Uncle Turu stands in front of the popping flames, waiting in stillness for the tension to build, and I hover on the edge of the crowd, as I used to do. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

On Saturdays we used the electric lights so that last-minute Sunday shoppers could look down the hill and see if the Store was open. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

At Pine Mountain, if a boy showed up to class with facial hair like Joey had, they’d take him into the bathroom and make him shave on the spot with a nasty old, used razor. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He was used to bizarre accidents and injuries; they were unavoidable if you attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and had a knack for attracting a lot of trouble. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Took some getting used to, but now I’m a convert.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

She used a spoon to scoop a few macaroni noodles out of the pot. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Unless you write yourself, you can’t know how wonderful it is; I always used to bemoan the fact that I couldn’t draw, but now I’m overjoyed that at least I can write. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“Yes, that was Tom Riddle senior, the handsome Muggle who used to go riding past the Gaunt cottage and for whom Merope Gaunt cherished a secret, burning passion.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

In addition to the baseball and sprinkler incidents, Oliver felt the Beiderman had a particular dislike for him because he used to practice dribbling on the sidewalk in front of the brownstone. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The priest was blessed with a long, incriminating finger, which he used to point out sinners in public, and a tongue well schooled in arousing emotions. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I used to dash by, feeling like a dartboard, a big red bull’s-eye that Mother pinged darts at. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Ugwu nearly choked when he came close and realized that the rotten smell came from her water: it had previously been used to soak cassava, perhaps for days, and was being reused. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I used to think it was because she liked wigs better than her own hair or that she thought black people’s hair was bad hair. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

After the two weeks, we appeared for our preparatory examination on December 19 at the Drill Hall in Johannesburg, a military structure not normally used as a court of justice. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

If a highly poisonous herbicide such as arsenic has been used, this intense desire to reach the wilting vegetation inevitably has disastrous results. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

When she was a very tiny little kid, I and Allie used to take her to the park with us, especially on Sundays. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Feet aren't meant to be used the way I use them day after day all day long. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Peering through the space between spectators, he can see a hoop, larger than the one the contortionist used, held in the air. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

When I was little, I used to wear an astronaut helmet everywhere I went. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

That night the house, which was used as a meeting place and recreation center by Russian immigrants, was filled with more than two hundred men and boys attending night school. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Often students believe that writing a lesson plan is only used in a classroom setting. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

According to my sister, Sam used to be a “blow queen.” The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Billy explained how to use a stick of licorice for a bit until Gabilan was used to having something in his mouth. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, just as quickly, she sliced its legs off and used each limb to replace the broken pillars. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

So he bought a bag of chips for a dollar and nineteen cents, then used part of the change to buy another paper. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Ordinarily, he was the strongest member of any group he climbed with, even though he never used supplemental oxygen. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

"And you brought it in here? A dirty, used thing like this?" You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Memories and jokes about how he used to be a better cook than Grandma, but how nowadays she had a leg up on him, or as he put it, “a two-eyed advantage.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Then in the everyday, mediocre tone he used when he was proposing something really outrageous, he added, “Let’s go to the beach.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can remember when we used to visit her there on weekends when my grandmother first got custody of us. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

They took the next hour to gather wood, stacking it until they had a large pile to the side of the camp, and Derek used the time to cut pine boughs for beds as well. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

For me, it was something to get used to. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

But it was also lonely, not having the common connection of grandparents or aunties like we used to have so often. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

But even that’s not as crowded as it used to be. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

People prayed for rain and used powerful magic to bring on the heavy purple clouds that would save the land, but all this was to no avail. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Subcultures spawn languages, and there is decorum to how those languages are used. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

“I think she was just interested in seeing how different animals were made. She used to get pretty excited when we were out on the boat and we found something new.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

I used my sneaker money to buy Mom a set of paints. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

They used to joke that it was the perfect arrangement. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Where other horses relied solely on speed to win, Seabiscuit used intimidation. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Clearly, he wasn’t used to being spoken to this way by children. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Those were the words Mother used when Marly first heard them talking about it. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

“You know who used to like using the Dark Lord’s name, Weasley?” growled Greyback. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Then I dug at a seam of tar on the roof with my fingernails and used some to stick the hair to a leaf. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Sometimes a quick little tune would come and go—but she never went into the inside room with music like she used to do. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Mashallah,” Baba whispers in the pew behind me, uttering the word used to praise in God’s name. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“I thought the hot water was for cooking. I never used hot water just for washing before.” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And maybe I could start getting things set up like they used to be, just in case we could make this into a farm with animals again. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t you go run? I mean, that’s all you ever used to do before you met me, which reminds me—I have a confession.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“You must get yourself out of the scrape as you can. I’m too used up to ‘exert’ myself for anyone. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Lourdes was a child in Cuba, she used to wait anxiously for her father to return from his trips selling small fans and electric brooms in distant provinces. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Matt was used to bodyguards at all family affairs, and it seemed natural for them to be there. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

A piece of canvas sailcloth that I weighted down with bricks and used as a windbreak on cold nights. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

"I thought we might go up to Disney World. You used to like Epcot." The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Chapter Summary: The goal of this chapter is to introduce the reader to the most well-known music teaching methods used in music education. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

At first, the evening news puzzled her, a litany of fires and shootings, because she was used to NTA news, where self-important army officers cut ribbons or gave speeches. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The body is the easiest thing to adjust to, if you’re used to waking up in a new one each morning. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Many times since then, I’ve looked at the speech notes I used that day, which had been prepared at least a week before the assassination. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s where Anna and I used to meet, back in the good old days.” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

A nurse who used to work in the hospital before it was bombed has made up camp beds for us. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

My sister had used most of the getting-ready time to complain, especially about the stupid purple orchid that the Kiwanis Club had sent and which she had to pin to her shoulder. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

I used seal-strips to attach it to the inside of the trailer. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wondered whether she used “we” in the royal sense, or if she meant that Maxim’s grandmother and herself were one. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

We used to sit on the flower boxes until the day Tito saw a cockroach with a spot of green paint on its head. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama said that was because she was used to taking care of herself after Daddy’s daddy died. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

There are other colors, pink for instance: pink is supposed to weaken your enemies, make them go soft on you, which must be why it’s used for baby girls. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Tam Lin used to say that things—and people—became part of El Patron’s dragon hoard.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

You may not believe it, but when I was eighteen I used to win prizes and medals from the Royal Photographic Society in London, and from other places like the Photographic Society of Holland. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had not used one before, and I entered with misgiving. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those terms have special meaning to societies in which Christianity is the dominant religion and are commonly used even in places where it is not. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a wooden stage erected on the lawn, something like the one they used every spring, for commencement, in the time before. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I used to be confusticated," he confided, "but you know how these things go." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

I know I used to say I wanted to be a lawyer like Minerva, but the truth is I always burst out crying if anyone starts arguing with me. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s the same playground me and Sneaky used to shoot baskets at, so I’m already feeling a little down by being here. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

“My father used to say the same thing.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Unlike Mala, I was used to it all by then: used to cornflakes and milk, used to Helen’s visits, used to sitting on the bench with Mrs. Croft. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Toby and Pete, who used to play with me as soon as they got home from school, now ran immediately to that silly rabbit’s cage to play with him. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I will be the first to admit that the guards used excessive force. They put Brianna on the floor.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I recounted in detail the numerous times the government had used the law to hamper my life, career, and political work, through bannings, restrictions, and trials. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s been calling me that since I was little—it’s from a picture book that I used to make him read to me over and over. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

The hoses Capricorn’s men had used to save their master’s house lay like huge snakes in the pools of water. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

She still hadn’t gotten used to the idea that you had to pay for things here. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I know there’s a good Rufus in me, the Rufus I used to be, and maybe a Last Friend can drag him out of me. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Mum says she won't let the dining table be used as a venue for “adolescent discontent.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

She uses black talk like I used to hear at my school back in Stockton. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“I’m still not exactly sure what sort of antidote they used...” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Anything might happen, but I was used to that. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he perks up and says, “I’d love a Quarter Pounder with cheese. God, I used to love them.” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

I suddenly stopped thinking about anything that I used to keep protected. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

He gave Annabeth and me each a canteen of nectar and a Ziploc bag full of ambrosia squares, to be used only in emergencies, if we were seriously hurt. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“I used the funnel to drop them in a swarm box,” she said, “then I hived them again.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d gotten used to the old bear’s ways a long time ago. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The analogy of the storage battery has been used: ATP represents the charged, ADP the discharged battery. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

I squirmed in my seat while Audrey remained fascinated by her used tissue. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

This is also how she used to be. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I could have used some companionship that week, but maybe I wouldn’t have believed anything about Jeffy until I was ready, no matter what Dad said. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

But they all are also affected by the history of their music traditions, as well as by the tuning peculiarities of the instruments used in those traditions. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

The Wart thought particularly of a man named Wat, whose name the cottagers used to frighten their children with. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“People see me as a bridge. I’m not as alive as I used to be, but I’m not yet dead. I’m sort of . . . in-between.” Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was not particularly morbid, but she found herself wanting to know which blades had been used, and how. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

It was a wax candle, not tallow, and it was much used and melted. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

No matter how fast the game moved, and at Fullbrook, the game was moving much faster than I was used to, I slowed my breath. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Well, blessed wasn’t always the word that Maya would have used. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Dr. Friendlich is so tall he’s used to looking down at everyone. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

I was practically a child at the time, but I remember when he used to come home on furlough and all, all he did was lie on his bed, practically. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

I’ve gotten used to it, walking around as if I have a time bomb glued to my back, except the bomb maker forgot to tell me when the thing is supposed to go off. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

“Your mom and I used to bring you here almost every weekend. By the time you were three, you could dive to the bottom all by yourself and pick up a conch shell. You remember?” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

They looked around for a wedding present and decided to give Katie the fine pillow they had bought for Andy and which he had used so briefly. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the Fifth and Ninth symphonies, Beethoven used the trombone as a noisemaker. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I could have used a drinking glass and a notecard to capture it, get it outside. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

We all help clean up and put away the leftovers, and then we make ourselves at home on the newly acquired, used furniture. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

The box with the baits was under the stem of the skiff along with the club that was used to subdue the big fish when they were brought alongside. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her magic was all she had, and she used it to destroy what she most admired. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

When we were little, we used to talk about getting back to the human world all the time. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I believed that I had lost my daughter and that if I did the right things and brought us to the right place, I could recover the girl she used to be. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

It was when I first began to perceive that “white man,” as commonly used, means complexion only secondarily; primarily it described attitudes and actions. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the Japanese broke every code our American forces used. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jule saw the cell number and used her general American accent. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The holes in it marked the progress of his emaciation and the leather at one side had a lacquered look to it where he was used to stropping the blade of his knife. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

There was a strength derived from living with the possibility of disaster and it was a source of energy that could be used when it had to be. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then looking back at me, “Do you know she used to date your buddy Troy?” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

I thought of the bright pointy-nosed mustard bottles we used in abundance at church wiener suppers—a world apart from anything Mama Tataba had ever seen. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wandering into a used bookstore in downtown Los Angeles, Bobby stumbled on a dusty old book called The Protocols of the Elders of Zion. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Carefully, he pushed aside wires with part of what he was assuming used to be a door frame so he could get closer to the collapsed staircase. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“No, I used the arms I used to have.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

When I was little, my dad used to tell me, "Will, you can pick your friends, and you can pick your nose, but you can't pick your friend's nose." Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

A woman made of fire is running in and out of the buildings, a woman I used to call Mama. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Years ago, before I understood, I used to wonder why she polished them each time I heard the sounds from their room, like something being banged against the door. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I had status—you know what I mean ?—and I used to travel in the best circles.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

That thought kept me going the first couple of days while my body got used to the work. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Trans fats are also used in processed snacks, baked goods, and many other processed foods. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

They were used to startling people, except in the Cow’s Guts. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“It happens. Occasionally. But only because Curtis used this shortcut.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Most teachers used a Smart Board, but as Mrs. Friedman liked to joke, she was “old-school—literally.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

There is the word love, but it’s been stolen and used wrongly. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The world they were passing outside already looked unfamiliar—unfamiliar houses, unfamiliar roads, unfamiliar fields, even the trees and the sky looked unfamiliar—but Meggie was used to that. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

After she used the bathroom and told her mom where she was going, she pulled her bike from the shed and wheeled it to the front of the house. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

This 1640 painting by Jacob Marrel is from a catalog used by flower merchants to advertise newly cultivated varieties for sale. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

If I had honestly known what was in store for us, I would have used it to finish us both, right then and there. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

As a boy, he. used to run across this bridge, even in the black of night. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“The weapons will not be used on you.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

“Come off it, George. You know we're entitled to search and seizure. We have reports of that computer being used for illegal purposes. Just a half an hour ago.” Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

Tutsis then used their control of the military to wipe out whole villages of Hutus. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

The teacher, assuming I'd used the wrong word, positioned her index fingers on top of her head, wriggling them as though they were ears. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

I think on the Collegians, returned to their gaunt house, which hath, I suppose, been barbarously used lately by His Majesty’s troops, and is like to be in no excellent state of repair. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

You used to pass by it as a South Side kid riding the bus to high school, peering mutely out the window at the people who strode like titans to their jobs. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“This is the main reading area. You’ll find all the necessary tomes used for most of the basic classes.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Bugs weren't so bad when you got used to them. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The convent had become one of Dad’s most frequently used threats. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s her second baby, she had another child, once, I know that from the Center, when she used to cry about it at night, like the rest of us only more noisily. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Ma used to make outfits that were the talk of the school," Aunt Sonia says. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Sergeant Simpson used to say it over and over again. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

To tell her that I missed her, and I had, but it used to be me and Audrey and Jesse, and we were still incomplete. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Now, you have to understand that we’d been here for a day and a half and in all that time Doug Swieteck hadn’t followed the gentlemen sign and used what was over the two ridges. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Like when Gale and I used to imitate Effie Trinket’s “May the odds be ever in your favor!” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I feel sharp pain when the needle goes in, but I am used to it now. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Cassie was a little moody, but I got used to it. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

She used to wear housecoats, but about a month ago she began wearing ankara- and kente-print dresses in dramatic color combinations. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

But Art3mis used her fame to pull a few strings, and she and I were both allowed to join the cast for that night’s show. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He always said that my dad had been his hero when they were kids, that he used to follow my dad everywhere. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

This week the factory manufactured locomotive engines—Caesar wondered whether they would one day be used by the underground railroad. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Her eyes followed me as I grabbed the cans from the lady and used my house key to pop the lids off like my dad did with beer bottles. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“When we returned to Afghanistan, the Taliban asked me to help get rid of the country’s vast poppy fields that were used to make drugs.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

I couldn't ask to get down early too 'cause Julia'd already used that card. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Modern computing was in its infancy, still used only by corporations and the military, or other huge government operations. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I lunged at the thing that used to be Luke, thrusting my blade straight at his chest, but his skin deflected the blow like he was made of pure steel. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I used to look at those women and envy them their happiness. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Oh. I was getting used to the idea you might be...you know..." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

All night, I “do the flippity-floppity,” as Mama used to say when I’d crawl into her and Daddy’s bed as a little kid and squirm in my sleep. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

Then he’d pace up and down, up and down, restless, sighing, wandering through the aisles, the blackboard pointer poised in his hand, the pointer he used either like a conductor’s baton or a musketeer’s sword. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It will be hardest because we finally have good news, because the emotions we used to hold back are dissolving and new ones are forming. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I did what I normally did when I was in the basement getting stoned, which was ponder all the stuff Fang and I used to do before we dedicated ourselves to drugs. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Salt had to be traded for from the seacoast far away, and they used it sparingly. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

No, because other countries could also build bombs—and there would be no way to ensure that those bombs weren’t used on Americans. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Luna curved around the mud pot and followed the rocks into where the village used to be. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Over the years, some English teachers have enforced the notion that conjunctions like and and but should be used only to join elements within a sentence, not to join one sentence with another. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sam said she used to be an actress when she was younger. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

He used these shelves to file his notes, his notebooks, and pages of books that he tore out. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But nobody knows...I kept it from everybody. I got used to keeping it to myself. Please don’t take it personally.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

She used religion as a therapy for the ills of the world and of herself, and she changed the religion to fit the ill. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, pretty much the standard kind used by warriors,” Matthias replied. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The bogeyman our mothers used to threaten us with when we were slow to finish our meals. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“My mother used to tell me in bad times silkworms no can spin,” she says. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Mom and Dad used to argue about that a lot. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

There was no need for her to be so anxious, thought Lyra, but perhaps she wasn’t used to danger. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I used to talk about her a lot when I was little. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Sailors used to believe they protect ships. Is that what you believe?” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I nodded yes, because I never used to lie to her before everything happened. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Still and all, I used to look at her and wonder if they had done “it.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“Get used to it, friend. You’re a shod tiger now, and you must wear them till you learn good manners. Till you can be trusted.” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Work, play—at sixty our powers and tastes are what they were at seventeen. Old men in the bad old days used to renounce, retire, take to religion, spend their time reading, thinking—thinking!” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were used to the ravages of war, and knew that the wind could not deliver them a fatal blow. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

