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

“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

We traveled slowly, stopping often to rest because our arms were not used to carrying so much weight for so long. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“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

I used to lay out my Christmas presents on the bed the same way. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think about all that great early punk and the raucous paintings I used to do. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Somebody passing by used to be called a passer-by, and several of them were passers-by. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I waited for my eyes to get used to the darkness of the barn. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It used to be the other way around. I used to be surprised whenever they didn’t know it. Now I’m amazed when they do know it.” Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was used to peering through the lens, to framing the picture, and I could see it. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

When her husband is in the house, she shops and cooks as she used to. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He used to come up and feed my dogs when I be up the river fishin’ f-f-for a couple of days.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You used to tell me how no one would ever fly- either,” White Deer pointed out, “and yet the demons ff are. “ Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Walter brings his fist down on the blanket beneath him and Queenie scurries behind the row of trunks that used to hide Camel. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The stairs had the same smell they used to have when I went there. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Tori used to bring me during the school year, but the timing hasn’t worked out so well this summer.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Pond told Nathan of all the animals that used to drink from his waters. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

His threadbare clothes were filthy and shredded to the point that I couldn’t tell what his T-shirt used to say. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He was getting mad, it was him yepping me now, but I was used to mad. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I used to think that had to do with his learning disabilities or whatever, but now I’m not so sure. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

They start talking about photography—like Mom knows anything about photography!—and it doesn’t take long before she starts telling him how she used to model. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

We missed our beds, we missed the food we were used to, we missed magic. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Cas used to believe her, but it had turned out that was stupid, because it was never true. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

People got used to seeing him on the road. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

I used to pray for a customer to come in with a big Buick with bench seats. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

She used to be sweet on Son Black herself, so I reckon she knew what she was talking about when she added, “Son’s right nice-lookin’ and smart, but his mouth sure isn’t any prayer book. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Malik didn’t mind his mom carrying on like she does nearly as much when Brayden’s dad was still in the bleachers because he used to be just as over-the-top and loud. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

“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

What does he control, what is his field, as they used to say? The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I also gave quite a lot of my harvest to the warders, who used to bring satchels to take away their fresh vegetables. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“St. Martin’s in the Fields it used to be called,” supplemented the old man, “though I don’t recollect any fields anywhere in those parts.” 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

There used to be some very dangerous parts in this country. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“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

“Not the tests you’re used to. You’ll see. These are more like puzzles and games than tests, but the results will help us help you.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Same boat,” repeated Citra with deadpan dullness but daggers in her eyes as sharp as the ones that used to hang in Faraday’s weapons den. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I remember our life in tents and logging camps, the scent of cut lumber and gasoline and crushed grass and rancid cheese, the way we used to sneak around in the dark. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was used to working outside among the trees with the scent of fresh pine on the cool breeze. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Here is more of what I knew about Lucas Cader: His father was a drunk who used to pay him and his older brother to fight in the front yard. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

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

The one with the buttery voice, the one with sparkling eyes, the one who used to love me. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I used to do choir, so I’ve spent some time here. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

I feel the monster of grief again, writhing in the empty space where my heart and stomach used to be. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I congratulate you. They used to be impregnable.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“There used to be shops here and hotels. Neon lights and restaurants. I used to buy kites from an old man named Saifo. He ran a little kite shop by the old police headquarters.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I used to think that it got cold up in the Domish Marches. What did I know?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

"I used to pretend I was a Cub Scout. I always wanted to be a Cub Scout. I'd see them at the park in their blue uniforms." Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

"My hair hasn't been this color since your grandfather died. It quickly turned gray after that terrible day. He always used to like my hair. And what do you think of the makeup?" You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

My opponent, a white South African who grew up near Port Elizabeth, was used to playing under windy conditions and he won the match in straight sets. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was so used to the specific ridges of Dawit’s shop that this was like wearing someone else’s clothes or putting your shoes on the wrong feet. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Full disclosure: I’m not used to girls not paying me any attention, and it’s bothering me a lot that Rae’s into Jupe instead of me. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Jockey also presided at the finish, in his rickety maple armchair, the one he used to watch the stars most nights. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

When I was seven, I used to go to the town square to recite monologues from the works of Shakespeare for the adults of my community. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Hassan and I used to call it “the Wall of Ailing Corn.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I used to love how my bedroom was decorated, but lately I’m not so sure. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

“There are some things we can’t cure like we used to,” he said, “not since the white people came. The others who had the Scalp Ceremony, some of them are not better either.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

She’s got very interesting green eyes that scan like nervous radar—that is they used to until the Pigman died. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Johnny said he used to date her but... was it really for that long?” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He was a large coarse man and he wasn't used to being pushed around by anybody. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

He said she used to run like her feet were made of cement. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Not as fast as Akimi, but thanks to his big brother Mike the Jock, he was used to running wind sprints. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

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

I used to think, “If it doesn’t affect me, why bother?” The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

She saw his face get afraid, just the way it used to get when Daddy was cross. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

“We used to be best friends. Are you jealous?” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s a story our mother used to tell us when we got tired of our chores or out of sorts with our lives.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

“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

As a Navajo, I was used to a dry land and so were most of the other Marines. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Remember those holes I used to dig?” she says. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

There's only one of him. park His parents never talked about how they met, but when Park was younger, he used to try to imagine it. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Clutching her mane, Bobby rubbed his cheek along Babe’s neck—something Nancy used to do. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

“I’m just not so hungry like I used to be.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I used to lead the ox when he plowed. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

I'm not used to keeping secrets from him. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

The path around the island was slippery, but their feet were used to walking in mud. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

Those same blue eyes that used to meet mine and then flit away at school. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“You’re about to do what your auntie Tzivyah used to do and talk your way around a straight answer. I can tell.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

But soon enough, everyone got used to the gunshots and the madness. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

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

I used to believe that you could not choose who you love any more than you could choose the picture on a used shirt. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

We used to joke about which one of us would go first. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Zosimos used to do this. To me. When I was a child. Probably for the same reason.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“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

“It’s so strange to find your mother gone. She used to be around here all the time.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Any alcohol and tobacco had to be checked, and any objects which could possibly be used to attempt to harm Mr. Muhammad. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

They trailed him wherever he went, like a pennant; he was so used to their presence he did not notice their hunger. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother used to always say that, but I had never really thought about it before. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

It’s like my brain doesn’t quite remember what it used to do. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Auggie’s face isn’t so bad once you get used to it. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Billy told her what had happened to the buildings that used to form cliffs around the stockyards. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The charms are all she has left of what used to be her life. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Miss Kelsey knew I was nervous, and she helped me get used to everything a little at a time. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

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

In the water, which used to be my street, it’s like a new country. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Richardson used to help me and Cotton make paper fortune-tellers when she was babysitting us back in the day. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

She used to fall asleep holding his index finger in her fist. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

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

My friend Jelani, who came up the same as me, once said that he used to think of traveling as a pointless luxury, like blowing the rent check on a pink suit. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

I’m used to seeing Mrs. Walton at school in her suits and heels. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

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

This used to happen when she carried her lunch tray in the cafeteria. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

"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

Hugo thought about the little mechanical parts inside the mouse, as well as the other toys that he had stolen and used to fix the automaton. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

All those sweet, lovely chickens and geese that we used to keep up at the Lake. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

You can get used to anything—haven’t I already said that? Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I used to stay here with your father. It’s super fun and the price is right—free!” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

They used to get at Benny and me up in the tree fort. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

So it was lonely for a while, but then I got used to it.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Hodor knew Bran's favorite place, so he took him to the edge of the pool beneath the great spread of the heart tree, where Lord Eddard used to kneel to pray. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

But what they really meant was that the chair was so new and unusual that they weren’t used to it. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“Hard to imagine that I used to love this attention. Now I’d avoid it entirely if I could.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I ease down beside her like I'm getting used to hot water in a bathtub. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

My dad used to talk about the first dive a bluefin makes after it gets hit. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I had to get used to the bugs, I told myself. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Musengezi used to flow into the Zambezi River until the Portuguese dammed it up. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I used to watch you kiss my sister. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I’d been here so long I’d gotten used to the trees and the deer, the shadows and sunlight, the slow turn of the years from season to season. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

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

He was used to her silence, and she to his. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bill has several more hurdles, but if it is approved, the proceeds would be used to build housing for families making $120,825 a year or less. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

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

He’d known him ever since his first days at the chandlery, when he used to drop in between voyages and spin yarns with Sam Smith. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

In London, most people were used to Indian accents, even if they didn't like them much. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I never told Mama Ya-Ya but I used to try and speak with her all the time. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

There are the ghosts of who we used to be. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“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

If you ever see someplace like that, it’s very noticeable, because everybody is used to a bit of dirt or candy wrappers or something. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Mr. de Winter used to brush it for her then. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“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

The vision was so real I almost ran outside, the way I used to. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

One of my troubles is, I never care too much when I lose something--it used to drive my mother crazy when I was a kid. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Although the chimps who used to live in the forests all along the lake shore have gone, along with the trees that were their home, the chimpanzees of Gombe are safe. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Stupid! What do you expect? It’s wild, it’s not used to being petted.” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

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

I went because I know I used to like Stravinsky but somehow I no longer have the patience for it. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know whether to knock or just go on in, like I used to when Granny was alive. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

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

I used to just make up some imaginary boy of my dreams and sing about him. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

The prettier of the two leaned over to her friend and said loud enough for all to hear: “The country boy is not used to wearing shoes,” at which her friend laughed. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Besides, he was not used to being thwarted. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Oh, aye. She used to come to the house. Did you ever see that movie about dinosaurs? The one with the velociraptor?” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This used to be a Pizza Hut,” Levi says, pulling a camera from his bag. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, enjoy your free classes! And when you’re ready to sign up, come find me. I’m always around here somewhere; I used to have an office manager, but now it’s all just me!” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I’m used to giving bad news, but she wasn’t. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

My hair isn’t as brassy as it used to be. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Another lonely place opened up inside me, right alongside the empty space Gran used to fill. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

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

I’d wanted to take the bus to school, like the other kids, but Mom wanted me to spend a few days getting used to school itself before tackling the challenge of the bus. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

"He said he was coming home because he had something important to tell us. We used to wonder what it was. Now we know he wanted to tell us about the two of you." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

I used to think I was super lucky because some people only have one best friend and I had two. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

But after I move my feet from side to side a little bit I get used to the prickly cool feeling and it starts feeling softer and more like an okay touch than a tickle. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad and Devon used to throw a football in the backyard. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frederick: the bunkmate Werner used to write about, the boy who loved birds. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

All the time he was smiling, telling them how it was just like Lizzie’s grandmama used to make it for him. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

My mom used to take me on drives through fancy white neighborhoods. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I took the jacket into the living room and laid it lightly across the arm of the couch, a big burgundy thing my mother used to call “the spaceship” when I was kid. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Not the way it used to, when she was a person so far out of reach, when she talked about things that seemed too high to touch. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

He had grown so used to the howling of the direwolves that he scarcely heard it anymore . . . but some part of him, some hunter's instinct, heard its absence. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I was used to being a disappointment to Dad, and being a disappointment to Babou didn’t seem that different. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

It’s what they used to say about me at school. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

When you and Devon used to work on the chest on weekends you got up early and— I know. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her mother used to say she could be pretty if she would just wash and brush her hair and take more care with her dress, the way her sister did. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The English-speaking woman turned to me and said, “Thank you, John” — John being the name whites used to address any African whose name they did not know. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In church, I used to try and get my brother to play tic-tac-toe on the bulletin, but he always refused, shushing me and pointing to the preacher. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

I used to think it was because people fear death. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

My mother used to tuck me in, smoothing down my blankets and whispering a promise of good dreams. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The lower-school kids have just had lunch, and now they’re outside playing in the small field, just the way we used to in fifth grade. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

My memory used to be so good, but last night is all a blur. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

His tail’s two thirds shorter than it used to be, blood everywhere, but, God bless him, he’s still trying to wag. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

But he could never become used to speaking with his lips. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

This made rather a curious noise sometimes, when Mrs. Popper was working in the kitchen, but she got used to it, as she had got used to so many other strange things this winter. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to see if they’d play one of the songs Moms used to make me listen to back in the day. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I had been praying that a miracle would happen and my mother would come back and we would return to Bybanks and everything would be exactly as it used to be. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Of course he’d been gone at college before, so I’d got used to the idea of having to do his share of the work and all that. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

“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

When Branwell and I were little, we used to stand on the bridge over the gorge and look for lovers on the path to the bottom. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You used to tell me that when I was little, Mama. And it scared me to death. But it doesn’t bother me at all now.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

“What happened to the little blond girls who used to run around this place?” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Although I had willingly accepted this role in order to climb Everest with Hall, I never got used to it. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Only this is a different version of the mother I’m used to seeing in my dreams. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

It was hard to believe he was the same hapless dreamer who used to walk into walls while reading. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Papa used to tell the story of his first stroll through town, just off the boat and wanting to stretch his legs before looking up his relatives. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

They kept notes on the case, which were used to write the daily bulletins issued to the press. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Last year at this time, Mango was smaller than the squirrels were, and they used to chase him all around the backyard. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

We’ve gotten kind of used to the paper chain, but I’m suddenly seeing it through Rabbi Gold’s eyes—every single loop commemorating a life lost but not forgotten. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

I walked onto his other side, still looking him over carefully and letting him get used to my presence. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

All I can think about now is the sea of faces swimming in front of me, waiting and waiting in what used to be a beautiful theater. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Mark squints—his eyes have already grown used to the darkness—and tries to see the source of the light. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry about it. I’m used to it by now!” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

The lad used to call him a punk and push him around. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m glad he wasn’t dead, honey. I think you’re not used to drinking.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I used to imitate my brother by swinging high and doing backflips off that play set, soaring through the air. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

When my siblings and I were little, Mom used to sit us down, making us read the dictionary from A to Z to learn vocabulary. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She used to play with Adelaide when they were little. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

We used to fish at the river, upstream, and we’d race to see who could get there first. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

So when the gun blew, and we took off, I realized that the pace I had to keep just to stay with the pack was faster than I was used to. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

We knew which pub he used to visit every evening. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

She used to love picnics before Amber came along. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“You used to be fun. I used to think you were cool!” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The word is usually used to describe someone who rubs you the wrong way, a jerk, or a douche. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

She used to tell about a Confederate soldier from Cold Sassy who got sent to Andersonville to guard Yankee prisoners and passed away in the smallpox epidemic there. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I got used to sitting next to him in the Truman theater and having him nudge me with his elbow in reaction to his own trickery and whisper, “I just love that!” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

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

My mother used to tell me, “I chose to have you because I wanted something to love and something that would love me unconditionally in return.” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

