“No,” said he, looking as if he hardly understood me. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Frank understood animal behavior well enough to get the message: You are standing on our food. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

It was only a matter of time before she understood what they were about to be into, so he decided to beat back her panic in any way possible. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

She dropped the tray, saw her tunic flutter from interior force, and understood that her heart operated on its own instructions, that she had no control over it or, indeed, over anything else. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

And I understood just what we would do for each other, just what we would do for the ebb and pull of the dream, the bigger dream that held us all. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

And I thought maybe I understood her most of the time anyway. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

I understood for the first time how he must have felt in his darkest moods. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Saint Paul said the invisible must be understood by the visible. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were a thousand disputed questions about arms and armour, all of which had to be understood. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I—I—” Our gazes caught, and I felt he understood my feelings, even if I couldn’t say the words. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

After that she understood what was required of her, though she did not prove the liveliest of partners. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He understood why his mother never came home. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“It was understood that you wanted nothing for yourself, remember?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

It was then that I understood why my father was not teaching in this school. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

How many times had Luke beaten somebody stronger and faster only because he understood these things? We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He always understood immediately what was wrong, and generally he could put it right It was nice for the dogs to have their god with them, in visible form. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she told him in her special and gentle voice that she understood he was going through a rough time, but he’d have to stay awake in class. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

The low howvi howi/i that sounded like a string bass imitating a bassoon meant something the dogs understood and executed. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Until that day, Shirley had never really understood something Grandfather had told her many times. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

Although it was a subtle change, he understood what Leader had meant when he said that Forest was thickening. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Will felt bad, worse than he had a second ago, but it also felt good, in a way, to have someone else who understood how bad he felt. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Even wanted to make sure I understood that whatever I write down don't have to make sense as long as it's really me. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

No one understood why, for no one knew his history, other than that he was a vagabond Kenyon had adopted years ago. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Suicide Society continued to meet every evening, and I continued to attend, because I didn’t want Finny to understand me as I understood him. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Death was one of those things, like money, that I wasn’t sure how well you understood. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

He looked where I was pointing, saw the serpent women, and immediately understood. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

She spoke to him in a language that, no matter how hard you studied it, could not be completely understood. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Lowell and Wallace both understood that the comparative inhospitability of Mars was due to the scarcity of water. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rush understood this well, but he did not waver from his diagnosis. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Annabeth said, which I somehow understood was Greek for ‘Go to the crows!’ though I had a feeling it was a worse curse than it sounded. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Her first day of trying to keep Mrs. Caruthers happy, a task that Ophie now understood to be impossible, was finally at an end. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

In the late 1940s no one altogether understood why this should be. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

I’d want to have the feeling that he understood me through and through, even if I didn’t say much. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

And it was then the Laguna people understood that the land had been taken, because they couldn’t stop these white people from coming to destroy the animals and the land. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

From the moment I had first understood that my brother Richard was a boy and I was a girl, I had wanted to exchange his future for mine. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The most important molecule in biology needs no name to be understood. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

She understood me exactly, as we sat there. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

But now, for the first time, I fully understood why Timothy had so carefully trained me to move around the island, and the reef . The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the room next door, the room which until that morning had been Theodora’s, came the steady low sound of a voice babbling, too low for words to be understood, too steady for disbelief. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

I think he understood my look; I hope he did. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

On the debit side, the labor pool was of a deeply alien culture, worshipping unfamiliar gods, speaking a language few Greeks understood. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

They understood that I could talk to Bailey, but to no one else. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

They understood that the soul of a scythe needed to remain pure. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

But then I realized what I had just said, and hearing myself I understood the reason for the look. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

He understood her history better than most people could. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

"And then," Gabe went on, "I became part of Matthew's feelings at that moment. I felt them. I understood them." Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I thought that I finally understood what she had meant. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t say it, but surely Natalie understood that he meant, Except now. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Rontu would look up at me just the same, though he understood none of the words, acting as if he did. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

He understood what I was asking—I wanted to know from him who had done this to me. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

But he understood that I had fixated on clothes as the symbol of why I didn’t, and couldn’t, belong. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Listening to her testify that morning he’d been keenly aware of his private knowledge of this woman: he’d understood what each expression suggested, what each pause signified. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

While they were agreeing with Lee Scoresby what to play and for what stakes, his daemon flicked her ears at Pantalaimon, who understood and leaped to her side lightly as a squirrel. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

The teacher, lovely and Hawaiian, should have understood about us, but instead left us behind in the classroom. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I even lost touch with Jasón, which was too bad because I learned later that he would have understood. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shook my head up and down, acting like I understood. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Tom, chastened, retrieved his rifle, and it was not long before he understood the sergeant’s urgency: they were being tracked by the rustlers. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

She had never beheld a plover so closely and now understood why Kapugen had called them “the spirit of the birds.” Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I nodded, my fingers tapping his to show that I understood. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Presidents of corporations, state governors, movie stars — people he didn’t know but nonetheless understood to be lonely, and afraid of failure. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He never understood the legal device that was used against him but what remained of the millions went intact to Ella Kaye. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

I barely understood half the lines in Paradise Lost, but I'd learned astronomy. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

That dude Concrete down in the courtyard seven stories below had probably understood them. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

And I wanted to punch every kid who told me they “understood” my pain. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

And there, then, at last, Jonathan understood that his father’s fear had not been for himself. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

I think I dimly understood even then that they’d gone deeper into darkness, away from men. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her mother must have understood, for they didn’t sublet again. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I think our young aristocrat has understood the lesson,” he said gently. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only other engineers understood what her father drew on blue paper. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

But she understood, at least, that they did give him a kind of bitter nourishment, and that the secrets they held for him were a matter of his life and death. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Soon I would have torn the flesh from his face just to see if I was right about the gold and nobody would have understood that kind of curiosity. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

She understood now that Doon had been speaking the truth on Assignment Day. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Franz looked back into her hazel eyes, and Hyacinth knew in her soul that he understood the importance of this moment. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Ishmael understood, sitting in his father’s place, how he’d arrived at the same view of things. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I understood that, finally and absolutely, I alone exist. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

All at once, as if by sudden vision, I understood the emptiness in the eyes of those humpbacked shapes back in the cave. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

As for the people, as soon as they understood what Will was saying, they shouted and jeered and hooted with mocking laughter. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

She understood his problem instantly and danced lightly from one foot to the other. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fascinating and brain-teasing though this limitation might be, its main problem as applied to music was that the only people who understood or admired it were other musicians. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

She knew that in part because of this smell she wanted to tie her life to his; it was something she understood in her nose, finally, as odd as that might seem to others. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Since it’s pretty much understood that if the place isn’t burning down, I get the door if Grammy is watching television, I swing open the door. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Now he understood what was going to happen to the little owls if he did his job properly, and it weighted him with an aching and unshakeable sorrow. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The chaplain blushed, and the colonel understood at once that he had made a mistake. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Now she understood why Scythe Curie did not tell her. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I understood everything when she explained it, and got hundreds on a social studies quiz and a science lab thanks to her. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could play this game, he understood it like he understood the numbers. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Except—as Jesus is my Savior—as sure as my heart understood anything—I knew then how much I wished, not to die, but to live. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

No one actually replied, but it was understood. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Yet he understood that as mayor he was the symbolic head of the town. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Yeah, I understood why Mr. Ray couldn’t say what he knew. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He could not speak but prayed that the emissary understood his silent thanks. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

They understood things of the spirit in Japan. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

I understood that both these things grew out of the same fetal gonad, but that didn’t matter. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Then the sled, with Jonas himself upon it, began to move through the snowfall, and he understood instantly that now he was going downhill. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

In the morning, I was going to tell everyone what I understood. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Thus, even the most private artistic statements can be understood on some level, even if only an intuitive one. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the greatest part of his condescension he had bestowed on Kit, once he had understood that her grandfather had been Sir Francis Tyler. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Johnny never understood how the horse could run so fast without tripping over tent pegs, campfires, stacks of muskets, sheep bought for slaughtering. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe if Miss Palma had been allowed to read the journal entry, she would have understood why I shaved my entire head the next night. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sugar workers listened and understood: Smith was speaking not about the Bible, but about the present. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

She wagged her tail as though she understood. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sitting in the dark, nestled into the rafters, Cora understood that she was alone again. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

She would have been upset and she wouldn’t have understood it. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Why they even had a fireplace in Puerto Rico, Reyna had never understood, but she and Hylla used to pretend the hearth was a secret hideout where their father couldn’t find them. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

She signaled her family to wait, and James nodded to show he understood. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

My body understood there was no safe place for me to be. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a flash she understood the color of Blanca’s aura, the bags under her eyes, her listlessness, her silence, her morning sleepiness, and her afternoon watercolors. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

But as soon as I spoke, I understood her accusation. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

He understood a lot about how to speculate for land, graze it, subdivide it, make it pay dividends. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eisenhower understood that allaying the public’s concerns required concrete action. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

The truth of a marriage can be understood in a much shorter time than anyone ever imagined. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Jonathan understood that she was waiting to be milked, waiting for someone to come from the house. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

He suddenly understood where he was and what he was missing. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

She had understood nothing about how people could come to mark off her life. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nobody understood how a foot could pop off like that, or how Roz could remain calm. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

But it was more that he couldn’t tell her what was wrong, or even if anything was wrong—he couldn’t really talk to anybody about it because nobody understood what he meant. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

Olanna watched them and wondered if they understood their mother’s mourning dance. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

When I floated up and out of my body that first time, I understood what Doc had been telling me this entire time: Rootwork is a connection to my ancestors, my traditions, and my heritage. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

From his shouted questions, Ann understood that Minnie had told him his wife was acting too friendly with the men who bought liquor at the house. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

But the cub understood only that when he tried to walk he couldn’t properly feel the ground under his feet and learn from it. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

The fact that this “career” path leads almost inevitably to jail is often understood as an unfortunate fact of life, part of what it means to be poor and black in America. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

He said that the Harvard offer was not only a very great honor, but also offered many opportunities and that he quite understood my inclination to accept. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

The men spoke Russian in front of her and clearly had no idea that she understood the language. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I feel that though few of them liked it, at least a large proportion of them understood that I worked as much for them and their children as I did for the Negroes. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’d said she needed a break, and both Aloe and Jam understood completely. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

She saw that not a single one of the frock coats understood what might happen if her grandfather decided to stamp his foot on the ground. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Not standing there in front of her, dumbly, unable to make myself understood. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyes were so angry, Leo finally understood why mad was a word for crazy. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The surface of the sawdust was combed smooth, the treasures hidden beneath marks that only he, the king, understood. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Obinze, who anchored her through that summer of waiting—his steady voice over the phone, his long letters in blue airmail envelopes—and who understood, as summer was ending, the new gnawing in her stomach. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

It’s down-to-earth, it’s simple, it’s untrue, and it’s familiar enough and trivial enough to be understood and loved by our greedy, nervous, illiterate sponsors.’” Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

About how everything can make sense and be understood. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

But one of the warders was fluent in Xhosa and understood the content of our songs, and we were soon ordered to stop singing. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the first time, Leo understood the old saying his abuelo used to use: talking out of the side of your mouth. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He understood that he was, in some way, above his problems, just as he was above the world. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then she announces to the class, “There will be no fighting in or outside of my classroom. I have a zero-tolerance policy for violence. Is that understood?” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

If we hadn’t read that article about her, we might not have understood why this was all so important to her. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

I knew I had heard from God, and I understood what he was saying to me. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Because I understood: We would not be going home for a long time. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Pilate understood all of what he told her. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet should he admit this and risk forfeiting the one friend who had ever “truly understood” him? In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

I understood that by “bull” work he meant jobs that took little more than brute strength to perform. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

The Greeks understood mathematics better than the Egyptians did; once they mastered the Egyptian art of geometry, Greek mathematicians quickly surpassed their teachers. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Will understood what she meant: away from the spies they could talk. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Although this last foundation for the journey was never discussed, I am sure she understood it. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Natalie caught Chess’s eye, and it was almost like she understood what he wanted to shout. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

When we are studying ideas, linguistic change is the key to finding out what people understood that their predecessors did not. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t until another growl filled the air that she understood. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

His mother was still staring at him, but he knew, Brian knew, that she understood. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

He gave the impression that he understood much and spoke out of a knowledge far deeper than appeared on the surface of his words. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Needless to say, very little of this was understood in 1910 or for many years afterward. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

She didn’t finish the thought, but from Jason’s and Leo’s expressions, she saw that they understood. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He looked shell-shocked and terrified, but he nodded as if he understood. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Of course I understood why we had to go to Kuling, but that didn’t make me feel any less cross. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I suppose, General Grant, that the object of our present meeting is fully understood,” he says. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

It took no more explanation than that; his listeners all understood. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed incredible to me now that I had never understood. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Jeremy understood me without me saying anything weird like I’m a Muslim girl, and I’m scared to meet with you. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I understood its history and my role in it. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Jerome knew what I was, as suddenly I did, too, for the first time clearly understood that I wasn’t a girl but something in between. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She understood now dearly what she had meant long ago when she said to Adde Ratignolle that she would give up the unessential, but she would never sacrifice herself for her children. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

He understood how; he did not understand why. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“Mfanks,” she mumbled, hoping that the palace understood she was trying to say Thanks. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Then I understood: white supremacy was at the heart of this story, not homeschool. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He said that when he spoke his language the mute understood. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

It was only when I was in high school and began to build my rockets that I finally understood why. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Both exhibit regularities, implying that they are not implacable forces but natural systems that can be understood and controlled. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

What mattered was that someone knew him, understood him, was with him. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I understood it was nothing but good intentions that would lead him to say “I’m on my way!” or “Almost home!” Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Then we came out of the tunnel and onto the platform, and I understood why: we were no longer in the nineteenth century, nor even the twentieth. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

He was a real swimmer, understood everything about the movements of arms and legs and breathing, understood how a body functioned while it was in the water. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

The women in the wine house were indifferent to nothing and understood nothing. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wondered if he understood what “exiled” and “sold his soul for a bit of gunpowder” meant. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Events that were purely accidental were beginning to feel like they fit together, but not in a way he understood or even knew how to think about. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

But it was very difficult They listened, of course, but I had the feeling that neither of them really understood what had happened on our cay. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had never understood the quarrel with malls, with the notion of finding exactly the same shops in all of them; she found malls quite comforting in their sameness. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Antonapoulos watched him drowsily, and his friend did not know just what he really understood. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He hoped that Mrs. Das had understood Surya’s beauty, his power. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

And if they were, he didn’t care whether or not they had understood what he was saying. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bristle and Pax herded him into the cool dark of the reeds and soothed him until he understood that he was unharmed. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I don’t think my parents understood yet the challenge they were taking on. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I am the people in the other cars, each with his or her own story, but passing too quickly to be noticed or understood. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

The smell of those things made me gag, but I loved doing math with someone who understood me. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

It transpired that she understood and spoke French, so that the conversation took place in that language. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

I nodded as if I understood what he was talking about. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Through the windows, we saw barbed wire; we understood that this was the camp. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

She understood this while they were looking at each other. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

As far as I understood, I wasn't taking part in a vendetta against the German race.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

But this monstrous roaring thing—he wondered if anyone understood how it worked. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Nailer’s skin crawled as he fully understood the work Reynolds had given him. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Seventy years ago, if Eddington is to be believed, only two people understood the general theory of relativity. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I decided to perfect the “Toads, beetles, bats” one first, since that was the one I understood the best and because when I said it, a little bit of spit came out with the “beetles.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Everything was all right, there was no more pain, the last detail of his life was laid bare, understood, forgiven. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

He understood that I meant my virtue, my only wealth, for he replied, “Ophelia, I know you are most honest and virtuous. I pledge to serve you truly and with, honor.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The president was annoyed, but understood the reality. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Lazlo understood what she was telling him, what she was saying without saying it, but it didn’t seem possible. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

For the first time, he understood why car engines were measured in horsepower. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I heard things I had never understood before. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Matt understood, though, and he worked his stealthy way around the edge of the crowd to the music room. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I should not like to be understood as asserting that all keepers are brutal, or even a majority of them,” he wrote. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I understood why she was so anxious to go. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Biddy had her face all twisted up like she was puzzling something out, but when I said that, she seem like she understood what was wrong now. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

As I said the words, I understood how true they were. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The Indian community in Natal understood the message the whites were sending: Work here, don’t stay here. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

All this he understood intuitively by the time of his first retirement in 1783. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“The gun is loaded, and we think Z could have taken it. He told Cas he understood wanting to die.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Like maybe I was the only one who understood her, the only one who was willing to give her a chance. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Bree always said afterwards that he never heard, or never understood this; and as he was in general a very truthful horse we must accept his word. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