With enough time, you can get used to almost anything. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

He used good material and some of it stuck. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

They used the one on Thursday afternoon to go down and visit Hagrid in his cabin. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Our parents encouraged us to try a different kind of food every day so that we could get used to eating new foods. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is progress of a sort, but it’s also repression, since it means that pop culture has succeeded to a considerable extent in burying something that used to be right out in the open. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Every time I got used to one impossibility, I ran into another. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

They could travel from one culture to the next on unwashed hands or used pipettes; they could ride from lab to lab on researchers’ coats and shoes, or through ventilation systems. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Maybe he was used to watching me like an episode of Star Trek too. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Even the laces on my sneakers were never used and brilliantly white. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

The sour aunt smeared the goo on till it was used up and my ankle completely clagged. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

These birds were scraggly-looking black birds—we used to call them “grackles.” This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I miss his hugs and how he used to make me laugh at old Chinese stories. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My friend Quincy. I used to practice with him and his dad. Were both small, so his dad had us working on getting more air under our arc.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Through the trees, she heard Nin’s voice, low and guarded, the same voice she used when she was facing down large game, all claws and tusks, ready to charge: “So. You finally found me.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“I organized it, and we used my planes and supplies. I planned and supervised the whole thing.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

They’d used this path to catch the Queen of the Laughing Locusts as she was trying to get away and hatch more of her chuckling children. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He didn’t even patent the roller drum, which is still used today and could have made him a fortune. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Do you remember that girl Enrique used to date?” my dad went on. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Not that he was the most talkative person, of course, but Maya was used to a little more, especially after last weekend, when they had talked about things that were actually important. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“Just a matter of colouring,” he said, “or lack of it. It is only a question of getting used to. Who is to say this colour is right and that is not?” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Deprecate used to mean “ward off by prayer,” meticulous once meant “timid,” and silly went from “blessed” to “pious” to “innocent” to “pitiable” to “feeble” to today’s “foolish.” The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

But even though she was used to the lamp, she had never once lit it. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

As punishment, Mamita beat me with a eucalyptus stick, but later, when I told Matilde about it, teary and embarrassed, she held my hand and used that same soothing voice. l’ll help you, little sister. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

They’re in a small room—looks to be an old storage closet from when this part of the system was still being used, back in the old subway days. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“I used to think I did. But I don’t know anymore.” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Red Pollard and George Woolf had signed on to a life that used men up. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It used to seem like an adventure just to sit outside after dark in their backyard in America. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

It used to happen a lot pre-Firebirds, when I was often in her shoes: the only Black girl on my team. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

Uncle began a chant that the Tang men had used nearly forty years ago when they were building the paths for the demons’ trains. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

His loyalty extended without disproportion to things, the patient, obstinate, reliable things that we use and get used to, the things we live by. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

I used the catacomb fish symbol *=> to mark the days. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Lolo used to be in charge of payroll before Mami took over the books. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I looked away and used my hat to cover my bruise again. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

He liked the name Anorak so much that he’d used it for his favorite D&D character, the powerful wizard who later appeared in many of his videogames. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

You don’t hear about women like that anymore, but there used to be more—the kind of woman who couldn’t live without a particular man. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the kids used to make cracks about him, so that made him go berserk around the age of ten. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Then she went to her dressing table and combed her hair, rubbed a little rouge all over her face, covered it lightly with powder, and put on the pale lipstick she always used. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I collected a number of empty Red Cross bandage boxes and used them for drops. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lucina was sometimes regarded as a Roman Eileithyia, the goddess of childbirth, but usually the name is used as an epithet of both Juno and Diana. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The skin on her face used to be tight as a drum. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

"The Fashion Minister sent a hundred dresses. I advised him that I'd like for you to match the house, so he used the teahouse colors as inspiration." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

When Maribel was little, she used to get up early in the morning so I could plait her hair in two long braids down her back. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“These will be your partners and your routes for the next month, so get used to them,” Coach Williams says as if he’s reading my mind. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

“Eventually. He’s still getting used to the idea, but I think he wants me to be happy more than anything.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The Congolese are used to it and have developed a thousand shortcuts. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m sure she’s used to it, but it freaks me out. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

The stars above twinkled through the rising smoke, and Koffi used them as her guide. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Some of them had rather large brains, an upright posture and two little front legs very much like hands, which they used to catch small, speedy mammals—probably including our distant ancestors—for dinner. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

They used to laugh at him and his old ragtag store behind his back, but over the years they made Old Man Shilsky rich and nobody was laughing then. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Last year he used little so that the audience would recognize me when I landed in the arena. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

She went to her chamber and used every art she knew to make herself beautiful beyond compare. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was hungry to talk, frantic to talk, about her relatives, her friends, and how she wasn’t used to this. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ty'ree's basketball sneakers were on the floor where Mama's green sandals used to be. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

“In the old days, he committed horrible crimes. He used his gift of sight for evil. Jupiter sent the harpies to plague him. The Argonauts—including your ancestor, by the way—” “The prince of Pylos?” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Even the grief-stricken widow seemed to have gotten used to me. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

That was a B. Which I figured I should’ve felt pretty happy about, because a B was better than a C or even a D, which was what I used to get on spelling tests. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

It was the old snapping kind, the kind Ma used back home to bait the mice with globs of peanut butter. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“Aunt Queen used to say that Christmas snow was magic snow,” Gerald told her. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I used to. But now I love it because I have to use it every day.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

There were several square, solid tables covered with family pictures and random books and magazines, and also three small, elegant tables not used for anything. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was the oldest of the Miyamoto children—she knew his face but didn’t remember his name—the one her son used to hang around with. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“He never used to fool around,” said Alice quietly, meaning her dæmon. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The shelled cobs could even be stacked by the outhouse and used as a rough substitute for toilet paper! The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

A final burst of energy flew through Inigo’s veins and he made every attempt, tried every trick, used every hour of every day of his years of experience. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Like my sisters and brother, over the years, I’ve grown used to hearing that voice. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know it’s crazy that the kid in Oklahoma on welfare who barely spoke English at first used to be a prince. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

He used to be my father’s, but when the old man died about six months ago, my ma shifted him onto me. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

When Stanley was younger he used to play with stuffed animals, and pretend the animals were at camp. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

“You should have thought of that when you used up all the gas in the car.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Added on to the ex-cons living in halfway houses around the way, there were the addicts who used the drug clinics nearby. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“Those kids were...they were so messed up, you know? Maybe they were like that before they got their abilities, or they hated themselves for having them, but they used to do terrible things.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“You can see fine. Squint. Now open your eyes slowly. You’ll get used to it.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

My reflex kicked in, and I blocked her hand with mine, but I used the wrong hand. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

May used to laugh about moving here to Deep Water, West Virginia. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

Dustfinger must have bought the clothes for him, as well as the shoes in which he walked very carefully, as if his feet weren't quite used to them yet. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

But putting all that aside, I made one mistake: I used intimacy to get closer to him, and in doing so, I ruled out other forms of friendship. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

He struggles against them, his muscles taut, his eyes focused on me, but not seeing me, not seeing me the way they used to. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

His name is John R. Loomis; he is a chemist from Ithaca, New York, where Cornell University is, or used to be. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“It’s not the fashion, but it’s becoming, and I can’t afford to make a fright of myself,” she used to say, when advised to frizzle, puff, or braid, as the latest style commanded. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

We pretended the old lady picking up a to-go order used to be a famous Broadway actress. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I mean, after Vietnam and Watergate, who the hell wants to hear “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”? I used to like the Fourth of July okay because of the fireworks. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

My lips are not used to saying this word. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I would worry that you wouldn’t believe me, but I think it used to be yours, so you must know already. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

“You said it used to be your favorite. What happened?” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Kat told me later that they are what women used to wear around their thighs to keep their stockings up and they are elasticated. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sure not cotton,” he muttered, but the towel was soft and absorbed water much better than the thin, worn ones they used at home. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I used to love living on the cliffs—surfed and swam so much that even when I was out of the water, I could feel the ground rocking under my feet like a moored boat. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

And they weren’t holding hands like she and Layla used to hold hands when they ran down the street to play in the park. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It was the kind of thing the girls at school used to tell about after they had had a date. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

It looks like the sort of note Elsbeth and I used to pass, composed in secret behind our textbooks and handed off as we passed in the hallway. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

This time I let them loose in the yard, where they hopped around hunting food, perching on Rontu who by now had gotten used to them. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The foil, similar to that used by NASA, trapped the heat inside the structure while preventing the camouflaged outside surface from overheating. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Americans drove the trucks and used a windlass and a kind of davit to pull the filled barrels aboard. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

While he was gone Adam said, “It’s strange to me—he used to speak differently.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Just as often, however, Adams also used the correspondence to unburden himself of opinions that his muzzled status in the Senate prevented him from sharing publicly. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Alaric had even told them that Spares used to be assigned a Hall of Elders employee to follow them around and record everything they did. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

The other box was an old cardboard box that is called a shirt box because people used to buy shirts in them. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to imagine him pulling the covers from his body, stepping from that chair, the two of us going for a walk around the neighborhood, the way we used to walk around campus. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad said he used to curse a lot and talk about the war. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

I always used to give Mango his pill right after I washed my face and brushed my teeth. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

“Scheme all you like, Massey. She’ll still be for the fire, her and her king’s blood. There’s power in king’s blood, the red woman used to say. Power to please our lord.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Yawning, he leaned against the truck, which Cockerell had used to bring the goats back that afternoon, and put on a pair of headphones. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He used the Brown Bess for deer and sometimes when he went out with the other men to go after a wolf that was getting into the livestock. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It was impressive, the way you used your book smarts to get rid of it.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

They are used to gunfire and leprosy but not true love. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Back then, though, I used to just listen, not saying a thing, drinking in their talk. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

But you get used to it really quickly because you don’t have much of a choice. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Arabic astronomy was highly sophisticated, and at least the equal of any Western astronomy until Copernicus—indeed, Copernicus may well have used technical solutions devised by Arab astronomers. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Nothing keeps Daddy awake and I still can’t make myself get used to the loud voices down on the stoop below. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

“Kids say much worse words than stupid, Mama. This is America. You should get used to it.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“Don’t let her near the milk. She’ll curdle it. And don’t get used to her presence here. Elihu will soon sec reason.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe he is used to living alone so nobody listens to him,” she said, sensing his loneliness. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I don't care about much of anything to do with where I used to call home. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

They had used store soap, not the slimy, soft, dark brown soap that Grandma made and kept in a big jar to use for common every day. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I used to read this to your father when we were children. We’d go up the hill by our house and sit beneath the pomegranate ...” I trailed off. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Liam had confirmed everything that I’d suspected, but it seemed foolish to toss it then, when there was a chance for us to use them like they would have used us. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“I used to feed thee by hand,” Zoe continued, speaking in a soothing voice as she stepped toward the golden tree. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

In Ocean Park my teacher had been a kind, grandmotherly woman who used to sail with us in Papa’s boat from time to time and who wept the day we had to leave. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

They also loved to trade us things we needed for the used T-shirts the UN gave us. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The old lady who used to own it died in the house. I’d love to see her ghost. Wouldn’t you?” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Mantell continued to try to do original research but Owen used his influence at the Royal Society to ensure that most of his papers were rejected. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

“No,” said the Pea, who was a person not at all used to being told what to do. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

“He used to be a prince, and a wonderful hunter and stuff. But that doesn’t matter. Now he just...well, look!” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Pluto gave him permission provided Hercules used no weapons to overcome him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though they didn’t have any shovels, the camaradas used axes, knives, and their bare hands to dig a grave. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

I used my every waking moment to stare off into space—at the bedroom wall, at the class whiteboard, at the interior of my locker, at plates of tasteless food. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Sometimes when I looked at Grans, I could see the pretty girl she used to be underneath the wrinkles. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Just someone I used to know,” I say lightly. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

We were quite used to this kind of rumor. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Through a haze of pain he realized that his fingers still moved awkwardly at his will, and he used them to open her pack and remove the embroidery frame. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

The mansion was full of brand-new pretties—the worst kind, Peris always used to say. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Like always, Jake used the bottom of his spoon to form a crater in his mashed potatoes. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Mark begins untying the rope the woman used to secure the yacht earlier. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He wants Byrd to say more than “Frank can’t make it again” or Aunt Nancy to say, “I remember when your daddy used to behave.” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want to be somebody she used to know.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

The Horses were rather tongue-tied for they weren't yet used to being talked to as equals by Humans—grown-up Humans, that is. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

“I was there on Friday. Nobody used the machine during my class. The room was clean when we left, and I’m sure I locked the door.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

We treasured that coal and used it sparingly so it would stretch into a second winter. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

We used to go to one with the Boy Scouts but not anymore. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t say that! I’m just not used to you not whipping stuff up in the kitchen. You the only dude I know who knows how to burn.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

What you don’t know won’t tempt you, Aunt Lydia used to say. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

They used as a reason for my transfer that I refused to take some kind of shots, an inoculation or something. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ugwu felt proud saying we, so that his mother would know that he too used it. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Dora herself said she could have used the total membership of the old ladies’ home. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The churches used to bathe their special statues in holy water as a way to honor them,” she said. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The term World Music is often used as a catch-all category referring to almost any music with widespread popularity that clearly does not sound like North American popular music. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

The time we spent in church reminded me of how Cuba used to be, before the priests and nuns were kicked out. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

“I know, it’s weird. She never rode a horse or anything. But she used to come and visit sometimes.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

When I used to imagine myself on the pageant stage, the girl I saw was the spitting image of Vanessa Williams or the spitting image of Mama. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

A Bedford truck used to drop him off at the school gates. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Those are Vinny’s words, stuck in your head along with so much else of her, and you wish you hadn’t used them. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

It's the first time Grandma Rose has ever used Didu's first name. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Because late that same night he borrowed a pistol, gripped it by the barrel, and used it like a hammer to break his own nose. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The word had never been used in front of the children, and never uttered by them. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

She does not read it the way she and Kat used to read books—devouring them with the speed of two people famished for words, ideas, and beautiful sentences that make you feel everything. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“I’m not used to waiting around for people. Makes me itchy.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

The insect Swammerdam used in his experiments back in 1669 was nothing other than a silkworm. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Then Cletus said, “Well, sir, do you have any materials you might give us? Anything she might have used in church?” Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

Several times that day, Laila banged her fists against the walls, used up her energy screaming for help, hoping that a neighbor would hear. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

They were in one of those long breaks in the sermon that the priest, a connoisseur of unbearable silences, used with frequency and to great effect. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

They fell onto the bed in a knot of arms and legs, each calling the other by the secret names they had used in the days of the basement. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time he was four, Sacrabani was used to being a hanger-on—forever on the fringes of others’ activities. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

The moment she touched him, Ekon hissed in pain, but she used her other hand to hold him steady. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Alvarez seconded Nahmias’s perception that the cyclotron was used “as a radioactivity factory first of all because great numbers of new radioisotopes could be discovered that way with very little effort.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I felt guilty as I said this, knowing that I’d used him. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“No, no. It’s just that—is that why your socks never used to match?” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

“This is the cipher key I used. Decoded, my message reads Royal Fungus.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The latter was in the stables, but it was still a long sight better than what I was used to in Tarbean. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Matty could see the slender palms and the strong fingers, calloused at their tips from the garden work, the loom, and the needles that she used for her complicated, beautiful tapestries. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

I was used to hiding now, and no more afraid than I had been when I’d hidden before. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s okay. Were used to it. Sometimes we don’t have space for two beds.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Yeah,” Dallas said, “and what if Florida gets used to traveling on the river and doesn’t want to come back and maybe she won’t want me tagging along?” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Then I made up sentences that used at least as many letters as there are digits in this ciphertext. Beware the ninja monkey. He likes banana bread and drives a station wagon.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He might not like it, but he was used to it. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Remember I used to let him play games on mine? Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“It’s a nice beat—one, two...s-l-o-w-l-y...and then cha-cha-cha real quick. Your mother and I used to dance the cha-cha-cha all the time in Cuba.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

A short while before dawn he visited the condemned man in the room used as a cell. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

She used to always say the wrong thing, so now she just said nothing. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

She had already used up the biggest container of water we fetched in the morning. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Felicia used to collect seashells, then rearrange them on the beach before going home because her mother wouldn’t allow them in their house. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother used to say that the umbilical cord attaching her to her children had never been completely cut. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

As he felt the bones beneath his fingers he remembered how his dad used to crack walnuts with his hands. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Outside woman, they used to be called, in some countries. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Having been praetor back at Camp Jupiter, he was probably used to that; but Leo could tell his friend was stressed. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Miss Trixie tried to break away from Mrs. Lew as they entered the office, but her pumps did not give her the traction that she was used to with sneakers, and she only wobbled. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I used my mom as an excuse, accusing her of not appreciating or accepting me, when I should have been saying those words into a mirror. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Granny Blakeslee used to laugh about that, and she thought it worth mentioning that Mrs. Jones had kicked Mr. Jones after he was dead. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

