though I’ve stabbed him once before, he grabs for my throat again. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She stomped her foot on the pavement, raising her leg twice and pounding her foot down as hard as she could. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

With breathtaking accuracy it sprang straight into the air—twice the height of a person—and plucked the hapless creature off its perch. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew I was about to lose her, so I said the only thing I thought might make her think twice. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

He squared up, dribbled twice, and made his shot. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

So much I needed her to know that without thinking twice I cracked it open. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I met him once for thirty minutes, and he made six puns and said “oh, fudge” twice. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

When I do, I clap twice, bringing Sherlock running back to me, and we both head up the walkway. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

It shows that in forming a rainbow each ray from the sun is twice refracted and twice reflected as it passes through a drop of water before reaching the eye. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

We held hands once in a while and we kissed once or twice, but that was it. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

With three men twice my age and stature, I went up to receive my punishment. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Almost pulverized at that time by the decrepitude of death, Prudencio Aguilar would come twice a day to chat with him. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Homestead—stupid place is twice as big than when the first of us got here because we keep addin’ to it when they send us wood and klunk. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Once or twice he pinched his arm with his fingers, really hard, but the only thing that did was make his arm hurt. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The Articles referred to treaty making with Indigenous nations, and “Indians” were mentioned twice. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

“I have tried once or twice, but she either evaded my questions or looked so distressed that I stopped. I never force my children’s confidence, and I seldom have to wait for long.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Buckminster did not come out from the kitchen, but the iron skillet for the late dinner clanged sharply twice. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

She slept twice more, dreaming of her and Royal in her cabin. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

She breathed twice more, gave a little cough, breathed once again. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

From Holy Cross, Michael Antoniou wrote twice a week to his fiancee. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“You make her twice as sick with all your wailing.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Conner and his friends went camping a couple of times, so Keiko and I had the whole house to ourselves. Four nights in a row of sleepovers twice this summer! Like we were sisters.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

“We’re like the lady who only wants her name in the newspaper twice—when she’s born and when she dies,” one of the senior partners famously said. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Pennsy’s only competition was her older sister, the New York Central, which had twice as much track. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

She reached one hand back, set it on top of mine, moved it quickly up and down twice, and then turned back around. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Being told no twice couldn’t be worse than being told no once. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was rare to see Papa shake hands with a white man and now I saw it twice in one day. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was very pleasant and went with us twice to the Irati River. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

What, did you think lightning would strike twice? Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

For example, suppose our Ping- Pong ball on the train bounces straight up and down, hitting the table twice on the same spot one second apart. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom countered that since she was twice as large as me and therefore required more physical fabric to preserve her modesty, she deserved at least two-thirds of the suitcase. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Cross pen- and-pencil sets, records listened to twice and then abandoned, clothes that were too large, too small—that never seemed worth transporting to the increasingly cramped apartments he inhabited over the years. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She read it through twice, and looked carefully at the class photograph. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We’ve had a damp spring. I’ve sprayed them twice, but to get the eggs off it’s best to wash them by hand.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

At the last moment Holly stopped, looked about him and stamped twice. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was his plan that got Sticky into this mess—twice. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The only difference is that she doesn't make the same mistake twice. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I checked my bearings twice to make sure I had not taken a wrong turn. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next day he seemed twice as strong. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

After all the risk I’d taken, risking Mother finding out about her coming down here once or twice a year sometimes, and me having to tell Mother lies about it. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He must have rolled all of the clay into one long pink coil and looped it once, twice around his shoulders like a circus performer's boa. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Doug dropped two fly balls, struck out twice, got hit in the chest by a line drive, and let five grounders go between his legs. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

I coughed once or twice, then asked, in a trembling voice, “Why are you getting fat?” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gitl kept rearranging the gifts, making them seem to be twice as numerous, saying again, “Those schnorrers in Viosk will know we honor our own.” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Blue Eyes could hand her over to her cult, and no one would think twice about protecting her. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Billy backed off, feinted once, jabbed, feinted again, twice, disregarded completely a right thrown by Vegas as he prepared a series of blows to the body and head. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

As she hurried past, Briony pushed into Cecilia’s hand a piece of paper folded twice and then she squealed her brother’s name and leaped into his embrace. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He stepped into the bedroom and fired twice and the twin beds went up in a great simmering whisper, with more heat and passion and light than he would have supposed them to contain. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

I take her hand, uncertainly, and shake it twice, hoping I didn’t squeeze too hard or not hard enough. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Love always, Charlie September 11, 1991 Dear friend, I don’t have a lot of time because my advanced english teacher assigned us a book to read, and I like to read books twice. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

She squeezes the green disc tightly, then she blinks—once, twice—opens her eyes wide, and looks straight at me. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

These numbers are engraved twice on an oval metal disc we wear around our neck. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Jockey’s birthday only came once or twice a year. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

"Brienne, we brought mounts enough for twice our number. Choose one, and come with us." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Only twice in my life have I seen eyes like that—not like human eyes. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