But she had not understood being excluded from the family’s plans to travel to Calcutta that summer to see their relatives and scatter Ashoke’s ashes in the Ganges. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

In fact the boys understood much more than Mr. Curtain realized. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Darwin understood the stakes implicit in that claim. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Here was a woman, she thought, who had understood that she was lucky to even be working, that there was always something, something else, that they could take away. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

He understood that he would have to escape. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The woman was upset to have lost her fine husband, but she understood that it would have been impossible for her to continue to live with a lion. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Maybe she understood how difficult these briefings were for me. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

His eyes widened when he saw the Cyclops behind us, but he nodded like he understood. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Yet I had to fight him as I could, in terms he understood, even though we sounded like characters in a razor-slinging vaudeville skit. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I understood it better now than I had before. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I understood now why Edward had been pleading. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I don’t know if he understood the words or he didn’t like the tone, but that got me nowhere. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I often stayed after school to take notes to make sure I understood what was being taught. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Menstruation was not something that Ophie looked forward to; she understood the monthly ritual of bleeding but was rather happy not to have one more hassle in her life. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Sosie had only heard about every third word, but she understood completely that Mrs. Brewer thought she could pair disabled kids like socks. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Though Tariq and his parents were ethnic Pashtuns, they spoke Farsi when Laila was around for her benefit, even though Laila more or less understood their native Pashto, having learned it in school. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Van Braam did not speak English very well, but he spoke French, and he understood what Washington wanted him to do. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

With its walls that moved, every night, he finally understood why the Maze was so hard to solve. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

All I understood was that Bodega was in trouble. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

It was important that the lodgers understood fire. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He launched into a jargon-packed technical presentation that was geared to his fellow molecular biologists, and it was immediately apparent to everyone in the room that none of them understood a word. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

It was, as I understood it, the Catholic part that did him in. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Given the nature of hunting, not to mention me, I understood this as less a prediction than a prayer. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

When Daliwonga finished, I replied that while I understood his personal position as a chief quite well, I believed that his own in-terests were in conflict with those of the community. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ophie had not really understood the saying before, but now she did. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Most people in other areas, including the Deep South, understood, though the situation remained uncomfortable at home. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Besa glared at him, but he understood the danger of retaliation. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gerald, whose grin was about to be erased by uncontrollable tears, looked at her, and knew she understood. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I read this last line several times before I understood it. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Ever after that terrible winter, as though he understood from then on how important it was to be funny, Pinch gave laughter to them all. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

We never understood them until we were fully grown and they became our sole inheritance. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Everything they did had always made sense to me, adhering to a logic I understood. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Out of sixty other kids,” I added to ensure they understood what that meant. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Still, I knew there were things beyond anything I understood, and I was not completely negative. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Winnie understood and said she was prepared to take the risk and throw in her lot with me. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I can’t allow that,” she said, narrowing her eyes and flicking them toward the dresser just to make sure we understood one another. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

He understood that Alvin’s case necessitated his appearing twice at the trial, but on the other hand he wasn’t glad about it. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He could talk to children, telling them very profound things so that they understood. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pointed his finger and yelped more words that none of us understood. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he did have to behave as though he understood me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

It was the first time I’d seen her without it and that’s when it finally occurred to me: that Grandma was the only person who might have understood what was happening to me. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I understood the black point of view, but there was no way I could get them to see my sympathies. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Or maybe it was merely that I understood how vulnerable she was in a way I hadn’t before. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

I wondered if he even understood my confused question as I struggled not to say anything compromising. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The visions had been so strange; she hadn't understood them. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

And I understood that as long as there are dreamers left, there will never be want for a dream. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I missed him to the point of a real, physical ache, but I understood that he had responsibilities. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He tripped up a little on the last word, but it didn’t matter since I hadn’t understood anything that had come out of his mouth. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

He saw Forest and understood what Seer had meant. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

“He just said to tell you he hadn’t understood all the facts back in the beginning and to let you know he was sorry.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I understood that the world was nothing: a mechanical chaos of casual, brute enmity on which' we stupidly impose our hopes and fears. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

And for almost a minute, I understood everything. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

The problem was well understood at the time. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

I asked the Mexican man to turn the car around, again in my exquisite high school Spanish, and it took about fifteen minutes to make myself understood. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

And finally Thyon understood what had brought this junior librarian to his door in the earliest hours of dawn. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I was surprised that Gertrude, who had not seemed to notice me at all, in truth understood me well. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

While he sat on his heels his father explained softly the meaning of zenshin, which the boy understood to mean a constant awareness of potential danger. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Neither of them, I think, understood what all this was about, why I’d insisted that we search out this spot. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

In some vaguely general fashion, they understood this, regarding the construction of the District of Columbia on the Potomac as a statement of Virginia’s enduring influence over the federal government. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

He spoke more words that she could not understand, rattling on as if she understood. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I always understood that my swastika inspired the others, but to hear it straight from Pamela’s mouth is devastating. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Her words seemed to be Chinese, but the barbarians understood their sadness and anger. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She understood what Jean de Satigny had meant on their wedding night when he explained that he did not feel inclined to married life. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Where are you going, Master?’ cried Sam, though at last he understood what was happening. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Some would fly to the ranger and mutter at him, and it seemed to Bran that he understood their quorks and squawks. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

If we should receive a radio message from an extraterrestrial civilization, how could it possibly be understood? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

But some part of me understood it was better to make a clean, quick break and not hold on to anything. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I also understood that she expected me to suck up my pride and do what was best for the family, as my father had done. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

He had always understood the world to be only part engineering; he’d always understood there to be another, murkier sphere. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I vaguely understood that to his mind there was just one thing that wasn’t clear in my confession, the fact that I had hesitated before I fired my second shot. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Jonas had told him this but he had not understood, not until now. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Many pupils got into trouble before they understood this. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“What of your grandfather’s estate? I always understood he was a wealthy man.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Even more unnerving, because they are less well understood and capable of occurring anywhere at any time, are the rarer type of shakings known as intraplate quakes. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Froggy didn’t understand sports, but he understood me not wanting to get my butt kicked and so he went along with it. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no sign that they understood a word. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

The reception had little static, as if the radio waves understood the importance of the speech. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

In fact, I was not only aware of it, but at times I also understood their point of view. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

She was always in charge—even then, before you understood it, her beauty was hard to look away from: glossy dark hair and full red lips. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

I understood that it was not a good thing to be Number Twenty-Seven, because the rice ran out by the time the aunties got to the last girl. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, I couldn’t protest too much because we all understood that this was my punishment for hacking away at it, and only fitting, too. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

I understood what he meant; he wanted to use the pamphlets to make a fire. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was part of the process, we understood—a test to see who had the mettle to hold up as both a leader and a symbol for the country itself. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Kaira nodded as if she understood, but he knew she didn’t. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

General Dwight D. Eisenhower understood that the German people needed to be reeducated. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

He heard the new ones singing in their own languages— a hundred different tongues, but they understood one another. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

They understood that they must act as God’s decoys, saving the souls of the boys for Jesus and binding the bodies of the boys in marriage. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

In those days of May, before the story from France was fully understood, before the bombing of the city in September, London had the outward signs, but not yet the mentality, of war. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Releasing a heavy sigh, I finally understood the theory of relativity. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

He wanted to ascertain if the mute really understood what was said to him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Cora understood why—after the town deducted for food, housing, and miscellany like upkeep on the dormitories and schoolbooks, there was little left. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

That he understood the sacrifice she had made for him. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

His father thought he understood what it was like for Rashid at school, but he had no idea. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Part of our role, as we understood it, was to model reason, compassion, and consistency. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

If we all understood each other better, we could go a long way toward stopping violence. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

By Old Dan’s actions I could tell he understood and wanted to help. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the way he said, “Not you, Béene,” and “You understood well enough.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We tried our best. The problem was getting the ingredients for the picnic—” He looked at my face for a moment to see if I understood. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Under this lies a fact never mentioned aloud, but tacitly understood and acted upon: namely, that the conditions of life in all three superstates are very much the same. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“We've known for months. But it wasn't until you hid your supplies in the tunnel this morning that we understood you had committed yourself. We knew then we had to speak with you.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Now I understood why she had left us before without any farewell. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

But the children, even little Maria, had sensed what was up, they understood perfectly the danger represented by those two men above their heads, and they were already moving, starting to run, heading automatically downstream. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, Joe understood immediately that this dynamite had not just fallen from heaven in order to increase the personal wealth and power of Joe Mondragon, all-around handyman and bean farmer par extraordinaire. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know how much German Mama spoke—I think she understood more than she could speak. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

During the years in camp I had never really understood why we were there, nor had I questioned it much. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

I understood so little that it was impossible to know what a reasonable mistake might be. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

It seemed it was a very funny joke if you understood it properly. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Was it that she understood that we resented having others think that we were all entertainers and natural singers? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He just never understood how white people could be racist in South Africa. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The man held up his hand in a gesture I understood not. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I said I understood, and told Tefu that he could not be around when I was dealing with the warder. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Lawrence and Oppenheimer understood that they could not have achieved what they did without each other. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I understood immediately why he too had concluded that the world is flat. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

At first, they hadn’t understood the joke, but Maya caught on a lot quicker than Lauren. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He understood that there probably wouldn’t be anyone at his parent-teacher conferences at school, listening as the teacher told them what a good artist he was. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

They had seen Golan’s body fall and the submarine rise and sink and Miss Peregrine come out of the water but not Miss Avocet; they understood what they needed to. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“Oh,” Julia said with a tone that implied she understood perfectly well that sometimes boys just hated each other for insignificant reasons. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

I read it carefully, referring to the photographs, but when I finished I knew I had not understood a word. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Of course she understood why this was happening: they were fighting to right injustices. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Even as a kid, I understood innately that the South was knit into me, part of my heritage that was meaningful enough for my father to make return visits to see his people there. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Now, as they waited minute after long minute for a response, they began to worry the message hadn’t been understood. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Why wasn’t more time in school spent studying things that were unknown or not understood instead of things that had already been discovered and explained? Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

But I must have understood something, I must have, because why else would I have opened my left hand? Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I understood that I was supposed to be terrified by this spectacle—these two demonic creatures on this dark, lonely road. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

As she watched him she understood the quality of his beauty. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Ray understood, and gave me thirty bucks for the day, and thirty for the day before. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The robot wanted to explain things to her son, but the truth was that she understood very little about herself. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

She had evoked the town idealized by nostalgia with such strong tenacity that Gaston understood that she would not get married unless he took her to live in Macondo. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

It happened because he understood the raw power of information. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

“The teachers understood what they were doing. They respect football,” Crow said. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

In other words, can the ability to focus, once more fully understood, be expanded? 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 impossible to speak and be understood, and no one tried. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I honestly don’t think she would have understood. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Not sure how much she understood and don’t think there’s anything she can do about it anyway. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

He understood why Aron could not work at home in an atmosphere not conducive to hard clean thought. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Without its making a clear picture in his mind, he understood how it had happened. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

As the priest chanted the Latin prayers, whose meaning I barely understood, I knelt by his side and knew that God had taken away the one person I could claim as my own. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

But now that I had pulled it, I understood its futility. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

But also he would have understood the other part, which I don’t think even Mercer comprehends. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

He probably understood better than any of them what all this was about, having grown up in it and never let on to Sierra... Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Like pretty much every time my gramps says something, I only understood half the words, but as soon as the old man went back to the picking, Diego filled in the blanks. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“You don’t make any major moves without my say-so, understood?” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He thought he understood, she thought, but this time he was all wrong. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Even back then, I understood we were on Constantine’s turf and she didn’t have to be nice to anybody at her own house. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Jonathan asked, wanting to show he understood what he was about. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Only when I revealed to him that my mother was the daughter of an Orthodox Jewish rabbi did his Jewish background emerge, because he understood the true depth of Mommy’s experience immediately. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

They understood that their pride was on the line. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Even as a ten-year-old boy he understood how brave our uncle was to beg the new Khmer Rouge village chief to permit us to stay. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Organs and organisms might behave according to the laws of physics and chemistry—but the genesis of life itself could never be understood through these laws. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

It would be a lie to tell you I understood everything I was feeling. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

"Whatever happens, keep him safe and keep him there, is that understood?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Their Spanish was choppier than my school version but I understood. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He told her it was out beyond the bus station, and he took the time to be sure she understood his directions, even though there was a line of people behind her waiting to pay. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe if I could have told them I was Divergent, and I was confused about what to choose, they would have understood. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

At that moment, I understood why almost half of new teachers leave the profession within the first few years. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I understood what was probably happening, but I wasn’t ready to face it. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Some of those creatures used to be people; others were things that no one understood but everyone knew to stay away from. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I feel a second of relief, thinking maybe he understood me and knows we’re trying to get help. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

“I thought you understood that this might happen.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

He said the last part in English, to be funny, and even though I’m not sure Sr. Rivera understood him, he was nice enough to laugh. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

A perceptive young man, Lopsang was extremely devoted to Fischer; the Sherpa understood how important it was to his friend and employer to get Pittman to the summit. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I was organizing people I understood,” I said. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boy understood intuitively what he meant, even without ever having set foot in the desert before. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The more I watched and listened and stayed quiet and still, the more I understood the way of things. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

I looked at Ultima, who had not left my side since that dreadful night, and I guess she understood because she stood up from where she sat crocheting. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He didn’t enjoy people. What I never understood is why he went into politics.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Polly, with hair the color of dried grass and eyes the color of a stormy sky, understood tears. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I only understood the name after watching Auri jump all three in quick succession to make it to the other end. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I let him stay sick, I understood this reaction, I accepted it.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I understood what boxing meant, but I hadn’t the faintest idea where America was. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sense was emerging miraculously from confusion, and now he understood why she was telling him what she had denied Dumbledore and Flitwick. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He might as well have spoken German for all Maddie understood. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Perhaps there was no peace because Joana hadn’t understood or hadn’t heard me. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

So she doesn’t like pushy policemen very much, or pushy vice principals, and probably Mr. Canton was in more danger of a flattened face than he understood. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

He looked worried, as if he wanted to be sure that April understood. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s clear from his letter that he understood precisely what he was up against. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

And the alchemist understood that the boy’s heart had returned to the Soul of the World. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cedric had nodded once, to show that he understood Bagman’s words, and then started pacing around the tent again; he looked slightly green. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

This was the price I was being asked to pay, I understood that now. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I understood that there was power in showing children my regard. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Hamilton understood the potency of Burr’s influence because he felt those same personal qualities throbbing away inside himself. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Melanie had known that Marshall understood the importance of what she was saying and that he was trying awfully hard to believe that it was all more important than finding Security. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now I understood why she was so upset. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

It was tacitly understood in the Moller family that the less one knew about his cooking methods and what he put into the food, the better for all concerned. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

She understood now clearly what she had meant long ago when she said to Adèle Ratignolle that she would give up the unessential, but she would never sacrifice herself for her children. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z

“And I’m not saying I agree with that, but after learning what I did about my G’ma, I understood why she never told my dad.” Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

Kabuo was rooted there just as she was, a boy who understood the earth and the working of it and how it was a good thing to live among people one loved. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

But even better than the solid reality of the book in my hand was the gladsome fact that my mother and father at last understood the kind of nourishment I needed to survive. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

He had always felt the danger in his brother, but now he understood that he must never win unless he was prepared to kill Charles. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was pacing back and forth with his palms on his head as if frustrated that he needed to make this speech and, yet, wasn't making himself understood. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

I understood at once why the boys had refused to come. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

This is precisely what Van Riper understood with Red Team. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

It seemed to him that whoever understood this river and its secrets, would understand much more, many secrets, all secrets. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next day I fully understood what Mr. Greene meant when he said things were going to change. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

We understood that the dissolution of Mother’s family was the inauguration of ours. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I caught the highlights of Hugh's broadcast and understood that my first goal was to make him my boyfriend, to trick or blackmail him into making some sort of commitment. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

I finally understood how her life had been destroyed. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Ship Channel, he’d understood, had been fished hard and happily on two consecutive evenings. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He saw she was distraught, and suddenly understood something of what she had been going through while he sat at home with his little portion of shame. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Percy understood firsthand just how much strength that must have taken. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He understood me, and when I was in his presence he did not act like that. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think he would have been considerate and gentle, and have understood what I was wanting from him. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he says them he stares at me, waiting for me to nod or give some sign that I have heard and understood. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I thought this jest low; not least because it merely confused Olakunde, who understood it not, and he delivered some looks of confusion before I reassured him and bade him to ignore Bono’s whimsies. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