He used to be just a regular writer, when he was home. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Among them are many that are used in man’s war against nature. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

My mother used to always joke with him and say, “Willie, God saved you just so you could torture the hell outta the rest of us? That don’t make no sense.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I used to read the paper in the mornings. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

That crazy homeless man, the one who used to sleep on the broken-down couch— he also missed the lot being a dump. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Especially when you consider we used to talk all the time. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“You used to do pretty well for a blind man.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

He told me he was selling his used underwear to some rich guy who lived down in Mount Pitts. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

If we would have, though, what would have become of that guy that used to carry a gun, or that other white kid that actually turned out to be my friend? The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Roy figured she used up her guiding skills every day at school and was too worn out to deal with Garrett when she got home. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He studied art and its history. Who made the art, where and when the artists lived, what techniques they used. Then he taught students about it,” Mr. Jones said, giving Franz a final head pat. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

My mom used to say he’d grow out of it, but he just grew meaner and meaner. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

He yelled out “Ow!” and instead of catching Dimple, used his arms to fend her off with a deftly executed karate chop. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“We used to make up stories,” he said. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I go see him whenever I get the chance, and it’s not the way it used to be, when he didn’t know what to make of me. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I used to be a wild gorilla, and I still look the part. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

Francis frequently made fun of me when I used some phrase he perceived as Californian. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

She knew that those waves would push her inexorably toward the beach, and she and her brothers used to laughingly skim along their crests until they were spit out on the sand. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

She did not behave in a romantic way toward her husband, and yet she had used the word to describe him. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

He had been looking for something in a seldom used storeroom at the back of his shop, when a slight noise drew him to a window. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

She said that if he ever told a bigger whopper than the ones I used to tell, she had yet to hear it. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a whole month I’ve saved up the sugar I put on my hot cereal, and Mr. Kleiman has used it to have fondant made. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Later, when I began to see how blacks were used in the workplace, which colleges accepted blacks and which did not, I began to think about race in purely negative terms. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Grandpapa used to say, about difficulties he had gone through, ‘It did not kill me, it made me knowledgeable.’ Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

None of us could keep the dumplings between the chopsticks, so we used forks. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother’s desk held not one, not two, but six computer monitors, which she used to track every burp and giggle of domestic, European, and Asian markets so she could trade in nanoseconds. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

She used bits of discarded woven cloth from the weaving shed. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

At Miss Throckmorton’s I used to imagine people in the Southern Hemisphere walking round like this. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

All the stuff that I used to think defined me. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

“Has he ever sat down in your presence without being asked, like he was used to being around white people?” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

As for pickles, I was hoping for the fat, juicy kind that Uri used to eat, but the best I could do was a jar of pickle spears in someone’s pantry. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

She’d ripped off the sleeves of her T-shirt and used the cloth to wrap her bloody palms, but her fingers were still slippery and weak. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I thought of one bridge that could be used if and when the shattering disclosure should become public. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mark used his momentum to turn his body and kick one of the women away from his friends. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“It felt like grit in your teeth. The soup always smelled and tasted horrible, but we were all used to it,” Jack said. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

For me he was a conqueror, a sleeping knight, like in the stories Mama used to tell. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

No. But French’s Island was the spot in Maine where Mr. Patterson used to drink Moxie and sit on the beach with his wife when they were young. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Nana used to knit it into her quilts all the time. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Halley was interested in terrestrial magnetism and had an idea that variations in magnetism from place to place around the globe might, if they were first mapped accurately, be used as a means of navigation. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

There was a lake a mile from his uncle’s farm where he and his uncle used to go in the fall for firewood. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

We didn’t have access to the dance rooms at school over winter break, and we were really sick of the cardboard boxes we’d used on weekends, so we splurged on an upgrade. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I haven’t gotten used to everyone driving on the opposite side of the road here yet, or all the activity on the streets. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Before she was allowed to take the albums out of their sleeves, Eleanor used to lay them out on the floor and stare at the artwork. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

This was something he could get used to—a brother who actually felt something for him other than dismissive exasperation. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

So I drew a cartoon of Rowdy and me like we used to be: Then I put on my coat and shoes, walked over to Rowdy’s house, and knocked on the door. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

They belonged to Odysseus and no hand but his had ever strung the bow or used it. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time I woke, Dad had already used the tractor to drag the deer into the garage. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He suggested I try a different medium, so I used purple finger paints. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

I sell laundry bags and socks and everything and Lloyd used to follow me everywhere I go, ’cause he knew his daddy would take care of him. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

To use by night the boat that her children used by day. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Khyber Pass was as famous for its terrain as for the bandits who used that terrain to rob travelers. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Oh, strawberries don’t taste as they used to and the thighs of women have lost their clutch! East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

That is, they believed that one could unambiguously measure the interval of time between two events, and that this time would be the same whoever measured it, provided they used a good clock. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when that didn’t happen, I suppose I sort of got used to them and figured they’d go on forever. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Had Scythe Faraday used it for a beheading? Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“She liked to wear used clothing that she bought in secondhand shops or picked from the garbage,” explained Father Antonio. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s not so bad when you get used to it,” said Doc. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

That’s way easier said than done—it’s the elevator that gets used the most. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

He assured us that the IT department was working overtime to try to identify the IP address of the computer used in the anonymous emails. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

We farmed for three months at Kamator and I never got used to it. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Their only originality lay in the means they used. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

William no longer controlled his throat or his tongue or any other organ used for speaking. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Gabriel used to say that you were the best cook in the world, did you know that?” Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

This little speech sounded to me the way his suit looked: often used and unnaturally shiny. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

My da used to say it’s good to test your limits now and then, learn what the body is capable of, what you can endure. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I used my own hairbrush and worked real hard at all the knots and patches of fur stuck together. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Kira was glad to have those and hoped she could remember which was to be used for what. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a piece that she used to play again and again until Arobynn would yell at her to play something else. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Grandma says, “That hasn’t been used since the 1960s. I was a girl. They used to pack it with jars of peaches and pickles. Pumpkins and squashes. Bags of carrots and turnips.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

“Yes, that’s the word. This hotelier brings him these parts. Now, this fence used to be a doctor, and he knows how to identify a skeleton’s sex based on, I don’t know, measurements.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“I used to love to tend to my flowers back in Sugar Ditch. I learned to grow things hoping I could pretty up all that ugliness.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

There was a kid named Barry, who used to build kites in art class. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

They rarely spoke; the father said public things to her in the same tone of voice he used with his sons-in-law. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

He was using Morse code, just like Leo’s mother used to do with him...and the old man was tapping the same message: I love you. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

T. It had more than two thousand times the blast power of the British “Grand Slam,” which is the largest bomb ever yet used in the history of warfare. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He used the smallest possible circumference of the Earth and the greatest eastward extension of Asia he could find in all the books available to him, and then exaggerated even those. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He refused to believe it when Dustfinger told him they hadn't come with him, he had left them behind in a book along with the thieves who used to beat and kick him. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

This was prolonged euphoria, better than the carrot the sluggers used to turn me into their trained monkey. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Women used to be denied the vote; now they have it. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The fact that I’ve been used as a go-between doesn’t seem to bother him at all. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

She used to put her coat on a hanger, her sneakers in the closet, and she paid bills as soon as they came. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

My da used to say every Irishman you meet in America swears to have a relative who fought alongside Michael Collins. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“You’d be surprised how much you forget when you grow up. Stuff that used to be an adventure becomes scary. You worry about getting hurt and not being able to go to work.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Didn’t there used to be two of these?” he says, frowning at the chair. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Or dashes can be used in pairs instead of parentheses to enclose an aside or an explanation: Her new shoes had loads of style—they were Ferragamos—but not much arch support. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s the disinfectant I used to clean out the bath,” said Rosa. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

We set out in the new car, a used Ford Papa had bought for the store, so he said. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He used both his hands to grip Faraday’s in what was meant to be a heartfelt greeting, but felt forced and artificial. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

After my mother used it to buy food and pay our rent and utilities, there was no money for breakfast tea, let alone alcohol. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

It never used to bother me too much, because Gran was always there for me when I got home. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“I’m safe from everyone here. Where I used to live, in Oxford, there was all kinds of dangerous things. There was gyptians—they take kids and sell ’em to the Turks for slaves. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

They will need to get used to him, too. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Scrunched together, pressing our ears to the door, wall, or air, we used hand signals and mouthed words instead of whispered. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He used some colorful, inappropriate language, which I will not repeat now. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

He said no, that she used to go to Wellesley College. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

He had the same wavy, brown hair and blue eyes, the same physical alertness, but none of the good humor Matt was used to seeing in the bodyguards face. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mother and I used to try her recipes sometimes. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was as small as the lights Celia used to decorate the Christmas tree, but it shone valiantly and softened what would otherwise have been complete darkness. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

When it’s glorious, I want to live in that place, where the stars are just marking a vast unreachable shell, like they used to believe in days of old. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

He had grown used to being respected, to giving orders, to making decisions, and to having no more than the sky over his head. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a word boys used; boys like Rex. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Where my dad used to take me when I was a kid.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I knew what they used to do there. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I was exactly fourteen and a half that month, and still getting used to the embarrassment of having the monthly visits. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

My brother D.B. used to go around with her for a while. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Actually, she and Akira usually used forks, not chopsticks, but she doubted her grandparents would have forks. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He used the same voice for them both. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Though the audit studies can’t be used to truly measure how much a name matters, the California names data can. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

When he finally reached out his hand for the money, his haggard expression was the same one I was used to seeing on pawnbroker’s faces. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He was used to having to prove himself, pretty much anywhere he went. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

In one hundred years, the amount of sugar an English person used had increased by 450 percent. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

I used to inhabit lives like this all the time—testing the bare minimum I needed to know in order to get through the day. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

I used my phone to take a picture of him pointing to his grandfather’s name, Galen E. Haynie, and texted it to him. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Maybe she was used in some kind of research like our mother, she thought. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

His horse half was comparted into his magic wheelchair, so he used the handicap lift. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

When you knew how much she used to pick her nose? A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

And many folk used to dwell away north, a hundred miles or more from here, at the far end of the Greenway: on the North Downs or by Lake Evendim.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

There are crack vials and used syringes strewn about the concrete that surrounds the playground. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are blankets in the back seat, and a black bag that must have been used in Braviary’s release. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Those are all skills that can be used in education. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we gradually started moving, I watched the barricade disappear and I recalled when we used to attack such barricades. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

They used our language, but with a different lilt, a slight change of cadence. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think of my mother, sweeping up deadly toxins; the way they used to use up old women, in Russia, sweeping dirt. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

And just below this display, there are several crowded rows of used books for sale. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

A little gray light filtered in from the window in the back door, and she used it to guide her out of the hallway of the small house. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

‘You may not remember him, but he used to live at Brandy Hall.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Manman said that Matant Jo used to have the sweetest birdsong voice—so sweet that she could make a man fall in love with her just by offering him a glass of water. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Hugo’s father had taught him how to play solitaire, and he used to entertain Hugo with a few card tricks. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

They used to have intrigues among themselves, as always happens, and it would often come to blows and knives. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t think they taste it, because they’ve gotten used to it, little by little. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

It was like when his mother used to say go to bed so Santa could come and leave him gifts when he was younger. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I was used to it by now—his devotion to the never-finished task of governing. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Similarly, funding that had once been used for public housing was being redirected to prison construction. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Animals of those same five species, as well as the llama, were used to bear packs. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

She’d used these for her drawing until they were stubs too small to hold. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

At least, that's what Lloyd, the older boy that used to cobble shoes back at Rose Hill, told me they looked like. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The word group, for instance, is a term used to describe everything from a basketball team to the Teamsters Union, from two couples on a holiday to the Republican Party. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It made me start to thinking about stuff we used to do together. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The everyday lack of my music was like a toothache I had grown used to. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

And if you tried to make individuals do something they weren’t used to doing, he said, they’d feel unfairly singled out. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe it was just the dandruff shampoo I used that someone had left in the shower that morning. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Karl took off the outback hat he always wore and used it to shield Sasha’s crotch from the eyes of passersby. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I was so used to being ignored, I almost ran from the first merchant who tried to sell me something. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“They gave me a slave pass,” as he described it, “and I used it for mischief.” The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“I was reading this book about old- time Indians, about how we used to be nomadic.” The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

That used to be the sound of death, for ambulances or fires. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I learned it in the church I used to go to. You don’t have to wait for a prayer. You say it when somebody says something or does something you really like.” Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My father used to slice open the tips of my fingers one by one until I could heal all ten at once,” Celia says, returning the dagger to its place on the wall. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Now, in the old days, Indians used to be forgiving of any kind of eccentricity. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

She used to walk with a lift in her step, like she was skipping. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

We need to recover the skills and knowledge people used to have. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Before, when I was still myself, I used to dream of taking romantic train journeys with Tom. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I explain how I found the room in the basement, and how Carlos said it wasn’t being used for anything. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

It took time to get used to a new place. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

They fought mostly with their bayonets, which were twice as long as the ones the British used. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

Garfield established a campaign office in a small building behind the house that he used for his library. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

His long thin arms and legs make him look like the stick figures I used to draw on my schoolbooks. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nate thought of what Papa used to say as they would stand together on the deck of his ship, looking out over the ocean. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

Seated, she opened her handbag and used the mirror to look at her teeth. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

The Latin names of the gods are therefore used. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I can’t believe I used to worry so much about people not liking me. Seems so unnecessary now,” Nicole said, watching a group of black shirts laughing over some private joke. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“He used giants last time, when he wanted to go for the grand effect,” he said. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I want to hear Mami laugh again like she used to when we lived in Cuba. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Once they had slept off their exhaustion, and got used to regular meals again and regained some weight, the mood was sour or surly, even among those without permanent disabilities. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Auntie Aggie used to say I was like as not to poke Satan with a stick just for fun. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I am now used to entering unknown places without hesitation. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

"It barely cleared the review board. Some thought the pin could be used as a weapon, giving you an unfair advantage. But eventually, they let it through," says Cinna. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“He cast us into Tartarus just because we used magic!” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Have you ever used a sextant, Mr. Bowditch?” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was used by Claudius and formerly by King Hamlet to come and go secretly from Gertrude’s rooms. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I used to think that if I stayed up all night, I’d get to remain where I was. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“You used to run by my house. I live on Marigold. The house with the mermaid fountain.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

And I knew that black peppercorns could be used to protect you or to put a jinx on someone. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Remember the Deuce and a Quarter and how we used to roll around in that giant backseat on our summer outings to the drive-in? Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Seven had never heard of it used against an entire town though. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“The power that my foremothers used to heal me,” she asked, “I have that same power too now, don’t I?” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He had a cell opposite Walter’s and Walter used to complain that he would demand Walter’s breakfast from him each morning, and that he was too scared to refuse. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe once a week now, and it used to be every day. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Luna’s grandmother used to be bulbous and squat—all soft hugs and squishy cuddles. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

He keeps feeding them with his flies, and the number of the latter is becoming sensibly diminished, although he has used half his food in attracting more flies from outside to his room. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

He was used to fighting with men on each side of him. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They’re used to make pork sausages. Our neighbors cook meat in spices and then they stuff them into the pig guts. We had some yesterday, remember?” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Because in there, I admitted that I was at a point in my life where I really could have used any encouragement anyone might have left me. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

I nodded, and used the cold water to wash the blood off my face. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The coded Soviet telegrams couldn’t be used in a public court, because the Americans didn’t want the Soviets to know they had broken their code. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was used, the color of nickels, and there was a small stain on the passenger seat that Linda guessed was melted lipstick. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

They remained there, tucked into his memory, deep within a cave of abstract thoughts: information and ideas about pawns and squares to be used, discarded, or ignored—all in perfect cadence and synchronicity. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I trotted over to the picnic table and used the bench to step up and stand on the tabletop as I had done the night I fired off the sniper rifle. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He used a few drops of his precious water to clean it. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

My uncle used to say being a parent meant long nights and short years. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Hassan’s father, Ali, used to catch us and get mad, or as mad as someone as gentle as Ali could ever get. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He wasn't used to being inspected as fearlessly as this old man was scrutinizing him now, not even by his men. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He used that time to get soundlessly to his feet. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

The way I met her, this Doberman pinscher she had used to come over and relieve himself on our lawn, and my mother got very irritated about it. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

He used to arrive late to their accounting class with singular excuses—a cow’s lack of appetite, the difficult birth of two foals. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I got right next to where the door used to be when the guy came out with a little girl in his arms. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Or who knows. My memory isn’t what it used to be.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Anyway, her mom used to say stuff like that, back when she occasionally noticed what Eleanor was wearing. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

She used to say that her secret to life was that she “hoped for the best, was prepared for the worst, so anything in between didn’t come as a surprise.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Some would say it’s your duty to be used by the Ministry!” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