In two years of tutoring I’ve only met Mr. Waterman in person twice. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You can go twice as fast as we can on those seven-league boots of yours.” The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

He recounted it twice, then pointed to the door. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

He did not speak of Annie more than once or twice for the rest of his life. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Noting William’s rapport with his British counterparts, the Army made him a point man in U.S.–U.K. intelligence relations, twice sending him on long trips overseas. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I never used soap except when I showered, usually once or twice a week, and sometimes I didn’t use it even then. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

As Jackson tried to protect his mother, he was shoved up against a cigarette machine and shot twice in the stomach by a trooper later identified as James Fowler. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

He put the pistol to his temple and fired, twice. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Usually I passed her between classes at least once or twice before lunch. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Yet someone had called twice, asking for him by name. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have always heard that Maine people are rather taciturn, but for this candidate for Mount Rushmore to point twice in an afternoon was to be unbearably talkative. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

They would need twice as much of everything. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

“There. Good as new. Just rub this cream on the wound twice a day.” Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

That was it, but if I hadn’t told my mom, I would have been in trouble twice—with the pinching man and with her. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

The serpent of school years, demanding I be twice as good, though I was but a boy. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

If Canada had a second hockey league for those children born in the last half of the year, it would today have twice as many adult hockey stars. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

They were leading him nowhere: they doubled back on themselves and ran the same course twice: yet he was so accustomed to them that he could not stop. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And don’t you miss nothing in that video —use that rewind button, watch it twice if you have to, but don’t you miss nothing.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Samuel Hamilton went back twice to try to wedge Adam up and out of his shock. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

It's extra effort, but you can charge twice as much! Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

We stole the ball twice and got them in a back-court violation once. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

The Pavilion of Thought had been a ballroom; its doors were twice the height of normal doors, and more than twice the width. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

It was a large room, twice as big as Miss Mary’s house, with two wide fireplaces, one on each of the far walls. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Posses had called on Fletcher’s house twice already to spread the word and sneak a glance at the shadows. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Then too she considered thirty-five is twice seventeen and nothing was the same at all. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Suddenly it flew at the pole, striking twice, then flung itself from the nest box and shot past us out the door into the bright morning, gone. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was grayish white, twice the size of Coraline herself, and it was stuck to the back wall like a slug. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Helping somebody else sew was twice as hard as making something herself. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

It took the fish to a limb, juggled it twice, and swallowed it whole. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could have fallen once, even twice, and still made that score, but I wanted to do my very best. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Where was I going to write to? All I knew was that you was in Nashville. I asked Miss Peace about you once or twice.” Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Four decades later, Samuel Eliot Morison, twice a Pulitzer Prize ‘According to Joseph Conrad, the violence was of culinary origin. “ 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

He blinked twice at one of the cards. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dimple scanned the crowd twice, three times, but he definitely wasn’t there. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

If there’s ugly things going on out there, well, you put a good stout lock on your door and check it twice before you go to sleep. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s much worse than it was this morning, not surprisingly, and is swollen to twice its normal size. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

When she thumped down the basement steps with them and two glasses of milk, the plate she handed Quentin was piled twice as high as mine. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“You work twice as harder as other student, then you catch up soon. Maybe three time harder. Even if four time harder, you must do.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I want to run out the door, yell at Ollie Mae, ask her, What have I done for you to just give me away—twice? Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Forced to sponge-wipe twice a day, he wraps the jacket around his waist. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

I threw up a few times before I even left my house, and twice at his house. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

He was a big bear of a man who didn’t think twice about offering me a hug in the face of this tragedy. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

Inside the sac was something that looked like a person, but a person with two heads, with twice as many arms and legs as it should have. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

“You will need twice that many bricks to finish our wall.” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

I’ve been to PT twice, and back to see Dr. Wells once. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

“I can tell. He only threatened to behead me twice.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

To rebuild the windmill, with walls twice as thick as before, and to finish it by the appointed date, together with the regular work of the farm, was a tremendous labour. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Sen said she had grown up eating fish twice a day. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

I tear off a piece of butcher paper, get my pen, and when I’m done writing, I fold the paper twice and walk outside. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He’d come into her factory office twice a week and they’d close the door, smooch it up, and have wine and cheese and crackers. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Speaking of redundancies, think twice before using expressions like advance reservations, final conclusion, foreign import, free gift, prerecorded, refer back, or safe haven. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

In that awful moment, I didn't care that he was twice my height and had ten times my strength—I had to save those pictures. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

After dying and reloading twice, I finally defeated him, using an Elvish Sword and a Ring of Ice. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

But then I looked at his side and saw a gash that was about twice as long as me. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

A good rule of thumb when you drink with a subject is that you keep yourself twice as sober as he is. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He blinked twice at Y. Then O, then at L...and I needed no more letters to finish writing YOLANDA. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He began to fall just as they were above it, clutched it with his furry feet at the last moment, swayed backward and forward twice, and found that he had landed successfully. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’s obviously not jealous of my girlfriends, but I sometimes wish she were less okay with me ditching her for weeks without thinking twice. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

