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When natural disasters had caused food shortages, Chairman Mao had urged us all to produce food. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
Even Lyell, who did not agree with everything Charles was thinking, urged him to publish something about his theory of natural selection. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
My parents found my new urge for purity amusing. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z
“Let’s go,” Violet urges as she slams her locker shut. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z
I fight the urge to snap each of her flapping fingers in half, but I hold my tongue. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z
But the same instinct that urged me to escape the Mask in the first place drives me to my feet. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z
What would I do the next time I felt the urge to talk to my friends during a lesson? Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z
I had a sudden urge to walk out over the trussing and lean over the water, to declare myself to the world. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z
I urge you, though, to call on Menelaos, he being but lately home from distant parts in the wide world. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z
As the singing draws to a close, the cousins urge her to make a wish. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z
A resolution was finally passed urging the administration to address the pressing security problems in the yards. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
I had the sudden urge to run over to the Finneys and ask him where his own mother was, but it was too late. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z
The urge to bite him is irresistible and I don’t resist it. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z
Palmer’s shoulder muscles flexed to the rhythm of its wings, urging it on. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z
She regained control and urged it forward again, bringing it back to full speed before the hovercars could turn back around. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z
She had a sudden urge to feel the ground beneath her, to curl her toes in that thick black soil. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z
“RUN! RUN!” it urged once more, and now the Humbug, not caring who said it, ran desperately after his two friends, with the Terrible Trivium close behind. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z
Replanting through an immediate tree nursery and forestry program is being urged in communities that are losing large numbers of elms. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z
Before Reginald left, I urged him to leave die merchant marine and I would help him get started in Harlem. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z
That fear and sadness stayed with her as she limped la-boriously upstairs and Thomas urged her to explain what was wrong. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
His talking to Max had evoked again in him that urge to talk, to tell, to try to make his feelings known. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z
The urge to be first to tell Adam Tok would have been irresistible. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z
I felt an overwhelming urge to sprout wings and fly off. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z
Something inside was urging me to do just that. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Put yours on too,” urged the little boy. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
Every now and then Dad would look over at me and wink, or make a tocking sound with his tongue as if I were a horse and he was urging me on. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z
There are few impulses as basic and inescapable as the one that urges you to turn around if someone taps on your shoulder. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z
Their most dramatic — and naive — promise was that liberation would be achieved by the end of 1963, and they urged Africans to ready themselves for that historic hour. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
I resisted the urge to throw my arms out and spin in a wide circle, Sound of Music style. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z
After receiving a telegram from President Woodrow Wilson urging him to support the amendment, he agreed to call a special legislative session, but he planned to wait until August, after the state’s Democratic party primary. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z
Liberals urged Verwoerd to offer concessions to Africans. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
A small voice in the back of my head still urges me not to open it, not to indulge whatever it is that Hideo might be trying to convince me of. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
He held out a paw, and I resisted the urge to slap it away. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z
I couldn’t resist the urge to scratch, and when I did the rash sprang back red. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z
They had to fight the urge to recoil. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z
Jolene urged that they sample the pie at once—no nonsense about leaving it to cool. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z
There comes a time when the body’s urges, the body’s needs, dictate the life. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z
He felt only one urge: to press on and get it done. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
But the price is subjugation to a way of life completely alien to their urges and desires. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z
Without any urging from Pollard, Seabiscuit shot from the gate as he had in the World’s Fair, but this time there was a horse to go with him, Cloud D’Or. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Yes, and he will have Washington on his back, urging him to throw us out of Pennsylvania. He has to fight. We don’t.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
A wild chorus of voices, a complete cacophony—not soft grillos—shouts crazily from everywhere it seems, urging me forth. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z
His new guardian—a longtime family friend—urged the fifteen-year-old to attend college the following fall. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z
Stay away from her, Elias, a cautious voice urges. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z
He wanted to be with him at the hospital, to watch over him and urge him back to health. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
Even before the piece was broadcast, the local media seemed to be urging the community to distrust anything they heard reported about the case. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z
Through our attorneys, we notified the minister of law and order, the commissioner of police, and the regional commissioner, warning them of the impending attacks and urging them to take the proper action. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
Akmon was wearing Leo’s tool belt—he was so close that Leo had to resist the urge to lunge for it. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z
They ran toward the empty outdoor mall, the splattering of an immense concrete fountain urging them on. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z
Mr. Griswold resisted the urge to hug his leather satchel firmly to his side. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z
His fingers have a thorn at each knuckle, and thorns ridge his arm, running up under the cuffs of his shirt, visible when he and Dain urge Madoc over. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z
The red hand is flashing, urging us to stop, but we keep moving. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z
I fought the urge to tell Coach that I hadn’t started anything. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z
I urged that our first offering should be a bill of three one-act plays, including Paul Green’s Hymn to the Rising Sun, a grim, poetical, powerful one-acter dealing with chain gang conditions in the South. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z
But the urge passed just as soon as it had arrived. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z
He wanted to talk about little else, and he urged Charles and Emma, and even Thomas Henry Huxley, to get involved. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
Constance strode up and down, holding a heavy cudgel in her paws as she urged them on. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z
Perhaps it was the worry, the haste with which they had to move to get away, the fact she felt impelled to urge them to move faster and faster; anyway, her head began to ache. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z
We urged the government to stop the killings in Soweto. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z
Ma and Pa had been urging him to come home since he had no job anymore in the Borinage. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z
“Once a decade I get this overpowering urge to pay. In fact, from now on I’m gonna insist on squaring my tab—” “Screw you.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
I forced myself to stare at the hollow despite a nearly unbearable urge to look away. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z
Jasper, too, seemed to have no urge to pace, or peek through the curtains, or run screaming out the door, the way I did. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z
Revere was urging Warren to cross with him that very night to Charlestown. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z
They knew, by now, about the three jobs, and Mal would urge extra servings on her, would send her home with Tupperware full of leftovers, which she would return on the next visit. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
The urge to shout everything I wanted to say about Ethan rose within me, cold sweats, like I was about to puke. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z
A wide smile crossed his face as he urged the tyrannosaurus into the fray. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z
Kill the Romans, she heard her mother urging. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z
The Charm Bracelets wanted to pretend they were from the East, and I guess I had picked up that urge, too. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z
It causes giddiness, elation, a tickling on the chest wall, the urge to climb a balcony on the rope of the beloved’s hair. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z
“The commandant urged disciplinary action, but Dr. Hauptmann suggested that you would be eager to offer your skills to the Reich.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z
It’s as if she’s driven by the urge to see how far she can go. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z
Alby’d flipped once and for all, Thomas thought, fighting the urge to rid his stomach of its contents. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z
It was infectious and I loved it, and I had to fight a sudden urge to kiss her, right there in front of everyone. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z
Outside the armory, Iron Emmett was still urging on his charges in the yard. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z
I stood there for a minute, fighting the urge to fidget im patiently. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
I get the irresistible urge to flee, but as I take a step backward, Daddy comes out of the kitchen. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z
He had the urge to chase after the trail, but his wiser side told him they needed to think it through first. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z
Unarmed warders walked among us, urging us to work harder. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
Mom never told Dad that I’d urged her to leave him. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z
When Hayes first heard Marian sing, he urged her to start professional studies, but her family had no money for high school, let alone voice lessons. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z
Pop Pop throws me a look that urges me to tell the truth because “God don’t like liars.” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z
She urges me to apply to colleges out of state—Smith College in Massachusetts, for one, her alma mater. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z
The urge to use it to scribble all over Max’s shoes was strong, painfully so, but she just set it down on her desk and looked forward. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z
Harry, Ron, and Hermione urged him, but he just shook his head, grinning. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z
I think of his starveling servants, of his urging Cardan to kill one of them for training, of the way he ordered Cardan beaten while professing his love for their family. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z
I sat down in his chair and resisted the urge to spin around. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z
I had an overwhelming urge to go and slick it down. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
Though danger dogged my heels, urging me to hurry, a greater sadness slowed my steps. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z
All I will hear will be that small voice, inviting and conspiratorial, gleeful, urging me over. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z
Resisting the urge to take a look, Harry walked on by, thinking that Justin might be using his free time to catch up on some work, and deciding to check the library first. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z
Tyrion saw one great fool of a knight trying to ride across, urging a terrified horse over gunwales and oars, across tilting decks slick with blood and mAlmg with green fire. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z
Will took the papers the man was holding out, and then held Lyra’s arm and urged her away. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z
I had twin urges to throw up and jet as far from Ohio as my legs would take me. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z
Pax’s every instinct urged him to run from the menacing scent, but he would not leave without Gray. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z
The top of his head was level with my bosom, and I resisted the urge to bury my fingers in his hair. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z
There was a faint, barely perceptible movement of the water as the fresh flow from one end urged its way toward the drain at the other. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z
The suffragists started their state ratification campaigns by reaching out to governors and urging them to consider the amendment. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z
He looked at me, his eyebrows arched, urging me to go on. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z
Inside, I was fighting the urge to cry. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z
The pain speared my heart and the threat of tears blinded me, so I tightened my grip on Juanita’s hand, fighting the urge to scream, to cry, to run away from it all. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z
I urged my horse forward, but not with quite the same eagerness as before. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z
“Come here. Let me look at you closely. My eyes are not as good as they used to be, thanks to these miserable cataracts,” Teresita said, her skeletal fingers waving us in, urging us closer. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z
I walked around the Box, forcing myself to move slowly despite every urge to rush, to hurry and save my friends. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z
You must resist the common urge toward the comforting narrative of divine law, toward fairy tales that imply some irrepressible justice. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z
On Libra, if people felt hostile, they would be urged to put their energies into athletic contests or other competitive events, or simply to let off steam by going flying. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z
Radar and I urge it on with silent work, until eventually he has to take a break and Ben replaces him. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z
The rawness of Edna’s grief made her helpless, brought the urge to stretch her hand into the past and reverse history. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z
He resisted the urge to pat her on the shoulder and pushed the front door open with one gloved hand. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
I used my time commuting to and from New York City to upload content to Louella’s social media accounts, like Instagram or Twitter, urging people to shop Louella. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z
Strauss made the most of his influence over Lawrence by urging him to appoint Teller to the task force and keep thinkers of the Oppenheimer stripe off it. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z
She fought against the urge to step back. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z
“I mean, do you really like him?” she urged. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z
Abel Martinson handcuffed the accused man, then allowed his wife to speak to him once before urging his prisoner toward the basement. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z
I felt sorely urged to weep; but conscious how unseasonable such a manifestation would be, I restrained it. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z
But we too embrace faulty causes, usually at the urging of an expert proclaiming a truth in which he has a vested interest. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z
The urge to shout filthy words at the top of his voice was as strong as ever. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z
Erin is shivering and I fight the urge to put an arm around her. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
“I urge you not to make that mistake. Your trailer is currently wired with a large quantity of high explosives.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z
He had an overwhelming urge to run straight to the Mud House and hide. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z
When King started the 1956 Birmingham bus boycott, Moore had urged his friend to take the action nationwide, but King was not prepared to lead a mass movement at the time. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z
And he could still hear Hizdahr, urging his queen to try the honeyed locusts. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z
He felt a vicious urge to argue with her rise in him, but he pushed it down. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z
Help Hila, a voice in his head urged. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z
I liked the image of Margo as a balloon, but I figured that in his urge for the poetic, the detective had seen more worry in me than the pang I’d actually felt. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z
Brahmins urged him to go to the nation’s capital to make his mark in politics. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z
As practice for the event of encountering a possible suitor, we urged her to engage in small conversations with nearby men. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z
Horace didn’t want to stay on the ranch all his life, and his wife had an urge to live in Salinas where she had relatives. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z
Finnegan’s wasn’t too bad on its own, but as soon as Miles waltzed in, I had the sudden urge to both hide and put soap in his food. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z
He looked like he was fighting the urge to run. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z
He smiles a giddy smile, and I feel the urge to back away, to put more space between me and his impending grief. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z
“I can’t stay,” I said without thinking, struggling against the urge to gawk openly. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
Beside him, the Lady had mounted her dragonfly, and now she urged it through the narrow gap into the hammering gusts. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z
For some obscure reason—it might have been to “save” me—I was urged by the local Communists to attend and I was named as a delegate. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z
I became gripped by a quiet unwonted urge to know a little about these matters and to understand how people figured them out. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z
She resisted the urge to scour the crowd for some sign of him and Kaz. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z
I feel the old urges, the desire to punch and rip, to see blood before my fury is spent. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z
“Try to save it until we need it,” urged Grace. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z
The flyers urged blacks to return to work on Monday after a weekend of rest. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z
The government urged industries to provide sleeping accommodations for workers so that they would not have to return home during the strike. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
He felt another urge to leave, but he forced himself to stroll over toward Henry and Bud, his hands in his pockets, casual, so no one could tell he felt out of place. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z
He urged them on to higher education so that they would be better equipped for this world building. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z
Root blinked, resisting the urge to knead his watering eye. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z
The pastor then made a written appeal to his new member: You are urged to help in this. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z
Church leaders and the Chicago Defender urged blacks to remain calm. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z
Skeptics had urged him to stop his foolishness and hire an architect. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z
Magdalys felt Missy’s frantic urge to hunt pulse through her, relentless. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z
“He is the eternal urge of desire establishing the purposes of all creatures. He is an infinite patience, a tender care that nothing in the universe be vain.” Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z
But we little know until tried how much of the uncontrollable there is in us, urging across glaciers and torrents, and up dangerous heights, let the judgement forbid as it may. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z
Impelled by some urge, half pity and half annoyance, Kit came forward from the shelter of the trees. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z
And, of course, race music to urge them on. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z
“This is all I could find, and my daddy is going to wonder why I got so hungry, but I’ll just tell him I been out all day hunting. Eat,” he urged them. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z
“I am,” Ophie said, but a powerful urge to cry choked off her words and sent her gaze to the tips of her toes. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z
She resisted the urge to gather her pack up in her arms. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z
He wrote, “When I find a husband for you who is rich enough to satisfy me, you will be released from my Olga. Until then, I urge you to be, as always, my stalwart daughter.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z
“Come on,” Bruno urged, working to get a tourniquet on James Vincent’s arm. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
She excuses herself a moment to prepare a tray of little snacks they urge her not to trouble herself to prepare. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z
Speaking in the Ibadan University’s Trenchard Hall, I urged that Africa’s independent nations needed to see the necessity of helping to bring the Afro-American’s case before the United Nations. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z
Finn urged the horse toward the figure, and this time, the mare was in the mood to comply. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z
NOT would he heed die queen’s men when they came to urge him to make an offering to their hungry red god. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z
He would never have done that if not for Reynie’s urging, and now it had put him into disfavor with Mr. Curtain. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z
At the time, I’d suppressed the urge to ask him a dozen questions. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z
Bailey resists the urge to ask her when, and instead waits to see if she has anything else to add about the cards. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z
The same game Tony continually urged Wes to stay out of. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z
“Have a look at that one,” Gerris urged, as they passed one pillow house. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z
Dylan and Elsie dare me to try Banshee I-Scream, which seems like plain old ice cream to me until the urge to shout my lungs out takes over after the third bite. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z
When Don had a few pops in him, which was frequently, he felt the urge to fight even more. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z
"Please," she says, urging the bills on him. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z
He did not understand or share their thoughts and views, but he shared with them life’s urges and desires. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z
At 4:53 he got on the radio and strongly urged Hall to descend to the South Summit. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z
The pull below her navel was still there, urging her on as she hauled herself up the wall inch by inch. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z
Penelope felt the urge to weep welling up inside her. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z
He picked up the reins and urged the horses forward, their bridles jangling. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
The tunnel was full of whispers, as the foremost encouraged those behind, as the brave urged on the fainthearted, as the old gave hope to the young. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z
