When I said it, I braced myself for the quick, sharp tongue-lashing that I usually served up whenever somebody tried me. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

I make up that number, which is not something I usually do. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Though, Otto supposed, the flip side was someone like Leen Ellison, who failed to keep her inventions contained anywhere, usually resulting in mayhem. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

They were examining works of art with a toughness and intensity usually seen only in the buyers of new cars or electronics. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

I can usually guess it from context, but other times I just miss out. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

We get to the corner of State Street where we usually turn to go to the fish market, but Daddy nods his head in the other direction. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

Yet their stone tools were still crude by comparison with modern New Guineans’ polished stone axes and were usually not yet made in standardized diverse shapes, each with a clearly recognizable function. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

But I’ve learned that the simplest explanation is usually the right one. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The M-16 I carried felt bigger than it usually did. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

As is usually the case, people with special abilities emerged to assist travelers through the portal to the numinous. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The place had an air of neglect, as though it was not usually inhabited. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

One measure of his exhaustion was the fact that the contorted syntax he usually worked so hard to suppress had now resurfaced. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The lunker pool was the smallest of the fish “bins,” a circular structure about fifteen feet across, in which from thirty to forty-five enormous trout usually swam. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

There is one zone, high up in the shadows, that is cool enough to allow the growth of fir trees usually found only much farther north. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

"All right then, what do you really want?" asked Mrs. Samsa, whom the cleaning lady still usually respected. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one listened to Old Brimworth, and she usually got distracted so quickly after saying anything that it didn’t matter anyway. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

But pruning is usually done with special shears that look like giant scissors or with a small saw on a long pole. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

When they die or people cut them down, the carbon is usually released into the atmosphere, driving global warming. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Daddy had often said that when presented with two choices, a hard thing and an easy thing, the right thing was usually the more difficult one. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

The guardians were usually drawn from the ranks of the most prominent white citizens in Osage County. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I would go through the area as a Negro and then, usually at night, remove the dyes with cleansing cream and tissues and pass through the same area as a white man. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Thomas said, “Bud, we’d just about given up on you. Do you usually sleep until after noon?” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

I usually sit in a corner with my headphones on, trying to tune it all out. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

That usually helped people understand how to say my name, but it didn’t help Ms. Winter. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

If he's sick or whatever, he'll call, so I know to go on ahead, but usually then I just skip. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Good afternoon,” Reynie said, forgetting that he usually avoided greeting Helpers. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

All over Levittown and the smaller, nearby communities that feed into Truman, it isn’t usually poverty I observe, but rather the steady, low-simmering tumult of economic and family instability. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

The girls are usually just about bald, like the boys. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Them knowing what I'm up to usually makes them less useful. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Enrique and other migrants usually try to ride the trains under cover of darkness. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

It was my job to keep her there, usually, with one eye always on the lookout for her to fall out of a tree and crack her head wide open. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the federal system, adults who unintentionally commit arson-murder where more than one person is killed usually receive sentences that permit release in less than twenty-five years. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Leo usually didn’t pay much attention to how other guys looked. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

No goofing around like he usually does either. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

And somewhere in the mix there’s usually ones who are pretty decent. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Scattered among these tenements were smaller dwellings that had given over their ground floors to some business, usually a tavern. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

If they are there when I am around, the boy usually throws a palm fruit in my direction, smiling and waving to me with his hand still clutching the cleaver. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In addition to restricting the overall size of their virtual environments, earlier MMOs had been forced to limit their virtual populations, usually to a few thousand users per server. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Because we had to work, Roberto and I usually skipped the games on Friday nights and went only to the dances. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

They made their way to worried parents, usually at the hands of their children, who printed out and turned over the writings they hoped would help explain. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the black men were not laughing and shouting the way they usually did. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Motley collections of stray animals have always populated racetracks, and being the social creatures they are, horses usually befriend them. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hmm,” Grace said, which is what Maya’s mom usually said to her dad whenever he was talking about something that didn’t interest her. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

A pallet is a rustic bed, usually a makeshift mattress of straw or some other humble material. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most people she liked right away, and they usually seemed to feel the same way about her. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dusty, who usually was the first thing to whip out the door, simply lifted his head, then rested it once more on his paws. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He therefore approached the final lesson of the afternoon —- double Potions — feeling considerably more cheerful than he usually did when descending the steps to the dungeons. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

In Officer Delinko’s experience, kids weren’t usually so persistent, or so daring. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of feeling cheered by it like she usually did, Hyacinth felt as if sewing needles were poking around in her stomach. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

When the rough edges are worn off the new land, businessmen and lawyers come in to help with the development—to solve problems of ownership, usually by removing the temptations to themselves. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I usually give them a coating of chocolate at the last minute; it makes them look a lot better,” Valerie said. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He had not yet learned that if you do one good deed your reward usually is to be set to do another and harder and better one. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

In many modern dairy farms a milk cow usually lives for about five years before being slaughtered. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the other hand, those two are tight with Link; where he goes, they usually follow. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“Brothers and sisters usually go in the same Houses, don’t they?” he said. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I go upstairs with Bep, who usually has her dessert before the rest of us. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Our life fell into a routine that—for once—usually centered on us. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

When I’d finished, there was a funny sort of silence hanging in the dark, and I realised everyone was waiting for Ruth’s response—which was usually what happened whenever something a bit awkward came up. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

While on his voyage, Charles had usually been careful to label every bird, every fossil, every plant. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

If she wanted to have her shadow eaten by a giant mythical crab-monster, that was her business, though in fairness his readings suggested those usually lived in larger bodies of water. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The girls were usually tired after a weekend of sports and socializing. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I usually found myself in the friend zone right away. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

You could be standing in the middle of one and not know it, because the ponds are usually dry. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

“It would be awful if he quit. He and Lissa are much more interesting than the grumpy old men who usually take the job.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

“I hope the foxes or deer that usually rest in this spot won’t be offended,” Polly said gratefully, and she snuggled into the narrow indentation. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Secondly, when climate change causes mass extinctions, sea creatures are usually hit as hard as land dwellers. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The answer lies in finding the right data, and the secret to finding the right data usually means finding the right person—which is more easily said than done. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

I don’t usually let myself think about those times. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

Nesting usually occurred between February and July, but fledglings had been observed in dens as late as October Systematically, Roy scrolled down the search items one by one until he finally hit the jackpot. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I usually dressed as conservatively as possible for court. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

There’d be a cool spell come sundown, when the mosquitoes would fly in so thick that the air would grow dark with them, then at nightfall, it turned so cold that we usually needed blankets. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

But Daddy and I usually got along so well. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The divine afflatus usually lasted a week or two, and then she emerged from her ‘vortex’, hungry, sleepy, cross, or despondent. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I tuck Lolo’s shoe and socks under my arm and hurry across the hot sand toward the pier, where I’m not usually allowed to go by myself. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

She knew as I did that when your best friend draws a gun on you, he usually has lost all control of his emotions, and he intends to shoot. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

But no matter how carefully I weighed my memories, I could recall no innocent intimacy, no games, no playing, none of the association that usually exists between young people living in the same house. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Me, I usually bring a book to keep me company. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

But even then, as he swerved back up onto the porch, Mercedes usually managed to uncork a half-dozen infinitely annoying gravel bits that plinked around his feet before he attained her son’s door. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Friday mornings he usually cleaned the kitchen and bathrooms, then watered the lawn. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“The Abnegation leaders told them what we had to tell them. Now, let’s hope Johanna is keeping up her normal habits. She is usually in the greenhouse this early in the evening.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Like many doctors of his era, TeLinde often used patients from the public wards for research, usually without their knowledge. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

And Zuppa Guy, who was usually really funny, and pretended to dance romantically with the babushkas so everyone would laugh together in all the languages, said, “This? This is American food.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

He or she—it was usually she—could ride hyenas at night and spread sickness, and in the morning she wouldn't remember anything about it. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bram, who was usually prepared for anything, was hardly prepared for de Wet’s response. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I glanced back as we rode along, usually they were looking at each other, not at the fall leaves or the distant blue mountains. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

They did not, as spirit mediums usually did, take messages from the upper world to common humanity. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes Patriot militiamen would come through Redding, and usually the officers would come into the tavern for a mug of beer, but they never bothered anybody, they just went away again. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cars that usually zip down this stretch of road come to a halt as the bus switches to its flashing red lights. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Vonetta and Fern were busy jumping and squealing from being tickled by Pa, who usually left the playing around to Uncle Darnell. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

The airport bus, which was usually on time, never came. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No one’s acting the way they usually would.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Lunch is usually served from a buffet and eaten standing up, perhaps so that one will not feel he has spent the entire day sitting at table. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

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

Francie, usually dragging Neeley along, often followed the musicians from stop to stop, street to street, until it got dark and time for the musicians to disband. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is usually described as “cislunar space,” but that really wasn’t a good name for this strange region. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I usually couldn’t sleep after his calls, not so much from anything he would say. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Charles fought any boy who challenged or slurred Adam and usually won. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He’d listen, and then usually drive off in exactly the opposite direction from the one his informant had indicated. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Good thing it usually rains in the evenings here, or this whole side of the mountain would be on fire by now....” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I wonder why they don’t tell us that in history class. They usually love any story that makes the Rusties sound pathetic.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Celia tried to listen to him, but she was usually too tired. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, she has a gelatinous figure, usually encased in orange polyester. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

This bird, which usually sang in the morning, became mute, and as this surprised him, he went up to the cage and looked inside. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But, Brother Malcolm, there is something you need to know. You will grow to be hated when you become well known. Because usually people get jealous of public figures.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a lot of talking, and then usually some instruments came out. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Travel permits were usually issued for work-related reasons or for a family event that could be confirmed by bureaucrats, such as a wedding or a funeral. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

That part of school, on the North Hampden side, was usually peaceful and desolate, the snow trackless and undisturbed beneath the pines until spring. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I wasn't usually the funny one or the one who brought up anything to do with girls, and the look on T's face gave me props for going there. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Attempts by Regina and Joan to engage Bobby in school work were usually fruitless. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I scanned my room for inspiration and spotted my collection of sports trophies won over the years, usually for good sportsmanship, as I was never the best player, or even very athletic. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

We Marines usually felt resentful toward the Navy, and with good reason. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Neanderthals usually hunted alone or in small groups. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Student deaths don’t usually hit me this way. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He usually hangs with them after the game. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even at midnight there is usually something stirring. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Over the years, people I’ve met have often asked me what I’m working on, and I’ve usually replied that the main thing was a book about Dresden. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The couches up front by the magazines and newspaper racks are usually occupied during study periods but were empty this late. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

When he came home from school, it was usually to an empty apartment. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

There are burrs and stickers on the path up the hill, and usually I wouldn’t take it without sneakers, but if there’s burrs and stickers in my feet, I hardly feel ’em. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Herbie spent a couple of hours out on the porch after that, blushing every time a local resident, who was usually practically vibrating with what Herbie interpreted as hostility, approached the store. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a split second, I see her totally differently than I usually do. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

The system had fouled up before, but a few phone calls usually straightened it out. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those who choose to make such a statement usually do so to avoid cross-examination. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Today Hal is doing all the proclaiming, which is how it usually goes. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

We didn’t say things like usually do on the drive to the airport. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Lines that usually go up may now be moving down. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I’m learning that Elisabet’s sudden conversational turns are always for a good reason—usually someone’s safety, probably mine. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

But none has always been closer in meaning to “not any,” and most authorities agree it usually means “not any of them” and is plural: None of Tysons teeth were chipped. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Members of a closely related chimpanzee species, bonobos, usually live in more egalitarian groups dominated by female alliances. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The analogy that is usually given for explaining the curvature of space is to try to imagine someone from a universe of flat surfaces, who had never seen a sphere, being brought to Earth. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

She sliced eggplant, chili peppers, and onions in tiny, even cubes the way Mother liked them, instead of chopping them quickly into thick chunks the way she usually did. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t usually let people touch her, but she didn’t mind with Paolo. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She and her father usually went to a few games during the summer. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

And yes, deliberately starting a fire in a tiny, enclosed space is usually a terrible idea. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I usually only recommend this to my top students, but I thought this might be good for you as well.” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Looking back now, it’s funny to think we got so worked up, because usually the Sales were a big disappointment. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Luz, older by twelve minutes, usually speaks for the two of them. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alex in the kitchen, who, if he had believed what was usually said of him would have considered himself a murderer, found that he had a magic hand with biscuits. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The foldaway bed he usually slept in was tucked behind the refrigerator. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wears jeans and black turtlenecks too, but her jeans are skintight and she’s usually got something around her neck, a silver chain or a medallion. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

A mode often also has a formula that the melody usually uses to arrive at the ending note. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

The farmer’s wife I usually deal with is just setting up her booth and complains that I have been going elsewhere. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Meals usually consisted of a daily fast-food stop at lunchtime; everything else was more or less on the fly. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Carpenter usually delivered just before dawn, before the neighborhood roused, but tonight he called at midnight. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

At times of illness or death in the family, a man was usually quiet, even silent. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bailey’s mood had lightened considerably, but he lived in a state of expectation and it made him more nervous than he was usually. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Adams, usually the more apocalyptic member of the team, in this instance adopted the more sanguine Jeffersonian posture. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

He remained undecided about the tie, his usually iron-clad geek philosophy failing him. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In my experience, that many people encircling another guy usually ends in a trip to the nurse’s office, or worse, to the hospital for stitches. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

We fill our cups at the soda fountain, and Malik and I lead Shana to our little corner booth that we usually share with Sonny. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Do you usually experience this much pain and bleeding from the Calm Control?” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

At least I think they are—Mom doesn’t usually talk about them unless she’s complaining, but that’s normal, so I just assume everything is normal with my brothers, too. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

In the afternoon, it was usually packed with students from a dozen different elementary, middle, and high schools. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He was not, she reflected as she backed out of the garage, the kind of boy who usually fell for serious, intellectual girls like Pearl. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She looked intrigued, which was new, because Katie usually walks around with this distracted expression on her face, like she’s busy figuring the square root of the prime number closest to the gross national product. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I usually get one, then ask for another for my brother. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

He was a mean man, and I wasn’t usually pleased to see him, but my heart was happy to see him this time. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

I reach over to grab my pocket notebook, crossing off number 14 and trying to get the feeling of calm that usually comes from finishing to-do list items, but it doesn’t come. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Back in the narrow alleys he wasn't usually afraid, but it was different here on the wide-open square. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Audrey usually brought hers and would wait for us at the grassy area we now called ours. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