At our old house, Mom used to love watching HGTV, the channel with all the home improvement shows. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I imagine him sitting in the dark house where we all used to live together. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Oh, you must mean Minli! That’s when this used to be called the Village of Fruitless Mountain. Now it’s called the Village of Fruitful Mountain.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

“I forgive you, child. We in the peerage are forgiving. Your poor mother used to be known for her ill breeding too.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s not as safe as it used to be,” my dad said. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“I used to have that about books. Secretly feeling that your taste is superior.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Moira told me once that it used to be where the undergraduates ate, in the earlier days of the university. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

It used to be sedate wood-rimmed glass counters, with gloves in standard models, appropriate wristwatches, accent scarves in floral prints. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“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

When Tats first moved into Fairchild Towers, we used to communicate through window colors. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

My brother Allie and I, if we were with our parents and all, we used to move our seats and go way down so we could watch him. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

On account of how he used to bring in cans with Tariq, I figure. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“You said you used to sit on the front porch and watch the sun go down,” she said. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

“East, maybe. I’m more used to the inner sectors.” Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Her husband and children, used to her flares of fury at Izzy, nodded quietly, let her rant. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Now he didn’t, he was used to himself again. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

“My mother used to tell me what happened at Nutley Copse. It would be better to go now.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The technique used to do this involved drawing out the wire from an ingot of silver, with gold around the circumference. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

Her father used to say that a lord needed to eat with his men, if he hoped to keep them. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Down the town wharf they used to call my dad Big Skiff and me Little Skiff, to tell us apart, but my dad don’t go down the wharf no more. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

We used to have the crab boil on the first Friday of every month. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

Because they used to belong to the states. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

There were rows of benches and tables where the men and women used to roll the cigars, and it smelled faintly of tobacco. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

I am positive he is foreign, or used to be. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I also told him that we were dancers and had a group in Mattru Jong, where we used to attend school. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

With their kind parents dead and Count Olaf treating them so abominably, the three children were not used to kindness from adults, and weren’t sure if they were expected to do anything back. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

When I was little, I used to hide under my bed and cry, scared he was coming for me next. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He used to be a pet on a ship and have a metal band round his stomach, like in a story about pirates. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Remember when I used to follow Yusuf around with bites of food while he played with his toys to get him to eat?” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

“But I think it’s from my brother. He used to run with him.” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Mother used to tell a story from the time before she was married. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

It used to be bustling with people, but the company was crooked and couldn’t sustain itself. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t the humidity, he was used to that. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

You press Play, and on comes a song I love so much, one my mother used to play for me. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The kind of bathroom they used to build in America when the country was on the rise. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She knew she should get used to carrying a pistol, but the weight threw off her balance, and guns could jam or lock in a bad moment. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He used to tell me how much he appreciated the letters. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was at the other end of the lifeboat, where the zebra used to be, turned my way and sit­ting up, looking as if he’d been patiently waiting for me to notice him. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

When he was before me, towering, indignant, I could not remember how, when I was young, his laugh used to shake his gut and make his glasses shine. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I don't even know how he could breathe with all the smoke back there, but I guess he was just used to it. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“No. That’s why I came to get you. So we could go see him together like we used to.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s important to see who you’re growing into and who you used to be.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

He used to say to me, “Come on, little sister. Come and get this blessing.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“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

We were standing on the porch of the little blue house that used to be the Spiritualist Church of Glen Meadows when we heard these awful words. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was a song his father used to sing to him. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

But I used to stare at the toothy smile of that child in the picture, a little jealous, wondering why she didn’t have a picture of me up too. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

In that split second I thought about the days when my mom used to work at the Grand Central candy shop. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

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

My grandpa used to say to be careful with eggs and words, because neither can ever be fixed. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Sitting curled up on Stick’s bed when I was little, when he used to read me stories from his books before we went to sleep. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Lyra was used to washing with hard yellow soap in a chipped basin, where the water that struggled out of the taps was warm at best, and often flecked with rust. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Certainly. I used to buy our Christmas trees from you. Michael Taylor. What can I do for you, Mr. Swinyard?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

“It used to be my mom’s,” Billy said. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

One thing I remember is that the kids used to play a game. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

You always used to think that was funny, how everyone in our town stuck their lawn chairs out way before parade day and how they didn’t strap them down or lock them up, either. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

It was strange because Grampa never used to fish the Yazoo, but when I asked him about it, he just shrugged it off. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Candy Man is a trip, but the kids love him because he used to be a star.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She says, “He said that you and he used to listen to my great-uncle’s broadcasts. That you could hear them all the way in Germany.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“You’re doing what Luce used to do when we were girls. You’re taking my words and turning them into something else.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Mr. Shears used to be married to Mrs. Shears and they lived together until two years ago. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I told her about the beautiful sunsets and all those images of Mary people have seen, all stuff Mom and Dad have said before, all stuff that used to seem so real to me. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The grandfathers, way past slashing but still able enough to bind stalks or feed the sugar vats, used to be thought safe. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I take a tiny jump and hang in the air just a bit longer than I’m used to. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Birdie would never fit back in his life the way she used to, and it would only make him feel worse if she tried and failed. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Corn, that used to cost a few shillings a bushel, cost twenty-five dollars a bushel—in silver. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I became so used to her noise—chattering, whining, pestering, laughing, crying—that my ear went on hearing it even when it stopped. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

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

“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

Truly amazing, what people can get used to, as long as there are a few compensations. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I carefully secured them in the metal frame that would be used to print a single newspaper page. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

It’s hard to remember what we used to fight about. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

After we were enrolled came the surprise visits that we used to dread, because Dad seemed to break all the school rules. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was like old times again, when we used to get along so well. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

I was beginning to get used to the way his mind worked, the way he thought about things. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“I used to have a black cat just like you, but he died last year. He was very old.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Clara would smile without saying a word and Nivea would go on talking because she had grown used to her daughter’s silence. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Butso were bread, tea, and milk, and many other things we used to eat regularly that were now rare treats. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

We don’t have a proper hearth with a chimney like Mum and I used to have in our cottage. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

He unbuckled the leather belt he used to keep up his underwear. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

The cooks used to serve us rice gruel, but now there are only enough grains in the pot to make soup. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I guess they were used to seeing me around by now, so I wasn’t getting any more shocked looks. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Our mother used to tie dried prunes stuffed with camphor to our wrists. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Do you remember how we used to sit under the pomegranate tree there and read from the Shahnamah? The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Her senses were still sharp enough that she could smell the coppery scent of the Suli girl’s blood beneath the cleaner Rotty had used to remove it from the wood. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

There was a slow colored song in her mind—one Portia’s brother used to play on his harp. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“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

It makes me smile—Scoob’s presence is always a ray of sunshine—but also makes me a little sad: that house he’s staring at used to be his grandmother’s. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

The memory of his arm wraps around me as his arm used to. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Most of all, I miss the stories that he used to tell me about the old days. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

The community center used to hold them, but they ran out of funds and had to stop. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t the life we used to have, but that life didn't exist in Cuba, either. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

He used to be a tugboat captain, and tugboats are made of steel, but he knows a thing or two about wooden boats and gives me a thumbs-up on what I done so far. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I want you all to get used to the idea of operating alone.” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

The boy who used to make me laugh at the windowsill. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

You heard the City Clerk testify that the gun used to kill Mr. Nesbitt was registered to him. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

They remind me of the porcelain dolls my sisters and I used to play with as children. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Janie used to call Max Movie Guy because he was pretty much the guy in the movies: football player, white straight teeth, friend to all...but a better friend to some. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

She used to tease him about being prettier than she was. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I used to spend a week just breathing.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

"Well, you better get used to it. You're going to be thirsty for the next eighteen months." Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

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

It used to be the hardest and most important of all the services of a good doctor to be on hand at the time of death and to provide comfort, usually in the home. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The familiar handwriting brought back memories of all the notes we used to pass each other in class. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

She was used to running on beaches, where the sand gave way under your feet and each thrust of your legs was hindered. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s the one my mom’s heavy crew used to pull sheet iron. Said he could lift four times what a man could.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Rahim Khan sahib used to take him to the bazaar for balloons and biscuits but he is too weak for that now. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The battling stick that Mama used to beat the dirt out of clothes when she washed stood leaning against the wall. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought how she'd see the same stuff I used to see, and how she'd be different every time she saw it. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

One time when the air was particularly eggy, she suggested, “Lepers used to carry bells to warn people they were coming.” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I wish everything was like it used to be. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wait, hoping she’ll turn back into my sister, the way she used to be, not this new hornet version. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

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

They took her into the room that used to be the Science Lab. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chester knew they didn’t mean any harm—but he couldn’t get used to the idea that millions of eyes were staring at him. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I used to think she was the second-best mom in the entire world, until she fired my mom and I decided to hate her. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

You know that I always used to be jealous of Margot's relationship with Father. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Maya could see Grace starting to open her mouth again, so she gave her a tiny pinch, the same way she used to pinch Lauren when they were kids. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Natalie’s head moves down close to her plate the way she always used to eat. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

We used to beast through the streets on our bikes like we were racing without brakes, but not tonight. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

After Mama saw that there were no broken bones, or legs chopped off, she smiled and said, “I never know any more. I guess I’ll just have to get used to it.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they asked to borrow a bicycle from a black family in the name of the Cultural Revolution, they were not used to being refused. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She perched on a stool on the ground, kneading dough for buttery breakfast parathas like she used to. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Leaving was hard at first, but it was what I did and I got used to it. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

His chest was heaving and I was remembering how he told me he didn’t used to have claustrophobia and now he did. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“Mom and I haven’t decided yet.” he said it sometimes happened to people who used to be soldiers or “Of course you have.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

So, here’s the thing—I’m used to the other kind of party. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Sheed wondered if talking about that might make him less afraid and more like the Mr. O’Doyle they were used to. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“We were in the same group when we were out looking for Ziggy, and I was telling him more about you and Malia. It turns out his wife used to teach piano. She’s retired now.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

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

And he said that all the great writers used to wear suits all the time. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I used to live in California,” the first man said. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Maylene was a girl I used to walk home from school with. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I thought at first that there might be a death threat, but either I'm getting used to them or that wasn’t what was there. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

I am not used to the force of his attention being on me like this. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Dayah massages Alan’s weak leg like she used to do when he was a toddler struggling to balance and walk for the first time. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

I see a few friends—people I used to think were my friends—but they look away. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Hiring a photographer cost the same as a week's worth of mealie meal, the cornmeal used to make sadza. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

‘So you have come all the way from Mirkwood, my good Elf? A very great forest it used to be!’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Look him straight in the face the way you used to look at your father when he caught you with the wrong book. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

A row of glass jars Brother Khoi used to raise fighting fish. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

It worried Fielding, he was only used to people who behaved as he himself behaved, people to whom things were easy. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

In seventh grade, things was going good and I was used to the whistles. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

She sits in what used to be my chair and holds out her hand, inviting me to take a seat. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

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

“That’s how they used to shoot in prehistoric times, back in the 1970s. Nobody shoots that way anymore. It doesn’t look cool.” The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Liyana said, “We used to be okay, till you started making us so nervous!” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Lumps,” he used to say when they were getting ready to go out and the wind was blowing the sea around. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Vishniac believed that the experimental techniques previously used to deduce no indigenous microbes in Antarctica were flawed. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tell more people than I used to, but I’m not at all consistent. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He was led away to be locked in Martin’s museum—in what used to be the sacristy and was now the island’s makeshift jail cell—until he could be remanded to police on the mainland. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

But when I was little, me and my friends used to think this police station looked like a moon base. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

I was used to being stared at, too, but somehow this was different. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

We are used to it in the physics of sound. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of course only that kind of woman, used to that kind of life, would tolerate such things. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I used to wonder if convention and good county manners would brave the surprise, and whether a smile of welcome would be summoned to the frozen face. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

That is exactly what Kantorek used to do to him at school. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The trees agreed, each after its kind, oak and ash, pine and beech, birch and fir, that their wood could never be used to hurt Balder. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

“I’m not used to driving as far as I did today.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

She used to make trails of graham cracker crumbs and marshmallows to lure roaches outside. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Missionary Circle? My grandma used to be a member. I thought all they did was visit sick people and gossip.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

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

Then why would you say “did used”? 1202=11 The British, as you might have noticed, have a different way of dealing with used to. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I know,” I said, thinking back to all of the family gatherings we used to have at her house over the years. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“Yes! That would be great! We could play like we used to—out in the open. You could join in our cricket games, and—Naima? Naima! Are you listening?” Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

Then he shrugged his shoulders, just like Dad used to. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Just thinking about this made me different, feel how I used to feel. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Correction: she used to train them, which was pretty awesome, especially when you got to cowboy around the neighborhood or watch the Preakness from luxury box seats with unlimited Coke and shrimp. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

My father used to say that there are forces in the universe that can transform our lives if only we’d surrender ourselves. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Dig out that old thing in the attic. You used to know more about radios than anyone in town. Anyone in Brittany, perhaps.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Somehow I don’t have the heart for things that used to set me up so much.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You get used to it. We’ll spend most of the summer waiting for a breeze, going or coming.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

“I remember him. He went there with my brother. They used to be cool.” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Nhamo was used to hard work, but she had always depended on others for help. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sound of my ribs snapping like the tree branches Hassan and I used to break to sword fight like Sinbad in those old movies. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Well,” I said, “I used to be a trapeze artist. You know what that is, right?” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I used to think he was weird, but having met other girls with brothers his age, I realize that older brothers are all the same. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She figured that it had probably ended up in Grans’s attic, and she kept meaning to look for it, but by then I had gotten used to not wearing it. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

The general laughed like a man used to attending formal par­ties where he’d laughed on cue at the minor jokes of important people. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He starts on the crust of his toast—he ate the middle first, just like he used to when we were little. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Here is Mabel, in my room, three thousand miles away from what used to be home. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The light used to fall just so at this time of day on the floor below my top bunk. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I used to have the odd one with him, when we were out drinking or after sex. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grandpa used to work at a small import/export company until he retired a few years ago. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

She reminds me of a monster from the storybooks our nurses used to read to us. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

All the time, he used to say it. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“They who? I thought . . . My father said he buried him. Down by a creek or a river someplace where they used to fish.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

She inserted it into one of the strong manila envelopes that the Bureau used to mail clippings in. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

These contact lenses are going to take some getting used to. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Most of the poplar trees had been chopped down—the trees Hassan and I used to climb to shine our mirrors into the neighbors’ homes. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Grandma stroked my hair exactly the way Mom used to. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It was a far cry from what I used to eat in Cuba, but like lots of things in America, I had grown used to it and now actually liked it. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