At that exact moment, as if kindled by Joseph’s thoughts, two ghostly lingers formed out of the dusty air and tapped him twice on the shoulder. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Everyone admitted he could shoot the sun as well as the next man, and do the figuring afterwards twice as fast. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Into this space the falchion went slowly, once, twice, thrice. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

It probably wouldn’t help my case to tell her Tucker had applied to half a dozen Ivy League schools, and had already been accepted at twice as many less prestigious institutions. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“Will you make me say it twice? Go and do as I’ve commanded you.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He called again, a low guttural command, and the dog raised her head, barked twice, sprang to her feet, and limped away. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Still, nighttime eeriness turned the shadows of ordinary objects into something twice as creepy. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I hit the guy in the back of the neck twice, and he slumped forward, sliding down Frank’s body. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

She made Toby repeat it back to her twice, because the first time was an unconvincing mumble. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Aunt Ivy wouldn’t think twice about reading anything she found lying around, even if it was in my own room, on my own desk. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

It was a pair of green shorts and a green shirt, which I wore every day and washed twice a week, on Wednesday and then again on the weekend. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

In New York, people probably don’t need to be told twice how to spell Kiko. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Neither. The jar is just twice as big as it needs to be.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

He jigged twice as fast as he had been jigging. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nelson with a pole twice as tall as himself waited for us. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

But at least twice yearly Momma would feel that as children we should have fresh meat included in our diets. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The phone rings as I write, and she grabs it before it has a chance to ring twice. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

He coughed once or twice, weakly, as if he didn’t have the heart for it, and then lay too still. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

There were twice as many tall, skinny sprinklers as last time. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still, Hoover himself had interviewed her in Washington, not once, but twice, and he arranged for a government expert on “mental diseases” to evaluate her. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

It is not known exactly what length a stadium was, but it may have been about 200 yards, which would make Aristotle’s estimate about twice the currently accepted figure. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The thing about sex with Henry is, it’s never the same twice. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“My great luck, twice in a day, I get to see you,” he said to Princesse as she walked by. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Moreover, the walls were twice as thick as before. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

I had read them twice to be certain of how things were done around here. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Once or twice a week in the late afternoon Bobby went to the movies and saw mostly popular American films. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Just as soon as I’m old enough, I’m moving to New York. I’ve already run away twice. One time, I made it all the way to Atlanta.” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

She presses her key, and her car beeps twice. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

"There's a guy that walks by here twice a week and drops off a bunch of these packages. Never anything else. Just these." The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

A small farmer before the war, and twice a widower, Duke was always on the edge of ruin, scratching a living from the lean soil of the northern Piedmont. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“No. He was tall—your height maybe—but twice your size. And he was black.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

He didn’t get it, and I said it twice more before I gave up in disgust. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t think twice. I know Dylan has a reputation, and I know you were looking out for me.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Usually he had simply locked up and left, leaving the key with Mrs. Oakes so that she could come in once or twice a week mid keep the house warm, and aired. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

It took twice as long to read Watchmen as it did any other comic, and it took even longer tonight because it was so strange to be sitting together somewhere other than on the bus. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Riding uses different muscles than walking, and riding at a gallop is just as hard as running unless you want to make your horse work twice as hard for every mile. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Once or twice, Ivy saw her father wipe at his eyes and Mom lean her forehead against his. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He flashed two fingers, twice, and she gave a quick nod. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Normally, once or twice a week he went for long walks on his own land, the well-loved piece of prairie where he had always hoped to build a house, plant trees, eventually entertain greatgrandchildren. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

The midwife grabbed the miller’s screeching wife and slapped her—once, twice, three and four times. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d say there were twice as many women as men in there, not only kitchen workers and maids, but also war wives and defense- worker women, lonely and looking. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was disgusting, that a man at least twice her age would want... Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

But I guessed it wasn’t a good idea to try my luck twice in the first week. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

History had taught him harsh lessons about the countries that lay on Russia's western borders, and he would not make the same mistake twice. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Some words were a mystery to me, but I got the gist of the story after scanning it over twice more. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Actually, Burr and Hamilton had known each other almost twice that long, from their youthful days as officers in the Continental Army. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

‘Gage already has tried three times to seize our supplies. Charlestown, Salem, and Portsmouth. Once he did, and twice we were too quick for him. He doesn’t know where our things are hidden.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gets up like he’s making to leave, but I grab his arm before I think twice—grab him and immediately let go. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

I’d traveled the Congo this way once or twice in my life, but more for fun when visiting village friends. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was easily twice the size of the El Camino and probably weighed ten times as much. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Faced with the possibility of disrupting their favored position as middlemen, the Narragansett might think twice before staging an incursion. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

We landed in Philadelphia and I rushed to the convention center, finding just enough time to change clothes and run through my speech twice. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The pilot, spotting the camp, circled twice at a low altitude for a closer look. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I read through the list twice sitting in our car in the terminal garage. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