As Jefferson had understood from the moment Washington stepped down, the American president must forever after be the head of a political party. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

She had a worried look on her face, and Conor understood that she was worried about him. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

There was a bill of sale in a file in a box somewhere, from what he understood, but that was it. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

He understood that this could not be achieved through racing exploits alone. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

At least that was what I understood from Beatrice the day she came to lunch. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I understood her feelings, the more so because I'd now succumbed myself to what Mr. Pope called "the siren call." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

“One Dover Sole, pound and a half of Halibut, pint of Prawns and a Lobster,” said Mary Poppins, talking so quickly that only somebody used to taking such orders could possibly have understood her. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

It was clear to him that now, finally, the architects understood that Chicago had been serious about its elaborate plans for the fair. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Mom and Dad believed that I'd never found a teacher who truly understood me. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

She turned her long neck and looked right at me, and for the first time I understood the expression “doe-eyed.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

My sentence would go trailing off into nothing, but the meaning would be understood. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Even then I understood the truth of it: that Shawn hated himself far more than I ever could. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Only some people might have understood at first, but the whispers would travel. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then I understood: The brass ball was still stuck in his empty eye socket. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

As he gazed at it suddenly Sam understood, almost with a shock, that this stronghold had been built not to keep enemies out of Mordor, but to keep them in. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

He well understood Gurgi’s terror, for the very sight of the cauldron was enough to make him feel an icy hand clutching his heart. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

There was no need for him to say another word; Harry understood the rest of the plan immediately. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

No, the old maester thought, this is not you, not your way, you were always just, always hard yet never cruel, never, you did not understand mockery, no more than you understood laughter. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She understood which levers to pull inside and outside government to make an impact at the scale I envisioned. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“No one ever understood what I saw, what the Changing did to me! Don’t go back to the real world, Thomas! You don’t. . . want ... to remember!” The Maze Runner 2009-10-21T00:00:00Z

He knew how to speak Esperanto, he understood all the major religions well, but he wasn’t yet an alchemist. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

First, because he wasn’t the type, and second, because he finally understood how fragile she was, how unmoored and untethered, like a shiny balloon floating through the air, no hand to steady her. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

The gist of what he was saying, if I understood him correctly, was that my crime was premeditated. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

The pictures all celebrated women and their bodies, so it wasn't technically about sex as she had understood it up to then. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Then something inside me understood, This is not going to work. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He’d never understood this tendency of his—he knew only that he rarely lived up to expectation, and for this reason had clung so fiercely to his nickname. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“You know, I have never understood that thing I saw. Later on there was something about it in the newspaper. Strongest thing on this earth. Biggest explosion that ever happened—that’s what the newspaper said.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

And though Will didn’t know what that meant, he understood the sense of it, and felt uplifted with pride and purpose. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, Reyna understood why her sister was such a chameleon. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I’d never really understood what half-bloods “smell” like to monsters and satyrs, but I knew that your scent could get you killed. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I understood that my trajectory was unusual, but there was no good reason why it had to be. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

That seemed perfectly normal to me, since I understood very well that people would forget me when I was dead. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

The new tests proved what Thyon already knew—not what he understood or believed, but what he knew, in the way that a man who falls on his face knows the ground. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

That did make her special, she understood, and it bonded her to the engineers at work as strongly as social and charity activities bonded her to the women in her sorority. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Nor had historians translated that term tomean the emergence of a more authentically democratic brand of politics, a translation that Jefferson would have understood dimly, if at all. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

What might happen to it then was first understood only at the end of the 1920s. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

They said they understood if I didn’t want to go. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

I now understood what had been to me a most perplexing difficulty—to wit, the white man’s power to enslave the black man. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 1845-05-01T00:00:00Z

For her and any others who didn't come over, I understood. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“I heard about a globe. A map on a ball. I wasn’t sure I understood it correctly because I couldn’t see how it would fit on a ball. Have you seen one?” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

So that if in the future she ever fell from grace, it would be understood that presidents—even the most despicable—get special treatment. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Harry was ready to bet that the Dursleys hadn’t understood a single word of this. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Then, one night while Mama was rubbing shea butter mixed with hot pepper into Papa’s swollen joints, I overheard a conversation between them, and understood. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even with his mercury-and-jalap cure in hand, Benjamin Rush looked about him and understood that Philadelphia itself might succumb at any moment. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

He was a wise man, and he understood the strong, true purpose in a way that other white men could not. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

She must have looked into our eyes and seen the shining idolatry there and understood that she was trapped. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

What I later understood was that my mother was making a desperate effort to preserve her pride—and ours. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

She would never have understood why he needed more than the money he made selling dry-cleaning equipment. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

From there, Tally finally understood how far up the mountain she’d come since leaving the coast. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I like that—how it’s just understood that I get to hold them. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

At first young Aureliano understood only the risk, the immense possibility of danger that his brother’s adventures implied, and he could not understand the fascination of the object. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

The things I wanted to say to her I couldn’t, for the knot in my throat, but I'm sure she understood. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he was done with the orders Longstreet drew the alignment in the dirt: They all understood. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She understood that as I grew I would have to choose to be my mother’s priest or my father’s son. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

But even more than that, I think, the man understood that words were insufficient. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was understood that I didn’t lie because I was too proud to be caught and forced to admit that I was capable of less than Olympian action. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Marco saying he had done everything for her, a statement she had not understood at the time and forgotten soon after. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I hadn't understood much of what he had said, only that he had spoken with great confidence. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now I understood why the camp was in danger. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Annabeth wasn’t exactly sure what was going on, but she understood that Percy was on the verge of big trouble. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Then she gave them a pointed look they understood to mean, they must like it. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

She treated him much more as an adult and she understood. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

I enjoyed looking at them and making up stories, but I wished I understood what she was reading. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

But I got there ahead of you, little boy—I reached the wand before you could get your hands on it, I understood the truth before you caught up. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I think that it would be easy to tell them if they understood that I’m happy. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

She had thought that she would never be able to talk about Peach with strangers, but the girls in her group understood. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“You swear to Christ in heaven that you have understood not a w'ord of this interchange?” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

With that, Cornelia fled, but Buttercup understood; she knew who “them” was. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

But on that morning in the underground prison, Shin understood nothing. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Maybe if I had been older, or had had my mother longer, or understood Dolores’ frustration more deeply, my response would not have been so violent. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He became so used to their lips that he understood each word they said. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I felt like they were my kids, and for the first time I understood why moms cry at school plays and graduations. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

That was when I first understood, really understood, just how lucky we’d been—Tommy, Ruth, me, all the rest of us. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The empty river should have been a peaceful sight, but instead it drove home something that Kaede hadn’t fully understood until now: The Kingdom would die if the seasons did not change. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

It is, however, generally understood that a party has a pathology, that it is a kind of an individual and that it is likely to be a very perverse individual. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I understood why the cart man walked so slowly. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

What I understood, my philosophy, was based on the New Testament. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

I never understood why my grandmother had a driveway. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

No one devised this grammar, and no one wrote down its rules, but they came to be generally understood for the simple reason that they were based on the paradigm case of geographical discovery. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Now maybe I understood what his real job was. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Finn hadn’t entirely understood what the sign had meant about a “trial and sentencing,” or why anyone would call his mother a criminal. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The sound of pursuit still rang out from behind, but it had lessened, as if even their deranged pursuers understood it was crazy to head into a forest fire. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Galileo’s world and their world had different limits, although they understood each other perfectly. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I don’t think she understood him for a moment. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

She was a regular mortal teenager—not a demigod—but for reasons Jason never understood, the spirit of Delphi had chosen her as its host. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The whole concept of genetic damage by something in the environment is also relatively new, and is little understood except by the geneticists, whose advice is too seldom sought. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

For as long as she could remember, Pearl had understood the hierarchy: her mother’s real work was her art, and whatever paid the bills existed only to make that art possible. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

At first he had not understood the four people at all. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

But now that she understood what they were, she felt calmer. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I loved the way he wrote: While I understood all the words, they still seemed foreign. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I had grown up hearing the word terrorism, but I never really understood what it meant. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

At least, I understood what I was supposed to do and my reflexes were good. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

And Arm understood that when you had ten million people jammed together in a city, you always had a few troublemakers. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t always answer the phone and took hours to reply to text messages from friends, but they understood my schedule was hectic and overwhelming. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Having an advocate on the inside—someone who had gotten to know me and understood my story on a personal level—had obviously helped. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

We hadn’t spoken since the day he nearly shoved me off the roof, but we both understood the importance of maintaining the illusion of having friends. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Now she understood why the children had all stripped off their clothes, dropping them like bright rags on the sandy ground. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a moment she did not think he understood, but then he slid out from under the blankets. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Tonight she had understood for the first time what her aunt had seen in that fierce man to make her cross an ocean at his side. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

In general, I understood that it was better for all of us not to acknowledge the hate or dwell on the risk, even when others felt compelled to bring it up. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Now he understood it and realized that the inward voice had been right, that no teacher could have brought him salvation. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now she saw how the separate news items might connect, and understood what everyone else must know and what the hospital administration was planning for. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I think he understood my motive in offering to teach him the skill, and he wanted very much to learn it. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Beijing’s distaste for North Korean defectors, as enforced by police and border soldiers, is well understood by farmers, factory foremen, and other bosses in China’s northeast provinces. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

He could say he didn’t understand emotions all he wanted, but sometimes it felt like he understood them better than anyone else I knew. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

To show him I understood, I smacked myself. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Sapo understood and a slow smirk began to form on his big lips as he nodded. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

But she understood now, some of it anyway. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

And they immediately understood it for what it was—a signal that they needed to do what was impossible, to go even higher. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

She knew many old-country songs and understood all the wise sayings. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He felt a sudden rush of affection for them all, and out there under the sweet gum tree, within the sound of men tracking a bobcat, he thought he understood Guitar now. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hadn’t understood the awfulness of her mother’s loss. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

The campaign's strategy was to show that he was an honorable, talented man who understood the struggles of ordinary Americans. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

No. Apart from any inclinations of my own, I understood Wemmick’s hint now. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

“But it would be better if she understood why, even so.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Charles liked Gray and thought that in many ways he understood the theory best; Charles called Gray’s reviews good natural theological commentary. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have never understood why men with regular, difficult jobs can sometimes feel an unexplainable dedication to a company, but my atoms have not been together for so many miles. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Tragically, none of the psychologists understood the pain my father put us through. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

After twenty years, maybe they’d gotten used to the idea, but they still understood that it was a horrible fact to learn. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Ugwu had saved them from the study dustbin; the Mathematical Annals were incomprehensible, but at least he had read, if not understood, a few pages of Socialist Review. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He may have misunderstood the biological basis of human heredity—but at least he understood what to do about it. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Winn-Dixie looked up at me while I was telling him everything, and I swear he understood. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Dr. Johnson paused to make sure I understood. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He spoke no English, and Billy and Weary understood no German. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We need that touch from the one we love, almost as much as we need air to breathe. I never understood the importance of touch, his touch...until I couldn’t have it.” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Through what Kaz now understood had been an observation window, he saw another city guard standing in front of an empty table and two overturned chairs. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She didn’t have to wait to be considered an adult for her wants around her body to be acted on; her parents understood how important it was for her well-being. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“I always understood how you could take a man. Now I understand why you can’t keep none.” Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

"You'd see the people from the East pause and take a deep breath," he recalled, "before they crossed the white line because they understood what it meant. Almost everybody did and immediately they were cheered." Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was only one day at lunch, when I saw her hard at work on some kind of list, that I understood why she cared so much. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

I already understood that I should not show the leotard to Dad. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

A weird and horrible new reality had opened up, devouring the world she knew and understood. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The coachman understood first and joined my voice with his, shouting words I’d never heard before. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

She understood why people had to lie and steal and harm one another. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He understood it all before we’d even set foot in the arena. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

For years, she had understood what that would take, and had worked hard to get there. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Claudia understood immediately and began to scoop up bumps she had felt on the bottom of the fountain. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

They all understood the very high stakes of this eleventh game. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

It was like she understood something about me that she’d never quite understood before. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t understood it because, after all, clones were like dogs and cats, and humans loved them. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I understood why she wanted to move on. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

And all the time, her sister had understood. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Briefly he outlined to the lawyer the situation insofar as he understood it, and asked Hirsshorn what his initial and instinctive gut reaction was. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The decisions of the Board of Deacons of the First Congregational Church were understood to be secret until they were announced for the consideration of the full congregation. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

They understood that I had to be away from the places that held the memories of my friend. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Along the way, he’d filled households like ours with a new and profound level of hope and excitement, even if in our hearts we understood that he was a long shot’s long shot. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Ishmael understood that an air of disdain, of contempt for the island and its inhabitants, blew from the knot of out-of-town reporters toward the citizens in the gallery. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Dicey couldn’t hear the words, but she understood the expression of fierce anger on the woman’s face. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Marco must have been studying that dictionary pretty hard, because George understood everything he said. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

Indeed scientific knowledge, properly understood, must be seen to be both constructed and constrained. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The windows were open, and Jo, walking in the garden with Beth, for once understood music better than her sister, for he played the ‘Sonata Pathetique’, and played it as he never did before. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could hear most every word the priest was saying, but that was not to say he understood them. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Up until this point, her brain had only distantly understood that she could be a Pandava. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I understood him so well and was very grateful. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Still feigning death on the ground, he understood. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

To activate widget A, you insert doohickey B into slot C. Or you can delete the you, since it’s understood to be the subject. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could tell by the hard set of my husband’s jaw following these sessions that the situation was worse than most Americans even understood. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Most of them had not understood Blackberry’s discovery of the raft and at once forgot it. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was 1951 in Baltimore, segregation was law, and it was understood that black people didn’t question white people’s professional judgment. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I little understood what I was doing and I do not think I fooled the people of Tongaat. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Chicago men understood the challenge that this soil presented; the New York men, accustomed to bedrock, did not. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The very earliest events in the specification of an embryo—the specification of the body axis, of front and back, and left versus right—were among the last to be understood. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

He could feel where she had come from, and he understood where she would always be. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Hadn’t he understood the power of that, the beauty? Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

With that, he understood what was at stake. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

For the first time, Jess really understood what those words meant. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

She understood everyone’s frenzy—those bags contained literally all they owned in the world. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“When I said that he improved on acquaintance, I did not mean that his mind or his manners were in a state of improvement, but that, from knowing him better, his disposition was better understood.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

They also understood that, beyond keeping the program’s scientists mollified, there were other reasons to think about postwar policy. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Now I personally understood my father and the old mantra—“Either I can beat him or the police.” Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Yours truly, Mrs. Granger Nick remembered Mrs. Granger’s eyes, and now he understood what some of those special looks had meant. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Readers understood that, so, when they came to the crucifixion, they naturally thought, and Rosewater read out loud again: Oh, boy—they sure picked the wrong guy to lynch that time! Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pax understood that she was luring him away from Runt. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

After the owls, of course, the other birds followed, but by then the mystery had been grasped and understood. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

The city’s madams understood this and were known to meet inbound trains with promises of warmth and friendship, saving the important news for later. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Everyone understood the nature of a machine, and the experience of making and using such things had become part of the general consciousness of European man. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

He understood that Farquar somehow knew his body better than he himself did, that there was no need to rear back like a baseball pitcher and bring the whole fist. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

All strength drained out of him, and all of a sudden he understood how alone he had been and how much he had missed his parents’ support. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

But I also understood that this was kind of the point. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Now Marly understood why Mother looked so pleased when they liked the things she made. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

"He stays in the house until I say different, is that understood?" Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Bayona didn’t agree with his country’s TB policy, but he understood its reasoning. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

No one understood why such a fabulous painter had made only thirty-five works of art. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

He knew Mandela had been separated from the few Liberian friends he had who understood exactly what he was going through. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

His voice had slowed down when he spoke this time, so that Carla definitely understood him. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

My eyes were wide-open; I finally understood it now. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I think she understood that I did not want to talk about it. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Maybe Emma hadn’t fully understood before that there were times when Mom was only pretending to look and act and sound optimistic and cheerful? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

But Dad took one look at Cap Anderson and instantly understood my side of the story. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

I was not even sure what he meant, but, for the first time, I had a glimmer of something I had not previously understood: why the others were all so fond of him. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Mom and Dad looked at each other, and Barry understood exactly what they were thinking: There was no way they could get on the highway with Cleo that sick. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