I manage the old man’s shave—a task that usually involves all three of us—and then drag him out to the area in front of the horses. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

He usually sat farther down by the other gas-mouths, but not today. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

It was a long plain iron bridge across what was usually a dry river-bed. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Hedge was wearing pants and specially fitted shoes over his hooves, like satyrs usually did to blend in with mortals. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

It was Moaning Myrtle, who was usually to be heard sobbing in the S-bend of a toilet three floors below. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Since my mom and stepdad thought it was gross, we usually only got those toppings on half a pie. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

And I waited for her to tell me the stuff she usually told me when Grandpa Park came over, about him not really meaning all the stuff he said sometimes. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

I like to mural, but I don't usually have the time or want to take the risk of it. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He knows he talks too much, hopeless at moderating his feelings, which he usually hides under ten layers of charm, but he ultimately doesn’t care what Henry thinks of him, so he doesn’t bother. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

When Thaya Jaan came to visit last year, we didn’t understand why Mama went overboard cooking elaborate Pakistani feasts for him, including the dishes usually reserved for dinner parties. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

If he had a choice, he usually sat on the floor. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had been cultivating a headache for the last few hours—the kind of headache that felt like it was going to pop my eyes right out of my skull—and caffeine usually helped. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“So that he can be invincible,” Pinmei put in, “which usually means impossible to beat.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

A cup of coffee with my dad usually lasted about forty thousand miles, maybe fewer this Saturday since Mom was hurriedly finishing the family’s New York packing job. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

The sickening thud usually came after a shot rang out. slippery slope. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

There is the shadow of my mother, who prefers the phone because face-to-face takes too much time and usually ends in screaming. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

I decided on soup—chicken soup; that is what my mother usually gave us when we were sick. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

When we listen to a song, a musical phrase usually accompanies a phrase of lyrics; a verse or refrain emerges from a short poem. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

It’s a convenient fiction, and it usually doesn’t matter. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

It was hard to tell a lot of times, because the directions were confusing, but if I stared and stared at the pictures, usually I could figure it out in the end. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Mirabelle usually woke them at sunrise, crying for breakfast, for a new diaper, and she knew as soon as she saw the red numbers on the clock that something was very wrong. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

But Margaret usually honest with me, so I know she saw something got her all scared. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

He didn’t apologize, he just stood still for a moment, fear ballooned on his face, openmouthed and unable to find that condescending glare down the slope of his nose he usually found for me. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The wide grin he usually wore was gone. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

But usually we’d arrange the pictures chronologically, put them in order, so we could see Fang and his achievements grow before us. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Cemeteries are usually good places to hunt for mushrooms. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Al doesn’t usually object to anything the Dauntless tell us to do. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

She went early on purpose and entered the school building rather than going around to the playground to where James usually waited for her. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The team, as usual, is full of news, which I usually do my best to tune out. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Rote usually requires a great deal of repetition. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

When I go on my nightly escapades I’m usually back soon enough to get a bit of sleep, but that’s not happening tonight. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The rooster that crowed the loudest usually received the first blow. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

The ground around it, usually painted in a spiral pattern of black and white, is now nothing but darkness, as though it has been swallowed up by empty space. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I still tried to keep up with the class discussions that were usually concentrated on Zlata. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Sergeant Simpson said that it usually took a week to clear up a real mean rash. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were usually about twenty or thirty aircraft to a regiment, with a similar number of pilots to fly them. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

"To teach you not to panic when it's only four minutes after the time I usually get home." Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Lewis usually came to East Texas about once a month, and he’d been by just last week on his way to stay for a spell with his woman in Tyler. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Early Meds were a handful of diabetics and others, usually old or weak, who had to visit the emergency room for medication before breakfast. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Morning and night prayers were always peppered with songs, Igbo praise songs that usually called for hand clapping. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

You can usually ditch or not: knows whether Holden is telling the truth. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

There aren’t assigned seats, so I usually just try to find a seat in the back where no one will bother me. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

After a seizure, I usually need to sleep for twelve hours or so, just to give my atoms a chance to settle in and hold hands again like good neighbors. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Whew!” she sighed, “I can usually take care of myself, but there’s one type that’s so hungry it’s all you can do to hold them off.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

People usually laugh at me—never with me. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

First of all, they were grown up and they usually had a lot of special weaponry. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her parents, of course, were still at work, but one of her siblings was usually around. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

But usually when I'm finding black market objects for people, I begin with a physical description. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The creation of new breeds of magical creature is, of course, an activity usually closely observed by the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Bobby’s style was one of relentless aggression—usually. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

My father and I usually argued back and forth about which one to take, but we didn’t this year. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

“I thought,” Eleanor said carefully, “that I might even look around. Old houses are usually cheap, you know, and it’s fun to make them over.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

His usually sensitive face was unreadable, as if he wore a mask. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Instead of the careful, responsible rationing she usually does, Mama is making breakfast like there is no war, like everything is normal. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t take their money and usually doesn’t shove them, but he ridicules them. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Every day I try to guess how Yolanda will be wearing her hair, and I’m usually wrong. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

He had pushed to the front of the crowd, his cold eyes alive, his usually bloodless face flushed, as he grinned at the sight of the hanging, immobile cat. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Lunches at the Eagle frequently went by without a mention of DNA, though usually somewhere on our after-lunch walk along the backs genes would creep in for a moment. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

As the jury members straggled in, they were not clowning around or tap-dancing on the stage as jurors usually did. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

She didn’t usually hold the arrow for this long, but she couldn’t make herself fire at the boy. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

A major lesson is the central place of maize, usually represented by a vertical ear with two leaves falling to the side, a talismanic symbol reminiscent of a fleur-de-lys. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

When an equation has an infinity in it, physicists usually assume that there is something wrong; the infinity has no physical meaning. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Which brand of mouthwash do you usually use? The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Riffraff like them don’t usually pay, so I’m on my guard already. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

And he'd usually bring something for my mother to cook—greens or a bag of chicken feet. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

As she pushed open the door and stumbled into the pitch-dark hall she quietly cursed the man who usually kept an eye on the house and garden whenever she went away. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Some individuals occasionally would come up to the door and ask if they could peek in, and if the house was presentable we’d usually show them around. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are websites that mention a handful of names—usually just the “top players”—but none with year-by-year lists of who was on the team. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

“My father is the most stubborn man alive. He usually gets what he wants.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

But I knew such appeals did not usually work with Laleh, not when she was this far gone. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I was missing more shots than I usually do and Mr. Stokely pulled me aside. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I get swarmed and thanked by kids who are usually bombarding me with spitballs. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

But he doesn’t make it to very many of my basketball games—too busy, or out of town, usually. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was slow and sort of ambled from one place to another, usually looking for people he knew so he could ask to borrow a nickel. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

At this time of day, she would usually be in the kitchen, preparing whatever rations we had for lunch, but that was no use now. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

What usually happens when a new gang makes the scene is they jump bad as a posse for a while until they step too far and their leaders get busted. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

A Perilee promise is usually as solid as an oak, but this turned out to be one she couldn’t keep. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

When they talked, as sharp as her words usually were, he felt at ease, as if he could say anything. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I usually laughed off my dad's advice, but I wanted to tell him that he had it all wrong. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

“Not yet. Their website said it usually takes four weeks to respond, so it will probably be a while.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The two young men shared almost all of the major holidays together, usually at the Collins home. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

When we lived in North River Heights, Dad was usually home by seven p.m. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Most TB patients, for example, were treated in their huts by one of the clinic’s health workers, and the entire cost was usually no more than $200 per patient. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Buddy Willard and the other college boys I knew were usually too poor to buy hard liquor or they scorned drinking altogether. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, I rarely managed to have her wholly to myself, as she usually had someone with her. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Then Saturday night is for all Muslims a free night, when, usually, they visit at each other’s homes. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It's not necessary. My nightmares are usually about losing you,” he says. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know what to expect, which usually makes me nervous, but I’m too worn-out from the past few days to feel much of anything. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I rolled under my quilt, balling up on my side, the way I usually slept. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

She usually only has time to either eat or change, not both. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

He looked for an area along the shoreline that gave an unobstructed view up and down the river, which was usually at one of the many twists and turns. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

‘The dreams is usually much longer. The labels is just to remind me.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

They usually avoided Vigil talk although Kevin often had inside information about assignments and stuff and he often fed it to Danny in bits and pieces, finding it hard not to show off a bit. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

After prayers, breakfast in summer was usually dry cereal and fresh milk. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

But you are usually alone in nightmares, dreadfully alone. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

That’s how I usually decided on a book—by reading just the first page. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

She seems hypersensitive to my reaction, and I’m guessing the conversation usually gets shut down long before this point. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

But usually when two figures of speech appear together, they aren’t so compatible. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was almost a full head taller than Seth and could usually handle him in a fight, although if they ended up wrestling he was pretty squirmy. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“Jaja and Kambili, we usually say the rosary every night before bed. Of course, you can stay up as long as you want afterward to watch TV or whatever else.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Joon usually hides in his room until someone drags him out of bed. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

“I thought he usually came here at this hour.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“I usually sit over there,” Connor said, pointing to a bench near the right side. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Celia’s face was red and sweaty, her usually buoyant curls stuck to the back of her neck and her forehead. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

When grandmothers disapprove of grandsons, it is usually their hair. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mobs of strikers massed for attack, usually launching a hail of stones followed by a melee of fists and kicks. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

There were other buildings, usually the outlying ones, that were virtually falling down, which we couldn’t use for much, but for which we felt in some vague way responsible—mainly on account of Keffers. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was smaller than most of the boys in his class, but they had usually treated him as a peer. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Except that in his dreams, usually he was hiding. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Things usually get worse before they get better, but today has to be the flip side. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Foreigners weren’t always so considerate, though, and he usually lashed out at anyone audacious enough to address him. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Toby usually sat at the top of the bleachers, giving him the best view of every girl who walked into the gym. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

She came in the middle of the night, wearing the same white dress that the women usually wore on their trips to dip their hands in the river. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

For supper they ate whatever Mutti could afford to cook that day, usually turnips and potatoes and cabbage. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

She usually included money, and I was dying to add an egg separator to my baking supplies. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Daddy’s a glass of milk, usually cold and delicious, but every once in a while, he goes sour. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The monkey tree usually hangs out over a river, so that they can relieve themselves from the branches without littering the ground. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom turned away from him and I saw his eyes, usually a bright hard blue, soften into liquid blots. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

What Cubans couldn’t buy in Cuba—unless it was on the black market, and that was usually expensive—had to be brought in from abroad. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

They usually ruined all their cute as soon as they opened their mouths and said something stupid, and she had more fun hanging out with Bennie and the crew anyway. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

In the dim light he could see Leslie’s face freeze into its most queenly pose—the kind of expression she usually reserved for vanquished enemies. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

He liked to surprise her, but she usually managed to see him before he reached her, and there was his shadowy form, flowing along beside the riverbank. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He usually did this with his eyes closed—the better to feel it, Tree-ear supposed. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

But since I don’t usually listen to the teacher, that makes sense. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Irritations usually go away with a little bit of Fucidin, but my application yesterday didn't seem to make a difference. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Sammy could usually sneak Hazel in to help take. care of the horses. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

If he was challenged—and he usually wasn’t—he would play the part of the ruffian, a hardened “Whatcha gonna do about it?” expression disguising his face. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Almost all of them toiled in grinding, low-pay jobs, but usually their paths did not cross. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Although Cherrie usually went hunting each morning and had added about a dozen more birds to the collection, he and Roosevelt didn’t see much wildlife as they canoed down the river. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

Perry was not a gifted liar, or a prolific one; however, once he had told a fiction he usually stuck by it. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Lina reported, the visit usually started with Trujillo reciting some poetry to her, then saying he had some surprise on his person she had to find. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She usually donated it to her gran for baking, or for the Sunday morning fry-up, and she often had to miss that anyway. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

But they usually stayed on 66, where there was a bar every ten or fifteen miles, or “every six-pack,” as Harley liked to say. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

She shot an anxious look at the freckled patch of skin on her wrist, where her red Talent bracelet with the shiny silver beads usually sat. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

In humans the same is observed for children raised without physical affection—usually in institutions—where they are clearly in great pain. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Is it herself trying to come out? When a man says he does not want to speak of something he usually means he can think of nothing else.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

It is not clear why he gave this advice, since he usually gave the horse two taps during races. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here in the great state of Maryland that usually means making a stand, since it ain’t no picnic running up and down them hills. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Not even the ones holding betting slips, the ones who are usually beyond caring. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

My mom usually picks me up, since Baba’s schedule is so unpredictable. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Grandma could usually be found scrubbing it sparkling clean or baking cornbread, simmering collard greens, or preparing her special gourmet salmon souffle. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I mean, I was really moving, and everything was on rhythm, which is usually pretty tough for me unless I got on boxing gloves, and even then it ain't so easy. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

The helicopters were everywhere, but didn’t usually hover so low for so long, and rarely in such a densely built neighborhood. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Where I usually walked with my head down, trying to avoid being seen, today I walked with my head up, looking around. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

I rarely reproduce biological diagrams in text—the mind’s eye is usually richer in detail. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

It was different; usually we spoke for ourselves, but I could tell some protocol was set aside. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

During these funerals Mr. Ray would usually just take charge and get it done. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

And it was because of this that nearly all hog owners usually left four or five old barrows, or “bar’ hogs,” as we called them, to run with each bunch of sows. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when newcomers joined, at least at the beginning, they could usually get a spot near people they knew. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I had a thought to spare, it usually went to him, but I was so focused on my lessons that it was hard to let my mind drift to anything else for too long. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“Lots of times. I usually go with my father when he has an emergency,” he replied. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

That usually meant something serious was going on between a boy and a girl at Big Creek. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

They usually stuck to the front, but on this night, Grandpop said he wanted a new count. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

We crawled over knolls usually submerged by the Bay. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t usually let go of his favorites, like Dream & Bean, but I’m not complaining. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

He didn’t want to keep things from his parents, but then they didn’t usually have the time to ask anything more than once. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

That was the thing about Mack, the people who liked him usually liked him because he was a star. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the time, marriages between Jews and Christians were uncommon and usually frowned upon by both sides. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Yes, he must. Do trust me, Bigwig. I don’t usually come and talk like this, do I? When did I ever ask to see the Chief Rabbit before?” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