“And cheaper! When 1 was a young man, mild beer—wallop, we used to call it— was fourpence a pint. That was before the war, of course.” 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Huge stones had been set into the curving walls as steps, circling down and down, dark as the steps to hell that Old Nan used to tell them of. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“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’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

“We will get used to it eventually. We have to watch what we eat. There are no doctors or medicines here, only homemade remedies.” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once I took boys for granted, I was used to them. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

“Please. I used to watch you in the yard, playing with your swords. You were so handsome.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Julia appeared to be quite used to this kind of conversation, which she called “talking by installments.” 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

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

Perhaps some part of Luke remembered that he used to like this girl, used to take care of her when she was little. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

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

In practice, the engine was used to power ornamental fountains, but not to pump water out of mines, because Savery could not build boilers and cylinders which would sustain a sufficiently high pressure. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Well, I’m glad you’re okay. My papa used to say that anything made by man can be replaced, but not so much with things made by God.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

I used to stay after class and wipe the blackboard for him with a wet rag. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wait, tapping my foot, staring at the hole where the synagogue used to be. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The only good moments were when I got to see Frankie, but other than that, I just couldn’t get used to life at the camp. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

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

We have lived with them for almost two months and we have grown used to being there. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I COULDN’T get used to it, though I’d been staring at him all afternoon. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

But I should have been used to the impossible by now—just as I should have been used to white men preying on black women. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Just the white skin, the circled eyes I’d grown so used to. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The front steps of the building are slippery, and Bobbie and Clay carefully carry me down to the sidewalk where I used to play hopscotch in the old days. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Arthur used to walk round it Guenever was singing and brushing, her low voice fitting the stillness of the candles, when the door opened softly. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Slowly, I began to feel better and get used to life in America. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Yeah! Daoud's a great guy!" added Mo. "We used to spend all summer in the garden." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

She jumps off the bed, and I notice she’s wearing a lovely blue silk day dress, akin to what the ladies of Baltimore used to wear. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“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

It was only his appearance that was a little altered; his hide was less shiny than it had used to be, and his great haunches seemed to have shrunken. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

“I think it might be the same kind of stone I used to make fire with the hatchet.” The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

Constantly changing to keep you from getting used to it, I guess. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I’m used to not being taken seriously, but only the “lighthearted” Anne is used to it and can put up with it; the “deeper” Anne is too weak. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

She reassured me that eventually my parents would get used to the soldiers. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

That’s something Dad used to say, but until now I never knew what it meant, exactly. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Stuff I learned in grade school, when the D.A.R.E. cops used to come around and teach us about the so-called war on drugs. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

My old man used to make it in the old country. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I mean, I was used to hearing him talk about stuff like this in general, but not really one-on-one. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think so. I mean, I’m used to people talking about me. Being mean. But this was different.” Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Jesse picked him up and rubbed the back of the dog’s neck as he used to when P. T. was a tiny puppy. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

I used to take out a canoe and paddle silently along, early in the morning or late in the evening. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

I used to like her when I was younger, but she’s become a bitter, resentful woman over the years. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

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

He and my dad used to talk about football and he gave us discounts for years. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“It used to be our thing. But now he wants to watch it with Laleh instead.” Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I used to give him candy He used to have dogs and I used to feed his dogs. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Josh used to be just loud but now he’s loud and evil. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thinking of Jackson and the things he used to smuggle me makes me think of my mother—the silence from the postmaster every time Jackson came calling, or so I thought. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I am used to her stopping by for only a moment to pick me up, maybe look at my new art projects. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

They used to hang out—watch TV, go to the park and hoop, sell drugs. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was now more used to the repetitive drills at the ranch, although I was still kind of starstruck by all the big names training next to me. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“I’m used to bowing when I’m sparring somebody.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

"You guys still tight like you used to be?" How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Anyway,” the boy said suddenly, after a very long silence, “things won’t ever again be the way they used to be. I know that.” The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

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

Uncle Carlos comes over and gives me two kisses to my forehead, the way he’s done since he used to tuck me in. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

He used to be easier to read before the surgeries. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

How I used to revel in such bitter little snobberies myself; how eay they were, once. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

And in the end I suppose I got used to it. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, but I pulled theirs much harder. Whenever I came near one of my sisters she used to hold her pigtails in both hands, and glare at me.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

We used to hold hands all the time, but he hadn’t touched me all summer. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

I was using the words he had used to me. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

A look I was used to, but hated. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Being accepted for who you are without having anyone snicker at you was great—but it’s not something I’m used to. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The building used to be a Pick-It'Quick store, and when you walk in the front door, the first thing you see is the Pick- It-Quick motto. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

There used to be a metal geodesic dome that I’d climb to the top of and leap from, trying to break my ankle so I’d be sent home. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

But it took more time to get used to the seesaw intensity of the place. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

They didn't have kids in the house and were used to doing their own thing. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

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

We used to make fun of her when she would cry: We said she could produce a bucket of tears, her eyes were so big. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

It’s almost like it used to be, in the long-ago days, in the old house. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the men made a broom from the branches of a tree, which he used to effectively push the leaves aside. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I suppose he isn’t used to being corrected. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

In her hands, she holds the rod used to measure the thread of life. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Movie studios used to sign deals with actors and actresses, in exchange for creating their personas and controlling their lives. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Ma Charles rocked herself like a child on a hobby horse, wearing the mile-long pout I was used to seeing on my sisters. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Eventually, the magazines fell apart and were used to light fires. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was used to her ignoring me, but this time I would not allow it. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

We were so used to walking home from Styx’s that we’d forgotten them twice now. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

That's all the young kids used to talk about, our grandmother tells us, going to New York City. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

I want to feel the same powerful, nameless urge that I used to feel when I turned to my books. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Mr. Terupt came over and whispered in my ear, “My grandpa used to tell me to tie a knot in it.” Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

But even after several months, the chimps had not become used to us. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

The rich scents used to fill the house and we were always expected to eat too many. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were a few hours out from Southern Metropolitan City, which used to be Toronto back when there were still so many cities they each had a unique name instead of a direction. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” I shrugged, “Leper. Leper’s not the little rabbit we used to know any more.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then, he was used to it, seeing how Miss Trotter and Ma Charles kept up their sniping from the Trotter side of the creek to the Charles side. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

"Sad, isn't it? When I was your age, I used to dream of having a dragon of my own." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“You’ve got no reason to trust me after our prior dealings, I understand, but Joey, well, he’s a good person and these are guys I used to know and it’s your grandmother they threatened.” Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

"And you have his sweet nature. Your mother didn't receive that, I'm afraid, Shanti. But Anu's mother is easygoing and sweet, just like their father used to be." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The office, as Myron had told me maybe a million times, used to be my dad’s bedroom, and before Myron moved to the basement, he and my father had shared it. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

I am not used to peoples seeing me, and I am especially not used to peoples asking me questions. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

Izzy was not used to asking favors, but something in her voice told Mia that this was a need, not a want. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Mom and I used to spend all our time in here, touching and smelling the flowers, talking about life, and soaking up sunlight. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“I used to be funnier. I mean, before I hung out with you.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

"The years nowadays don't pass the way the old ones used to," she would say, feeling that everyday reality was slipping through her hands. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

I used to read a lot about America before I had to study so much for the university exams. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

“Aggressive” is used to describe me a lot. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I'm not used to other people being as fast on their feet as I am when it comes to dealing with Nazis. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I used to think picking fruit was hard, but that wasn’t nothing compared to doing landscaping, man. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t used to being alone, here or anywhere, and the silence felt like an invasion. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

The electronic bracelet was hidden beneath the bed, along with the tools he had used to remove it. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

If so, the Machines must move in that direction, preferably without telling us, since in our ignorant prejudices we only know that what we are used to, is good—and we would then fight change. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

She did not wear it with the air of the women on campus, the women who were used to owning coral beads and gold earrings. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I’m used to that,” she replied, somewhat bitterly. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“Daddy used to make them wait until corn shucking or Christmas to marry,” Rufus told me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I slip off my shoes and walk the ocean’s edge, the way I used to with Lolo. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

When first he came to Dragonstone, the army of stone grotesques had made him uneasy, but as the years passed he had grown used to them. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It’s what we used to do when we were little. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

An old history teacher of mine used to accompany that piece of our past with a popular saying: “God made the world, but the Dutch made the Netherlands.” Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Dodds stalked up the aisle, just as she used to do in class, about to deliver my F— math test. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I’m in a new place, I’m not used to woods all around, I hear birds and squirrels and think they’re people. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

“His father was my gardener before, and Stephen used to come help out. He’s a fine young man, Biddy.” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“This used to be a popular stop, from what I’m told. Not anymore.” The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“I used to know when the baboons were planning to raid the fields. So you see, we were ideally suited to become detectives.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, I see. A rabbit I knew once. He used to foretell the weather and so on.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I recalled what Miig used to tell me when I’d first come, when I was nosey enough to ask unwelcome questions and had tried to pry into the contents of that bag. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I could tell it used to be a white robe of some kind when it was new, but it was so old it was gray now. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

His mom used to complain that she felt like she lived in a cigar bar. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Strange. I heard once that a long time ago houses used to burn by accident and they needed firemen to stop the flames.” Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lifted her up as easily as if she were a child and set her on the thin Dothraki saddle, so much smaller than the ones she was used to. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

They used to call it the New Tenements, but now everybody mostly calls it the New Testaments, which Gram told me has nothing to do with the Bible. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

“You know what Oklahoma used to be called?” 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Never wanted her here...I heard she used to steal from the lockers...All it took was her dumb brother to drop dead... Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I used to resent it when my mother would forget I was an adult, but I’m approaching the maundering phase myself, digging out the yellowing baby pictures, mooning over locks of hair. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Bod had grown up in a graveyard and was used to images of winged people, but the angels on the headstones looked nothing like this. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

It was the dispassionate stare of a man well used to weighing humanity in the balance. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

I opened the door of the second bedroom, where Dad used to sleep and dream when he was my age. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Not so many. Not like these ones. I wasn’t used to it. But I’m all right now.” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He used to call her on the house phone to make sure she was really there. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

“He won’t survive it, Mom. You don’t see him at that hotel. He’s not like he used to be. He broke.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I may never be used to the sound of my name on his lips. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

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

“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

Last night she slept there in a silver drawer, eyes getting used to the dark. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

"My mother used to take me to the clinic in a cab." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

She even urged that the Alien Act be used to remove Albert Gallatin, the Swiss-born leader of the Republican party in the House of Representatives. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Suba used to pinch me every chance she got—and of course, Mean Teacher didn't care. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

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

We let Quinby roam the cottage so she could get used to the harness. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, I mean, I’m still not used to it. It’s not like I’m talking to anyone other than these three people, but...” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Not that the work is anything like what it used to be. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Thought you could use a spare. I have a lot of these lying around. I journal a lot, or I used to before I took over the Calliope for my parents.” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

My mom used to say that sometimes just saying something aloud was enough to make it true. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“I mean, I knew that. Everyone talks about it. I only barely remember him telling stories, though. Like when we were really little, he used to.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Tayo used to stand in the big sandstone cave and hold the siphon hose under the water in the shallow pool where the spring water splashed down from the west wall of the cave. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

"I used to get up very early and go for walks while my aunt was still asleep," Miss Honey said. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Glenn Burke always used to do stuff like this when he was on the Dodgers,” I say. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

There never used to be yellow-spotted lizards in the town of Green Lake. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Amycus, the bloke, he teaches what used to be Defense Against the Dark Arts, except now it’s just the Dark Arts. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

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

Seven used to wonder if her mother had gotten her name because of her red hair, which she always thought looked lovely with her deep brown skin and freckled face. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

It might feel awkward at first, but you’ll get used to it. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“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

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

Like the nuns, this woman has a slightly imperious air, as if she is used to getting her way. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

But there are deep lines in my mouth where 1 used to wear smiles. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you take this view, the story of the Iks can be used to confirm it. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m used to doing things for myself, I go round London on my own all the time. How do you get to this Diagon Alley — sir?” he added, catching Dumbledore’s eye. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“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

When he was a kid, he used to hide pages and pages of loose leaf paper covered in messy, loopy handwriting under the worn denim cushion of the window seat in the house in Austin. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

My father used to work behind those double doors, working hard to find new ways to combat the plague. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“I used to play pirates on them with my dad when I was little.” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

“They used to forget for three, four days—sometimes a week,” the stonecutter said. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

The name of the tribe was Seneca, but since my parents did not discover their error until after I was born and they were, by then, used to my name, it remained Salamanca. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

They were married before I was used to the fact that my parents had actually divorced. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

Those rich whites could afford it when they used to throw away their money in Harlem. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tested the string the way Hassan and I used to, by holding it between my thumb and forefinger and pulling it. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I used to hit up streets with a spray can to get name recognition, not spread hatred. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

He had converted what used to be a tool shed into his private world, with a padlock on the door and curtained windows from which sometimes rose sweet-smelling smoke. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Colored folks used to stay where they were told that they belonged. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

I was used to having my mother sleep close to me at night. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

The coffeehouse and the house on Zelverstraat had been nothing more than stage sets, used to fleece fools from the country. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

There was a retched taste in my mouth from food coloring the members used to make us remember their names, and my clothes and face were stained green. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

His mother used to throw the sheets away when Frederick wasn’t looking, but lately she has given up. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“I’m used to it, I guess,” I said. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Kappe told him he was crazy and wouldn't last two weeks in the military because he was too used to having his freedom. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

Yesterday was July the fourth, which used to be Independence Day, before they abolished it. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I used to write poetry myself when I was his age. Awful nonsense, too. I never write any now.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

But old Grandma always used to say, “Back in time immemorial, things were different, the animals could talk to human beings and many magical things still happened.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“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

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

“Well, before. He used to spend a lot of time with her before.” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Anyway, I used to have a car, so it didn’t matter as much—if I beat Mom home, I’d just let myself in through the garage. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

The metal frame of the once-lighted sign of his name has melted, and it sags down limply over where the big front windows used to be. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

"It's naught. I'm not used to the city yet, that's all." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Just when I start getting used to a world, Asher moves us on to the next one. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“How would you like a Marine where your little sister used to be, feces face?” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“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

I guess he wasn’t surprised to find himself in a hospital — both he and my mother seemed to have become used to this bizarre world. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He says, “Remember that girl I used to see?” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I was used to the cool damp of stone underfoot when I came to pay a visit. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I used to be a careless person, and look where it got me. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

They used to go up into the hills in Kabul and take pictures of the city below them. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

“The hell I don’t. I might as well get used to it. GO.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