He didn't say any more but we've always been unusually communicative in a reserved way, and I understood that he meant a great deal more than that. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Maybe Athena understood that Annabeth was only saying these things to save her life. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She understood now that her mom wasn’t only securing artifacts for the museum, but also trying to secure their future. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t sure if he understood it or not. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

We went to a furnished room occupied by one of his friends, who understood the situation immediately and got his coat and left us alone. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I nodded to show him I understood what he was saying. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

It sounded like all they did was review her homework assignments for the week to make sure she understood everything. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

On the bicycle ride, Beatrice shared enough bits and pieces of her family’s story with Roy that he understood the difficult situation. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It took even longer before I understood their language of calls and gestures and the way they live in their society. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

The more time I spent at Zanmi Lasante, talking with Farmer as well as staff and patients, the better I understood the challenge of treating the world’s poor. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

But Bridge understood that life didn’t balance anymore. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Before he understood what was happening, something was slipped over each of them, something that muffled his claws. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

The at is understood, so all you need is Where is Silvio? Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the same time, she understood that if he drew on her again, he was going to kill her. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

She revered God and loved Jesus, but she understood why people often turned away from these Two. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t think she ever understood why her genuinely good intentions were sneered at by the media, why there appeared to be a permanent quest on their behalf to bring her down. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

The comment still stung, but I kind of understood now what she meant. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

He understood her when she raged and shook her hips and threw back her head in laughter so furious that it seemed the veins of her neck would burst. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

She understood why the bomb was set off when the firefighters came in and why someone would want to wait to set off another. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“We kept it secret and at first she understood—even said it was romantic and star-crossed. Yeah. Star-crossed. Then one day she said, ‘Let’s make a statement. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

It was what came through the wires that made the light, he finally understood, and he had no idea what that was. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t dare to look at Nehemia, and only hoped her understanding of the common language was still weak enough for her not to have understood. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

"Otherwise you are to talk to no one. Is that understood?" The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Mamma never understood why it made Dimple so livid. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The cell already understood what color hair it was to have, how tall it would become, and even whether it preferred spinach to broccoli. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The novelty of the arguments now pouring forth from the representatives of the Deep South must also be understood in context. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

A pair of beastkeepers watched in confusion before they understood what she was doing and darted away to help other animals. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The camel driver understood what the boy was saying. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I doubt he understood what Annabeth was saying any better than I did, but her tone was making him nervous. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Every driver understood from the day he was hired that his main job, other than driving the bus, was to enforce the Jim Crow rules. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

She loved me, in some mysterious sense I understood without her speaking it. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

A high ringing sound somewhere had grown loud enough so that she heard it, and she understood that it had started humming at the edge of her brain before the ghost appeared. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Percy had never been good at charades, but Hedge nodded like he understood. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Having understood as much, I was rather astonished to find her so very lady-like! But she is really quite the gentlewoman.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

He was the only person there without cuffs on, and when Moss saw the unnatural angle at which his arm bent, he understood why. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

This one understood the nature of pain, and beneath the glory of her features, there was character, and a sure knowledge of suffering. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

L.V. understood the team’s interest, but he also understood the needs of his nephew as well as himself. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I understood already that I’d be measured by a different yardstick. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Though I only vaguely understood what they were talking about, I’d never been afraid to ask dumb questions. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

He understood that in spite of his present title of civil and military leader of the town, Don Apolinar Moscote was once more a figurehead. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

But when I looked at him, I understood. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

At last Sissy made it understood that she was willing to take the child off their hands as soon as it was born. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

At Cambridge University in England, in the forty-five years centered on 1910, the nature of the atom was first understood— partly by shooting pieces of atoms at atoms and watching how they bounce off. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

If Naheed didn’t say something, the whole class was going to start looking this way, and just because they had seen Naheed’s head covering for three years didn’t mean they understood. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

When he reported me the company commander laughed at him and told him he ought to keep his eyes open; he understood Himmelstoss, and apparently was not displeased at his discomfiture. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dear, wretched Frank, who had not understood, who had always thought we were the normal happy married couple we pretended to be. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He understood that for some reason, he was special to Forest. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

For the first time in my life I understood the true purpose of this sort of formal greeting. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I thought I understood the word sisters, but I couldn’t believe my ears. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

For Democritus all of life was to be enjoyed and understood; understanding and enjoyment were the same thing. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would feel—and I understood—their uncertainty about where I stood. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

They embraced in the garden, in view of the passersby and anyone who cared to look, until they came to their senses and understood how dangerous it was. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I understood: we were in a field, not a lake. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

But now, suddenly, I understood what had happened. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Dicey nodded to show she understood, and she thought she did understand what he had said. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alvarez had been willing to sign the oath, but he understood that Lawrence had wildly exceeded his authority; at the time of the Wick confrontation, the regents had still not decided whether to dismiss nonsigners. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

And Luna knew this and understood it, but now she felt that there was another magnetic field and another compass that her grandmother had never told her about. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

The promise of the American Revolution, at least as Madison understood it, was falling into enemy hands. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

She understood, of course, why Pearl would fall for Trip—girls generally did—but what Trip might see in Pearl was another matter. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

But its success is best understood not in terms of its curriculum, its teachers, its resources, or some kind of institutional innovation. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

I was surprised at how much English I actually understood when she spoke more slowly. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

I told Kenny about the feeling, and he hadn’t understood it. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nokomis had told her that the bear must be addressed with the greatest respect, as a treasured relative, that the bear had human qualities and nobody quite understood the bear. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

They understood why—the game was getting out of hand—but they were puzzled, unable to understand how a group of kids who seemed so talented in warm-ups could play so badly. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

He sat in a straight chair by the window with his hands stuffed tight into his pockets, and nodded or smiled to show his guests that he understood. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“The nature of names cannot be described, only experienced and understood.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She understood feeling left out, and she helped me understand it, too. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was then she understood that she had lost him. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one else understood the intricacies of our family and what our parents had to overcome just so we could live in America. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

I told him the story as I understood it, from the newspaper clippings, from the questions my father answered. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

For the first time, she understood Florence Nightingale and her lantern and the bright and shining path. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

He understood the challenge ahead, for he and his colleagues had yet to produce a speck of element 94 detectable even by microscope. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I understood now why the boys hadn’t shown any interest in the watch. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I never really understood the point of this game, but my brother loved it. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

This was a secret truth about the world, one they both understood. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

I don’t know what she thought, I don’t know what she understood, or what she wouldn’t allow herself to understand, I turned around and walked away from her, I didn’t look back, I won’t. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

It came away from the wall easily, and looking closer, he understood why. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

When, months later, Ifemelu had the fight with Blaine, she wondered if Shan had fueled his anger, an anger she never fully understood. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Though he couldn’t understand a word we were saying, he understood that we felt his pain. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I was sad and frustrated—but I also understood. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He understood and could speak English if he wanted to. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ben would have understood what she was feeling without her having to explain it. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Her lips moved as if she were speaking Sophocles’ lines to Sophocles himself, as if, contrary to all intellectual evidence, she understood the literary reasons for their endurance. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He never forgot that, and finally, years later, he understood what it was about white men and Indian women: the disgrace of Indian women who went with them. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I understood he had his reasons, and it shouldn’t have mattered what he’d done in the past, but it did. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

At first only a few random words were clear enough to be understood: “Market...too free to be...obfuscate...” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

He took her, and afterward when that dangerous thing, a woman, was his, he understood how good his brother’s advice had been. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though I understood what they meant, I could not help remembering that we Navajos had already sacrificed a lot. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Double clothing is understood to be both a defense against getting “stuck” and a way of quickly changing your appearance if you stick someone else. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

College was a vague thing, a concept he understood but couldn’t visualize in any concrete way. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Hermes understood what would happen to Luke someday, how he would turn evil. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Even at seven, Bran understood what his brother had done. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Prior to the adoption of this policy, it was generally understood that a tenant could not be evicted unless he or she had some knowledge of or participation in alleged criminal activity. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Will had sensed his family but he had not understood them. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I scowled at the reporter, and he must have understood my irritation. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was understood that the slaves were to remain there until Connelly dismissed them. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

But Grandmother did nothing, either because she hadn’t understood or because she, too, couldn’t make up her mind. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The stranger hadn’t spoken in Yiddish or English, but I had understood him nonetheless. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Her father’s aide understood that sometimes being a patriot meant using any means necessary to persuade people to follow the right path. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

It was only after she had covered another fifty yards that she understood that she was looking at a disembodied human leg. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

It was a language I should’ve understood, being both a musician and Dad’s daughter, but I didn’t. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

From what I later understood, he finally backed away from taking on the responsibility of those eight mouths to feed. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

What Monteverdi’s Venetian audience understood was that this was a satire. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Sarai heard the way he said it, and she understood something. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Then I understood that he had won, and my father had lost. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Nobody in Europe or Asia that I know of ever understood the properties of charcoal in soil.” 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I hated movies and books where people ignored bullets whizzing by their heads and zombies chasing after them so that they could make out, but I finally understood. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I also learned later that he always did the job he was about to do with us new students because he had convinced himself that he understood our language. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I wish I understood it. I’d love to make my puzzler pieces hold together like that.” Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

How much that he had said today was understood? The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I understood now why she had pounded her chest the first day of class. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Mom looked at me and smiled, and for a moment I thought maybe she actually understood. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

“I knew you’d win the moment I met you,” he whispered, and her heart writhed as she understood what lay before them. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Nobody knew the answers to his questions, but they told him of a seer, a wise woman, who understood all dreams. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

It would keep swinging, she understood, after she and her father left the Pantheon, after she had fallen asleep that night. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Having once served in the Merchant Marine, he understood rope and was clever with knots. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

The meeting was an exploratory one and I understood that nothing was going to be resolved that day. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I understood why he was so upset, but I couldn’t explain it to them exactly. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Neighbors, who understood the complications of travel, said goodbye a million times. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know about that, just that I understood there was no point in complaining. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

"I understood you committed her only because of the weight loss. This is news to me." How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

The State also presents Mr. Evans's testimony that he "understood" that Steve was to check out the drugstore to see if it was clear. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought I understood him, but I wasn’t positive, so I pointed at the roses in the vase on the table. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

He understood only about half of what he read. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Almost every time she expresses an idea, or explains herself, she checks whether she is being understood, asking, “Does that make sense?” Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

He did not wholly understand the intricate play of ideas and the complex phrases, but as he read he sensed a strong, true purpose behind the words and he felt that he almost understood. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

This was how Nana understood that an inescapable disaster had occurred. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Nowjust a minute ago I understood you to say that you selected somebody that knew the law better. Now who was that person?” Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

But he understood the stakes of the mission, and he told Hoover, “I am human enough and ambitious enough to want it.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Hobbes was the first serious philosopher of the fact because he understood facts, but he did not trust them. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

My uncle turned toward me to see if I understood his words. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

We all want to be heard, to be understood. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wished she’d understood then what she understood now about motherhood. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

In short, Edward Lee Howard understood exactly what he was up against, and he had been trained—by the CIA no less—to beat the FBI at its own game. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

She understood what I had to do, but that did not make it any easier for her. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I somewhat enjoyed the company of her madness, and certainly I understood it. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since Papá did not know English and Mamá understood only a little, Roberto translated for them. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Discussing the future, when he told her that he wanted to “lend a voice to the voiceless,” she understood his ambitions more clearly. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Markus Wolf understood that, with the Cold War quickly thawing and the spy wars coming to an end, some people might want justice. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

She thought she understood when she saw the flames. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Faizah had now started competing on the national and international circuits as well and understood how devastating a loss could feel. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Kira hurried along, rounded the curve, and understood what he meant. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was not being characteristically diplomatic when he claimed that Madison and Hamilton both understood the issues at stake more fully than he did. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

That no one could have understood that they would be the target of monthly hurricanes pinballing up the Mississippi Alley, gunning for anything that didn’t have the sense to batten down, float, or go underground. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

The thing was, Joe had never had a firm grasp on anything, he had never really understood his own motivations, he had never had an idea where he was going. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I understood where Mr. Ray was coming horn about talking, but at the same time, thank God for text messaging. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He understood that the citizens in the gallery had no warm place to go. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Mary directly understood about a quarter of what Atal was saying, but by questioning and guessing she found out the rest quite accurately; and her own command of the language was increasing all the time. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

As Miss Crofts looked at me to see if I understood, she made a quick dive with her index finger into her waves. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have never understood why, after hearing as much as I did of these kinds of things, I somehow never thought, then, of the black people in Africa. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d never understood how she was the dean of students when she really did not handle conflict well. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

But after five months at Sing Sing, I understood. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Burnham understood that Root was the firm’s artistic engine. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

She would have loved to read aloud to her mother from her own favorite books, but of course she understood why Mo very seldom did so, even now. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

And from the smug look on her face, I was pretty sure she understood how much I liked math, after all. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, I was freaking out about, like, much bigger things. I was having kind of a crisis, and I wanted to reach out to somebody who understood.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Hestia didn’t show you the frill story. Perhaps if you understood ...” The Titan reached out. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He realized he was doing the Morse code for I love you, the way he used to do with his mom, which would have been pretty embarrassing if his friends understood Morse code. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I looked at him and understood that we weren’t just talking about bowls anymore. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

And neither black nor white understood each other’s private worlds. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He understood the psychological pain Boobie was going through, how unimaginably hard it was to sit there and watch someone else perform with brilliance a role that had once been his. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Harry, James wouldn’t have wanted me killed.... James would have understood, Harry...he would have shown me mercy....” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Lana stepped up to them, her eyes showing that she understood how he felt. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Bernabe knew the valley, he understood the people, and in the end he liked his life here, maybe he even had an embarrassing love for it all. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

They understood now that if anyone had been locked away in other sectors of the citadel they would have died within days. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He thanked Singer several times for the night’s lodging, moving his lips carefully so that he was sure to be understood. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

She understood— maybe not exactly where she was or where they were going—but she understood the boundaries of her life, and the tasks that needed doing within those boundaries. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed that whenever someone understood our plight, took a public stand, and made a promise to help us, he signed his death warrant. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted to make sure they understood the stakes. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Before I got vitiligo, I never understood how Mom and Lily spent so long looking at themselves in the mirror. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

"And you love Mister Monday?" said Tristran, seizing on the only thing in all this he was certain he had understood. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

They chattered back and forth and Hazel understood that they were talking about her. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

After all these years our father has never understood that we, his children, tend to gravitate toward the very people he's spent his life warning us about. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

He understood that they were protecting their territory, just like he was trained to do in the military. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

And on that enigmatic note he waved to Harry, who understood himself to be dismissed. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“We need to get going,” he said, and their expressions told him that they understood. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Or more correctly, she spoke each word with such clarity that I was certain a foreigner who didn’t understand English could have understood her. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

And that's what they are because their voices, while muffled, are still capable of being understood. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Gradually, she understood what the man was trying to tell her. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

We could protect our women and daughters from their jungle urges, which Dr. Bertram understood to be a particular fear of southern white men. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

She understood people and she let them be whatever way they needed to be. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

Mornings, he would stand midthigh in the surf and feel he understood its power, that he understood greatness — that he was neither fooled by its easy majesty nor afraid of its violence. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Emma understood him; and as soon as she could recover from the flutter of pleasure, excited by such tender consideration, replied, Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

Competitive gymnastics can be a dangerous sport, and I understood just how important it was to be well-prepared. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t like she was learning a new fact—she had understood it all along in every way except with her brain. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Charming Miss Woodhouse! allow me to interpret this interesting silence. It confesses that you have long understood me.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

Charles was always one to anthropomorphize creatures, seeds, rocks even, and could be overheard talking to them as if they understood. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the 1960s scientists had grown sufficiently frustrated by how little they understood of the Earth’s interior that they decided to try to do something about it. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

He spoke in Asiatic parables that could not always be understood. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She moved with a feline, predatory grace, and I understood why the lion was her sacred animal: It was all about languid power. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

From time to time, he made jokes that nobody understood and chuckled to himself. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I thought I understood what’s happening to her, but this isn’t like being robbed a penny at a time. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

And I never understood why, because I was a kid. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

But now I understood: I was the news. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“We have understood your story about the imprisoned sea creatures in Atlanta. Keto and Phorcys must be stopped. We will send a quest of mer-heroes to defeat them and free their captives. Perhaps Cyrus?” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She was a brand-new Executive, but already understood far more than S.Q. ever would. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I understood that she had the legal right to sell it; what I didn’t understand was— “Why?” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

For reasons that are not well understood, the ability of individuals to sustain and survive a high-voltage shock varies widely. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