Full of fresh determination, he urged his broom through the turbulent air, staring in every direction for the Snitch, avoiding a Bludger, ducking beneath Diggory, who was streaking in the opposite direction.... Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z
Wood spent the whole of breakfast urging his team to eat, while touching nothing himself. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z
Passing the telephone in the hallway, I had an urge to call Zach. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
The urge to penetrate unknown realms, to achieve something original, may be felt by every one of us now and than. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z
Something urged him to leave at once, but he leaned over her, excited, looking at her face in the dim light, not wanting to take his hands from her breasts. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z
Soon after the original arraignment of Smith and Hickock, their advocates appeared before Judge Tate to argue a motion urging comprehensive psychiatric examinations for the accused. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Go,” the Reader had urged, as the captains were bearing her uncle Euron down Nagga’s hill to don his driftwood crown. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z
Howard began slipping out to the barn in the morning with Pollard, and one day when the urge was too strong they got out a stock saddle and cinched it on Seabiscuit. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z
A sudden urge to hurry came in him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z
I have a strong urge to move and let her lie down in my place. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z
Stick your darts, urged Unborn Twin, into their eyeballs. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z
More wives could keep their husbands if they realized their greatest urge is to be men. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z
On Minerva’s urging, she goes on in a little voice. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
I spoke to him on a number of occasions urging him to let his people decide, but he would not listen. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
It seemed to him they crawled along the street, and he wanted to run, to urge them to run, and, of course, dared not. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z
He urged us to move faster, acting as though it mattered to him whether or not we got out. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
So much silence, I fought the urge to go out and make sure everyone was still breathing in the other room. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z
Pollard, in his odd way, urged others to forgive the horse this one flaw. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z
Annabeth was so horrified, so outraged by the unfairness of it all, she had to suppress the urge to throw up. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z
He pushed back against the feelings of failure that permeated so many African American communities, urging people to quit with the self-pity and take charge of their own destiny. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z
At Loomis’s urging, Weaver also asked several prominent physicists for “a considered statement of your opinion and advice” on whether to press for immediate funding for the 184-inch. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z
Yes, urged foreign minister Shigenori Togo, because America’s atomic bomb “drastically alters the whole military situation.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
I knew that he had not really meant for me to kill the kitten, but my deep hate of him urged me toward a literal acceptance of his word. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Go and get some sleep, Kit,” urged Rachel, dreading any more disturbance. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z
Neither dared confront the thought that man is a thinking animal in whom the intellect directs the urge to hunt and the ability to kill. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z
He did not even look at Shasta but seemed anxious to urge his horse straight on. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z
Her lungs throb, but maybe that’s just her heart, urging her to flee. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z
I guess I get it now, the urge to hide yourself after something strange and hurtful happens. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z
I had the urge to tell him about her brain injury, but I didn’t want his pity. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z
It was like they were urging me on. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z
“You tell him, son,” Lili urged the boy, who was quietly sitting in a corner, reading. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z
I urge you to deliberate honestly and thoughtfully. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z
Fisher Ames of Massachusetts wondered out loud why the House had allowed itself to be drawn intoa debate over “abstract propositions” and now urged that the committee report be tabled. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z
A friend, J. L. Chestnut Jr., who would eventually become Selma’s first black lawyer, urged Lafayette to go home, but he refused. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z
Again, Thomas felt the pang of sadness in his heart, felt the urge to get Chuck home safely stronger than he’d ever felt it before. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z
“You were far better to come,” he urged, struggling into the habergeon like a footballer putting on bis jersey. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z
“It means ‘the urge to be, to count for something, and, if death must come, to die valiantly, with acclamation—in short, to remain a memory.’ All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z
As soon as she crossed through the front door, she shed herself of the accoutrements of her absurdity, and had to fight the urge to dump them behind a wastebasket. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z
Pax would stay beside the road and ignore all temptations, including the strong urge he felt to head south, the direction his instinct told him would lead him back to his home. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z
Thus urged, I began the narrative of my experience for the last year. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z
It’s like that urge to fill an empty space with drawings. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z
Baby was watching Odenigbo carefully, as though urging both him and the car on with her eyes. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z
Perhaps this was the result of growing up in Muscatine with a cosmopolitan mother who’d always urged her son to live “as if for eternity.” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z
She urged them to eat, for they still had a long walk ahead of them. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z
Someone gasped below, and she swallowed the urge to glance down. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z
I fought down the urge to run back to the University. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
The problem was that math seemed so boring; his brain never needed urging when it came to reading or writing. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z
Martin urged her on and she crept onto the back porch and then inside. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z
It’s not like you’d actually do any of those things, but the feeling is there, like a wind at your back on the edge of a cliff, gently urging you. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z
“My loyalty to Hamlet binds me to protect you, his wife. Come with me, and I will take you to him,” he urged. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z
He felt in his hunger a deep sense of duty, as powerful as the urge to breathe, as intimate as the beat of his heart. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z
They all laughed at her and patted her on the back, urging her to take another drink. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
A number of exposition directors held General Electric stock and urged William Baker, president of the fair since Lyman Gage’s April retirement, to accept the bid. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z
I did not give in to my sudden urge to kick him in the nuts, call him a jerk, and berate him for lying to sweet Claudia with the perfect tan and ridiculously long legs. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z
Something about the combination of her loyalty and patience creates an uncanny urge to confide. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z
After fighting back the urge to gag, he told the confectioner, weakly, “You have ruined my tongue for all other tastes,” and saw her eyes flare wide. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z
Strapped in their life jackets or holding inner tubes, some with nothing, they shuffle close, urging us on. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z
When he could see their faces clearly, he turned and urged his horse into a lope. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z
I resisted the urge to stare at my own feet like Zion. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z
He was furious and urged me to file a complaint with the Atlanta Police Department. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z
Their parents and coach were urging them on. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z
In my letters to my children, I regularly urged them to exercise, to play some fast-moving sport like basketball, soccer, or tennis to take their mind off whatever might be bothering them. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
After a visit in which Winnie’s face looked drawn or tense, I would urge her to put on a bit of weight. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
Now he's got the urge to kiss her even though her eyes are red and her hair's a mess and she smells like vodka and cigarettes and weed. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z
They were indeed coming, with Hymir at their rear, urging them on: all the giants of that part of the world, a many-headed monstrous bunch, the giants of the waste, misshapen and deadly. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z
"By the love you bear them, you must urge them to walk the path of wisdom." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z
Though we disdained the election on principle, we urged whites to vote yes. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
His voice broke again, and he felt his throat close as he fought the urge to start bawling. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z
At the sight of it, fear had come into him again, the sinking dread that urged him to turn away, to run away. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z
She refilled our glasses with impossibly sweet tea and urged us to go for seconds and then thirds. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z
He always shredded his paws on the rough concrete buried beneath, but he could not control the urge. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z
She points at the screen with a curved finger, urging Molly to scroll down. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z
Gherland resisted the urge to pat him gently on the head. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z
But something warned him not to urge his old companion on. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z
Easley resisted the urge to say “Excuse me?” because the statement was not ambiguous in any way. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z
He would bristle when I tried to urge him that the proposed book was his life. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z
My fingers tingle, suddenly, with the urge to draw. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z
“Farther this way,” I said, urging her a few steps to the left. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z
If he had lived now he might even have been locked in a lunatic hospital, and his friends would certainly have urged him to be psycho-analysed. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z
If, as I believe, the urge to make a kind of music is as much a characteristic of biology as our other fundamental functions, there ought to be an explanation for it. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
“What is done is done,” I said, urging him to eat. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Okay, okay,” Leo said, though he had to resist the urge. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z
The woman’s accusers retreated, and Jesus forgave her and urged her to sin no more. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z
“He urged me to ‘get out,’ ” Kamen recalled, “whereupon I hotly asserted that I had never been ‘in.’ Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z
He was the bogeyman our mothers invoked to urge us to finish our dinner. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z
She tossed her new weapon up in the air, caught it again, brandished it, and urged the horse forward. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z
Pollard did not begin urging Seabiscuit in earnest until Rosemont was alongside him, just forward enough for Pollard to see him with his left eye, upon turning his head. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z
I held my breath, resisted a sudden urge to clamp my eyes shut, and gently squeezed. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z
“Hurry,” the girl urged after we completed our chore. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z
For a cold instant he shrank from urging Melynlas up the stony slope. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z
Sometimes I had the urge to scream in Twig’s house, just to see if I echoed. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z
The Working Committee urged me to go down to Durban and brief the chief. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
Her mouth went dry as Fedu’s fingers fettered her wrists, no different from the ropes that had once bound her hands, but she resisted the urge to wince. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z
In a comforting yet forceful voice, he urges calm. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z
It began to move, urged forward by the increasing breezes of the dawn. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z
"This way," Catelyn urged, "and slowly. We must not run, or they will ask why. Walk easy, as if nothing were amiss." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z
He still wasn’t going to rush to publish it, although his friends were urging him to. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
A master showman, he urged bidders on with folksy sayings like “Come on boys, this old wildcat is liable to have a mess of kittens.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z
Julius jumped back, away from those scimitar claws, sweat standing out all over his body, every nerve electric with the urge to flee. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z
Resist the urge to write contractions with how, when, where, or why, except that old standby where’s. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z
Gray urged all three to consider the hazards of contesting the charges in court. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z
In the days that followed, the two houses, with the urgings of the governor, rushed through a series of hastily written resolutions. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z
He felt the urge to go out into the desert, to see if its silence held the answers to his questions. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
But two days later, he was strong enough to call for his painting gear, intent on pursuing a hobby he had taken up at the urging of Manette Loomis. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z
I kept urging Minnie to talk with Walter when he got home, but it was clear she didn't have the heart for that. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z
From across the table, Mrs. shook her head in tiny yesses, urging Pa to say he would. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z
The segregationists were becoming even more vocal, urging the students to harass us at every opportunity. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
The clock chimed five, and Kaltain fought the urge to rub her eyes as the opium oozed through every pore of her body. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z
Even Boori Ma was urged to rinse her hands under the clear running water. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z
He began to limp noticeably, and several of his colleagues urged him to see a doctor, a dreaded experience that Bobby would only agree to if he were in enormous pain. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z
A thousand women urging you to speak through the blunt tip of your pencil. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z
The message was straightforward: urge President Thieu to refuse to participate in the Paris peace talks. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z
A few days before, a letter had arrived from Benjamin Rush urging the society to help nurse the sick and attend to the dead. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z
The point was, the urge to grin felt irresistible. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z
She felt the urge to yank at his new beard and pull out hair and draw blood. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z
Will thought he could feel all the atoms of his body responding to her command, and he joined in, urging his leaking blood to listen and obey. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
Over the plains Shadowfax was flying, needing no urging and no guidance. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z
“Hurry up and start selling ’em,” he urged me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z
I let go, quickly stepping back before the dizzying urge to kiss her overwhelms me again. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z
At the height of the Defiance Campaign, the United Party sent two of its MPs to urge us to halt the campaign. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
I couldn't explain myself to anyone because I was only full of excited urges and notions and desires, kind of like the Hulk before he transforms. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z
Burnham, partly to keep the peace, also urged Olmsted to accept it. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z
And then I felt down under my stomach the urge to go, and I understood what was happening. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z
He met with a dozen important Democrats and urged them to support the Susan B. Anthony Amendment. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z
An aunt urges Maria Isabel to go to the United States, alone. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z
The announcer urges German listeners to find others to tune in and reminds them to turn the dial so that they won't give themselves away, if caught. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z
Clippinger then requested us to urge them to throw off the bonds of slavery. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z
After the meeting, a network of two thousand women set off on a nationwide mission to collect signatures on a petition urging Congress to pass the Thirteenth Amendment, abolishing slavery. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z
He was like the sleeping prince in a fairy tale, and she had the urge to kiss him. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z
They offered me valuable pointers and urged me to gain more tournament experience. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z
He felt such an urge to be with him once more that he would arrange it at any cost—and immediately. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z
Fighting the urge to argue, Otto did as told and took on a stiff pose, like a robot about to go jogging. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z
We urged the court to deny the State's request and rule quickly. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z
Usually he slept late on Sunday, but today he was up before either of his parents and kept urging Papa Bellini to hurry. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z
Alone now, with a brief moment of freedom from the constant daytime urging, the old dog made the most of it. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z
All the same I urge him to let us go on, for the place is dangerous. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z
When my father sensed that I wasn’t excited about visiting Pakistan, he urged me to talk about why. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z
It was true, I thought, it is the Márez blood in us that touches us with the urge to wander. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z
Barack’s team would quietly reinforce the point, urging us to be more mindful of the politics, making me feel guilty and selfish for having stolen a rare moment out and alone with my husband. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z
During his lecture, I kept having to resist the urge to interrupt him and point out all of the really important details the book left out. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z
But with all Wang Lung’s urging Ching to eat and eat well, the man still put no flesh on his bones, remaining always a small, spare, lean man of great gravity. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z
Contrasted with that, her frantic urging that he get medicine for his shoulder when he was still nothing but a ship breaker to her. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z
I imagined a greedy surgeon with sharp teeth and long, skeletal fingers urging Marley to have the amputation. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z
“Jude here made me her prisoner,” he says, and I have to fight down the urge to step heavily on his foot. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z
At my brother’s urging, I kept reading until I finished. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z
He was frantic for air, but he stayed down, fighting the urge to kick for the surface, turning the wheel faster and faster until his lungs were heaving. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z
Cheer up, urged Mrs. Crow, and sipped her tea. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z
The amulet pulsed at her neck, as if urging her to run. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z
I feel an urge to escape, but then I remember that my car is still at Pagoda Pizza. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z
His ring was ice-cold against her skin, and she fought the urge to rip her hands from his grip. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z
I say, resisting the urge to look at her. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z
"Gentlemen, please," Laura says, urging them to sit down, and then she eyeballs the kids to leave the room. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z
I felt the urge to tilt the beaker into my mouth once more. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z
The second son, therefore, gave over his urging. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z
Quickly, the SCLC’s Executive Director Reverend Andrew Young and Reverend James Bevel met with Malcolm X, urging him not to incite any incidents and cautioning him that his presence could cause violence. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z
But suddenly I felt the urge to make something else of the moment. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z
But some friends I had made in the Holy Land had urged and insisted that I make some stops en route and I had agreed. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z
Still, I had to bite back the urge to tell everything that had really happened between me and Jasper Jr. Dusty was clearly enjoying himself at my expense. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z
I look at the bag but resist the urge to check it out. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z
The roaring from all around him would urge him on. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z
“I do hope that no one’s been worried,” he thought, urging the car on faster. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z
Only my mother, who had in the meantime recovered somewhat, maintained her interest in me, urging me to study hard and make up for squandered time. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z
The pointed out where the girls’ locker rooms were and urged us to hurry and change. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z
A strong counter-emotion waxed in him, urging him, warning him to leave this newly-seen and newly-felt thing alone, that it would lead him to but another blind alley, to deeper hate and shame. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z
He had begun by urging them to try to get the Council’s consent to their leaving Efrafa. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z
At each stoplight, his gaze would light on someone — a brooding beatnik, a determined shopper — and he would have to fight down an urge to shout that he saw them. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z
He resisted the urge to turn to the wall and hide his face. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z
The bird leapt into the air, urging left. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z
Holly resisted the urge to punch the pale human again, turning instead to Butler. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z
Harry had a wonderful momentary urge to laugh. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z
She broke the rifle defdy and shoved in the shell as the second click told her that Tea Cake’s suffering brain was urging him on to kill. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z
“Spit for luck,” Wilem urged, as we began to climb one side, and followed his own advice. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
I actually had repeated urges to urinate that day, probably due to overhydration. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z
When they reached the final dead end and it was time to head back home, Thomas felt an almost uncontrollable urge to bag everything and stay there overnight, see what happened. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z
I fight the urge to smash my phone, knowing that the momentary satisfaction will not be worth the loss. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z