This would be her basket name or pet name, and would be used until she grew older. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama looked at the tree and remembered her children as toddlers, when they used to pull down ornaments. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Newt nodded, already on the move toward a small tool shed used for the Gardens; he’d clearly been waiting for the order. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“My grandmother used to bring me here,” Lovey said as we walked around looking at what had to be millions of flowers. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

In my hard bunk in the orchestra barracks, I always used to put the case under my ankles so my father's viola would sleep in peace. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She used adult words and simulated, insofar as she was able, adult attitudes and emotions. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The small hairs on his neck bristled, but he reasoned with himself: many land-grant people and white ranchers used that road too. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Many worry that prison time has become a badge of honor in some communities—“a rite of passage” is the term most often used in the press. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

For the first time they used sounds along with the shapes, and pictures, real pictures we could recognize. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Only we didn’t have anchovies in the house, so Mom used canned sardines. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

At first, I used to put it down to the trains. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Also, to save money, a synthesizer would be used to accompany the recordings rather than authentic instruments. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Even I used to think I was an idiot. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He found out that a boat called Hydro would be used Sunday morning. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They don’t want people to know what it was like before the operation. They want to keep you hating yourselves. Otherwise, it’s too easy to get used to ugly faces, normal faces.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“A lot of the support staff used to be in the experiment in Indianapolis—another city, not far from here,” Zoe says. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I don’t think Dad is too stoked about my plans either, although he doesn’t say it because he knows I remember him telling me how he used to want to be an entertainer. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The old woman who used to live here died in the parlor,” she went on. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

To keep them safe from people who might come to the island to do them harm, the bonobos mustn’t stay too used to us. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

It could be the chemicals in the cleaner used to wipe the table that I just touched. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

‘Let’s see . . . healing potions. Tranquilizer darts like the ones we used on you. Hmm, what else? Oh, yeah!’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“I’d rather be on the end of a fish hook and used as bait than come up against those terrible creatures again!” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

When the coffee gave out, he used cold water. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Simpsons Basement used to be bargain clothes and wrenches. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“We used to read that when we were little,” she says, grabbing for the book. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I’m having a hard time getting used to people calling my actions normal. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

But Bessie, as soon as she had dressed her young ladies, used to take herself off to the lively regions of the kitchen and housekeeper’s room, generally bearing the candle along with her. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

The third button brought up a grappling hook that could be used to lock onto an enemy’s chariot or push it away. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was a poor room for a royal one, but at least it had a bed in it— the great four-poster which was used as a throne during the daytime. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had such a wild hot fever that Mama nearly ran herself to death, packing fresh cold water from the spring, which she used to bathe me all over, trying to run my fever down. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I used to love the grapes, but there was never enough of them,” he said, holding the cup up to his face and slurping the fruit out. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Sometimes you get used to the sick and sometimes the sickness, if it is there too long, gets to seem normal. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the duet which she used to sing with Lancelot, and, when she recognized it, she stopped abruptly. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He remembered the Stormbreaker that he had used and now he noticed something that he hadn’t seen then. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

I don’t say anything because I used to love words. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Part of the problem is that the people who now know him as Nikhil have no idea that he used to be Gogol. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Momma used to always say I was the skinny one. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

She stretched out on her mat beside her sleeping sister, tiredness making her aware of every muscle that she had used during the day. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

“No. The sheriff gave it to me as a gift. Said he got this from a Chinese man that used to live here.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

They used to be Daddy’s favorites before I begged him to quit. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Perhaps if he had told Susan about Kainene, she would have used that tone to tell him that she quite understood his need to experiment with a black woman. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Here was one of those old images brought to life, or maybe a creature descended in true line through endless years from the models used by the forgotten craftsmen long ago. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“It's good to see you hanging out with Joe again. You used to be so close.” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t used to being praised by the coaches at the foundation for my skill or potential. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

This walk was the old woman’s ammunition dump, and she used it so regularly that Nick had to lay down a new path about once every four or five months. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps they’d grown so used to hearing the tall tales of their own adventures that they truly believed they would survive when all others had failed. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

She missed Taryn and the friendship they used to have before boys and girls and crushes and baby brothers. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

My mother used to tell me how hot things restore the spirit and health. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

One grows accustomed to eating regularly and the body is not used to being deprived. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was there the sweet-talking actor used his charms and talents to win over the man to his cause. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Remember? You used to play with my little brother Billy off the boats in Jericho, afore the Gobblers got him.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Granny’s Uncle Lige Toy, who used to have a restaurant business feeding county prisoners, was in charge of Grandpa’s cotton warehouse, one of the biggest in north Georgia, and also the store’s cotton seed business. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

It’s a photograph of Khalil’s black hairbrush, the one he used in the car. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

The goldfish are used to David dropping strange beings into their tank. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

They even worked out that the first layer of the encryption, the one that used English letters, was based on digraphs—that is, pairs of letters. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

In the winter he used oil to prevent chapping, and he kept the cuticles pushed down and his nails always filed to the shape of his finger-tips. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The room had been used the winter before by a teacher who had been hired for the three winter months, a term during which Jethro had gone to school for only a few days. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

I missed how we used to be with each other. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

A high school dropout, he used to work for a landscaping company; it went out of business, and he had to come to the offices to request a permit to hunt for another job. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Carol O’Connor, who used to go to Catholic school, got up and turned her paper in and then just about everybody else was standing up. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

She was used to seeing other kids in states of undress, but it still seemed funny. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Believe it or not, this place used to be mighty fine. There was a barbershop and beauty salon and a shoeshine place all inside. They say Dr. King even stayed here once. It was glorious.” Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

He squeezed himself tighter into the doorway and tried not to think about the gruesome stories Papa’s men used to tell, about men who’d had their heads blown off by cannonballs. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

We used to make fun of people with minibackpacks and now she has one. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

She then used that to work out what kind of Enigma wiring would produce those results. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He tried to stop her from spending so much time at church, and one of the most effective tools he used was to stop fixing my mother’s car. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I used to take johnny to the lake. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pretend I’m sitting next to you and we are reading “The Princess Who Could Not Cry” like we used to. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

But before Julie could answer, they both felt a rumbling underfoot, the way it used to feel in subway stations. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

“But it used to be where the orphans lived.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

It hadn’t been easy to frame, and the answer wasn’t easy to interpret, but then they never were, though she was becoming more sure-footed among the levels of meaning than she used to be. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Driving past, my dad used to roll his eyes at the flocks of students haplessly jaywalking across Ellis Avenue, wondering how it was that such smart people had never learned to properly cross a street. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“Lucky Girl used to look at me the same way you’re looking at me. And now she doesn’t. That’s why I’m going with you. No other reason. Got it?” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

It also meant they used fuel less efficiently because they were carrying more weight. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

My clothes were all folded up in a neat pile the same way Momma used to fold them when she’d go to work before I got up. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

He may have sensed that he had been used, or his disinterest may have been an indication that I was less than gratifying. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her room was too small; Pet was scarier in cramped spaces if you weren’t used to its size. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

When I came for a visit, Mr. and Mrs. Hull slept in their own room and I used their bed. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

In particular, we used to have these talks, the two of us, usually up in my room at the top of the Black Barn just before going to bed. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

David always referred to them as “Mom” and “Dad,” words Tally hadn’t used for Sol and Ellie since she was a littlie. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Percy stumbled backward, but he wasn’t used to being smoky. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

In justification to Dad, it should be said that automatic pencils always were used once the supply of wooden ones was exhausted. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes we use money to get along,” she used to tell me, “but that doesn’t mean we have to become its slave.” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Bacon wasn’t royalty, when royalty sometimes used the nom deplume because it was “improper” for royalty to be artistic or theatrical. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bed springs sounds like them crickets used to back home. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the first part of his epic Ring cycle, The Rhinegold, for example, angry diminished chords are often used to signify the dangerous power of the Ring itself. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

First, a group of researchers used HeLa to develop methods for freezing cells without harming or changing them. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I pulled off the sweater, under which I was wearing a rain slicker I used to go sailing in, a kind of canvas sack. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ignatius was such a precious child. I don’t know what made him change. He used to say to me, ‘Momma, I love you.' A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I used to dream about exploring the world, but now each time I closed my eyes, I was haunted by numbers. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Piper had used it to wake a metal dragon. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Spanish physicians lacked the competence that Vesalius was used to, and initial hostility to him as a foreigner became exacerbated by the growth of the independence movement in the Netherlands, then ruled by Spain. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

That whole setup always looks strange to me, because this place used to be an auto-repair shop when I was little. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Over there on Lincoln there used to be a fruit stand. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, she used to get high. That’s why she was always so funny,” they were probably saying. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I was too afraid to look up from my curled-up cocoon and see my parents, because they weren’t the Mom and Dad I used to know. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She wanted to seem used to it all, to this life. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She used the handle of the broom she’d found in the kitchen to repeat the knock on the ceiling before sending the note up. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I had gotten used to the fifty pounds of gear cumbersomely strapped to my back, torso, and legs. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

We pass so many blackened frames of what used to be businesses. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“You used the spell knowing that widespread use would create fires wherever it was cast if you weren’t powerful enough,” said Seven. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

He startles as he looks at me, adjusting his spectacles before doffing his hat in a lovely display of manners that I’ve seen men lavish on white ladies, but I sure ain’t used to. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“Did I ever tell you,” he began in a husky tone, “that I used to be aiming for the Olympics?” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

He did not say that he used to drink and had quit, nor that he had never used alcohol. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘We are not used to footpads in this country, but we know how to deal with them.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

All the times Quinton and I used to play in here. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I thought about the white boys I used to play with, the ones who would go along with any game or prank I came up with. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The water in the skins was two months stale, and besides, he’d gotten used to the labor—which involved an ironwood mallet and pounding stakes deep into the sand. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Oh, many times. Before the boys were born. After too. Your mother, she used to be adventurous then, and ... so alive. She was just about the liveliest, happiest person I’d ever met.” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Only when I shook out the match did I realize that I had used my left hand. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I noticed a discolored outline on the building’s facade where the Hilton logo used to be, back when the place had been a hotel. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I knew there would be more than Hawaiian Punch in it, but this is way stronger than I’m used to. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“Not as nimble as I used to be, but this old bird can still start a darn good fire.” Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

I was certain that he was not going home to Mami and my sisters and brothers and that somehow I had been used. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Mastering himself again, he tried to prise the locket apart with his fingers, then attempted the charm Hermione had used to open Regulus’s bedroom door. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Ivy remembered she’d used every blue she owned to make the sea look like that. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

With every eye on the king, somehow the man on the floor wrested a spear away from one of the gold cloaks, and used it to push himself back to his feet. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I used the garden hose and some baby shampoo. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

“And don’t ask me who or what God is. I mean I don’t even know if He exists. When I was little, I used to think—” She stopped. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Like how he used to be, I want to add but don’t. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“Beatniks used to read poetry and play bongos on that stage.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

He was quite used to it, sure of his own judgement. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

His eyes are wide open and his mouth is an O. He used to make that face in pictures. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

His speech sounded familiar, because he’d used almost the same phrases at Mother’s funeral. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

In the entryway hung the required portrait of El Jefe, except it wasn’t our old one of Trujillo as a young captain that used to hang next to the Good Shepherd. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t used to drifting, but he’d ridden a Segway once and it was kind of like that. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

If we used only one verb per sentence, we'd never have trouble choosing the tense—past, present, future, or whatever: They waltzed. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I used to wonder what kinds of letters he wrote. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The very idea, investing $500 on a calculating machine so it could be used by a girl! Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Then, to my horror, he started wagging his tail the way he used to when he was tracking, and he turned from the house and headed up the hill toward the cave. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

They used tent canvas to make huts against the standing chimneys and half-crumbled brick walls. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Little metal was used in our straps and fittings, but the harnesses had buckles of aluminum alloy, too fine to fasten with mittens on, which burned in that cold exactly as if they were red-hot. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I used to coach the team here,” he said. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

I was intrigued by how one moved one’s body to protect oneself, how one used a strategy both to attack and retreat, how one paced oneself over a match. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

"But thank you. And it's not always this bad. Only after I've used the arcana. My eyes will drift back into place after a few hourglasses." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Unwillingly, he remembered how he used to love her laugh. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

As little kids we used to love riding around in it, but now it makes us cringe. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

“It used to be different. People just called out. There was a lot of laughter and teasing the time I went.” Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

That is what they have in common with the passive constructions that also bog down these examples, like was affirmed and were used. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

I didn’t usually send letters to people, so I’d never used it before. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

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

She happily used to swim naked in the river Cherwell with all the other Oxford children, but it would be quite different with Will, and she blushed even to think of it. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

She's not trying to get back to how things used to be. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ben used sympathy to make light for our shows. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Shin guessed—based on the way Uncle used language—that he had once been an important and well-educated man. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“I’m looking for the postcards Ma used to send us.” Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

It took us even longer to get used to the Southern style of talking. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Swerlin used to lecture me about all the wrong things I had done. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, well, she didn’t know the whole story. And people are moody, dude. You gotta get used to living with people. You could have worse friends than—” The Colonel cut him off. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

“I think I’ve got time to make you some French toast before the bus comes. The kind my momma used to do. She called it pain perdu.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I was little when Granddad died, but I used to love crawling into bed with Nan for morning tea. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

He kept sheathing and unsheathing them with a feeling of intense wellbeing, and used them to rip off its fur. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

I never used to pray but now I do say little prayers. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

My mother used to tell me that she was going to do such a job on my particular butt that I would have to go down to Macy’s to buy a new behind. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

What no one knows, even Blue, is that dressing up used to mean something to me. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Will said, “You know, it sounds funny to hear you use all those two- bit words. I’d swear to God you used to talk pidgin.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I’m not as fast as Roli, but I unravel the meaning quickly even though the same symbol is used for both E and I, which makes it tricky. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Ice kept talking about how good Willie used to be when he played down at Riverside Church. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, he picked up and held the guitar, and tried to remember how Cool Papa used to hold her. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

My father and I used to do a similar task together when I was very young. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the same words that Jesse’s mother might have used, but it didn’t come out the same way. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

She was cool, organized, and efficient, and used to working mostly with men. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Interspersed amid these totemic items were stray Q-tips and cotton balls, lip liners, Max Factor eye makeup, mascara, blush, and everything else I used in a losing battle to make myself beautiful. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“You’ll get used to it after a bit. Now, let’s look for somewhere dry that no one else has found and then perhaps we can sleep, too.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I used to live at his place. For a little while.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

She’s not used to people asking such blunt questions—asking any questions at all, really. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I used my bare hands to scoop away the wet sand that stuck her fast. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

I mean, I know you used to stare into each other’s eyes. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Yes. Do you mind that I used your mockingjay? I wanted us to match,” he says. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t used to this level of powerlessness. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

We bring our used clothing, from home, and Miss Lumley ties it up into brown paper packages and sends it to England. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

There is an old wood-coal stove in the barn that my mother used to use before we got gas. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I remembered how he used to teach this idea in the Group Process class back at Brandeis. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because he used his giant strength only in the service of good, he was always a very popular man. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, Ellie used to be nice to me,” she answered very surely. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

It'll set the hydrogen on fire, but only until the small bit of oxygen is used up. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I used to get all A’s in Tai’s class last year. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

But now that we’re moving on, my mom looks at me with that steely expression she used to give me whenever I acted up. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

He swung the flashlight and saw a couple of wooden wagons that must have been used to carry equipment down or tin back up to the surface. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Maybe I used to play dress-up with it as a little girl? Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Its presence is often implied even when it is not actually used to describe form. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe I could tell her I used to volunteer at the shelter with her grandma. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He tried to repeat the lines with the sinister yet regal voice Mentor had used. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

She was only familiar with illustrations from books they’d used in their anatomy training at the Little Palace. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He’s just not used to seeing me with makeup. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

“That’s probably the best known. They say there used to he so many of them they would darken the sky when they flew over. And the moa.” Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

I used a brown paper bag and a roll of packing tape to rewrap it, conveniently forgetting to add my return address. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

It was a misfortune she could not get used to. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I look down and notice that there’s something on the floor, a hair band, purple, stretched, well used. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You never tire me. You must have forgotten the hours and hours at Grand Isle in which we grew accustomed to each other and used to being together.” The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

"She died when I was little. She had yellow hair, and sometimes she used to sing to me, I remember. She worked in an alehouse." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

And she was happy, too—she laughed and kissed his forehead like his mother used to do when she tucked him in at night. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

I remember that Constantine always used to come by on January first and fix our good-luck peas for us, even though it was her day off. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

But once your brain is used to working that way, it happens almost automatically. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

I think of the centipedes that used to crawl over my bed last summer, and think we are like them, with so many legs. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

I haven’t gotten used to seeing him with a proper beard, although there are patches on the sides of his mouth where it hasn’t grown in fully. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

He passed the place where a boy he knew used to live; they hadn’t quite been friends. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