For many months he had trained for this, and now he finally understood why Goddard always let the last one go before Rowan could strike, stopping him one blow short of completion. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“You’ve got it easy—you have all your physical functions working properly. You never have to struggle just to be understood. You think you’re smart because you have a medical degree?” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“Stay right behind me,” he said, looking at each of them in turn to get confirmation that they understood. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

But he fully understood the consequences of his landmark experiment: “The problem bristles with implications....This is something that has long been the dream of geneticists.” The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Every man there understood what that meant; they knew how Apollo’s priest had been treated. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Veterans of the Continental Army, like Hamilton and John Marshall, fully understood this essential point. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

That widow woman could have started a school in there, the way I understood it. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But with my bit of Elfian and gestures and laughter, we cobbled together a language understood by all. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

The boy nodded as if he understood, so she put half her provisions into his hands—more than he would need for just one day. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Polly gritted her teeth, slowly repeated everything Teenie had said to Amari, even though she figured the girl had already understood most of it, and headed out of the kitchen and down to the river. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Ekon didn’t move, and slowly she understood that he wasn’t going to. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He understood that the enemy had won and he probably thought about Miguel. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was about to ask why, when I looked up at Half-Blood Hill and understood. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

They understood that the governor’s scheme was just a way for North Carolina to say “maybe” and “someday” when it really meant “no” and “never.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

And the compass, apparently, understood, for the spinning began again. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Hannah understood her embarrassment and didn’t mention it again, but she did try to pass it on. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I keep thinkin, maybe if I understood some science, then the story about my mother and sister wouldn’t scare me so much,” she said. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Nooses, racial slurs, and overt bigotry are widely condemned by people across the political spectrum; they are understood to be remnants of the past, no longer reflective of the prevailing public consensus about race. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Her words were garbled, like she was talking underwater, but I finally understood. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t understood how days could be both long and short at the same time: long to live through, maybe, but so drawn out that they ended up flowing into one another. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

The experience is understood to define the terms of one’s relationship not only to the state but to society at large. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

She understood Jupiter better than his wife did. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had been hearing this song all her life, she had grown up with it, but she had never understood it as well as she understood it now. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

You say what the person is feeling so they feel understood. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

If he sat morosely through the day the mute understood his feelings and was not surprised. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

When I asked Mother why they didn't act like that, she said it was because they were decent human beings, members of the Baptist organization, who understood we were equal. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I’d never thought of my father as the kind of man who understood art. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

I don’t know why, but I really understood why my dad had to leave this house. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Jethro loved Bill far and away beyond his other brothers; his mother understood why. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was always understood that they would go to college, and that their families would help them pay for it. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like everyone in New Orleans, he understood what could happen if a strong hurricane struck. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

But he understood even as a young boy that it was not that they did not love him, rather it was that they often forgot that they did because they loved each other too much. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

No matter how much Mom knew or understood, her plan had failed before she even got off the first block. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Finally, she understood he was asking if she was Surly Wombat. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“No place for .” I could see she understood the word and that was all. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Once upon a time, it was generally understood that the police could not stop and search someone without a warrant unless there was probable cause to believe that the individual was engaged in criminal activity. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

When voters got to see me as a person, they understood that the caricatures were untrue. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I’m wondering how many people in the world would have understood right away what I meant about the word bounce, the way Safer just did. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I understood their impulses, the long years’ privation and hurt out of which they had come to Communism. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was the scary part, that someone understood me. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

In that moment, reading those passages, I understood completely how some of the Lackses could believe, without doubt, that Henrietta had been chosen by the Lord to become an immortal being. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

The mere suggestion of it, I understood now, caused stable, middle-class families to bail preemptively for the suburbs, worried their property values would drop. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

She understood that God was asking her to open her heart to us, and he’d sent that woman as a guardian angel to tell her everything would be okay. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

At seven years old, Yakov wouldn’t have understood the reason for the pogroms or the full magnitude of the destruction. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

In a sense, Adams was saying that he understood the psychological forces driving Jefferson’s escape to Monticello better than Jefferson himself. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

As his raft skimmed over the water, taking him back to the mortal world, he understood a line from the Prophecy better—an oath to keep with a final breath. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

When I thought they understood it all, I got out to walk around the car and Grandpa moved over to the right side behind the wheel. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

He knew them, and understood them and their power. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

I articulated my rage and my fear, along with my faith that with this election Americans understood the true nature of what they were choosing between. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

As he made friends among people who understood and appreciated what he had endured, he gained confidence and began to try to fill gaping holes in his understanding of his homeland. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Not having teeth, I’ve never really understood the fear people seem to have of dentists. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He had not before understood how early in the day one must begin in order to kill, and watch killed, five thousand birds by nightfall. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Nhamo understood that most witches were tolerated, as you might tolerate a bad dog in the neighborhood. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I raised my hand to him to let him know that I had understood. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I took heart in what I thought I understood about the qualities Americans would and wouldn’t tolerate in a leader. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“I understood that there were some very strong objections against the lady.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

The Dutch, whose economy was based on private profit, nevertheless understood that the unrestrained pursuit of profit posed a threat to the nation’s soul. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Newton’s modern biographer, Richard Westfall, concludes that we should regard Newton’s claim to have been surprised by the oblong image cast by the prism ‘as a rhetorical device which is not to be understood literally’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Dad understood a lot of things, but I didn’t think he could really understand what that was like. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

I understood now, at least, that what I had done to her I could never fix. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Amari had understood none of it at the time, but now, perhaps, it was beginning to make just a little sense. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first time I never understood because they went too fast but after I saw the picture three or four times I used to understand what they were saying. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I knew she wanted to be a super architect when she grew up—she loves math and historical buildings and all that—but I hardly understood a word she was saying. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

But as we watched that pirogue drift away across the Kwenge, Mother gripped my hand so tightly I understood I had been chosen. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She felt a fist grip her stomach as she understood. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

It was only when she was gone that I understood I still had one more goodbye. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Mrs. Camels,” by which I presently understood he meant Camilla, “she have five pound fur to buy rushlights to put her in spirits when she wake up in the night.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Although Pax had never seen death, he understood that it awaited him if he did not find food. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Whatever I may have understood or misunderstood in the dragon’s talk, something much deeper stayed with me, became my aura. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

For instance, there is no hint that Linear B was used or understood by any Mycenaean Greek beyond small cadres of palace bureaucrats. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Fortunately, the Fertile Crescent is by far the most intensively studied and best understood part of the globe as regards the rise of agriculture. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Galileo seems to have had absolutely no success in his efforts to convince the philosophers that he understood why bodies float better than they did. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Favell stared at her blankly, as though he had not understood. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

No one understood it, much less shared it. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Peeta had said something of the sort then, but I hadn’t understood what he meant. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The closer they got, the more Otto understood that Mr. Flux had no intention of fighting at a distance. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I was excited because I finally understood and was able to learn. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

By the late 1930s, scientists like Hahn understood that everything in the universe is made up of incredibly tiny particles called atoms. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn't come back for his funeral because I'd made my mind up to never go home again...and because he never understood my need to move away, and took it as a personal affront. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

He paused to let the importance of this be understood. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He repeated it, and the second time I understood. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Inside her, grand castles of comprehension, models of the world as she had understood it, shivered. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

I finally understood what Miss Bell meant when she told me to read for enjoyment. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Apparently, it understood they were in danger, too. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He wondered how much they understood of what was being said. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

So I spoke in a language he understood: "Think of this as a movie, Daoud. The good guys always win, right?" City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

She was trying to stay herself and I understood. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was the one thing I had in common with them, and they understood that. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Alone among them the helmsman understood and cried out that this must be a god and should be set free at once or deadly harm would come to them. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother stared at her a long moment, and for the first time I think she understood the feelings Lily had for Nathan. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

She liked Petra and she understood what it was to be discriminated against. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

My mother was always nervous around police officers, and I never understood why. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Always. When I was growing up, we didn’t have anything, but my mom understood how much school meant to me. She cried when I told her I was going to marry your father.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

The thought crossed his mind that he ought to handle this thing himself, because after all he more or less understood and had sympathy for the situation. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Judges that leaned over the bench and asked Brian if he understood where he was to live and why. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

I saw Hanneli, and no one else, and I understood why. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The crack of impact was shattering, thunderous; it echoed off the mountains — I immediately understood the necessity of the thunderstorm. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

In this scene that I unwillingly played, I understood nothing of my role. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

One morning I awoke and understood the hole in the middle of me. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I understood that he did not wish to see what they would do to me. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still, I am able to be momentarily placated, knowing that this is something my parents might have understood, if they were here right now. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

You have to know how to talk, her mother used to say; Helen understood now what she meant. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

In any event, Cleopatra knew about Berenice’s murdering ways, and she understood that people would do anything to achieve and maintain power. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

“She said something to me once. About our eyes. Hazel- green eyes. I never understood. Was she bad, like Auntie kept saying? Did the cattle kill him—did I let the cattle kill him?” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

He did not have a gun, though; a fact which the pig instinctively understood. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Undoubtedly. Did you see him while you were at Lambton? I thought I understood from the Gardiners that you had.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

When they came for me, I was rehearsing Bach's St. Matthew Passion, but even in German I understood nothing except the language of music. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

But I also understood that something more was required, a bold gesture. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Smith was satisfied that the horse understood the task before him. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Back home in Congo, my parents understood everything, and they taught me. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Oh yes, she knew Elinor—and she understood her rage only too well. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Sitting across from me is my father, and as I look into his worn face it hits me, a truth so powerful I don’t know why I’ve never understood it before. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

But there was no steady progress; they understood from the doctors that this was only waxing and waning. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wondered if people understood that some people have to live their lives sleeping on the ground in camps. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

After receiving the same deployment date as Levy, Wes understood that the only question he was asked that mattered was the last one. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Andrew understood that it was a signal to leave. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I asked again, moving my lips slowly and carefully so I could be sure he understood me: “Do. You. Want. Me. To. Turn. Them. On. For. You?” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Their house helps hardly understood him but were nevertheless very impressed. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I’d never understood why my mom hung out with Quisqueya at all, except that my mom craved friends—any friends—as a way to keep her from feeling lonely here. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Colin had never understood this before, but now thousands of strings were fluttering over and around and past him, and they were both tiny broken beams of light and endless, undulating waves. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

I understood that he would have liked me to have been saddened some by what he had told me. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had never understood the true meaning of this expression until now. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

I bobbed my head as if I understood, though she’d already lost me. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

We both understood what that meant—that she had realised to the full her mother’s death; so we tried what we could to comfort her. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

When he turned and walked away, she understood that she was to follow. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

They all understood that she meant in case there were no more birthdays. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

If so, then he must have misunderstood half and not understood the rest of what I told him by my fireside in the Palace, the night after the Ceremony of the Keystone. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

I stretched my smile even bigger, proud that he understood my rough Spanish. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to tell her I understood about losing people, but I didn’t say anything. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

She always made sure that women understood what to expect when they volunteered for the picket line. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

But there were two people who were smiling: the alchemist, because he had found his perfect disciple, and the chief, because that disciple had understood the glory of God. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes it would pause at three, sometimes two, sometimes five or more, and although she understood nothing of it, she gained a deep calm enjoyment from it, unlike anything she’d known. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Those with eyes had seen it burn and burn, understood that they were on the edge of a desert now. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

What Adams could never quite fathom, and Jefferson understood intuitively, was that the very word “aristocracy” had become an epithet in the political culture of postrevolutionary America. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

He never seemed ill at ease, and even when he did not speak the language, he had ways of making himself understood. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She said yes and that she understood what I meant. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Everybody understood that my head had to stay kinky awhile longer, to grow long enough for Shorty to conk it for me. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

They understood how dogged patience and persistence could pay off. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

She looks up at me, expecting a response, but I just stare at her open-mouthed, because something huge has occurred to me, something I haven’t understood until now. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The less she understood, the more things she did wrong; and the more things she did wrong, the more clouts to the ear she received, and the less she heard. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

The weird thing was that I understood exactly what she was trying to say, and I was right there with her. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know until one dinner, when I finally understood: things were Not Okay. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He had seen a birthday party, with one child singled out and celebrated on his day, so that now he understood the joy of being an individual, special and unique and proud. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Without her saying a word, her parents knew how she felt and this she understood. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

He understood what it was about: whether the thirteen American colonies should stay a part of England or become a country of their own. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

And you understood Wormtail too....You knew there was a bit of regret there, somewhere.... Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

We understood each other, Max and I. Blame wouldn’t bring them back. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Not understood, and not even liked, but even so, just, and better than just. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Malvolio smiled and nodded as if she understood what the heck Mr. Huxley was talking about, even though she didn’t. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Reverend Harris, he explained, was unique: he was a white Thembu, a white man who in his heart loved and understood the Thembu people. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

No man had ever understood him, and the horse now turned against anyone who tried. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Out here she understood how she fitted into the scheme of the moon and stars and the constant rise and fall of life on the earth. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though she stole from me, I understood why. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

But now I understood that it wasn’t me she liked. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

From then on, the boy understood his heart. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ishtar, or her historical doppelgänger, smiled amusedly at me, as if remembering a joke only she understood. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Furthermore, he understood that I wanted to live on my own in the wilderness to test my skills and to learn. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their marriage, she understood after Carl was gone, had largely been about sex. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I’ve never understood those movies that show families up at the crack of dawn, all cheerful because, “Yay, Christmas!” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Reverend Mokitimi, who was also Sotho-speaking, was much admired among students as a modern and enlightened fellow who understood our complaints. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I did not think she or my father understood what the owl’s death meant, and I who shared the mystery with Ultima shuddered at what I would find. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The knight was a powerful man, yet Dany understood in that moment that the maegi was stronger, and crueler, and infinitely more dangerous. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It is well understood by all that the issue is not really the shoelace; the performance was just all wrong, and the actor needs to reset and try it again. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

We understood that we represented the nation and were obligated to step forward and be present when there was tragedy, or hardship, or confusion. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

But listening to Auntie Lin tonight reminds me once again: My mother and I never really understood one another. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was one of the few things that could unite my parents, the thread that mended them: their conviction that no one else here understood Panamá the way they did. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

The images were confusing at first, until she finally understood that she was experiencing the lives of each of the ghosts speaking to her. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Hugo, who hadn’t slept all night, barely understood what his uncle was saying. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

It was only after you that I understood this love, that I understood the grip of my mother’s hand. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Now she understood the hours the baboons spent combing one another’s fur. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She went without the flicker of an eyelash. None of us understood how this could be possible. The executioner said he had never seen anyone meet his end as she did.” Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I was only a beat behind; it took me a second, but I suddenly understood what he was trying to say. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I didn’t catch the woman’s name; I just understood that she was the nurse assigned by the home. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

The crowd greeted this concession with a standing ovation, but Grabarek understood that he had to produce real changes, and quickly. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I was willing to make a sacrifice for the greater good, something you have never understood, not even when we were classmates!” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He understood her well, better than I did who was her mother; in fact, I wonder whether parents ever know their children as they know one another. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I had been born in a much earlier age, no matter how great my dedication, I would not have understood what the stars and planets are. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt like I understood this boy who had lived life from one place to the next. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Their fear of him was its own entity, and Sarai understood why. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Mario and Chester stole a glance at each other, but neither one of them understood Chinese. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I understood why I hadn’t come sooner. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Perhaps it was because he did not have that familiar superiority of English people who thought they understood Africans better than Africans understood themselves and, instead, had an endearing uncertainty about him—almost a shyness. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I may have understood, and even joined her in amazement, if I’d done poorly in her class, but I’d always done really well. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Jinjoo had enjoyed the sweet flavor but understood what the man had said about swallowing. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

The introduction of a new meaning for descrobrir implied a radical shift in perspective and a transformation in how people understood their own actions. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

If only someone had gone before and lived or suffered or died—made it so that it could be understood! Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He heard them both clearly, and he understood what they said. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Yeah, I understood the danger lurking in the soft spots. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I was confused by what he was doing, but then he opened his mouth and I understood. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I quite understood; my only doubt was as to whether any dream could be more terrible than the unnatural, horrible net of gloom and mystery which seemed closing around me. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“I wish I understood it,” she told me as I drove. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

If only he’d bring it up again, I might be able to show him I understood what he meant! The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I understood well what she meant by “trouble.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Regardless of the particular interests of the tenured scholars who worked there, they were understood to represent a community devoted to the larger reverential purpose. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

Words I had not understood, phrases I believed to be the fragments of a poor idiot’s mind. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

As he spoke there was a sort of smile which Elizabeth fancied she understood; he must be supposing her to be thinking of Jane and Netherfield, and she blushed as she answered: Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