Murdered, at the hands of the Dauntless, at the urging of Jeanine, with the power of the Bureau to back her. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z
He fought the urge to breathe, to give up and fill his lungs with oil. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z
I wanted to scream and pinched myself hard to fight the urge. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z
From off in the rear, the Terrible Trivium and the wobbly Gelatinous Giant urged them on with glee. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z
A revival began at the church and my classmates at school urged me to attend. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z
With the tide of public opinion having turned so completely against the police, Samuel Gompers, the head of the AFL, urged them to end their strike. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z
Just as Olmsted sought to conjure an aura of mystery in his landscape, so here he urged the engineering of seemingly accidental moments of charm. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z
I whooped to my dogs, urging them on. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z
So I urge you: come with the child out to the sky!” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z
He urged the migrants to step forward and report abuses. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z
“Can’t you urge them to come inside at once? Dinner’s growing cold.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z
Nanko strode up and down outside the houses, urging us to hurry. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z
But the more she played soccer in the parking lots around Clarkston and the more she learned about the kids there, the more she felt a nagging urge to do something. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z
I upturned more shelves, found nothing and was about to leave when the urge to turn over all shelves overtook me. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z
I leaned back in the chair, fighting the urge to smile like a tomcat in a dovecote. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
“Taste it,” Milo urged, following Yossarian’s writhing face around with the banana insistently. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z
Professor Lupin took another sip and Harry had a crazy urge to knock the goblet out of his hands. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z
I even had the urge to suck my thumb. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z
The king handed Minli a pair of intricate gold chopsticks that weighed heavily in her hands, and with his urging, Minli began to eat what was easily the most delicious meal she had ever had. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z
He lost the urge to be riotous and felt calm again. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z
I fought the urge to run for the knife drawer. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z
I guess if I got the urge to bust loose now, me and the lame mare could waddle and limp our way into the woods. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z
“Stand in front,” he urges, “so you will be seen. Wear a big sombrero, so you will really be seen. Most important, look smart.” Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z
She had a strong urge to grab a chunk of her own hair and pull it as hard she could. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z
This is one of those moments where Mark has the ridiculous urge to say something about liking her, ask her out on an official date, reach out and take her hand. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z
“How long ago was your friend injured?” the man asked as he urged her to lead the way. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z
“Yessir, but she is strong enough to sit by the fire now and has a powerful urge to read.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z
Conor felt an almost irresistible urge to find something to cover it, protect it, before anyone saw how vulnerable it was. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z
When a light snow covered the Schoharie River Valley, Frightful's bird sense urged her one last time to leave or die. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z
She fought the urge to put her fingernails in her mouth. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z
Through the curtain of rain he glimpsed Woundwort dodging among his officers and urging them back into the ditch on the edge of the field. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z
Sometimes she thought she had become nothing but a voice speaking in the darkness, cajoling, urging, threatening. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z
When the rains stopped and Uncle decided it was time to head back—he did not want to dip into their larder by having lunch with them, as Miss Whitlaw urged— we made our good-byes. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z
The impulsion to try to tell was as deep as had been the urge to kill. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z
I hesitated, pushing back the urge to obey. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z
I pause, swallowing the urge to break down on seeing glimpses of care in her eyes. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z
We played until Asghar had to hunch on the side of the field, hands on his knees, and fight the urge to vomit. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z
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
Therefore she was so indignant after the dream that instead of hating him, she felt an irresistible urge to see him. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z
But the policeman urged me to go first, and indeed as soon as I was in the hall, the crowd surged forward and overcame the cordon of policemen. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
Lyra urged the children on and out into the darkness beyond the lights. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z
I had the urge to hug Mr. Bykovski, but resisted it. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z
On the float in front of Washington’s shell house, Evanda May Calimar, the crew’s cook, waved a frying pan over her head, whooping and urging the boys on. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z
Pomp, who suffered the sickness as a child, circulates with me among the afflicted, bathing them comfortably and urging them to resist scratching and worrying at the sores, lest they rupture. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z
For a moment, Shirley had the urge to look in the mirror. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z
Although I often urged others not to worry about what they could not control, I was unable to take my own advice. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
“I’m strong enough to do the job,” Ifemelu said, and fought the urge to back out of the apartment and run and run. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z
Looking at them again now, I had to resist the urge to scream in rage and frustration. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z
The mage was gesturing, urging the flames higher and higher with broad sweeps of his arms. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z
Instead they urge him to join the math team and maintain his A average. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z
He suddenly felt the urge to kiss her—hard—upon the mouth. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z
I felt the urge to hold my breath as we plunged into the sea of bodies. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z
Toomer just waved, shook the reins, and urged the mule on faster. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z
I want to urge the boat faster, but the slaves are already rowing furiously, the captain’s whip at their backs. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z
My eyes darted to the windows and I fought the urge to run. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z
Standing at the coffin, looking up at August, I had a powerful urge to tell her right then. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
He let out a yell and then urged his mount forward to meet their charge. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z
I urged the Queen Anne’s Revenge to go faster. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z
It may seem at first blush that cooperating with the system while urging good behavior is the only option available, but in reality it is not a liberation strategy at all. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z
“Go on, make her do something,” I urge. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z
Without looking back, he urged his horse out of the thicket. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z
This vindictiveness was urged on by men in high places who resented the President’s spirit of clemency as violently as they resented the tenacity of the South. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z
For some reason his great-grandfather had felt the urge to climb to the top of that mountain. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z
After the lineup Anatole marches them into the church and urges them, I guess, to wrestle with their numbers and their French congregations and what not. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
Fischer began receiving thousands of letters and cables urging him to continue the match, and Henry Kissinger called him once again, this time from California, to appeal to his patriotism. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z
“Tell Virginia how much you want her to come home,” the Doctorita urges. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z
In fact, though they were delighted with their effort, the urge to trim was still full upon them. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z
“There is a place where spirits go after death. But for now . . . until we know more ... I would urge you to put that out of your mind.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z
Her fist itched with the urge to punch something, and his ribs were so close... When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z
The police had blocked off the street; the crowd’s response to the speeches urging an end to the British mandate and the establishment of a Jewish state had been overwhelming. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z
She resisted the urge to rest her too-heavy head on the couch. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z
I resisted the urge to kick out at the roof’s ledge again. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z
He dragged one leg as he walked, but nonetheless he kept urging them on, as if to prove he could move faster than they could even though he limped. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z
Instead, she was shaken awake in the middle of the night by her hostess, who urged her, “You must get up, your airfield is being bombed, your aircraft are burning!” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z
I felt a sudden urge to giggle . . . but somehow I faked being calm. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z
He flicked the reins and urged the horses on. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
After graduation she accepts a position, at the urging of her father’s friends, as a nurse in a TB sanatorium in Switzerland. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z
He persuaded the boy to change his mind and urged him to the board. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z
Something stirred inside her, some urge to plunge into the new white world and see what it had to offer. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z
He did this crudely, as one would urge on a horse or cow. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
A crowd gathered and I was urged to tell where I lived. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z
She urged Madame to have coinage and patience. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z
On that morning, satisfying one of his urges to participate in nature, Leper Lepellier was the first thing the rising sun struck in the United States. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z
She had a crazy urge to grab Elizabeth and drag her out of wisecrack range, before she got hurt. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z
In many instances I urged him to restore these deletions—but it was insane. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z
They stood at the rail, Sefia fighting the urge to empty her stomach overboard. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z
He urged Nailer out the door and into the squeezeway beyond. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z
In Selma, black war veterans joined the all-black Dallas County Voters League, which introduced a literacy program and urged blacks to register as voters. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z
I have the sudden urge to stretch my spine, as if every part of my body feels cramped and constricted. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z
When Mac returned, he met with a few of us and urged us to make appointments at the dentist. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
They felt no urge, no need, for this sort of talk. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z
If my life ended today, I would tell you it was a happy life—that I drew great joy from the study, from the struggle toward which I now urge you. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z
They were urged outside to one of the carts the Keepers used to move equipment around the factory. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
A gun barrel pressed to my spine urges me forward, through the front doors of Abnegation headquarters, a plain gray building, two stories high. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z
It was rare that he left his dark realm to visit Olympus or the earth, nor was he urged to do so. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z
I hurried on, suppressing a savage urge to push my fist through the pane. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z
The Icelandic Chess Federation urges the President of the United States to pardon Bobby Fischer and let him go free. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z
I had the urge to leave the house. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z
It is the strongest of dwarf urges, a genetic memory born from millennia spent tunneling. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z
Tyrion felt a sudden urge to leap up, brandish his axe, and boom out, "Casterly Rock!" but the insanity passed quickly and he crouched down lower. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z
“We must leave,” Bob urged as his kitten climbed onto his shoulder. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z
I hadn’t known he was in the landing craft with me, but it must have been his hand on my shoulder, urging me forward as we hit the beach. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z
Word was that Richard had set the skirt alight at the urging of another kid. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z
But even more powerful than those urges was the urge to unpack her trunk and carpetbag and put her room in order. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z
Jesse had urged him to come visit, even sent him some money for the trip in the hopes that it might spark a similar impulse to get out of Middleton. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
She mounted and urged her mule up the first step. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z
The urge to fling it open and rush out into the clear air was almost overpowering, but he made himself listen. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z
I felt a crazy urge to take this murderer’s shoes off and put him to bed. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z
Suddenly she was sweating, stifling an urge to vomit. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z
Mr. Brademas, the principal, is urging everyone to move on to their lockers, but nobody’s budging. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z
I could still hear the sound of voices speaking English in the soft accents of the Luo language, urging me to feel free, feel free, eat more fat from the ram’s tail. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
Within me, a small, still voice urged, It need not be thus; but what could that signify? The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z
At her urging, he plunged into the Second Question, chanting the Hebrew perfectly because he’d memorized it. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
Every state has its slogan urging its citizens to be prepared to die if necessary for the state: Britain’s “For King and Country,” Spain’s “Por Dios y Espana,” and so on. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z
I’m sure it’s at least partly to do with that, to do with preparing for the change of pace, that I’ve been getting this urge to order all these old memories. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z
Every part of me urges me on, aching with hunger. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z
The father of the boy who had urged me to sell the papers also found out their propagandistic nature and forbade his son to sell them. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Just tell her what you like, and they can create something special for you,” Mrs. Walton urges. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z
This is difficult because there exists, all around us, an apparatus urging us to accept American innocence at face value and not to inquire too much. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z
He urged Chicago hostesses to hire some French chefs to improve their culinary diction. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z
The members of our umunna had urged him for so long, even when he was still a manager at Leventis and had not bought the first factory, to take a title. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z
They seemed to have settled into a dull trance, and Lyra wanted to shake them, to urge them to struggle and wake up and look around for a way out. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z
He read, it again slowly and felt the urge to smooth something, his trousers, his shaved-bald head. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z
The Fischers didn’t have a working shower, just a bathtub, and Bobby, like many young children, needed to be urged to take at least a weekly bath. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z
It tingled along his palms: the aching urge to touch her. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z
The engineer urged that as a precaution the ground “be covered with eight feet of feather bedding.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z
“But,” Florida urged, “this time, they probably ought to have somebody knowing where they are, right?” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z
Does he feel the same urge to occupy the same space, to breathe the same air that I do? Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z
A few days before the vote, Carrie Chapman Catt and several other women from the National American Woman Suffrage Association visited Rankin and urged her to vote for war. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z
He gently urged the woman out of the apartment, and Matt heard him talking to her all the way down the hall. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
Each time, after he slipped out of her, she pressed her legs together, crossed them at her ankles, and took deep breaths, as if the movement of her lungs would urge conception on. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z
Moss fought an urge to shove her out of the way, but his body ached too much. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z
Strauss informed Oppenheimer that his security clearance was suspended and urged him to resign quietly from his AEC position. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z
Donovan urged eagerly, “Don’t waste time. It won’t be long before they get through, and the next blast may get us.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z
I have to resist the urge to clear my throat. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z
I fight the urge to let out a long, breathy sigh. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z
It was hard for her to do this, as she was so fat, but each time she showed signs of slowing down Kumalo would shout at her and urge her on. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z
I fought back the urge to throw myself on Perilee’s mercy and beg to go home with them. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z
At his urging, the Royal Society agreed to engage a reliable figure to tour the British Isles to see if such a mountain could be found. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z
Now that I had broken down my reluctance at saying Rebecca’s name, first with the bishop’s wife and now with Frank Crawley, the urge to continue was strong within me. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z
I had the urge to kiss my dear girlfriends, the airwomen of our squadron, for executing their mission so well.” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z
Cesare Pavese has nothing to do with driving fast on an Indiana farm road, but I understand the urge to be and to count for something. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z
The pig followed reluctantly; but as Doli set off once again, she lagged behind, and it was all Taran could do to urge her forward. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z
The man who had dragged me in urged me to drink it, telling me that it would not hurt me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z
Brute understood nothing of the two-legs’ mouth-noises, but he sensed the man’s excitement and urgings and knew a change was coming. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z
But I did talk to Shorty, urging him to at least go to see the Big Apple music world. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z
In the kitchen Cal urged on the water heating in the coffeepot, and yet he was pleased to be waiting. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z
She brought her forefinger closer to her face and stared at it, urging it to move. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z
Cole fought the urge to hit or shove the elder. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z
Fighting the urge to move, Mark waited, letting the fury inside him continue to grow. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z
I hoped that Frodo had set forth at once, as my letter had urged, and that he had reached Rivendell before the deadly pursuit began. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z
Once I’m dressed and the urge to cry is gone, I feel something hot and violent writhing in my stomach. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z
I gave in to her urging and followed her down a steep path to the little house. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z
Nok tugged at the cuffs of her itchy dress, fighting the urge to scratch her arms. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z
Instantly the Gallivespians urged their dragonflies up into the murk overhead, where the harpies were as thick as blowflies. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z
He pulled at Lyra’s hand, and as the dragonfly rider darted close to his head, urging them to hurry, he led her at a crouching run down the path and away from the cave. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z
At a dinner given by the Baron of Rosenberg, Tycho, having robustly drunk much wine, “placed civility ahead of health,” and resisted his body’s urgings to leave, even if briefly, before the baron. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
Desperate to unload his stolen cache of documents, he approached a British businessman in Moscow named Greville Wynne, urging him to take a message to the British embassy. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z
His apprentices ran to him with warnings, urging him to flee, but Painter Chen continued to calmly paint. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z
“Yeah. Sorry about my word choice. But I suddenly have an urge to whip up a feast of hot and cold appetizers for Mom and Emma.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z
Their insistence prompted Burnham to telegraph Olmsted immediately and urge him once again to come. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z
There I found a message from Hamlet urging me to meet him that day. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z
No matter how I urged her, she refused to allow Leon Betterly to take her home or me to bring her anything to eat. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z
Harry urged Ginny forward; they stepped over the motionless coils of the dead basilisk, through the echoing gloom, and back into the tunnel. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z
On the other hand, the Romans urged them to take up arms with them. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z
He tried again, but again he felt the urge. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z
I waited for him to release me, fighting the urge to bite his wrist down to the bone. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z
But even then I would feel a sudden, terrifying urge to rush forward and take hold of the man in the chair, while the current was on. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
Ms. Alvarez, though, wrote his address on the chalkboard and urged everybody who knows Joey to send a card to the family. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
The Hessians, who had advanced a few more paces, urged him on. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z
I knew what Samira was urging me to do, but I couldn’t. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z
The grandfather did not look like he believed her, but his son urged him to come inside and prepare, and he guiltily accepted their words. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z
Her instincts were urging her to move away from the ocean. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z
I tried my best to resist the urge to pop my zits, because I'd been warned that would cause scarring, but they never seemed to go away on their own. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z
My pounding heart revived at their sight, and with a burst of speed I urged myself forward and reached the top of the gentle hill. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Now, you come to our house to eat,” Mama urged as they finished. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z