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

“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

Toward the end, he used to doze all day in his chair. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I was used to some thunder in her face, but I’d never seen it so full of storm. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

She used to talk about the Czar or the Kaiser and how the Russian soldiers would come into the village and line up the Jews and shoot them in cold blood. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Literally gasp, like I was on one of those cheesy shows you used to watch, where there was always a BIG REVEAL! P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Nothing but a bunch of stories about how we used to be slaves.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“It’ll make plenty of sense, once you get used to it.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyes snapped the way Granny’s used to, but dimples were fighting to show around her mouth. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The kind of skinny, wicked long harpoon used for giant tuna, like my dad used to catch before he switched to TV and beer. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

There was the couch where I used to nap, read, do homework. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Guess I’m lucky the Government outlawed pets. Didn’t farmers always used to keep big guard dogs that would chomp people's heads off in one bite?” Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

“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 met him at a time when I used to take out a most beautiful collie called Budleigh for a lady who owned a sweetshop. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m so used to dressing like this, I forget sometimes. At least it keeps me from having to serve at the table.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I kept to myself as we traveled, not being used to the company of others. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I guess I’ve become too used to my White People Are Watching Us voice,” he said. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“How would you like a fist where your mouth used to be, little sister?” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact this lonely rabbit would make a small stew and we would still be hungry while we washed the dishes afterward—a feeling we were trying to get used to. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I used to be his friend,” I tell her. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

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

I used to think of myself as a Monday and Ellen as a Friday. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

This is the house of a man used to being followed and obeyed, a man who has enough people between him and the shambler threat to never feel fear. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“The emperors used to eat the peaked hump of purple dromedaries,” she would say. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

About a mile or so down Mong veered us across this little bank, past an old unused road with mad weeds shooting up where paint used to be, and into the thick sand. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

It keeps me from crying—’cause I used to cry all night. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I even cross the train tracks, to the neighborhoods that used to be inside the ghetto, where new people are moving in, where there might be new shops that want help. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

One hand held a pale blue shawl tight around her chest, and the other held a book, which she used to beckon him. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

“I guess I didn’t expect you to still have the same pull as you used to.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Her husband would have made a good Nazi. She used to joke about it—though never when he could hear.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I’m not used to Mom being home so much. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“I could get used to this,” she said. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I don’t like being watched; I refuse to get used to it. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“Ignatius, that ain’t true. You remember old Mr. Becnel used to live down the block? They locked him up because he was running down the street naked.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kept whispering the words, getting used to the sound of them. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

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

Already they were getting used to much walking on short commons — shorter at any rate than what in the Shire they would have thought barely enough to keep them on their legs. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Under the bed they found a bundle that contained the costumes Nana had used to frighten Clara in her years of silence. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

It is a word not typically used to describe science, or scientists. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

But she never got used to being afraid. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

“Look, I was exaggerating when I called it a house party. It’s just Sarah, her sister Missy, and this guy Alfie I used to play soccer with when I was a kid.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

My father used to wish the politicians making big decisions would trade desserts. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was funny how in just a couple of months I had got so used to doing everything on my phone. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

She places a pretty china plate down, as if she were setting a fancy table, the kind Sisi used to set. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

“Canon” was the term we used to classify any movie, book, game, song, or TV show of which Halliday was known to have been a fan. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“And my brother and I used to climb up that rock way over there.” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

“Shamika lives there now, but years ago, there used to be this one dude who would always work on his cars in the driveway. And I was convinced that he was a robot.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I was hoping that we might find ourselves in the sort of country we used to know—meadows and woods—but we didn’t. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama used to tear photos from magazines, photos of the Dust Bowl years in the 1930s in America, when a long drought had stricken the Midwest. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Beneath them, a system of magistrates selected to serve by lot was used to carry decisions through. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

“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

Only thing is, he’s not used to our freeways and traffic that we get nowadays. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The one who used to bring a box of hard candies on Wednesdays and pass them out to us, one by one, as we left. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The light that came into the room from outside was not bright, but Shadow’s eyes had become used to the dark. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

He used to brag that they had owned more land than you could cross on horseback in a single day. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

"You used to want to save stray animals," I remind Newcharlie. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

Neighbors and relatives used to pester my mom. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

His mother had stopped smiling the way she used to; she'd become nervous and jumpy, and now, he thought, she's on the kitchen floor, dead. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

She used to come around at all hours of the night to see if I wet the bed. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My father used to boast he could start a fire with just a stick, a leaf, and a shiny bug!” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I’m kind of used to how I look by now. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

She got straight A’s when she was a teenager and she used to give me books to read. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“She and Mr. P used to bring it with them when they had picnics out here.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Emma wrote to her mother that Charles wasn’t quite used to her “honours yet.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Not only is the fabric much silkier and shinier than the plain cotton ones I used to wear, but now my breasts fill the space inside. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fo Black lived on Canal Street, which used to be a real canal. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Every word rolled out of my mouth heavy and hard like the round red-and-white mint candies Madrina used to give me. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

As Allie and I walked, I remembered when I used to go dancing back in secondary school with friends. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Five years in my past, my father used to take me and Charlie deep-sea fishing on the weekends. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

He says this property used to be an orphanage run by nuns. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

His father, who Conor had grown used to not having around as the trips grew less frequent and the phone calls got further and further apart. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

And my mother, who used to throw fits because I dug holes and buried her flowers. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

‘Whatever the case, when Orion rose again from Tartarus, he was Artemis’s bitterest enemy. No one can hate you with more intensity than someone who used to love you.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

After all, they used to call Ms. Gruwell’s class the “Ghetto Class” because of all the minorities. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

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

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

Then I stop, realizing that if I’m to pass as a Lake citizen, I should pretend to be used to the stench. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“You know what our son Buddy used to call himself?” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

I brought my date somewhere I used to come with my ex-boyfriend. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“Noah, I used to live with the man. We were engaged to be married, for God’s sake,” she said. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Don’t get used to it, it’s only because of Harry,” said Mr. Weasley over his shoulder. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

She had always been the docile middle child, used to following the lead. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The drugstore was where Edna Finch’s Mellow House used to be years back when they were girls. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

This is partly due to the space-age technology used to pack them. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I have never grown them and cannot remember when my father used to plant them. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“They used to. They called them catamounts. Cat-o-the-Mountain. Like Catamount Street in town.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I thought back to the stories my grandfather used to tell me. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“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

A great stone monster with wide-spread wings stood with its mouth open and you could still see a bit of piping at the back of its mouth, out of which the water used to pour. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

My dad used to eat sunflower seeds too. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

It’s like when I used to go to the movies. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Have you heard his name? They used to call him Lord Murderer. Not all that long ago either.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

How can I explain that my two unmatched halves used to add up to more than one whole? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Usually when she used to wake me up, she had wanted to talk about college. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

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

They used to secretly touch each other’s legs in the backseat when it was my tum. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

There was a baby blanket on the bed, one of the pink crocheted ones Grandma used to make. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

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

Since I started to learn to read, I’m used to hearing people talk about me. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you remember when Dauntless police used to patrol the factionless sector?” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The mere mention of them used to send shivers of joy rippling over my skin. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I can punch hard as a man, at least that what my dead husband used to tell the other boys that work the shrimp boat with him.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was crafted in an older style, not as sophisticated as he was used to, but he instantly felt a deep attachment to it. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

And I don’t like the new-house smell here as much as I used to. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Angel makers, they used to call them; or was that something else? The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

That expression of his used to terrify me into stammers. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But they don’t like me very much on account of this used to be their house. Now they all share a room in the servant’s quarters.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

She was all dumpy and fat but I used to wish she’d been my mother. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I shrugged my shoulders, just like Dad used to. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, tell me. You never get used to the bruised or burned or bleeding babies—the kids who’ve been abused—or the parents who bring ’em in. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Annie and I used to look out the attic window and pretend the Yankee soldiers were about ready to come charging over the hill. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

She herself constructed shapeless beings made of leftover scraps from the wool she used to knit for the poor. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

My Farsi wasn't what it used to be, and I was ashamed of my now-thick American accent. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

President Lyndon B. Johnson gives Dr. Martin Luther King one of the pens used to sign the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

To salvage what she could of her standing as a teacher, Aunt Anne used to tell the audience before we went on stage that we had only recently shifted from the piano to stringed instruments. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Randall’s maid was talking as she took the soup from me, and I wondered what her name used to be and what she answered to now. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, Cora Blue used to make us those.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

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 used to think that boy was nuttier than a honey cluster.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“I used to give him tips sometimes, to buy himself his little things. Beaumain’s the kitchen page. He took to me for some reason. I knighted him with my own hands.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s teaching me fencing. Coach Jones used to fence on the Olympic team.” Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

It was the centerpiece of Mrs. Atanabi’s whole dance number, what she used to transition from one dance style to the next. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

He thought with a flicker of regret of the snapshots his mother used to send him from Calcutta, of prospective brides who could sing and sew and season lentils without consulting a cookbook. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Well,” said Theresa, “leaks or no leaks, maybe he was used to it.” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had had time to get used to my new face. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Cleopatra’s Capture The aide had a messenger distract Cleopatra by the door while he climbed a ladder and entered through the same window used to admit Mark Antony. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

“I guess you’ve got sort of used to playing around with those explorers at the Pole.” Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

Although he was two years older she had grown faster than him, and in the summer-time they used to wrestle and fight out on the plot of grass by the street. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

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

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

Poppy asked if his family could have individual plates since they weren’t used to eating communally. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

He’s being the friend he used to be. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

The hollowness in my chest grows, just like it always does whenever I go somewhere that used to belong to both me and Khalid. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

“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

We used to ride around on the dirt roads on their farm. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

I used to watch American movies where cops would pull people over and say, “You didn’t signal” or “Your taillight’s out.” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

It used to make me feel a little awkward to have people single me out because I was a Muslim. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I used to watch him and pretty much do whatever he did. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I had grown used to the fact that to the Nazis, I was just another Jew; my name didn't matter. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

In natural language, a word is used to convey an idea. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

When Bailey was six and I a year younger, we used to rattle off the times tables with the speed I was later to see Chinese children in San Francisco employ on their abacuses. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

We used to wonder how in the world the Gobstopper Factory managed to achieve this magic. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I know this kind of thing can be really uncomfortable. I used to hate receiving gifts.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

“That would be nice, Travis. I like cats. We used to have a cat, but my mother wouldn’t let it come inside the house. It disappeared, and it never came back.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

His father used to tell him, “Being a leader in the faith is about more than simply proclaiming the Word, you must be a student of the Word.” The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I remember how Mango’s mango-colored wheezes used to be comforting because they meant he was still around. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

She stopped laughing for a long time, but she laughs here, like she used to in Kobani. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

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

I wished for him to remember me as I used to be, to remember how we used to study and play together. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. I like it. Well, maybe not right this second when it’s doing this, but otherwise...I mean, we’re used to it. It’s cozy.” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Nobody got in trouble because these things used to happen to me when I was a kid when I was seeing the doctors. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“People are going to be talking about me anyway. I might as well get used to confrontation.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Johannesburg used to have this epic drive-in movie theater, Top Star Drive-In, on top of a massive mine dump outside the city. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“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

One way to say he formerly did is he used to: Andre used to have a great lob. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

He watched her, bent over to sweep the floor, and remembered how she used to smack Anulika’s bottom for not bending properly to sweep. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He called her late at night, Nigerian time, and they talked about what they used to do together. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

One of the out-of-work men had apparently worked there after me and he said, “I used to feed and wash these dogs every day. They love meat.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The dark is something one gets used to.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

I was actually quite hungry because normally Sam and Patrick take me to the Big Boy after the football games, and I guess I was used to it by now. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not used to feeling so human. Is it always like this?” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Seeing all of those Black people in the room was such a contrast to what we were used to seeing in the world of fencing. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Indeed, this used to be the main argument of opponents of black holes: how could one believe in objects for which the only evidence was calculations based on the dubious theory of general relativity? A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

“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

Don’t get too used to it—it’ll wash out in a few days. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He went backwards out of the rest room and up the stairs the way Bill “Bojangles” Robinson used to dance going backwards. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“One day, Sandra, you will become president of Congo,” Dad used to tell me. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

There’s a story my father used to tell about the peak. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Once when the Store was full of lunchtime customers, he dipped the strainer, which we also used to sift weevils from meal and flour, into the barrel and fished for two fat pickles. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

“I know people say it isn’t what it used to be,” he says. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

So I was used to hitting the bottom. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

“You can’t imagine how rough some of these places used to be before the women came along,” she said. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

That morning, we had scrambled eggs spiced with pine bark, which came from the sticks we used to stir them. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

I can play hymns better than anything else, because I used to play them for our Sunday School singing. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I remembered how green the playing field grass had been in the ’70s when Baba used to bring me to soccer games here. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“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

When we were younger, I used to hide in Macy’s closet and scare her. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

“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

“Sairy, did you ever wonder if Tiller might get used to being on his own?” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Not as big as the streets you are used to.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

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

"It is a difficult place, this country, before you get used to it. You have to not take things personal." How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

So here I am, sitting off by myself in our private section of a jet on the way to Chicago, trying to get used to thinking aloud, and to the sound of my own voice. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Yes, I, Vanessa Martin, the student who used to hide in the back of class in order to avoid talking, said all of that! Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“They will get used to it,” the soldier said as if the words were rote in his mouth. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I suddenly remembered that An Yi’s uncle used to be a mechanic in the army. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She used to sprawl with her books beneath the key pound bench and move her hands like spiders across the pages. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Anyway, it was one of Maman’s ideas, and she often repeated it, that after a while you could get used to anything. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

If he were to say anything, the baker would spend three days thinking about giving it all up, even though he had gotten used to the way things were. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I am haunted by the ghost of my father, I think that should allow me to quote Hamlet as much as I please. You used to be quite fond of Shakespeare, Prospero.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

"These were not made randomly, Mishti," he used to tell me. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I used to think the Dauntless were fearless. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Not just the pirate games we used to play, but the morning J.T. cut his knee on a piece of broken glass and had to get stitches. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

I wonder though if she only sees me as her baby girl who used to snuggle up with her until I fell asleep. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Only, I was used to the feeling and didn’t let it bother me. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama used to smile as she watched the bones pile up on our plates. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

“Really, she’s used to wacky outfits and loud music. She was married to me, wasn’t she?” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

“He used to be embarrassed meeting my church friends,” said Eunice. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Yet most of the fuel burned by the food industry isn’t used to grow food. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Well, for a start, here was a place just getting used to a radical and unprecedented experiment with democracy. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

You used to keep the key to your diary in your middle drawer, too. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“I used to go every couple of weeks. I haven’t been in months. My grandma goes every weekend though.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Lolo used to tell us stories of the manongs, thousands of men who came from the Philippines to California way before Mom and I were ever born. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