Jairo understood as he drove that he needed to stop listening to crazy guys yell at each other on sports radio and start thinking about something that had consequences that were real and important. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Farmer and Jim were, among other things, pragmatists who understood that even with Tom White’s generosity and PIH’s fund-raising efforts, the organization was overextended and sometimes close to being broke. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“I’m a fool. What good would it do if you understood? It would only make things worse.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The word deodorant was not yet understood by over half of the boys. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

As a still-newish associate at Sidley, I understood that the next phase of my career was critical—that my accomplishments would determine whether I made partner or not. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

There was something in his voice that said he understood. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

He nodded like he understood, but I knew he didn’t. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

We were tangled in such knots of resentment we hardly understood them. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He also understood about young men like Lancelot—young men who might still be undergraduates or jet-pilots if they were in England today. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

She understood that he was being eaten up alive because for him freedom was even more important than love, and that there were no magic pills that would make him change his mind. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know that Bunnicula fully understood what was going on, but the sight of the vegetables piled high in the center of the table sent him scurrying in their direction. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

Since the days of slavery, black men have been depicted and understood as criminals, and their criminal “nature” has been among the justifications for every caste system to date. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

That the telescope flourished and the microscope languished is one of the signs that the Scientific Revolution can properly be understood as a revolution—that is, a revolt against a previous order. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I understood, because I didn’t sleep last night either. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

In general, as she understood it, lawyers took a long time to do...whatever it was precisely that they did. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He had a complicated brain and there were things going on back there from time to time that he only dimly understood, so he relied on his instincts, but he was learning all the time. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She spoke in that weird rumbling language, but this time I understood, somewhere in the back of my mind: I come to serve. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

And so she understood how the house must have felt. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Jon wished he understood what they were talking about, and why. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It also reminded me of my wedding, when I had repeated endless Sanskrit verses after the priest, verses I barely understood, which joined me to my wife. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

No one knew or understood the chemical structure of chromatin, but of the two “intimately mixed” components, proteins were vastly more familiar to biologists, vastly more versatile, and vastly more likely to be gene carriers. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

If the world is to be understood, if we are to avoid such logical paradoxes when traveling at high speeds, there are some rules, commandments of Nature, that must be obeyed. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I said that I couldn’t leave you, and he was sad about that but he understood that you were realy important to me. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“She just understood something you didn’t. That it’s not sacrifice if it’s someone else’s life you’re giving away, it’s just evil.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Pocock’s cedar shells and spruce oars were by now understood across America to be unsurpassed for craftsmanship, durability, and, most important, speed on the water. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

It wouldn’t have been so bad if I could have understood what they were saying, but even my finely tuned eavesdropper’s ears couldn’t quite make out what was being said. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Now it was a treat to have company, and sometimes he felt that Frolic understood every word he said. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

We argued for two hours, here in the library, and then I understood. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Nor can artistic developments be fully understood as direct responses to such factors. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He understood—indeed, it was a crucial aspect of the collaboration—that Jefferson’s eventual reentry into the political arena depended upon sustaining the fiction in his mentor’s own mind that it would never happen. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Moody had dared to think it was affectionate, but then he’d heard the word at school and understood what it meant in Shaker slang. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Even Darren knocked on my door, asking if I was okay, but he understood and left me alone. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

She also showed that she understood the important link between women’s rights and the rights of enslaved people. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Tidbit nestled against her, as if he understood her sorrow. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had not understood half of what he said, but they could recognize their master’s voice when they heard it. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although he didn’t know the Bernese dialect, his German was fluent enough to be understood easily, and since it was the U.S. embassy, everybody spoke English anyway. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

But he had suddenly understood that in the whole world there was just one person to whom he could transfer his punishment—one body that he could thrust between himself and the rats. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

But Ocean was a lot more visible than even he knew or understood. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

She looked out of the window and understood, now, how the trees felt. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Amari understood enough English to know that Tidbit was in real trouble. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Anya understood it, someone could spend several lifetimes wandering the lands to the east. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

I understood what the man was going to do. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I think it was more accurate to say that I'd never understood any of my teachers. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

It would be years, too, before I understood that she had always kept my best interests in mind, even if I wouldn’t have agreed with her decisions at the time. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

I told him that what he said only proved how little he understood about me. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He understood it enough to pull another back from it. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

He had to quickly learn to speak standard mainland English to be understood. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Even at that age, I understood my father's concern. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

He staggered through her open door, wrapped her in his flabby arms, and whirled her around and around the room, whooping so incoherently that Sansa understood not a word of it. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The two understood each other at a deep level, and remained good companions. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

I was happy whenever I understood the plot and summarized it, but this was not good enough. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

And I listened, pretending I understood but inside I was afraid she would see that I missed the point completely. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

On the one hand, I understood the fear that people had about sharks, especially a great white. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

It scared me, knowing how well I understood him in that moment. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Why must he waste his days listening to old men speak of things he Only half understood? A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I had heard Julian say this, but had never understood what he meant. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He understood the need to wipe away the signs of the destruction Diana had caused. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

She smiled knowingly, and I believe she understood just what we were thinking—perhaps she was amused at how we puzzled over her simple appearance. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

He had not understood the speech, but he had felt the meaning of some of it from the tone of Max’s voice. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I understood their emotions, for I partly shared them. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wondered if you understood we were leaving forever. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I was aware of it, aware of the way Clayton had said he seemed all right, as if we all understood he wasn’t but would pretend otherwise. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The point which must be clearly understood is that the struggle is not over, and negotiations themselves are a theater of struggle, subject to advances and reverses as any other form of struggle.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d struck too low, and even in my terror I understood that he would always strike too low: he fought by instinct, blind mechanism ages old. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

And as such, we do things a little differently than some people, but I never understood why that was justification for others to be cruel. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

When our powers of rapid cognition go awry, they go awry for a very specific and consistent set of reasons, and those reasons can be identified and understood. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

A “gene for redness,” Beets understood, is a unit of hereditary information, and it is carried from a parent to its children in an indivisible form in DNA—in genes, in chromosomes. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

I was nearly incoherent with panic but eventually he understood. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

It would take some time, but I finally understood that I hadn’t failed at that meet. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He understood now; it was the inquest he had been taken to. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Though I understood and could analyze what was happening, I could not break through. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She understood the words he was saying but thought he must be joking, playing a terrible joke on her and her brother and sister. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

The children of a freedom fighter also learn not to ask their father too many questions, and I could see in their eyes that they understood that something serious was occurring. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Adam said, “He asked you if you understood.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Rather, Sarai became aware that something was softly different, and she understood what it was: She was no longer in multiple places, but just one. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

As we covered each postulate and theorem, it soon became clear that Dorothy actually understood their derivations better than I did. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was here, at a Lagos salon, that the different ranks of imperial femaleness were best understood. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

And Matt understood that what El Patron missed was not the beauty of the stones, but the joy he once took in owning fine things. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

And later, when she understood perfectly all that had happened then, still in her heart she could not accuse him. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Then he thought he understood its deep meaning. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Yet, although the philosophers understood him perfectly well, some of them continued to insist that what he and other astronomers claimed to see couldn’t possibly be there. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

As a result of his sighting of the new star Brahe was convinced that, if the structure of the universe was to be understood, much more accurate measurements must be made. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“You don’t think I understood my own brother? Think you knew Albus better than I did?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Yes. There are many hidden lessons waiting to be seen and heard and felt. They want to be understood. I will reveal them to you.” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

I told him that I understood and accepted his policy. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

But my mother understood that my father was working to give us a better life and we had to be patient while he saved the money for us to join him. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

I understood why Maxim disliked the path and the cove. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I understood and in large part agreed with their arguments, but I wanted to meet with my nephew. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

This capacity, Beadle understood, was due to the presence of enzymes within the cell—proteins that acted as master builders and could synthesize complex biological macromolecules out of basic precursor chemicals. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

It was known that planets were inclined to orbit in a particular kind of oval known as an ellipse–"a very specific and precise curve," to quote Richard Feynman–but it wasn’t understood why. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

He understood more than ever the passion the Gladers felt for finding their way out of the Maze. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

But he understood I was hurting, and this seemed like an opportunity for both of us. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

I said that I trusted Hillary because she understood the demands of the presidency and had the temperament to lead, because she was as qualified as any nominee in history. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Alex, fifteen and the oldest, understood English, but spoke with a thick Burundian accent that, combined with his deepening and sometimes cracking voice, made him hard to understand sometimes. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Digory himself understood at once that the others wouldn’t and couldn’t come in with him. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

I understood that the woman was doing her job. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

But John understood from her tone that the fuss was, possibly, a little greater than the danger—Roy was not, after all, going to die. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

He had understood it all, weighed it all, and it made no difference: all was justified by the ultimate purpose. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Like Riddle, he understood that Seabiscuit had to conquer War Admiral on the track to be deemed his superior in the championship voting and in history. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, Nhamo understood that an agreement had been reached between the doctor and the trader. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She understood why Edward Option had given her the book. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

It was kind of cool talking about science stuff with someone who was actually interested and understood. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I kept secrets about how much I understood of our world. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He was an outspoken man, and he and Dad understood each other. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knew all kinds of secrets, understood the depths of this mysterious new world. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

He understood, but he said we should be careful about what we say and to whom we say it. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“It must be a severe trial to them all. She had understood it was to be delayed till Colonel Campbell’s return.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

I understood now how people die in the White Mountains even in summer. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

He was learning how to match the feeling he had about an object with what was formally understood about its style and background and value. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“Almost no one is allowed into Resthaven, but I made it because I understood what it meant. It’s whole in a way the city never is.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

He looks me straight in the eye to be sure I’ve understood. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

At times I stood about nervously while Herman went through the motions of a biochemist, and on several days I even understood what he said. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Better the car, though, than the house, which he now understood to be Theresa’s house, full of cat odors and cat hairs. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

You understood him....You gave him a way back.... Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I don’t know how much you understood, but probably you understood everything. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

He looked away again immediately but not before I had seen and understood the expression in his eyes. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Suppose that the peoples of the Americas had, in some parallel world, understood the concept of contagion and been prepared to act on it. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

That's one thing my mother was sure that me and Jazz understood. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

At school they were strangers for reasons unclear to him, though at the same time he understood it had to be that way because she was Japanese and he wasn’t. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

What I really wanted to do was to hit the boss, and, I think, the shipping clerk understood that. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Standing in the silent dust, I understood at last what Uri had done and what he had saved me from. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Syllogisms and enthymemes can be understood as units of thought—that is, ways of articulating the relationships between ideas. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

As neither Miss Whitlaw nor Lefty understood one another’s language, everything went smoothly. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pressed, even though I completely understood why she wouldn’t want to tell them something. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

In the jockey’s risky universe, everyone understood that some rider was going to profit from Pollard’s loss. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t understand this, Katherine. I forbade you — you understood it perfectly — to go to that woman’s house.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Then Esteban Trueba understood that this was not the way to get something from his daughter, who had inherited his own stubbornness. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I decided that I didn’t want to be introduced onstage, and they all understood. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

He almost loped, not after the six-foot-three-inch bound of a Stew Boswell, but like a man who understood the true stamp and limit of his gait. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He understood how the faucets in the sink worked. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Carmen followed my gaze and said, “I never understood why we display the ashes of the dead this way.” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

How would I let him see that I understood and that I still respected him, and that I formed no judgment against him for this momentary slip? Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly she understood their strange blank incuriosity, the way their little trotting daemons seemed to be sleepwalking. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

They went round to the other side of the tree, and then Sam understood the click that he had heard. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Now I understood why the nicknames made Miles so upset, and I couldn’t listen to it anymore. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

No mice would disturb her, that was understood. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He is celebrated today as one of Russia’s most brilliant writers. But during his life he was understood by no one, least of all himself. One might say he typified the phrase ‘eccentric genius.’ The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

No, she did not accuse him; but she accused her aunt, and this from the moment she understood that her aunt had loved her mother, but did not love him. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Du Bois understood this dynamic deeply and brought it to life in a way that absolutely fascinated me. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

But he understood, looking at the boy, a little of how it had been with his own father, he felt the need to make some kind of reparation. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

He understood Juno’s plan: Unite the Roman and Greek demigods to create an elite team of heroes, then somehow convince the gods to fight alongside them. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“This time, miraculously, I understood. I decoded their speech. I penetrated the words and understood what was happening inside.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tears of great elation were sparkling in his eyes, and Yossarian leaped right out of bed with an incredulous yelp when he finally understood. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Finally, this chapter responds to skeptics who claim that mass incarceration cannot be understood as a racial caste system because many “get tough on crime” policies are supported by African Americans. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

But modern astrologers have forgotten about the precession of the equinoxes, which Ptolemy understood. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you think they understood what she said about the child?” he asked. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The strain of concentration was beginning to tell on them, and it was not made any better by the fact that they had not understood one single word. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

When Percy explained about the captive sea creatures in the aquarium, she understood why he seemed so upset. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The rate of spread of key developments is especially well understood for Europe, thanks to the many archaeologists at work there. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

She understood with a dread that was like a blinding whack to the side of her head that what she was witnessing was nothing less than a courtship. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

No one had understood it of him, but his wife was everything. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

It was obvious that he didn’t approve of what Brer was going to say next, and after hearing it, I understood why. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He wanted to shout all the answers out, to explain to everyone what he now understood. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

When my brother made his comment, I suddenly understood what it really meant to make that choice for myself, to take ownership over my face. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps, though time is short. As soon as Kronos regroups, he will attack again. Without the element of surprise on our side ...” I understood what he meant. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Blanca and Alba had quickly understood that the children worked much better when they felt loved, and that the only way to communicate with them was through affection. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

And in that split second Nate could see she understood exactly what had happened. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

He was already learning midwifery, and I think my mother understood that he would have been disappointed not to deliver our child himself. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I never understood what Leticia was doing being a Frequent Flyer. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

He understood about Esther, during those nine days: that she considered his fear and trembling fanciful and childish, a way of making life more complicated than it need be. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

I could tell she understood what I meant. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But of course Kainene understood what she meant and had simply chosen to misunderstand. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The ‘sane’ murderer is thought of as acting upon rational motives that can be understood, though condemned, and the ‘insane’ one as being driven by irrational senseless motives. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

After that, as products of very different backgrounds they were continually scared stiff of hurting each other’s feelings; hence they understood and tolerated their respective foibles almost to the point of obsequiousness. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I understood Hebrew well enough to read it, but I had always struggled with actually interpreting the passages. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The gill’s blue eyes stared into mine, and I understood what the Golden Fleece quest had been about. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Most people might think that at age three I was too young to know what it meant to be placed into foster care, but the truth is I understood everything. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Uncle Katsuhisa said that it might seem sad to kill them, but eventually, we would learn to be kind of like farm kids—farm kids understood the meaning of death. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

He also understood that I didn’t want anyone to know where I was, because I would undoubtedly be shipped home. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Fela understood, except she thought I was trying to strike a deal with the evil one. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

If we didn’t bring home all A’s on our report cards it was understood we’d receive some sort of punishment. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Suddenly Shirley understood why her father had brought her ten thousand miles to live among strangers. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

He was what we all wanted to be like, the Latin professional whom the Anglos feared because he was just as treacherous, just as devious, and he understood power. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

I told them both I wanted them as friends, and they both said they understood—it was too soon after Papa’s death. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you know why you understood what I asked you to do?” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He had assumed that Ned understood at least that much about business. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

There was still a great deal that wasn’t known or understood. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

I turn on a little charm, and all is understood. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

And before she knew who and before she knew how, Minya grasped the full ramifications of Lazlo’s existence, and understood that this changed everything. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I knew the updates were coming from David Simas, Barack’s political adviser, who was monitoring returns from the West Wing and who understood the precise county-by-county algebra of the electoral map. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

She was not vain, but she understood that she was fading. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Even more palpably, the fullest expression of his best energies always occurred when the long-term public interest, as he understood it, clashed with the political imperatives of the moment. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Nhamo noticed that some trees were hardly touched, and when she tasted the fruit she understood why. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s dawning on me that I live among men and women who’ve simply always understood their whole existence is worth less than a banana to most white people. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I totally understood why she felt like that, and at the same time I could see the point he was trying to make by sinking the Coral Queen. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

And, suddenly, I understood what Mother meant by the word imagine. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

By then I understood how it was with roosters and hens, of course, and cows and dogs and cats. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The only point that everyone understood and agreed upon was that it was too risky to go back to the beach for the explosives. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

Julius backed away, calling them, beckoning in the special way that Boots understood. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