No matter how horrendous the experience had been, I could usually get Jeffrey to laugh by acting like a sports commentator. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pastor usually preached too long, and the hallelujahs sometimes got too loud. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Hod was strong, even if he was sightless, one of the strongest of the gods, and usually Balder was good about making certain that he was included. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Anthony had come with his father, but the children had been told to make themselves scarce, which pretty much was what Stella was usually told when grown-ups started talking grown-up stuff. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“She lives over on Pacific with my auntie, but Saturdays she usually comes here because my cousins have weekend tournaments and stuff. You know how that is.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

No one shares because we all think we have the most original idea, but usually there are no original ideas. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Ah, not usually. But these are, um, my books. I ordered them and had the waiter put them here for us. So we can.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Mom and I have been avoiding each other, which usually lasts a few days. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

When they started in on me like this, I usually lost. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Me, basically trying to manage it all while T-N-T, who were usually distracted by paint on their nails, were now distracted by paint on the walls. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

You could take a kid’s lunch or even his lunch money and nothing usually happened because most kids wanted peace at any price. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The aid workers came from many different countries, but they usually spoke English to each other. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“When your daddy was a little boy, and he and I would go different places, people were usually nice to me but crummy to him,” she says. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

I usually tried to wear shirts outside because I didn’t like it when people paid any attention to the emoticon scars on my back. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

They often pass through my mind, usually without generating any particular feeling. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“I’m surprised by that. He’s usually so bold.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Which means that a murder victim is usually killed by someone known to them and fairies are made out of paper and you can’t talk to someone who is dead. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Surely it was later than he usually came home from the riverside wineshops. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

“Well, I don’t mind it that much usually. But right now...” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

We understood, and we usually obeyed to the letter. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Plus, at lunch, she usually reads by herself outside. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The disappointment on Harrison’s face did not amuse him as it usually did. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

A man usually lives where he has his shirts laundered. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

For her dressing up usually meant taking off her apron. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Seeing Meg’s usually gentle temper was roused and her pride hurt by this mischievous joke, Mrs. March soothed her by promises of entire silence and great discretion for the future. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Journeymen earned a slightly higher salary and usually escaped the chores. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She lives over on Pacific with my auntie, but Saturdays she usually comes here because my cousins have weekend tournaments and stuff. You know how that is.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

In the fall there were always cotton buyers, and usually four or five drummers who would set up their merchandise in a hotel room, stay a few days, then move on to another little town. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

This particular winter, however, because of the severe cold, she would keep it inside the house until we children were asleep, which was usually round midnight, then she would take it out. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

She bowed at Mingo, who sat in front, next to the empty space usually reserved for Valentine. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Second, if contact was made, he’d never accept the first offer, and he usually named an amount that was double or triple—or more—pricing himself out of the market. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

For me, the work could be hard, but was usually more boring than physically wearing. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

For Grandpa, that was a sign of love, because usually he did what he wanted to and never noticed that Granny might welcome a little consideration. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The defeated knights, jogging home with their bruises, missed the conviviality which usually happened on tournament evenings, wondered who the taciturn champion could be, and talked superstitiously among themselves. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s not usually wise to go in the direction opposite to where you want to be,” she said. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

And when he was home, he was usually in the fields all day with Alfonso’s oxen, plowing or planting or harvesting. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He usually waits till I get here to start on the hard liquor, though I know they have wine with dinner. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Billy usually didn’t drink much, because the war had ruined his stomach, but he certainly had a snootful now, and he was being unfaithful to his wife Valencia for the first and only time. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was a version of her mother that Ophie had seen only a few times, usually when white folks were around. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Along the way, I noticed a lot of empty pedestals that usually held statues. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

We only see him two or three times a year, usually at a Chinese restaurant. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

My father came to the doorway and said, “People usually come back.” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

When the bell to end recess rang, Ms. Udell met her class in the playground instead of waiting for them upstairs as she usually did. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

No, it was meant to determine if you were right brained or left brained, usually connoted by handedness. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

An unpleasant scurrying told him the roach’s family was searching for the dishes that were usually stacked there. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Bats usually wheel and flit about, but this one seemed to go straight on, as if it knew where it was bound for or had some intention of its own. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

They played cards at his house once a month, though they usually did more bragging than actual playing. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Everyone stared—especially at Dari, because he was usually so serious in class—and I felt half embarrassed and half proud, because I had the weirdest friends in the seventh grade. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The colors he uses are flatter, more primary than the ones I usually see, but they’re still pretty close. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Before this whole deportation adventure began, the only person I told was Bev, even though she’s not usually that great with secrets. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, no kidding. What time does he usually get here?” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Expeditions from France and Spain were usually backed by the state, and generally staffed by soldiers accustomed to hard living. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

‘They is usually just popping them straight into their mouths like popcorn,’ the BFG said. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It's a more optimistic thought than I usually allow myself to have. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Dad was always busy with something, stuff at work or church or with the little kids, so Mom usually had to deal with me. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

I didn’t feel like having lunch at Celeste’s like I usually did because they’d be sure to ask questions and I don’t like that. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

He was also quite a man with the pointer although he usually confined that kind of stuff to freshmen. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Indian classical music is usually accompanied by a tanpura, which plays a drone background. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Sometimes homeless people sleep under the bridges, but they usually don’t bother anybody. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

With Leibniz’s calculus, these dys and dxs can be manipulated just like ordinary numbers, which is why modern mathematicians and physicists usually use Leibniz’s notation rather than Newton’s. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“It’s usually the smaller animals that are dangerous around here. Like barracudas. Those things are nasty.” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Because usually, when you forget how something went, you turn to someone and go, Remember that time we...And they remember it, and they help you fill in the blanks. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Now Scott usually came home just in time for dinner, if not later. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

“But ya never know. All we usually take with us is a couple of sharp knives.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Sal and I usually tried to get really interested in our conversation and act like we didn’t notice. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

In the evenings, it was usually my mother who picked up the phone. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

In a military title, general is usually the important part, so it gets the s. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It usually takes a year or two for defectors to find their way from China to South Korea. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Chapters in books are usually given the cardinal numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and so on. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Artists will usually dispense with aids like perspective and rely on their own eyes. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

"We usually don't supply that kind of information over the phone, but since it's you, Judge Ford, I'll be happy to oblige. Just spell out the names and I'll call back if I find anything." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

McWhorter was tasked with fielding all types of calls, usually from angry, crazy, and/or drunk citizens. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

Jack’s heroes were usually muscular, but this one was tall and very thin and wearing an actual suit and tie, like someone you might run into downtown. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Aren’t you usually belting out the chorus to Gays and Dolls or something around now?” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Let’s go someplace we don’t usually go, someplace on the campus. How about Fargo Hall? I’ve got money for hot chocolate.” Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

When I see her texts, I usually end up avoiding them, telling myself I’ll respond later. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

When that happens someone usually spots ’em ’mongst the trees or bushes, stealing looks and studying us hard, not sure if it’s safe to get noticed. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Charging the batteries was usually the only physical exercise I got each day. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

"I meant that you don't look any different than you usually look," he said softly, just in case his mom was standing on the other side of the door. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“We usually pull names and Arthur gives each of us enough to get one person in the family something special. That way everybody has a gift under the tree.” Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Art Is usually my favorite class, but Mrs. Newman is watching me intensely. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

He usually gave them some money, although they seemed to be coping quite well by themselves. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

She wasn’t little, or soft and round, like puppies usually are. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

That quote usually refers to when someone shows you their bad side, but I think it’s also true when someone shows you how good they are. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

He also said that Barling stayed up all hours of the night, usually in the kitchen, flipping through books, listening to audio recordings of birdcalls, and speaking his notes into a handheld tape recorder. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

A contented Mr. Gies sits on the divan or leans against the desk with his newspaper, cup and usually the cat at his side. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Dad would visit on Saturday while Mom stayed home and made cupcakes—usually with help from Paula and Catherine. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Nana had dyed them with saffron powder, boiling them in pots usually reserved for rice and pasta. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The very small living room incredibly contained—aside from things to sit on—an organ, a piano, a garden of flowering flowerpots, and usually a darting little dog and a large, drowsy cat. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

But more often her efforts were disappointments, the uneven products of a girl still learning; usually she threw her experiments away. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They get dumped here, ’cause they goofed up someplace else, usually. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

“They don’t like Negroes, particularly, but they don’t take too much time to care one way or another what anybody is doing. That’s my impression, at least, from where I usually stand.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

A chorten is a religious monument, usually made of rock and often containing sacred relics; it is also called a stupa. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

The small, well-traveled, red dirt footpath cuts through the town and is usually quite safe. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

This wouldn’t be any goofy gag like I usually do; nothing that could be laughed off or ignored as “kids being kids.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

JOY: What do you usually tell your parents when you want to go to the Hideout? A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

He was required by Army regulations to show up for work at eight o’clock in the morning, but he usually drifted in around ten o’clock, and then worked until all hours of the night. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I usually bathed once a month, or for special occasions. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Europeans, who grew up in germ-filled environments, usually lean the other way. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Okay, usually a nefarious reason, like smoking or making out. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Brad is usually OK, but he always shows off in front of his friends. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Finally I wandered into the sword arena, where I usually go when I’m in a bad mood. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

He just usually gave a heads up just because he didn't really like to stop by without knowing whether or not Doris was home. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Another clue to its human origin is the broken ceramics with which it is usually mixed. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Ainsley comes over to us the same way Darius usually does, with his hands in his pockets and his shoulders slightly hunched over. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

As a respected and valued counselor to both kings, he accompanied them on their travels and was usually to be found by their sides during important meetings with government officials. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Terrance appeared on his brother’s plantation, he usually appraised each slave and made a note of which men were the most able and which women the most appealing. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

If we did get a vegetable, we would usually have the same one for weeks on end, until the carrots or cabbage were old and moldy and we were thoroughly sick of them. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why is it that all the fast-moving fish of the dark current have purple backs and usually purple stripes or spots? The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I don't usually talk so much," Anu says, sipping her tea. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“When you’re unkind to others, it’s usually because you don’t believe that you, yourself, deserve kindness.” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Mama doesn’t usually let me eat fast food, but there’s a burger joint right across the street, and that’s where we’re heading. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

In order to imagine yourself into the Wart’s position, you would have to picture a round horizon, a few inches about your head, instead of the flat horizon which you usually see. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I couldn’t lose someone who was trying to tail me, I usually had no choice but to stop and kill them. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Impoverished mountain-dwelling Mexicans, who usually got around on wormy little burros, were soon cantering through town in high style, straddling blue-blooded Thoroughbreds worth a lifetime of their income. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each morning at five thirty, six days a week, Mrs. Nielsen makes breakfast for her husband, usually fried eggs and toast, and he leaves for the store to open for the farmers at six. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

It must have come out of some book: “Hemlocks usually grow around mountain streams and springs.” My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the past it was usually laziness, prejudice, or lack of foresight that made a bad scythe, Citra had discovered. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

When we reach the park entrance, Nora passes me the leash, since we usually switch off at this point. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“This doesn’t look like the moo goo gai pan I usually get. This looks spicy. You know I don’t like spicy food, Melissa.” The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

He had not even brought Frolic, who usually accompanied Matty everywhere. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

I decided to get a head start on cleaning my baking mess, something I usually left until after my treats were out of the oven, cooling. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Even when I practiced with the rotating college students, other than during lessons, I still usually played solo. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Crummys never even said thank you, but the sign got them some business that usually went to the boarding houses. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Her voice, usually so lovely and low, was high and desperate behind her tears. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

If rhythms are not written as triplets, the tempo marking usually includes an indication to 11swing11, or it may simply be implied by the style and genre of the music. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

I usually just mumble, because it is very difficult to explain all about these rules and crew changes. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fifth Avenue is eerily uncluttered, only a handful of people and cabs in a neighborhood usually choked with shoppers and tourists. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

It is usually Ms. Berrios who says that it’s time to go. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He could actually have a Southern accent when he wanted to, although like most everyone at Culver Creek, he didn’t usually speak with one. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

There was something changed about his face because he was without the horn-rimmed specs he usually wore. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

A lot of folks around Marshall will tell you that usually I can tell a good story along with the best of them. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, usually I learn more from my sheep than from books,” he answered. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ferula, who usually had her nerves well under control, had never got used to earthquakes. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

We crossed Amesfort and turned up Heights Place: Via walked next to me like she usually does, and Mom and Dad were behind us. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Puzzle people usually couldn’t resist at least looking at a new one, if not attempting to solve it. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

On official business, it was she, not my father, one would usually hear on the phone or in stores, talking to strangers. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was compassionate and kind, and hearing of others’ hardships affected him so much that usually he couldn’t stop himself from doing something to help. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

I usually avoid telling CFers because they make it a point to avoid me like the plague. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

I usually buy a ham sandwich and about four magazines. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Me and Wesley usually team up, going back and forth, with Sterling on guitar layin’ down the beat. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perry was well acquainted with the workings of such emporiums, having often patronized them, and happily, since usually he found it “so relaxing” to sit quietly and watch clothes get clean. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because Father could speak more demonic than the others, he always got that job, and he usually took me along. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were accustomed to listening to him tell stories, though that usually happened after dinner, when the sky was dark and he could only see their faces by the flickering light of the fire. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

It was usually Jim’s job to rake up the leaves, but this year it fell to me. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Tonight’s episode went live at five and usually lasted about an hour. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

“I sleep better out here than I usually do,” said Henry, adjusting his glasses and bending back over the lexicon. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The article told how the Belgians are the unsung heroes, and when they come into a village they usually interrupt the cannibal natives in the middle of human sacrifice. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was usually covered by the loose tunic all the Tang men wore, but today he had worn a special blue silk coat. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t usually get mad at my parents,” I tell her honestly, my eyes drifting back to the bowl of jelly beans. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Which was strange, because Daddy was usually not interested in things like our friends or what was going on in our lives. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Miss K’s usually gentle voice cut through the commotion. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

Lelia has cookies and juice ready for the kids and coffee for the adults, who usually leave after five minutes. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even in the newest sets, Werner can usually puzzle out a solution. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I think he didn’t like himself, and when that is so the subject usually must find an area for dislike outside himself. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He was a lover of pets and always had a dog or cat and usually a horse, and he would play with them by the hour, teaching them little tricks or romping with them.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“We usually fly, but if one’s bat cannot accommodate...” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“A book like that at least teaches one to see that there’s a lot more to love than people usually think,” Vincent writes. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