Tell them the room was crawling with cooties, or a ghost used to live there. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Back when I was little and used to throw temper tantrums, Dad would walk me to my room, sit me on my bed, and tell me to count to one hundred. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“It used to be North Carolina, but I’m not so sure anymore.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“It’s a church, or at least it used to be. St. Clement’s Dane its name was.” 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“Oh, no reason. We used to be friends, that’s all. I thought she might be interested in our lives.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

You don’t know this, but two years ago when I was a freshman and you were a sophomore, I used to follow you around. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Snape seized the branch Lupin had used to freeze the tree, prodded the knot, and vanished from view as he put on the cloak. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I can see him now, as he used to glare at us through his spectacles and say in a moving voice: “Won’t you join up, Comrades?” All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, just listen, okay? You used to be a part of Quinton’s tutoring program. But I also know that you gave up on school after he went missing. Well, I’m going to restart the program.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“You used to be a nun,” she said. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the sort of voice doctors used to relatives at a nursing-home when they came to enquire. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“This used to be my painting studio,” he said, waving his hand at the pavilion. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

I saw how quickly you can get used to anything, especially when the people around you think nothing of it. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“There was a pond near where I used to live,” I said. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

From time to time Scipio ran his hand flat over his hair, just like he used to; and he still arched his eyebrows the same way as ever. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Gerald was used to making the decisions for all of them. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t look at all like the Ximena Chin we were used to seeing in school. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“I had Mother and Crocodile Guts and the njuzu, except I never got used to them—” She halted. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Life was good, but I was too used to working, and after a week I caught the train back to Texas. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The issue was that I wasn’t used to flawless. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“The first time’s always worst. You get used to it better before long. You took it real good, homeboy. You got a good conk.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her smile was friendly enough, but her eyes reminded Hazel of the policemen in New Orleans who used to patrol the French Quarter at night. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“He used to help me out a lot.” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“I never thought Mr. Darcy so deficient in the appearance of it as you used to do.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

“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’m so used to being the spastic one, the one who needs to take a deep breath. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“My mother used to sing to us when we were children. My brother and me. She always said that it didn’t matter what your voice was like so long as you loved the song.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“You used to be able to take me,” Christopher said. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I’ve never been around someone who”—he pauses—“reacts the way you do. You didn’t used to be like this.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

If he had been used to mountain country he would have realized that this meant he was now very high up—perhaps right at the top of the pass. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

I could have said I was looking in on a girl I used to babysit for, or who used to live next door. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Yes, in those ways, life in the temple was similar to what Pong was used to. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“I used to think it was immoral to be unhappy,” he continued, as though keening aloud in solitude. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Sure. They were friends a long way back. I think Madeline used to visit your gram when she was still ill.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I knew it was near where Tent City used to be, about a mile south of the city dump. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I married the mystery, Professor,” he answers like always, but it used to sound like a compliment. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“Yes, but he’s a good boy!” says Mrs. Krajewska, with the exact same tone she used to defend me to Dr. Schillinger. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“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

“It’s forged from one piece of iron. I have had it since I left my mother’s home; it used to be my father’s dagger. It will now be yours.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“When I was a kid,” Orr replied, ‘T used to walk around all day with crab apples in my cheeks. One in each cheek.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Abuela used to take me to the beach early in the morning every summer until she got sick.” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Indeed, the People used to live in these until they were driven deeper underground. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

She’s Jewish, I thought, remembering with shame the obscenities I used to shout at Jewish storekeepers in Arkansas. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The two Samanas, who were used to life in the forest, quickly and quietly found shelter and stayed there till morning. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

Momma used to tell me, “Deny it until they’ve got you dead to rights, sugar. If they can’t prove it, it never happened.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I used to watch my sister with deep envy as she danced with such abandon. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

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

My stomach does a little flip thing that I’m really going to have to get used to, since it seems to be a side effect of seeing him. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

And you never used to, either, I wanted to add. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Grandma never mentioned that it used to belong to someone else. But then again, Grandma didn’t talk about a lot of things.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Actually he was not used to writing by hand. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Dents in the carpeting hinted at what used to be there. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

She wasn’t used to sharing it with another Emma who also had an older brother named Rochester and a younger brother named Finn. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Her best friend, Janie, used to even make fun of her for all of her mnemonic devices. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

By now I was used to staying in a room with Gram and Gramps. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

The room was small, filled with shelves of bottles and boxes, and I couldn’t smell anything besides whatever it was Dr. Begbie had used to wake me. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“You know, Nana—my grandmother—used to tell me stories about you.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He relayed a saying from a story his father used to tell him: “A child is a child when he’s a child, even if he’s a prophet.” Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Her eyes were beginning to get used to the darkness. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you get used to her if she’s staying in the same house?” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The pay was poor, but I was used to that too. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

His mother’s friends didn’t used to bring their daughters over quite so much. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I know people used to believe photographs would steal their souls, which makes sense to me. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

One of the songs Khalid used to sing all the time. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

As you know, I used to wait on a friend of yours. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Smells fishy, they used to say; or, I smell a rat. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I used to get jealous about this when I was a little kid, but I don’t anymore. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

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

“Some of our tech used to be better,” he’d tell me. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

He seldom went out unless it was absolutely necessary, for he could not get used to being stared at. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The humans had congregated in the wreckage that used to be a hallway. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

“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

All I have to do is remember Momma letting me dry the dishes after she’d wash them, how she used to say no one in the world could dry a plate the way I could. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Even after a year of living in Theresienstadt, I'm not used to it. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Ye get used to them getting all the credit. Especially in this department. But dontcha go worrying yourself, those of us who count know who was this morning’s star.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

But my eyes quickly grow used to the dark. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

She eased her head out a little farther and saw a shattered bowl, the one her mother had used to serve Henry’s mashed potatoes. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Sits on a good bit of acres that used to be a whole lot more. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

"I used to think you were a good-for-nothing book reader," he said. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

But I wasn’t worried about her anymore, because she wasn’t as sad as she used to be and she was eating again. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

She climbed over a stack of boxes in the corner that used to be her sleeping area. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“But not like what you’re asking. I used to annoy him about girls, but he never gave up any info.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t seem to get used to the yipping and snapping. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

The room looks like it used to belong to an old person. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

On Sundays I used to walk to the garage and disguise myself in helmet, goggles, old raincoat and rubber waders and ride all over Derbyshire. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’d get used to it. The food’s good and there’s movies and—I’d like to go under the Pole, wouldn’t you?” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everything is like it used to be, before all this. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t said in the tone the kapos used to taunt us or goad us into working harder. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

The guardhouse used to have windows on the sides and in its door, but metal plates and black bars weave across the space where glass ought to be. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

I used to talk politics to the boys. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I asked moving slowly toward the black horse, letting him smell my hands and get used to me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It’s the same height, but it used to be made of this worn wood that had probably been around since the hospital was founded sixty-some years ago. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“I don’t really understand that. Except that people always used to say the valley had its own weather.” Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I’m used to the lice Raising families in my hair. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

"Every poor person in England used to wash that way until not so very long ago. And they didn't have a Primus. They had to heat the water over the fire in the hearth." Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

She used to be young and fast; she was still fast and felt young. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I used to be strong, but now I am weak. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

LeAlan: What did your brother used to do that made him bad? Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, cane is often used to create ethanol, much as corn farmers in America now convert their harvest into fuel. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

It must be his baby milk name, the name used to discourage ghosts from stealing children. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have a little saved. I used to skim from what Henry gave me for groceries, but then there was Christmas. There’s maybe eight dollars left.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a carousel and a zoo on this side of the park, plus a playground and Lefferts House, where Dutch settlers used to live. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

“He used to stick closer to the house,” I admitted. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Dr. Friendlich pats me on the head as he used to do. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

One of the men interviewed used to fall on his knees and bang his head against the floor, over and over during attacks. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

I assumed his hands were so rough from all of the sculptures he used to make. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I was getting used to people looking at Trevor and me, wondering what we were doing in places where kids usually didn’t go. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

It used to be small-time stuff like costume jewelry for his mother and candy bars and newspapers. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

As Mother used to say, not a thing stands still but sticks in the mud. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maddie used to be able to see right into my soul. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“One summer when I was about nine, my dad went off to rehab for his dryer sheet addiction. He used to huff ’em down in the basement, box after box. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“Supposedly to a tunnel under the moat. Father used to search for it.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I used to be so confused that at a school all about social justice, there was still a lot of racism and sexism—and actually all kinds of-isms. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

“This is one I used to try to read to him last year, but”—her voice sounded almost shy—“I ain’t too hot a reader myself, as you can probably guess.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

“You know, I used to think I’d love a longer summer vacation, but I’m kind of missing school.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

“I used to teach classes before this place got so cluttered. Attendance dipped lower as I got messier. Just never started it up again.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

“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

He was used to pinning the meat down with his claws and chewing chunks off it. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

I know from the way Gram used to talk about him that he was a really good husband. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

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

The cabin used to be on the eastern shore of the lake. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Eating meat used to be a special occasion in most American homes. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“We used to write all kinds of things like that. I don’t know where we got them, from older boys perhaps.” The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or perhaps a pack of tame hunting dogs used to tracking runaway slaves. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“The one that his old lady used to make hot cakes for the kids?” Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Where he used to hold up the sky.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Stay there. Don’t move. Get used to just standing.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

I hate them for creating the word org and I hate them for e-mail, which isn't real mail but a variation of the pointless notes people used to pass in class. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

But he had his moments of calm: when he slipped through some cellar door in his memory, back to his boyhood and the stories his grandmother used to tell him. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

They were all used to shooting baskets in this kind of white night. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“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

But when I was younger, I used to wake up at night in April dreaming of Halloween. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

I’m not used to reaching out to strangers like this. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Then she got used to the cold and swam faster, harder. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Every once in a while, one of the songs he used to play on his accordion would come back to me. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

And Mother Fletcher went off into telling stories to Meaghan about how long she had known Santa Claus and how she used to have to lend him her handkerchief because his nose was always running. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

I kept careful track of her the same way as I used to mind the neighbor’s bull when I took the milk cows out to pasture. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Worse yet, every Englishman who hammered This illustration showing the tools used to punish and torture slaves appeared in Olaudah Equiano’s autobiography. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

“I have been used to consider poetry as the food of love,” said Darcy. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

Before, I used to walk around as if I were lost, looking for her everywhere. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although Betty and her friends had certain rights, women in the United States were still not completely equal; their images were used to sell things. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Compared to the world I'm used to, she seems so pure and innocent. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Eventually, we began to get used to the darkness, but it was still difficult to tell a lion from a cow. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

And how people used to take care of each other. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Truth is: I think Mom and I had gotten used to not noticing her when the three of us were together. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

This means that even the most popular names today are less popular than they used to be. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Granny used to talk about fixing things nice but never had the time or the money, either one. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

A soft glow settles in, a whisper of what used to be. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

We used to have another big sassafras tree, which stood next to this one and had a knothole where bluebirds nested. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Despite the obvious excuse I could have used to avoid Mr. Sampson—that I was traveling back up to my apartment instead of down to the lobby—I stepped into the elevator and said hello. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

I don’t think he cares about Jamie—they used to be friends when they were kids, until he realized me and Jamie had way more in common. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I used to ask my mom if it was hard for her to raise me alone without a husband. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Why didn’t it? When I was small, I used to pull my sisters’ hair, and they used to pull mine, and it hurt like fury. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our parents used to send us every summer, but it’s been years since we’ve been there. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

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

When she was little he used to carry her on his back and pretend to be a beast. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“I never saw this room before,” I remarked; “but there used to be no Porter here.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I'm not used to having messages sent to me by Robert,” she said. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

But then I remembered how Chucha used to say girls who keep seashells die old maids, and I took it back to Tía Mari and said, Keep this for me until I’m married. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

“I'm a lacrosse fan, sir, and I used to play it.” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

To become for the briefest moment who he used to be? I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

My mom, who was only six or seven herself, used to round up the abandoned kids and form a troop and take them around to the shebeens. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Indeed, it used to be thought that Brunelleschi had produced his demonstration images around 1425 simply because scholars wanted to envisage these images as immediately provoking new art and new theories. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“He used to measure out short lengths of fabric by wrapping them around his wrist.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

My mother says there used to be sparrows in the tamarind tree, heavy once with fat clusters of pods. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still, his eyes were getting used to the dark. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

They used hybrids to create the first monoclonal antibodies, special proteins later used to create cancer therapies like Herceptin, and to identify the blood groups that increased the safety of transfusions. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Not yet. A colored boy and a drover are walking the line and counting how many of those bodies used to be folks we know. Are you okay?” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Also, British lords used to dress in their white linens in the jungle and look at how long they ruled the world. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Every morning when you wake up it seems a lot of your parts aren’t stuck on as good as they used to be. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

He settles in almost immediately, though it takes him a bit to get used to Dr. Gachet; on first meeting he thinks him quite eccentric. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

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

When I was little bitty, I used to close my eyes whenever I had to walk by that coffin. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Wanted to walk up the front steps where Ali used to make Hassan and me take off our snow boots. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Jones said the Beiderman used to teach art at the castle college. No, not art.” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Since he had so little strength in these latter days the child at times had gone back to crawling as he used to in his babyhood. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

“You used to be a terrible liar, you know. I could always tell. But you seem to be improving.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I was astonished to see this herd grow, and wondered what signals they used to inform each other of my services. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I used to sit with my mother most mornings as she made breakfast in the early hours while everyone slept—it was the only chance I ever had to be alone with her. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

This is what he used to call his trach tube, a little plastic thingy that was literally inserted into his neck below his Adam’s apple. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

I was used to this kind of abuse. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

He had grown used to the man and his wife, but the children were unfamiliar. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

He knew he was dying and afterwards 1 used to wonder what he thought about. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Mama told them he used to send money home to help out with bills, the detectives suggested that Quinton might be involved in something he didn’t want us to know about. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Her brother used to pretend to be a general. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

With Gauguin, he got used to drinking too much liquor, especially absinthe, the strong, green-colored liqueur made from wine and wormwood. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

On the inside of the mountains, where the rock for the houses and the roads and churches and towers used to be, is the secret that everyone who lives here knows. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

“I know. I’m just trying to get used to it.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

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

It’s the name of the American paper she used to work for. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

People used to say it even has its own weather; the winds from outside do not blow through it. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Dad used to shout the same thing at me from the side of the pool when I did my laps. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I remember I used to be afraid of needles, but with every blood draw and IV drip, that fear slowly drifted away. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