For the first time in my life I knew that Sam was wrong about something; I knew that I understood something better than he did. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He understood at once, recoiling in pain from the realization and shaking his head with a protesting and imploring grimace, that Nately was dead. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Something is not understood: the robbers and their strange commands, the lady and her gyrations, the tricks she’s compelled to perform, like a trained dog. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He smiled at me as if he knew me and understood why I was there. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Most were happy enough with what they understood of their liminal existence and did not seek help from seers. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

He put up with her sloppiness; she understood his need for long hours at work. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Neither the babies nor Katie understood what it was all about. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he touched his hand to a sore spot on his forehead, his fingers turned gooey with blood, and he understood. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“I soon began, and have been writing Upon that Subject ever since. I have been so unfortunate as never to make myself understood.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Ophie knew that colored folks had not always been free, and she understood that her work for the Carutherses resonated within the same patterns of history, even if she was paid a modest wage. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Mama smiled up at me, and suddenly I understood. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

I told him I understood, and as soon as it was dark, he could be on his way. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you need to leave, the guard will call for an escort. No one goes wandering off without a guide, understood?” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

For just a minute, she understood everything in the whole world. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

I think I understood then what Ultima said about things changing, I knew that I would never see them in that beauty of early-morning, bright-sunlight again. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I understood at those times what I was leaving behind: the solidarity of a shared biology. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I asked my dad once, and he said that the people that lived around his neighborhood understood that some things had nothing to do with the police. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I understand perfectly, sugah. And in his own way, I think your father would have understood.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had understood, as soon as he heard about the illegal irrigation, that you could not just waltz over and kick out Joe’s headgate or post a sign ordering him to cease and desist. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

That weapon was unnecessary now, as both Jefferson and Madison understood, because the superior organization of the Republicans at the state level virtually assured their victory in the looming presidential election. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Can a marriage really be understood in one sitting? Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“But not only are they skeptical to begin with, Number Two and I—and a few of the other assistants—-are the only people who have understood him.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I understood that I was more active than many candidates’ spouses, which made me more of a target for attacks. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I felt relieved; at least that part of his life was as I had understood it to be. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Sven had wanted to prove a point, she understood, and understood only because of that day she had come within a fingertip of touching the wall at Endovier. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Just how alone and how strange none of us really understood at first; yet in a way we sensed it from the beginning. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t really understood what Clancy had been trying to tell me that night, not until right then, when Liam looked up and his eyes met mine. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“I figured you might need some time. But this is absurd. A week’s gone and ... Well, then, as of tomorrow morning I expect you to start behaving like a wife. Fahmidi? Is that understood?” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Now Pong understood what sad, cruel words they were. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Soon I understood why the train car had smelled so bad, and would only smell worse before this ordeal was through. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Mama never understood that we were really at war and that her life was in danger.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Gradually I understood that I must have been standing there with her for some time. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“What good can come of this? How can I make any sense of her for you when I have never understood the least piece of her myself?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He didn’t understand why he was thanking the pastor, but he understood his mother was mad and embarrassed and would blame his blues harp for his rudeness. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

She had often thought it a little silly, the idea of suffering for love, but now she understood. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

And though Charlie has not understood what passed between them, he is afraid and sinks beneath the covers, eyes open, trying to pierce the darkness that surrounds him. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Their parents were in charge, and they understood how things worked. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I understood it wasn’t always easy for them to get away. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

She heard the shrill voices of the boys and suddenly she nodded her head as if she understood. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew I could have tried to comfort her, perhaps telling her how John Kim was probably just as hurt as she was and that his silence was more complicated than she presently understood. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mesoamerican cultures understood all this, and realized that by citing dates with both calendars they were able to identify every day in this fifiy-two-year period uniquely. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Harry did not laugh at Ron, because he understood too well the longing behind the question. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I don’t know if any of us really understood his dad’s poem. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

It was understood that life involved dangers, but that lads learned how to handle themselves. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I barely understood what he was telling me, but the inflection of his voice soothed me. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

If the person who spoke to him was a stranger, Singer presented his card so that his silence would be understood. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Generose hadn’t understood that they had reached their final destination, that the empty apartment where they had spent the night and where they were now gathered was where they would live. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Ida Wells-Barnett understood that “eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.” A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Perhaps if he had told Susan about Kainene, she would have used that tone to tell him that she quite understood his need to experiment with a black woman. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Luma understood she was dealing with a group of boys with little self-esteem to spare. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

I have always understood that’s why I have been so frequently called “a revolutionist.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The two girls looked at each other and understood all that was not said. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I wanted to come home,” León said patiently, he understood his brother’s mood. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now she understood what the popping sounds were. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Still, Shin understood that he was only welcome in the farmer’s house because he was cheap labor. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

To be honest, I don’t know what I understood then. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“By ‘a fever of a hundred and four,’ you understood I meant Fahrenheit, right? Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

For the first time in his life, he understood what it was like to drown. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Uncle Martin was the sort of person who understood things. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

But Lou Anne, she understood the point of the book before she ever read it. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I understood that no future could hold them; no destiny could tolerate him and her. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I understood, but I still missed him, still thought maybe I was missing my last chance to see him, to say good-bye or whatever. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

At that moment I understood why Dr. King had encouraged us to sing. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I understood people talked about other people—I was guilty of it myself—but how could they say such things when I was right there? Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I had silently feared St. John till now, because I had not understood him. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

The owner of Microbiological Associates —a military man named Samuel Reader—knew nothing about science, but his business partner, Monroe Vincent, was a researcher who understood the potential market for cells. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I understood his particular style of greeting, by now: He’d buzz me into the Cave, leaving the door ajar. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She understood him when he spoke of history, or of politics—though she claimed to loathe the subject—and even had a great deal to say about the theater. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He understood my desire to have at least one year of college where I could focus on something besides fencing and my classes. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“Besides, I’m sure she understood why it was hard for you.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

He understood what I went through previously, but I was worried that we were not ready. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

They understood that she could wax and wane for a long time. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fuller understood that there are two routes to power in America—money and people—and dollars were in short supply in the neighborhoods he was trying to organize. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was then that I understood why he was so quiet all the time. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I understood little of her stories because her voice was faint and she froze in fear if I asked her to repeat anything. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

At last, Dicey understood what James was driving at. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I guess I hadn’t understood what it meant to be a whiz-bang. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Despite their desperate hopes that the money would help them forget you, they soon understood no amount of riches could fill the hole you’d left in their lives. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

And who but my mother could’ve understood the magnitude of driving me to junior cheerleader tryouts? The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I understood why you had to hunt pigs early in the day when they were active. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

And Martin responded as if he totally understood, like he didn't know anything different—as if he was just like me. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

So I sat at the wooden worktable in the back of Ben’s wagon and chafed at wasting the day listening to him lecture me about things I already understood. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It was the central thing; it was the way you understood yourself; if it never happened to you, not ever, you would be like a mutant, a creature from outer space. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whether or not they understood the meaning of “loud clamor,” they didn’t dare be making one now. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sang and talked to herself, playing and pretending while she ate, and I couldn’t tell how much she understood about what had just happened. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Joseph Hooper thought, if he were older, I could deal with him, if he were older and different, all could be understood and explained away by his adolescence. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Perhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be understood. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

And it was more than a year before I understood what should have been immediately apparent: that my mother had not confronted my father, and my father had not confronted Shawn. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

It’s understood that Colonel Porter will need a room, too. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

But there was another part of me that understood why he might’ve been looking for answers. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

His trips to South Beach, he understood now, were as much for his own heart as they were for hers; he had fooled himself for years into thinking otherwise. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Gan mao — to catch cold — was one Chinese phrase they understood completely. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I'm not completely in the dark, yet I understood only half of what this woman was saying. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Other than Jalil, she thought there was no one in the world who understood her better than her old tutor. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Time information, which includes rhythm, tempo and meter, timbre, meaning, and emotion is less understood. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

I like to think that knowing might have kept me from endangering you, that having understood and acknowledged the anger, I could control it. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

I don’t think I really understood how different Auggie was from everyone else until I was four years old. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t sure I understood the Senor any more than I understood Archie half the time, hut I said nothing, and I went home. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Luke stared at Coach O for a second before he understood he was talking about the match with Lowry. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The photographer understood me without needing a translation. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

She said she understood he could not always keep his schedule, but if he had tried harder he could certainly have done a lot better. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I wish your father were here. He understood things about you that I can’t get to understand.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I understood now why she had entrusted me with so much money. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

It would be many years before I would understand what leaving that day had cost him, and how little he had understood about where he was going. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Ah, my girl, we always understood each other. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“He’s always been able to hear God’s voice. I haven’t understood everything your father’s done, but I trust that God’s willed it.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

I know it felt woefully inadequate, but I knew he understood. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Maybe they knew I never really understood why all this money should go to a home for apes when people all over Congo were dying in poverty. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Siddhartha understood that the spoilt and grieving boy could not suddenly be content in a strange and poor place. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it seemed to Jane and Michael that she did not mind, for she smiled as though she and the wind understood each other. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

And while Luke understood why, he still stood there dumbly for a few seconds, nodding. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Tanner opened with a real quiet, concerned voice, so I’d know how sensitive he was to my situation, how he understood this was a “heavy” time for me. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He understood that Leader was referring to Kira but the blind man’s daughter was older than he. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

I hadn't understood how much my mother did to keep the house running until Seema and I tried to fill her shoes. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Applied biology,” as the Nazis understood it, was really applied genetics. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Ivy never understood what her mom was talking about and still didn’t. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“You never understood. Dothraki do not buy and sell. They give gifts and receive them. If you had waited ...” I did wait. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Then Hanako understood: That was the way war was—things just became gone. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Not that men like these two understood that. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He spoke in a careful combination of languages that was understood by everyone present. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

From what little he had heard and from their gestures, he understood that they intended to tear up his display. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then he understood, and almost wept at the irony. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Although Dad made his living by redesigning complicated machinery, so as to reduce the number of human motions required to operate it, he never really understood the mechanical intricacies of our automobile. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

In 1651 Pascal reacted with horror to the suggestion that he had tried to pass Torricelli’s experiment off as his own: everyone understood, he insisted, that this would be the scholarly equivalent of theft. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Sasha also suspected that not everyone understood what the story was all about. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I don’t think she ever understood what happened. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was kill or be killed in my house, and Mommy understood that, in fact created the system. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She complained about his speeding, threatened to fire him for being late again, asked him to repeat her instructions to make sure he had understood. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

When I arrived at the hotel, I understood what she meant. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Once people understood what Sister Ignatia had done, there were calls for her imprisonment, but with every moment, the life that had been so extended in both women dwindled, bit by bit. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

He understood Arthur now, he thought; he’d like to have a gun himself. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why wouldn’t I, he must have thought—I understood his loss, and he had understood mine. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

But I understood that school was there for the children. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But only Matt understood what had really happened to him. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kepler knew there were no crystalline spheres in the heavens, and so he understood that the planets were moving through empty space on what he called an ‘orbit’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I understood too well what it was like to feel like you were defined by one superficial thing—to feel like you would never escape the box people had put you in. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

And I myself was understood to have gone for a long walk. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Harmony was something he understood as a musician. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Haupt's family understood that he "was working for the German government in some capacity." Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

I understood being a man as having some kind of power. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

For a moment I thought I hadn’t understood him. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I understood by now that there was no straightforward way to arrange playdates at the White House or outings for the kids, but slowly we were figuring out a system. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

It’s understood that we would all do this without hesitation. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

He thought he understood his powers at last. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“No one ever understood what I saw, what the Changing did to me! Don’t go back to the real world, Thomas! You don’t . . . want ... to remember!” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Everything was understood between them, and it always would be. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

If we didn’t ask a question, she assumed we understood the material and kept going. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

As they became better understood it was necessary to introduce subdivisions. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

"Is that what you really think? Du Barry doesn't like me. Never has. She's never understood what I have to offer," I say, searching Amber's face for traces of my friend. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

That might have made those who were envious of him feel better, but I doubted that they understood Farmer. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

She’d also understood that the only thing our girl could do, that day and every day after it, was get back on the court and hit another ball. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Being a people of close family ties and weekly fiestas they suddenly understood the situation. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He understood it was too big a step for me at the moment. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He understood that he didn’t understand, and that was the most important thing of all. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

She said this in a pragmatic, almost indifferent, tone, and Mariam understood that this was a woman far past outrage. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Dorian’s Eyllwe was just competent enough that he understood the gist of it to be: “His Highness certainly knows how to keep women entertained.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

By the time he understood his part in History’s Plans, it was too late to retrace his steps. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She thought about Momma, and it seemed to her that she almost understood why all of this had happened to them, to the Tillermans, all this sadness and running away. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

She understood what her parents were telling her, but she didn’t see why they had to come all the way to New York City to show it. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

I never understood my body—was it scared or excited? Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

When we discussed the readings in class, I was surprised to find out that I had not really understood what I read. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

The boys showing off for Hazel and razzing each other—that she understood. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

In the final glance they exchanged, Esteban understood that she had accepted him. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had never occurred to Jesse that parents were meant to be understood .any more than the safe at the Millsburg First National was sitting around begging him to crack it. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

But it didn’t matter if they understood or not. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, the food stayed where she put it until it was cleared away by the servants, but Aurelia understood that the gods didn’t need real food, only its spiritual essence. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

I suddenly understood how he had known so much about her—this was the same woman who had captured him before. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He had never known just how much Antonapoulos understood and what he was thinking. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

She, after all, was the only one who really understood why Eva refused to attend Sula’s funeral. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

After several tries, though, she understood and brought it to me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

After seeing the tree cutters and their equipment, I understood. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I never understood how the Senor managed to convey a sense of dignity, majesty even, considering his stick-rickety, see-through skeleton and the ridiculous, leathery crumple of hide about his foot, his fallen britches. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

A crestfallen Hawkins assured King that he understood. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Ride you, ride you? Run you, run you?” asked the roach, and Gregor understood it was offering him a lift. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

That was when I understood the depth of the pain I had caused, the blackness of the grief I had brought onto everyone, that not even Ali’s paralyzed face could mask his sorrow. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The silences between them were pleasant and understood. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I understood, he was asleep for much of the time, and indeed, I found him so on the few occasions I had a spare moment to ascend to that little attic room. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was then that I first understood the cliche of feeling the cold in one’s bones. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man spoke, but of course she understood nothing. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

But he understood nothing of what she said, having little English. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not from fear or anger, but just to tell her that she understood...that she was there. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Seems as though they understood something the Granger administration doesn’t.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Then if I—if all of us—moved unerringly toward the proper door, he would know we understood the sign. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

They checked the bus for reasons nobody understood. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“I do not think I understood at first how many other people would become involved in our challenge.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Even after Papa’s hand grew cold, and Carmen understood that some things get taken away, no matter how hard you try to hold on to them. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

So I was not so much forgiven as I was understood. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

As if it understood, the spider crawled away and into the heart of the woodpile. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The human computers crunching all of those numbers—now that the astronauts understood. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Now she understood what her mother had meant about gossip cutting like a knife. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Whether the children understood her exact meaning was unknown, but the general tone of her words seemed to have gotten across, for there was no more howling. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

It was always the pigs who put forward the resolutions.The other animals understood how to vote, but could never think of any resolutions of their own. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Mamá understood and calmed him down every time. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Yet he understood what the old man had meant, about the pain of choosing; he understood that all too well. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Now I understood just how right he was. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Although they said they understood, they were clearly anguished about getting legal assistance while other men faced looming executions. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“I would have understood had I sat on any seat.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was odd, being in the bubble, and not a feeling I particularly enjoyed, but I also understood it was for the best. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Piper should have understood what was happening sooner, but she’d spent most of her life in Southern California with no major changes of season. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“General, I understood General Lee to say that the enemy would be up on the ridge back there and we would attack across the road and up the ridge.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even she, who knew nothing of military strategy or journalistic convention, understood a euphemism for retreat. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

But the man who had slain gods had also slain their babies, and Lazlo understood now what it was he’d feared to find in the citadel. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Rocky understood what he had to do to win in the white outside world. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The virus was hitting families selectively, but no one understood this because the flow of news coming from upriver was being choked off. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the time, no one understood what he had in mind. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Mother understood my anxiety and went with me. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

But he understood at last what Dumbledore had been trying to tell him. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Fifteen yards from the drove Jack stopped, and his arm, straightening, pointed at the sow. he looked round in inquiry to make sure that everyone understood and the other boys nodded at him. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