But by itself tea is usually bitter, as were the two other new drinks that came to Europe in the 1600s—coffee and hot chocolate. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

After a while I usually counted only one, maybe two bellows at most. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

When you as light skin as me and usually live with at least one white person, blacks don’t want no part of you either. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I had asked another client about the guard and was told that he had a bad reputation and usually worked the late shift. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

My parents left for work shortly thereafter, and I usually had the house to myself for at least thirty glorious minutes before I began my hike to the panopticon. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I notice that he’s usually talking with Leo, one of the Doctorita’s students, a lanky, friendly guy. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can usually predict what Amá is going to say, but this time I’m not at all prepared. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Everyone gobbled up his food and usually begged for more. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

It was usually our manager that collected ticket money. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was usually here before any of us. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Like another time when Julian was dumping some pencil-sharpener shavings into Jack’s backpack, Amos, who was usually tight with them, grabbed the backpack out of Julian’s hands and returned it to Jack. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

I usually only ever wore jeans, but Audrey encouraged me to try something new. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Refrigerators that usually contain soda, energy drinks, and water are empty, as expected. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Young Mr. van Daan is usually quiet and hardly makes his presence known. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I only spent one night of Hanukkah with the Diamants, since usually I’d gone back to the farm for Advent and Christmas by then. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

She’d work and work and come up with a group of photos and Anita would usually be able to sell at least a few of them in her gallery. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Sometimes they pulled into a driveway and went into one of the houses, usually trailing a woman who appeared to be talking nonstop. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

Folsom points, by contrast, are smaller and finer—perhaps two inches long and an eighth of an inch thick—and usually have a less prominent tail. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

First, the chimps must be taught to obey, and usually this is done by beating them with metal bars. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Returning to Detroit from bright climes usually depressed me. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

After a day at the office, I would usually have meetings of one kind or another. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

If a chord symbol says to "add13," on the other hand, this usually means that only the thirteenth is added. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

He approached Harry himself, came so close that Harry could see the usually languid, pale face in sharp detail even through his swollen eyes. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Sometimes she made what she had named Weg Geschnissen, which laboriously translated meant something made with bread bits that usually would be thrown away. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Smart gangs usually sent their messages in four- or five-letter groups to make them harder to crack. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

But if anyone dared treat me poorly because of my background, Grandfather put them in their place, usually with the point of his sword—and quickly taught me to do the same. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

In Honduras, Leti and her three children ate once a day—usually two pieces of bread with a watery cup of coffee. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Even though Poppy said Bedouin music usually happened after sundown, two young men began slapping quick rhythms and singing for them—the same words and notes repeated over and over. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

The guards stationed at the blocks usually follow us to dinner before switching shifts. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Brando might have appeal for people who wouldn't usually think about inclusivity.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t usually sleep this late, but this place sure is a beautiful spot for resting.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I would have been thankful if it wasn’t for the fact that he usually showed up when Miles was pulling a job. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

She explained what Mr. Watch had just told her: He usually walked Mrs. Sharpe to Powell’s once a week to pick out some books. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

The mummy dream usually came very late, when the whole world felt dead. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

When we fight, he’s usually the first to apologize, the first to lift us out of our hurt. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Give him a calculator and he can change the world, but whenever the car breaks down, and the mechanic asks him what’s wrong, his response is usually, “It broke.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Where Browning was straightforward and usually clear, Shakespeare was devious, never being quite where you wanted him to be. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

All the days were much the same inside the Wolf’s Den, and any change was usually for the worse. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I use her title, not Maria, as I usually call her. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I'd usually begin with the high points and end, a page or two later, by dispensing such sage professional advice as “Punctuation never hurt anyone" or “Think verbs!" Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

It is usually dangerous only when what it is guarding is threatened. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom made scrambled eggs, which I usually love, but she’d burned them. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

She usually wears dresses, and I have no idea what she’ll think of me making her something, giving her something. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The owner of a sugar plantation built a home—called the Great House—usually high on a hill, where the tropical breezes blow. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

It usually took half an hour to find all the books, then we would divide them up and go into separate rooms to “do school.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Most of the people will tell you how long they’ll be here. It’s usually two to four years.” Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

This is not the sort of woman who usually frequents gallery openings, of any kind. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

We usually honored a luminary in public service and a client. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Liyana noticed she wasn’t keeping her ponytail pulled back neatly in its silver clip as she usually did. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

You can hear only what is piped in over the radio; you can breathe only 100 percent oxygen, and it is usually odorless; you can’t feel much through the gloves. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She said it was usually metaphoric, but for people who should never do acid again, it was literal. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, of course, I’m usually pretty busy, with all the parties and everything. I do read some, though, when I have a chance.” The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The temperature usually didn’t get above a hundred. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even Jay, who usually fooled around, running and ripping, only shuffled his feet along the floor, waiting. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

We usually ate in the kitchen unless he made something fancy, in which case he'd tell me to set the dining room table, and we'd eat with shiny brass candlesticks between us. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I reach my street five minutes before I usually do, according to my watch—which is the only adornment Abnegation allows, and only because it’s practical. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I remember when he was maybe a year old, Jeffrey went through a phase of picking up random objects from the floor and giving them to one of us — usually me. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look down to check my watch and discover that it’s on the wrong hand—I usually wear mine on my left, not my right, and my watchband isn’t gray, it’s black. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

This member was usually not a Xhosa; Kathy, for example, was the fifth member of the High Organ for more than five years. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She usually avoided the monster, but now she sent a cluster of her moths winging nearer. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I usually went up there in the morning while Catherine stayed late in bed. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Visitors came from long distances, and so usually stayed a month or two before undertaking the journey back home. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The morning light usually woke the kids once it reached their second-story windows. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

They are usually longer than staccato but shorter than legato. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

She was surprised he was home so early; usually Fish worked late into the night at C.A.R. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It's Technique Tuesday, and usually at practice I would be working on my stride, but now I don't really have a stride to work on. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

The teacher realized the situation might be confusing for Gary, since exams usually came only with the questions. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Competitions generally fell on the weekends, and we usually had to travel out of state for those. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I usually finish my schoolwork fast and sneak into the kitchen, when Dadi thinks I’m still working, to help Kazi prepare dinner. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

At night, when we could hear stations far from our mountains, we usually tuned to a station in Gallatin, Tennessee, that played hearty black rock and roll. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you usually decide what answers you will believe before you do an interview?” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I was away at boarding schools from the age of six, and when I wasn’t at school I was usually at cattle camp with my brothers and the other men. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Papa and Dadi were having their last cup of tea for the night and Rashid Uncle sat at the table carving like he usually did. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He always bets when he is angered, and so he usually bets foolishly. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

“But usually, if we take things step by step, we can figure things out. You just have to remember to factor the equation, break it down into smaller parts.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

They know their day is going to end like it usually does. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I followed her gaze to see Edward, smiling crookedly, staring at me from an empty table across the cafeteria from where he usually sat. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Even Brian Chavez, who usually maintained some perspective, had cried after the game. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because everyone wants to be there, horses usually bunch up by the rail, so closely that hips and shoulders rub and stirrups clink off each other, making maneuvering difficult or impossible. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I touch my Star of David, then each of my British charms, which usually calms me down. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

She usually wore the same kinds of aprons and canvas farm coats worn by the rest of the women on Little Hobart Street. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Since they usually ignore the tuning, melodic forms, and other aesthetic principles of the traditions that they are borrowed from, such uses of "exotic" scales should not be considered accurate representations of those traditions. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Bucks do not usually dig much in any case, although they will scratch shallow shelters or make use of existing holes where these are available. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

They usually picked a shady place beneath the trees, where they spread a blanket on the grass and settled in for a few hours. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We usually don’t fit them with a preparatory prosthesis for about six months.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

I ignore her like I usually do, but she’s just getting started. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Every time I write to you, something special has happened, usually unpleasant rather than pleasant. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I pulled one out of the food pile Once I’ve seen a word for the first time, I usually remember it. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fact that some of the best and most respected schools no longer use animals shows that it is usually not even necessary. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Change your ways when fear seizes,” he had said, “for it usually means you are doing something wrong.” Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

And it is usually so with governments—not a fact but a small slip of paper. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The big grin he usually wears is gone and he seems nervous. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Now I usually get it the first time. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

When we disagreed in our answers, Paul was usually right. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Men, and larger animals such as wolves, usually have an idea of their own numbers and those of the enemy and this affects their readiness to fight and how they go about it. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

We'd usually get funny ones and sit there cracking up over the stupidest thing. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

She didn’t usually come over in the mornings either, but Dad had a big project coming up and Mom had moved her Pilates schedule, so they said that might happen more. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

The nights are usually quiet, except for the meowing cats or the rooster next door that never knows what time it is. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Five days at the ranch usually wore me out, and now we were facing ten days straight, after which we’d fly directly to Brazil without going back home. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

A wild creature released or escaped from captivity will usually run as fast and far away from its prison as it can before stopping to rest and take stock. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

“I know I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t start with the things schools usually start with.” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Challenges, queries, and criticisms were fired at me by the usually objective and always alive and searching minds of undergraduate and graduate students, and their faculties. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our subsequent lunch at the Eagle, the pub at which he usually ate, was restrained and unpunctuated by the usual laughter. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Her words sound bigger than words usually do, like-they expanded in her mouth before she spoke them. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

"I hope they did not trouble you. They are usually mild." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Reed favored the idea that a bacterium, first identified by Italian scientists and usually found in swamps, was the culprit. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

They usually approve anything that isn’t too risky.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“He’s usually working with me on community projects, so it makes sense to carpool sometimes. Noah and I are friends.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

“But I’ve never had things descend to that level. The threat is usually enough to keep people in line.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Gran was usually patient with us and explained things when we asked her. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

So they usually said “okay” but they never guessed what was in the bag. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Most immigrant families successful enough to afford better—the doctors, lawyers, and businessmen—packed up and resettled in middle-class communities, usually with other families from the homeland. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“The guys that play the blues with Cool Papa. The guys who’re usually here. Jack Rabbit Jones on keyboard. Big Mike on bass. Hector Santos on whatever he can hit. The Bluesmen.” Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

“Me either. I usually spend weekends hanging out with friends. Playing video games or watching movies. What about you?” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

After a big blowup, I usually read in my room for at least an hour. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

If a black didn’t perform up to expectations, it usually had to do not with ability but work habits. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

If nothing else, English and I would usually swap a few words about a party or a game from the weekend, something, anything, but today he was clearly avoiding me. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

One thing I knew was that, when people wanted to talk alone, it was usually something big. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

It took Evan half an hour to drag his loaded wagon to the town center—a distance he usually traveled in less than five minutes by bike. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

Being empathic and all, he could usually read my emotions, and I got the feeling he knew exactly what Aphrodite had talked to me about. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

We played mumble-the-peg or spin tops or play dude on the rock, which I usually won because I could run faster. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’d try to walk home alone after work, but Galen would usually pick her up along the way and try to touch her in the car. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Black armbands were worn by gypsies, though there were very few of those, as they were usually killed straight off. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

He can talk, but only in very short sentences that usually have two parts. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

She had heard that Japanese houses were usually built north-south, but the houses in this little village faced every which way. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

This system usually worked, but on that fatal Sunday, appointed by destiny to be their last, it did not. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

But musicians usually don't want to talk about wavelengths and frequencies. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

She pulled herself straight and directed into his sleepy eyes the look she usually reserved for teachers and principals. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

The oldest Java “man” fossils—of course, they may actually have belonged to a Java woman—have usually been assumed to date from about a million years ago. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

And, because the primary and secondary schooling blacks received was usually poor, few qualified for admission. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

But come to think of it, she usually just came to me. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I could usually judge her frame of mind by the way she searched for what she wanted to wear. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

I even felt safe from grandfather, whose deathbed curse usually spoiled my triumphs. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s about 200 miles, and usually it took a day or two depending upon the condition of the truck you were riding on. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

This has been a tough year for a lot of students, as the first year of middle school usually is. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

And given that we had math last period, we also knew that, while Thorp always locked the classroom after school, he usually left the supply room open. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Cops usually come around after a crime, but never for anything like a school event. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Harry, Ron, and Hermione, however, were not alone in rising much earlier than they usually did on weekends. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I don’t usually have to go first thing in the morning, but I’m so nervous on Tuesday, I ask to be taken twice. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

But people usually know better than to speak it to me. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Gebu was in and out of the shop all day, usually remaining for several hours in either the morning or the afternoon, personally overseeing or working alongside his craftsmen. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Her sense of direction, usually flawless underground, became completely unmoored. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

But my instinct was to believe Marcus, and I usually trust my instincts. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Whenever the Indians visited Rondon’s camp, something was usually missing after they left. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

Police usually release the innocent on the street—often without a ticket, citation, or even an apology—so their stories are rarely heard in court. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Granger games against Armstead always got the highest fan turnouts, particularly from alumni, even though we usually lost. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

I usually figured out that Barack had arrived home from a trip not by the sound of his helicopter but rather by the smell of its fuel, which somehow managed to permeate. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Access there was usually restricted to Brothers of the Order and those given special permission by the Kuhani. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

"Mainly commercials, but not for any banks or car dealerships, because those are usually choral arrangements." Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

There was really no free time at school except recess, and now that there were no races, Jesse and Leslie usually looked for a quiet place on the field, and sat and talked. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

On the fourth Sunday of each month, Reverend John H. Cross asked the church’s youth to lead the service, teach the Sunday school classes, and take over jobs the adult members usually did. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She’s not even crying into her hands to hide her face like people usually do. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

In the cases where the Supreme Court had previously granted relief under the Eighth Amendment, the number of sentences challenged usually totaled fewer than a hundred or so nationwide. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

As far as I can tell, she doesn’t usually, at least not in school. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

She was usually gone at school or else working inside the house. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dragon, the griffin, the unicorn, the phoenix, the centaur—these and more are represented in Muggle works of that period, though usually with almost comical inexactitude. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom’s embellishments and half-truths usually equip her to tell a good story, though. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pulls me up and hugs me, rarely stopping to sit in the rocking chair anymore, and rushes me to the bathroom because I usually have to go really bad first thing in the morning. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