I’m thinking about all the shenanigans Philbert and I used to pull back in Lansing. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Never hurts to ask, my mom used to say. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Should we have used pickets, which generally prevent people from entering their place of work? Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They packed their clothes and a few boatbuilding tools, used their winnings from their races to book passage in steerage to Halifax, aboard the steamship Tunisian, and set sail from Liverpool. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“We used to take a boat—barely seaworthy—out to French’s Island, sit on the beach, and drink Moxie.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

But now she stopped putting lipstick even in the place where her lips used to be. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Dr. Atchley used a basic premise: He theorized that if technology was like an addictive substance, say, alcohol, then users would find the information delivered on a device as irresistible as alcoholics do booze. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

This bit of common sense, sometimes termed the pigeonhole or Dirichlet drawer principle, can occasionally be used to derive claims that are not so obvious. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What was the binding that Master Kilvin used just a moment ago?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Board in 1955, it left a good deal of “wiggle room,” and Hodges used every bit of it, in an effort to head off political attacks from his right. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

He guided Joe to a lumber rack and pulled out samples of the different woods he used—soft, malleable sugar pine, hard yellow spruce, fragrant cedar, and clear white ash. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Both of us could conceal ourselves well enough without the Cloak, the true magic of which, of course, is that it can be used to protect and shield others as well as its owner. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

This is Kabul Women here used to practice law and medicine; they held office in the government—” Rasheed grinned. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

I used to know the name of everyone in my building—and they knew mine. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

One funny thing that I learned later, from talking with other non-Indian Marines, was that many white men found it hard to get used to the food served at boot camp. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Normally sails would not be used in a sea battle. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

“I used to string them on yarn and make necklaces.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Too bad for Ernie, he had never actually used a hammer. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I figured they’d been in my shoes before and couldn’t wait to see how Luke used me for a punching bag. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“He used to sit in the front window every day with a stick in his mouth and wait for me to come home from school to play fetch.” Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

I thought about how terrible I was at basketball and about how Lucas Cader seemed quite used to ignoring that and continued playing with me. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

“White people once used the Bible to say that we should be slaves.” Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He used to wait for me to sit at the breakfast table before he started iron­ing—that way, we could talk. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The wife of an Italian physicist used to watch him march slowly past their window, his pale, owlish face turned down toward the muddy path. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The day had completely emptied him as if, between my questions and the job interview, he had used up his entire reservoir of chatter, energy, and social grace. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I only owned it because I’d used it for a costume the year before. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“He used to talk about you all the time. And I saw you once, when I was little.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

In natural language, a word is used to convey an idea. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

The family earned its fortune manufacturing rebar—the metal rods used to strengthen concrete—which it sold across Jordan. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Their, the possessive form of they, is often used mistakenly for his or her, as in: No one in their right mind pays retail. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I used to help my mam with the mending.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Our home was a giant version of the lard cans used to haul water from the public fountain. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“I used to think my old friend here was immune to the charms of the fair sex,” said Hallgrimsson. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The first day is used to whittle down two hundred fencers to forty-eight. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“When I used to get Buster Friendly and his—” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

She got used to using the back door and to not speaking until spoken to. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The closest I ever came to having a pet was an old mongrel that used to hang around the neighborhood. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

She used to be chief of internal medicine at Boston University Hospital. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Growing up, he used it to talk to his parents; Sunny and I stuck to English at home even though our parents spoke Bangla. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It took little time for Alma to settle in, and she eventually got used to her grandmother’s constant questions and suggestions about what they should do or where they should go. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

You always used to say, “There’s a pool table in there, Daddy!” Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

They did so for the equipment we used—like the name “alligator” given to our landing boats. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The violets? They were always her favorite flower. When we were girls we used to pick them together.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

He would allow the buses to be used, but he would not pay for the gas or the driver. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was Rhetoric and Logic, the book Ben had used to teach me argument. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

After scientists tested disinfecting methods, they found that carbolic acid wasn't the best way to kill germs, especially in the concentrations generally used. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

On weekends he takes the train to Massachusetts, to the house in which his father’s photograph, the one used during the funeral, hangs in a frame on a wall in the upstairs hallway. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

When the normal participants looked at the chair, however, they used a completely different and less powerful part of the brain—the inferior temporal gyrus—which is normally reserved for objects. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

This was the kid who used to toddle over to my bed at 6 o’clock every weekend morning to pull on my blankets so I’d get up and watch cartoons with him. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was bigger and heavier than any coins he’d used so far. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

When the white paper was gone, the students used old newspaper instead. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

They used words mostly when each one in his own way walked through his field or orchard at night and spoke to the growing plants. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Banging his knee against the golden lard bucket he used for school lunch, he contrived a good bass drum, while his tongue fluttered sharply against his teeth to fill in snare drums and occasional trumpets. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

All those sweet, lovely chickens and geese that we used to keep up at the Lake. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

He was so used to having food just be there, just always being there. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or where black is used as a positive and white is used as a negative? Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He held his friend by the arm and looked into his face in the way that he used to do when they parted each day before work. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Our darkest fears were confirmed the next day when Father went to empty the stove and discovered the clip, used to fasten it to a pocket, among the ashes. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“My spectacles,” said Werfel, “can be used as magnifying lenses. Watch this.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

“My old trusty refractor. Just came in the mail today. This is what I used to do when I was your age, boys. I’d almost forgotten about it until I came down to your range.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t the best night’s sleep I’ve ever had but we were getting used to strange circumstances and it wasn’t the worst either. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I used to heckle her about the help problem, but I learned that was not necessarily wise. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The place stank and was full of filth and disorder: it did not appear to have been used for some time. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Suddenly the pencils remembered they used to be parts of trees. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

My father has the look of a man who used to be handsome, but as he has aged, his cheeks have become hollow, his features harsh and strict. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Madame Trote de Salerno used her ears as a handkerchief and let her eyebrows hang down behind her shoulders, like silver chains. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Makes you wonder who the villains really are, her mother used to say. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

This is a black hole, an object so paradoxical that some scientists believe that black holes can be used to travel faster than light—and backward in time. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“Your mama used to wear this every time...” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I ate lunch outside on a bench where we all used to smoke. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

There's the tattered mattress Eden's on, and next to it is the scratched-up chest of drawers that I used to doodle on. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Engineers used it to take a “dummy” astronaut, weighing as much as a real astronaut, for a four-orbit flight in November 1961. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

You used to be able to tell a person’s nationality by the face. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I think Sing Sing used to have one of those, long ago, up by Wallpost fifteen.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It took Harry several days to get used to his strange new freedom. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Him and my brother, Jermaine, used to spend all their time together when they were little, like me and Vega, my mother said. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Such findings raise the possibility that scientists might be able to create a “package” of charcoal, nutrients, and microfauna that could be used to transform bad tropical soil into terra preta. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

This was something I had to get used to. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

McGarrity waited a few days until the children got used to working for him. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I remember him as a kid—you should’ve seen him. He used to run around your parents’ living room, holding out his hand like a little gun. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The man invited him into the shack for an eye opener saying that he himself only used the stuff for a night cap. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had been used to say that man’s most vital possession was his Word. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought about all the long hunting trips Grandpa Portman used to go on. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

When I was here the other day, I was so sure that if I had looked up, I would see the charmed folk like I used to. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

It had been taken by the police and was used as evidence of his guilt in the courtroom. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

He had grown so used to hearing the water smack and slurp against wood and stone. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

And when I got on the stand, I just told that crowd in the street that I wasn’t really wanted up there, that my name had been used—and I walked off the speaker’s stand. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I used to say that,” she admits, and begins placing the candles around her room. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

“That's because you've never met my momma. She used to say the only thing more lethal than a bullet was a woman with a pretty face.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

How many years had it been since Frankie had used that name? The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He unbuckled the leather belt he used to keep up his underwear. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

He wished his mother were well enough to homeschool him, like she used to—but that was not a possibility. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Bud said, “They say Pacheco’s alright. He’s like his pig used to be, indestructible.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Remember how she used to walk with her head way up, like this? Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Because the ship was already designed for it, they used the system on the return trip as well. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I grew up with them. 8TH JUROR: Have you seen them used in fights? 5TH JUROR: Too many of them. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was the way it used to work. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

It was hard work, but after a while a person got used to it, not that it ever became easy. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Radio and television speech becomes standardized, perhaps better English than we have ever used. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was used in heavy industry to render other compounds like refined gasoline or polyvinyl chloride for plastic pipe production. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

With big loops and little ones—my fancy writing, she used to call it. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

It had been used for holding screws, but he tipped those out and wiped the inside with a rag before inverting the glass over it with the card still in place over the mouth. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I used to help feed the hens and collect the eggs. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was nicer wood than the loom my grandma used with the thread we had made. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was used to pinning the meat down with his claws and chewing chunks off it. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Then she got used to the cold and swam faster, harder. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

She used to spend long hours in the garden, weeding and sowing, pruning and picking, her neck arched elegantly as a bird’s, with her black hair coming loose around her face. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“My mom used to tell me that death is like a parking lot,” whispered Mini. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I used to go to school, when I lived in my village.” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Johnny said he used to date her but... was it really for that long?” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He drew Hazel’s sword and used it to pry up some cobblestones, unearthing a big tangle of spiky roots. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He used to do that when he thought about his research and his clients. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

After we had turned out the lights he came over to my bed and rubbed my shoulder the way he used to do when he was scared to be in the dark. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

The way they've used it, manipulated it, turned something fine and noble into something else - something they can use for their own foul ends? The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Not you specifically. It’s part of the specialized diet. Some of our residents can’t digest rich things the way they used to.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Yes, we knew him well in Nsukka. He used to come to our house every day to eat my pepper soup.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to get used to it. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

It was like old times again, when we used to get along so well. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

After your application makes it to the top of the pile, you get another notice in the mail for an appointment to get your fingerprints taken, which are used for a background check. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Hearing it now reminded me of how things used to be when Jermaine was still here. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

A single dash can be used in place of a colon to emphatically present some piece of information: It was what Tina dreaded most—-fallen arches. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

As children they used to torment each other with “the look” at the Sunday lunches their parents gave for elderly relatives. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Mama had always used a sewing machine, but it looked like Baachan sewed by hand. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

For this sheet, he chose the softer medium of red chalk over the scratchy line of pen and ink that he used in rough sketches. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

My grandfather used to sing the songs and laugh about how silly they were. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The island was part of an abandoned village, much like the place where Nhamo used to have tea with Mother. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to make something, anything, the way I used to. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

Nobody ever came down to the boathouse in the fall or winter, which is why Javi and I used it as a place to escape. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The Queen, who was used to the tantrums of her senior officials, ignored him completely. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

No matter how hard Kaira tried to sound sarcastic when she used that name, he always took it as a compliment. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

So he used me to make phone calls and to talk to the landlady and to buy things in stores where you had to use English. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only the servants used this stair, for the fourth floor held only servants’ quarters, storage closets for linens and out-of-season clothes, sewing rooms, and so forth. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Back in the days when Miss Lilian and her cats inhabited the floor above, Georgie and I used it to sneak inside. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

I guess it will take time for them to get used to the changes in me. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

The house was dark and damp-feeling even in the daytime, but fortunately the boy was used to it and walked right in. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

I waited for my eyes to get used to the darkness of the barn. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hazel could summon riches from the earth, but anyone who used them would suffer and die. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

But as I got more and more used to picking strawberries, I began to play kick-the-can again. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

But that was because she wasn’t used to it. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

"Right. He used to box. He said if you can concentrate on learning to box, you can concentrate on learning anything." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nobody knows where Charlie got the gun he used to hold up Poncho's candy store three years ago. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

In order to feed the people who built and used the monumental structures, particularly large quantities of food were required. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only two places in the whole world where they were used were our training areas at Pearl Harbor and Camp Elliott. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It was hard at first, but now I’m pretty good at it. It’s like a dialect—it takes some getting used to, but you eventually figure it out.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Since only 10 percent of thru-hikers make it this far, and it is too distant for most day hikers, the trail in Maine is much more thinly used, and so the foliage encroaches. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

This was the world used in the opening ceremony that I’d hacked into. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Did you know your papa used to make the sechach out of the roses? It was so pretty.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

That meant Mom was in a better mood, too, laughing and kidding around the way she used to do. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

That frightened me because I knew if he used the gun to shoot that white man, the Klan and the police would come. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He got used to shutting out the noise and danger; at night, on the base in Iraq, he’d pull on eyeshades and his headphones and listen to classic rock. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t even remember what it was aboutCletus I used to hate so much. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I used to work in a store like that.” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most people would use quarters to get soda, but I used my head. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, we scoured the ground for anything that might be used as a weapon—but all we could find were pebbles. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Her mouth was well shaped and well lipped but abnormally small—what used to be called a rosebud. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She could hardly remember the countless ideas that used to spin in her mind as she washed clothes or chopped vegetables. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

He and Mom used to read the Sunday paper together. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

He grabbed my hair with one hand and used his other arm to drag me back toward the raft. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jay used most of her check to cover the rent, and we ate sandwiches until her next payday. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“She was set up to give specific clues or bits of information if someone used the right prompts.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Bob used to have three brothers and two sisters. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

My great-great-grandfather used to graze his cattle as far south as Nakuru, 300 miles from where we live now. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think about Devon and how he would show it to all the Scouts and tell everyone how we made it and how we used it to find Closure. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soviet scientists had to abandon fission experiments to work instead on weapons that could be used right away. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn't blame Daoud for the mess we were in, especially as Ishtar had used him as bait. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

They told Einstein about the newest discoveries in fission and explained how uranium might be used to build devastating bombs. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Obviously she was not used to having her orders questioned. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Following the Nelson litigation, questions about the drug combination that most states used to carry out lethal injections arose. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“It’s not like you used to listen to me at uni, either.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

If I used this net, I could catch a salmon. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Though it didn’t used to have anything to do with mothers. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the miracle man began improving King Lotharon, and eighteen pages are used up in describing the cures. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyes get watery again and she says, "I can't get used to this. I hate not seeing your face." Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lil’ Dub had even stopped accepting the crossword puzzles he used to buy for her. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The act included a civil forfeiture provision authorizing the government to seize and forfeit drugs, drug manufacturing and storage equipment, and conveyances used to transport drugs. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

As she hugged me, Luke used his head to butt into the embrace. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

It was even more embarrassing than when my great-grandma in Kansas used a flashlight to get around in the movie theater. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Maybe a love that's different than it used to be, but love all the same. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Opposite them are two open huts that are used as the communal kitchen and three smaller huts where the supervisors live. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Which makes sense, I guess, because we used to play in there a lot. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

By now, it should have been less shocking—the beast had menaced Lkossa longer than Ekon had been alive—but in truth, it was impossible to get used to the carnage left in its wake. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“Slightly used, though. A little wear and tear. Mostly good condition.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Now he has small stumps where his extra fingers used to be. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

It faced nothing but an open, grassy yard and a line of trees that began miles of woods filled with things making noises that used to keep me up all night. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

The numbers were rarely used after the Naming. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

She lifted her paddle and used it to point to the left of us. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“I can’t, Dad. It won’t work. It’s a real word now. It used to be just mine, but not anymore. If I knew how to stop it, I think I probably would. But I can’t.” Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

With scrap lumber from Endurance and a small and precious collection of used nails, he began raising the sides of the boats to make them more seaworthy. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

It was because he had a good imagination and used his ' head more than the others. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moments later the carriage arrived, an enormous black, shiny coach drawn by six plumed chargers, as was used on those occasions, and driven by two coachmen in livery. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Straight down from the blue house Mong’s dad used to take him to every summer, just the two of them. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I found several large cans and used one of them to start the “time” can again, dropping five pebbles into it so that the reckoning would begin again from the night of the storm. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you used a word even barely wrong he would be there to catch it, correct you, and then explain to you why you had made the mistake, even though you probably weren’t listening. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Then quickly corrected myself: “Really, someone who can tell me about a boy who used to live there.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

The demon sounded mighty like Will, the boy with red hair who used to torment her and now did not so much. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whenever insecticides are applied only minimum dosages are used — barely enough to control the pest without avoidable harm to beneficial species. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

It felt like that song Miranda used to sing to me: Ground Control to Major Tom, your circuit’s dead, there’s something wrong . Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Better yet, he has a few set pieces about Corduroy Greg because he used to work for him, too, and hates the guy. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I used to worry whenever I did something naughty, ‘What if I’m the bad seed?’” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I mean, I was used to seeing him get higher and higher and smaller and smaller. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He used his spoon carefully, set it in his saucer. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Figure 6.11: These modes are part of the same theoretical system as the church modes, but they were not used in the middle ages. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Someone saw him wrapping up an alarm clock in a towel and burying it in the straw of a filly’s stall, letting her get used to the ticking. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was clutching a used tissue in one hand, and she stood with her body half hidden behind my dad, who had a dark look in his eyes. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

I’m so used to seeing smoke in Garden Heights, it’s weird when we go back and there isn’t any. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“Or are you saying those kids used up all the bad luck, so we never have to worry about being kidnapped? Thank you, Other-Finn and Other-Emma and Other-Rochester! Hope you get found soon!” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The once sleek lines were now a jagged mess of missing hull segments and empty anchor points where noncritical components used to be. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Now that the bomb could not be used against the Nazis, doubts arose. Those doubts, even if they do riot appear in 16 6 official reports, were discussed in many private discussions.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You kind of get used to it after a while.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“No one else,'' Arturo used to say to me, “has ever been in love like we are. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