At any rate, Maddie saw me twice in the air and never got to say hello. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

She walked into the drawing room and clapped her hands twice. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

The well itself was twice as wide as Anya’s shoulders and shallow, reaching only about a foot before it hit the fresh, clear water of the river. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Countless hundreds of birds, orbiting the village green once, elasticking longer, twice, winging shorter, three times, then, as if following an order, vanishing inside the tree again. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

She and Dr. Howard finally decided that twice a day, I will put this cream on my white spots to help the color come back and try to keep the spots from spreading too fast. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

The plantations were twice as big, twice as numerous, the fugitives more plentiful and nimble, the bounties higher. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

He was twice my size with dark hair and savage eyes. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

When I become intelligent the way Prof. Nemur says, with much more than twice my I.Q. of 70, then maybe people will like me and be my friends. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

They had to stop at every floor for her to catch her breath, and she needed to use her inhaler twice, sometimes three times, before the climb was finished. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Reflexively, his eyes flickered to another picture — the most colorful of them all, the most ornately framed, and the largest; it was twice as wide as the door it hung next to. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

"And so it has," breathed Tertius, and he twitched, once, twice, three times, and then was stiff. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Ever since Father smacked her over the owl, she’s been trying twice as hard to win him back over. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

A new inn had risen beside the landing, twice the size of the old one, with a lower story of cut stone and two upper stories of timber. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He always shaved himself twice, to look gorgeous. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

‘Because two Black Riders have overtaken us today, or one has done so twice,’ said Pippin; ‘only a little while ago he slipped away as you drew near.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Her father, on the path below, took a step forward, and his crow dæmon raised her wings once or twice, but he stayed where he was. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

One of them had said, “We already lost him twice.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The kind of harmless toy a kid would play with and a demon wouldn’t look twice at. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Play for them wasn’t soccer practice twice a week. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Once or twice when their internet was down, Mom had had to go work at the library or Starbucks to have Wi-Fi. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He bludgeoned me up against the wall once, twice. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It was truly gargantuan—wide enough to fit Anya’s barn inside it, and twice as tall as the trees surrounding it. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

It was with this voice that she enumerated, twice a day as she swept the stairwell, the details of her plight and losses suffered since her deportation to Calcutta after Partition. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

They broke the tapes into thirty-second segments and allowed everyone to look at each segment twice, once to focus on the man and once to focus on the woman. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

There were four poles on each side, set in the earth, and twice that many for the roof. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Forgive me the morning cynicism, Lord, but black kids get shot all the time, and no one looks twice. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Above her, the water wall extended to twice her height. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Their swords rang together, once, twice, a testing. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Another man, twice the size of the scooter guy, guards the door. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

They bounce them on the floor twice, then clap them together. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. This whole mess is Alan’s fault. Me, being petrified, having to go to court not once but twice.” Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“No man ever finds Ogygia twice, Percy. When you leave, I will never see you again.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

It was only fifteen miles to La Push from Forks, with gorgeous, dense green forests edging the road most of the way and the wide Quillayute River snaking beneath it twice. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

A man like that wouldn’t think twice about killing anyone else. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Professor Trelawney whispered, lowering her face to the ball, so that it was reflected twice in her huge glasses. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Once or twice a week he would row across the lake and pick a new batch to fill the cart. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Courts have repeatedly found the prison unconstitutionally overcrowded, with almost twice the number of women incarcerated as it was designed to hold. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

When they had done that distance twice they would be at the end of Digory’s house; any door they came to after that would let them into an attic of the empty house. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

The kind of kids who wouldn’t think twice about ramming a shopping cart into your shins just for the hell of it, but kids nonetheless. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The father only came to the Clinic twice, citing business obligations, but from those two meetings it is apparent that he is a dominating presence, a “self-made” man and former naval officer. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He picked up a bigger rock and threw it at a shadow line twice as distant. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He closed his eyes and rolled his head in a circle twice, then stopped with his head bent backward for a moment before raising it again. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Brothers twice over, yes, in some ways, but not in every way. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I was really sure that Mrs. Baker had never been called “that dame” twice in two sentences that came one after the other. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

It produced an atmospheric shock wave that twice circled the Earth. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pushed her off twice, then on the third time, I was fixing to give her a good swat, but I seent how upset she was, so I helt up. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

After all, it was still just one serving, even if it was twice the size. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The moment the lock had clicked open, the key took flight again, looking very battered now that it had been caught twice. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

But for a finely wrought incense burner commissioned by a wealthy merchant as a gift to the temple, the clay might be drained twice or even three times. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Her first master got swindled by a man who sold a device that cleaned cotton twice as fast as Whitney’s gin. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

She read it twice, because the first time she read it she could not believe it. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Even if you do look like a truck ran over you twice.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