At other times, he’d hear late-night preachers, often of a fundamentalist bent, giving sermons and talks, usually about the meaning and interpretation of the Bible. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The thesis is misnamed, because, as it is usually formulated, Duhem did not hold it and Quine abandoned it, but it is the fundamental conceptual underpinning of much modern history and philosophy of science. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Anya had heard the story countless times, usually when Anya wondered why they couldn’t live in the village proper, or why they didn’t go to more festivals, or have more friends. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

There usually was a food cache buried last fall, filled with good things that had lain far beneath the snow. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

We usually have relatives over for the day. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

The warders usually sat in an office at the northern end talking among themselves. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of these musics have long traditions that are very different from the familiar major-minor tonal system, and usually also have a different approach to harmony, rhythm, and performance practice. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

It’s such a politically charged topic that even sympathetic pieces about people on death row usually triggered a local backlash that created more problems for the client and the case. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Besides, there’s a reason a quest is usually limited to three demigods, right?” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

It was also a convenient hour for departure because the police were usually nowhere to be found. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Though I usually prefer to use my bare hands. What shall I name this blade?” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I mean, I’m usually Astrid Jones, pacifist poet type who doesn’t usually pick fights outside of correcting your grammar. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Thus we see that buildings undertaken and completed by a single architect are usually more attractive and better planned than those which several have tried to patch up… The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

To survive in this steep, narrow hodgepodge of ecosystems, Andean communities usually sent out representatives and colonies to live up- or downslope in places with resources unavailable at home. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

When anyone in the family asks what I'm writing, I usually say, Nothing or A story or A poem and only my mother says, Just so long as you're not writing about our family. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

A married man, if he spoke publicly about love, usually did so with playfid, mischievous irony. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

They fit her better than the suits she usually wears. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

I usually spent long break reading in the library. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

During the Great War, the German soldiers who occupied Poland were usually considerate of Poles, regardless of their faith. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

He was the best roommate I’ve ever had, quiet and neat, and usually off in his own part of the house. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

But he felt more awake than he usually did on Sunday morning, and the streets seemed more alive than ever before. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

In Gram’s stories, things usually come out right in the end. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

My mom usually gives me an egg sandwich to eat, but people hate the smell of egg sandwiches so I eat it in the bathroom. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Not a bad sort, though he’s usually not nearly as drunk as that.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She usually says what has happened right after it happens. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

His next group, the Oddballs, were different from the Misfits because the Oddballs were more original and usually somehow ahead of the curve. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

He usually came running out from the back, to wrap her—and Tony—in a big hug. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

It was Farmer’s style not to openly argue with authority, but he usually found ways to get what he wanted. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

It’s usually unguarded and unlocked when the garbage has to be taken out. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

As he usually does when people are talking about him, Charlie has been keeping his head down, staring at his shoelaces. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

We kids usually kept our hunger to ourselves, but we were always thinking of food and how to get our hands on it. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t even try to spell anything correctly like I usually do. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Her stubbornness usually led to yelling or bullying. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Well, ain’t that nice. I usually don’t take my tea till later anyway.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He turned away, his usually proud form wilting from the weight of his fear. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Later I heard there was trouble on the route I usually took. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Was he usually an early or a late riser?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Well, no, not exactly, but I can usually get them on account of my heighth," I said. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

She goes straight for my hair like girls usually do, but my ponytail is real. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Amil and I usually sleep through our birth minutes and then when we wake up, we stand next to the last mark we etched into the wall with a sharp rock. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

They wave, but haven’t invited me over, maybe because I’m about fifteen by now, nearly a woman, and usually busy washing clothes and hanging them to dry. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

You can usually count on the girls from Mississippi to win. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

His knickers usually were partially unbuttoned in the front—what the Navy calls the commodore’s privilege. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I usually start here and work my way around the hoop,” he said. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

It isn’t the sort of thing you ask questions about, because the answers are not usually answers you want to know. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Farmer knew that meager incomes didn’t guarantee disease and early death, but the two usually went together. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

That was the kind of thing she usually did. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Momma never sent the babies out to help, although if he worked it right he could usually get May Belle to do something. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Unless he brings fishing gear or something, Richard usually travels light, though not as light as I used to with just a bedroll. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I refrain from saying how I usually clear out of the house whenever she's treating anything worse than a cold. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

His hair was combed and slicked down and he was wearing a fancy button-down shirt instead of the Patriots T-shirts he usually has on. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I usually came home at night with the nuthatch that roosted in a nearby sapling. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was used to the occasional weird experience, but usually they were over quickly. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I usually change the subject when someone talks about the future. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

There are photos of her when alive, which already have that haunted look such photos usually take years to acquire, the look of vanished time, unrecoverable, unredeemed. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I crammed things beneath my clothes; usually in my pants. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

There are usually two days to a competition. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I and my little redheaded sister, Mary Toy, always followed him down the hall, and he usually gave us each a stick of penny candy before shutting the company room door in our faces. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

On Saturday mornings Dad usually makes the best breakfasts: fluffy buttermilk pancakes, cheesy eggs, and crispy bacon. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Her mother had been the last in her family, so it was usually only the two of them who visited the graves on Souls Night, for her father was often away on business. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

We steered clear of tollbooths by taking two-lane back roads, where we usually had a long line of drivers behind us, honking in exasperation. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He slid into his seat in the desk he usually shared with Cari. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“The people who stay here in this house usually are, journalists.” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Joey usually looked like a little zombie while I peeled the coats and jackets off of her. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

You remember how I told you that when things are going pretty good, it usually means that something bad is about to happen? Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

It can usually be recognized by the word to in front of it: Blackbeard helped him to escape. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Annabeth and I were used to traps, and usually those traps looked good at first. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

For repeated sections of medium length — usually four to thirty-two measures — repeat dots with or without endings are the most common markings. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Lacking a chin strap, it usually popped off before the wearer slammed into the ground. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The smirk starts to form on her face—the one she usually blames on awkwardness—but she tries not to let it take over. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Sickler’s was where a student and his date either both ordered salad or, usually, neither of them did, because of the garlic seasoning. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Even though I tried to be gentle, it usually hurt her to get the kinks out. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I have been. I usually work every other day, twelve-hour shifts. But I took on some extra work this week. Covering for a friend.” All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He usually wore some band T-shirt or a shirt that he’d found at a thrift store or something. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

But still, monsters didn’t usually let themselves get destroyed so easily. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

When two males are contesting the alpha position, they usually do so by forming extensive coalitions of supporters, both male and female, from within the group. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our part of District 12, nicknamed the Seam, is usually crawling with coal miners heading out to the morning shift at this hour. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Occasionally the sophomores won, but usually they lost. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I asked — more than glad to be alone with him, but remembering that his car was usually full. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The train takes a turn it doesn’t usually take—left, away from the glow of Erudite and into the abandoned part of the city. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Byrne says, and I realize that she is talking about my necklace, which is usually hidden by my high- necked dresses. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

She never said much during the practices, but she took lots of notes and she usually scored pretty high on our practice quizzes. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Willy scrambled off to find some kids his age down in the basement, where they usually played video games, and I headed outside. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Besides, my father usually gave in to us if we pleaded enough. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I’m usually a heavy sleeper but these last nights every little noise makes me jump out of bed. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whenever a black family moved or suffered a slight reverse in fortune, it usually let its policy lapse and later bought another policy from some other company. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Together with the topic of a text, the reader usually needs to know its point. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Though as a rule I usually didn’t have much money to spare. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Sometimes Mom helps, or whoever wants to—usually somebody does. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

“But don’t worry, this time of year they usually sleep at night.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He heard a few students swear, which Mrs. Torrance usually did not tolerate. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“The pastas are usually pretty good here,” he says as the waiter hands them menus. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Jobs like mine were usually taken by boys with some physical disability, since everyone had to take part in sports and this was all disabled boys could do. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

If something seems too good to be true, it usually is. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

We skip the line like I usually do. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

He was in the garage, uncovering the small wooden table they usually used for a stand. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

I sat down in the tall armchair where my father usually sits. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Which usually gets my dad muttering about how hard it is to job hunt in Georgia while living in New York. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

My parents are usually in bed by ten, and I can tell my mom is exhausted. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

I usually gave my money to Bailey, who went to the movies nearly every Saturday. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

After lunch, business would die down, and that’s when we’d get our lunch, usually the cheapest thing we could afford, like a smiley with some maize meal. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The only champ in my life is usually Anthony. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

This time they didn’t say, “It’s not your fault,” as they usually did after we had done things they considered wrong and not childlike. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

It’s a nice car, and it’s not the one I usually see parked in front of their house back in Bushwick, but I don’t ask any questions. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

We don’t usually come to Main Street unless Mama and Baba have friends visiting from out of state. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I usually only checked my school email in the morning—for class assignments or announcements. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

The square, which was usually very busy, was almost deserted when the three children entered it. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

The vitality that usually radiated from him was all but gone. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

People usually asked her whether or not she had a belly button, since she had been born magically. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Ranofer threw an impatient glance at Ibni and encountered the sharp glint he had often surprised in the other’s usually vacant eyes. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Rather than walk into the town up the hill, the client usually paid or tried to. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Human beings, on occasions of this kind, are usually full of questions, but the rabbits expressed their delight simply by proving to themselves through their senses that this was really Hazel-rah. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s where we keep all the supplies that we are never usually allowed to touch. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Jinny couldn’t think what most of the reasons were, but she knew the rules and remembered them, usually. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Before I get out of bed, I think maybe I should start my day the way I usually end it. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He had that purplish angry fire in his eyes that usually meant something bad and godly was going to happen if we didn’t shut up. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

It was a new experience to him, and a wild flush came over him, so that he did not watch and feel out his brother’s mood as he usually did. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“No, I think the word for how you usually are is ‘reckless.’” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

In team matches, the Manhattan usually, but not always, came out on top. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I also knew there was somebody she really liked, because her and her little friends were always giggling about something, and boys are usually the main thing little girls giggle about. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

I usually hate the days I'm trapped in the laundromat with my mother, but right now I would give anything to be staring at laundry spinning in circles. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Praying was usually the best you could do when confronted with a son of Man o’ War. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The resulting “interviews” of passengers in these dragnet operations usually culminate in a request for “consent” to search the passenger’s luggage. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

He came home in such a drunken fury that Mom usually hid while we kids tried to calm him down. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

They make Indian food infrequently—usually it’s pasta or broiled fish or take-out from the Thai restaurant down the block. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

So, he sat and watched the show in the audience with me, and he said things that were hard to listen to because Patrick usually isn’t unhappy. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

And those shared assumptions are usually pretty conservative: we don’t reinvent the world from scratch every time we float a theory. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

Gebu came once each day to the shop, sometimes at midmorning, usually at the hour of noon when all work ceased for a time and a blessed silence descended on the shop. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

That is the way it usually goes in stories: the young man has to prove his dedication to the old hermit in the woods before he’s taken under his wing. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Nothing. It’s just that normal people usually take the bus when they want to go somewhere far.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

In past ages, a war, almost by definition, was something that sooner or later came to an end, usually in unmistakable victory or defeat. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, sorry. I’m usually right on time or super late. I thought I had it under control tonight though,” I say. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“Of course he’s not your friend. A Hillburn usually has better sense than getting mixed up with people like these.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

They were usually late, often wore the color orange, and weren't good with finances. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Ever since I could remember, I had heard Dr. Bright and others speak of London in tones usually reserved for talk of the Heavenly City. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

I’m usually the first one to wake up. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

It’s usually the number of buttons in her collection or shoes in my mother’s closet or spools of thread in the drawer. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alex tried making deals with the universe, the way he usually did: “If I hold my breath to the count of thirty, he’ll get bored and stop.” Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Which usually meant something fun was about to happen. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He was really into death metal, so he usually came to school dressed head to toe in black. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

The presence of a Bundimun is usually announced by a foul stench of decay. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s crash and clatter and it usually adds up to one big mash of sound and thought and picture and half the time it’s impossible to make any sense of it at all. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

The Grimes family arrived in a body, always a little late, usually in the middle of Sunday school, which began at nine o’clock. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“What are you doing on the bus this early anyway? You’re usually one of the last pickups.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

During these discussions Aravis became a little, a very little, less unfriendly to Shasta; one usually gets on better with people when one is making plans than when one is talking about nothing in particular. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Instead of making him nervous like he usually felt when Ashish or Ma tried to watch him, he felt more confident. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Warnings were delivered communally, for even though there was usually the offending daughter of the moment, every woman's character could use extra scolding. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Frequently he did not even appear on Sunday mornings, but issued his orders through one of the other pigs, usually Squealer. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Our wedding anniversary was on February 19, and though usually in Pátzcuaro we went out to dinner, we didn’t have the money for that here. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

On my side of the hole, there was a crack I usually traced with my fingers while Jay had his turn looking up into the kitchen. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The room had the same otherworldly quality it usually did, as if the regular rules of space and time that applied in the hallways were suspended here. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The Martian surface exhibits many impact craters, each named after a person, usually a scientist. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

His yellow bike is usually chained to the iron gate, but it’s gone—he’s at work. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

This was a needed service in the Colonies, where land was usually a wilderness without roads. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The difference was he didn’t see any humor in it the way she usually did. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

A police officer brought a sheet of yellow plastic from the squad car—the kind usually used for covering corpses. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

They knew that life nowadays was harsh and bare, that they were often hungry and often cold, and that they were usually work-ing when they were not asleep. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

My grandmother once told me, “You can always trust a redhead. They sometimes have mean tempers, to be sure, but they’ve usually got good hearts.” Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

“Well, I guess we’ll know if you’re really sick if you start to feel sharp pains on the left side in your ribs. That’s usually the first sign of the flu.” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

When I get to Mrs. Janssen's house, I leave my bicycle leaning against it, more exposed than I would usually, pushing past her as soon as she answers the door. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Rather thicker than one usually sees . . . quite rigid . . . ten and a quarter inches. Avis!” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Spies are usually shipped out to Denver, but if they’re caught in a big city like Los Angeles, we take them before the capital does. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Luis’s dad and Alexander’s parents are the only other ones in our bleachers, which is how it usually is for the first few innings on triple-header days, especially when it’s blazing like this. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

“The typical black bear-inflicted injury,” he writes blandly, “is minor and usually involves only a few scratches or light bites.” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Only once in a while, on the soap operas, is there an indi'gena, and she’s usually a fat, middle-aged maid who never speaks except for yes, senora. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although that sort of thing usually ran its course and diminished over time, it was not the case when it came to the gleaning of Kohl Whitlock. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