I have gotten so used to what I am, and how my life works. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

She moves gracefully, with the confidence of someone used to performing, which is completely unfair to everyone else in the room. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

I lay there in the dirt and remembered how Rowdy and I used to trick-or-treat together. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

I kept waiting, but I wasn’t getting used to the decision I’d made. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

The old, discredited leaders of the Party had been used to gather there before they were finally purged. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

But next day, though she still brought out our food, she set it dow n and left even faster than her grandma used to do. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They looked smug, superior, like the kind of men who were used to holding power. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Her whip was gone, so she used her hands and feet and turned him north by east, the way the scout had gone. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

When we’re done she asks if I’m interested and I point out that she hasn’t yet mentioned who used to live in such a grand place. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He used to say he’d gone to war to fight monsters,” I said. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

They were still getting used to his laughter. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

She kept dreaming that she was being eaten by rats, and she used every excuse she could to spend the night at friends’ houses. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“All right!” the photographer said, letting the large camera he had used to take the picture dangle on his side. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“We used to figure out what to put in each one of our letters to you. I know what she’d say and what she wouldn’t.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The inclined edge, the part that made it such a good ramp, must’ve been weakened since they last used it. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

July 31: For the last week the wind has been unusually calm, and in order to make any time at all we have lowered the sails and used the engine. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

“Oh, that random white dude that used to roll with your granddad? I didn’t see a lot of him, but I remember meeting him once or twice.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

My mother used to say that when men get old they think anything that smells bad can kill germs better than soap and hot water, so they either bathe in liquor or cologne. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Momma used to say the Indian was even worse off than the Negro, because instead of being taken from his land he'd had his land taken from him. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

‘But I knew in my heart that he really meant to go. He always used to joke about serious things. I wish I had come back sooner, just to see him off.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Brother Quang forces a swallow before explaining we are used to fresh-killed chicken that roamed the yard snacking on grains and worms. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

The nice part was that we could step away for a romantic evening the way we used to, years earlier, before his political life took over. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

As we leave, I remember how Khalil used to run up to the car when I was about to go, the sun shining on the grease lines that separated his cornrows. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Unlike Pa, Ma was never used to hard work or labor. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or since he was used to eating supper at Aunt Loma’s, would they both go over there tonight? Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

It used to be that no one went to the trash heaps but the trash collectors, who dumped the trash and left it. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The Iroquois Indians used the leaves and roots of this plant to stop bleeding and purify cuts. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Abuela and I used to cook together, but her pace was much slower, at least with me. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

She and her family used to live in Nairobi, Kenya. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

A guy came in and used the urinal. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The Maidens used a small knife with an ornately embellished golden handle to cut and smooth my hair, and many hands began twining small strands into a series of formal hanging braids. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

“My mother used to tell me about her, and my mother didn’t lie.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The doorway Booth used to access the state box hallway is to the right of the state box. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

We got the mosquito netting and used it, just in case. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

It was a used model that managed to look imposing even when positioned on a linoleum-tiled floor. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

He pulled off one of his socks, tied a knot in it, and used it to wedge the door open. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Refrigerators in the 1920s were often appallingly risky because they used dangerous gases that sometimes leaked. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

When I was little, I used to pray for small things that I really wanted, like a new bike or a Smarty Science Wiz Kit. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

And we were in that house that we used to live in and it came around the corner but nobody had wound it up and it was really scary. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Luma had a few extra pairs of used soccer cleats; she waved over the young man in stocking feet and placed her foot next to his as a reference. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

“There might have been another way. You made the choice. You chose nightmares. I was too young to know better. You used me like one of your ghosts.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Four years. We’ve kept you for over four years,” Frau Kleist used to complain. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Not once you get used to it. I’ll meet you at the raft.” Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lloyd: We’re still friends, but we just don’t kick it like we used to— like going on bus rides—because we got older. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I managed to spray it with an ointment Kevin had used for sunburn. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I used to know any chemical equation or macromolecular synthesis without hesitation. But with age, I am becoming less useful.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I was so used to myself doing this that it had not occurred to me that it would be interesting to a stranger. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad used to say that my old school’s uniform was a pimple on the face of New York. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“It sounds like how my parents describe the markets they used to go to in Korea.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Me and Bugs had done tons of dishes in the Home so I said, “Sure we do, we used to be real good at cleaning up.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

But after a couple of months, people did start getting used to him. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

He thought rather of whatever had happened to the curiosity he used to feel. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Meetings which you used as an excuse to start arguing with Duke Perrington.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Not being friends with Sneaky is gonna take forever to get used to. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

‘Moral certainty’ had been the language of theologians; in 1662 we find it being used by the first statisticians, Graunt and Petty. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“The mothers of Saint-Malo,” he says, “used to tell their children: Sit up straight. Mind your manners. Or an Englishman will come in the night to cut your throat.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

"Say, what sort of family are you used to?" The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

He had used the ancient name for peculiars, the one Miss Peregrine had taught us. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

He used the hand rail to help himself up the steps of the Trask porch. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I did not like the way he used the word “yet.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, and tell her about how he used to steal chicken livers right out of the frying pan.” Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Kids my age don’t listen to it like they used to. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

My old man used to make it in the old country. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tied my wrapper, which I had used as a light cover in the warm night, over my nightdress, knotted it under my arm, and followed Jaja downstairs. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

It took some time before she was used to the movement, and then she felt a wild exhilaration. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

As Juanita used her fingers to scrape back Pita’s hair and resecure its braid, I thought about where our father might be now. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“We used to play together in this kid Maríachi group back in the day,” Joe said. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Finally, when the money was used up, I would be moved to a state hospital, with hundreds of people like me, in a big cage in the basement. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Experiments have been undertaken by the British in the hope that the method could be used against the tsetse fly in Rhodesia. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

It’s like she was the sun, and when she took off, the only thing left was a big black hole where she used to be. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly he hit the bar with the oaken indoor ball bat he used in arguments to keep the peace. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

At age five I raised my good left hand in Sunday school and used a month’s ration of words to point out this problem to Miss Betty Nagy. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maman used to say that you can always find something to be happy about. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

But after a while we got used to it. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother used to make me atole de grano when I was a girl, the dense corn kernels buried in the anicillo broth. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

No one had given birth in one of the beds—or remembered with fondness the peeled paint places, because that’s what the baby, when he learned to pull himself up, used to pick loose. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since the matinee nothing has felt quite real anyway; it’s been enough of a day for me—much more, certainly, than I’m used to. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

They reminded Percy of trees in those Dr. Seuss books his mom used to read him when he was little. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Nothing but a bunch of stories about how we used to be slaves.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I was not used to this kind of conversation at table. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Now it seemed to be used as a kind of clubhouse for the men and Walker lived in the back of the station. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

She thought sadly of how she used to try to avoid chores. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

She struggled against him, until they got tired of beating her and gave her a short break, which she used to invoke the understanding spirits of her grandmother, so that they would help her die. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He used his boot to rub most of the tracks out of the dirt. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

“It’s your birthday. I want to go on the 1st ride with you. We used to ride carousels together. It’s like tradition.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

To remove the stuff, I used a kind of water gun. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Warrior Twins used rainbow paths during the time of the Enemies of the Fourth World. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Double negatives, ain’t, and other nonstandard forms soon became stigmatized by their association with the less prestigious dialects of English used by its poorer and less educated speakers. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

And since Belt’s day, terms like 'Amazonia” and 'Amazon basin” are often used as if they referred to a single, homogeneous entity. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

He used a finger, but that was worse. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

This was a strange idea to get used to. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

This was the first year her mother had let her stay by herself, and she’d used to like being in the house on her own. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

As we headed through Brooklyn, I used Annabeth’s phone to call my mom. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

But he acknowledges that people can’t raise those objections if they don’t understand their tissues are being used in the first place. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Farid was used to listening to the sounds of the night. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Plasterers used small furnaces called salamanders to speed drying and curing. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I loved her, and the way she used to tell me she couldn't wait until I married her brother and became her sister for real. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I saw it then: Bear and Ball were talking about the very word Father Quinel had used, freedom. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Neither of our stomachs is used to such rich fare. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I fell forward, which I was used to. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Logic puzzles used grids, but she didn’t see how that scrap of paper added up to being a logic puzzle. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“I used to be Niamh. Sometimes I forget what my name is. Nobody really calls me anything at my new home.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I visit the Dark World often enough, but no matter how many times I go, I’ll never get used to the suffocating black that descends over my eyes before I can enter. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He’s wanted to go to college since kindergarten, when he used to drag around his plastic doctor kit. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Then, following a set of instructions I’d programmed into it, the little droid used its clawlike index finger to enter a series of commands on the device’s control panel. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Now I know why Flannery used the line She looked at nice young men as if she could smell their stupidity. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“He’s teaching me fencing. Coach Jones used to fence on the Olympic team.” Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

And I think I knew that because that’s how people used to say I was. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

I sense in him none of the animosity I used to sense in men, even in Luke sometimes. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I used to have to rub and grease them at night, just like my dad used to, and it was like putting lotion on two tree trunks. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

As I have noted before, the princess was not a person who was used to being told what to do. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

And then he looked at me again in his funny doggy way, and he said You’ll get used to it. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

She dipped the calabash—the one the njuzu had used—into the lake and drank repeatedly. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a smell of warm food and the liquid spirits Dustfinger used in his fiery games, but no black-clad man could be seen anywhere, except for the bored-looking waiter who was straightening the chairs. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I used colored pencils and copied the picture off a cheap hologram bookmark. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

We spoke French in class, but it sounded different from the French I was used to—again, slower. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Let me tell you, Bobo could have used a good spray deodorant. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Even the dirty water from the process is used to make animal feed. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“I think our moms used to be on some Parent-Teacher Association together before your mom moved. My mom thinks your mom is really cool.” Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

The knowledge and contacts I had recently made in Africa were going to be locked away rather than used in the struggle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Daddy always used to call McReynolds Park “Bark Park,” because every time we went, no lie, there’d be a dog there barking. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

We used to make unkind jokes about him: why was he teaching in Mason instead of somewhere else, getting for himself some of the “success in life’ ’ that he kept telling us how to get? The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I used to like holidays. Now they just mean no lunch.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Mamá used to be skinny before she got married, then she got really fat. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Since you had lived in Alaska quite a few of the fellows used to call you “Eskimo.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aru was used to seeing her dressed like a shabby professor, in a blazer with scuffed elbows and a worn skirt with the hem coming undone. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

As my father used to say: “There are two sure ways to lose a friend, one is to borrow, the other to lend.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Even if you added lots of fold-out pages to your textbooks or used a really long sheet of poster paper, you wouldn’t come close. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

We used to hold hands all the time, but he hadn’t touched me all summer. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Because it was important for us to speak Navajo, we used it with each other much of the time. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Neely says Mikayla did #great! but adds that she could have used a control plant that grew in the dark, without any light. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I knew she used a bad word, but it was one that I didn’t exactly know the meaning of. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He said Mr. Price used to always say, “I was born here, and I’m gonna be buried here.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He used massacre when he spoke to his friends, but never with her. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t a real microphone, but we used it as our talking object. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

Before Mo got too old for it, we used to pretend Central Park was the dreaded Cedar Forest, home to all the great demons. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“He used to help me out a lot.” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Sometimes it was to look at the islands dappled across the horizon; other times to talk about the jetty and how boats might have used it in days gone by. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

I used the classic: “So, are you in school?” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

“But we got used to it, I guess.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Most of them weren’t used to flying, and almost all of them got airsick. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

“You haven’t asked me that in a long time. You used to ask me every day.” Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t think he’s ever used one of mine, but I’m using his now. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

It’s the first time I’ve ever used your mom’s cell number. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

The doctor used forceps to deliver me and injured my scalp. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The storm had tom the forest to pieces—up in back of the ridge it looked like a giant had become angry and used some kind of a massive meatgrinder on the trees. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You used to be able to take me,” Christopher said. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Since I could not see well by the dim fire I used for cooking, I made lamps of the dried bodies of little fish which we call sai-sai. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I tried to describe it to Kate once, she said, “You can thank Dad for that. Maybe if he hadn’t used your head as a punching bag.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Could be a reference note. The old masters used all sorts of specific codes to make their maps.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Instead, I used the dark and chilly days to learn more theoretical chemistry or to leaf through journals, hoping that possibly there existed a forgotten clue to DNA. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

I used to go up there all the time with Hudson because of the skating rink, and yeah, he had a thing for the Hudson River too. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

She said nothing, but used her hands to modulate Mammachi’s fury, to stoke it anew. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Beauty Minister tells royal listeners what criteria the ministers and the queen used to choose the favorite this season: disciplined, dutiful, responsible. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“I used to play up there by the dovecotes,” she said. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“My mother made my brother take me to dances, and I used to curtsy like mad. My brother still hates me.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m just getting used to everybody. Watching. Observing.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He was so old and his face was very wrinkled, so that a smile used so many lines that all gradations were lost. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

To the tolling of the bell we walk along the paths once used by students, past buildings that were once lecture halls and dormitories. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My father used to own a shop in this village. And my shop will live up to his motto—‘The best work at the best prices.’ Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

She was biting her lip hard, the way she used to do to make a decision. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

This phrase, how many times has each of us used it? Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s no good story that doesn’t touch the truth,” I said, repeating something my father used to say, mostly to fill the silence. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I picked up the tray on which I had gathered together the used crockery. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

In Low Torning the Isle-Men had paid Ged as best they could with the ivory pieces used by traders in the Archipelago; he would take only ten pieces, though they wanted to give him more. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

I used the memory technique she had learned from a college professor who’d passed through Garland in the early seventies. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

“Conner would have used it against me. He probably would have trained Lumpy to scare me on purpose.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

“You used earth magic, right? Use it again right now.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Even though the Iran she knew as a teenager used to be more progressive, dating wasn't as widely accepted as it was in America. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Annie Smith: Before that night I used to hear noise upstairs all the time and report to housing that people were up there—vandalizing it, knocking holes in the wall, and things like that. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her voice reminded Piper of corn growing—a crackling, hissing, hot and persistent noise she used to hear at Grandpa Tom’s on those quiet nights in Oklahoma. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She looked over Immie’s writing style in emails and on Instagram: the way she signed off, the way she wrote paragraphs, the expressions she used. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Well, milk coffee’s what my mama used to make me when I was little.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“That made me about half-sick, Grandma remarked. At this point we could have used an intermission. But Mrs. Merle Stubbs of the Ladies’ Committee mounted the stage, carrying a portable Victrola. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Commas are also used to interrupt a sentence and insert another thought. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The very first step on the road to reconciliation, I said, was the complete dismantling of apartheid and all the measures used to enforce it. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Looking back the way they’d come, he used his free hand and touched his forehead to the Fates and prayed they would be all right. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

The one he used in the dark of night when he heard a sound he didn’t like. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Boycotts had been used before, as far back as 1832, when a national convention of free blacks meeting in Philadelphia initiated a boycott of goods made by slave labor. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Going down that plank was very scary, but I remembered how I used to dive from ships in the harbor of Gdynia,” said Jack. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

He suggested that she increase the proportion of preservative that she used. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Men’s Noise here, too, is a lot more controlled than what I’m used to. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Instead of using the moon to keep track of the passage of time, the Egyptians used the sun, just as most nations do today. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

The little river in Amari’s village had smelled of mud and of the animals that used it as a gathering place to drink the water. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

She used the oily stuff that smelled like coconuts, like Coach Ted, even though she didn’t need it, as tan as all of us were; little natives, Grandma liked to say. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t used to hearing such kind talk and muttered, “Thank you.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Luke and I used to walk together, sometimes, along these streets. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Union members used the word scab for strikebreakers, people willing to cross the picket line and work during a strike. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

There is nothing for it but to go away from where he is not to where he used to be and might be still. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Sweet smells are sometimes used to cover foul ones." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It reminded me of a Grimm Brothers forest, drawing up the nervous feelings I used to get when I stepped into the pages of fairy tales where unthinkable things were likely—you just never knew. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I quickly used the facility, slipped off my mittens to grab a piece of the Monkey Ward catalog to dry off, and hiked up my underthings. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Remember when Daddy used to do things like this? Painting, mending stairs, patching the roof.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

These aren’t even store-bought bottles, these have a red wax top like my Uncle Toad used to cap his moonshine with. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“Big. I think they used, like, uh, four million tons of flour and thirty million blueberries. It was going to be huge.” Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

All the time, he used to say it. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Helen had included a good paper napkin too, the expensive kind they used for company, and one of their only two pairs of real ivory chopsticks, which Helen had brought with her from China. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s being the friend he used to be. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“Then Edward is my name,” said Edward, who used to be called Runt. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