He always acted like he understood her, just because he had changed his name to Krishna Blue at the age of seventeen. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Tuesday night, most of what I thought I understood a y about myself had turned out to be wrong. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

As they sat in Farmer’s office, she said she understood the clinic’s message about germs and disease but still couldn’t escape the conclusion that sorcery had played a hand in her dead son’s fate. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

She’s a little stunned, because he seems to have understood something about her, the actual her. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I told Mrs. Liebow, my English teacher, and she said that it was what separated heroes from humans, the not giving in, and I hadn’t understood that. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She saw his gesture and understood it and her mouth hardened. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I understood perfectly well that I was being followed. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The vault in question was empty at the time,” snapped the goblin, and Harry understood that even though Griphook had left Gringotts, he was offended at the idea of its defenses being breached. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

She was afraid she finally understood what it all meant. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

At that moment, I believe Jerome understood that a tremendous struggle was going on inside me. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Fidler acknowledged that the fires could be “very dangerous” but understood their purpose. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t much good to begin with, but I felt I understood what I had to do to get the bowl where it needed to go, at least in theory. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

His mind spun until he understood who it had to be: one of Storch’s men! I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

He understood Boobie for what he was, a kid who had been through so much in his life that just to be standing in one piece was a terrific accomplishment. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everybody understood that it was a word imported from the law courts, and with it came an established set of standards for judging the reliability of testimony. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The basic principles involved had been described by Euclid and were well understood in the Middle Ages. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The Corporal knew the Hessians understood no English—Jonathan had told him. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s mine,” she said, nearly under her breath, but Moss heard it, understood what this meant to her. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Matt understood something of the process from his science classes. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

An interstellar message, intended to be understood by an emerging civilization, should be easy to decode. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Neither understood, but they tapped their chests with the words and then it became clear. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t bear to watch them trying to understand what couldn’t be understood, or accept what couldn’t be accepted. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I thought she was talking to me like she understood how I felt to be left out. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

My mentors in these matters were not lazy; they just understood that there are few or no rewards for heroic performance. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now she understood why the Uncle had been so insistent on killing Beefy. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to impose, I don’t know if the Persian understood or not when I shook my head and smiled, meaning “No, thanks.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I've had so many occasions of thinking I almost understood something only to realize I didn't understand anything at all. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He gave him a short nod, like he understood. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

We already understood what was now dawning on my father: Methuselah could betray our secrets. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I understood that grief and love were close cousins, for from his loss Hamlet finally spoke the words I had longed to hear. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

White workers understood the lure of the Klan and a majority of black workers, believing in redemption, accepted C.P.’s change. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

That was the kind of talk we understood. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

She nodded solemnly, like she understood the gravity of this moment. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

So he had noticed, and understood, the “Why her?” looks. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

According to Dennis Overbye in Lonely Hearts of the Cosmos, neither Penzias nor Wilson altogether understood the significance of what they had found until they read about it in the New York Times. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

He started up in a great fright, but he found that he understood what two birds on his windowsill were saying to each other. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

But she could not talk to her husband, and had never understood the reason for this. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I...I don’t want to leave. I like it here, I do. But I would also like to understand. Maybe if I understood better I could be more helpful.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Jacob looked at them, hard, and then, like a flash of lightning illuminating the sky, he understood. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

I put on my best “I’m sorry” face, hoping he understood. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

But I understood Hall’s rationale, so I kept a tight lid on my anger. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

But when we got the photo back, I understood how special it was. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Race plays a major role—indeed, a defining role—in the current system, but not because of what is commonly understood as old-fashioned, hostile bigotry. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

He understood and loved children and they worshipped him. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

But acts of small heroism are admired, not understood in all their vague complexities, but at least admired. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Singer never knew just how much his friend understood of all the things he told him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Was this “getting to know someone”? How little she’d understood the joy of it! Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps the aging prospector understood the futility of trying to contain a torrential boy within the confines of a small town. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

A long time would have to pass—several months, in fact—before I understood that the soldier had told the truth. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Almost all of the people in the world who understood the meaning of Ebola virus were sitting around a long table. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The way I heard it I understood her to mean the ‘trace’ they disappeared without was me. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to punch him, but I met my mom’s eyes and I understood she was offering me a deal: be nice to Gabe for a little while. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t have understood at the time that the signs were symbolic— and symptomatic—of deeper issues within our society. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Hearing the reverence of Eril-Fane’s tone, he understood that it was a holy text. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Now Milkman understood that if the child’s finger pointed at nobody, missed, they started up again. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Watching this girl across the fire taunt and tease him, Nailer suddenly had the feeling that he understood. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“No, of course I—” I was so committed to refuting him that I had half-denied the charge before I understood it; now my eyes swung back to his face. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t until later in life that she understood why it was so important to my father that Watende be a part of me. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Sarai understood her perfectly—that she had only to ask for her lull to be restored to her and Minya would see it done. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

She hadn't quite understood everything she'd heard, and now it was all mixed up in her head. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

No one really understood what I was feeling. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

He understood that she was sorry for him because he was always worried. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“I’ve been afraid of this. Zella brought me a copy of the Endangered Species Act not long ago. I should have told you about it, but I thought the conservation officer understood your needs.” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Will understood him, felt him, sensed him, recognized him. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The doctor reassured her that he himself was a refugee and understood the plight of parents during war. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

Bunderson didn’t yet know the neuroscience, but he understood the risk: If an activity was inherently distracting, then it could be seen as inherently negligent. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I understood what it was like to merge your energy with the mob’s and to absorb theirs as well. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Calixte had not been wrong in calling Lazlo naïve, but even as remote as such things as lovers were to him, he understood the smile, and the warm tone of her voice. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

It let them know that, regardless of my school affiliation, I still understood. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Thank the gods, he understood what I needed. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

She understood, she wrote, that they were only children; she knew children were often foolish. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Watching Maya talk about Claire now, he understood what Mark meant. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

For once in my life, I understood my father perfectly. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

It was years later that I remem-bered and understood what that outing must have been for them. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

The old soldier waved his arm, and Jonathan understood him to mean that he should continue. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was unlike Katz not to fall upon soft drinks and junk food with exuberant lust when the opportunity presented itself, but I believe I understood. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t think anyone understood as well as I did how badly Lynn had longed to walk along the water the way my family and I did that New Year’s Day. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

It was summer, and tryouts were two months away, but the coach, Kanue learned, would let kids join summer practice so long as they understood that they weren’t guaranteed a spot on the roster. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

“I am a simple girl. No one ever understood it except you.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

I did not know that night how little I understood the political party to which I had belonged. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

It felt enough like truth for me not to mind that he had only half understood me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

You understood that it was better to ride a black horse and dress in black like a personification of evil, so as not to be scoped by a gunman in the night. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Gino was a patriot, so he said things that separated us sometimes, but he was also a fine boy and 1 understood his being a patriot. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

His weakness she understood, and his terror, and even his bloody end. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Not sure where to go, they decided they’d pay a visit to the president of the United States, whom they understood to live somewhere upriver. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Hercules dined alone, but he understood that Admetus must as a matter of form attend the funeral and the fact did not stand in the way of his enjoying himself. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

But she also understood that Reggie might not feel that way, that he might be carrying a heavy weight of feeling like he’d let down himself and his family and his community. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Because he looked at me as though he did, not as though he pitied me, but as though he understood me, as though I was someone he wanted to help. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each carried a quiet defeat in their hunched shoulders and downcast eyes that Koffi hated but understood. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I just remember Addie’s dad squatting down in front of me and asking me if I understood that my mom had died, and me saying yes, and then asking when was she coming home. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

That's the first time I understood why folks call them that! Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

And they had understood each other perfectly well. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

And again Harry understood without having to think. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Our district is the most fertile in all Malawi, often called the “breadbasket” of the country, and Banda understood what was required to work the soil. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

As usual, the moment she spoke in the language of Olympus, I somehow understood it. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

The others understood too when Tariq straightened up, standing on one leg. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

But I understood it would not accomplish anything. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The moment I enter the courtroom it is understood that I am the most audacious and beautiful woman in the world. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

For the first time, I understood that he really might not be coming home. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

When she had gone, Lady Nym said, “I know she loved our father well, but it is plain she never understood him.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

By now we understood enough about politics and polling to take nothing for granted. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Nobody, of course, understood this better than astronaut John Glenn. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

“Being understood is a fundamental human need,” Dr. Legs said. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Szilard and Wigner, who had left the initial meeting confident that the urgency of research was understood at the highest levels of government, now came face-to-face with the natural sluggishness of the bureaucratic process. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

From a very early age, I understood enough, just enough about my classroom experiences to keep what I knew repressed, hidden beneath layers of embarrassment. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

This time, however, I found Herman could be understood. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

She didn’t believe Sarah understood how she wanted dinner prepared until I went down, got Sarah, and brought her back with me to receive instructions. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

It was understood that he would proceed unless and until an order came from the White House to stand down. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

For these poor, ignorant white girls to have understood my life would have meant nothing short of a vast revolution in theirs. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nevertheless, he understood: this was work, and it was hard, but they were equal to it, all of them. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

True, when it rained and the whole boat became a rain catcher, he understood where the water came from. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Clara understood that there was no point in asking any questions. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wondered this, at that particular moment, because something beyond anything I have ever understood drove Mable Jones to an exceptional life. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

I’d never understood the size of my father’s task in the world. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Anya understood why Lena had turned Håkon into a human, but why had she made him look so much like the princess? Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

He told the crowd that the demonstrations had "accomplished their intended purpose” and that whites now understood "the seriousness and sincerity” of black resolve. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

He could not know any of this, would probably not understand it any better than I understood what I was seeing with Gretchen. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

But you know, in Oklahoma, after the hundredth time I rode bus 209 and got cut with something or BrandonGoff ripped my hair out, I understood it. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

The girl understood, and a brilliant smile spread over her delicate features. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I was speaking slowly, because I wanted to make sure I understood the implications of what Mom had just told me. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Aunt Rose had said as much, but Ophie had not quite understood what it meant for a person to be haunted. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I didn’t speak it very well even though I understood most things. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

As if the dog understood, she jumped off the bed and sat at Nehemia’s feet. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I just knew she never would have understood him, or that crowd. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

There, standing before the golden pigeon, the odor of gunsmoke came to him, and he understood that his father was a shooter. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Even if he was a deaf-and-dumb mute he understood every word she said to him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Without a word, I think we both understood. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

He understood in an instant, turned smooth but fast; but he wasn’t fast enough, and in that split-second, Julian looked down—casually, just an afterthought, but a second too soon. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“There will be no more requests to leave granted until our numbers are full. Is that understood?” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Even though Mr. Ray said he understood where I was coming from, I still felt a little stupid turning down his offer when the only other option was to work in a grimy chicken spot. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

From the get-go, Elizebeth understood that Root was another one of those people looking for a back door to her husband, taking her on so “they’d get the use of his brains.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

In the 1940s, the condition was not well understood, and the doctors at Walter Reed did not recognize it in William. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Kutti was pacing about restlessly, as if he understood you weren’t well and it upset him as much as it upset me. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Quietly the words came alive and fitted to the meaning and he understood. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I’ve never really understood the phrase they have chemistry before now. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

I understood wanting something badly and feeling disappointed, even if I didn’t get why she would want to go from one stomping dance to another. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Although there is no one universally accepted definition of resilience, it is generally understood as the ability to bounce back from hardship and trauma. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Because of these daily cordial interactions, Butler believed he “understood” blacks. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

As she understood it, her way lay straight along the Clapham Road for almost two miles. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The book described the phenomenon that dictated rocket-nozzle design, and Quentin and I talked about it until we were certain we understood it. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes said he understood, but that he had no choice but to see things through to their natural end. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

We understood, in other words, how ridiculously fortunate we were, and we both felt an obligation not to be complacent. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I hoped that somehow, in her dreams, she heard my words and understood. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Mama had understood that there was a chance they wouldn’t both make it out of the Night Zoo, so she’d followed a maternal instinct and told Koffi to climb the wall first. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

It was nice to have someone who understood. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He understood that it was Leader’s gift at work. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

According to the rules of Mensa France, the test instructions were delivered in French, but I understood every word. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

In her rare moments of lucidity she understood that this was not a nightmare and that she was not there by mistake. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps the Ring gave understanding of tongues, or simply understanding, especially of the servants of Sauron its maker, so that if he gave heed, he understood and translated the thought to himself. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I knew my dad didn’t intend to be mean, but to him, with very little knowledge about the sport, he understood fencing from the perspective of winning and losing. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I understood what he meant, and I didn’t disagree with him, but I didn’t agree with him either. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

My goal with Dollywould was to create a space that was empowering to young people—especially young women—who had tastes outside of the mainstream and felt lonely, like no one understood them. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

In the sound of the drums I understood a vast pervading doom; but in the expectant silences between, my own disaster loomed larger, more consequent and more hurtful. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know if he understood anything I said through my blubbering, but his arm tightened around me and he kissed the side of my forehead. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Because the math he suddenly understood instinctively, like a truth. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, I understood everything: the arguments with Mamá, his inappropriate riddle for La Sirena the last time we had played Lotería as a family, the disconnected phones, his unexplained disappearance, it all made sense now. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

And it is also generally understood that a party hardly ever goes the way it is planned or intended. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although he had never really contemplated the possibility before, Captain Black understood at once that he was the logical man to succeed Major Duluth as squadron commander. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

And then all of a sudden the way opened wide, and Taisin now understood that they had been flying down a corridor and had just emerged into a great, echoing space. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Addie said she understood, and then she was miserable for about five minutes until DuShawn came up to her and said, “Congratulations.” The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

This morning was fair with little wind, yet it was the season of the year when storms could be looked for, so I understood why the Russian wished to move onto our island. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time I got to the head of the line, I understood what was happening. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

They understood only too well the liberation into savagery that the concealing paint brought. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Yes, Harry thought, Tom Riddle would certainly have understood Helena Ravenclaw’s desire to possess fabulous objects to which she had little right. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He never understood that it’s possible to miss what you’ve never had, to mourn for it. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Will was placed in charge of the fire, and Iorek spent several minutes directing him and making sure he understood the principles he was to use. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

As the distance opened up between them, they understood how far they had run ahead of themselves in their letters. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Her mother called it a curse, and she understood that it was, that she had to control her urges. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I understood: No use wasting good lungs on a hopeless case. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

She smiled, as if pleased that he had finally understood something important, and gestured to two small clay pots at the corner. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

We girls didn’t really know football terms—American or any other kind—but we understood our teacher. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

He said nothing and Hazel wondered whether he had understood. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Could I, Ma?” he asked, half in disbelief that he had understood her. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

He held the shell up instead and showed it to them and they understood. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

The holly and phoenix feather wand had conquered the borrowed wand, something that Ollivander had not anticipated or understood. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Just to be back with people who spoke the good old American language and understood the principle of a flush toilet. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was understood that if someone was brave enough to steal it, it was there. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

I looked down at Miles’s uniform, then over at Evan and Ian, and all three of us understood at the same time. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

His neighbors drove up into his little valley, and every one of them would have understood anger or sorrow—and so helped him. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

A few weeks before, I would not have understood his meaning, but now I felt I did. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

If I had bumped into someone from Chisamba Singles on that bus, he would have understood why I was selling those drinks. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“I feel like I only understood about half of what she talked about.” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Curses they heeded not, nor understood the tongues of western men, crying with harsh voices like beasts and carrion-birds. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

But Digges was not a conventional reader of Copernicus, for he understood that Copernicus really did intend to be taken literally when he described the Earth as moving and the sun as stationary. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

It was a word I had never understood. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

They thought that they understood each other once more—but their doubt had been planted. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lyra suddenly understood the Master’s curious behavior on the morning she’d left. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Looking at him, it hit me yet again how unfair it was for God to give me a friend who understood me completely and create him as a boy. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He had money; he understood he had to get to Nairobi. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t want to say good-bye—to see another thing end tonight—so he spoke slow, hoping she understood what he was saying. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I understood, as by inspiration, the nature of his love for Miss Oliver; I agreed with him that it was but a love of the senses. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

But I did not tell them that; they would not have understood. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I understood what Noodles was saying, but I wasn't letting him off the hook. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Paul understood that their silence would make those who saw them feel uncomfortable. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Kenny had said it, and I had not understood, now here were my own sons saying the same thing, and still I did not understand. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

While her parents and brother were perplexed and troubled by his comments, Citra understood the point he was making. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

His father, a quiet man, understood and supported him in a quiet way. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

They understood how death was part of life. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The Mattel executives may not have understood just how significant this was to me, but that didn’t matter. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z