If I wasn’t in on it, it usually didn’t fly. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

After we leave the shop, both of us in a good mood now, we go for burgers, another thing Mom doesn’t usually like to do. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Instead of looking away like she usually did, she smiled back. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

She just usually ended up covered in dirt, or upside down, or trapped under or inside something. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

When people walked here, they weren’t usually going anyplace; they were just out for the air. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Putting them in an orphanage doesn’t usually do them a lot of good either!” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Freeman says the kind of words you don’t usually hear from teachers. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

In the street it was usually possible to talk, after a fashion. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

A chipmunk, usually an amiable companion, chittered angrily and bit his finger when he held his hand toward it. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Even when I was younger, she never used baby words or talked to me the way grown-ups usually talk to little kids. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Early in March 1881, Charles Guiteau departed New York, leaving unpaid bills behind as he usually did, and headed to Washington to claim his new job. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I don’t usually come out and accost the patients, sorry! It’s just that Hank told me about you and...and I can relate.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

And he couldn't run more than a few steps without coughing, which meant the fights usually ended badly. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

The combined effect was that truth usually went marching on. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

When singing harmony, one voice usually has the melody and is dominant, while the harmony parts take a “back seat” so to speak. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

“No, I have a shift, but I’m usually here from two in the afternoon until bedtime.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia usually encouraged Harry to stay out of their way, which Harry was only too happy to do. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I have a few, but I usually wear the newer ones consistently for about a month straight. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

I usually dread it, but the day after the Kitchen Scene, I was glad. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The fire in the library is not usually lit until the afternoon, Madam,” he said. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

As it was wartime, we usually had nothing more than a few crusts of bread and an occasional biscuit. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

But I realized when I do that I usually start thinking about something I don’t really wanna think about, like my moms or Diego, so I decided to start reading books. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“I know the kind of stuff you usually bring in, Alex. Nice things, don’t get me wrong, but nothing worth an all-expense-paid trip to paradise.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

By the time she’d finished we were usually on the floor. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

They were the sons of Leda, and are usually represented as being gods, the special protectors of sailors, Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

They usually traveled in packs, and once when he threw a stone at some of them, they chased, caught, and beat him witless. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t usually eavesdrop, but Halloween has put me on edge. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

But I’ve never been in this store before because I usually have my books shipped to me or I borrow them from the school library. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Grub was usually asleep in the back of the car. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

I can’t lie, we get the “why is he dating her” stare that usually comes from rich white girls. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I could hear the jingle of the dog’s tags in the background, and I thought of the path he usually took, wondering where they might be at the moment. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

“Well, I usually prefer to get it right on the first try, but I’d hate to deprive you.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

In classical Latin, from which the phrase derives, an orbis is usually a flat disc, but sometimes it is an orb or globe. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Convince is usually followed by of or that, and persuade is followed by to. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I asked him who usually picked up the mail. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

But he also didn’t look like the kind of grandpa you usually see in the movies. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“I guess, but he usually asks that you stay and help with the camp for a few weeks in return. Plus, why would you want to go home now? It’s much safer here.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

My clothes for the day were ironed and folded, left on the cane-seat chair in the foyer where Hassan usually did his ironing. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Now and then a smart girl came into the profession, but she usually moved up to better things. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

"Thank you. I appreciate your taking good care of it. I usually have staff that manages my things." How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He usually ran the last little way to the barn. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

This usually went on for at least a fortnight, by the end of which four or five items from each Junior and Senior year would have ended up in the billiards room. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Except the times when she wears one of Grandma’s Floating Dresses, she usually dresses like a black-and-white movie, not a circus. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I—” “It's all right.'' I don't smile at her. It will only scare her. For a female slave, a smile from a Mask is not usually a good thing. “I'm actually wondering the same thing. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

We do our other meals on our own with whatever rations they give us, which are usually ridiculous. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

His mother was that sort of woman who rarely speaks and usually says something unintentionally very sad when she does. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Father found Mr. Bogardus, the man he usually sold his livestock to. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He carried it to the front of the restaurant, behind the cash register, where he usually stood each evening. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

We bounced around from house to house, usually opting for the more affordable and less desirable parts of town. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

After welcoming their sisters, they triumphantly displayed a table set out with such cold meat as an inn larder usually affords, exclaiming, “Is not this nice? Is not this an agreeable surprise?” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

Figure 3.10: Standing Waves in a wind instrument are usually shown as displacement waves, with nodes at closed ends where the air cannot move back-and-forth. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Her body itched even more than it usually did in winter. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Way more uncomfortable than she usually felt around him. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

In ballet studios, open trays of crushed resin are usually set aside for the dancers. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He usually wore a baseball cap and no shirt. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I never see Silas during the school day except at lunch, but usually he’s in mute mode so that doesn’t really count. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Every day. They usually stay after lessons with the others are over.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The more extreme tone cults try to burn their deadish, to make it permanent, but ambudrones usually get to them first. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The solution to these problems, once brass valves were perfected, was to add a few valves to the instrument; three is usually enough. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Whether public or private, accounting is a peculiar blend of facts and arbitrary procedures which usually require decoding. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

When R.C. left, I walked to the bridge and stood where Naomi and I usually met I hoped maybe she’d show up later, after she got her dad taken care of. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Prisons were usually named after places; their buildings, after letters of the alphabet. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I headed over to the library bathrooms because they’re usually a lot cleaner than the ones by the lunchroom. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Dad usually hung around the house a lot during the winter. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

We usually met outside the building after our final class and went home together, but that evening he didn’t show up. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

After the basketball games, there would usually be a school dance. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s the Quidditch World Cup this summer! How about it, Harry? Come and stay, and we’ll go and see it! Dad can usually get tickets from work.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Branwell drops his books—usually all of them—at least five times a day. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s sheepish about it, which is not a word I would usually tag on Dylan. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

I tell him it’s bad circulation but he doesn’t buy it because my feet are usually warm. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you look carefully enough, you will see that people usually do start counting with zero. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

I don’t usually mind needles, but this one is huge. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

It was like her way of passing the cooking torch so that I could do my thing in the kitchen without having to open up one of those lame, thick, usually way too girly cookbooks. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

It was true that supplies and food had been brought to the camps around Asheville, and the people there usually shared with the outlying settlements. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Even though I usually take showers, I really want to try a Dragon’s Egg bath bomb. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

At the counter, Nick—who usually refrained from speaking to Herbie because he wanted the skunk smell out of his store as fast as possible—had an idea. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each year some outward movement beyond the existing boundaries of its distribution usually takes place. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

"No big deal. I'm usually the one who bumps into things. It was a nice change." Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And you are almost never right about anything,” he said, pointing at the Humbug, “and, when you are, it’s usually an accident.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Isa, her usually tidy hair now an angry halo, pointed the tip of her violin bow one inch from the Beiderman’s cold heart. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I was happy; I knew because the knots I usually felt in my tummy were gone. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The batons were made of hardwood, Malaver explained— usually, oak or ash. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s cute, yeah. Shorter than I usually go for though. Like five seven, maybe five six without the boots. Photoshop-blue eyes, like an alien.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“In the bush, where we members of the RUF usually make our beds,” the leader answered. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We don’t usually take in kittens,” Claire says, reading my mind. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

She usually tells me how she’s going to fatten me up. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Eleanor took baths in such a hurry, she was usually done by then. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I usually sit in the back of the room, going crazy because I know answers to things and can’t tell anybody. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Snow Sand is usually, again incorrectly, identified with lightning sand. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

As Greeks, we had our own Easter, which was usually observed anywhere from two to four weeks after what was known in our circle as "the American version." Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

We’ve got code names for all the guards, usually some feature of their body or personality that lets you know instantly what to expect from them. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In cross-class marriages, one partner will usually have more money, more options, and, almost inevitably, more power in the relationship. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Wang Lung usually lay listening to it and moved only when he heard it approaching nearer and when he heard the door of his father’s room squeak upon its wooden hinges. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

When I went to the market, it was usually with two companions, my older brother Gerald and a friend of ours named Jenner. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Though I was usually stubborn, for once I took her advice without argument. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I was awake, I usually pretended to be asleep so as not to get in trouble. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Valentine, in the class ahead of me, had a figure that was usually described by boys watching her sashay by as “stacked like a brick privy.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The commissary people always paid for whatever they bought, but it was usually in scrip, and on top of it, the farmer didn’t have much choice about selling or not. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Morning is usually her favorite time of day, when she can sip her chai and plan the afternoon’s cooking. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

These are groups of families, usually in cities or suburbs, who put together a big order once or twice a month. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

And when they do, they're usually as large as a marble. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

She was usually like a live oak, tall and strong against hurricane-force winds. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

The harder part usually is telling the truth to yourself. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

His eyes were milky white, and usually he missed the harpies by a lot, but he was still doing a pretty good job fending them off. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

If I ask enough questions, I usually learn that I know their families—their moms, dads, aunts, uncles, or even their grandparents. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

By the time I was a teenager, anytime I was profiled by cops or security guards, it usually wasn’t because I was black but because I looked colored. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

To arrange a wedding in my culture, the man’s family gives the woman’s family a dowry, usually a number of cows in exchange for the woman’s hand. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The problems of simultaneity do not apply to sound as they do to light because sound is propagated through some material medium, usually air. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But I’m not on my own. Wind Being or Pond meet me there,” Nathan said, pointing beyond the cornfield to where he usually met a Holy Being. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Itchy, who usually seemed lighthearted and funny, looked a little mad, and I said so. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She smiled, and her manner instead of being still and unbending as it usually was became startlingly familiar, fawning even. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

She usually left for her weekend on Saturday mornings, but she’d asked my mother if she could work overtime. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Ravi wasn’t there because this type of situation made him so nervous that he usually threw up. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

He was angry that he had been cheated out of three new victims, for travelers usually drowned in the river. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

And just as I hoped, the Firebus is parked where it usually is, so Mama didn’t bother to check for grown-ups. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

Ordinary peaceful creatures were usually panic-stricken at the sight of Cluny the Scourge at the head of his army. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Her hair, usually smooth and perfect in its knot, is disheveled. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“She’s not a stricken deer anyway,” said Ned, trying to be witty, and succeeding as well as very young gentlemen usually do. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Coach absolutely changes his game plan depending on the opposing team’s skin color, because black and white teams usually play different styles of basketball, and that’s just a fact. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

She straightens, and when she speaks again, she sounds casual, the way she usually does. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

It’s usually her day off, but there’s no one to work the lunch shift. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I don’t know how much security Hideo usually has at his residences—but tonight, at least five cars are sitting here, and two bodyguards are at the front gate, waiting to greet me. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

My room seemed smaller than it usually was, like it was closing in on me. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Instead they were usually relegated to indoor rowing tanks, poor substitutes for the real thing. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“The first labor is usually protracted,” the nurse said. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

The woman who owned a poodle was usually small, plump, white, soiled and with rheumy eyes just like a poodle. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bridges, because they are usually sensibly planned civil-engineering projects, are only built to go over things—often, things with lots of water in them. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Someone usually sat beside the bed fanning Garfield and giving him ice chips to suck. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

It’s warm at the moment, as it usually is; but there’s a small bit of magic in it, and when it goes cold, I know I’m in danger. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“We don’t usually swim,” I blurted out, before Bobby Gene could say we weren’t allowed. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

These tales stimulated my childish imagination, and usually contained some moral lesson. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That came out wrong. I just mean it’s usually only tourists who strike up conversations.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

What she had made was called a grappling hook, which is something used for climbing up the sides of buildings, usually for a nefarious purpose. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

I’m usually up for an adventure, and I’m bored, too, but the idea of being all wet and cold is not at all enticing. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Instead of cutting as soon as he felt the first little halt, as he usually did, he let the knife move on to another and another. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

We tried to have dinner every night, but it was often rushed, and when we did talk, it was usually about work. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

He usually comes home looking like he’s taken a mud bath—at least that’s what my mother says. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

I was usually the first to taste one each summer. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

But usually she was so predictable that even changing her logo seemed strange. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I usually play my tips, which might be ten dollars or up to twenty-five on a good night. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

They took on a color that you can usually see only in sunsets. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

A couple, especially when followed by of, is usually plural. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I realized that my Lobot hearing aids actually made me hear better than most people, because I was usually the first person to hear a new bird call. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

In the moments she had to herself, usually in the dark, minutes before falling asleep, Briony contemplated a ghostly parallel life in which she was at Girton, reading Milton. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Gabriel would rarely give answers to these questions, usually staring blankly back at his captor or asking politely to be freed. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

The cliche of time passing slowly usually has to do with idleness and inactivity. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Watching her in their company, I could understand why wealthy people usually had other wealthy people for friends. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

A symphony, for example, is usually a piece of music written for a fairly large number of instruments. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Soldiers usually have black tassels and a single row of silver buttons on their jackets. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Sometimes a lot of kidding went on during these evening sessions; usually people felt noisy, obscene, or full of horseplay. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Internet has accomplished what even the most fervent consumer advocates usually cannot: it has vastly shrunk the gap between the experts and the public. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

“It usually takes a woman five or six months to get pregnant,” the doctor went on. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Every time you go to the bathroom, take two of these. Sometimes it helps, but usually it don’t.” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Art Room also had a player, but that was usually just as noisy. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He usually stopped to talk with Mr. Charrington for a few minutes on his way upstairs. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Since tissues connected to their donors’ names are subject to strict regulation under the Common Rule, samples are no longer named using donor initials as Henrietta’s cells were; today they’re usually identified by code numbers. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Nico is forcing me to share the things I often think about but don’t usually talk about. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Suesetta stops in the middle of the choir stand—where the altos usually are—holding a hymnal in her arms. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Her usually sleek hair is matted, its silver sheen faded. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

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

Didn’t scoundrels usually have ill-gotten gains lying around somewhere? Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

His sentences usually had at least one break of faulty breath control, so that, often, his emphasized words, instead of rising, sank. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Silvertongue did not mock his fear of the dark either, as Dustfinger had, and curiously enough that made the fear less, shrinking it as only daylight usually did. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

An aurora is a group of flashing lights in the sky, usually seen only on clear nights in the far north. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It's not fancy, but there's usually fresh fish.” Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