I used to stop on my way home from work, but I couldn’t take the stares, which are easily translatable into: What are you doing here? Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“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

When I was small, Mama used to say a prayer with me before I went to sleep. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She used to draw when she had time. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I think how I used to wake up mad and sad earlier this summer. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

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

This was the original, the basis for the artist’s print that used to be on my living room wall. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Mr. Vernor in the apartment below never used to complain, but now he’s always banging on the pipes or on the ceiling of his apartment so that I hear the pounding beneath my feet. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Papa has a friend whose father used to beat him. So the man wanted to love his father, but it was hard because of the beatings. Papa says that’s how he feels about America.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Bianca crossed her arms in front of her chest and raised her chin the way she used to do when she was six and was about to cry. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

It reminded me of the tags environmentalists used to put on endangered animals, to track their movements in the wild. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“My father used to do something similar,” she says. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

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

The soldiers appear first, two of them, one younger and one who reminds me of my father's older brother, the one who still lives in Belgium and used to send money on my birthday. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“A great deal is not how it used to be.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

But we circle around him like he’s still the baby he used to be. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Or if they didn’t grow to like me, they would at least get used to me. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

“You mean you never heard that Faye used to own this house?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I have many, but that used to be my favorite.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Her mom used to tell her stories of Gandhari, a queen who chose to go through life blindfolded out of empathy for her blind husband. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She hugged me—so like Mom’s hugs used to be: safe, firm, and loving. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

It belonged to my grandparents and smells like the sandalwood incense my nani used to burn day and night. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

In the autumn of 1971 a man used to come to our house, bearing confections in his pocket and hopes of ascertaining the life or death of his family. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

This could be used to interpret the hidden meaning of words. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Between Panel A and the workbench were the Mylar balloons Pathfinder had used to tumble-land. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He bakes bread in a stone oven like those they used to have in Smyrna. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I then had the privilege of being taken to a small room with a few computers that engineers used to map out the location of the rover, using information that the rover sent back! The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I felt a little embarrassed at first when I looked in the mirror; but it was just because I am so used to the men’s blue jeans. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Some of us may have lost our “mother tongue,” as my nanni used to call it, but the custom of tameez—respect—for elders stays strong, despite decades of assimilation. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Oscar sure seems a lot older and wiser than when he used to ask Mrs. Brown a lot of questions. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to walk on stilts. I used to be a whiz at it when I was young.” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

August took Rosaleen’s hand and pulled her over, then went on holding it, the way she used to hold May’s sometimes, and it struck me that she loved Rosaleen. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

They would need to learn English and how to fill out job applications, and they would have to get used to the expectations of the American workplace. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

But there were also many in that small crowd who were far different from those he was probably used to seeing. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m used to the way this universe works. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

But Grandma’s response made it seem like she was used to it. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

"I used to live with my auntie. She kept a candy store. I used to get ever so many candies. As many as I liked. When'll your dad rescue us?" Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Until that time I had never heard a foreign language spoken and I used to linger at the door of the corner grocery to hear the odd sounds that Jews made when they talked. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Also, there’s a particular kind of rope used to bind the arrows. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I used to start fires in the bowels of easterly Rock and stare at the flames for hours, pretending they were dragonfire. Sometimes I'd imagine my father burning. At other times, my sister." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

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

I’d pump water from the well, the way my father used to do. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I got up closer, I saw it was my old suitcase, the one I used to use when I was at Whooton. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

People like the sleep-in maid for Beacon Hill white folks who used to come in with her ‘ ‘ooh, my deah” manners and order com plasters in the Jew’s drugstore for black folks. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I first got to Miss Preston's I used to run off and hide in the branches of this tree, climbing as high as I could and hiding amongst the dense boughs. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

We used to share our fruit at lunch. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“God, I miss him and the looks he used to give me.” The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“A videocassette recorder, VCR. for short. It’s how your auntie and I used to watch movies....But let’s see if I can get this dinosaur to work.” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

“So many clever riddles as there used to be when he was young—he wondered he could not remember them! but he hoped he should in time.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

She was so used to seeing him seated, a face and a torso, that the first time she saw him walking, his gait saddened her: his shoulders stooped, as though burdened by lingering losses. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“I miss knowing I’m smart. That used to compensate for a lot in my life.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Her fur wasn’t at all like anything he was used to. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

But as we pass the sidewalk where we used to play hopscotch, I grow sad. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

“I don’t understand how you can think about birds when you don’t even have your teeth, Mama,” said Blanca, who was still not used to her mother’s new, toothless expression. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Back when she was a happier woman, she used to claim Father married her for the way she wrung a rooster’s neck. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The legs had been kicked away and used to break the windows, and were lying outside, softly crumbling into the earth among the nettles and the incorruptible shards of glass. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I mailed Johnny a striped scarf I used to wear a lot. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

We thought it was a great joke, once the black rings had been around for a few weeks, long enough for us to get used to them and make them the subject of jokes. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Stick used to bring him by the house all the time, but lately, Stick hadn’t been home much himself. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

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

“We’ll have to get used to—to the way things are going to be.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Now he pictured Shoba with Gillian, in a bar with striped velvet sofas, the one they used to go to after the movies, making sure she got her extra olive, asking Gillian for a cigarette. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

It bugs me, but not like it used to. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

I even touch your nose with mine to recapture the electric current that used to flush through my blood whenever I did so. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, it’s like the opposite, like words can just pour out of me, the way they used to, when I used to get in trouble in class.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

On that very first day Gram took me here, she told me that the charmed folk used to be everywhere. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

He had gotten used to it after all these years, but still, there were times when the waste got to him. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“It might even be a migraine. My aunts foot doctor used to get migraines, only they turned out not to be migraines at all. Do you know what they were?” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

My grandmother used to tell me, “Baby, if you keep crying so much, you’re going to run out of tears.” Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

At the Tule Lake camp she used to go out every morning after breakfast and talk and talk to people. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Although Hagrid seemed to know where he was going, he was obviously not used to getting there in an ordinary way. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

I stood in the ship’s stately ballroom, imagining the dancing figures it used to hold. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Clara used to work for your mother, but you couldn’t help but fall in love with her. She was pretty and bright and made everyone around her happy.” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Momma used to say there were lots of ways to survive. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

We walked out the sliding glass door and into the shed where we used to pick out clothes. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

It’s all very world-class down here, where I used to buy cheap nighties in high school with my tiny clothes allowance, on sale at that and a size too large. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

She used to be the best writer in school and here she ended up barely passing English. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I used to love to swing as high as I could—leaning back, reaching for a bright blue sky with my feet—and it made me feel like I could do anything. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

It sounded like when my mother used to hush me to be quiet. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I used to be angry like that. You gotta deal with anger, or anger will deal with you.” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“Carolyn,” my grandfather used to tell me, “your name means strong one.’ While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Maria used to call it her "market look," just understated enough to make her resemble a homemaker...but with panache. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Most of them weren’t used to flying, and almost all of them got airsick. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Moss examined each of the houses as he walked, trying to remember who lived in them, trying to remember the stories he used to make up with his father. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She used to follow after him every place he went—out fishing in the woods, to the clubhouses he built with other boys, to the slot machine in the back of Mr. Brannon’s restaurant—everywhere. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

That was something he wouldn’t ever get used to. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Allie had this sailboat he used to like to fool around with on Sundays, and we used to take old Phoebe with us. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

For the wood was full of light, entirely different from the light she was used to. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s not old enough to do anything but sweep the floors, and I’m sure he’s not making the kind of money he used to, but it’s a change for the better. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“The new garden is nice, when you get used to it,” she says. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

“Sixty dollars for an old lady” was what the bandits used to say. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“From what I’ve heard from the staff, it seems like your friendship with Fred was devoted and meaningful. It will take some time to get used to him not being here,” he said. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

“I used to take care of her,” August said. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The word code, I wrote before, comes from caudex—the pith of the tree that was used to scratch out early manuscripts. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

I could’ve invited him to walk back to our neighborhood together, like we used to. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

“No, it’s cool. I know when I’m not wanted. I’m super used to it.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

The framed poster from the Playhouse’s production of Little Shop of Horrors, signed by the cast and crew, still hangs on the wall above where Grace’s bed used to be. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Such was his cunning, that we used to call him, among ourselves, “the snake.” Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 1845-05-01T00:00:00Z

Mom is round and you could tell she was fly back in the used to be. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Marly remembered some of the pictures at home and Mother saying, “Yes, I used to draw a lot. But there doesn’t seem to be time anymore.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

“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

“When I was a little girl, I used to insist on sleeping under the Christmas tree on Christmas Eve! I wanted to catch Father Christmas in the act. Wasn’t that ever so naughty of me?” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

She’s breathing harder, not used to being pushed like this, but not backing down, either. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It’s only been since we started middle school—ever since she got popular—that Savanna’s become less nice than she used to be. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

The funny thing about old Luce, I used to think he was sort of flitty himself, in a way. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Lolo, my grandfather, used to say, “That’s how dreams work. You just have to do them.” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

He said he hadn’t decided yet, he would have to see if he could get used to it or not. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He used to think I was a real pain in the neck, and the feeling was mutual. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“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

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

‘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

“I’m getting used to the hard work part,” I said. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Listen, I ... I used to think about giving my life for things, but I didn’t understand what ‘giving your life’ really was until it was right there, about to be taken from me.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“I’m so used to playing with them that I’ll keep them on, if you don’t mind.” Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

It reminded me of when we used to come here as a family around the holidays. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Picture Daddy smiling again, wrapping his big old earthy hands around Mama’s tiny little waist, like he used to do. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“He used to help us move furniture when we moved. Dad is a roofer, one of six kids, nice Mormon family.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

"Those used to be my first loves," the Beauty Minister says. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

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

“This flower used to be one of the rarest plants in the world. A white tiger orchid. In Rusty days, a single bulb was worth more than a house.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

When we were younger, he used to take us kids places, like the national park and the beach and a playground miles away that had a huge metal rocket ship. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The secret language I used to speak with just Amma in jail is spoken everywhere here. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

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

“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

Annabeth had been in the middle of reading about the construction equipment used to build the Arch, but she looked over. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

But that was because she wasn’t used to it. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

They used to make me happy when they glowed at night, but right now they’re fake and annoying. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

He used to bully everybody, even kids who were older and bigger. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lady in waiting: that’s what they used to call those stores where you could buy maternity clothes. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘The Gobstopper jar’s gone! It’s not on the shelf! There’s a gap where it used to be!’ Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

This banal fact used to be one of history’s most closely guarded secrets. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

While we walked, she quietly sang a song she used to sing to me when I was a kid. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“Nothing” got his name when kids used to tease him in middle school. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

I went over to her and I put my hand on her shoulder, like Dad used to do with me. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

In separate bunks of seaweed wrapped in burlap, with life vests doubling as pillows, they tried to sleep, to get used to the motion of the ship, and to tolerate the smells. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Yes, Madam,” he said, “it’s a gentleman who used to come here frequently at one time, when Mrs. de Winter was alive. A gentleman called Mr. Favell.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t twenty-one yet, hut he wasn’t the way he used to be. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

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

I’m surprised how fast I got used to the cold even though the wind makes me hunch up my shoulders and walk fast. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

I knew it was a girl—it always was—and I was used to it. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

They were not used to fighting in narrow places in the dark and they got bitten and scratched until they were glad to come out tail-first. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the slaves who could read used to tell the others what it said on those handbills that were nailed up on the trees, along the edge of the roads. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Long ago I used to be a boxer in the Army.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Rose and I used to pluck the nubs out while talking about our boy problems. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

In most big plants expensive machinery is used to remove or kill the bacteria on the meat. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Olanna was used to unprofessional and inept operators, but this was the rudest she had experienced. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“She just doesn’t speak it often, so she’s not used to it,” Mom said. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

But the frame was the original porous stone used to build the manor. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

“Mexican eyes,” he said, “the other kids used to tease me.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Armpit, huh? I used to know a dude who called himself Burnt Toast. He played the slide trombone. You play an instrument, Armpit?” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

My father used to bring scraps from work, but now that the factory was doing so poorly, that luxury ended. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I would say them like a catechism, like the girls used to tease and recite “the commandments” of their house arrest. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Put the car Mr Lindsay used to drive completely in the shade!' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“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

The way she was speaking reminded me of the way Mom used to be, even though they aren’t related—bubbling up with laughter and stories, hands dancing in front of her. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

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

“Then Edward is my name,” said Edward, who used to be called Runt. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Did Miles leave already?” she asked in the silvery tone she used to charm caseworkers. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

She said that he used to blow spit bubbles and shiver his leg. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shayleen comes out of the room that used to be mine. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

I am used to having servants attend to me. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Maybe coming back to Welch had killed the idea Dad used to have of himself as a man going places. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I used to think that you were the only animal who would ever care about me,” she said to her son. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

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

In our house, up on my fire escape, my mom used to tell me bedtime stories when I was little. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Fortunately, I'm used to hiding my feelings, so I manage not to show how crazy I am about him. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

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

Instead she heard her mother, Euphrosyne Stephanides, speaking in this very cocoonery years ago, elucidating the mysteries of silkworms—“To have good silk, you have to be pure,” she used to tell her daughter. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“I can’t believe they used to let people get away with this.” Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

When I was a boy, I used to say that to her. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Back home in Zundert, he spends his time as he used to when he was a boy. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

It was Cade’s own shirt he used to press against the cut, which was just at the base of my skull behind my right ear. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Dylan’s heart-eyes for Samantha remind me of how I was with Hudson back when he used to race to find me after school. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

I was still used to eating at home, where we did not use knife and fork. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the willpower he’d used to work his way free deserted him. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She is used to my calling her from airports anywhere from Boston to San Francisco, or Miami to Seattle, or, here lately, cabling her from Cairo, Accra, or the Holy City of Mecca. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, you’ve got to have some kind of outside contact. How did you find out that I used to wear an army jacket?” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The potatoes I'd been expecting have apparently either been clarified to an essence or were used to stoke the grill. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

She looked for signs in her husband’s eyes of the love that he used to show for her, but all she saw was the pride that he felt on being the father of children. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

School used to be fun, back when I thought something would come of it. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I also know that Papá Feliciano used to take this train to sell pots and pans in other towns. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I used to think the Mississippi was beautiful. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

“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 used to complain that family dinners lasted too long, that we were forced to sit at the table when I needed to study for exams. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Mr. Kreuk stands a few feet behind me as I look at the body that used to be Mirjam, lying on the cold table. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