He wrote and underlined twice “Loss of time.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had to call my name twice more before I answered. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Hob says that we must not fly Cully till he has roused at least twice,” said the Wart. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the day she had been told off twice for running, Briony found herself sent to the sluice room for an extra turn. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The driver stops twice more to pick up passengers. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Since the first time she had envisioned that beach of ice, she had seen it twice more in dreams. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

In fact, the old man had been out to see her—or really to see his grandson—twice. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

It probably weighed twice as much as me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I was wrong when I said that me and Rufus being near each other all the time would make people tease both of us twice as much. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later, when he pulled away from the curb, he honked twice and waved. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I walk around the graveyard in the old abbey at Mungret where my mother’s relations are buried and I go up the boreen to the Norman castle at Carrigogunnell where Dad brought me twice. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Ben took his turn, receiving the pass, dribbling twice, then laying the ball softly off the backboard. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d come back to the city after curfew before, once or twice, when there was a better price to be had for Mrs. Diamant’s goods in the villages than the city shops. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I also loved Little Men and, after reading it twice, got Little Women from the library. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Once or twice I went out to see that all was right, and it was, and then the ’owling stopped. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Beats me,” Piper says like this is no big deal, but she’s chewing her gum at twice the usual speed. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dactyl squawked twice in what might’ve been a snicker, and took off to join its squad. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

It was about twice the size of a living room rug and—to Kate, at least—about half as interesting. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Alex had twice watched K Unit go into the house, the first time swinging down from the roof, and had followed their progress on closed-circuit TV. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

For it had happened, once or twice, that his birthday had passed entirely unnoticed, and no one had said “Happy Birthday, Johnny,” or given him anything—not even his mother. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

When I finally got his body—twice my size, chest still as stone, eyes slung back—to shore, and to revive, I was so furious at him I almost rolled him back into the surf. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

The judge cleared his throat once or twice. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

I was constantly surprised by who bought from us: a bumed-out hippie, a well-dressed woman, a dull guy you'd never look twice at, a man in a fake wig and mustache, a preppie college kid. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

It was almost twice the size of my newborn fist. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

We were very close to Germans twice in the rain but they did not see us. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

But night after night, she kept returning to the shack, and twice she was rewarded with the unfamiliar, blurry voice of someone introduced as Comrade Virgilio. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Julius knew that sound, he had once or twice interpreted it for Aurelia: “Now listen to him! He’s saying, I’m not happy, I’m bewildered, reassure me!” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

The Blue Too isn’t nearly so fun, so we ride the Flash twice more. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He wanted to stay with Workman, arguing that the rider wouldn’t make the same mistake twice. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she was asked to carry anything, the load felt twice as heavy to her as it did to her stronger sister. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

I had been there once or twice with my mom but never on my own. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

I knocked twice and then put my hand back on the branch. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

It’s Saturday morning, and already Dad has asked twice if I’m going to practice my flute today, and Mom has asked me three times if I want to get together with anyone. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

She blinked twice and shifted her stance, her hands on her hips. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I step back and throw my shoulder into the wall, once, twice, three times, four times. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He got up and turned around twice before he saw Bud frantically waving him to their corner. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Singer was in the middle and he left them on the sidewalk twice while he went into stores to shop. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The granary where Pilar Ternera had read José Arcadio's future was tom down and another twice as large built so that there would never be a lack of food in the house. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

He had never seen a man brought up in a net before, as Art had, twice. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

You fire twice, rapidly, each time you aim so you never have to take any prisoners. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

I’d seen her once or twice before, at a football game maybe. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I merely gave Leah the very sensible advice that she should think twice about going to Angola because the Marxists are taking it over. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

As their conversation turns more urgent, I tap my phone twice and send out a text message to the police. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I felt nervous, as I invariably do when someone says my name twice with a hmm in between. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

The girl read it over twice, slowly, with her left cheek resting on her left hand. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

There was no more movement, and soon I let my eyes close, once, then twice. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

But the man who opened the door to them, after Mo had rung the bell twice, was neither. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The big white two-story Seward Hotel was still in business, though it had expanded to twice its old size. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

April herself led the procession; and when they had gone twice around the yard, she lined everyone up on the edge of the temple. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Snow falls once, twice, then stays locked over the lawns. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“You are a fine boy, but this twice- tough glass was made by my own hands. Broad-shouldered Cammar could not break it with an anvil hammer.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I would be Alice in Wonderland after she ate the cake and grew twice her size. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Adina had gone to state twice with the Quarry Quarrelers debate team. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I’ve looked out my bedroom window twice, trying to see what she is doing, but most of the inside of the greenhouse is out of view. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

"We are the first to visit Mars twice." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sounded tired and sad, and once or twice I could barely hear his voice over the phone. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

The servant strikes twice, the slap of the leather echoing loudly in the still air of the room. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Her dæmon fell limp on her shoulder and flapped his gorgeous wings once or twice before fainting, and the woman herself seemed to be unable to stand fully upright. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Armpit had seen him twice before: first at the concert, then in the lobby of the Four Seasons. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