George Washington, true to the intelligence rule of keeping bits of espionage in separate boxes, was aware of Franklin’s operations but usually did not deal directly with him. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We don’t have anything,” they say at house after house, usually through locked doors. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

On Fridays, Grandma comes to pick me up, and Grandpa is usually in the car with her. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

For the first time in ages, I attacked my dinner almost as hard as Jay usually did. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

In love, unlike politics, caution is not usually a virtue. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone has a supremely low moment somewhere along the AT, usually when the urge to quit the trail becomes almost overpowering. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of wildly scribbled rhymes all over a piece of notebook paper like I’d usually have, Dee has typed up an entire song. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

They are nearly all women’s names, usually the name of the waterman’s mother or grandmother, depending on how long the boat has been in the family. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t think of giving Kreacher anything. Do people usually give their house-elves Christmas presents?” asked Harry, prodding the parcel cautiously. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“I know and you know. That’s usually enough to ensure a good working relationship between the two of us.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

When a foraging band was hard-pressed by a stronger rival, it could usually move on. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have often heard it said that cowardice is the mother of cruelty, and I have found by experience that malicious and inhuman animosity and fierceness are usually accompanied by weakness. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

There is something different about his usually aloof features—surprise? An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I don’t usually run away from things, but I would run from this. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I learned in Faction History that the Amity recognize no official leader—they vote on everything, and the result is usually close to unanimous. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

For one thing, he noted that Gollum used I, and that seemed usually to be a sign, on its rare appearances, that some remnants of old truth and sincerity were for the moment on top. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

It’s usually unguarded and unlocked when the garbage has to be taken out. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Mama puttered around doing whatever she usually did on Sundays: preparing her lesson plans, ironing a few shirts, running lots of water in the bathroom for some reason. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Not that I always do what my sister says, but—well, I guess I usually do. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

For example, he usually carried a little piece of osha in his pants pocket. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

With that, we also had some carrots and peas, which I usually liked a lot. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Heather usually brown-bags her lunch—her mom insists on packing healthy stuff like apples and carrot sticks. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

The dried meat, beans, and onions that usually hung from the ceiling had vanished. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The veterans usually laughed when one showed up and flicked through it quickly in a blasé way before throwing it aside, so we did the same. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Horses usually sleep in numerous brief sessions scattered throughout the day and night; about 20 percent of their daytime is spent snoozing. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her pixie-cut hair was dark and usually had a few little braids woven in somewhere. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Are you sure you want to wash them all by themselves? We usually wait until there’s a full load.” Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

These places are usually small and often I had watched a young one teetering on the edge of the nest and wondered why it did not fall. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

When it was time, he came down the stairs with me, which he didn’t usually do, and we walked across the Square together to the car. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

I was in this big leather club chair that my dad usually read the paper in. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

She doesn’t usually focus or commit to a project, but when she does, she goes all in. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I read online that lots of people have their first baby late, but usually not more than ten days. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Jesse, hooked on arguments and ideas— he often describes himself as a fighter—could usually be drawn out of his shell. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t usually care about the stuff we steal, except how much we can make when we sell it. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looks right through me, the way passersby usually do, as if I'm no bigger than the beetle crawling in a crack in the sidewalk. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Daddy is walking faster than he usually does so I struggle to keep up behind him. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

“Uh...actually, I was getting ready to turn around. I usually do a loop, but I’m not going to make five miles pushing this thing. I’m already wiped out.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

He usually pretended not to notice, but sometimes he’d give the guy a menacing glare as if to say, “Yeah, you better stay out of my way!” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Families who usually came only for holidays filled the pews with scrubbed and subdued children. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The powerful spheres were usually reserved for motors and big machines, but up here, tiny Jade orbs twinkled in the windows of fancy shops and cafes. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“Before bees swarm, they stuff themselves with honey, so they’re usually too full to sting,” she said. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

I looked over towards the double doors of the gymnasium, where the Aunt usually stood, to see if she’d noticed, but the Aunt wasn’t there. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

She said that it was usually people who were killed in murder mystery novels. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I’m sure I tell them more than Rhiannon would, more than the day usually allows. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Each morning Mrs. Derby, dressed in white, as she usually was, came to Teenie’s kitchen, greeted everyone with a cheerful hello, and planned the meals for the day. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s not usually like this on a Sunday. Should we leave?” The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Being fourteen and only second oldest, she didn’t usually take charge. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

And, as Milo waved good-by, he smiled warmly, which he usually did on the average of 47 times a day. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

The murder of a child by a parent is horrific and is usually complicated by serious mental illness, as in the Yates and Smith cases. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Then we would array ourselves along the quarry face, usually in groups of three or four. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The reporters were almost always in tow, and Howard usually created some amusement for them to write up or photograph, including talking Smith into dipping Seabiscuit’s hoof in ink and stamping their Christmas cards. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Birds were singing that they usually didn’t hear until later in the spring. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Dusty usually had the first chapter of Genesis, so that by reading the same thing over and over he might eventually learn. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Slowly, he followed the hooded figure along a crooked hall until they reached what looked like the back of the shop, where usually inventory would be kept. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Because she is shy, quiet, obedient, and doesn’t say much, all our older siblings assume what she chooses to say is of some importance and usually take her side in our fights. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They are easy to maintain, need no paint since they are usually of aluminum, and are not tied to fluctuating land values. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when he did, it usually had something to do with rumbling gas pains in his stomach. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Especially Mami, who can understand a little English, but is usually too embarrassed to try to speak it. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

That cry usually occasioned a dozen mirrors thrust out of cells so that inmates could get a good look at her. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hid in the garden and ate dirt untill his mom found him but she didn’t yell at him for eating it like she usually does. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She had let down the brown shining waterfall of her hair, which was usually kept braided in pigtails for convenience in hunting and cookery, and with the falling waves of this she framed his head. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m usually at the mall being switched at this time. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

She was not usually frivolous, and didn’t think it right to have shared such uncontrolled laughter with a complete stranger. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

My hands usually shake before I start to cry, and I can’t cry in front of everyone. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I should be used to these wake-up calls by now, but Kelly usually manages to catch me by surprise. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

It usually took strangers awhile to notice him even when they were in the same room with him. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

On Hugo’s birthday, his father took him to the movies as he usually did, and he gave him one of the notebooks as a present. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

After a period of time, usually less than thirty seconds, Squire would order the power turned off while he checked for a pulse. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Babulya said dreams were usually nonsense, but some were God’s way of helping someone with a problem. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

I looked for Papa, who usually agreed with me. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

These particle energies are usually measured in units called electron volts. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He usually had such an angry expression on his face. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Yes, people who legitimately aren’t as qualified get picked over people who are, and yes, it’s usually people of color getting picked over white people. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately all his samples came up contaminated–usually wildly so. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

And usually these carrion talkers were the same ones who had said one American was worth twenty Germans in a scrap—the same ones. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I mean, I usually slept naked at home, where there was a door I could lock, but I had no intention of doing that in my grandmother’s house. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The few strikes these weak unions dared to attempt won no concessions, and usually resulted in the dismissal of strikers and their nonstriking family members. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

"Why did they call for him? He's not a healer. They usually call Herbalist." Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

And usually he was such a slow careful driver, stopping dead at every cross-roads, peering to right and left, blowing his horn at every bend in the road. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“And your fear made you dizzy, and you thought you were coming home. Does fear usually make you dizzy?” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Anything Johnny picked up he usually reported to Paul Revere, but sometimes to Doctor Warren. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The residents usually weren’t allowed to attend funerals. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Behind her is our janitor, Mr. Brody, who is usually all smiles, but not today. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“I wonder, could you tell us what sort of clothes your grandmother usually wears?” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“This neighborhood doesn’t usually get flooded,” Dad said. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

And there was usually a tin can with food still clinging to the inside. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

It’s usually used in finance or pricing, not romance. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

But usually the baby just lay in Charles’s lap, staring up at his father’s face with pleasure and equanimity. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had an unfortunate habit of running off, usually to hide something shiny she’d discovered. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

My grandfather was so weak that he’d usually fall asleep by eight o’clock. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nicholas Briar usually doesn't say a word in class. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Jobs on general cargo ships were prized most; they usually spent a week or two at port, giving the crew plenty of time to investigate the area. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

If you travel toward the observer at almost the speed of light, you will become enveloped in an eerie chromatic radiance: your usually invisible infrared emission will be shifted to the shorter visible wavelengths. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chris rubbed his baldy like he was trying to shine it, which he usually did when he was thinking, too. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Longstreet explained that Lee usually gave the orders and then let his boys alone to do the job. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The priest usually ignored Dad and tried to go on with his sermon, but Dad persisted. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was a real smile, small and quick, not the gooey kind she usually used on grownups. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Scientists usually seek to attribute historical developments to cold economic and demographic factors. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those accused of being witches were usually poor peasant women, often widows. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

In the case of Jennings, Mullen says that someone’s subtle signals in favor of one politician or another usually don’t matter at all. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He really seemed to like it, and I guess because of that I played better than I usually do, and hardly made any mistakes. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

He usually gets back to me right away. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Alfred Stoecklein, not usually a talkative man, had much to say as he fetched hot water and otherwise assisted in the cleaning-up. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But usually I would expect it to knock.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Because actors were not usually identified by name, the best ones performed in various roles without the audience knowing it. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

Instead, it is usually preceded by a long gestation period in which all the hard work is done without finding the key to the solution to the problem. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was called the finger dance because it usually ended when one of the dancers lost one ... or two, or five. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I don’t usually brag about this, but it’s got to be at least close to true. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

But instead of handing her the plain-as-porridge sword she usually wielded in practice, he drew his own blade. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

This was usually not a heavy burden, as the nobility who frequented the Eolian usually gave money or gifts to performers who pleased them. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Vocalists, wind instruments, and bowed strings are usually not part of the rhythm section. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

She was wearing her pink embroidered Mexican blouse, which she usually wore on birthdays and holidays. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

We usually keep them closed, but with the sea so flat we aren't worried about waves splashing through. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

I usually could find things: a fish line, or a forgotten fish pole. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was an old friend of Uncle’s and usually dropped by our place for a snack after he and Uncle had gone to the meeting. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the men came to a body, the crows usually walked away. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

E.J. practically lives at the studio, so I am usually home by myself. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Leopards are not usually dangerous unless they have been wounded. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

The scent of thyme greeted him, a heavy scent that usually filled the air only by day. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

"Well," John John started, because John John was usually the one who spoke for the crew. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

A regiment was usually divided into three squadrons of ten planes, with a squadron leader and deputy assigned to each. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

I usually take a stack of books to read while I wait for my “clients.” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

“Why didn’t he give them bags, like he usually does?” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Charlie, unused to spending time in the usually empty house, worked most of the weekend. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

It had grown long enough now that she usually tied it back, but tonight she had had the opportunity to bathe, and it fell loose, still slightly damp, to her shoulders. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“No,” I joked, “’cause you usually just talk about boring old people stuff.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Lie-detection tests are notoriously inaccurate, and calculations similar to the above demonstrate why truthful people who flunk polygraph tests usually outnumber liars. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the end they finished the harvest in two days’ less time than it had usually taken Jones and his men. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Man is more dependent on these wild pollinators than he usually realizes. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

She was usually the one with the plans. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

But it was much louder than I usually had it and that was probably why I didn’t hear her before I did. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Back home, we'd usually be finishing dinner at around this time. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Even though I usually know the answers to most of the questions at school, lots of stuff still puzzles me. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“We saw her sitting with him where you guys usually eat lunch.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

But usually, people gave Maeve a kind smile, a squeeze on the arm, a knowing nod. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Any contact with money will snap their spell and revert them back to human form—usually naked. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

She usually tried not to tell Park things like that. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

He had never had a proper conversation with the headmaster outside of Hogwarts before; there was usually a desk between them. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The sequel to a great movie is usually not as good as the original. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

We usually think of the moon as being quite bright, especially when it is full, but the moon is a dullard compared to the earth. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pair an intrusive, usually ignorant, and often suspicious press corps with an intensely private trainer, and you have a volatile mix. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

To him, perplexity was worse than danger; and when he was perplexed he usually grew angry. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I know this, though. When my mother says maybe, she usually means probably not.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Archaeologists already knew their dates of construction, usually from written records; the scientists wanted to compare their estimates to the known dates. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

He usually has a pipe in his mouth, though he has very few teeth left, and those that are left are rotten. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Yang Fan was usually so hesitant to express an opinion of her own that we called her Echo. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because the girls are usually away when we are home and vice versa, this is one of the few times I’ll get to watch Erin play this year. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fruit and slaughters are not usually combined, nor are gods and peasants. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

My mom usually sticks to the list, but some days she changes her mind based on the yellow signs for today’s specials or clearance items. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

He said that he usually wore long sleeves, so they cut off his hand and sent him on his way to spread fear and warnings throughout the countryside. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was usually so soft and gentle, like that puppy in the toilet paper commercials. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

In fact, convict- converts usually were better prepared than were numerous prospective Muslims who never had been inside a prison. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her lips shone with a red gloss she didn’t usually wear. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Your daughter might call. Or turn up there. Kids usually do. If we find her, we’ll let you know. Believe me. The best thing to do is go home and stay by the phone.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The scent of burning wood, usually so comforting when Daddy lit a fire on cold days, drifted through the forest. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Such complex inventions were usually acquired by borrowing, because they spread more rapidly than they could be independently invented locally. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

They liked to dress Trina and me in matching frilly dresses and hats—hers were usually white and mine were pink. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Lot sizes were small, and owners usually filled them up with cottages, barns, sheds, and outhouses — all made of fast-burning wood, naturally. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s a tradition for Pakistani girls to have their ears pierced when they’re little. Rabia and I had ours done together, when we were babies. Noses come much later, usually when girls get married.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

When Ophelia came to visit, Farmer was usually either reading or writing. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

He hesitated outside the crowded Great Hall, then ran up the marble staircase; whether Gryffindor had won or lost, the team usually celebrated or commiserated in their own common room. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Instead of sitting all curled up like she usually did, her arms were outstretched like she was trying to catch the music and bring it to her. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“I have to say, it usually takes a while to get a new club up and running, but you two are off to a great start.” Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

The newest arrivals went in there, usually guys straight from Rikers, and the typical wait for a single cell to open up was around eight weeks. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You made it the longest,” she replies, “and that’s usually a very good sign.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