Ms. Blair’s eyes are so sympathetic that I feel the urge to cry again, so I look down at my hands. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z
He was never one of those backwoods ministers who urge the taking up of copperhead snakes, baby-flinging, or the shrieking of nonsense syllables. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
Woody stepped in front of Wes and urged him not to retaliate. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z
The urge was so alive within me that I had no idea what force was keeping me still. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z
Then, worried I was in danger of melting down into sentiment, I raised my glass again and urged everyone to start. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z
I swallowed down the heavy lump in the back of my throat, fighting the dismaying urge to cry. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z
I fought the urge to shut my eyes. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z
Once I’m inside, Grandma immediately urges me to the dining table, where soup, rice, and a lot of banchan, Korean side dishes, are set out for one person. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z
The bell rings and I skip out, barely resisting the urge to give Mrs. Newman a hug. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z
But he remained still, despite an odd urge to apologize and change the subject; he wanted to know everything about them. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z
Felt the tension between the urge to pull over and change the Band-Aid and the certainty of Daisy thinking me crazy. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z
Scaramouche and Wilfred thought I had a remote chance of getting to America, but they both urged me to get a job, preferably one that would allow me time to practise and play in tournaments. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Come on,” he urges, motioning toward the glass elevator, “fifteen minutes. No one will notice.” The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z
Then, never letting go of her shoulder, he urged her toward the door. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z
“I’ll bear that in mind if I ever get the urge to go in there.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z
Dimple stared at him, urging him with her mind. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z
As they sat there, he fought the urge to completely lose it. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z
And he was finding that he had a man's thirst, to the raucous delight of the youths around him, who urged him on every time he drained a glass. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z
My eyelids get heavy, and I feel an instant urge to make today disappear by falling asleep until it’s tomorrow. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z
Molly’s always resisted the urge to look for her, dreading what she might find. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z
“Then the town will own the spring. You’ll all still have a chance to get out from under Burton and the mine,” Jinx urged. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z
She leaned over the neck of her horse and urged her into a gallop, pushing past Shae and Pol. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z
He was to come the next evening at suppertime, to make at last, at Elizabeth’s urging, the acquaintance of Madame Williams. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z
By Sunday the urge to check my e-mail is acute. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z
Propelled by the same urge, they walked slowly toward the stage. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z
Now he urges Ma to work harder than the other new women in the community. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
When I was very young and the urge to be someplace else was on me, I was assured by mature people that maturity would cure this itch. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z
Despite their urging, however, Constance crabbily refused to join them. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z
Because of her tender age, her captors did not immediately force their urges upon her, but eventually some of the more seasoned mates dragged her from the hold six weeks into the passage. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z
With Charles at the horse’s head, they urged and pushed the heavy metal blade through the rocky earth. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z
He was so glad that they were together, he had the ridiculous urge to smile. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z
He’s no longer sucking his teeth or shouting about how he did nothing, the way he did when the handcuffs first went on, even though Malcolm and Aimee urged him to shut up. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z
Embarrassed, I clamped my mouth shut and urged my horse forward. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z
That she could make such a mistake meant that she lived in a daily atmosphere that urged her to expect something like this to happen. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z
I was not really even angry with Mandy, who had urged me to open it and then lied to save her skin. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z
Another kid urged everyone to vote for Wilbur the Pig because he would bring about world peace, and if he didn’t, then at least everyone would get a ham sandwich. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z
She could feel it all through her, the urge to run and meet him and find the way out of Ember, to the new place. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z
But he has the urge to be alone all of a sudden, to be thoroughly passive, to revisit the evening in solitude. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z
So when the ship docked at the harbour in Piraeus, on the outskirts of Athens, Piper resisted the urge to breathe a sigh of relief. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z
Despite the fact that my siblings often urge her to stay out of the projects, she won’t. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z
I suddenly had an overwhelming urge to knock him off the ledge. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z
They were busy, urging white men to come in and see the girls. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z
And being comforted with these precautions they had now taken, Wang Lung once more urged his wife. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z
A stiff breeze hit the cornfield behind her, the whispering sound urging her on. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z
The members urged that work proceed “on the highest priority” and in close collaboration with the United States. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z
I urge Javier on, even though I want to run back into the forest too. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z
From his Sea Island, Georgia, retreat, Governor Faubus urged our leaders and school officials to allow a cooling-off period before resuming integration. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
The New York Times even issued an open plea urging Fischer to continue his challenge. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z
But how could I urge them to make the trip when the hospital might well reject her? Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
I only remember my thighs tensing and my pelvis arching forward with that sudden thunderous urge that is so much more powerful than any other human craving—the need to push. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
She urged him to come back to Germany to find a more impressive job. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z
Having direct knowledge of the Lyceum, he probably helped design arrangements in the Museum; he is credited with urging Ptolemy I to purchase and/or copy books in vast numbers for the Library. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z
She felt an urge to vomit and run back to her rooms. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z
One was that of friends and allies urging him to concentrate on the big issues of world health; the other was the voice of Haiti, saying, “My child is dying.” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z
She could not imagine an even better job market up north, but she urged her son to go to Chicago and see with his own eyes. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z
Only I can’t seem to keep that up for too long before my natural urge to idealize goes into effect. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z
Aphros’s lobster-claw horns kept swimming around in his thick hair, and Leo had to resist the urge to try to rescue them. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z
When it floundered in sand, the men had to jump out and put creosote branches under the wheels to urge it on. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
I fight an illogical urge to explain this and continue on my way. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z
They urged Francie to go along with them but she wanted to try new work. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z
The cheers go on, rousing, hoping to urge Billie back for just one more song. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z
In fact, I anticipated that I might have to overcome some wariness from Jesse’s employer, or puzzled colleagues, or cautious family members urging him to be careful. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
Surprised though he was, Jackson resisted the urge to let go and catch the bucket. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z
Sometimes I have an uncontrollable urge to defend Dad because he’s always defended me. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z
Boo flew down the passageway, urging her forward. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z
"If you want anything just ask for it, old sport," he urged me. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z
I wanted to take issue with their attitude, but caution urged me to talk it over with others first. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z
Up from the plains the riders sped, bent over their saddles, urging on their steeds. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z
All these little simple, foolish, but tremendously strong, vital, passionate urges and desires no longer seemed trivial to Siddhartha. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z
On September 10, again urged by Priddy, the Board of the Virginia State Colony reviewed Buck’s case during a routine meeting. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z
When they urged her to hurry, she obstinately refused. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z
Your court-appointed attorney urges you to plead guilty to a drug distribution charge, saying the prosecutor has offered probation. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z
Hazel got the urge to apologize back, but she did not know what for. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z
I see Sergio trying to urge María to join him in the circle. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z
But then, despite my urgings, he dragged his feet; he had things to discuss with the inmate in the cell next to his, and the one next to that. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
I fight the urge to yell out Auntie Seema's name and see if any of the window curtains pull back to answer. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z
They urged the Court to prohibit the police from stopping motorists for the purpose of drug investigations unless the officers actually had reason to believe a motorist was committing, or had committed, a drug crime. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z
Everest, she was there, and the men climbed on top of her each time they felt the urge. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z
She had made the effort to do her hair and had put on some lipstick, with Noor’s urging. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z
Indeed, his increased persistence of late may even be my employer's way of urging me all the more to respond in a like-minded spirit. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z
As though his whole body urges him to flee. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z
However, the unbearable urge to splatter someone across a wall lessened when they brought her a piebald mare to ride. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z
Before the British occupied the city, Stansbury taunted Patriots by singing “God Save the King,” urging them to join him in the chorus. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z
He had suppressed the urge for weeks because he knew it would not be tolerated by the scythe. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z
“Whatever, girl, listen: I need you to suppress the urge to make a corny pun about what I’m about to say.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z
Evans filmed what became an after-school special for kids where he shared the story of his life with school-children and urged them to avoid the mistakes he had made. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z
Pearl fought the urge to cross the room and yank the guitar from Moody’s hands and smash it against the desk. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
I might even consider having a crush on him—that is, if and when I ever felt the urge. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
Demonstrators from the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, holding placards urging black citizens to register as voters, are about to be arrested by Selma police, October 7, 1963. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z
Mr. Griswold resisted the urge to hug his leather satchel firmly to his side. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z
My heart pounds in my chest, and there is a part of me, the cowardly, yellow part, that urges me to turn around and scamper on back to bed. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z
All the Jeffersonian chants about human equality were delusions that pandered to mankind’s urge to believe an impossible dream. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z
They pressed on, urging the last strength from the laboring horses, until they were obliged to halt for breath. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z
The latrines were so abhorrent that most people, Nepalese and Westerners alike, evacuated their bowels outside on the open ground, wherever the urge struck. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z
“Gee up, there!” he roared, shaking the chains and urging the creatures toward the fence where the class stood. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z
There was something tragic in the wall of invisible mesh he’d hung to choke the life from them while they traveled to the rhythm of an urging they could not deny. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z
Nailer fought the urge to splutter and cough. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z
It was the Chevalier, and Salmakia urged her dragonfly ahead to meet him, with a cry of pleasure. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z
Bailey only hesitates for a moment, and he resists the urge to close his eyes as he leaps. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z
They don’t ask for details, and I bet Tagoe is really fighting that urge to ask how it happened. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z
I felt a sudden urge to kiss her. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z
I looked at Pandora’s jar, and for the first time I had an urge to open it. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z
Lyra exulted in it, feeling with him as he flew, and urging him mentally to provoke the old tillerman’s cormorant daemon into a race. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z
“Hurry!” urged the voice again from a near-by corner, but when they turned it they could still see nothing. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z
Serjeant Clippinger urged them to join us; but they did not respond. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z
At the White House, Eleanor Roosevelt dashed off a letter to her daughter, Anna, urging her to get her children off the West Coast. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z
I urged the horses to keep up the speed. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z
Grandma urged me to read more books and the right magazines: Life, Look, and news magazines like Time. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z
Leo resisted the urge to jump at the dwarfs’ feet again. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z
He turned and walked toward the living room door, fighting the urge to jump into the air and whoop. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z
I urged, “You yourself are proof of the selfless benevolence of man. You have submitted yourself to ruin so that you might save me. Surely you are an example of kindness without profit?” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z
"We should rest here until we are stronger," the knight urged. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z
“Hang on,” Frankie urged as he wedged a metal bar into the space between the frame and the door and pushed hard. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z
That and a primal urge to destroy my father's golf bags. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z
Again and again he urged Blackberry to make haste. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z
I urge General Gowon, in the name of humanity, to order his troops to pause while an armistice is negotiated. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z
Link again urged me to convince her to take money for a doctor. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
She urged them to move next to the old man, but they stared at her blankly. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z
The day was dawning, and the shepherd urged his sheep in the direction of the sun. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
Plato urged astronomers to think about the heavens, but not to waste their time observing them. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
‘The Ring! The Ring!’ they cried with deadly voices; and immediately their leader urged his horse forward into the water, followed closely by two others. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z
Kanue was leading the scrimmage, calling out to his teammates, urging them to pass, and sprinting for each free ball. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z
When people disagreed with him, he urged them to be objective. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z
And all at once, Travis felt an overwhelming urge to relieve himself of one more weight that day, while he was on a roll. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z
He waved his hands wildly, urging us forward. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z
My mother urged me to start tithing as a way of thanking God for all the good luck. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z
Still, of their own accord — mysteriously! — certain realizations emerged, as if they too had a life, a schedule urging them into the realm of conscious knowledge. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z
When it was securely fixed, he threw the free end out, and at once six witches darted toward it, caught hold, and began to pull, urging the cloud-pine branches toward the Polar Star. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z
“It does not say that,” Mrs. Trepid said, urging Florida’s face closer to the sign. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z
He wanted to turn around and run away, to save himself, and the urge sent shame through his body. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z
Putting the headphones over Jason’s ears isn’t as awkward as last time, but I still fight the urge to shiver as his hair brushes my fingers and the backs of my hands. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Thanks,” said Richards, his face covered in lipstick and his voice breaking; he had shouted it away urging Rosemont on. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z
TeLinde set out to minimize what he called “unjustifiable hysterectomies” by documenting what wasn’t cervical cancer and by urging surgeons to verify smear results with biopsies before operating. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z
The drafting and editing of the Farewell Address in effect became a metaphor for the kind of collective effort Washington was urging on the American people as a whole. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z
I don't think my mom knew about his recreational drug use, or she wouldn't have urged me to take a leap of faith and ask him out. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z
Chief Justice William Rehnquist urged restrictions on death penalty appeals and the endless efforts of lawyers to stop executions. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z
Later that night, after the amusement park closes, Felicia urges her husband toward the roller coaster. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z
He took out his knife, fighting the urge to run away, and peered through the branches. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z
Security Council intervened in South African affairs, blaming the government for the shootings and urging it to initiate measures to bring about racial equality. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
But this afternoon, the sight of Taisin’s face after she urged that flower to bloom— she had been luminous. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z
Only the pure urge, the one thing that never let me down, got me out of bed fifty minutes later. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z
I fight the urge to leave and instead follow Tats to the kitchen at the end of the massive foyer. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z
“The brother and sister from World War Two who wrote all those pamphlets urging other German college students to resist the Nazis?” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z
My natural urge was to tell him to butt out. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z
I pressed my hands against my eyes, trying to fight back the urge to vomit. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z
I bite on my thumb, calming the urge to look over my shoulder at Tony. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z
While I normally did not give to African beggars, I felt the urge to give this woman money. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
“But why, my father?” urged the young man. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z
He resisted the urge to lay his cheek against it. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z
All of them urged me to “accept the teachings of The Honorable Elijah Muhammad.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z
A violet column of tourmaline from Madagascar that looks so rich he cannot resist the urge to stroke it. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z
For the rest of that day, I fought the urge to look toward the gray van. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z
From these photographs she picked, at police urging, Mr. King. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z
But he had more of his collections to distribute to experts, and he had to urge them, coax them, to tell him what they thought. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
Light was starting to seep through the cloud cover to the east, and he urged me on even while he pulled harder. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z
I had an urge to look down at myself, to make sure I was there. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z
Leo resisted the urge to set his hand ablaze and yell: Bwah ha ha! The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z
Nat put his hands on the child’s shoulders and gently urged her forward. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z
She also urged interested citizens to come hear her speak the next day at the local Presbyterian church. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z
We urged him to flee, Olakunde tying the head back upon his drum. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z
“Tell him the baby died! Tell him it was a stillbirth! You must take my baby away to safety. Here, take her,” she urged them. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z
This Modesty was too much, & I urged him that he must reply. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z
For sometimes my urge to go home, it is great, though not as great as my need for Toño. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z
The other was holding on to his elbow, so she could catch him if he stumbled, so she could keep him going, urging him forward, forward, forward. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z
It was what I had been urging for so many years, and I would not turn my back on negotiations. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
And through it all we were urged to be creative. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
An adult voice urged, “Come on, boys. We have to stay with the group.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z
There’s a destructive urge in people, the urge to rage, murder and kill. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z
The Corporal raised a hand and urged him on. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z
We urge the public to contact us at the investigation hotline with any relevant tips or information. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z
“I know, it is not enough. I’m urging the government to let private citizens build warships, too. Salem will build a frigate, the minute we have permission.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z
She resisted the urge to try to swallow it. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z
In a secret memo, he urged the president to deny Westmoreland's request. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z
All of it—the hand, the arm, the vulnerability, the urge to kiss the saving man—it crashes like an avalanche. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z
He took his time reading it, and I resisted the urge to rip it from him as I scrutinized his face for a clue as to what was inside. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z
The man was urging two tourists to buy. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z