When Amarante Cordova was young he used to throw stones at birds in flight. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s like she landed at Ellis Island, where immigrants used to enter the United States, and got permanently stuck there—afraid to make her way to solid American ground. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“And I used to be hungry a lot. So I usually carry something to eat. I’ll fix you a real dinner when we set camp for the night.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The places we’ve always used to position ourselves are suddenly unfamiliar—cities, villages, even rivers. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remember retorting, “Maybe the People are always those who used to live the generation before last.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said he used to twist himself into a pretzel over it until he realized God loves him just the way he is. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He told me that my mother and Monsieur Perez often used to walk down to the village together in the evenings, accompanied by a nurse. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

People used to pick her to be on their team in gym class just because they thought she was nice and funny. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I’m used to seeing my mom on the other end of that handle, so I do a double take so fast I crack my neck when I see my dad standing there. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

It made me think of when me and Diego used to lay on our backs near the levee some nights and look straight up in the air. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Nice moves, kid. I used to do a little kendo in my younger days.” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Bleeding, purges and emetics were still used to cure disease. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

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

Cato and Pliny had said that a bottle made of ivy could be used to establish whether wine had been adulterated with water, as the wine would be expelled, leaving the water behind. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

They’re too far away from the city, the grimy little shops, the sweat merchants they used to be and know. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I never thought I’d hear that word being used to describe me. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

I guessed she was used to his way of talking. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

“That’s one of my friends I used to play cards with. He loved root beer.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

From the way Chaol said “used to” with a tinge of sadness, she assumed much had been lost. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He was in my homeroom and I used to help him with his homework. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

One explanation of Guenever, for what it is worth, is that she was what they used to call a “real” person. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Do you wonder then that this man’s behaviour used to puzzle me tremendously? Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grandpa displaying his handmade bow and arrow, once used to kill lions and wildebeest. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

They were getting used to working in the dark. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Two devices were used to lift the stones and concrete to the roof for the construction of the vaults. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction 1973-09-19T00:00:00Z

“You know what I used to listen to? On our radio? Before you ruined it?” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

We’re used to having vitamins and minerals added to our food. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“It was a book first! One of my favorite books in the world, actually. My dad used to read it to me every night in the first grade.” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“And Ouranos kicked you in the face as he struggled. How we used to tease you about that!” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Dad talked about how spices used to be like gold or oil nowadays. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Laughs like he used to before she got sick. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

“How would you like a fist where your mouth used to be?” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I learned that in math class once, but—” “It’s used to measure circles,” Leo said. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

You used to buy for quality, things that would last. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“He from down South. They named him that because when he was a baby, he used to eat sticks’a butter rolled in sugar,” Freddy said. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

She collected prayer cards and missals engraved with gold initials and filled glass jars with holy water, which she later used to baptize Ilda Limon’s chickens. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Common sense is just a name for the way we’re used to thinking. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

They will have to restart, something they’ve grown used to doing; their youth is packed with more history than most teens their age. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

But it used to be blue—a brilliant, magic kind of blue. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

"They reminded me of the ones my sisters used to wear. What happened to those?" You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He wore what used to be called polo shirts at school, and may be called that still, but he was not professionally youthful. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

I never used to do that with Coach Trent, but I do with Webb. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

“Anthony used to get the sulks, too,” said the Mellower’s mother. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

He used to climb up there to sunbathe. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

“My dad used to sing to me,” Axel says, surprising himself a little. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“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

Not that it’s like it used to be, of course. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

She began to giggle, as she used to when she and Charlie had been young. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

In a strange way it tasted exactly like the tea she used to prepare for Mother in the ruined village. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I used to play on one out in Banks County with Cudn Doodle and them. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

She wondered if Achelous was getting used to having no horns at all. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Gathered in the center, around a sacred drum used to commune with Wah’Kon-Tah, were several male musicians and singers. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“Hold on. Some of the things he said make sense. Spotter planes are used to find fish. Lucy, hand me the proposal.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Still, he made a sleeping sound like the rumble my father used to make when all was well, a sound from deep inside his belly. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

What did my science teacher used to say—two-thirds of the earth’s surface was covered in water? The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Shayleen pokes her head out of the room that used to be mine. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

She never answers, which used to really bug me. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Enrique and I used to make fun of him about it, but even when the pages eventually started falling out, my dad just taped them together and flipped through it again. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

None of us are used to the luxury of turning on a tap and having a limitless supply of hot water at our fingertips. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

He used to love nothing more than to stand at the gate and greet the children in the morning. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

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

Skelton used to watch the navy pilots from her home in Pensacola when she was eight years old. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

She'd tell him, "I missed you," and he'd say it too at the very same moment, the way they always used to say things together. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

What are you waiting for? they used to say. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were an odd couple, for I affected the informal dress I had gotten used to underground and wore khakis and fatigues, while Robbie was always smartly turned out in a suit. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Cool. Still trying to get used to that Valley accent, Bollywood. It’s, like, so Galleria!” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

The school is a lot bigger than the one I used to go to. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

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

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

Across from Erudite headquarters is what used to be a park. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

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

In general, Ralph did not have to talk to people for as long as he used to, unless they had dogs; and then, as the dogs socialized, he could chat dog-owner style. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

These are paranoid delusions on a societal scale, explainable in part by our need for enemies, and in part by our memory of what things used to be like. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Everybody used to listen to CDs when I was growing up, but my dad—your grandpa—kept a record player in the corner of the living room. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

I used to tell him he was so pale he looked like a marshmallow. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I thought I’d never get used to the outside world, with its chaos and clutter. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

His dreams used to be filled with the typical stuff: getting naked with this girl or that one. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

She remembered something Mullah Faizullah used to say about hunger when Ramadan started: Even the snakebitten man finds sleep, but not the hungry. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

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

“Troops of them in the air, armed and shining. They haven’t been so common in the last years, though in my grandfather’s time they passed through this world often, or so he used to say.” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

In his stern presence, I could never recall the pleasant way his lips used to twitch, before they were burned away, when a memory tugged tears from his eyes. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I used to love to play this way. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He had grown so used to hearing the water smack and slurp against wood and stone. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

He said, “She used to call me Nimeni. No one will ever call me that again.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

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

His eyes were open—blue eyes, the way they used to be. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

She used to live with a flock of birds on Lenox Avenue. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I used to be allowed, before this summer happened, when the door shut and stayed shut. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Us boys used to rob the nest of its bluish-white eggs and blow out the insides. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Ma and Pa used to laugh at that, but they was pleased to talk about it. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think she’s used to being the beautiful one and doesn’t appreciate the attention I’m receiving. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

"Your daddy used to say this thing was so good they'd make you slap your mama," Ma would say, nibbling the top of the cupcake. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

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

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

In our outfit, Army trucks had no heaters and it used to get pretty cold in those cabs. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

This used to be such a quiet place. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

Candice added a little twang to her voice, like her grandmother used to do when she wanted to sound especially Southern. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“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

This is the way I used to feel in Barbados, Kit thought with surprise. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

We used to talk about your homework, and we don’t do that anymore. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I used to wish we lived at the very top, like Sneaky, but Daddy always said there was something special about the number seven. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

He was like an angry machine, shaking as if he’d just eaten those caffeine pills my mother used to take to stay skinny. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

We used to play this with her when we were little. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Ordinary, said Aunt Lydia, is what you are used to. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was never a big deal before, since it used to be abandoned. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“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

From all sides comes the whir of tiny wings, which I used to confuse with the sound of insects in our woods at home. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Back when things were still civilized, the rich folks from town used to come up and stay their weekends in grand hotels, and ride on the gravity railroad. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“No, silly. Mermaids have sparkle bras like in MermaidTopia. That comes with accessories. I used to come with accessories. Before we crashed.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Before he found the fish market he met a fellow he used to work with at the round house. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

When I was younger, I used to think there were just old and older ghosts. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

It used to be that walking was just a way to get from place to place, but lately it seems to be both the means and the ends. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Around his neck hung a whistle, which he used to get our attention instead of calling us by name. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Brightbill touched the smooth surface where his mother’s foot used to be. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

"Saris. My husband used to love seeing me wear them. Now come quickly and eat what I've made for dinner tonight. You must be hungry." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

We lived daily with the birth and death of every kind of animal, and we were expected to get used to it, or at least the boys were. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“The one Miranda gave me? Of course I remember! I used to wear that thing all the time.” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

She’ll give him a look like she used to when she was younger. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Why didn’t the strong tea made of bitter bark, the tea that Nokomis brewed for Omakayas, send her jumping up lively as she used to be? The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Compeyson’s wife, being used to him, giv him some liquor to get the horrors off, and by and by he quieted. ‘ Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

In her position, she is used to having her way. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

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

But I didn’t say what Big Ma used to tell me: “Scrub like a gal in a one-cow town.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

“Sorry. I’m not used to riding water monsters.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

But after a while we got used to it. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

I used to have an answer ready to that question. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was used to dropping in at a moment's notice. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

In PE we can go back to the way it used to be, when it felt like we were becoming friends. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

As the hours pass I get used to the motion of the train, the heavy wheels clacking in their grooves, the industrial hum under my seat. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

It took about one week for the kids in my class to get used to my face. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

I didn’t tell her, but Mama used to say Granny was always sure it would be a boy. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“When I was little, Mom used to take me to a play group that was all third children,” Jen said. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

“His name is Max. He used to live here.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

But there was something he felt now—here in Shalimar, and earlier in Danville—that reminded him of how he used to feel in Pilate’s house. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miles laughed again—I was almost used to the sound by now. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

We used to claim that the roll-call was a waste of time and motion. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

The butter is greasy and it will go rancid and I will smell like an old cheese; but at least it’s organic, as they used to say. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

She used to check on Mitt during the credits, making sure he hadn’t been stolen. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sit down here, and tell us all about your voyage—everything—just as David used to when he came home.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pong nodded to the building that used to be the prison guards' quarters. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

The boy got used to the way the great dog looked. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We were all used to building one of something, and when it contributed to a million-dollar experiment, you hardly noticed the cost,” Gow said. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

She still couldn't get used to eating dinner so early. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

And the Zuppa Guy said, “Yes, but you must get used to food from where you go.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

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

He thought of how he used to imagine that he’d been floating in a river like Moses and his mother just happened to find him. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Too often this was used to force women to submit, rather than to address their underlying mental health issues. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Getting used to hard conditions is good for revolutionaries. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would be easy, just like it used to be. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

In real life, Ivy’s hair was strawberry blond, with frizzy curls her mother used to braid into smooth plaits. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The other boy only glared at me through his thin, silver-framed glasses, his lips pursed in disapproval, the same way my mom’s used to when she found out I had stayed up past my bedtime. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

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

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

I'm getting used to bizarre comments about my biracial heritage. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

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

She used to be a burlesque stripper or something. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

I was used to people keeping an eye on me, especially after last year, when a special counselor was called in to follow me everywhere. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I wonder what it would feel like to have a girl like myself to talk to, a girl who used to be indigenous, a girl who doesn’t know what she is now. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My lord father used to tell me that a man must know his enemies. We understand little of the wights and less about the Others. We need to learn.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

But now here is a strange thing: he wasn’t really happy—not the way he used to be. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Years ago, we used to say, “Yes, I’m black, goddammit, and I’m beautiful!”—in defiance, into the void. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

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

The first day is used to whittle down two hundred fencers to forty-eight. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

But no sooner had the preacher arrived than I began to resent him, for I learned at once that he, like my father, was used to having his own way. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not used to coming home to an empty house. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

I wish I could go that far, to where the wide banks are, where we used to lie in the sun, where the bridges arch over. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t used to being this friendly with Byron so I guess I was kind of nervous and didn’t really know what we should talk about. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you realize you are spending more time now reading than you used to spend on games? Do you know that your arithmetic grades are actually getting worse?” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

We all got used to that, for from then on we got injections at least twice a week. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

“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

Her hair hangs loose and dark around her shoulders, longer than she used to wear it, but she looks more like the old Maddy. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Penelope started at the racial slur, and Ophie, who was unfortunately used to such exclamations from Mrs. Caruthers, just ducked her head. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

He used to be a rap producer, but now he only listens to wack elevator music, because, he says, hip-hop is dead. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The same image I used to have when I was a little girl. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Chicano, the Spanish word, was a term lower-class Mexican-Americans had long used to name themselves. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. But first you have to get used to it.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Crab, I just wanna take a shot. It’s been years since I’ve squeezed the trigger. Just one shot. The boy needs to get used to the sound anyway. Just up in the air.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“We have a lot of frozen stuff. My dad grills sometimes. My grandma used to live with us and she made really good Polish food, but...” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

The dreamy brown eyes that used to make mothers sigh and the girls giggle were bloodshot and rheumy. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

They looked smug, superior, like the kind of men who were used to holding power. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Some days I hauled lumber or stones; other times I pounded rocks into gravel or dug up cemetery markers that the Nazis then used to pave the roads. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

At least not since the days when Mom and Papa used to gather us in the living room and tell us things that Marcus Garvey and people like him had said. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tally thought of Peris, and tried to remember the way he used to look back when he was Nose. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“Worm” was also used to denote an enemy or a coward or anything alien to the Sparra. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Sansa threw a plain grey cloak over her shoulders and picked up the knife she used to cut her meat. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

They were used to the format, at least. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her family was so used to her weird brand of humor that they had stopped acknowledging it a long time ago. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

My father used to walk around the house in his socks and make speeches about everything. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

At this point in the story, I used to try to think of someplace she could have put her coat, if only she had thought of it. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Would I ever get used to his perfection? Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He pulled into a parking space in front of what used to be the veiy exclusive yacht club. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

And we’re all going to have to get used to having Dad around all the time. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I am so tired of hearing that from everybody. You can miss one day of hunting season, Johnny Foote. You used to for me.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Gran used to bustle in the kitchen and plan outings. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Even when we used to have kiddie parties and play spin the bottle, the girls were terrified when it was his turn because he’d bite. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Although I didn’t want to start before Labor Day, when the nation settles back to normal living, I did want to get used to my turtle shell, to equip it and learn it. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I noticed they didn’t come over this summer as much as they used to. But I thought it was because you were all in different summer camps.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

You see what things used to be like? The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tells me that he used to be a computer programmer, but hated it. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

She used to always talk about how when she met him at the restaurant, he was a part-time dishwasher and a full-time drunk. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

They have gotten used to my being away, and so have I. The sheep will get used to my not being there, too, the boy thought. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Electricity,” Uri had once said, explaining why our lightbulb used to work only sometimes when we lived like kings in the cellar of the barbershop. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

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

In fact, she was probably still getting used to her being born. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were crossing what used to be a firebreak, now a sandy field devoid of any growth. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

At that moment Esteban saw clearly the ways his sister used to keep him down and how she managed to make him feel guilty. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Katherine is skittish as all get out, and I have to remind myself repeatedly that she ain’t used to creeping around in the dark like I am. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Then, just as my sister had, just as my father always used to, Lou reaches over to take my hand in both of his. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Keep your head down, I used to tell myself, and see it through. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