When she got to twice twelve is twenty-four she didn't stop. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

I only ever got caught without money twice. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

One poem in particular, written before the storm, intrigued Ivy so much that she read it twice. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The second time, he only used his feet once or twice, and then it was just to slow himself down when he reached the curb leading into the street. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since Rollie and Lillie are twice as big as the other two dogs, Nora and I decided to split them up and each walk one bigger dog and one smaller dog. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

The engine was almost silent, though we’d raced across the black freeways at more than twice the legal speed. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“He’s getting it. Russ sees a psychologist twice a week. You want to know what Russ told his grandparents two weeks ago?” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

"He gave no name, and wore no sigil on his coat. He paid in gold, twice the customary sum, and said he was paying once for the boy, and once for my silence." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Harry could see the floating skull reflected twice in her enormous, glassy eyes. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He stretched out on the dirt, jerked once or twice and lay still. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then the guilt creeps up on them, and they work twice as hard to convince themselves that we’re scum. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I ask him why we need a “thing” and he says, “You seem different, distant—not yourself. Maybe shooting around once or twice a week would help?” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once or twice a year she will be there, the boyfriend- surrounded queen who passed me by. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can’t tell her I hated it, or that Mrs. Spitz is anti-earmuffs, or that she patted me on the shoulder twice. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

I won’t even tell you how much he ate, except my father had to look twice in his wallet to make sure he had enough money. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

Once or twice a day the stronger men would go out to the bobbed wire and end any shamblers tangled up in it. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

He took the old steps one at a time, twice stopping to catch his breath. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He slowed the car and reached back for the bottle; he tilted it twice, taking two huge swallows. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The phone rang once, twice, and then a groggy male voice answered, “Hello?” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Even if my once enviable role now seemed vaguely second-rate, still I determined to try twice as hard to prove they’d made the right choice. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was a big woman, twice the size of my mother, with milky skin and freckles. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

A hundred demigods fanned out around her, with twice that many satyrs and nature spirits led by Grover Underwood. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

We’ve been going out twice a week for two months now if you don’t count the horror date. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Claudia read the article twice so that she could memorize it all. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Everybody else just has to obey the law. We have to obey it twice as well.” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

My skin broke out so severely that twice perfect strangers stopped me in the street and asked if I was having an allergic reaction. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

But Fig had thrown up twice now, the day after Thomas had hung up on me for Pete, and then again a week later, right after inhaling his dinner. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

She stocked up, and by morning, she had moved casinos twice more. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Old as sin and twice as ugly, the lot of them. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

At first she really thought a girl could and tried it once or twice. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Twice we were pinned on our own five-yard line, and twice I dropped back, slipping and sliding, and heaved the ball. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

After speaking to him once or twice and receiving no reply, Hazel thought it best to let him alone. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have a job too! Don’t throw that in my face. Plus, I’m up twice a night to nurse the baby!” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

The old man hiccupped twice and said plaintively: "There's a squall coming." And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Once or twice the boy’s mother said to the boy, “He’s powerful proud of your learnin’. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are eighteen, then seventeen when I realize I’ve written “Fluff” twice.“Wow,” The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

She’d visited twice, and I had plans to spend the weekend with her and Brent once their tour wrapped up. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Nok had walked every alley and floated down every canal in the entire city, some of them twice. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

‘I have thought once or twice about writing him a note and seeing if he could give me information.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

All she knew was that the doctor had prescribed a certain diet, hours of rest to be rigidly adhered to, and cod-liver oil twice a day. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a lousy job, but twice a day, someone at the farm had to do the culling. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

The men reminded each other of an old Norwegian saying: “A man who is a man goes on until he can go no further—and then goes twice as far.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

MapleG: They come to see me once or twice a month, usually on Sundays. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though the child was languid and weepy, with no mark of a Buendía, he did not have to think twice about naming him. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

To win Miss Teen Dream, Shanti knew she would have to work twice as hard as the other girls. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

He drew it out swiftly and drove it twice into the fieldmouse’s unprotected body. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

She missed it twice, the fork in the road signaling they’d gone too far. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Luke counted each person, keeping track so carefully that he made scratches on the wall, and counted the scratches twice again at the end. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

Tagoe and Malcolm are still at the police station, sharing a holding cell that is twice the size of their bedroom. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

His foot and toes were swollen to twice their normal size. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dragon was at least twice as long as Anya was tall, and a deep red that reflected the lantern’s light like a vest of rubies. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Knowing that he had only seconds, Harry pointed Draco’s wand at each of the guards in turn and murmured, “Confundo” twice. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“And I got him good later. We ran some drills, and twice I plowed him into the ground. I was awesome!” Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

Ranofer nicked his hand twice with a carelessly placed chisel as visions of the wonderful objects he would see in Zau’s shop danced through his mind. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

We all got used to that, for from then on we got injections at least twice a week. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

A client may never speak to the cleaner or get the same one twice, and that is all right with Bates. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Hagrid being at least twice the size of a normal man, this was no laughing matter. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