I dug my heels into my horse's ribs and urged her into a gait that, for a short time, outstripped even Falconer. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z
Théoden had sat silent, hidden from the man’s sight behind his guards; now he urged his horse forward. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z
Repressing a strong urge to throw something at him, Harry plowed on, “I still reckon he might have hidden something at Hogwarts.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z
Even with the shaking and urging, it took Kate a minute to get Constance fully awake. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z
I have this urge to go back in there and stand with them, like I’ve somehow abandoned them. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z
I stifle the urge to go back to the window and assess my competition. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z
Finally she decided to mail it with a note of her own attached—urging caution and directing daddy’s attention to a clipping from Opportunity Magazine. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z
All attempts to go back to sleep failed, so I lay there with the BiPAP pumping the air in and urging it out, enjoying the dragon sounds but wishing I could choose my breaths. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z
“What is this?” he demanded, fighting the urge to rip up the paper. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z
At each house, she was invited inside, told to sit down, and urged to tell a story about some phase of her life. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z
Nägeli was studying another plant—the yellow-flowering hawkweed—and he urged Mendel to try to reproduce his findings on hawkweed as well. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z
I urged him to keep an open mind, while quietly thinking he had a point. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
At some point I lay down in an irresistible hollow at the base of a tree and urged Mother and the others to go on without me. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
The Earth-shaker for answer urged again: “Hephaistos, let us grant he goes, and leaves the fine unpaid; I swear, then, I shall pay it.” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z
Hermione had been urging him to report the robbery, but Harry didn’t like the idea. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z
She sat on the couch, and although Andrea and I urged her, she wouldn’t even join in for “Deck the Halls,” my favorite. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
That might urge his disordered mind to action. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z
“Well, sign up, then,” she urged with a smile. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z
Celaena curtsied, restraining the urge to keep walking; if she had to deal with too much courtly nonsense, she might be better off back in Endovier. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z
For a lot of rail riders there is a powerful urge to keep moving. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z
Upon hearing the final verse, the urge to weep pierced me like a knife in the gut. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z
When they pulled up in front of the house, Mia, who was outside watering the azaleas, fought the sudden but overpowering urge to drop the hose and run inside and lock the door behind her. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
Leo resisted the urge to hide behind Frank and yell, Take the big Canadian dude! Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z
I resisted the urge to take off my shirt and pants and examine the rest of my body. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z
She turned back to her laptop, choked with the urge to destroy, to slash and burn. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z
His sunken eyes look worried, and I have a sudden urge to press myself against his withered, little body and bury my face in his shoulder. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z
Marches were planned, demonstrations were held, and the black work force was urged to stop working in solidarity with student grievances. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z
I dare say it was a very similar urge which led me to become involved in great affairs before the war. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z
Bod fought the urge to push further back into the ivy. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z
Every sound they hear seems to urge them to run. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z
Sticky felt a powerful urge to make up a lie—to protect the Whisperer. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z
He watched me for a while, urging me on, literally cracking the whip. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z
“Lord Faa! If Iorek Byrnison takes me over the ridge to the village, we can find out whatever it is, and then catch the sledges up further on. He knows the route,” she urged. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z
I take a bite of the empanada and have to fight the urge to run up and hug this kind woman. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z
I resist the urge to wince at each of our loud footsteps. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z
While in England, one of the male delegates confronted Mott and urged her not to attend the conference, explaining that women were “constitutionally unfit for public meetings with men.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z
“Then let’s get going, we only have a minute,” Reynie urged. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z
He glanced around the room again, resisting the urge to just run. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z
Claiming that the ghettos were in danger of disintegrating into anarchy instigated by the ANC, the Afrikaans papers urged the government to use maximum force to restore law and order. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z
During an intermission, some of the women attending the conference urged Gage not to let Truth address the convention. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z
Carter finally sank into the chair at Graham’s urging. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
We insisted—and her son now urged compliance—that she remove the panniers. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z
He fought against the urge to reach across the space between them to see if her hair was as silky as it looked. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z
A short time later, Lucretia Mott wrote to Stanton and urged her to attend the annual National Woman’s Rights Convention in Philadelphia. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z
‘Listen to the heartbeat of Gaia,’ Piper urged. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z
He urged me to behave in a way that brought only respect to Sabata and to himself, and I assured him that I would. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Looks like we got ourselves a bit of a Confederate standoff,” I say, ignoring the voice inside that urges me to hurry. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z
They had left the House of Wu quickly, Haiyi urging everything from dumplings to furs on them. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z
Abby’s mom pulled up in their minivan, and I fought the urge to dash back to my room and change one last time. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z
John Garrett urged Booth, still hidden in the dark, to give himself up. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
Some had urged that very thing within her hearing after the battle in the woods. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z
When Mom arrives, I have to fight the urge to run to her and wrap my arms around her and cry into her shoulder. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z
Sometimes when I lie in bed at night I feel a terrible urge to touch my breasts and listen to the quiet, steady beating of my heart. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z
She stops walking, and I resist the urge to touch her hair, which blows across her face. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z
Knowing that we were frightened and baffled about our new “uncle,” my mother—I guess—urged Aunt Maggie to tell “uncle” to bribe us into silence and trust. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z
The Shavepate had urged her to put the man to death. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z
He urged the Army to appoint Nancy Jaax to the position, and the Army listened. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
I’m so infuriated that I was tricked by a freaking airsoft gun, I get the sudden urge to kick this kid in the gut. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z
She ate well and grew fat, until at last the shortening days and cold air urged her to go. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z
At some point during the day you’ll feel the sudden, unexplainable urge to clean out that closet, and there the package will be.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z
I hold back the urge to laugh out loud. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z
Thomas felt a trickle of courage inside him—he grasped it, clung to it, urged it to grow. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z
For example, I would suddenly have the urge to be on a beach and to walk down to the water. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z
“Get up, Stella,” her mother urged, nudging her. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z
But he cut me off and urged me one last time, drawing himself up to his full height and asking me if I believed in God. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z
Even after all their efforts to find it, he felt a violent urge to fling the locket from him. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z
Suddenly I felt the urge to admit all my wrongdoings. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z
They had no sooner taken a stride forward than Adaon, with a great cry, urged his horse across the ground. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z
It had taken Seabiscuit 1:42 to negotiate eight furlongs on the training track, and that was under strong urging. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z
She had an unaccountable urge to see his face, here in this place of his creation, with his eyes open. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z
Nero held his gaze, and Lazlo had to battle the urge to look away. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z
And even though I was urged to read all that I could, several teachers were dismayed to learn that I had read the novels of Victor Hugo and Flaubert. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
He had the overwhelming urge to sing, except that he was not a singing man. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z
Jinny urged her Cares, shoving them back up the path and inside the cabin to dress. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z
I want to feel the same powerful, nameless urge that I used to feel when I turned to my books. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z
As I watched her play, I felt the urge to climb out the window and join her. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z
Though I’m desperate to know if Hel is all right, I resist the urge to go to the infirmary. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z
Pollard crouched over his neck, urging him on and getting nothing, watching helplessly as horses flew past. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z
His posture went rigid as he suppressed the urge to shiver. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
Supreme Court, national organizations joined us and filed amicus briefs urging the Court to rule in our favor. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z
I hoped it would all be forgotten, considering how drunk my friend was, so I urged him to have another beer. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z
In the following issue Arthur printed a public service advertisement urging islanders to buy war bonds. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z
Down in the yard below, a rider in a winged helm urged his well-lathered horse under the spikes. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z
When Hermes was urging Prometheus to give in to Zeus he spoke of this, but in such a way as to make it seem an incredible sacrifice:— Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z
The nest is not meant to be his focus, nor the baby’s cries, but with each step closer to the nest, he can’t fight the urge to glimpse inside. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z
The path was easier now, made of crushed gravel and graded rocks, and he cracked his whip to urge the four black stallions on faster. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z
With its rolling, relentless rhythm, it seemed to urge her onward, saying, Go down, go away, go now. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z
He fought the urge to run out there, slip past the moving slabs of rock before they shut, flee the Glade. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z
In separate statements, the Retrenchment Committee urged the directors to make the committee permanent and invest it with the power to approve or deny every expenditure at the exposition, no matter how small. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z
Matthias realized that he would soon be overwhelmed as more sparrows pressed in on him, urged on by the mad exhortations of their King. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z
“Register Now,” the headline on the front page urged. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z
Suddenly—I can’t altogether explain it, but suddenly—I had a powerful urge not to be this far south any longer. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z
It must be said, however, that he was helped and urged on by Hera. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z
She even urged that the Alien Act be used to remove Albert Gallatin, the Swiss-born leader of the Republican party in the House of Representatives. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z
Holding tight to my machete, with strongest urgings, I talk myself to the top. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z
I thought she must have come to confront me about breaking into her house, and that cops would surely be busting down my door any moment, but I resisted the urge to panic. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z
If he was going to get any of them as far as the down, they would have to be urged. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z
My father, thinking that it might be good for business, urged me to show them how well I spoke English, to make a display of it, to casually recite “some Shakespeare words.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z
Resist the urge to dial her back, to ask, What other night? X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z
I held back the urge to get into the water a minute longer, but finally I said to Masson, “Shall we?” The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z
And after a short while he urged him on again in a deeper voice. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
Their skilled riders use this fear to urge them forward. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z
Under Adam’s urging they got to the Southern Pacific Depot half an hour before the train was due. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z
“Don't work like a stalling woodpecker,” urged a Tawny Owl affectionately. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Father, please keep your trap shut and let us ask the questions,” urged the major sympathetically. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z
On the inevitability side, it is true there were voices back then urging prospective patriots to regard American independence as an early version of manifest destiny. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z
That confirmed Bram’s anxieties and he came to me the next day and urged me to modify the speech. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
I have an urge to bolt, but I don’t. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z
Tyrion kicked at Pretty’s haunches to speed her to a charge as the sailors urged him on with hoots and shouts. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z
It was during those weekends that Milton, desperate to cement his restored relationship with his son, urged him once again to go into the family business. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z
The urge is still in me, stronger now, burning me up. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z
Back in Durham, NCC student leaders contacted their counterparts at Shaw University in Raleigh and urged them to orchestrate their own sit-in and to pass the word along to other black schools. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z
Pa fights the urge to scream as he hears the sound of a hammer crack the skull next to him, smashing into it. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
But tonight, I have the urge to run to my room. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z
At the beginning of the epidemic, Rush used mild purges and moderate bleedings and urged patients to sit in cool air, take cold baths, and eat light meals. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z
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
Cleopatra urged Mark Antony to run the blockade and break through to freedom. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z
“You may begin the test as soon as you receive it,” said the pencil woman, turning away at last, and Reynie resisted the urge to sigh with relief—even a sigh might disqualify him. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z
“Lie down for a few minutes, Husband,” Mother urged. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z
She made a motion with her hand, urging me to get on with it. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z
I feel blood rush to my cheeks and a sudden urge to tackle Bren. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z
“Go ahead,” he urged, walking backward to his end of the bridge. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z
He could be urging me along with a whip. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z
Politicians who had opposed suffrage in North Carolina urged members of Tennessee’s House of Representatives to fight suffrage “to the last ditch, and then some.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z
My mouth was too dry to answer, so I simply shook my head and tugged her sleeve, urging her not to linger. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z
I stifled the urge and asked a question instead. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z
A visceral urge to flee sweeps through me, so powerful that I slow, stop, pull away from the slaver. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z
I suppose it was part of my overwhelming urge to have more freedom, to convince Mother to have more faith in me and permit me to go more places and do more things. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z
He kept looking behind and then urging her onward. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z
He fought the urge to give in, but his eyes glazed. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z
I’m not sure where this urge to be quiet is coming from, but we all seem to feel it. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z
His manner was so rough that I did not urge him. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z
Without his urging, the horse entered the palace and brought him to a grand hall, where his mother's embroidery hung in a place of honor. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z
The heavy sword hanging from his shoulders by a length of cord thumped against him as he urged his legs forward: the breath rose ragged in his throat. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z
She squeezed his hand, urging him to be silent. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z
They were talking excitedly in their near-silent whispers, they were pointing, they were urging someone forward. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z
His opening line was this one: America is the wealthiest nation on Earth, but its people are mainly poor, and poor Americans are urged to hate themselves. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z
I meet Jack’s eyes; he nods excitedly, urging me to continue. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z
I felt like a tightrope walker, balancing the urge to hurry out of the cutting wind and the need to step carefully so as not to fall on my hind regions. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z
Lyell had been right in urging him to get on with publishing his views. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
Percy urged Blackjack forward, though the pegasus didn’t seem happy about it. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z
And then I was seized with the sudden urge to kiss her, and I did. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z
It might not be the most popular parenting style, but they really believed if they trusted our judgment, then we wouldn't have the urge to rebel. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z
As they struggled across the dusty plain, the fog became so thick that Percy had to resist the urge to swat it away with his hands. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z
I have an almost irresistible urge to look down. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z
I felt, and then dismissed, an urge to grab the painting off the wall and run away with it. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z
Behind him, Bristle growled again and Pax felt the urge to run. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z
He often fought the urge to raise his own voice from behind the kitchen door and tell her to shut up, especially when she called Master a sophist. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z
With my golden goat, Cheetah, at my side, I climb toward home, urging the straggling sheep along with my stick. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z
Holding her gaze, I saw something raw and unguarded there—a fear, I imagined, that I had in fact decided to do what she’d urged me to. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z
“Come on, let’s go back,” Pithy urges, looking pale. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
She fought an urge to grab somebody else’s bag and run and run. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z
He even let me smoke a cigarette in his office, but he urged me to quit smoking because of the health risks. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z
In the cold of February it looked brittle and tight, and when I saw it I had a strange urge to throw a blanket over it and warm its insides. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z
On Sundays his landlady urges him over and over again to eat some meat, so he eats a little. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z
Now, at the sudden prospect of a scythe before him, Rowan had an odd urge to do the same—as if raising his hands above his head could frighten the scythe away. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z
I fight back the urge to ask Beatriz if she knows the truth. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z
After all I’ve done for Russ, I have to fight the urge to shove Coach. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
A choir of pink-cheeked boys lift their voices as a priest seems to pull the music from their throats with the urging of his hands. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z
I had this crazy urge to scoop him up in my arms and charge through the doors—to check out Rex Walls-style one last time. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z
Young, hot-tempered Marq Piper urged a strike west at easterly Rock instead. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z
No one seems to question the urge of these women to form intense friendships, though, or to explore more deeply what those friendships might mean. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z
Jon had to urge him on when he stopped to visit. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z
The urge to catalog the myriad blunders in order to “learn from the mistakes” is for the most part an exercise in denial and self-deception. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z
It seemed the only plan that offered any hope and they urged the prince to go back and try to win Medea over, not knowing that the God of Love had already done that. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z
I resist the urge to kick him under the table. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z
I shut my eyes and tensed my muscles against an urge to vomit. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z
Everyone has a supremely low moment somewhere along the AT, usually when the urge to quit the trail becomes almost overpowering. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z
In his reedy, piping voice he urged them on to revolution. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
For that reason, he urged doctors to wash their hands thoroughly and to sterilize hands and surgical instruments with carbolic acid. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z
I had the urge to panic and hide, too, but I had to think of something! The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z
I get the strange urge to hit my head against the wall. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z
She starts tracing the bottom lid, and I fight the urge to blink. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z
Friends urged Anthony to declare bankruptcy, but she refused. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z
Over time, though, Squire saw Hulbert grow depressed, and says he urged him to stop doing executions. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
Her voice is loud, and he resists an urge to clap his hand over her mouth. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z
Dr. Greenfield urged the boy to counter the parental arguments, to start looking at the situation from different angles. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z
Amar urges the truck into the snow, which falls so fast I can only see a few feet in front of us. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z
Jason fought the urge to gag, but he didn’t keel over or explode. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z
