| 单词 | useful |
| 例句 | For them epicycles were useful fictions which made computation of the position of the planets possible. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The cooking oil cans John mentioned were useful in Yar’s family, too. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “You’re canceled if you don’t help me write a useful message to Arthur.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z One very useful function of natural plant communities — now pretty generally stigmatized as “weeds” — is to serve as an indicator of the condition of the soil. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z If I've learned one thing from my stay at Club Mars, it's that everything can be useful. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, with his Round Table, he had tried to harness Tyranny in lesser forms, so that its power might be used for useful ends. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Always useful to know where the local wildlife hung out. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z “It is more useful than a goldfish in a bowl,” her mother said shortly. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Negative numbers had long been useful to algebraists—even Western algebraists. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “It is still a death sentence, just one a little longer in the making. We discovered long ago that the Grisha could prove a useful resource.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I tried to open my eyes as far as I could to be as useful as possible. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Our failure to domesticate even a single major new food plant in modern times suggests that ancient peoples really may have explored virtually all useful wild plants and domesticated all the ones worth domesticating. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The horse had proved fairly useful as a stakes horse, but he was an incorrigible rogue at the starting gate. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Will it? Then will you set about it at once, blacksmith?” said the off-hand sergeant, “as it’s on his Majesty’s service. And if my men can bear a hand anywhere, they’ll make themselves useful.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z He already had wrenches, but that was the only thing he would have found useful. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z I don't want to think about the day it comes up useful again. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Thinking of grammar as the original sharing app makes it much more interesting and much more useful. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z While the Allies eventually wanted to destroy the Nazi spy networks, for now it was more useful to keep them talking—and to have Elizebeth listen in. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Imagine, said Aunt Lydia, wasting their time like that, when they should have been doing something useful. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z It's a reference book given to me by my sister Amy, and it's full of useful information. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z But I still remember when typewriters were useful, the dawn of the Commodore 64, and days when a song you loved would have its moment on the radio and then disappear into the nothing. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “Well, what Harry said is the most useful if we’re trying to tell them apart!” said Ron. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Tobias Johnson may have lived a dull and empty life, but he is at least a whole person, not this fragment of a person that I am, too damaged by pain to become anything useful. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Iron is plentiful in the mountains, yet the Inka used metal for almost nothing useful. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “Three or four more years and she’ll be a pretty little thing, useful to have around the place. We’ll have to fatten her up a bit, though.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Jon cut him off with, “Tell me something useful. Tell me of our enemy.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z What if she could be useful in some other way? Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, as long as one understands that the table is a simplification, it is useful for comparing continental histories. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “So you may learn something useful,” her grandmother said. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z She had been working very diligently with the children on good manners, socially useful phrases and appropriate party conversation topics; perhaps this expedition could serve as a valuable rehearsal. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z But she hatches another plan to make me a more useful servant. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “It is a useful lie. For you see that I, a poor, simple creature without reason, am harmless and hence safe from harm,” I explained. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z So for once she made herself useful as well as a bump on a log. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Couldn’t be more anxious than I am anyway—so relieved to be doing anything useful. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z If they considered me some sort of hero or holy man, it gave me useful leverage. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “I thought you could add it to your collage materials. Hope it’s useful,” Maxine says. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z "Sooner than you'd like, if the next words out of your mouth are not something useful, eunuch." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Analyzing what went wrong on Everest is a useful enough enterprise; it might conceivably prevent some deaths down the road. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t suppose you could be useful and catch me a bite to eat,” I said. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She’s saying that she wants to be useful in a practical way. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “Perhaps you could make yourself useful to Mr. de Winter, if he wants anything done. You’re a capable child in many ways.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z I used to write gossip columns for a living, and apologies always struck me as enormously useful. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z However, it also shows that they are not very useful, for Hera did not believe a word of it. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He had proved useful in the woodland, being better accustomed to thick woods than any of the others. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Thus, the only craft little practised among them was shoe-making; but they had long and skilful fingers and could make many other useful and comely things. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z In this capacity, of course, the arm served a traditional and useful purpose. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “You didn’t see her, but you had something useful to tell him?” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s a useful thing to have in the house in case of fire or thieves,” observed Laurie, as a watchman’s rattle appeared, amid the laughter of the girls. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s a useful friend to have, especially when you can’t leave your domain. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z “I knew nothing of this. But I have offered the man my protection. He has been a most useful—” “I offer you a choice,” Minos said. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z It is simply a matter of which is the more useful description. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Physicists as a rule are not overattentive to the pronouncements of Swiss patent office clerks, and so, despite the abundance of useful tidings, Einstein’s papers attracted little notice. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Their explanation makes the Milky Way useful as well as understandable. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z That box gave me a chance to look useful, to stay alive. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z And it is about as useful as they come. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Sirius’s letters, which were now hidden beneath the highly useful loose floorboard under Harry’s bed, sounded cheerful, and in both of them he had reminded Harry to call on him if ever Harry needed to. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “It may be useful in explaining their current condition,” Penelope said, unflinching. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Figure 5.33: Much Western music is harmonically pretty simple, so it can be very useful just to know I, IV, and V in your favorite keys. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z As the witch kept talking of the glory and the riches and the great power over men that a sorcerer could gain, he set himself to learn more useful lore. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z It seemed as useful a recruiting strategy as anything else. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z “The Astrea mounts nineteen guns, Captain Prince. If any of your crew has ever shipped on a privateer or a letter of marque ship they—ah—might be useful.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Restlessness is not a useful quality in a tree. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The pistol was more useful, but the cane brought Kaz a relief he didn’t care to quantify. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z It crossed his mind that although Bigwig would certainly be a useful rabbit in a tight corner, he would also be a difficult one to get on with. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The old fool of an Abbot and his stupid devoted band of creatures were all outside, shoring up gatehouses, drilling, fetching, carrying and generally being good and useful. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z I emptied the lifeboat of useful items and made myself a nice treetop bedroom. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z "I know. I just...want to be useful." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Only a few things here and there were useful to us in our efforts to free Walter, but all of it was interesting. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The search for the Northwest Passage, or the attempt to explain planetary motion on the model of magnetism, were mistaken but useful. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “If it is useful occupation you require, useful occupation you shall have,” his father then said. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Doesn’t bode well for how useful that book is going to be. Anything else?” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “How do you think you’d get to the Stone without us? I’d better go and look through my books, there might be something useful....” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Darren’s dad taught me all sorts of useful stuff, like the right way to hold the football and how to throw it so it spiraled just right. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z “Might be better than how things are now. At least I’ll die having done something useful.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z In either of these two cases, it will always be more useful for you to declare yourself and to wage open warfare. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z “And so I’m stupid for thinking they might be useful. Because of something Johanna Mason said while she was oiling up her breasts for wrestling,” I retort. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z It had windows too; those were its chief amenity, along with the iron ring set in the wall, so useful for chaining up one’s slaves. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “The rest of you are to be executed. There are several ways to determine who among you will be least useful to us.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z “And how will that be useful to us?” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z “Dad always said this was the most useful thing he’d ever brought from the city. It’s all high-tech alloys and monofilaments.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z No, those would be silly; but fishing line and hooks would be useful. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Even if I proved not to be very useful, he could always sell me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z “Because, with the splendor still inside her body, she is useful to him,” Badwa went on. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Their purpose, as the name suggests, is to beautify the useful—an important and valued end, but limited in comparison to art pure and simple. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z When her mother died, Ferula found herself alone and with no useful purpose to her life, at an age when she could no longer hope to marry. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Reed would have been insulted if her tendency to fade into the background wasn’t so useful. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z And yet I can see why a mortal would make a useful spy, beyond the ability to lie. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “But could you try to be useful, too?” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z It may be useful as an expression for the ‘unit factors’...demonstrated by modern Mendelian researchers.” The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Very useful, no doubt, that was to Saruman; yet it seems that he was not content. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z He spent his days in a borrowed office, working on a study of recent international crises that he hoped would be useful to government policymakers. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Because it was useful to have warders who were well disposed toward us, I often asked certain men to make overtures to selected warders. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He would spend the nights walking around the room thinking aloud, searching for a way to apply the principles of the pendulum to oxcarts, to harrows, to everything that was useful when put into motion. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Corn made itself useful in one other important way. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z And they became about as useful to her as pieces of cauliflower. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z All would make for useful hostages if and when Red Ronnet should return to try and take back the castle that his father had stolen. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Then we stopped at the hardware store to stock up on duct tape, which was just about the most useful thing on earth for a farm commune. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z It was published in 1908, and its introduction began: It is hoped that this little book will make itself useful. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well,” Mr. Huffer said without giving himself away, “this town can’t remain a museum piece. Plus there is a lot of good land here that could be useful again.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Libby’s idea was so useful that he would be awarded a Nobel Prize for it in 1960. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z “Well, I actually find it quite useful,” Bob said quietly, to himself, but he took his pack away and bothered us no more. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z This was probably the one time a pigeon sidekick was useful. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Part of him sensed that she thought of him as something like an animal, a useful creature like a dog, but not actually a person. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z My Abue, she will for certain share with Serafina her remedies—which herbs are the most useful, the most potent, the most prized for this work before them. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z Since his return to Mordor, Sauron had found it useful; for he had few servants but many slaves of fear, and still its chief purpose as of old was to prevent escape from Mordor. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, arbitrarily delineated stages provide a useful shorthand for discussing the diversity of music and of human societies, provided one bears in mind the above caveats. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z And as we walk home, I think Alan might be useful to bring along next time. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z I felt most useful when he took one of his folders and laid it in front of me, showing me a series of photographs. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z This many- party prisoner’s dilemma is useful in modeling situations where the economic value of “intangibles” such as clean water, air, and space is an issue. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I press my nose as close as I can, going over the photograph millimeter by millimeter for anything else that might be useful, but find nothing more. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “He’ll be quite useful. And all Minos asked in return was your head, old man.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Sometimes you could find useful things just by choosing randomly from the shelves. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “You’d be better off on your back, learning tricks useful to a woman. In fact, I can teach you some tonight, if you’d like.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z There are some ways to avoid having to do the transposition yourself, but learning to transpose can be very useful for performers, composers, and arrangers. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z ‘Your rope might prove useful again, Sam,’ he said. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z “Come on. I guess you might be useful. Besides, I’m pretty sure Miss Sarah and Miss Rose would have my hide if I refused you.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Instead they were simply adding useful features as they became necessary. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Bep is currently able to get hold of notebooks, especially journals and ledgers, useful for my bookkeeping sister! The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Last week I saw him chew out Mamá’s younger coworker for texting instead of finding something “useful” to do on her break, like tidying up the break room. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z “Zeta-1, was it really useful to collect so much of this one plant?” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “What useful information have we had from you?” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Then she walked over to the middle of the room where Frankie had shoved back a few desks to clear a space on the floor for dumping anything useful they found. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z While wheels are very useful in modern industrial societies, that has not been so in some other societies. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z That made the substance much more potent than radium and therefore useful for physics and medical research alike. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z How could none of them have thought of making their wheels bigger and more useful? 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Most possible combinations of nucleotides are nonsense: they would cause the synthesis of proteins that perform no useful function. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Mosca had taken the toolbox away from Victor before he left, but the detective always had a bit of wire and some other useful items in the hollow heel of one of his shoes. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z We have already seen that plant domestication involves the modification of wild plants so that they become more useful to humans by virtue of larger seeds, a less bitter taste, or other qualities. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z While this information wouldn’t normally have been very useful, the reporters were able to pin down the exact times at which the workouts had been held. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z But unlike most ruins, the railroads were actually useful, and not just for hoverboarding. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z No one would condemn her for studying such a useful creature. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z These front-loaded modifiers can be useful in qualifying a sentence, in tying it to information mentioned earlier, or simply in avoiding the monotony of having one right-branching sentence after another. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z ‘And carry the captain’s grog? And be brisk and useful to him? No, no, my captains want whole boys. So now—go away... please.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Hyacinth sifted through a stack of boxes Mama had deemed too small to be useful for the move. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z There was a certain method in the Count’s inquiries, so I shall try to put them down in sequence; the knowledge may somehow or some time be useful to me. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z “Preliminary experiments,” he wrote, “indicate that there are probably no serious difficulties in the way of obtaining protons having high enough speeds to be useful for studies of atomic nuclei.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “They only wanted those who would be useful for work. They didn’t take anyone old like me.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z I never actually thought it would be useful, knowing what a bread knife is and where to put it. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, it’s pretty useful right this minute, seeing as how we now know we only have eight days left until the world freezes over and Time stops.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “Well, he could be useful, you know,” he said. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Their mound-building activities serve a useful purpose in aerating and draining the soil. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Frank allowed only Piper to come with him, thinking her charmspeak might be useful if they ran into his shape-shifting relatives. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z And it can almost be assumed that much of the stuff that comes into our devices is not particularly useful. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z That’s a useful lesson for Coca-Cola or Nike, who have hundreds of millions of dollars to spend on marketing and can afford to saturate all forms of media with their message. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Tending chickens was something Naomi knew how to do, a small way to be useful. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z It was useful in order to bring him money for Kamala, and it brought him more than he really needed. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z Every day for the past couple of weeks, my parents have been dropping hints that I should make friends, find something useful to do, form a book club. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z It is of course the abundance and extreme durability of atoms that makes them so useful, and the tininess that makes them so hard to detect and understand. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z "That will be useful," Sander said, "but these are lessons of a different sort." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z “Actually, it’s a very useful feature,” said Bob in a measured, defensive tone. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Henry Kissinger, a contemporary politician, wrote: “Deterrence depends, above all, on psychological criteria. For purposes of deterrence, a bluff taken seriously is more useful than a serious threat interpreted as a bluff.” Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Botanically, Chimaphila umbellata. It stays green all winter, and makes a very useful spring tonic. Most people use only the leaves, but I have found the roots even more effective.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z “Our experience in black-market plum tomatoes should come in very useful. Where do we begin?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z At least Rachel was useful, for once in her life. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m not sure exactly. The one thing that I might still be useful at is causing a diversion. You saw what happened to that man who looked like me,” he says. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z He stood still listening for a little, hoping perhaps to learn something useful. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z A strange sense of curiosity had always driven him to explore the hidden, forgotten corners of this and any other place, and all that knowledge had now come in useful. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z The Devil’s Tongue was a very useful knot, and when Violet tied the cloth strips together, end to end, it formed a sort of rope. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z That bag so full of stupid and useful things. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Think you might find this useful for next year. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z They cleared forests and drained swamps, creating land for farming and other useful purposes. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z I tried in vain to remember something useful from the few shooting lessons Grandpa had been allowed to give me, but finally I just ran back up the steps to Emma. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Unfortunately, and despite Cassiopeia’s rather adorable attempts to teach it polite party conversation and socially useful phrases, the squirrel was not talking. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Though zero was useful, it was only a placeholder. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The earthworm is useful, but not beautiful; the tiger is beautiful, but not useful. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z This makes meter a very useful way to organize the music. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z “I think we should concentrate in this direction. This road junction will be useful.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “My ‘silly’ disguises are useful for other reasons, but yes, Constance, it would be unfortunate if some enemy from my past recognized me, but I couldn’t recognize him. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Our requirement was for the right to do something useful with our days, like studying or learning a trade. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “It is an invention of my own, useful for reading old manuscripts and admiring works of art painted with single bristles of a horse’s mane.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z “I could try to make another web,” Eilonwy suggested, then added, “but I’m afraid the last one wasn’t too useful.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z You are useful to me, your friends are not. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z “It’s most useful. He’ll be able to play the piano with his feet.” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z "I know it's not very useful, but . . . it's flying." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z Aboard the Argo II, she felt about as useful as a box of ballast. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He could be useful and feast on this pest. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But it wasn’t true that the 21 other candidates would have been equally useful. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “You could be very useful to him. If he can get you on his side, the gods wall be in serious trouble.” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z “Look, I don’t know if this would work, but remember how I told you my dad said something about people making themselves useful?” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z The patch kit is too small, but still useful. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “I hope you got something useful after all that trouble.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Unless you can be useful, go away,” Nina said without looking up at him. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “I think you’re a jolly useful chap whatever happens. You just stay and teach me, or be the librarian or something. Don’t you leave an old man alone, after the children have flown.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z She's smarter than the Careers, actually finding a few useful items in the ashes. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “A map, a compass...Anything that seems like it could be useful.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “Keep them close. Very good. There is even more to you than I’d thought, Reynard Muldoon. Very well, I’ll keep her close, as you do, and perhaps one day she will prove useful.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z What is important is, rather, the idea that experience isn’t simply useful because it can teach you things that other people already know: experience can actually teach you that what other people know is wrong. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “Have they brought any food with them? Or medicine? Or anything useful at all?” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z The money is useful, but it doesn’t ease the anxiety Anna and Dorus feel. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z He could find food, and show her how to reach Oxford, and those were powers that were useful, but he might still have been untrustworthy or cowardly. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He spread his hands and hoped he looked confident and useful, not desperate and terrified. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z And so he hoped, as silly as it seemed, that his siblings might see him like this, on the water, a sailor again, being useful, serving God. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z “No. But they say a Saint Anthony’s very useful.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z He’d made a rough copy of the map they’d found on it with a pencil and some paper, but he wanted to see if he could unearth anything else useful. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z And if I were to have a chance at anything useful, I had to be there as soon as possible. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “I thought I would be useful,” wept Spurge. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z And Dad said maybe chickens were pretty useful after all. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z We pulled out all the gardening equipment that seemed useful for weeding and fence construction. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z But still he was useful for he watched the labor of others and he stood by when the grain was weighed and measured. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Some of the pots would make it and would be fired and ring true to a testing finger snap and be useful for gathering food and carrying water. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Her campaign against insects seemed sensible and useful. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z I scan the shelves impatiently, but I can see nothing useful. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z But it’s definitely not giving me anything useful to work with. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z I need him to insist that I’m useful and good, that he wasn’t out of his mind to marry me, that my white skin is not the standard of offense. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z This was a major step away from the old Age of Honey— when a man’s job was to be useful, obedient, and content with his lot in life. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z By 1938, the Reich Labor Service had turned so many acres of forests and swamps into useful land that it made up for nearly all the territory Germany had lost in the Treaty of Versailles. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z “Finally, something useful! here. If anything goes wrong out there, we’ll know right away!” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z He bent a little lower over Advanced Potion-Making and continued to make notes on Everlasting Elixirs, occasionally pausing to decipher the Prince’s useful additions to Libatius Borage’s text. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Even if I passed this test, I knew I could be singled out at any moment, judged too small to do useful work and sent to my death. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z He started chopping again, cutting the aluminum away in small triangles, putting each one on the raft as he chopped—he could never throw anything away again, he thought—because they might be useful later. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z “You have told us all we want to know,” he said, “and if we could possibly have a copy of the memoranda in your file it might be very useful.