These days we seemed more of an inconvenience than we used to be. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The arrangement with the family works well for me since I am used to long hours of labor. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It used to be used for those wanting to get up to no good. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

Dad constantly used to tell me I was too smart for retail. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

He lifted several packages onto the table he used to display goods for trading. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Bleeding, purges and emetics were still used to cure disease. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I used to fall asleep to the sound of crickets and owls. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

She used to sing me: Hush, little baby! The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I almost laugh remembering how I used to wish all the letters would just be black. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Mostly, books used in the U.S. will use standard 5-line staff notation. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

She reminded Matt of one of the guided missiles El Patron used to get for his birthday. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were many such crossings, and I never got used to them. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Some time when she was out looking for food she might wander by the spring and see that it was being used and find my steps leading to the cave. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

At night, when everyone was sleeping, her father used to take it out of the bottom drawer of his desk. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” he says, “flint, steel, and magnesium are commonly used together for fire starters. I get it.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

The train is moving so slowly that I overcompensate with my landing, too used to running off the momentum, and I fall. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

There were many more people on the streets, sitting on the stoops, hanging out, than I was used to. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

By now, soldiers have found a partition usually used to divide the state box. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

We used to talk about death, she said. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Surely he’s used to the cat by now. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Cleopatra, Iras, and Charmion used ropes to lift Mark Antony through a window. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

I used to think she was quite intelligent, in my stupidity. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

The old summer people “used to try and fit in,” said Arlene Briard, a taxi driver who has lived here thirty-five years. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

And then he felt her arms around him, her thin, thin arms that used to be so soft when she hugged him. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Grace got the feeling that he was used to steering Maya away from things, like a distraction technique people used on toddlers. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

We have used up our paper money and now have nothing to use for toilet paper. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ah, yes. Verbs. A word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence that forms the main part of the predicate in a sentence. To run. To sprint. To dart. To dash. To scuttle...” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

“You used to love this song too. Probably knew the words before you learned your ABC’s.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I used to think of my body as an instrument, of pleasure, or a means of transportation, or an implement for the accomplishment of my will. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wheeled him up an hour later, used my pocketknife to cut holes in the bottom of the barrel for drainage, and built up a fine sweat shoveling in dirt. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She used to run a small art gallery in Witney, but it closed down in April last year. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I used the wall to get to my feet and started to walk. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He used to take some of the cornstalks that Jenna’s father gave us and make tie-dyed patterns on the corn with food coloring. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Like I’ve said a gazillion times: I’m used to that by now. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Rather than feeling insulted, my parents had used Hilda’s disapproval to fuel their financial aspirations. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

My dad used to eat sunflower seeds too. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

She used to tell great jokes, too, ones that would have Lenny doubled over laughing at her impressions, but it’s been a long time since she told one. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

It’s too bad, because she didn’t used to be like that. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

She would never get used to Judith’s outspokenness. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Once they were out, Kaz used his picks to lock the door behind them. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Your father means that you used a very generalized word, so meaningless that it’s become almost obsolete,” his mother explained carefully. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Lelia and Mitt used to play around with a tape recorder I sometimes brought home from the office. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The exact mark the type made on the page also depended on the amount of ink and pressure used. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He was not used to cool, dark places. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Others moved into the few spaces available at Harlem Valley, a former state mental hospital about forty-five minutes from Sing Sing that was now used to house correction officers. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When trying a case, I often made sweeping gestures and used high-flown language. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” I say, excited by his curiosity, not caring at all about the sketchpad spying—how often did I used to do the same to him? I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Things can change so quickly, buildings can be torn down or turned into something else, it’s hard to keep them straight in your mind the way they used to be. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was electric cable, the heavy, black kind used for outdoor wiring and strung on telephone poles. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

The glasses are not used to help show a person the outside world but, rather, a flow of information. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I must have been the first person to put on that mackintosh since the handkerchief was used. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Please remember the way it used to be when India was whole. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Bobby insisted that most of the article had twisted what he said and used his quotes out of context. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It was named after Robert Metcalfe, an electrical engineer and innovator who helped develop the Ethernet computing standard used to connect computers over short distances. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Mother used her own reserves, without stealing the life out of Ruth May or anyone else. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

We sleep on the damp dirt floor, wrapped in mildewed blankets so rough they could be used to scrape bark off logs. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

If I could have used a bat with two hands I could have killed the Rrst one surely. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I used manure not because of anything Mr. Loomis had said but because we always did; it makes the garden grow better than the chemical fertilizer. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Did you know she used to be the High King’s consort?” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“My friend,” I said suddenly, “used to tell me a story.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

When the birds were done, Mama used a stick to roll the ball of birds from the fire, and then she cracked open the baked mud. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Nana used to tell me stories about how, over in Africa, before the horrors of slavery, people used to fly all the time. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“I’m getting used to the hard work part,” I said. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

They used their pamphlets and newspapers to spread propaganda-ideas helpful to their cause: “defense of the freedom that is our birthright.” George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, he didn’t say anything for the longest time, and then he shrugged and said, “I’m used to kids saying mean things about the way I walk.” Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

It’s weird, because Blue’s emails used to be this extra thing that was separate from my actual life. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

II. The term "etymology" as used in grammar must be carefully distinguished from "etymology" in the sense of word-analysis. New Word-Analysis 1871-01-01T00:00:00Z

They also used them to study the role of immunity in organ transplantation. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“We used the spring snare to snag that chimera last month. I don’t really like repeating ourselves. Makes us look less innovative than—” He stopped himself. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Sister Mukumbu used the word “policeman,” while Crazy Kelvin, who filled in for Sister Pat, preferred to say “the racist pig.” One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

She used nine larger straws for a wider braid, and made it notched all along the edges. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dear Diary, I used to think my father was a coward because he left my mom when she was pregnant. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Candice was still getting used to her mom’s small afro—it had barely been a month since her mother had cut off all her hair in order to go natural. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

There’s one down by the train station, in an area that used to be nothing but abandoned, burned-out factories and graffiti. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Then it was a dormitory for soldiers during World War II, and later the Transit Authority used it for storage. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before that, people used to just make up spellings—there were no right or wrong ways to spell. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Droysen used the term to refer to the diffusion of Greek culture over previously non-Greek areas, such as Persia, Syria, and Egypt. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

He had nicknamed a particularly tyrannical, humorless, and rosy steward “Pink Whiskers,” a sobriquet that was soon used by all the jockeys. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

A nurse ran and fetched a laryngoscope, a tube that can be used to open a person’s airway. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had never known a woman to snore so loudly, but she had grown used to it whilst on the march, and even took some comfort in it now. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Woo, that girl nothing like the one used to cry all the time in school. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Even Daddy used to boast about your designs to his golf club cronies. All I ever heard was Helena this, Helena that.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

“I have been. Do you know the pioneers used to eat squirrels?” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I used to play on one out in Banks County with Cudn Doodle and them. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Father and I both recognized them as sheets that we used to pick up from a demon millionaire. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Joe came and helped Lum look but he couldn’t find the new keg either, so he went to the nail over his desk that he used for a file to search for the order. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

There were still hidden in his room several accessories which he had once used: a rubber glove, a piece of fabric from a silk umbrella, ajar of Noxzema. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No worries, I’m used to that. What would you ask of me, little demigod?” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Byrnes seemed to think it could be used like a pistol, to scare the Soviets into behaving a certain way. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Got kinda used to each other after a little while.” Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rocks on the ground might have been used later against the strikebreakers. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The punishment consisted in being thrown into the water three times from the mainmast tree, and his comrades used to acclaim each belly-flopper with a cheer. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Mine used to be the embalming room, I think.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

“We baked these for eighteen minutes, and used more fig pieces. Dig in.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

It was a dark gray basalt, and she used to hold it to her forehead, and it would immediately make her feel better: two and a half million years, right there against her skin. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The younger boys, used to seeing his black temper break out at the least hint of slight or insult, watched him in wonder at his coolness now. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

“The person who cut it used it for bad medicine, but it did not work because my uncle burned the shirt immediately. That day, there were many flies near his hut.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She was going to have to get used to it, though. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Once she’d sterilized the cubicle, she lit a Bunsen burner and used its flame to sterilize test tubes and a used scalpel blade, since the Gey lab couldn’t afford new ones for each sample. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t know teachers ever used this bathroom.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The merchant didn’t respond, but that afternoon, after saying his prayers and closing the shop, he invited the boy to sit with him and share his hookah, that strange pipe used by the Arabs. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s taking all I have not to slam my foot against the gas pedal, but then I’m used to slowing down so that everyone else can catch up. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Then his voice changed noticeably as he inquired: 'You mean you actually used to work for that Lord Darlington?' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Every week, Charlie had a word that she used whenever she could fit it in. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

It is the opposite of constant-talking, which is what I used to do, and it’s better than small talk, which is what people wished I did. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

We pass another room, what used to be the bedroom shared by the four Hsu sons. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The food at school wasn’t what I was used to, and there wasn’t much of it. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

The "paints" used were chunks of red and yellow ocher ground into powder and applied with brushes or blown onto the surface through hollow bones. The Annotated Mona Lisa 1992-06-01T00:00:00Z

Mama used to bring me here when I was little. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

They all used it, in virtually every piece, thousands of times in all. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Muriel, the goat, could read somewhat better than the dogs, and sometimes used to read to the others in the evenings from scraps of newspaper which she found on the rubbish heap. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

“How you been feeling, Neece-Neece?” he says, using the nickname he used to call me when we were in kindergarten. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

‘I hate these things!’ she used to say. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

We used to spend hours playing with our Star Wars action figures and dueling with our lightsabers. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Famously, the Inka used foot-thick cables to make suspension bridges across mountain gorges. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“If they used to be peculiar, don’t they know all your hiding places?” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“I used to have nightmares about you,” he said. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Not to be deterred, he used himself as a specimen, just like Jenny, and made observations. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My father,” says Etienne, panting, “used to say Christ Himself could not have carried this wardrobe up here. That they must have built the house around it. Another now, ready?” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

You have to know how to talk, her mother used to say; Helen understood now what she meant. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cora shooed off those children trampling her sprouts and yelled at them for digging up her yam slips, using the same tone she used at Jockey’s feasts to corral them into foot races and games. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

He had cousins over there where she used to live. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Out where she worked as a secretary for a petrochemical plant, many of the blue-collar workers used the word all the time. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Night after night, she was “used” by the young man of the house. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was something about those closed doors and shuttered windows that struck coldly at me, used as I was to open fields and the sky and the unfettered sight of the sun. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

And often on my trip I used it for warmth and color as well as light. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. de Winter used to brush it for her then. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“You are not my son....If you are my son, tell me the other names I used to call you.” Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s not much. I used to wear it when I was your age. But since I never had a daughter . . . well, I just thought you might like to have it.” The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

I told Danny that I had disliked the mistake business and had never really gotten used to it, despite my having witnessed it many times. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I remember we used to say she had the hands of a princess. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I used the spare key under the dead begonia by the front door to sneak into my house. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

He’d seen how the duke used his size and title to win allies on the king’s council and keep opponents from challenging him. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He used to wear a military-style khaki suit replete with epaulets and gold buttons, and carried a baton like that made famous by Field Marshal Montgomery. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It shocked her at first, and within the hour she was used to it. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I used to follow the progress of the Nazi troops on a map I had hung on the drawing-room wall, while Clara knitted socks for the Allied soldiers. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If I knew that trick, I'd have used it by now,” I say. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

With his steps the house filled up with the fragrance of the toilet water that Úrsula used to splash on him when he was a child in order to find him in the shadows. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Andy used it two days, then there was a last great gush of blood which stained the fine new pillow a rusty brown and Andy died. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You know,” Mr. Burke mused after a spell, “Connor’s mother used to do that. Keep a notebook.” Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“She just needs some time to get used to all of us.” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

She remembered his great strength, and his love for his broadax, and the stories he used to tell her about the wonderful things to be seen in the woods. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

If they ask where I’m from, I give vague answers, saying I used to live with my family in Ibarra. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I used to have a turtle but he escaped.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

These rovers were used to help simulate the rover on Mars. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The mistress used to be kept in a minor house or apartment of her own, and now they’ve amalgamated things. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But it looks like there used to be,” said Angus Harper. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

He climbed a ladder that was leaning against the overhang and settled himself onto the roof with a bucket of clay and a trowel he used to spread it. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“It won’t work. It can only be used once a day.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I used a sleeve to wipe the sand from the belly wound. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

That Devon was alive and you thought I was confused but I’m not because I know that Devon is dead and that’s why I’m calling him Devon- who-is-dead and you’ll get used to it. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

It might be less awkward for Charles when he ran into Mr. Horner, or the “Mother-in-law,” if they had time to get used to the idea that he was no longer available. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was getting used to the hospital blinks. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The water was shockingly cold at first—not a great situation vis-a-vis wearing only boxer shorts—but I got used to the temperature pretty quickly. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

We used to be sisters; something bigger and deeper than blood bonded us. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Mama used to be a calm person—serene, even. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

It was as if he expected us to know the meaning, along with the other words he used, like decorum. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

I was used to that sort of pressure by now. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“You like your grits sweet, like Wood used to, so you might like your tea like he liked his too—sweet.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I’m so used to our house that I forget it probably looks weird to other people. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Never get used to it, the mind of headquarters, not if I live a thousand years. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

For my Raleigh concert I'd probably open with the number used to promote the town's oldest shopping center. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

But the turquoise house with the white trim isn’t where it used to be. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unlike the first alligators we used on Bougainville, they were more heavily armored all around. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Both were naked but for towels, and lying side by side on stone benches, pouring sweat caused by the heating beneath the floors, while slaves massaged their muscles and used scrapers to clean their skin. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Abraham bought a needle at a market and used it to sew my UN blanket into a new pair of shorts. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He used to stand before the bathroom mirror, dabbing all sorts of conditioners and dressings on it in a time when there were only products like Vitalis and Brylcreem. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Gospodin Melnik used it to grind his flour faster, blasting air magic past small stiff sails he had rigged to his mill. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

“Forty. This is designer. Never used. Looks good in the nightclubs,” Lola says. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

Ropes appeared as if conjured, thick ropes used for tying ships to the docks. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally I wet a dishtowel and used that to clean the counters, the table, and even the chair seats. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Outside, the man who had passed out was being used for third base by a gang of street urchins. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Sorry,” Sticky said, gritting his teeth as he always did when Constance used his full name. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

It isn’t the snuggly fit it used to be, but it feels good. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“I think I used up all the milk,” Mom says. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I used to feel worse about how much I was upsetting them, but I don’t anymore. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Even when she was very angry, Mami rarely swore or used vulgar language. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

He didn’t need a job, and he used his savings to cover what little expenses he had. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t about to open it, but somehow, she didn’t scare me as much as she used to. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He shut the drawing rooms and used only the library and his bedroom. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Why, my God! they used to go there by the hundreds." The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

They used to follow me anywhere, looking up at me like I was smart and wise. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He used to love books and video games about modern soldiers, but now they only remind him of Matt. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Jaja did not wait for their questions; he told them he had used rat poison, that he put it in Papa’s tea. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

The Nazis used Jewish men as forced labor to aid the war effort. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know the word “sinister” then, but if I had I probably would have used it. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He mostly used hand gestures, which he said was the only thing that would be used once we were out there. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“That back then people used to run into the gods from time to time.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Dussel, unpacking his case with an air of importance, asked for some eau de cologne, which could be used as a disinfectant, and vaseline, which would have to do for wax. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“He used to give me free ice creams. What’s happened to him?” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

It was coming in through the vent near the ceiling, not far from where a clock used to be. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to lie, but the lawyer wouldn’t let me think, so I used silence as a retreat. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

That morning my parents were having trouble deciding if they could afford a newer used car. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

These writers are incurious about the logic and history of the English language and the ways in which it has been used by its exemplary stylists. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

That day he could smell the pale, almost blue clay the old women used for plastering the walls. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“It used to take three minutes to get from one side of town to the other.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Upon learning that Hall was the man who had invented the typewriter she used so often, the girl put her arms around his neck and gave him a huge hug and kiss. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

At first, water would have to be brought from earth, and then it would have to be recycled so that it could be used over and over again. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Papa had brought home a paper bagful of food not used at the wedding because some of the guests hadn’t come. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

That day, May 21, Mollie had risen close to dawn, a habit ingrained from when her father used to pray every morning to the sun. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

We used to joke about which one of us would go first. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom used to pick me up after school, and August was always in the stroller. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

She always used the newspaper for place mats because she didn’t like to waste anything. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He may have used generalities, “What if a boy got in a fight...” to keep all the angles open until he’d investigated every single one. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“The whole town has a good history with helping coloreds and stuff like that. The underground railroad used to go through Galesburg.” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A bunch of druggies used to live there. They got evicted, so they trashed the place and bolted in the middle of the night. They dumped Radar out on the street like somebody’s garbage.” Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

“He and my mom used to fight about me all the time.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I used to brag to everyone that I had a photographic memory, but this is the true test. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Even though they sound the same, E sharp and F natural, as they are actually used in music, are different notes. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