“Bear, you must come with me,” I urged as much as begged, pulling at him again. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z
I always have to fight the urge to put Markie in a cardboard box in back of the furnace in the basement, securely closed with duct tape. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z
Hazel sat in the front seat while her mom spent a lifetime in the grocery store, barely resisting the urge to punch through the window. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z
At the urging of Father Nicanor, he arranged for the transfer of Catarino's store to a back street and he closed down several scandalous establishments that prospered in the center of town. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z
I had a fleeting urge to pick it up and give it to him, point first into his chest. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z
I could see Janice in the backseat urging him to keep moving. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z
I fought the urge to throw my arms around Mr. Ebgard’s neck. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z
With the salesman urging me on, I got another shirt, and a hat, and new shoes— the kind that were just coming into hipster style; dark orange colored, with paper-thin soles and knob style toes. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z
His words sent chills up my spine and I had the sudden urge to flee, to take my sisters and make a mad dash for it. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z
Instinct urged him to pull out his hanjari, but he found he couldn’t move. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z
He dared not throw up, but he felt the urge coming like a freight train and he couldn’t get off the tracks. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z
Then I felt the urge to relieve myself. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z
The jockey burst into frantic urging and Seabiscuit lunged forward, breaking into a dead run. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z
A letter arrived from Mr. Churchill to urge his nephew’s instant return. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z
I feel, as always, the urge to laugh, but not because I think it’s funny. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z
He was full of plans “for his gentleman’s coming out strong, and like a gentleman,” and urged me to begin speedily upon the pocket-book which he had left in my possession. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z
As he urges the horse on, he is gentle for fear the ruts and the muddy road will cause her to fall forward or brush him in some way. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z
She wasn’t reaching out to airwomen in particular, but she was certainly including them, as she urged the youth of the Soviet Union to fight for their Motherland. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z
I twitch, resisting the urge to smack her hand away. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z
Seven’s eyes filled with tears, and she quieted the urge to call out for her mom, to scream for her parents to help her. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z
As good as Farmer was as a clinical doctor, Hiatt had been urging him to rethink his priorities, including reducing his Haiti involvement to the role of consultant. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z
I had the awful urge to pop the guy in the face when he came around to use the showers too. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z
In spite of their disordered life, the whole group tried to do something permanent at the urging of the wise Catalonian. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z
He urges his eyes out of his thoughts to encounter her. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z
And maybe it was childish, this old urge to explore for exploring’s sake. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z
And there was a group of boys who were fighting, and a red-haired girl urging them on, and a little boy throwing stones to smash all the windows of a nearby building. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
The only time I was able to fall asleep that night was when the last morning breeze, the one containing the irresistible urge to sleep, saved me from my wandering mind. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z
I don't know why, but lately, I've just felt this urge to put it out there. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z
Freddie urged me on, slapping me on the shoulder, pushing me through the dorm. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z
The sound of flying darts cutting through the air to his left and right, finding targets, urged him to hurry, erasing any other thoughts from his mind. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z
Naomi fought the urge to run for the woods. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z
Woodhull then grabbed the podium, shouted out a motion to adjourn, and urged everyone to go to the Apollo Hall the next morning for a meeting of a new political party. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z
Leo resisted the urge to run to the helm. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z
My fingers strayed to my waist, urging to twist up in the tassels of my tzitzis. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z
What induced them to do this is not known, but Creon urged it and Oedipus’ sons consented to it. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z
She could feel the future through her hands, in the pictures her hands were urging her to make. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
Mark didn’t know what it was about her words that made him shiver, but they did, and he couldn’t fight the urge to look over his shoulder toward where she was staring. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z
A smith could make a shield which showed on its surface a lion hunt, two lions devouring a bull while herdsmen urged their dogs on to attack them. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z
Green meanwhile would be hooting and hollering at his own crew, urging them on. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z
Cullen urged him to come along anyway, but the man refused. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z
Emily concentrated on the slap of their feet, the weight of her backpack bumping against her, urging her faster, faster, faster. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z
Before Hazel could change her mind, she urged Arion through the gates. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z
She fought off the urge to slap them. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
‘Just one more piece,’ urged the jackal, holding up a chunk of meat. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z
Sometimes I had the urge to start pushing people away from me, but it was no use. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z
With her silver circlet and her proud expression, she looked so much like royalty that I had to resist the urge to sit up straight and say “Yes, ma’am.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z
He made urging motions at the smoke with his body. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z
But root and urge I do insist and claim, for had I not heired too from all the unsistered Eves since the Snake? Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z
This provoked further controversy, and the pressure of letters continued to build up urging the Society to declare more fully its membership criteria. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z
“Come on, baby,” he heard the drunken soldier urge determinedly. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z
“It wasn’t a dog,” I said, fighting the urge to go ahead and tell her what really happened. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z
I realized I was already the owner of nine blank postcards featuring photos of loons and lighthouses, but I had the urge to hoard. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z
“Run, Ben,” I urge, turning, taking off like a firecracker, not looking back. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z
She wondered what she looked like herself, resisting the urge to put her hand up to her head again. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Some of the cosmic ray enthusiasts are very likely to urge that nature has furnished us with particles of extremely high energies,” he observed. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z
Two carry carnations; one urges along a beagle on a rope. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z
Thomas had the same strange urge he’d had the night before—to reach out and take one of her hands. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z
His head slips under the water and he closes his eyes, forces himself to resist the urge to suck in a breath that would kill him. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z
One of the ghosts—an old woman—beckoned, urging her to come close. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z
Just hearing her answer, so comfortably and honestly, caused yet another of my chronic blood-and-attention-migration episodes, and I nearly jerked my hand skyward for another high five with Seanie, but controlled the urge. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z
Students came to the pulpit to tell of their experiences as demonstrators, while speakers from black churches around Dallas County urged adults in the audience to follow the students’ example and get involved. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z
At his urging we roused Taske and Groom and then crowded into their tent to discuss what to do about Beck and Yasuko. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z
Each of the few times they talked, she urged him to study. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z
The girls head turned and she half rose, listening to the murmur of the sea, but she did not answer and the old woman did not urge her. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z
Einstein urged the government to start working closely with physicists to explore the possibilities of building atomic bombs. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
This was precisely the neutral foreign policy that both Washington and Adams had been urging for a decade and that Jefferson had condemned as a betrayal of the spirit of ’76. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z
He resisted the urge to stare them down and instead kept his eyes locked forward on their legs. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z
“I was urging everyone on, knowing I had an awful fight against time,” Burnham said. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z
Make it to the bedroom, he urged himself, undress, curl into cool sheets, tell him I came home sick, must be a virus, twenty-four hour flu, and keep my face hidden. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
“That’ll be like a code word to remind yourself to simmer down. Mama taught my little brother Cotton to say ‘rutabaga’ every time he gets the urge to draw on the wall.” Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z
He drank deeply at the stream and urged his companions on. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z
I have to resist the urge to pull the cloak more tightly around myself. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z
After the urge to faint passes, I stare at the ground, sure I’ll never bring myself to look anyone in the eyes again. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z
We all waited, urging him to talk, but his face was happy and we knew that he brought good news. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z
I finally blurted out, resisting the urge to fall to my knees and bow repeatedly. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z
I idly wonder if she had an urge to swallow the gasoline she got in her mouth, and it reminds me of my own thirst, but I push it to a back burner. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z
“They get a bucket each. Go on,” he urges. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z
Frank’s ghostly ancestor had urged him to take charge. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z
“The work you are doing is of tremendous importance and must go forward with all possible speed,” Stimson urged. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Come on, come on,” the coach urged, irritable as usual. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
I feel like someone's just set my body on fire, but I start clapping because Mayumi is urging me along in front of her, and at this point I'll do anything just to blend in. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z
Sometimes, urging the memories into Gabriel, Jonas felt that they were more shallow, a little weaker than they had been. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z
But to die a bloody death while the crowds urge on my killer. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z
They were urging people to hurry, their shouts lost in the Berg’s blast. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z
“Get Well Soon!” it urged, and the terrible inappropriateness of it forced him to stifle a giggle. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z
The war cost England so much that George III, who had become king in 1760, urged Parliament, England’s law-making assembly, to find a way to pay for it. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z
I had no urge to color my hair or trash my sneakers. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z
It is hard, so hard, but she sees Dr. Mann in her brown leather chair, urging, and so she takes this kindness, too. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z
Out on the verge he found Dandelion urging Haystack, who was lamed and spent. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z
Malfoy looked as though he was fighting down the urge to shout, or to vomit. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z
"He felt an urge to explore. His kind was not made for waiting about in halls." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z
He kept asking me to check with the government about how his flag would be delivered and urging me to get a commitment in writing. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z
The youngsters were standing silently outside the courthouse, displaying crayoned signs urging equal voting rights, when the sheriff ordered them to follow him down the street. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z
I had nothing to say to that, except to urge him again to stick out the year with Professor Appleman. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z
Andrew urged me, and although I could keep up with Andrew we did not have enough wind to outdistance the Kid. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z
Practically everyone he knew was urging him to follow the lead of many previous Review editors and apply for what would be a shoo-in clerkship with the Supreme Court. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z
When I saw Walter in Pretoria Local just after my sentencing, I urged him to make sure that all my books and notes were removed from the farm. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
She only knew that some deep urge made her take up her knife one morning and carve a small notch into the doorpost of her sleeping cabin. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z
They studied each other warily, and Hazel fought the urge to run. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z
Although the majority criticized Welles and his program, others urged against government action as punishment. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z
Close to eight o’clock that night, the phone finally rang and when my dad, who answered it at my mom’s terrified urging, hung up, he shook his head. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z
A group of experts at the U.N. urged a national convention for South Africa that would lead to a truly representative parliament, and recommended an amnesty for all op-ponents of apartheid. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
In April, an organization called Students for a Democratic Society urged members to gather in front of the White House. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z
“Let’s get out before the chloroform wears off,” urged the prizefighter. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z
In fact, I urge you to test yourself. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z
On the following day, at the urging of his friends, he went to see Dr. Alirio Noguera to be treated for a supposed pain in his liver. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z
All she could do was urge her siblings to walk faster. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z
Lemos remembered feeling the heat of the flames on her back as she urged her parents and children along. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z
Then she realized what she was doing, staring at the grain on the wood, and urged herself to snap out of it. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z
Thirst and her bladder both urged her to get up, but the prospect of leaving her alcove was grim. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z
I ignore his scolding, and the urge to point out that he was the one shoplifting, and therefore he was the uncool one. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z
I was thus firmly urged not to waste more time with my harebrained scheme. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z
Nature is preoccupied with balance, so it did not surprise me that nearly right away I felt the urge to urinate. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z
The knight urged his mount to a trot, and they left the crowd behind them. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z
Then she urged them to “please try again.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z
The Mark of Athena...She resisted the urge to check her pocket, but she could feel the silver coin growing wanner—the cursed gift from her mother. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z
He wrote King expressing support and urging him to turn the action into a national nonviolent protest movement. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z
Nigeria became where she was supposed to be, the only place she could sink her roots in without the constant urge to tug them out and shake off the soil. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z
To assure maximum attendance, Mayor Harrison had signed an official proclamation that urged every business to suspend operation for the day. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z
Emily concentrated on the slap of their feet, the weight of her backpack bumping against her, urging her faster, faster, faster. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z
I’m looking out of the window again, but I can feel his eyes on me and I have the oddest urge to turn towards him, to smell the smoke on his clothes and his breath. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z
He talked to them, urging them, ordering them. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z
It was, of course, the end of her era, but with the death of a pet there's always that urge to string black crepe over an entire ten- or twenty-year period. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z
I resisted the urge to answer that charge, and Dad lectured on. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z
I resist the urge to roll my eyes. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z
The only thing I felt was a strong urge to sweep the steps. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z
I did not really think he would, and yet as I played the first piece, a Clementi Sonatina, I had a terrible urge to look over my shoulder. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z
I felt the urge to run rise up deep from my bones; it was instinct now. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z
I fight the urge to sigh, trying instead to channel the fire for which I'm known, beloved, and criticized. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z
Clover treated the hoof with poultices of herbs which she prepared by chewing them, and both she and Benjamin urged Boxer to work less hard. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z
All the same, Laila had an urge to run through those streets. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z
Coughing at the smoke that was getting thicker and warmer with every passing second, Frankie pulled on the metal bar, urging the door to break free. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z
Sometimes one of the ladies or gentlemen can’t resist the urge to peek outside. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z
Well-dressed people in flowing dashikis and wax-print dresses were passing through with no trouble...She resisted the urge to look down at her own clothes. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z
Pushing me before her, we race out the door, my legs gaining strength as I fly through the house to the waiting car, Chucha urging me on. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z
After the awkward moment passed, he urged me to continue with my story. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z
In 1860, when he was not yet nineteen, his devout father urged him to join a religious commune in Oneida, New York, run by a man his father admired. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z
Richard turned and stared at her and felt the urge to cry. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z
She fought the urge to fidget, as if the campus were an itchy sweater. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
“Ma, make him feel good,” the brother urged. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z
Harry nodded, but even as he did so, an insane urge to confess that he didn’t have any idea how to survive at the bottom of the lake for an hour came over him. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z
My parents definitely questioned why Izzy felt the urge to show so much boobage when their daughters never opted for low-cut tops. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z
She didn’t say anything more as he put one arm on each side of her and urged the horse forward. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z
No one visiting the website would learn that the mass incarceration of African Americans had already eviscerated many of the hard-earned gains it urged its members to protect. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z
Robert urged his brother to enlist in the army for three years, rather than be drafted for two. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z
He cut through the crowd and found a Port Authority police officer urging people to keep moving for the exits. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z
The police had one picture of me with a beard, which they widely distributed, and my colleagues urged me to shave it off. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
At that moment, the urge to be writing was stronger than any notion she had of what she might write. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z
But even after they place their order, a part of her has a nagging urge, feels like standing up, leaving. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z
I had to do something to pull myself back away from the Wild Boy urges. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z
So Claudius seized Gertrude’s hand, urging her to join the revelry. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z
He probably knew this already, but I suddenly had the urge to keep talking. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z
“Make haste, make you, make haste!” urged Temp and Tick. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z
We encounter many signs of “spirituality” among the owners—books like Ten Things I Learned about Life in My Garden and inspirational wall hangings urging centeredness. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z
She had the urge to pick up the telephone and give the superintendent a call and straighten this out right away. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Mama! Mama, wake up,” I urged as I shook her shoulder. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z
Amid noise and confusion, the driver urged us to get out quickly. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
Marigold fought the urge to stick her tongue out at him. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z
I can’t fight the urge to halt when he calls my name like that—but I use it to my advantage. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z
“Let me handle him,” urged a hatchet-faced man with sunken acrimonious eyes and a thin, malevolent mouth. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z
That spirit of social initiative disappeared in a short time, pulled away by the fever of the magnets, the astronomical calculations, the dreams of transmutation, and the urge to discover the wonders of the world. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z
Washington, for his part, obliged his Virginia critics by urging his stepgrandson to attend Harvard in order to escape the provincial versions of learning currently ascendant in the Old Dominion. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z
The voices of Mars and Ares yelled in his head, urging him to kill Nico and the man in denim and anyone else he could find, but Frank forced down the noise. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z
While he struggled to get upright, Diana checked the urge to kick him and instead felt her side pocket for her phone. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z
Kaz nodded and slipped down a hallway behind a potted rose tree, resisting the urge to bury his nose in his collar. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z
Fighting the urge to throw up, he took one step after another, breathlessly waiting to see what horrors lay in the aftermath of the attack. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z
But in 2011, the group liberalized its policy, urging parents to limit and monitor toddler screen time but not calling for such a rigid ban. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z
Suddenly I felt an urge to go look at her, perhaps I had really never seen her. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z
I resist the urge to cry or hug her or both. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z
But Marguerite needs no urging, for now she is caught up in telling her story. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z