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z But this thin atmosphere can serve a useful purpose, because it may be just thick enough to protect the surface from the intense charged particles in the Jupiter radiation belt in which Io is embedded. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “V belts are useful, and we have no place to buy any more.” Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z In fact, just as one mouse or one fruit fly isn’t terribly useful for research, most individual cell lines and tissue samples aren’t worth anything on their own. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z The tables, worn and wobbling, looked like they might be more useful as firewood. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z “I get to cut off your head, Laufey’s son, and take it back with me. Eitri will be so pleased. We can turn it into something useful.” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Lawrence said hang it, we ought to be die first ones in, we’d probably give the Rebs a disease and be more useful than any other outfit in the whole army. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Since I’ve known him. If he had any sense, he would’ve tossed out that romanticized idea of her he’s had for so long and gotten to work doing something useful.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z She was a princess, indeed, but in those days high-born ladies were expected to be useful, and the household linen was in Nausicaä’s charge. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z But Coach Hedge promised he could guard Reyna for a little longer and, on the off chance the spirit had something useful to say, Nico decided it was worth the risk. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The final stanza of “The Prophecy of Gray” left out all the details that would have made it useful. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I guess it was because he was the town drunk, and they said he never did anything useful. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, it’s relevant, all right. See, that charm was special. What could it do again? Oh yeah. As long as I wore it, I could see through any illusions. Pretty useful, right?” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Plant domestication may be defined as growing a plant and thereby, consciously or unconsciously, causing it to change genetically from its wild ancestor in ways making it more useful to human consumers. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Kathy, calmer now, was glad to hear that he had been able to help the dogs, that he was feeling useful. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Second, if they do know their local plants and animals, do they exploit that knowledge to domesticate the most useful available species, or do cultural factors keep them from doing so? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z It would have been useful to know what happened, what it looked like, who was there, what was said. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Matt had toured the water purification plant, but he thought he remembered enough to be useful. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “I used to know any chemical equation or macromolecular synthesis without hesitation. But with age, I am becoming less useful.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z I mean, they're okay in small doses, and they can be useful. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a useful reminder that all men, even the most seemingly cold-blooded, have a core of decency, and that if their heart is touched, they are capable of changing. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Overweening, a useful word that we don’t see very often, means “conceited” or “pretentious.” Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Only in his work could he find redemption; only in the Corps was this manic quality channeled into a useful function. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Its serial number was DV-5-2, but that was not very useful. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z “Mowing grass is useful! And sitting in the closet never hurt anybody! But Peach cries and carries on and makes everybody miserable!” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Positive words and phrases included generously, public-spirited, wise, beneficial, commendable, carefully researched, useful, honorable, good. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z Percy could almost see Octavian’s mind working, calculating whether or not Percy would be useful. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Mary was seeking to make herself more useful to her country, and yet it was she who had to go hat in hand to the school board. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z The area’s available wild cereals were not nearly as useful as wheat and barley. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Of course, Mother was slightly disappointed, but since I made her read Lockhart’s books I think she’s begun to see how useful it’ll be to have a fully trained wizard in the family. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z “I’m short of time and I ask myself if my visit could be useful to you in any way.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Even the ones that broke in the process were useful. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The school, thus improved, became in time a truly useful and noble institution. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z They were only lukewarm about his prospects, eyeing that iffy left foreleg and pronouncing the horse only “serviceably useful.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Ah, Wormtail, you don’t want me to spoil the surprise? Your part will come at the very end . . . but I promise you, you will have the honor of being just as useful as Bertha Jorkins.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z With his cool, logical style he could demolish an opponent’s argument — precisely the sort of intelligence that is useful in a courtroom. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Madoc will be by his side, and if I can make myself useful enough, maybe they’ll get the rest of the Gentry off my back. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Finally, finally, I have something useful for the Resistance. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z “No, the most useful maps are grounded in reality. Mazes can be real, too. Made from hedges in a garden. Mostly, though, they’re artificial, imaginary.” Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z She spoke Afrikaans because it is useful to know the language of your oppressor. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “Well, I need food. And lots of it. Why don’t you make yourself useful and find me some food?” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “And it’s come in useful at times, I can tell you.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z A Belgian newspaperman there recognized wit and raw avarice—a useful combination in any game. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Tonight she will invite friends to take whatever might be useful, lamps, plants, platters, pots and pans. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Boyle’s law provided a theoretical account of how pressure could be used to produce powerful force, if one could only find a way of harnessing that force for a useful purpose. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z She would be very useful to him and they would live as they were meant to live—with the cold and the birds and the beasts. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Judged by appearance, which, with andys, was the only useful standard. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z As we shall see, the prerequisites for those developments consisted of several features of human society that determined whether a society would find writing useful, and whether the society could support the necessary specialist scribes. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “All in good time, young mouse! Here, make yourself useful. You brush the dust off the words while I ink them in. Between us we’ll soon get it done.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Somehow Schindler succeeded in convincing the Nazis that we were useful and productive, even though during those eight months we were in the Brünnlitz camp, we produced almost no usable ammunition. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z "So, why don't you go on? Show me some plants to gather and that way we'll both be useful." The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z By the time World War II began, Gold had given the Soviets every bit of useful information the Pennsylvania Sugar Company had in its files. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z When Europeans arrived on this continent, they often seemed unaware that many conditions that were useful to them were the result of Indigenous peoples’ stewardship of the land. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z He needed to be crewing tomorrow, and he needed to look useful fast. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z “Why don’t you do something useful like make a kite, Jeremie?” asked Auntie. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The great beasts would be useful in a pitched battle, no doubt, but it would be some time before they had the strength to face their foes in the field. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z But instead he raised the handle toward Hugo and said, “Be useful. ” The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z He gathered a pile of twigs and heavier branches and with the knife cut them to a useful length before trying to get them lit. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The cold will have killed the spiders by now, thought Jon, and the rats may be a useful source of meat come winter. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z One day they were on the point of trampling Úrsula, who made an effort to be useful precisely where she was most in the way. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z If I had lain there for a few million miles more than I did, the knackery of the ant nest would have disassembled Finn Easton and turned him into all sorts of useful ant products. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z “I won’t need it anymore. You may find it useful. Also take this spoon. Don’t sell it. Quickly! Go ahead, take what I’m giving you!” Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z He continued to insist that she and her team focus on the dwindling South American spy intercepts, which provided little useful intelligence. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “You’re going to make yourself useful. Were going to start a new life.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z They packed everything useful they could find, along with the magazines the Boss had saved. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Now Harry understood why Hagrid had said it would come in useful. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z "You wrote out those lines as quickly as Sander said them. A trick like that could be really useful. Why, you could copy down the plays of the Lord Admiral's men, word for word!" The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Hence if a productive crop is already available, incipient farmers will surely proceed to grow it rather than start all over again by gathering its not yet so useful wild relative and redomesticating it. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “If we prove ourselves useful to the German war effort, they will take fewer of us away. They will keep us here, and keep us alive!” the director said. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z “It might be useful, you know,” Sticky whispered, trying to cheer her up. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Her well-known father, the writer Roald Dahl, had sent her to Haiti for a taste of adventure and perhaps to find a useful life serving others. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z It was one of the socially useful phrases Penelope had made the children practice. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z He got out of bed and discovered that his arm was already nearly as useful again as it ever had been. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Ollie brought me here under a false pretense, and I've finally learned a piece of information that could be useful, but he's told me help is impossible without really explaining why. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z One day, Holly, your brain will be very useful to you. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z The woman was in no condition to do anything useful, and there was no one else in sight. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z “I turned out to be useful after all. What a terrible surprise.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The Bees—useful to agriculture, painful to cross b. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z But none of those tamed animals was actually domesticated—that is, selectively bred in captivity and genetically modified so as to become more useful to humans. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z It gave him a valuable insight, one that he would find useful at another point in his life. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “Pain is a useful symptom. Pain is a warning to us of bodily dangers.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I hoped his affection for Otto could save me, that my knowledge could make me useful. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z “It was going to be a useful alliance.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z In his village, people farmed the tiniest plots outside their homes and planted useful vegetables and herbs. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z It did not look strong enough to bear fruit, did not look useful at all, like most of the plants here. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Many famous improvisors, when interviewed, mention how useful it was to them to learn from other soloists by transcribing their solos in this way. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Some seemed like regular country folk, but others wore rich clothes not useful for muck shoveling. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z This may take some practice if you're not used to it, but it can be useful practice for anyone who is learning about music. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z He said as follows: “Brother Fire, God made you beautiful and strong and useful; I pray you be courteous to me.” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z This useful function is of course lost where chemical weed killers have been used. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z He clearly thought I was too young and too puny to be useful. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z The marsh fiddlers are important in other ways as well, being useful scavengers and aerating the mud of the marshes by their extensive burrowings. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z A certain reputation as a bit of a hard-knock's useful, but not if teachers notice. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z But in western Eurasia only one of several potentially useful wild species was domesticated—probably because that one spread so quickly that people soon stopped gathering the other wild relatives and ate only the crop. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “I found something in here yesterday that I think will be both useful and enjoyable. I’m especially pleased to say this opportunity comes from the newspaper that represents Negro people all over the state.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I can only hope that someday this hairy antenna will prove useful and I'll be the receiver of messages from Mars. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “And Joe can help. He’s twelve, isn’t he? That’s just the age Grandma used to say kids stopped being a nuisance and started being useful.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z I was, of course, wrong; yet I had learned something about Gethenians which in the long run proved to be useful knowledge. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Any society goes through social movements or fads, in which economically useless things become valued or useful things devalued temporarily. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I won’t go into details about the rest of our training except for one part of it that was the most useful of all. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z They entertained them with the utmost hospitality and before they bade them farewell Helenus gave them useful advice about their journey. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “The man you know as Serakeen—the bloodthirsty warlord, the Scourge of the East—is a fabrication, a useful myth we’ve concocted. But I’m afraid he doesn’t exist.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z I had to face reality: The crime scene had been destroyed by the police, and there could be no useful evidence whatsoever still inside. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z The effect of such an education was that he had grown up without any of the useful accomplishments for living—without malice, vanity, suspicion, cruelty, and the commoner forms of selfishness. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Over the last few years, his lordship has probably been the single most useful pawn Herr Hitler has had in this country for his propaganda tricks. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z To be still is useful when you want to see unseen things. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z "My mom's always nagging me to spend my allowance on something useful," she says with a mischievous smile. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “Because, with every chance for being good, useful, and happy, you are faulty, lazy, and miserable.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z “Look up what? There’s nothing useful here. You want to look up Surly Wombat? Or this picture?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Fiction provided a useful disguise for dangerous ideas such as the atheism and materialism of Cyrano. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z He scanned the large room for anyone who looked useful to him. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z But still useful, and maybe even a little bit beautiful and sacred and magical. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z The entrapment occurs in three distinct phases, each of which has been explored earlier, but a brief review is useful here. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z And Orcs, they were useful slaves, but he had them in plenty. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Inventors often have to persist at their tinkering for a long time in the absence of public demand, because early models perform too poorly to be useful. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “Because almost everyone is acquainted with the silkworm, and because it is the most useful and noblest of all worms and caterpillars, I have here recorded its transformation.” The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z That was one thing about being outside the city: It made all that nature stuff they taught in school seem a lot more useful. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z As information goes, such terms are specific and straightforward—and therefore pretty useful. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z I am very observant, which is a useful thing for a scientist to be. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Jesse found he was really useful to him, not a nuisance to be tolerated or set out on the porch like P. T. “You’re amazing,” Bill would say. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z The cells in a drop of blood contain a different sort of molecular factory, the mitochondrion, which combines food with oxygen to extract useful energy. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Dolorous Edd opined that glass knives were about as useful as nipples on a knight's breastplate, but Jon was not so certain. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z On the other hand, it has been very useful, not only in putting satellites into orbit, but also in bringing them back to earth for repair or replacement. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I walked over to Ms. Taggart's office and tried to manage what was going on inside me by doing something useful for someone else. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z This is both amusing and useful—makes it much easier to ignore her. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z He was a useful man, but she liked him little and trusted him less. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Chord manuals, fingering charts, chord diagrams, and notes written out on a staff are all very useful, especially if the composer wants a very particular sound on a chord. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Almost everyone who lives there is retired from useful life. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z So here are a few terms that may be useful if you are wondering what kind of music you want to learn more about. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Surnames are just an additional means of identification, useful only to prevent confusion in official records. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z ALBUS: But— AMOS: Your information was obvious but the confirmation is useful. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z It would also be useful; a pagne could be worn as clothing, tied to bundle a baby — or a bonobo — onto your back, or serve as a ground cloth for sleeping. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z “Really? Well, let’s just hope she reads something useful out of a book this time. Basta showed me the fairy. She doesn’t even sprinkle any fairy dust, however hard you shake her.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z She, too, has always lived as a guest in someone else’s home, feeling pressure to make herself useful. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z In another world she was on a field trip surrounded by all her old classmates, the guide was yammering on about potentially useful information while Hazel dreamt of magic. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z But it’s not all that useful for, say, a group of people trying to spark a literacy epidemic with a small budget and one hour of programming on public television. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Chappe managed to escape with his life, but with no useful measurements. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Although it didn't work anymore, it was still useful for storing supplies. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Within a week he would find a hundred ways to make himself useful. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The hosts read letters and birthday wishes from people across the country, including President Theodore Roosevelt, who offered his “hearty good wishes for the continuation of her useful and honorable life.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z In all the useful arts the world is either standing still or going backwards. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Finally, I slipped out from under the blankets and found a pencil in Georgie’s and my box of useful items. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z But written music is very useful, for many of the same reasons that written words are useful. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Especially useful contributions have been made by ecological geographers, cultural anthropologists, biologists studying plant and animal domestication, and scholars concerned with the impact of infectious diseases on history. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The Lord was pleased to strengthen us, and remove all fear from us, and disposed our hearts to be as useful as possible. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z She was taught to read the Bible, play tennis, and use a typewriter, which was the only useful thing she was left with after all those years in a foreign language. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Not that that would do anything, but at least it would feel useful. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z She watched the road closely so as not to step on any garbage strewn along the way and also to see if she might find anything useful for her family. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z “Can you see the future in that tree? Can you see it becoming real useful, real soon?” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Even so, the number of useful ways of putting nucleic acids together is stupefyingly large—probably far greater than the total number of electrons and protons in the universe. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a chromium affair with a heavy ebonite base—a useful weapon. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z “He grabbed himself and told me to use my mouth for something useful,” Toby said. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z The final section of this course does include a few challenges that are generally not considered "beginner level" musicianship, but are very useful in just about every field and genre of music. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z How could she ever turn such a giant lump into anything useful? A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z From the microbes’ point of view, however, they’re just a useful device to enlist a host’s help in inoculating microbes into a body cavity of a new host. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z She described feeling supported by Daley and knowing that she was being useful to the city. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “Father has no intention of sending you back. You will just have to prove to him that you can be useful here.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z “Could be useful,” he said to Harry and Hermione as they went into dinner. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z “Perhaps their intention was merely to identify us. It seems like useful information to have, if they intend to use their simulations again.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Tragically, this quality has proven to be enormously useful. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z What of his knowledge of the world and of life could be useful to her? The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Archaeologists can deal with some things, but we’re not trained to shoot, and someone who can do that and navigate and make camp and do all the sort of survival stuff is very useful. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Was it because the same set of plants occurred in the wild in many areas, were found useful there just as in the Fertile Crescent, and were independently domesticated? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Anyway, if I end up at the edge of a crater, I'll have to backtrack to somewhere useful. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z This was the world of serious work at last, where he would get a chance to do something useful. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z As White strove to be a modern evidence man, he had to learn many new techniques, but the most useful one was timeless: coldly, methodically separating hearsay from facts that he could prove. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z An-mei and I still laugh over those bad fortunes and how they later became quite useful in helping me catch a husband. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “It was useful for you last year, wasn’t it?” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z “You’re going to be as useful to the war effort as possible,” Plutarch says. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The semicolon is one of the most useful but least used punctuation marks. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z His toy broomstick could hardly be considered interesting to the Death Eaters....The only potentially useful thing he could see here was possible information on Dumbledore. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “Just as you like, sir, of course. But he strikes me as being a bit out of the ordinary. I’d say, a distinctly useful rabbit.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I could see what he thought: that my faith in justice was childish, no more useful here than tires on a horse. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z It hadn’t occurred to me that this information—information I’d shared with Ocean when he wanted to drive me to school for the first time—would continue to be useful to us. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z I didn’t suppose he’d be able to do much useful surgery up there, but if I fell and broke my back at least I’d know the Latin names for what was wrong with me. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Patient is a useful way to be when you’re an ape. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z In Warburg’s theory we also find explanation of an otherwise incomprehensible fact — that one and the same agent can be useful in treating cancer and can also cause it. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Mason and Maskelyne formed a solid friendship and spent several happy, and possibly even mildly useful, weeks charting tidal flows. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Simply having an ear well-trained in "relative pitch" is extremely useful in many ways. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z You will see that the stupid Samanas in the forest learn and know many useful things. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z I remember when people used to think my brain was useful. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z They were thus in a position for several thousand years to exploit as potential crops the most useful available wild plants, whatever those should be. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z As we saw in the last chapter, it is not always easy to define the threshold for saying that a culture ‘has’ something, but language usually provides a useful marker. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z "I once heard her say," Hortensia went on, "that a large boy is about the same weight as an Olympic hammer and therefore he's very useful for practising with." Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z Few people in history have achieved greater fame in a shorter period with less useful activity in the brainbox than Gen. Thomas J. Jackson. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z I finally asked Mama why couldn’t Aunt Loma make herself more useful. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Where Elizebeth had once picked up useful chatter, there was now near silence. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z And she was right; making myself useful had always helped. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “Don’t you know her name by now? Get out of here and make yourself useful.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Suppose they’re organized but I hadn’t much clue what was going on and was neither useful nor necessary at this point. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Mary felt she had done something useful for them at last. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “They’re much more practical—and very useful for Happy Birthday, Happy New Year, happy days, and happy-go-lucky.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z Fundamentally, though, the word ‘scientist’ was merely a new and useful word for a type of person who had long been in existence. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z It was very useful to have your number, but you could have been in Antarctica for all I knew, and the game wouldn’t work unless you were close by. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z The Academy had a video on this subject, but it would be more useful for us to ask someone who had been there and could talk about it. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew that in the long run, that was about as useful as duct-taping over your car’s fuel gauge so you won’t run out of gas. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Dicey told him he couldn’t, he had to be useful. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Out of the corner of her eye she saw Adelaide nod, too, as if this information might be useful to her some day. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z One of the most useful of these is the scale based on the dorian mode, which is often called the dorian minor, since it has a basically minor sound. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z “I am a useful and much loved creature. Ask any gardener you like. And as for you...” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z At the stream he was the most useful mussel digger that any boy could have. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z He wanted to be doing something more "useful." The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z One of the most useful things Keeth did for me was to give me a list of simple exercises to do every day to make me a better fencer. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z "All right, then. It's plain I'll get no useful criticism from you." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z “Did you get anything useful out of them?” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z His frightening appearance would for the first time become useful for him. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z “A stroke of brilliance I would not have thought possible from you, Worm- tail — though, if truth be told, you were not aware how useful she would be when you caught her, were you?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “Why couldn’t the gods have given us more useful gifts?” grumbled Aru. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “I’m going to go do something useful. I don’t suppose you would allow some of us to come in here and tend to these wounded?” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z “Playing possum is a useful adaptation,” said HairySpiders, her pink nose twitching. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Nor did anyone notice that she was almost choking with fear, for Elinor had put on her armor, the impenetrable and extremely useful armor behind which she had always hidden at times of need. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z “Do you have anything that might be useful for my condition?” he asked tremulously. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z Fond as he was of his only child, useful as she was in his house since his wife had died, lately he had begun to chafe under her devotion. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “You’re sweet to say so, darling. But you don’t need to. You can picture him at the front and you know he’s useful but he’s so much the type of boy I don’t care for.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z This was useful information in a terraced society. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z We find bits of paper and cardboard that will be useful in starting the fire again. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z At last he found what he was looking for: the walkie-talkie he shared with Jimmy L. The walkie-talkies were very useful since neither his nor Jimmy L’s parents let them have cell phones. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z It’d be useful with patterns, shapes that did something—helped people and cars cross the street, over water, or a deep hole in the ground. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z He outwitted the Nazis by claiming we were essential to the war effort even though he knew that many of us, myself included, had no useful skills at all. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z She is the one who got me the change of clothes for Cardan, the one who agreed he might come in useful. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “Fair enough. Get him unclipped and make him useful.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z “No, you’re the irritating kind. Couldn’t you be useful? You wouldn’t have to repaint the shingles. You’d only have to repaint the, you know, painted parts.” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The piece of log that had been there so long, sturdy and useful, had simply fallen into chunks of dead vegetative matter; never again would it provide Matty a place to rest. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z The Strategic Defense Initiative brings thoughts of destruction and salvation, and even here the notion of trade-offs can play a useful role. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z In this city where Rani doesn't speak the language, I'm the most useful member of our two-person-plus-one-bird team. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z “Then why the kaleidoscope? It’s interesting to look through, maybe, but how is it useful?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z “You may have succeeded in shutting down the attack simulation, girl, but it was by luck alone, not skill. I would die of shock if you managed to do anything useful again for a longtime.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Byrnes, who up to then had viewed the atomic bomb largely as an abstract device useful for bargaining with the Russians, would recall that Oppenheimer’s astonishing figures left him “thoroughly frightened.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “Kaz told me I didn’t have to do anything but make myself useful.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Freud by then was a fully adult male, but he still spent time with his family and often played gently with both of his small sisters.Young brothers or sisters can sometimes be very useful. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z “Not at all. You are sixteen now, quite old enough to be my confidant, and my experience will be useful to you by-and-by, perhaps, in your own affairs of this sort.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z One of her hands is not as useful as usual. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z My botany background may come in useful after all. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Purr made himself useful keeping mice from the barley and tasting everyone’s cheese. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “I — I thought she might be useful, my Lord —” “Liar,” said the second voice again, the cruel amusement more pronounced than ever. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Among Violet’s many useful skills was a vast knowledge of different types of knots. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z Masks were useful then; not quite lies, not quite truths. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z And when there was a useful scene, it was difficult to see it more than fleetingly because there were usually twenty others in the room watching with you. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Quintilian, even as he tips the hat to loci, expresses reservations—wondering whether, being so visual, it was quite so useful for memorizing ideas as it was for objects. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z For every ken and wis and aye I had dropped from my vocabulary, I had picked up a dozen new and useful terms. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z “It’s my supernatural ability. And plenty useful when it comes to interrogating baddies.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z But since my intention is to write something useful for anyone who understands it, it seemed more suitable for me to search after the effectual truth of the matter rather than its imagined one. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z Zero was useful but was not truly a number on its own—it had no value. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “Oh,” I said, because for once on this night I had useful information. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z “How clever our gods are, to make such useful creatures! They look so strong and peaceful. Their drivers must love them the way we love our horses!” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Also the least useful, he told himself exasperatedly. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Boyle thought of an hypothesis as a useful step towards establishing the truth: a good hypothesis leads to novel predictions which can be tested by experiments. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The nonplussed Loomis replied, “Well, we don’t know how to make a million volts that can be useful to you. We can only make sparks jump.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z This handbook was created to help you understand your rights, what to expect while housed in a facility of DJJ, answer some commonly asked questions, and provide useful information to help you while at DJJ. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z It seemed to me that the temperature in the shade would be a lot more useful to the citizens of our town. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z And yet the nuisance had flattered him, and the ribbons would be useful. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z She had no family left, and she was not a particularly useful person in the village. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Barley has the further advantage that its genetics and morphology permit it to evolve quickly the useful changes in seed dispersal and germination inhibition that we discussed in the preceding chapter. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, as we’ll see, recognizing these major groups is still so useful for understanding history that I’ll use the group names as shorthand, without repeating the above caveats in every sentence. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z She’d never imagined a broom could have so many useful features. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z My mother had decided she wasn't going to leave anything valuable or useful to the enemy if she could help it. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Malcolm watched through the window as the chauffeur stood up straight and bustled around being useful. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z “Precisely why it is useful to us,” said Mr. Benedict. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z The engineer liked to believe that his work at Magnetic Propulsion Laboratories was useful, even though it had always appeared pointless. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z I want to be useful or bring enjoyment to all people, even those I’ve never met. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Another set of useful terms describe how quickly a melody goes up and down. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z There is no telling what it was thinking, but it looked at me as though to say, there is no eating a baby owl, that’s not useful like hunting a pheasant. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z By the end of the month, I'd managed to retain three hundred nouns, none of which proved to be the least bit useful. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z But it was extremely useful, for I had taken the measure of Mr. de Klerk just as I did with new prison commanders when I was on Robben Island. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But these well temperaments made all keys equally useful, not equal-sounding as modern equal temperament does. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z More interesting—and useful now—was a shelf of small bottles with eyedroppers. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Roz asked the animals to collect anything useful they could find: large stones, strong branches, chunks of frozen mud. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Again, though, it is useful to put the commodification of gangsta culture in proper perspective. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z If this was how the body prepared to jump, he thought, it wasn’t very useful. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Hence, for the student of world history, the phenomenon of writing is particularly useful for exploring another important constellation of causes: geography’s effect on the ease with which ideas and inventions spread. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z ALBUS: The water will be an extremely useful backup if our Cushioning Charm doesn’t work. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z A miracle would be useful: if I could stage a convincing rebirth, I could dissociate from everything I’d said and done in the last year. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “Last night,” Kenny said, “and my mother has already told me thirty-seven times to make myself useful, stay out of trouble and stop dribbling the ball in the house.” Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe this boy could do Greek, whatever that was, but could he do something useful? The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Nature...cares nothing for appearances, except in so far as they may be useful to any being. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z That you are only as interesting as you are useful to someone. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z This means that if we are asked to give our thoughts on Coke and Pepsi, most of our answers aren’t going to be very useful. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z It was possible, too, that Holmes was merely testing Bowman to determine how useful he might be in the future. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z This is very useful for giving music a satisfying ending. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z There were even a few presents for Matt—small, loving tributes from Celia and Maria, something useful from Tam Lin, and a large, expensive gift from El Patron. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Of course we can go, Mother? It will be such a help to Laurie, for I can row, and Meg see to the lunch, and the children be useful in some way.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z The information had seemed about as useful as Latin, until the first time I actually needed to use it. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z He was so used to Annabeth providing Greek legend information that he was kind of stunned to actually remember something useful, but he had to act fast. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The potent, strong fragrance of happiness still bloomed in him, the sense of being—for the first time in his dull life—useful. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z But its very simplicity and the great ease which it lent to all computations put our arithmetic in the first rank of useful inventions. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z It’s useful to know a dirty song or two, I always say. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Then, I exhale, working quickly—grabbing the axe and an extra flashlight—I search for anything else that might be useful. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z A methodology that has proved useful involves the comparative method and so-called natural experiments. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z This continental difference in harmful germs resulted paradoxically from the difference in useful livestock. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z What Netscape did was bring a new killer app—the browser—to this installed base of PCs, making the computer and its connectivity inherently more useful for millions of people. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z We didn’t let them help us because we needed it, we let them help us because inside of humans is this thing, this unnamed need to feel as if we are useful in the world. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z I've been sitting here telling Tyrell's dad all about my plans for Tyrell, and how useful he's going to be, and what a great addition to my organization, and so on. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Silly songs and rhymes with interesting onomatopoeic sounds and simple, repetitive words are also highly useful, such as “Galumph Went the Little Green Frog” and “Jelly in a Bowl.” Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Penelope, who had spent many a useful hour assisting Dr. Westminster at Swanburne, was not in the least bit alarmed. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z But for Josquin, chordal harmony was too useful a tool in illuminating the text to worry about its effect on the modes. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z At the same time, they tried to encourage these species to grow in number farther away, where they would be useful. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “Let’s see if we can find something useful,” I said, slipping my fingers around hers again. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z And I found a compact paperback history of slavery in America that might be useful. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Why is it useful to know how chords are related? Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z “But you’ll find the car will be more useful. And I have a bit of birthday advice to give you.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He also invented several useful objects, including a drip coffeemaker, thermal underwear, and a type of range still known as the Rumford fireplace. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z If they valued a patient’s life as “useful,” they drew a blue minus sign to spare the patient. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z “In my opinion too much is taken for granted. We do not know whether all weeds in crops are harmful or whether some of them are useful,” says Dr. Briejer. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z ‘I suppose we haven’t lost more than two days by my short cut through the Forest! But perhaps the delay will prove useful — it may have put them off our trail.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z And it is true that I refer to him as an Indian, because the label is useful shorthand; so would his descendants, and for much the same reason. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z ‘May come in useful, if you think of getting married, Sam.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z “Spread out. Grab anything you think might be useful. No idea is too stupid to try.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z They had been behind German lines before many times—living like woods creatures, living from moment to moment in useful terror, thinking brainlessly with their spinal cords. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “The nuns were kind to me, with their ointments and bandages and sympathy. They offered me their busy, useful detachment. They offered me peace, Djo.” Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z But he provided no useful information about the fever in Philadelphia. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z She might not be fascinating, her feet might be wary and slow, but maybe she could at least be useful. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z It’s a useful distinction, and one that the British would do well to reacquire. ft TOMBSTONE: Drop the of in all of and both of. r.i.p. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Why, then, didn’t Native Americans domesticate those apparently useful apples and grapes themselves? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z For this kind of mechanism to be useful, the cells are required to stick precisely to the point. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z They are perfectly capable of recognizing useful additions to their crop larder, as is shown by their exuberant adoption of the sweet potato when it arrived. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “Be glad, Overlander, if they believe your father can be useful. It is all that will give him time,” said Luxa sadly. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He says the mind and spirit are useful, too. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Guys like Dr. Strayer were hired to figure out how to configure networks and displays so that the information was useful and life- preserving—not overwhelming and deadly. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “I think this is one of those times. And I do thinkyou would be useful for people to rally behind.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z You may alter any part of yourselves into anything which you think would be useful to you in later life. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Big Ma would have said Merriam might as well be useful. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Siddhartha said: 'Yesterday I told you I knew how to think, to wait and to fast, but you did not consider these useful. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z DRACO: And the Trolley Witch is not able to tell us anything useful? Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z Let’s not wear out a useful word for no good reason. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Most of all she couldn’t bear having her head so preoccupied and nothing useful to do with her hands. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “If you don’t care for wine, maybe something a little stronger ... ?” I started to shake my head, then realized that some homemade brand would be useful cleaning my side tonight. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z "I mention it only because it might come in useful when you're climbing about in the kitchen," my grandmother said. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z And I think I know how I can get her to tell me if she knows anything useful. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Her language skills made her useful in political discussions. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Actually Padma—she thinks about things a lot more—deeply—than I do—and she thought it’d be nicer for you to get something useful for school. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z She had nothing useful to say about this, she thought, and the silence billowed out between them. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z We can thus be sure that it was indeed possible to develop the wild plant into a useful crop, and we have to ask why that wild species was not domesticated in certain areas. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z This equation is very useful when you are calculating how long it will take to get from New York to Chicago on a train that moves exactly 120 miles an hour. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Momentarily lulled by the useful chores they did for whatever ghostly purpose, we did not bother to lower the windows one morning when the Garbage Ghost came. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Kelton points out that even nonfunctioning air-conditioning makes us burn gas faster, and I tell him where he can shove his useful information. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z In her sweet and slow voice, she said, “This is a wonderful and useful gift. We are very, very thankful. With it, we are sure to save many plants.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z As the weeks went on, and the girl appeared miraculously to have been transformed into a useful member of staff, Miss Kenton's triumph was obvious. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z “And they can be useful. They handle most of my gardening. But good? Safe? Not so much.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Flame is a wonder, and useful too; surely a gift from powerful beings. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Cotton was both needed and easily stored, which made it useful as a medium of exchange or status. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z It is very useful, when one is young, to learn the difference between “literally” and “figuratively.” The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z My freedom of movement was more useful to me now than it had ever been. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z “I’m all kinds of useful. I can chop wood and carry water or messages.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z These admirable institutions are demonstrably useful for the management of certain forms of mental disease, but that is another matter. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t know. Like a stairway that leads somewhere, maybe. Or a building full of ... I don’t know, useful things.” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I know that several teachers, Professor Slughorn amongst them, suggested that he join the Ministry of Magic, offered to set up appointments, put him in touch with useful contacts. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z “I rest my case. Rumors of rumors of rumors. Can’t trust yer sister to get her own name right much less any useful info.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Koffi didn’t find his counting strange, it seemed; she thought it could be useful. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z “Do not hope; instead, observe” were words that Flora, as a cynic, had found useful in the extreme. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z Declaration stood by the doors with Mr. Johnson, being useful. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Folks enjoyed that sort of thing and it was politically useful given the combat with the northern states and the antislavery movement. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I put in when I planted the garden because I thought that would be useful to know next year. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Then he looked back quickly, determined to smile this time, to make some useful gesture, but she had turned her back to him. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “This is a useful little spell,” he told the class over his shoulder. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z This material is processed by a superefficient metabolism, stripped of any useful minerals and...ejected at the other end, as it were. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z They were mostly self-pollinating: that is, the crop varieties could pollinate themselves and pass on their own desirable genes unchanged, instead of having to hybridize with other varieties less useful to humans. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Making himself useful as always, he took upon himself the Sisyphean task of keeping all those Modernist surfaces sparkling. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Until it is fit again, I can no longer be useful in that way. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Attempts to develop a new language by first inventing the grammar and spelling never seem to result in a language that people find useful. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z “Each on a farm should care for something alive and useful.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z She wouldn’t have time to glean much of an impression from this one, but even a hint of who he was might prove useful. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Fox passed Hobs a length of rope and said, “Make yourself useful.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z In addition, of course, small domestic mammals and domestic birds and insects have also been useful to humans. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “One is useful to the Collective, or one is not.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z His father kept it sheathed and rolled in cloth, an undecorated and highly useful weapon. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The big girls giggled behind their hands most of the time and whispered among themselves a great deal, but Jean Louise considered them useful when choosing sides for a volleyball match. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z I agree, for I wish to be useful here. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z She seemed to be taking the library’s lack of useful information on the subject as a personal insult; it had never failed her before. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z I have been trying to interpret them as genuine weekends, as if, after spending the weekdays on futile and largely cosmetic labor, I had decided to volunteer to do something useful for a change. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Every day a team of people methodically sorted through the trash heaps in search of anything that might be at all useful. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Her views of improving her little friend’s mind, by a great deal of useful reading and conversation, had never yet led to more than a few first chapters, and the intention of going on to-morrow. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z “I’m afraid not. But maybe there’s something useful in the Yearbook?” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Nominalizations, as we will see in chapter 5, can be useful in connecting a sentence to those that came before, keeping the passage coherent. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z “You can’t really do any useful intellectual conditioning till the foetuses have lost their tails. Follow me.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “Some of them ... Well, if I learn anything useful, I’ll let you know.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “You hit the air around your target’s body. How useful.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z He's going to be as useful as nipples on a breastplate. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Jason scrambled backwards, not fast enough, but his ventus proved a useful filter. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Perhaps a little family history would be useful at this point. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z As I ran up the seventy-two stairs, I thought, And anyway, he was an incredibly old guy who slowed me down and didn't know anything useful. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z When urban renewal tore down my parents’ laundry and paved over our slum for a parking lot, I only made up gun and knife fantasies and did nothing useful. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z And so, in every respect, this form of protection is as useless as the other kind, colonization, is useful. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z Dr. Frank Hamilton considered the methods to be useful only after pus and blood oozed from a wound. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “If your information is as useful as you think it is, I shall personally look into your case, miss.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Every piece of information she receives factors into her strategy, and she won’t tell me what time it is unless she decides that providing the information is more useful than withholding it. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z It turned out that knowing German would prove more useful to us than we ever could have imagined. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z “You’re letting in the chill. Be off, girl. Do something useful with all that anger.” Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Part of him wanted to attack Phorcys now—at least that might give them the element of surprise—but they hadn’t found out any useful information yet. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z This was useful to experimenters like Hahn, because they could use radioactive elements as tiny cannons. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z When it came to growing viruses—as with many other things —the fact that HeLa was malignant just made it more useful. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Naturally, I don’t subscribe to the obvious fallacy that every society promptly adopts every innovation that would be useful for it. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z It could be useful to me one day, to buy something, some bread or even time to live. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z I picked the most fragrant blooms, then ran to the herb garden hoping to find something useful. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z I tried to be useful, too, but I could feel my attention drifting upstairs, to Clancy’s desk. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z It didn’t run anywhere useful, so he had drawn up a plan to plunder it for metal and build more hoverpaths in and around the valley. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z “Let’s hope we find something more useful soon.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z “Exactly. What you know is written down now. We’ll look it up later in those books you just told me about. You are no longer useful, my little Weed.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Fortresses, then, are either useful or not, depending upon the times: if they benefit you in one way, they injure you in another. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z “Take care of yourself, Major. You aint the most likable man 1 ever met, but you sure are useful.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Most people were forced to learn at least some Afrikaans, so it’s useful to keep that, too. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z He was there to convince them that our stories connected us to one another, and through those connections, it was possible to harness discontent and convert it to something useful. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z You can see how useful this assumption is to a child faced with the extraordinary task of assigning a word to everything in the world. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Them knowing what I'm up to usually makes them less useful. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z At the sight of the three of them nipping and rolling on the carpet, exhorting each other with socially useful phrases such as “Pass the salt, please!” and “May I take your umbrella?” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z “Fine to think we can go on being socially useful even after we’re dead. Making plants grow.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “Pin it round your neck, and then it will be useful,” said Laurie, looking down at the little blue boots, which he evidently approved of. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z That low number was useful in justifying the white conquest of what could be viewed as an almost empty continent. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Mostly it was trash, but sometimes there was something worth salvaging, something he could make useful again or even sell. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z And nothing is more useful than a bootlace. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z “Look up what? There’s nothing useful here. You want to look up Surly Wombat? Or this picture?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “I’m going to be monitoring you from here, from the small control room. We’ll see how useful I am tonight, though, with all this snow obscuring the cameras.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Knowing far more about local plants than all but a handful of modern professional botanists, they would hardly have failed to cultivate any useful wild plant species that was comparably suitable for domestication. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “You said, speaking for your friend, that you could tell me how to do something useful and good. Something that you would like done, is it not?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z How useful it would be to put a daily limit on self-pity. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “I will have the children read Hamlet as soon as it is practical. There are some useful cautions against eavesdropping to be gleaned from that. In the meantime, we shall deal with the squirrels.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z “Even with your memories of Earth, you proved useful.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “These are the good, useful gifts. The more you use them and pitch in around the house the more you can understand how the whole family works as a team.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z It was beneficent, this attention—“Come to Columbia, Malia!” people were shouting—but it was not especially useful for a girl who was trying quietly to imagine her own future. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z We tend to assume that useful technologies, once acquired, inevitably persist until superseded by better ones. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Still, his knowledge was useful—and the Soviets wanted every scrap of information they could get. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z And William Ashby was the only person in Wethersfield who did not expect her to be useful, who demanded nothing, and offered his steady admiration as proof that she was still of some worth. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z “A virus can be useful to a species by^ thinning it out.” he said. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “As soon as you’ve mended enough to be useful you will return to your Attendant’s duties. Understood?” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Something decorative and permanent and occasionally useful, yes, but I found it dull and quiet work, suitable for a rainy day with only the monotonous ticking of the parlor clock for company. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z His years in the Kingsguard had taught him the trick of listening without hearing, especially useful when the speaker was intent on proving that words were truly wind. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z After a bunch more grunts he said, “Make yourself useful, boy, and hand me this one.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z If it is useful, I may spare your life. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z I was supposed to tell her something useful, like a big sister would, like, “If you could make it through a tornado, you can make it through anything.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z I tell myself it doesn’t matter, your name is like your telephone number, useful only to others; but what I tell myself is wrong, it does matter. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Have is a useful word, but we can have too much of it. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Unfortunately, Annabeth’s drachma had no magical powers—at least nothing useful. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “If we wanted to frighten them with thunder, then you might be useful.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z It seemed pretty clear that the Marburg virus did not naturally circulate in monkeys, because it killed them so fast it could not successfully establish itself in them as a useful host. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But Susan was chatty as they were driven home; she asked if his conversation with the woman had been interesting and hoped he had learned something that would be useful for his book. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z My clothes were okay, but I was noticing that lately they were more useful than cute. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z When we wanted a dog to help us care for sheep, we selected breeds that were intelligent, obedient and had some preexisting talent to herd, which is useful for animals who hunt in packs. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The thought makes me feel grimy, as if I’m a dusty old jar, waiting for Maddy to decide I’m useful. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z “It may be that the day of useful nuclear energy is not so far distant after all,” he wrote to his fellow cyclotron builder Alexander Allen. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Despite this lack I still found debates useful in practising English. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z There are some common terms used in discussions of melody that you may find it useful to know. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z The donkeys would be useful for carrying the fish. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z But Dismay Snowberger, wise in All Ways of the Heart, made himself useful. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z For a long time already Amaranta had given up trying to make her into a useful woman. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z “You don’t have your gun,” I say, “so this might come in useful. And maybe it can be something to remember me by.” Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z “I’m useful,” Luna said, tripping on the cobblestones as they hurried to the first patient’s house on the other edge of town. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Hence the methods developed in some of these other fields may also prove useful in the field of human history. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z It was his mission to upset, mash, and draw out the metal into the useful things that made society operate: nails, horseshoes, plows, knives, guns. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z When Pirithoüs, who was King of the Lapithae, married, Theseus was, of course, one of the guests, and was exceedingly useful there. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Again, I can see why Prince Dain thought I would be useful. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Along with the crops, they were useful commodities in the marketplaces of each city in the trade networks initially established by the Toltecs. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z But I have one chance left to do something useful, and if I want to hit the Erudite where it hurts, I have to take one of their leaders from them. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z He hugged the old ladies as we finally left their houses, assuring them he’d do his best to be useful—to get the fixable issues fixed. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z ‘Has he left me that? I wonder why. Still, it may be useful.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z But Winnie was independent-minded and intent on learning, and it would be useful because I was gone so much of the time and could not drive her places myself. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The bags were very useful, and suddenly I felt more uncomfortable than I did wearing the mask. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z None of them did anything useful in the world. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z That was his domain, and he directed us all in the planting of useful foods, all to the Glory of God and so forth. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She had no idea what it was doing here, but Hermes delivered all sorts of useful stuff to gods, spirits, and even demigods. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I had told Mr. de Klerk before that it served no useful purpose to attack the ANC publicly, yet he continued to do so. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I can make a useful test mission of it. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He seemed to be holding on to the words, using them as a rope to pull himself into a decision, something that would feel more useful, like he wasn’t helpless. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z “Have you ever wondered how a perfectly good word dies and a useful word at that? If I use a dead word then I think it’s possible it can come alive again.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Corn continued quickly to win over the new settlers by being very useful. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Wisely these men choose to represent themselves with useful things—knife, bottle, matches, cooking pot. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Is that piece of broken glass sufficiently sharp and strong to be useful as a knife? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z And we find a third use, as in Descartes’ S45: the use of ‘hypothesis’ to refer to an argument that is acknowledged to be false but held in some way to be useful. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Maybe I could salvage something useful from the bin. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Then I did some research on the Internet about the locks of New York, and I found out a lot of useful information. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Then he remembered that the rat had been useful in saving Charlotte’s life, and that Charlotte was trying to save his life. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z “What were you doing carrying these scraps across the ocean ?” Brave Orchid took what was useful and solid into the back bedroom, where Moon Orchid would stay until they decided what she would do permanently. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He realized the numerous ways that they could serve their country by performing socially useful tasks. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z “Maybe you could make yourself useful and find the can opener, since you enjoy searching for things so very much.” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z As she reads, I think how useful a cloak that made me invisible would be right now. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z That had certainly been the occasion to interject his critical facility in assessing the meaning of experimental observations—but he had said nothing useful. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z When a widely useful invention does crop up in one society, it then tends to spread in either of two ways. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “I didn’t know what would be useful. Nothing too big, because you wouldn’t be able to take it with you.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Everyone is welcome to this prescription; it costs nothing and is definitely useful. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z I wish I could ask for a blanket, but I still can't get my tongue to do anything useful. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z How could none of them have thought of changing the design to make the plow more useful? 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “Brownies are useful. They repair things. They make things. They are remarkable craftsmen.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z “I expect the history of ideas will be very useful, then,” she said, smiling sweetly. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z But despite my own situation, I do not believe that there is a large enough need for useful information about losing two parents twice. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z At one point, this last cowardice even brought me something useful. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z It turns out that some of the bitterest plants contain valuable nutrients, even useful medicines. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z It's useful, therefore, to be familiar with the terms commonly used to describe each element. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z If you're not certain what chord is wanted, you can get useful clues both from the notes in the music and from the other chord symbols used. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z This was probably the first time I’d ever volunteered to learn anything useful. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z That is why I have always tried to teach children something that would be useful no matter what. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z And again: “The suit, Edward, the suit. Think about it. It may be the last useful thing anybody ever made. You’re not going to waste it on a visit to your dead wife.” Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z And if the waiting people saw that the factory Modalali himself had come to see him, on his turf, he knew it would give off all sorts of useful signals. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The doctor did not think the trip would be useful in any way for his son’s future. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z All the training she had received, Briony felt later, had been useful preparation, especially in obedience, but everything she understood about nursing she learned that night. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z If you waited long enough, a useless thing would become useful again. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “That could be useful once we’re in the jungle. No doubt you’ll know how to divide and ration food properly or something.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The Camenae began as useful and practical goddesses who cared for springs and wells and cured disease and foretold the future. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He had only a light bundle, for he had lost his pack at Parth Galen, and all he had was a few useful things he had picked up among the wreckage of Isengard. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z As we talk about where music theory comes from, it will be very useful to know both the scientific and the musical terms and how they are related to each other. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z “They might be useful if they’re as indistinguishable as you and your sister. We could put them in matching costumes.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Being a saint is not a nice thing. The abilities may be useful, yes. But they aren’t worth what happens at the end.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z The Invisibility Cloak would, of course, be essential, and as an added precaution, Harry thought he would take the Marauder’s Map, which, next to the Cloak, was the most useful aid to rule-breaking Harry owned. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z I would much prefer this useful role, if I had any say, to the essentially unearthly creature we seem otherwise on the way to becoming. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z This wonderful woman with useful hair was turning out to be like any other grown-up. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z Bassal is a light, silvery metal, useful in certain alloys that I would be using to construct my lamp. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I was afraid she’d get all protective and say that I could be just as useful sewing bandages to put in the supply boxes to be buried in the mountains. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He will be a useful contact for Vincent once he’s ordained as a minister. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z By the end of that first day the word useful had taken on an alarming meaning. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z He probably had years of education on me, had read hundreds more books, and could remember enough math to actually be useful. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z A newt, she decided, was a useful thing to have around. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z But Titid says that it is not only the body, with its feet and hands and strong back that can be useful. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The harmonic series is not just a useful idea constructed by music theory; it is often found in "real life," in the real-world physics of musical sounds. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z “Your friend here has some useful insights, Percy,” he said. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z A useful rule of thumb in this regard is to forget the adults and pay attention to the behavior of the children. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z He knew that his thanes couldn’t handle me alone, and he was too old and tired to be much impressed—however useful it might be to his kingdom—by their fathead ideas of honor. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z I found my smattering of German very useful here; indeed, I don’t know how I should be able to get on without it. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z According to the Geneva Convention you’re allowed to send useful things to prisoners of war—cigarettes, toothbrushes, fruitcakes with hacksaws inside. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z For teosinte to become a useful crop, it had to undergo drastic changes in its reproductive biology, to increase greatly its investment in seeds, and to lose those rock-like coverings of its seeds. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z But he was entertaining, and I found his conversation useful and interesting. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I read to the patients and played with those poor injured children and tried to make myself useful. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “I reported to Lawrence that I, too, felt it would probably be useful to establish a second laboratory,” he recalled. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Maybe if I made myself useful, I wouldn’t have to go to school. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Lawrence arrived in Belgium only a few weeks after he engaged in a minor dustup with Rutherford, at long range, over the prospects for useful energy from the atomic nucleus. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Instead, they evidently knew the local wild plants as intimately as do modern New Guineans, and they used that knowledge to select and bring home only the most useful available seed plants. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z That fulfills part of our definition of plant domestication, as the genetic modification of an ancestral plant in ways that make it more useful to consumers. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z They would inevitably surface within a rectangle of barbed wire, would find themselves greeted listlessly by dying Russians who spoke no English, who had no food or useful information or escape plans of their own. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I walked around Stagecoach Pass all morning, trying to be useful, running errands for anyone and everyone, delivering messages, and making phone calls. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z But Marshall had to go, and he wanted April to come, too, and the police seemed to think that she might remember something that would be useful. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z But by now you can see why they’re sometimes useful: they give the writer additional freedom in ordering phrases in the tree. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z He wasn’t sure why he volunteered—maybe because he was anxious to be useful for a change. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I’d saunter downstairs and make myself so useful Shady couldn’t possibly see fit to allow me to walk out the door, let alone to do someone else’s bidding. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z It felt good to know that we were the only ones who could do this useful thing. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Far more useful to me, for understanding the tics, pretensions, and insecurities of the owner class, are books and other print-related artifacts. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Glad those pirates were useful for something,” Nicole said, tightening the last one. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z “I had something to tell him. Something I thought might be useful.” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z According to the astrologer for the Post, “a compromise will help ease tension”; useful, perhaps, but somewhat vague. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Or maybe it is both at once, which is precisely what makes it so useful. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z Not hating him is not enough; liking, loving him is not useful. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z A pair of green suspenders, more decorative than useful, gave the finishing touch, for he was shoeless and there was a twig tucked between the toes of one foot. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z She hadn't dealt with the police much around the Morrison murder and didn't have useful information pointing to their misconduct, aside from being able to show how they were provoked by her relationship with Walter. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “They were good, better, and best. A good gift was always something useful, so your dad and I each got you something useful.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Perhaps to prove her skills could be of service, she began painting an illustrated book of useful herbs. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z My first job was picking apples, which was somewhat more useful than hanging around on the outskirts of the Piper Appreciation Society. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z It was maddening for a police officer, but he admitted that this element of checks and balances would have been useful in this case. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Keep in mind that these results reflect only a child’s early test scores, a useful but fairly narrow measurement; poor testing in early childhood isn’t necessarily a great harbinger of future earnings, creativity, or happiness. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z In fact, they are so even, that there are some very useful things we can measure and say about them. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z “The girl is harmless and useful,” he said. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The only chap, reflected Sir Ector, who could be really useful in showin’ the King’s huntsman proper sport was that fellow Robin Hood. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Though the Indian number system was useful for everyday tasks like addition and multiplication, the true impact of Indian numbers was considerably deeper. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z It was a much better place for her, where she felt useful. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Perhaps the most immediately useful result of this exploration of insect secretion is the development of lures, or attractants. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The farmer said he had once employed two North Korean defectors and that they had been useful workers. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Sasha and Nemo were useful additions, because they could dance either the male or the female part, depending on what was needed. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z How very kind Mr. Brooke is, and how fortunate that Mr. Laurence’s business detains him near you so long, since he is so useful to you and Father. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, to its intense gratification, Pennsylvania had also discovered oil—not only discovered it but devised ways to make it industrially useful. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z In her parents’ house, things had been good or bad, right or wrong, useful or wasteful. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Now you can make yourself useful and pasture the animals.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Dreams are snow, new every year, and useful even when they stop falling.” Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z And her grandmother’s medicine, so useful at other times, why hadn’t it worked for Neewo? The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z "Varys tells me that spies are more useful than corpses," Robert said. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z However, the Greeks so despised zero that they refused to admit it into their writings, even though they saw how useful it was. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z "However, I prefer to use the names their parents gave them—the names that society will recognize them by when they return to become useful and hardworking members of society." Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z He also discovered many useful compounds, among them ammonia, glycerin, and tannic acid, and was the first to see the commercial potential of chlorine as a bleach–all breakthroughs that made other people extremely wealthy. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Might it be useful enough to please him? The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “You see things differently in it, clearer, somehow. It’s very useful.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z He was trying for the twentieth time to reach his shoe, which contained a few useful tools for emergencies hidden in its heel, when the door behind him opened. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z My mother has told me once and for all the useful parts. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z But, V thought as she spotted the red square of the fire alarm, she might have found something even more useful. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z It wouldn’t be a very useful book, but you could hold it and know that everything you could possibly say was in your hands. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Such speculations are no longer useful to me anyway. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z “Though such beasts might be useful to my lord husband in his battles.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z But the zoos’ rigorous selection of California condors shows no prospects of yielding an economically useful product. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z They constantly pick up unfamiliar things in the forest, tinker with them, and occasionally find them useful enough to bring home. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z That is, domestication involves wild animals’ being transformed into something more useful to humans. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Comforting her gave everyone else something to do, a way to feel useful. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z And Dad wasn’t even doing me the honor of pretending he needed the money for something useful. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I flipped through it, hoping to find something useful, but it was filled with sticky-sweet adventure stories meant to amuse children. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He had seen her before, of course, when the Chancellor brought his family to the palace, but the King had never done more than keep track of her as a potentially useful tool. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Musicians find it more useful to talk about interval. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Perhaps, even from our narrow standpoint of direct self-interest, the relation is a useful one. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “Very useful if you need to break through a lock.” Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z “Though perhaps your attitude will be useful. I’m not going to pretend that my father’s empire was built on trust and understanding. But you already know that.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z They lived useful, long lives, so let us not panic like a bunch of Chicken Littles and feel the sky falling, but instead put our energy into keeping Norvelt alive. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z But the trash wedged itself under his armpits and the balls of his feet, as if it wanted to be useful one last time before sinking into the silt at the bottom. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Learning for him had always been hard, like catching water in his bare hands, it would all slip through, all be so near and yet somehow not useful to him. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z These soldiers can be useful and good in themselves, but for the man who summons them they are almost always harmful. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z She came to the slough not to harvest the useful herbs and berries the way we did, but to collect armfuls of cattails and tall grasses and tuber flowers. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He didn’t enjoy it at first, but the journal became a useful tool. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z “You are useful. But we do not want troublemakers in camp. What is the meaning of the mark on your face?” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “You are useful and thus too valuable to put yourself at risk for one who no longer is.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z "You said you want to be useful," I pointed out. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z I never liked it, because it seemed like a way to encourage the Dauntless flair for theatrics, rather than a useful skill. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z ‘There’s something that might be useful,’ he said. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z She spends a lot of time trying to help me find useful chicken books. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z “I concede the point. You may perhaps be useful. And yet... your fatal flaw may destroy us as well as yourself.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z “She is our captive and my guest, and as a distinguished former agent of the Church, she may have information that would be useful.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Here we have no useful source of information other than the Little Commentary. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Already Johnny was so useful at his bench he could never be spared for such labor. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The plant where Gold worked, Black explained, used cutting-edge processes to produce many useful chemicals. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “I know he could be useful. I saw that from the start. I’m just angry with myself for putting him at risk.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z The madman’s single-mindedness would be useful in a monster fight. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z They decided to hide in plain sight, sweeping and cleaning the courtyard, looking busy and useful. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z But they also made useful and beautiful goods—copper kettles, glittering colored glass, and steel knives and hatchets—unlike anything else in New England. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “Make yourself useful and get me some water— I dropped my pack out there somewhere.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Stone himself eventually disavowed the technique as a useful therapy. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “I hope there won’t be war, but the seminar has been quite useful, hasn’t it.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Reynolds said, “Nailer says he wants to be useful.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z An officer drove to Oppenheimer’s apartment to look for useful clues. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z A few tears would come in useful, too. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z The book showed how useful Arabic numerals were for doing complex calculations, and the Italian merchants and bankers quickly seized upon the new system, zero included. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Some of them feebly control useful chemical reactions, as enzymes do. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sometimes I’ll find it useful, sometimes perhaps not, but don’t hesitate to tell me one thing and another.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Still, they all knew the useful skill of fishing, and the women and girls often gathered shellfish at low tide. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z |
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