She listened, tapped twice, and turned the doorknob. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Before the Nazis, I would have been at the synagogue once or twice a week ahead of time, practicing for this. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

The command is as abrupt as the earlier door slam, and twice as close. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Uncle Wilson, Alfred, and the four girls dug in, but Pearl and Dorothy, acting as if they didn't talk on the phone at least twice a week, chattered away, picking daintily at their food. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I got by between paydays by neglecting overdue bills and borrowing money from Robin, so twice a month, when a few hundred dollars went into my account, it was gone within hours. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

His mother was determined not to make the same mistake twice. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Further investigation unearthed evidence that Smith had secretly worked Seabiscuit twice at Bay Meadows. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

These rooms are like karaoke rooms except some are twice, even three times as big. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Nobody even looked twice at Rachel in her golden outfit. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Once or twice Marly asked Joe if she could go along, but she really didn’t expect he was ready to let her go. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

The engine whined as Lydia pushed it, going twice the speed limit most of the way. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

I blinked once, twice, wondering if I was imagining it. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He put it in his mouth, chewed once, then twice, before grimacing and spitting it out on the sofrah. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

He reads from the square of paper in the same onerous voice he used for ours, informing Panem that in honor of the Quarter Quell, there will be twice the number of tributes. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Soojin has jazz and ballet classes twice a week after school, and any chance she has she leaps down the empty hallways at school. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

The expression on his face alone made my heart swell to twice its usual size. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

And, honestly, Mom is not completely back to the way she was, but she’s going to therapy twice a week, and she even started working again, part-time. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The bed frame was nearly twice her body weight and the ridges were tearing cruel welts in her palms. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

I’d looked through my dresser twice, so I went to Stick’s dresser, next to mine. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Sick as hell but still beating up guys twice his size. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Roberto got paid twice a month, and every other week Mamá had to cut back on groceries. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

“But unfortunately for you, a god’s vote counts twice. And as I voted against, we are tied.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Why do you think? Because that’s my life. Because black girls have to work twice as hard. And even when we do—I mean, you heard what Morgan said.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

The Iranian government reported that thirty-six people died in the protests, but the opposition party alleged that more than twice that number were killed. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

But once a month he discarded a small stack of comic books, sometimes as many as fifteen and at times even twice that number. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

She quickly added, “Read a story if you can’t get to sleep,” cleared her throat twice, and then went back through the dark, empty house to her own room. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

So twice a year, during the coldest and hottest months of the year, she returned to Tientsin to pay her respects and suffer sight unseen in her husband’s household. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had found footsteps to the ravine twice again after the first time, but no closer to the cave. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The TV is old, but alone, it’s worth twice that. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

What is the difference between twice twenty-five and twice five and twenty? All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

In contrast, an angle either twice as large or twice as small looked incompatible with the relevant bond angles. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

He explains how I’m to use them, making me repeat the directions twice. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“I’ve been playing bridge twice a week for eleven years,” Eleanor said, “with my mother and her lawyer and his wife—I’m sure you must play as well as that.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

I saw him once or twice talking animatedly to a crowd at breakfast, or visiting with Zu at Cubbies, but it was always from the window of Clancy’s room. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“With this leg,” said Mr. Ages glumly, “that will take long enough to tell it twice.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Hip to hip, arms interwoven to hold hands, Desdemona and Lefty circumambulated the captain, once, twice, and then again, spinning the cocoon of their life together. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Moreover, the world down there was far warmer than anyone had expected, with a temperature at 10,000 meters of 180 degrees centigrade, nearly twice the forecasted level. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

She’d kissed him twice more since the time beneath the tree, longer, more passionately, and, she thought, less clumsily. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

One time a kid twice his age at school, run up and hit him, to his surprise Perry got him down and give him a good beating. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now I’m one step away from being a bum—a circus worker who has disgraced himself not once, but twice, in as many days. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Milkman had to blink twice before their faces returned to the vaguely alarmed blandness he was accustomed to. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

It took a bit of convincing to get Zohra to bring us here, instead of the fancy shopping center we’ve already been to twice in three weeks. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Once or twice Ged tried to lead him to talk a little of such mysteries, but the Master was silent, looking at him long and grimly, till Ged grew uneasy and said no more. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

There was hardly a light on in the whole vast house, and once or twice Meggie bumped her knee on a chair or a little table that she hadn't seen in the gloom. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

At times, you become almost certain that you slabbed this hillside three days ago, crossed this stream yesterday, clambered over this fallen tree at least twice today already. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

I was now permitted visitors only twice a week. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Boo walked up to the thing and pecked it twice. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Tally spun head over heels twice more, and then the jacket lowered her to the grass. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I got up twice to get a drink of water. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

She has been seen twice in your custody and I will be forced to take formal action against you if it happens again. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

The next room is twice as big as the first one, and it, too, is blue-lit, but paler. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Nobody had to think twice about it, except you. 10TH JUROR: I want to ask you something. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s never asked me to dinner and he’s only visited my home twice before. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