Any other time I would have been too embarrassed to tell him the truth, but I was so sick of lying that I had an urge to come clean, on this small matter at least. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z
“Send him down to the Drowned God before he brings a curse upon us,” urged Burton Humble. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z
As she spoke, she urged Dr. Han toward the back of the clinic. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z
They had to resist the urge to hold hands again as they set off after the old grizzly bear and Lana. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z
I fought the urge to throw it off. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z
Annabeth remembered Percy’s comment about Frank turning into a giant goldfish, and she resisted the urge to smile. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z
I have a sudden urge to comfort her. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z
Spilled coffee didn’t really prove very much, Fujiko urged her daughter to see. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z
I hurried through my cleanup and urged Conrad to join me so we could quickly get to the joy of our cookies and play. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z
Dakota urged, grinning like a madman as he swigged red Kool-Aid from his flask. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z
Resisting the urge to give Ron a good hard poke in the back of the head, he finally reached the table and sat down at it. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z
Anderson and other prominent performers were urged to announce publicly that they would no longer appear before segregated audiences. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z
I found myself unconsciously urging the spacecraft at least to stand on its tiptoes, as if this laboratory, designed for immobility, were perversely refusing to manage even a little hop. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
He strongly urged their leader to abandon the fixed survey method once and for all. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z
I have an urge to push back, to get up and shove. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z
They were silent, and the night moved restlessly about the house, nudging them and urging them. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z
I was going through the motions of my warm-up, but all I was really doing was fighting the urge to go curl up in a corner somewhere and take a nap. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z
For a hands- on executive like Howard, the urge to tinker must have been strong, but he was smart enough to recognize superior understanding, no matter how bizarre the training practices looked. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z
Thomas felt the ridiculous urge to reach out and touch them. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z
"Why do you think that was?" urges Caesar. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z
He had advisers and supporters, some of whom were urging him to give it a shot. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z
I rapidly pressed the print button again and again, urging the machine to do its job. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z
The entire crowd in the saloon gathered about me now, urging me to drink. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z
I fought the urge to open the package right there, in front of everyone else waiting for mail. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z
“He told me he’d left the last time I saw him. I urged him to reconsider, but he said it was already done.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z
I fought the powerful urge to storm off, but to where? The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z
Returned to the ship, the heroes held a council and one and another urged Jason to let him take the trial upon himself; but in vain, Jason would yield to none of them. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z
David rolled to his knees in the bottom of the cockpit and fought the urge to vomit. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z
Four years later, Dorothy Vaughan and her twelve fellow teachers were welcoming 301 education-hungry youngsters, urged along by parents who wanted more for their children than a life of work in the tobacco factories. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z
After they had eaten, she urged the children to go for a little walk, saying they needed the air. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z
Finn resisted the urge to grab Joe’s glasses so he could see Mom’s face when she looked down at the lizard drone. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z
So Malcolm dug the paddle in and urged the canoe forward. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z
Flora couldn’t resist the urge to say it out loud. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z
He says Kathie urged him to let her and the children move on with their lives, explaining his eventual absence, something he says he regrets. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z
Was that President Franklin Roosevelt urging the nation to stay calm? Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z
He’d become convinced that only by following Armstrong’s interpretation of the Bible could he find health and happiness, become successful, and gain eternal life, and he urged her to read the Bible and Armstrong’s writings. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z
Angelica was beside the leading boy, tugging at his arm, urging him on. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
Smith urged Howard to pass on the entry in the Washington Handicap. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z
She had the urge to wrap a blanket around Joaquin for some reason. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z
Nailshed girls were with them, laughing and teasing them, twining slender arms around the men’s waists, urging them to drink and spend. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z
At that stage, we had no real urge even to push our favorite classics at the two of you—not, anyway, with the same gusto that we had at the twins or Boo Boo. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z
Even now he could feel the tingle in his shoulder that had signaled the uncontrollable urge to smash his father’s face. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z
We couldn't resist the urge to swap stories and exchange information, even though such conversations sometimes led to jealousy and anger. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z
I could see her struggling with the urge to cry. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z
And the more resentful I became, the more my old urge to make speeches returned. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z
They feel they ought to have strong feelings on this and that, just as Harry urges them to. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z
The Bolsheviks were led by Vladimir Lenin, a man of bold and energetic ideals who had been urging revolution for more than twenty years. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z
Now that she was here, Hazel felt a reckless urge to finish the quest. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z
I had the strangest urge to take it, and try to find out who’d lost it. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z
The slightly blaming note in her voice makes me cringe, and I get the urge to go back to my room again and stay there. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z
I fought off the urge to point out angrily that I’d asked her to tell me if she felt anything wrong with her breathing. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
I resisted the urge to say, Yes, you are. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z
Then his clear voice rings out, flying above the company, urging them into a run. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z
And I had to suppress that old urge to defend myself, my field, the ugly collective history, you know. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z
This notice urged women to become involved in what became known as the Women’s Loyal National League, devoted to passage of the Thirteenth Amendment. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z
"Faster," Freak is saying, and he's urging me on, it's lucky for me the little dude doesn't have any spurs, but I don't care, I just want to get clear of Blade. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z
Perhaps if he urged his memory further, practiced each night as he lay on his mat...Nothing seemed impossible today. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z
I have a sudden urge to run again, out of that shop, down the sidewalk. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z
“It was your pit, your box, your seats. Sweet wine and soft cushions, figs and melons and honeyed locusts. You provided all. You urged Her Grace to try the locusts but newer tasted one yourself.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z
I tried to urge her out of it, over the phone. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z
From all over the valley it seemed to Taran there came voices urging him to remain. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z
Even at her age she still feels the urge to wreathe herself in flowers. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z
A hot childish urge to cry rose in her. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z
Out the back door, into the shock of damp heat, straining for a look at the river: resisting the urge to run. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
At that word the other boys forgot their urge to be gone and turned back to sample this fresh rub of two spirits in the dark. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z
Phillips sent her a telegraph: “Let us urge you at once to advise and insist upon this woman’s returning to her relatives.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z
I withstood the urge to scratch my increasingly prickly rash, and instead dug some soft mud from the riverbed and wiped it on my ankles and wrists. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z
And these tiny girls, they start to laugh and whip the doll harder to urge the whole jest longer. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z
There’s a woman who genuinely feels that Satan struck her at the checkout line in the supermarket, filling her with the urge to steal. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z
The urge to make art is unique to us. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z
They decided to challenge Alice Paul and to urge her to allow them to march together. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z
It urged the Congress to “take such measures in their wisdom, as the powers with which they are invested will authorize, for promoting the abolition of slavery, and discouraging every species of traffic in slaves.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z
I batted off an urge to pick it up and read it. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z
“He would have urged you to ignore it.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
My face grew hot and I had the sudden urge to throttle Sim. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
She urged her horses to Olympus and asked Zeus if she might drive that bane of men, Ares, from the battlefield. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z
Whenever she wanted something, he had the irrational urge to provide it. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z
In a memo to FDR, Byrnes had urged that an outside panel of eminent scientists give the program a once-over—“rather a jittery and nervous memorandum and rather silly,” Stimson recalled. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z
It was an act of concentration, of trying to hold within one’s center of attention all of that bewildering array of facts which science, politics, experience, memory, and imagination were urging upon me. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z
He paused, but the general manager urged on, “Go ahead, Dr. Lanning. Explain it the way you explained it to me.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z
And of course Edison urged the fair to use direct current, DC, the prevailing standard. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z
I sense them urging me to do well, to sit up straight and answer in complete sentences. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z
I resist the urge to do more, remembering Ivy's warning and what happened last time. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z
Remembering this, Pax felt the urge to run again, but not for the joy of it. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z
At the urging; of my father, sometimes on my lunch break, I would drive over to check up on her, make sure she was doing okay, because she was now in her eighties. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z
I stared at the top of his sandy-haired head as I poured, mentally urging him to look up. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z
She loved him, and the spirited easy life he gave her, and yet she often fought the urge to create rough edges, to squash his sunniness, even if just a little. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z
She was a plump, pink, sluggish girl who read good books and kept urging Yossarian not to be so bourgeois without the r. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z
Would Karl Marx have urged workers of all species to unite? Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z
She urged her board onto the river, cutting into the cold spray and for a moment leaving a laughing Shay behind. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z
I stared at that last line, dated on the first day of school, urging it to change, to revert to its true form, because I knew I must have made it up. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z
A neighbor gently urges his goats along as he guides them home along the tracks. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z
They stumbled along behind her, half-dead for sleep, and she urged them on, though she was as tired and as discouraged as they were. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z
So although she never seemed to urge me to talk, I began to do so, until, finally, I was pouring out my anguish, not for the cats, but for myself as murderer. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
"We will tell you what to write, child. The important thing is that you urge Lady Catelyn and your brother to keep the king's peace." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z
There’s music everywhere, urging a lightness of step. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z
He responded promptly, insisting that “this paper is a fabrication,” urging Adams to remain skeptical “until positive and solemn proof of its authenticity shall be provided.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z
Now and then I would whoop, urging them on. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z
I shook hands all around then backed out of the room in a fog, silent, as if the pantomime had taken my voice and the urge to speak. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z
He rested his hands on the keys while he confronted the urge to type her name again. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z
Her friends in New York had urged her to go to Boston—people there were eager to meet her and equally eager to help her. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z
Ms. Bethune cleared her throat, urging everyone to settle down. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z
Sensing my hesitation, Isabel urges me gently through the alleys of the cloisters. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z
I nodded, barely resisting the urge to say “That’s putting it mildly.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z
He had learned to keep his whip idle, compensating by riding with somewhat longer stirrups that allowed him to urge horses gently with his lower legs. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z
I try to resist the urge to fall into her arms like a little girl. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z
I have to resist the urge to cross my eyes or make a face at her. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z
Those were days of such inner agitation, such irrepressible anxiety, and so many repressed urges that on the first evening that Meme was able to get out she went straight to Pilar Ternera's. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z
Mother had urged Dad to call a taxi. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z
She couldn’t see him from where she was, and she tried to smother the urge to move and look. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z
The first soldier was at the wheel, smoking dried leaves rolled in paper and the smoke was pungent and the drive took so long that Ugwu could no longer hold his urge to urinate. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z
He fought the urge and fought it and fought it. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z
“Open the pits and give them swords,” urged the Spotted Cat. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z
During the drafting process in the summer of 1796, Washington kept urging Hamilton to insert a separate section on the creation of a national university in the capital city now being constructed on the Potomac. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z
The urge to go to him fills me up like it did the last time. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z
Ma squats at the cliff’s edge, urging me to take my time, but I just want to get this over with. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z
That reality helps to explain why African American leaders such as Booker T. Washington urged blacks to focus on improving themselves rather than on challenging racial discrimination. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z
“Let go, stupid,” part of me was saying, while another voice I hardly recognized was urging me to hold him tighter. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
I inch forward, urged on by the pond’s lovely coolness against my bruised and tired skin and a curiosity to see how far I will let myself go. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z
While I can resist my zombie urge, Jacqui’s all about impulse, and I can see her turning. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z
He and Sunny posed with me for photos in an online campaign to urge people to sign up for health-care coverage. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z
At Strauss’s urging, Eisenhower declined to reappoint Murray when his term as commissioner expired on June 30. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z
At seven o'clock, when Haupt's father was finished with work, his mother called him and urged him to hurry over to the Froehlings' home. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z
“Come on. We only have a little farther to go,” Tendai urged. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z
A group of these white-collar men sent a letter to the editor of a local newspaper, urging black workers to vote against the union. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z
She clapped her paws together in a brisk manner, urging her companions to resume the task. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z
It is the same urge, I realize, that makes me want to kiss her every time I see her, because even a sliver of distance between us is infuriating. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z
Luzan always preferred that I speak to him in skeins such as this; he urged me to take up story-forms, even prepare something for our sessions. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z
They needed to pray, were urged to do so five times a day, but Nasser was nervous. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z
Logic urged me to run, get away, but something kept me there. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z
Olanna placed Baby down on the mattress, covered her with a wrapper, kissed her forehead, and felt the sudden urge to cry at the thought of Ugwu. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z
Malcolm could feel his dæmon’s eagerness to plunge into the water and catch the fish, and silently urged her on; but she held back. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z
In the mid-1980s Kelling was hired by the New York Transit Authority as a consultant, and he urged them to put the Broken Windows theory into practice. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Let’s turn it off, Finnick, before they run it again,” I urge him. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z
“You don’t need those,” urged the smaller man. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z
Adele urged him to push on, or they wouldn’t make it to Denver in time for the party. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z
Grace didn’t think it could be worse than that night, her mother gripping her hand, nurses urging her to push, but it was. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z
She has the urge to leave campus, return to the apartment. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z
Boo hopped onto her head and pecked at her hair, urging her to take it. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z
Surely one reason is an irresistible urge to adorn ourselves and decorate the world around us. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z
I had an urge to reach over and grab Lovey’s hand. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z
More and more it is Janice who is directing the daily operations, actually there at the house urging the rest of us on. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z
They urged the teachers to turn around and leave, warning them not to make an “illegal attempt” to enter the courthouse. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z
I hear Dylan urging, “Cover your mouth, cover your mouth. Smoke kills first.” Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z
Sheriff Freas, his flesh unfolding from his voluminous neck and chest, urged the private detectives to discount Rose and her boyfriend as suspects. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z
And so, before Shirley knew it, she was urging her friend to run herself. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z
I turned away from the car, battling the urge to get back in and keep going. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z
Minli shrugged again, but the urge to go home began to pull at her strongly. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z
This was patently untrue, but a justifiable distortion in the Jeffersonian scheme of things because motivated by an authentic urge to sustain the friendship. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z
We told ourselves again and again that we did not agree with the white men; we urged ourselves to keep faith in each other. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z
Within a few minutes, they had all helped clear the table, Rebecca urging them not to stay and try to help with the dishes. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z
They ran toward the empty outdoor mall, the splattering of an immense concrete fountain urging them on. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z
They were about the size of puppies and they moved along so slowly that from time to time Mon-a-nee had to urge them on. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z
The president recognized the mortal danger federal employees faced and urged department heads to move their offices from Philadelphia to Germantown, some five miles away. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z
My isolation was compounded by the fact that during a weekend home visiting my parents, I had the urge to get my hair cut on a Saturday without an appointment. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z
Odenigbo sat by her and urged her to drink some water. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z
Now that the backpack was lying in the grass, I had a sudden urge to run outside and grab it. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z
But when I urge him to speak out, to raise public interest as a defense against factional intrigue, he does not hear me. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z
Olanna’s words surprised her, but the startling truth brought the urge to cry. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z
The bishop urges Valjean to take the candlesticks to invest as seedlings in a life devoted to good. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z
Poets are always urging women to have this kind of courage. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z
Do you not remember how eagerly he urged that no man should be spared on a wildgoose chase northward, when the immediate peril was westward? The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z
Along with others, I urged a week’s boycott. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
I felt the urge to reassure him that I was like everybody else, just like everybody else. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z
In July of 1945, Emperor Hirohito sent a letter to the Supreme Military Council, urging them to seek peace. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z
Many of their closest friends and colleagues in Virginia had urged them to regard Hamilton’s program as clinching evidence of a foreign takeover of the national government that fully justified a withdrawal from the union. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z
He succeeded in getting WHO to agree to sponsor a meeting of drug companies; they would be urged to produce more second-line drugs, and competition would drive down prices, Jim thought. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z
But he would go on in a second, and she resisted an urge to get up and leave, leave before he told her things she didn’t want to hear. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z
He urged us to prepare ourselves to testify in federal court, if need be. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
But the men—reluctant to surrender their sport— would buy me drinks anyway, letting me drink out of their flasks on the streets, urging me to repeat obscenities. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z
An incentive is simply a means of urging people to do more of a good thing and less of a bad thing. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z