A friend on the bench is a friend indeed,’ what my father used to say, rest his soul. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

“I used to run by your house to get down to the river.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Grandpa used to say that Alice in Wonderland falling down the rabbit hole was just like real life. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

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

Maybe I just have to get used to it. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a life she used to know. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I show him the diner where Mom and I used to go all the time. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

There were a couple of guys I used to hang around with, the Gomez brothers. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“He was used to being an only child, and he was a bit of a brat back then. As I’m sure you can imagine.” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Before Mama died, some guys used to make fun of him and call him Professor. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

“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

Behind him, he could still see the part of the house he was used to. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Being short herself, she was used to short guys asking her to dance. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I never used to like evening light because it made everything in the Abnegation sector look more monochromatic than it already is, but now I find the unchanging gray comforting. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

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

That’s the only reason I can think of for why Adria and I submerged this squished turtle in water in the very same pet shop container we’d used to save the bird eggs. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Mark and Linda used to joke about how much food he ate, so he took the hint and scaled back on eating. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

We used to discuss some of these matters, but we both knew the question would boil down to my saying, “Ted, you decide.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I'm used to holding a glass or can and raising it to my mouth every thirty seconds or so. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

As the months turned to years, everybody pretty much got used to Needles and Noodles, especially me. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

The smell of vinegar and asafetida stung his nostrils, but Estha was used to it, loved it. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The core of beauty is color, Maman used to remind me when I complained about her exercises. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

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

“Not as good as Jermaine used to make ’em,” I said. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

I used to look at it from my dad’s little blue boat, same one I plan on stealing to find my mother. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

So didn't there used to be a reality show where people had to date each other in pitch-darkness? Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

The hallway is long and my feet don’t respond the way they used to. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

We used to pay him a rupia of our allowance for a dance. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry. You’ll be all whacked for a few days, but then you’ll get used to this place. I have. We live here, this is it. Better than living in a pile of klunk.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

It didn't even cross my mind, even though I used to smoke all the boys in gym class at school, including Lu, who would get all in his feelings and be almost about to cry. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

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

He's also hard of hearing, which when my mom used to say this, I always thought she was saying "harder hearing," which made no sense at all to me. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

We didn’t have any other food we were used to eating, like chicken, vegetables, or our coveted whole milk. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

And he wasn’t used to playing on schedule. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

This will take some getting used to, Luna thought. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I thought of Kazi and the dried apricots, mangoes, and tomatoes he used to make by hanging thin slices in the sun. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I’m used to them putting me on the spot, but I wasn’t prepared for this one. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

She used to see a therapist but stopped. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

There were two big horses that he used to gather sap from trees on the steep hills where a tractor would go head-over-wheels, he said. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I remember when we were little, you used to be the most talkative one on the phone,” I say to Pri. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I heard she used to put on shows where she’d shoot dimes out of a guy’s fingers and cigarettes from his mouth, all the while riding a horse. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

So I am getting used to it, and I am gaining confidence, but I honestly don’t know if I’ll ever race again. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

We used to leave notes on smokers’ doorsteps saying, “Excuse me, but did you know your lung cells are shriveling up?” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

They can still be used to pay taxes, but only until next week. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“It’s just providential, as my mother used to say,” Mrs. Richardson had told her husband on hearing the news. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The problem is, the guy who owns Fin Chaser and used to be my dad’s best friend? The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s just this kind of hole in my life where drinking used to be.” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

I’m in front of the park where Grandpa Ted used to take me, where we imagined building tree houses high up in the redwoods' top branches. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

I study the boy—the gray-tipped hair, the way he’s standing so comfortably in our hall, how his right hand opens and closes as if used to grasping something by habit. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

I used to walk that hot mile myself, when I was a girl. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“The sugar. That’s how I was taught to drink it, too. I remember, you used to just mix it into your tea. Two cubes, then a splash of milk, just like a Brit.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

But Chris used to always tell me that drug dealers played to keep their minds sharp. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He used to do that a lot when Papa would take his arms and twirl him around. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The girl used to dress in short trousers like a boy but now she wears a blue skirt and a blouse. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Her voice had the kind of excitement it got when we used to dare each other, something we hadn’t done in what seemed like forever. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

“What’s your story? Love told me you used to play ball.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

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

She used to have to force me to log out every night, because I never wanted to return to the real world. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Soon, I’m on the bed as she carefully cuts out the strings that were used to sew the fake hair into my cornrows. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Werner sets one hand over his helmet, and Volkheimer throws the grenade at the place where the stairwell used to be. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

It was an idea I couldn’t get used to. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

And when Dutchy showed an interest in the dusty upright piano the widower’s wife used to play, he got it tuned and found a teacher to come to the farm to give him lessons. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

He was wearing the new suit he used to put on to go with me to the races sometimes on Sundays. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

“I won’t speak of it any more. It’s just I miss driving out to Green Lawn Park every Sunday to put flowers on his marker. It used to be our only excursion.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, on the streets near my house, I can see places where the yellow lines used to be. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

So, before I actually think about what I’m doing, I sing Rue’s four notes, the ones she used to signal the end of the workday in 11. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“Nothing’s been the same since she came. We never used to fight. I hate her, I hate her!” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Then all the screens in the Erudite lobby—at least those that weren’t destroyed in the attack—flicker on, including a projector positioned over the wall where Jeanine’s portrait used to be. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

His face returns to the wide smile I’m used to seeing. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

But you get used to close-by beauty, and Constanza was different, like the picture of a faraway place on a puzzle you hurry to put together. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her chest shakes beneath my cheek, and at first I think she’s crying because I just called her what I used to when I couldn’t pronounce the S sound... Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

I’m used to it, my brother and his friends say it all the time, when there are no adults listening. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I used to walk past it every day on my way home from school.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Then Einar approached with the coarse rope he had used to restrain her hands on the steep path. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“I used to keep cash money in there. But not since I read bout somebody breakin’ in a store in Atlanta and cartin’ off the safe to blow up later. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

At least that had been the rule back when her mom used to make all kinds of cookies, all year long. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

It smells like his room used to when he lived at home, a faint vinegary reek that would cause Mom to break out the Febreze on a regular basis. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Y’know, that was something me and Mom used to do. Our thing.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

It was something her father used to do for Nan before he passed away. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“The checks come still. It’s not much, like it used to be. Should I have them made over to me?” Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He is a country boy not used to the city temptations, and I do not want him getting mixed up with the wrong people. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

As they boxed up books and folders and unpinned words from the word wall, Sasha noticed the pair of clipboards parents used to sign out their kids at the end of the day. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

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

They were both twelve, and after school he used to carry her book satchel the mile separating the Holcomb school- house from her father’s farm ranch. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the summertime they used to burn orange peels under gallon cans, with holes punched in the sides, to keep the mosquitoes away. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You used to stay up all night with me waiting for morning,” she said. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t used to mind being this color. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

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

Sam, not used to being waited on, looked with some surprise at the tall man who bowed, holding a basin of water before him. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Scythe Curie was right—he didn’t sound like the same Rowan she used to know. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Up in heaven. dud: Oh yeah—you used to be God’s favorite, didn’t you? devil. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

I wondered how many urgent letters Rebecca used to write, and who they were written to. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

In many places I’ve adopted the words interviewees used to describe their worlds and experiences. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I studied his open eyes, remembering how they used to scare me. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

She wore a blue smock and rubber shoes, but when she was around him Jaime was convinced he heard the tinkle of the glass beads she used to wear. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Emery was used to it—she didn't make me explain myself. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

She told him that we were all suffering from a very stressful experience and we weren’t used to these kinds of stresses and he had to understand that we had to have our fun, too. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

My pop used to sit him down every other week so they could have talks about his grades and his bad behavior in school and his choice of friends. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

When Alvarez asked her how she could stand the fumes, she assured him cheerfully that one grew used to them, advice he accepted dubiously at the moment but soon discovered to be true. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

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

“We used to ostracize everyone, even each other.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I’m uncomfortable holding it now, and I used to think that my discomfort would go away with time, but now I’m not so sure. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“Dana, can you still read the way you used to?” she asked me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Very softly, she half sang, half hummed a song that her grandmother used to sing to her when she was a little girl. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

“They used to worry about this stuff a lot.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He looks a bit like a walrus, and he used to be Head of Slytherin,” said Harry. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Oh, my,” said Monsieur Frick, who was used to being the one who knew things first. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

“A lot you know. And while you’re up in the attic, look around for that old churn. It’s how we used to make butter. Bring it down.” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I used to think it was just some saying in pop songs about stupid people in love. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

It’s like the time when she used to pinch things. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Unless you think that kind of crazy translates to the other kind of crazy. I mean, Hackett used to talk about how she was wild, into all kinds of stuff.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“You don’t...talk to me. Not the same way you used to. It makes it hard to tell you things.” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Your grandma says you live in Phoenix. Bet you’re not used to not having running water?” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

A woman who used to go out to cut grass for thatching once came across a place where there was a great deal of grass. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Thanks to Mrs. Weasley’s ministrations, George’s wound was neat and clean, but Harry was not yet used to the dark hole in the side of his head, despite the twins’ many jokes about it. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Boy, bye. I know my stuff. Sonny’s momma is a beautician. She taught me ages ago. I used to hook my baby dolls up.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The other accommodation with reality that just intonation must make is the fact that a single just-intonation tuning cannot be used to play in multiple keys. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Heard all them stories my dad used to tell, about five-hundred-pound fish flying ten feet into air, like they were launched from a cannon. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Still holding my breath, I glanced over to the space suit and Hefty bag I'd used to outsmart the regulator. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They used to be your favorite,” Frank says. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“We were wondering if you know of a Mr. Beiderman. He used to work in this department.” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Then, pointing at the birdcage, I said, “I remember when you used to have about twenty birds.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“No rules. No holds barred. It used to be an Olympic sport.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

They aren’t necessarily any friendlier than the pasty-white people who used to run such stores, but the general content of their disapproval is more easily guessed, though not the details. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“What a sweet singing voice she had,” he used to say to us. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

When my eyes got used to where they were I saw Dad holding the steering wheel with one hand and resting his other one on the mirror outside the car. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We’re praying nobody hurts you,” people used to say, clasping my hand at campaign events. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

One held the nightstick he’d just used to rap the glass. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

We used to watch the games together all the time when I was younger. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Steam in a confined space could also be used to create pressure. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

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

The eighth child was named Hazel before the mother got it through her head that Hazel was a boy and by that time she was used to the name and never bothered to change it. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I used to go with a boy who was on the same basketball team that he was on. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Remember when we used to make forts out of cardboard boxes on Christmas?” she says. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Beauty is where one finds it, my father used to say. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

I saw the bumper sticker my mom had used to cover the dent. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

When I was a kid, Mom used to hide colored eggs for me all over the house. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

But Mom’s not much of a cook, and I don't think anyone’s ever going to get used to the slow cooker spewing out what Daniel refers to as gelatinous goo. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was used to sleeping on a pallet. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

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

“I used to have a hell of a lot of fun with ‘im. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the same stuff Charlie used to wear; he snitched it from his father. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“There used to be whales. Once this whole area was covered by water.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

In bed, with the blanket edge lying across my neck, I used to wonder which was worse, our side or theirs? The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bracelet used to belong to her grandmother, but she had given it to Candice almost five years ago. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

But it used to be across the street from the rest of downtown. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Once again, the pairing of bases is used to build the gene back. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

And she dragged Beetle out of the room, across the yard, and back to her cottage, by the very arm the miller had used to drag her away. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

As they used to do long ago at night in Indian country. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

My brother used to shoot at a big white horse riden by a neighbor who went by our place on his way to town. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Minibus drivers were always looking for new songs because having good music was something they used to attract customers. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

But instead of plugging your ears with your fingers and shutting your eyes and cringing, as you used to do whenever firecrackers went off, you handed me your bag of beads and picked up Kutti. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

He used to like reading, but the bullies ripped his books to shreds. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

They used to feed Christians to the lions, and now Adah uses that phrase ironically, referring to how I supposedly left her to be eaten up on the path. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Nothing. It’s just . . . it’s the sort of thing she used to do.” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

In bed, she did not turn to him full of a raw wanting as she used to do, and when he reached for her, her first instinct was to roll away. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He says that's how it is in the whole world, people always looking for someone else to blame, so he might as well get used to it. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

“She’s going to have to get used to it. Those earmuffs were a mistake. We told the school she’d stop wearing headphones.” Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

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 air was damp and quiet and had a hint of that clean, green smell she used to love after spring rainstorms. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

They knew they had left Crossland far behind when they passed the walnut tree where they used to sleep on nights when, hunting far from home, cool air could be found high in its branches. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I nurse that trash in Harlem Hospital six nights a week. 10TH JUROR: Oh, now wait a second . . . 5TH JUROR: I used to play in a backyard that was filled with garbage. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Going underground or into hiding has become as routine as the proverbial pipe and slippers that used to await the man of the house after a long day at work. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The exercises I used to do to get in shape for the revolution! In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was dirty and bent and his clothes looked as if they were made from rags used to wash floors. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

I was so used to unrecognizable Persian beats, at first I didn’t recognize what Mamou was humming. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“From the bomb, of course! My dad used to make geta and sold them in a little shop in front of our house in Hiroshima.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

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

I used to close my eyes and picture the textbook page the answer was on. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was time to get used to it. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

“I mean, my dad used to say that head wounds look worse than they actually are, but I legitimately thought you were a corpse.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She leaned over and kissed the top of my head, the way Mom used to do when I was small. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Her lips were thin, held that way, with the small vertical lines around them you used to see in advertisements for lip cosmetics. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You used to live in a city full of pretties. When you became doctors, your lesions went away. Didn’t you notice that you were changing?” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

That feeling she used to have when she was sitting next to Park on the bus—that feeling that she was on base, that she was safe for the moment—she could summon it now. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Ivy used to think this cellar was magical. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I sit in the Vista Lounge staring out of the window like Callie used to, not wanting to be on this side of the glass, but not wanting to be on the other side either. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

She saw a man in his late sixties, prosperous, confident, beautifully dressed, used to the very best of everything, used to moving among powerful people and whispering in important ears. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

My Aunt Helen used to say that my dad was going to be too proud to have a midlife crisis. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

She is irritated and peeved and just plain over it, over every metaphor from storm clouds to raging rivers, and she used to love metaphors. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Christ, it’s embarrassing—it used to remind me of her. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

"I didn't always used to be a tree," said the voice in the rustling of the copper beech leaves. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z