But in order to predict these positions correctly, Ptolemy had to make an assumption that the moon followed a path that sometimes brought it twice as close to the earth as at other times. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Charles read the letter twice more and cupped his forehead in his hands. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Both of his knees were red and swollen, and his toes were almost purple, twice the size they should have been. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

You didn’t have any money because you’d gone to the movies twice that month. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

My head is aching and feels twice its normal size. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once or twice it reared its head straight up, as if appealing to heaven—the abomination of the moment was perfectly expressed. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The mare was very tame and stood still as I tried to arrange myself I’d ridden a horse once or twice before at Girl Scout camp, but of course I’d had a saddle then. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d seen her once or twice before, but the Colonel never introduced me to her and didn’t have a chance to that night. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

I had to rein him back down to a walk twice before he resigned himself to it. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The music room was huge—almost twice as large as our classroom. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Using my pencil, I pointed to the letters one at a time and watched for Branwell to blink twice. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when the bed came down with them twice in three months. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Can you do twice a week? I’ll cover your train fare,” he said, stretching and dismissive; he wanted her to leave. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She told her that she would just work twice as hard for Hazel. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

She pushed me away, once, twice, but the third time she didn’t resist. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

"I should leave you here with your fool's fire. If I took your horse, I'd have twice the chance to make it through. What would you do then, dwarf?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Commander Jameson walks up to my car door and raps twice on the window to get my attention. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Mother’s resolution was to make sure that every single one of her children made it to church at least twice a week. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

I’ll ask for you to be there—I don’t have the energy to say it all twice. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The sheriff, twice, slashed a hand across his throat. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I don’t usually have to go first thing in the morning, but I’m so nervous on Tuesday, I ask to be taken twice. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Tobias fires twice in a matter of seconds, both hits, one in the head and one in the chest. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Though they had twice run against each other for the presidency, he insisted that “we never stood in one another’s way.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

"Well, not exactly, but I saw her once or twice." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama hastily unties and reties her scarf—and this time, she knots it twice and tight at the back of her head. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

You’re only practicing twice a week, so twice a week you run the whole time. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Once or twice they thought it might be a brown cow or mule, dragging its hooves in the sand and raising and lowering its weary head. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She can sit where she likes,” I say, reminding myself that Maddy has ditched me twice since school started. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Mother says we’ll skip breakfast, eat hot cereal and bread for lunch and fried potatoes for dinner and, if possible, vegetables or lettuce once or twice a week. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

When it was ordered that the soldiers should bathe in saltwater twice daily to fend off disease, I saw a regiment walk into the sea at dawn. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Even when he missed, the spin on the ball made it die on the rim and it would often bounce once or twice between the rim and the backboard before falling in. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aunt Loma had put up a lot of mirrors on the walls of the set, which gave her twice as much light for the same number of bulbs. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

There is no stepping in the same river twice. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We’ll give him a medal for being brave enough to go around over the target twice. And we’ll make him a captain, too.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“The tailor measured me twice to make sure it fit just right!” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Only twice a week, the nights the review class meets, does he look forward to her company. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Guiteau expected the president to come through this area because he had seen him use the B Street entrance twice before. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Plus, my eyes still sat more than twice as far apart as they should have been. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Out of what he made he only kept enough to have beer about twice a week. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I felt twice as heavy as I had moments before. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

The runs all failed; Mandela lost control of the ball once, and twice it was stolen by Santos defenders. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Cersei could have given the prince the sons he wanted, lions with purple eyes and silver manes ... and with^ such a wife, Rhaegar might never have looked twice at Lyanna Stark. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Except you, twice a week to Xi City.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

From somewhere off in the distance came the sound of Hazel’s whistle blowing—once, twice, three times. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

On Wednesday evenings twice a month she attended a meeting of her book circle, five other women who enjoyed discussing Benito Cereno, Flowers of Evil, The Importance of Being Earnest, and Jane Eyre. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

They drank quickly and then Dicey refilled them once, twice, three times. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I never wanted you to be twice as good as them, so much as I have always wanted you to attack every day of your brief bright life in struggle. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

They gave them to friends so they could eat twice. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

For the past few months, Ivy had daydreamed once or twice—okay, maybe three times—of getting away from her family. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He looked at me, and I noticed the left side of his upper lip lift once or twice as though he was about to snarl or cry. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even so, its interior temperatures are sufficiently high that it gives off about twice as much energy as it receives from the Sun. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked like he could kill me and not even think twice about it. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Would the same letter come up twice in a row? Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

And the next morning, while he was still abed, I shot him twice in the head, the way my momma had taught me to put down a shambler.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

She rode alongside the cemetery twice—up the slow and steady incline, around the back, and swoosh, down the trail on the far side, with its three bumps down. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

When I arrived, they were determined not to make the same mistake twice and, since it seemed logical that all their children would make the same sound, they named me Tock. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z