Inside, my heart is pounding, my blood thrumming in my ears as the fear response urges me to run run run. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z
Suddenly I felt an urge to go look at her, perhaps I had really never seen her. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z
They both looked surprised when Ranofer jumped to his feet and pulled them through the reeds into the little clearing, urging them to sit down quickly and listen. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z
He fought the urge to bolt from the cabin. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z
It was bad not because it brought growth, that was good, but because it raised from dark interiors the restless, wild urges that lay sleeping all winter. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z
I think she was telling me, I know you’ve run away—everybody gets the urge to do that sometime—but sooner or later you'll want to go home. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
They would wake up at the same time, have the urge to go to the bathroom at the same time, suffer the same upsets in health, and they even dreamed about the same things. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z
In the past few weeks, Delilah needed a change, ignoring the voice in her head urging her to end things with Victor. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z
In 1923, after the Smith bombing, the Osage tribe began to urge the federal government to send investigators who, unlike the sheriff or Davis, had no ties to the county or to state officials. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z
As Walter White urged the surging crowd to stay back, the police were rushing Anderson back inside the Memorial. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z
When Fiver’s urging had penetrated his dark, ebbing stupor, he had at first actually tried not to respond. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z
He pulled tight on his reins, swinging the raptor off to the side, and then dug his stirrups hard, urging it into a pounce. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z
They parked on the side of the road, and Luke fought the urge to go tearing off into the woods. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z
“We’ve never had a house of our own before,” she said, and Moody stifled the urge to tell her that this wasn’t a house, it was only half a house. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
In ones and twos the does, utterly bemused and scarcely able to move or to understand what was said to them, were urged into getting up and stumbling their way down the field. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z
I feel the urge to drive home and lock it up somewhere safer before anyone else sees it, or in case it’s stolen. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z
An agent urged Hoover to send condolences to White’s widow, emphasizing that there was nothing in White’s files to “militate against such action.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z
But he did not seem to know what to do with the shield as he urged his horse forward, and Ser Balon's point struck the blazon square. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z
Perhaps it was Giannini’s urging, perhaps the example of Bing Crosby, who was investing heavily in racehorses, or maybe the spellbinding vision of the track their money had built. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z
It made Thomas feel off-kilter, as if the urge to sleep that grew steadily with every passing minute were somehow unnatural. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z
Man’s subliminal urge to destroy what he could neither subdue nor deify. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
I climbed in, squishing down my sudden urge to haul you off the bus and run home. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z
Leo resisted the urge to throw a grenade in Frank’s face. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z
The three of them are small-talking about me, pouring out compliments as I fight the urge to blush. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z
Bingley urged Mr. Jones’s being sent for immediately; while his sisters, convinced that no country advice could be of any service, recommended an express to town for one of the most eminent physicians. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z
Her own parents, locked up for robbing a family-owned movie theater, inspired her kleptomaniac urges, but Aimee discovered working on herself made her feel more powerful than stealing from others. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z
But after a few minutes of frenzied whirling, pouncing, rending, and clawing, Brute’s killing urge left him. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z
I urged him to let himself sleep late the next morning, to give his body a rest. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z
“I strongly urged that we should at once pool all our information, work together on equal terms, and share the results, if any, equally between us,” Churchill said of the meeting. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Break into the palace? Quick, be quick,” they urged each other. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z
Evelyn zealously began distributing their publication The Watchtower, and began to proselytize me as well, urging me to convert my commitment to the struggle to a commitment to God. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
Thomas frowned, not quite understanding the drive inside him, urging him on. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z
Hermione, however, answered: Harry thought that answering questions correctly was such a deeply ingrained habit she could not suppress the urge. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z
“Tell me about your urge to mutilate the human form,” he asked me. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z
"Brynden will do what he can for her, and for the boy. That is some comfort, but still . . ." "Go to her," Ned urged. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z
All the while a little voice in my head is urging me to hurry to the sheriff’s office. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z
The kapos cracked their whips and we got moving again, but secretly I was still urging the Allies on to victory. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z
Serena emailed Farmer about her concerns, urging Paul to consider the medevac option. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z
John Quincy’s network of European sources also urged enlightened procrastination. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z
Two nights ago after dark, a group of young men had run through Santiago, distributing leaflets under doors, urging an uprising. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
A popular Polish Catholic priest urged calm, calling the riots a “black pogrom” and hinting that the Irish were the culprits, trying to draw the Lithuanians into the battle. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z
She had spoken them many times before their wedding, often she’d urged him not to go, but he had not been able to bring himself to stay away from the fighting. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z
From the size of her, I quickly suspected twins and urged her and her husband to go to the hospital in Staunton or Harrisonburg for the delivery. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
A strangled cry was forming in his throat; he urged himself to move but he couldn’t. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z
The urge to get my earmuffs is like a mosquito bite I want to itch. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z
He has urged me to put aside my fears and speak my heart plain. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z
Go home, urged the nervy Maggot in me. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z
Terryl’s high school guidance counselor didn’t consider college an option, urging the young woman to go to a trade school. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z
Frustrated by the slow pace of progress, physicist and U-Committee member Ernest Lawrence urged the committee to bring in some fresh talent. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
Speaker after speaker urged the audience to demand their rights by marching to the courthouse and registering to vote. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z
Throughout the spring and summer and early fall recruiters were in contact with Boobie by letter, urging him to give consideration to their schools. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z
And I can't talk, but I tap lightly on Alicia's cane, and she stiffens, then smiles slightly, and motions with her head and eyebrows, urging me to get going. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Go on,” Chess urged, because he couldn’t care about canned food and dollar bills when he felt such dread rising inside him. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z
In a larger sense art, like science and religion, fulfills our innate urge to comprehend ourselves and the universe. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z
She combats this by trying her hardest never to get her hopes up, and urging everyone else to do the same. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z
Terror and Destruction and Strife, whose fury never slackens, all friends of the murderous War-god, were there to urge men on to slaughter each other. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Luna, my love, if you should feel any burgeoning talent today—perhaps an unexpected urge to sing opera or to declaim in Mermish—do not repress it! You may have been gifted by the Gernumblies!” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z
But Weaver did appreciate what was surely the main point urged upon him by his host: “Biology and medicine will have first call on the machine.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z
Spring urged him east again, but more slowly than before. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z
I bade Horatio memorize every detail of my plan, silencing his doubts and urging his faith instead. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z
The subsidiary theme in the correspondence is one urging me to come to Manhattan so that she and I may raise our banner of twin confusion in that center of mechanized horrors. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
My dad brings over a glass of water and urges me to take a tiny sip. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z
“People will change their habits quickly when they have a strong reason to do so, and people have an innate urge to connect with other people,” said Andreessen. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z
One exception came in late 1932, when William urged her to join him in Spain, where he was attending a conference. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z
But the hemlock tree and Sam urged her to stay. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z
Victor was proud of his achievement, and went about recommending it and urging everyone to partake of it to excess. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z
Maybe the greater the urge, the deeper and more ancient is the need, the will, the hunger to be somewhere else. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z
She let her hands travel over the bruised line of his jaw, resisting the urge to linger there. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z
The minister was urging us to pray for Governor Faubus and do whatever was necessary to heal any sour feelings we had against white people. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
With a little willpower, Leo urged them to move, using the Roman numerals to guide him. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z
He hoped that they never smelled of sea salt, that they never heard the urgings of the ocean, that they were so lonely that being a stranger in them hardly mattered. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z
So the next afternoon when it was hot and close, Turner climbed the steps to Mrs. Cobb’s house with the sea breeze at his heels, urging him to play. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z
"Strip off their skins," he urged, his thick lips glistening. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z
I froze, trapped between the urge to flee and the unbearable thought of being alone. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z
In 1886, the Republican Party urged him to run for mayor of New York, calling him the “Cowboy Candidate.” Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z
But the Voice that controlled her mother had urged her on relentlessly. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z
Other urgent and patriotic tasks that North Koreans have been urged to shoulder include “Let’s Breed More High-Yielding Fish!,” Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z
With the same patience with which she dyed tablecloths, sewed lace masterpieces, and embroidered needlepoint peacocks, she waited for Pietro Crespi to be unable to bear the urges of his heart and more. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z
Ellidyr then urged the roan into a gallop, hauled Taran across the turf to the cottage, and there, while chickens scattered in every direction, tossed him roughly to the ground. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z
Blacks for several counties around were urged not to shop in Durham that Christmas. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z
“Go on?’ he urged, his eyes were delighted, and hard, and terrible. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
But the rare urge west had fixed upon our family, and so my aunt crossed boundaries not delineated in space. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z
Tom heard a horse’s clattering hoofs and he saw a small boy, elbows flapping, urging a tired horse toward the house. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z
Eventually, Stanton and Anthony were both nominated for the position, but Anthony urged members to support Stanton. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z
Something was building, an urge to say something, to do something. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z
"Doreah, see to her hurts. You do not have a rider's look, perhaps she will not fear you. The rest, with me."«She urged the silver through the broken wooden gate. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z
There are already cryptic advertisements in the Personal columns of literary magazines, urging the purchase of electronic headsets for the training and regulation of one’s own brain waves, according to one’s taste. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
The hysterical tensity of his nerves urged him to speak, to free himself. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z
Even the Vole, who had fished the red priest from the sea, had urged Victarion to give him to the Drowned God. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z
The hand keeps flashing, urging me to make up my mind. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z
I feel a blinding urge to grab hold of Piper’s throat. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z
He urges Wilmuth to stand near the microphone and to speak louder. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z
All I know is that a few months ago I was feeling better, and now I can’t think and I can’t sleep and I can’t draw and the urge to run is becoming overwhelming. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z
The suitor in Rutland was urging her to give up factory life, but there was a more compelling reason for her to return. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z
The scientists urged the committee not to short-circuit testing that could make nuclear weapons more moral. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z
If I close my eyes, I can imagine their shouts at the screens, urging us on. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z
He urged everyone in the Soviet Union to “defend with their lives their freedom, their honour and their country in this patriotic war against German fascism.” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z
The days since spring, whenever I went to the reef to fish, he would not go with me unless I urged him to. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z
She swallowed hard and Bodega squeezed her shoulders, urging her on. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z
From that day forward I lived with this double impulse: the urge to disappear and the desperate desire to be acceptable. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z
That ornery part of me, the one always urging Go the other way, Willodeen, reared up, ready for a fight. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z
Looking at his hairy hands again, I suddenly felt the urge to get away from him. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z
Dozens of ogres were camped on his lawn, waiting to tear him apart, and Frank could barely control the urge to grin. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z
I suddenly felt the urge to change again. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z
Gollum often paused, sniffing the air, and then he would mutter to himself and urge them to greater speed. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z
The “agricultural engineers” speak blithely of “chemical plowing” in a world that is urged to beat its plowshares into spray guns. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z
But there could be no secrets from Fin; she had been roused by Sister Nara herself, bearing a candle and urging her to come down to the dock. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z
I lowered my head again, suppressing the urge to tell Father that it was only Bucky. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z
Mott wrote to Stanton, urging her to keep her expectations low: “The convention will not be as large as it otherwise might be, owing to the busy time with the farmers, harvest, etc.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z
He urged her father to allow Elizabeth to attend Troy Female Seminary, a secondary school founded by Emma Willard in 1821. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z
“Not that I don’t appreciate your noble urges and all.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
Yet, some curious, wayward motive urges him to supply the answer, for there is the feeling that his dignity as a living being is challenged by something within him that is not understood. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z
But the moment passed and was followed by an urge, a need, a passionate yearning to share the warmth with the one person left for him to love. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z
They actually had knives and were urging us to attack the armed guards. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z
For the first time I told Scaramouche my dream of gaining passage to America through tennis, and he urged me to write to Arthur Ashe. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z
And as her mother continued to sing her praises, Ashima, unable to resist a sudden and overwhelming urge, stepped into the shoes at her feet. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z
Then too he had been offered a job at Allen’s Food Market and so the urge for adventure did not pull him away. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z
I had the urge to unwrap her, but of course that would have ruined the whole reenactment August and the Daughters had going. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
“You urged the queen to try the locusts. I heard you.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z
For the first time in his life, Scoob experienced a violent urge: he wanted to smack Bryce upside his fat head. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z
Private security guards warned business owners of the danger to their property, urging them to get downtown to their stores and offices as quickly as possible, but the mob was not stopped until ten a.m. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z
There was a group of little boys urging him forward and he did not want to go. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z
But I urge you all and all of the people of Texas and America, don’t leave the weightier matters undone. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z
I was always a little afraid that if I stood close enough to the edge, a strange urge might come over me. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z
They’d come a day apart, she seemed familiar, he had a consuming urge to become a Runner despite learning so many terrible things. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z
They urged Mark Antony to send Cleopatra back to Egypt. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z
Later in the day, Papi played with us outside while, through the open windows, we heard Mami’s screams and the midwife’s gentle urgings. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z
I closed my eyes and fought down the urge to throw things around the room and curse them in eight languages. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
I needed no urging from my father to run as fast as my feet and the darkness would permit. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z
He urged the men forward and they answered as a chorus, “Give us the witch!” Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z
Fitzsimmons handed the jockey his whip, then rode his own horse right past him to win, urging him with nothing but hands and voice. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z
Poppy broke the momentary frozen spell by waving his hands to urge everyone out into the hall. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z
I resisted the urge to show him my work. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z
I feel the urge, familiar now, to wrench myself from my body and speak directly into her mind. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z
But Obinze said little, and Kayode was left to carry the conversation, his voice getting boisterous, and from time to time he glanced at Obinze, as though to urge him on. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z
I felt I was supposed to be the cautionary voice that prepared family members for the worst even while I urged them to hope for the best. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z
Cal had a violent urge to shout, “I know who our mother is! I can show her to you.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z
His fingers were rough and grimy, and left streaks of filth on my arm that I fought the urge to wipe off. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z
“Come on. Let’s go up on the stage,” I urged. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z
Then they set off, beating the road with their lateral limbs, and urging themselves forward down the slope until they were moving at a terrific pace. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z
She’s watching my every move, rooting for me with her eyes and fighting an urge to wave. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
I fought the urge to shut my eyes. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z
After a few more pleasantries and her urging me to convey her respects to my mother, she left. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z
“He is past helping, Miss,” the driver said as he urged on the horses. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
I resisted the urge to hurtle out of the foliage to Otto’s defense, tried to calm my mind enough to reason through what to do. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z
But there is enough dazzle and mischief here, where partners cling or exchange at the urging of a heartbreaking vocal. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z
The United States obliterates Moscow and urges all patriotic Americans to boycott vodka. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z
The crowd was in a turmoil now, shouting, jeering, urging Janza on. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
She felt the sudden and unreasonable urge to tell him how much she loved the poetry of Yusef Komunyakaa, to redeem herself. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z
Sometimes I have the urge to dart out my tongue and lick the hood and see if it tastes like summer. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z
He urged me to switch to nursing at the end of the semester. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
He gave a contact point for later in the evening and urged any Negro man who wanted to earn five dollars for himself to find him a date within this price category. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z
Thomas felt the odd urge to snicker—it seemed too ridiculous to be true. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z
One day, he urged his squad to design a distinctive banner that would stand out among the others, even though it was breaking the rules. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z
I had recently become national president of the Youth League, and in my new role I urged that the campaign should be exclusively African. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
Foreseeing danger, he urged the companions to hurry across the open meadow and find cover in a thicket. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z
Then Volkheimer urges him back and climbs halfway up the ruined staircase and begins whaling away at the edges of the hole with a piece of rebar. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z
In animals, the urge to kill is separate from the urge to eat. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z
I urged him up to a canter after another mile or so. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
I choke down my urge to smack her hand away. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z
I had the urge to run over and kiss him, but I quickly stuffed it back in like a tampon flying out of my backpack. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z
“Better do what she says, Scip!” he urged as they walked toward the stables, which looked just as decrepit as the main house. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z
I groan and urge my body to flee. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z
Odysseus began to talk, to test the swineherd, trying to put it in his head to take his cloak off and lend it, or else urge the others to. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z
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