How I used to revel in such bitter little snobberies myself; how eay they were, once. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

They stood waiting for their bags to emerge from the metal doors the rolling belt used. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before I got to know him, I used to call him simply Number Seven, but not to his face. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

I'm getting used to bizarre comments about my biracial heritage. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Junior not only carried a knife, a jiga, in his back pocket, he had used it to cut someone’s face. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

She destroyed egos by the score and made men hate themselves in the morning for the way she found them, used them and tossed them aside. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“I remember you used to be a skinny long-legged kid. Well, I think you’ll make a nice-looking woman some day—not pretty, but something.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sidewalks are kept much cleaner than they used to be. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We used to go clamming. Then one day, she looked different to me. I asked if I could escort her to a party. The rest is history.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

He used to handle me more like china. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

A former schoolteacher and librarian, she’d used her platform as First Lady to promote education and advocate for teachers. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Maybe he used the force of the river somehow. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

When at last she found her voice, it was a hushed voice, the voice she used for church. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Primi herself used Baggies in her practice of layman's santería, concocting powders and potions to make this ache or that rival woman go away. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

I have gotten used to the tan color of my own hands and arms, but I have seen pictures of coal miners who work all day underground. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

He thought about those stories his mother used to tell— generations of heroes who had battled Hercules, fought dragons, and sailed monster-infested seas. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“When my sister and I were kids, we used to have this old tire swing, and we’d swing out over this creek every day in the summer.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

We used to pay him a rupia of our allowance for a dance. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The halls of Clairmont used to be decorated floor to ceiling with black-and-white family photographs, paintings of dogs, bookshelves, and Granddad’s collection of New Yorker cartoons. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

At the diner, customers used to come in all the time and say, ‘I’m not a morning person.’ The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

He waited for her to say something, having grown used to her chirping at his remarks. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Penny was used to things falling off my chair, so she couldn’t know I was being just plain horrible. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

I used to paint the arms and legs of the princess doll each time the real princess altered her skin color, keeping up-to-date with the scandal sheets Maman used to smuggle past Du Barry. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

It was not until he wrote this book that he used the word evolution to describe how species change. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, well. I saw that station when Nico and I came through last summer. I remember being really surprised to see it, because it wasn’t here when we used to live in D.C.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I used to ignore it because in his case it didn’t matter whom he spoke to on the phone. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

It was a strange thing that the grenades were not used. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

That’s what his mother used to tell him when he was very little and had bad dreams. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

He used to think he could use electricity to invent a movable light, if he studied hard enough. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The air inside the car fills with the used breath of the Smeaths, a stale smell like dried saliva. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Moss used the armrest to give himself leverage and pushed himself to his feet, wincing as the pain laced through his left leg. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

If the weaver of the world itself had kept the snipped ends of every thread she’d ever used, her basket might look something like this. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Momma didn’t talk to them any more, not even to scold, or sing, or make up games the way she used to. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Prosper leafed through the compartments but there were only a few one thousand lire notes tucked in between crumpled receipts, restaurant bills, and used vaporetto tickets. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

I ripped off a chunk of my tie-dyed T-shirt, which was already falling apart from all the bum marks, and used it to pick the eyeball off the floor. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Before leaving I had gone to a used bookstore and selected every title I could find which had something to do with the sea. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

They know how much I used to worship my dad. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

‘My dad used to tell me this story about making choices . She shook her head. ‘ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

‘You used to like the inside of an inn better than the outside yourself. You were always popping in, on duty or off.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal had never before been used as a prison. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Minli, used to the spare harvests of her village, couldn’t help gaping at the tall mounds of food for sale at the Market of Green Abundance. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

The arts, however, can be used effectively to augment this method, motivating students and appealing to their innate artistry and humanity. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

‘The Olympian gods, on the other hand, have never used me, eh?’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He stepped back, hands in front of him in a position similar to the one I used to keep Mami from striking me. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

They used the same blue linen dinner napkins that Grandma India favored. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In 1941, when the Gestapo arrested Karl for a different offense, the dismissal letter from the Hitler Youth was used against him as proof that he was not a loyal German. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was hard to understand a language that only used twenty-six symbols, the letters of their alphabet. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes. You know, the ones that snap in when you push a button. Charles and I used to fight over it all the time. It’s still at home somewhere.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Not a big, elaborate stage, just a concrete platform about the size of the wooden crates Cinder used to stand on in the store, a bronze plaque bolted to it that read, CINDER'S BLOCK. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

The security bots continue their randomized rotations; some of the assets being used to guard this auction now drift off to patrol another one that has just started. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“You mean you never heard that Faye used to own this house?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“We must have used his fuse in one of our canisters. Just cut me a piece off that roll. Better make it good and long. Three hundred feet in the air is pretty high.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

It reminds me of your old typewriter, the red one you used to let me play with, the one Mom learned to type on when she was little. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

The memory of his arm wraps around me as his arm used to. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Now, nobody usually ventured into the mountains because long ago one of them had been opened up and used as a burying place for princes. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

I used up nearly a quart of kerosene trying to kill them off. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Because he looks at you funny, like Mr. Szymczak used to look at his wife. And because I heard Henek say so.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“I’m telling you, there aren’t any drugs. I used the weed up this morning. That’s why I needed more from Josh.” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

To the consternation of his many political enemies, and certainly Auburn’s guards, Osborne used his charisma and the credibility earned as an “inmate” to put this system into effect. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ending of human life used to be in the hands of nature. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“Send him to the control room. We’ll want a sentient being there to monitor things and, as I understand it, he used to work there.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The wheel was the kind used to hold back seawater if a hull breached, a solid airtight door. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

That used to be the only thing that consoled me, after she died. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Then he walked drearily to the doorway, where Charlotte’s web used to be. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

“Maybe we could head out to some junkyards like we used to and see if we can find something worth fixing up.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

"I think somebody said it used to be a jail-house too." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Back in Chicago, I used to hang out at a lot of gas stations.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He knew Doc had a girl in there, but Mack used to get a dreadful feeling of loneliness out of it. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally he reached the place where Melquíades used to set up his tent and he found a taciturn Armenian who in Spanish was hawking a syrup to make oneself invisible. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

He used to teach high school English, and Mom says he got everyone to love reading. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

The FedEx delivery guy used to come right up to the door with that warm smile, and now he backs away. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

It used phrases like “the tumor’s singularity” and called the cells “a reservoir of morphologic, biochemical, and other information.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

According to its auction listing, the Cataclyst was a sort of magical bomb, and it could be used only once. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He don’t talk to us like he used to. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She just looked at the clock on the wall and when it was exactly nine o’clock, she tinkled a bell that was like the one my mother used to call the servants. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

If they used it across the camp, blasting it over the speakers for us all to hear, then things must have gotten really out of hand. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She had gotten used to the nuns, a literature of appropriate sentiments, poems with a message, expurgated texts. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

I only have my love, and used clothing. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

They are calling her Swiss, because the word Swiss was written on the small knife they used to cut her umbilical cord. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Had to ride in one of the wheelbarrows as I now had neither trousers nor shoes—they hid me under the same sacking they’d used to hide the radios, stinking of onion and cows. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“She used to wear one a long time ago. Before we dated.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

He knew everybody was staring, but he liked being the center of attention, and he pretended it was just an ordinary thing and he was used to it. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Candice thought about all the puzzle books and logic games her grandmother used to buy for her, including the one she had just found in the attic. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Kate and I used to worry so about her living alone in one room and going out cleaning to make a few pennies.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

They found some old blankets in a crate and used them to clean up. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I'd gotten used to taking calls from lots of people concerning Walter's case. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

If Harry had thought that matters would improve once everyone got used to the idea of him being champion, the following day showed him how mistaken he was. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

After all, his ancestors are from Africa, like those of the son-in-law she used to resent so much. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She had never used it—except as a threat. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Last year, we used to have contests at lunch, and I always won. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

This was not the crumbling hermitage where Hamlet and I used to meet Slowly the awareness came to me that I was in Mechtild’s cottage. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“As Agatha Swanburne used to say, ‘Doing your best is the best you can do,’ and we have certainly The children were quite skilled at identifying animal tracks in the snow . . . done our best. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

NOTE.—This suffix is used only in words of French-Latin origin. New Word-Analysis 1871-01-01T00:00:00Z

Previously, my mother used to have to drive my father to his job and then drive herself back to the plant. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

He gave me my baseball cap, and I used both hands to pull it back onto my head. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

But by now, I am used to drinking poison. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I was glad he used a terrible British accent that time. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

So I used what I had, just like you always taught me. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

The Coven cornered them and used the Star to lock them forever in a grove of trees, a living, growing prison, the only place powerful enough to bind such creatures. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He used to at least attempt to oversee the girls during the day, and make sure they didn’t fall into chaos or break The Rule. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Means I gotta get up early with Daddy, ahead of the rest of the tenants, to get into the bathroom ’fore all the hot water is used up. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

It’s not like I wanted her to tuck us in at night and sing us a lullaby in Spanish like she used to. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

This was her first time, and the road was a little spooky until you got used to it. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Daddy used to tell us to always have caution with animals. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

And the man who cranked the sugarcane press gripped the palm fan that he ordinarily used to chase away flies, agitating the air from every conceivable angle. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Once a week by royal proclamation the word market is held here in the great square and people come from everywhere to buy the words they need or trade in the words they haven’t used.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

It used to erupt regularly and spectacularly to heights of three hundred feet, but in 1888 it just stopped. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

“People gave at first but now they are used to me....It is a hard world.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

The third type, machine guns, was used by both. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“But now, Dad seems a lot less happy. He works a lot. He used to read to me, or we’d draw together at night. We haven’t done that in a long time.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

The system of communications used in science should provide a neat, workable model for studying mechanisms of information-building in human society. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was used to the occasional weird experience, but usually they were over quickly. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

She walked there in the round courtyard with the Governor’s wife, who used her with great kindness, knowing the nobility of her blood. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Mom was gone a lot, because she used her car to drive people places. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

Our previous maid, Constantine, used to stare those forward-sloping stairs down every day, like it was a battle between them. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Lester used only his tail, bringing it down with great force and seriousness upon the drum. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

I had gotten so used to being treated like a second-class citizen that these slights didn’t even faze me anymore. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Lolo was the one who always used to help me with stuff like that. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Afterward, two people came up to congratulate me and ask why I had a Northern accent and used such correct English. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Dr. Jethro Hallam. I remember him just a little. He used to hold me on his lap, and once he give me candy because I didn’t cry when he had to swab my throat.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama said it was because he used to buy flour from a man who Papa suspected was cheating him. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Perhaps they had used this spot as a sniper’s post. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“She showed everyone how it’s used—even the little ones! ” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“Some of our tech used to be better,” he’d tell me. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“We come next, to mere details of arrangement. You must know that, although I have used the term ‘expectations’ more than once, you are not endowed with expectations only. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Old Nan used to tell stories of boys who stowed away on trading galleys and sailed off into all kinds of adventures. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The residents were a reserved bunch, save for when Jimmy’s barbecue came out—prim ladies used their elbows. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The age of majority used to be twenty-one; now it is eighteen. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

It was strange to feel like the Ari I used to be. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

She said, “Believe it or not, I used to be idealistic.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe the reason it makes me nervous is that I’m not used to it. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The source of this confusion is simple: from its first appearances, the term ‘the Scientific Revolution’ was being used in two quite different ways. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I told them what had happened on the Princess Andromeda—how Kronos had known we were coming, how he’d shown me the silver scythe pendant he’d used to communicate with someone at camp. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“They used to be your favorite,” Frank says. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He did all his signing with his left hand and only while wearing the dark glasses and false mustache he had used unsuccessfully to help him begin playing basketball again. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Nothing but a heavy stone in my chest that used to be a heart filled with dreams and possibilities. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

I try my best to sound like Madoc, to sound as if I am used to having my commands obeyed. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Sure, I had to set the table, but her mother used dainty china every night and she had to hand-dry the plates. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

My mom used to cook dinner every single night. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Instead I just sat at the kitchen table and looked around at all the things that I was used to, that now suddenly seemed so strange. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Since then, he had been selling the NSA's secrets to the Soviets for a total of $37,000, money he used to pay off old debts. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

One was sentimental: her grandfather had given it to her, and she had used it a lot as a schoolgirl. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

How we used to sing as we collected mushrooms in the forest when they visited me. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

It was a song his father used to sing to him. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

A few grains of the powder fell onto the bridge of her nose as she used the thumbtack to stamp a dot above her eyebrows. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

"Of course you are! You know what? I used to be scared of mice." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

I asked about Henrietta again and he said, “My father and his friends used to race horses up and down Lacks Town road.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Then, remembering that he had responded to the word “Mama,” he used it. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

I was used to people staring at me, but this was different somehow. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Peck used to operate by a code with people like Rufus. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“These things are always seen and felt in a person’s manner and conversations, if modestly used, but it is not necessary to display them,” said Mrs. March. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

The same is true for the two baffling sentences I used on page 140, the ones about moderate drinkers and Serbian intervention. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“For sale: Complete set of encyclopedias, never used. Wife knows everything.” The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

The exercises I used to do to get in shape for the revolution! In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I loved that about her and wished for the courage to express myself in the hard language she used. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Her classmates congregated at the gazebo at its center and used the square as a turnabout when they cruised the main drag, ending up at the Walmart parking lot. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Victoria Forester, however, was used to having her own way, and, if all else failed, or even if it did not, she would appeal to her father, and he would accede to her demands. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

I COULDN’T get used to it, though I’d been staring at him all afternoon. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He persuaded people to donate their jewelry and money, and he used the funds to make bombs and train militants. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

King Street used to be one of those places you never went, a place of dingy warehouses and rumbling trucks and dubious alleyways. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The idea of falling from, or jumping from, the roof of my own building used to scare me. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

I had gotten used to walking to places and hadn’t sat in a truck or been in one place idly for this long in a while. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

This is what the Indians used to do. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“When I was a little girl, I lived by a stream. I used to catch my own fish.” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

She used her arms to move us forward and I did the kicking. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

The Allies may have used a very powerful bomb, he said, but not a real atomic bomb, not a bomb based on the fission of uranium atoms. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shiva took me under his wing, just like Alex used to do, and introduced me to some of the neighborhood kids, helping me feel more at home. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“Our cousin is also invited,” Minerva said with that stiff tone she always used with Jaimito. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He used this preoccupied tone when he was thinking of something more interesting than what you had said. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

People used to trust each other for some reason, I’ve forgotten why. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“I used to have a diary, but I filled it up a long time ago. It had a lock,” I told Georgie. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

It was the tip of a lead pencil, broken off and wrapped up and presented along with a card that said, “A gross of commas, to be used liberally throughout the year as needed.” Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he watched as they took another rock and used it to hammer the stone deeper into the ground than the deepest ocean. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

He showed Richard the wide rectangular ditches where the excavations had taken place, the shovels and pans that had been used to brush the dust off the bronzes. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Okay, so how many of you used adjectives that describe your personality?” Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

They were devastating and primarily leveled both cities, but little was told to the public then except that a new kind of bomb had been used against the Japanese. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

These women were—what was the word Rasheed had used?—“modern.” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

I used my fingers to sketch the image in a layer of dirt on the floor near the front of the train car, wiping the drawings away and starting over, again and again. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

When I used the hooked end, I found I could snag hold of the box and drag it to the edge of the shelf. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I tried to remember the terminology used in the spy magazines but could not recall any. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

We missed our beds, we missed the food we were used to, we missed magic. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I used to press my ear against it and listen for Chinese rickshaw pullers or Japanese Zeros or a monsoon puffing away a village on stilts. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Her gym was on the East Side, in what used to be a good part of town, near the bridge that connected the east and west banks. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“You used to do that when Grandpa lived with us. As soon as he started drinking, you’d distract me. We’d play games in your room or go out into the backyard.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Accents are markings that are used to indicate these especially-strong-sounding notes. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

We’d use red, black, and green paint, the same colors as the ink Cecile used for her poems and whatever flyers the Panthers asked her to print up. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Getting used to hard conditions is good for revolutionaries. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m not used to being the center of attention. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Get used to it, Keeley,” he answered in a voice only the other kids could hear. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

When we were little, we used to lie up on the roof and Gabriel would point out different constellations. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

She has unwrapped the little soap and used a washcloth to clean her face. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Even if farmers face hard times, the seed companies continue to make money year after year, selling farmers something they used to grow themselves. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“She was set up to give specific clues or bits of information if someone used the right prompts.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“They sure did. They picked peas, cut grass, washed cars, and a whole bunch of other stuff. And I used to be right out there with ’em. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“My mother used to tell me that the best defense for anything is doing a good job.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

“My mother used to in the old days,” he said. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The bear smelled on Omakayas’s skin the smell of its own cousin’s bear grease used to ward off mosquitoes. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

You could also call this the "Sure, I'm totally used to seeing people with no arms" look or the "I have tons of armless friends" look. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Oh—my grandfather used to say that all the time.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z