In modern spy talk, Honeyman was a “sleeper,” an agent under cover in enemy territory and awaiting orders, usually for a single, vital mission. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

But for his efforts, he was usually given an extra bowl of soup from the very bottom of the kettle, where it was thickest. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s usually where you find most entrances to the Otherworld. You have to look and not look. You have to believe and not believe. It’s an in-between thing.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Mine usually led me, on clear days, in scenic circles around the countryside. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

He was usually animated and excited about something, although when he didn't hear from his family for a while or had to deal with some bad incident at the prison, he would become extremely depressed. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

When people discussed me, the sentence usually began with “The biggest dork in the whole school is ...” Friend had to be a promotion from that. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

The general sound that one would expect of a type of instrument — a trombone for example is usually called its timbre or color. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

I’m usually psyched when we have a day off, especially when it falls on a Friday, but this feels so very wrong. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Such areas were usually invisible to the press, and the government used their inaccessibility to veil the cruelty of the state’s actions. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The total number of prisoners in the single cells was usually about twenty-four. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

This side of me is usually lying in wait to ambush the other one, which is much purer, deeper and finer. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Jeff was always rolling his eyes at something, usually with a snide comment to match. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Now, every other day or so, usually in some public place, they would flash the badge to search me. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then again, it wasn’t every mother’s son whose picture was on the front page of nearly every newspaper in the country, usually with the word “hero” somewhere in the headline. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

He enjoyed playing over what are called miniature games, short encounters of usually twenty moves or less, as if they were musical exercises, works of art unto themselves, usually with only one pervasive idea. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

His voice was raspy, which usually meant he needed to stop for a while. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

We didn’t fight often, and when we did, it was typically over petty things, a string of pent-up aggravations that surfaced usually when one or both of us got overly fatigued or stressed. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

When there's a family crisis or something bad happens, usually you get to call for outside help. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still, he usually won the right to take the first shower because he had to be at school an hour earlier than me. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

She always had a boyfriend—usually a soccer player with really defined abs. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

It poured thickly, with some chunks plopping into the bowl, and I carried it outside to the little plastic table where we kids usually ate our meals. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Almost as fast as Angie, who usually runs the lead leg because she always gives our team a good head start. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

He will then lower his body to the spot in question and is usually so secure in his decision that he will fall asleep immediately. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

The smiles and blushes that usually came at the mention of Shadrach were missing that day; Jenny’s dark eyes were very large and grave. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

The mouth is harder because usually I look at mouths when there are words coming out and right now there are none coming out of his. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I usually notice stuff like that, especially where Erik is concerned, but today I didn’t. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sitting room door is usually left ajar when she’s in there, and I don’t dare to go past it. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hated the idea of needing something and not having it with me, so I usually ended up carrying enough equipment for three gunters. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Thing was, usually it would be the white man talking and the colored man listening and nodding. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Einstein is usually given the credit for the new theory, but Poincare is remembered by having his name attached to an important part of it. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rahel walked across to the old well where there were usually some ants to kill. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The problem for me: I was usually the only one in the Poseidon cabin, and I’m not exactly what you would call neat. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“I don’t! You need to get in bed,” she said in her most official voice, the one her brother usually listened to. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“And...remember. People who come here looking for things...they don’t usually find what they want.” Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Chemistry is my oasis, and I’m usually the first person to arrive, but today Audrey Dorn beat me and was at her desk, alternating between staring at her phone and watching the door. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

We would attend the afternoon show, usually featuring films about the Wild West and gladiators. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although usually we hung out just the four of us, because I had band right after lunch, and we wouldn’t be together the rest of the afternoon. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“A patroller is...was a white man, usually young, often poor, sometimes drunk. He was a member of a group of such men organized to keep the blacks in line.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

In outlook and experience they were nothing like the hard-core climbers with whom I usually went into the mountains. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

He had gone into the grocery store where he usually trades and heard the sudden silence. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ours usually forgets,” I said, not knowing whether or not that was true. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

By the time the competition realized the threat—usually when Bien fired a perfect cross or let loose with a bicycle kick—it was often too late to react. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

After the work, there were great quantities of food—chicken, pork, vegetables, corn bread, fruit—better food than the herring and corn meal field hands usually saw so much of. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

We don’t usually do all of that, but I guess this is one of those days she needs it more than I do. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The tears didn’t soothe my heart as they usually did. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were small gray motor cars that passed going very fast; usually there was an officer on the seat with the driver and more officers in the back seat. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Martin’s shop was only a block and a half away if Moss went the quickest way, but that brought him right past Dawit’s shop, so he usually took a more roundabout route. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, maybe two or three times a month, usually on Saturday, my father would come and pick me Lip and I would go home and visit. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sorry. I don’t...I swear I don’t usually comment on the size of other guys’ boxes.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Reluctantly accepting a cocktail invitation, I usually arrive before my hostess is out of the tub. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Asking questions usually wasn’t a hard thing for Genie to do because he always had them. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Stepson’s death was usually included in the official tally of murders during the Reign of Terror. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“We’re usually very good at what we do. Sometimes we make mistakes. Me, for example, allowing myself to be alone with you.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Most of the town had shown up to see Resilient Helenwood, and all the artwork that usually hung on the walls was replaced with a cornucopia of colors and mediums, words and photographs. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It’s unusual because Dad is usually so precise. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

For example, when you sing a melody by itself, you may be able to "hear" in your mind the chords that usually go with it. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

In the rest of the United States, drive-ins were usually a seasonal phenomenon, closing at the end of every summer. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal 2001-01-17T00:00:00Z

People usually rolled their eyes whenever Stephanie spoke, and a lot of guys called her Busted Bergner, but she was okay. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Mostly I nod when I think it’s appropriate, and if a response is required I usually say, “I’m sorry, what was that?” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

My mother usually stayed in her room or, when a roommate wanted the privacy of it also, went to a secret hiding place she had hunted out during the first week of school. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Breakfast, which usually consisted of porridge, cocoa or tea, bread, butter, and jam, was served at nine in the morning. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

I usually don’t wear earrings, but she told me these reminded her of me and that they looked like my eyes. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Understand that restrained is usually better than expansive and that unhinged almost never works. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

This may be how everyone else operates, but this is not how I usually operate. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because I lived in a one-car family with two working parents, the odds were usually better at the Jacksons' house, where Mrs. Jackson had both a wood-paneled station wagon and a little sports car. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

These usually bought land, but good land, and built their houses of planed lumber and had carpets and colored-glass diamond panes in their windows. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The owner decided where and when the hunt would take place, and in the event of a kill, he’d receive the choicest portion of the meat, usually the hindquarter. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

Spares usually came to games with their employers because they couldn’t function without their assistants, but were relegated to the farthest, most uncomfortable seats. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

It’s weird because I always know things about people, gut feelings that usually lead me in more or less the right direction. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Every day they saw lions, usually resting in the shade of small trees. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m usually home by six and my wife has supper on the table. You had any supper?” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

When you throw something at someone else, it’s usually not a considered action. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Looking through the front window, he had seen no people: none of the busy afternoon crew of Street Cleaners, Landscape Workers, and Food Delivery people who usually populated the community at that time of day. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

The plurals—kinds of, sorts of, types of, and styles of—are preceded by these or those, and are usually followed by plural nouns: Mr. Dithers hates those kinds of hats. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mom usually drops off Charlie at school because he doesn’t have class until ten. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

But usually their games took place in the water. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Though the species is usually to be found in the Mediterranean, a superb blue roan specimen was caught by merpeople off the shores of Scotland in 1949 and subsequently domesticated by them. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I usually live for pizza, but even the smell was making me nauseous. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Kids usually didn’t go to that kind of trouble when pulling a prank. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

To Maddie, I said, “Film FANatic is the biggest film website out there. They usually only publish reviews from professional critics. There are rumors that Roger Ebert got his start there.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Jabir smirked the way he usually did when he was about to gossip. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

She usually tries to talk to him first. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

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

In the summers, when William usually felt best, they relaxed in lawn chairs on the brick patio. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

They are usually burnt orange, but as I peer through m the mesh that covers the container, the little bugs moving around in curls of wood look bright red. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

If there is a change, it is usually for the lesser rather than the greater; many people seem to lose God along life’s way. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I was surprised when he showed up again the next week because he usually came only every few months. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Barracuda, he'd said, could go through, but they were not usually dangerous. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I can usually see it in her eyes: she’s genuinely scared about how we are with each other. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Ready to roll?” he says, which is usually a private paint joke when we head off to one project or another. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I’d kissed boys before, and usually by the next day the kiss had evaporated like a dewdrop in the sun. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is not surprising, because they are usually opposites in almost all ways. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

And it was almost warm, his usually icy skin. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

We’re equally to blame, since we usually ask him every day if he’s unbolted the door, and so does Mr. van Daan. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Hercules Hot Dogs were side-of-the-road places, and usually not the nicest roads. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Oh, so they think that usually my like forehead is like weeping?” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

From then on, the baths usually took place at night. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He traveled extensively, grabbed naps in airports, and, usually managing to find a computer, stayed in touch with old friends while making new ones. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

I’m usually the emotional one—not the rest of the world. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Way he usually eats, I’m surprised the fish hasn’t disappeared straight from the bones, but he’s focusing on his fingers and the fish’s spine like he’s trying to thread a needle. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Men usually rode up top on the bridge with Captain Billy. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

But not all of it, even though he usually told his sister everything. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

I poke through the rooms looking for Sheila, the developmentally delayed girl I usually play with. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

With his head bent over in the lamplight I could discern a slight mound in his brow above the eyebrows, the faint bulge which is usually believed to indicate mental power. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is what I knew: I was sounding like Lucas when he was being the biggest jerk he could be, which was usually just before he beat me up. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The jam-packed, busy place with the big “Under New Management” sign in the window would attract speculators, usually other Jews who were around looking for something to invest money in. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

But there were elements of the Tychonic model that broke new ground, and it deserves more credit than it is usually given. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

The gap is, however, often more apparent than real, for the meaning is usually intelligible to the imagination at some level. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since then, there's usually been wood to make fires. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

It’s full of pictures of archeological finds, statues that depict, usually, non-European people. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I do make my lunch almost every day—usually some slow-burning, high-protein combo like frozen chicken patties with melted cheese on top and canned pinto beans on the side. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s usually reading five books at once, and when he took a sabbatical leave when he was at Dartmouth, he spent the time writing a novel.” Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I’m not usually a stalker, and I’m not following her, exactly. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Violet, who usually moved slowly in the mornings, nodded and immediately got out of bed and went to the cardboard box to find some proper clothing. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

When I arrived at a hospital, I was usually met by a charge nurse, handed a set of medical scrubs to wear, and instructed to sanitize my hands each time I entered a room. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I usually say, “I also like Kit Kat.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I’ve never seen a rat with an acorn, but then again you don’t usually stumble on rats in nature. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

The amount varies depending on the prices of oil but in recent years has usually amounted to a few thousand dollars. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The sense of exhilaration that usually seemed to possess Edward as he ran was completely absent, replaced by a fury that consumed him and drove him still faster. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The usually conservative room was festooned with sashes and streamers of blue, green, and gold, and several tables were filled to the brim with food. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

When my mother wasn’t digging around in her briefcase, that's where she usually kept it—on the entry hall table. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

We aren’t supposed to speak at the dinner table unless our parents ask us a direct question, and they usually don’t. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

It usually takes me an extra hour or so to walk as opposed to taking the bus, but it’s worth it when the weather is nice and cool like it was today. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

When new words unfold out of old ones, the original meaning usually hangs around like an unrecognizable scent, a sort of secret. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

At any rate, Daddy usually comes to my defense. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

We don’t usually get in long lines at community centers and beg for food. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I mean ... he was really old, but he usually didn’t look it. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

He had never liked animals at the best of times, being usually rather afraid of them; and of course years of doing cruel experiments on animals had made him hate and fear them far more. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

However, none of them could get to sleep, not even Bo, who usually dropped off as soon as his head touched the pillow. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mostly he fusses with piles of clothes the way he usually does, muttering under his breath, and glancing up at the clock. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Doesn't Dad usually do all the bank statements and stuff?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

They did a great deal to liven up the atmosphere of the lab, where experiments usually lasted several months to years. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

A heart attack is usually caused by a blood clot in the heart muscle. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the only Latino in their class, Alex wasn’t much higher in the social hierarchy than Dill, but winning a fight usually moved you up a rung. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

His baby teeth, which usually gave him an impish, playful appearance, now made him seem unpredictable, volatile. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Visiting valets, I have found, are often the worst offenders, aspiring as they usually do to the position of butler with some urgency. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

What Mama usually cooked was food with lots of dumplings or rich, heavy stews. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

You don’t usually think a single name can have a space and two capitals in it, but mine does. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He was looking straight at me, for I was usually the one to do the talking. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I expect Trub to smile or wink at me like he usually does, but this time my grandfather just sighs. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Richardson remained annoyed with Izzy all week, though truth be told, she was usually annoyed with Izzy for some reason or another. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

We usually find a place tucked away far from others, though it’s mostly sand and dirt as far as the eye can see. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Mr Farraday will usually have just returned from his short walk on the downs at that point, so he is rarely engrossed in his reading or writing as he tends to be in the evenings. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes the forces on your body at high Gs cause tiny blood vessels to rupture, usually in your eyes, so the doctors examine you carefully after a ride on the “Wheel.” Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Union armies usually chose the landmark nearest to their own lines, like a river or a stream. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Axel waits for Byrd to say, “And for our buttervore,” like she usually does when the elbows come to the table, but tonight she’s more interested in fluffing the napkin on her lap. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The first beat is usually the strongest, and in most music, most of the bars have the same number of beats. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

I even like his earnestness, despite the fact that I usually hate earnestness. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

It happened almost every night, and every night more demigods straggled over the property line with the satyr guides, usually with some nasty monsters pursuing them, but almost all of them made it through. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Garrett emerges from the door to the garage with a large container usually reserved for camping trips. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

They come from verbs—go, in the case of going—and usually act like verbs. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, gods are usually twenty feet tall when they’re on Olympus, so that makes them look a lot less normal. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Tony’s face was usually a mirror, reflecting back whatever greeted him—a smile for a smile, a frown for a frown. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of course the inscriptions were usually in Greek which I couldn’t read, but I believed him. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m pretty sure I usually talk to him like my mom does—mostly tired. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Momma gives him one of her sweet looks that usually make me and Hana roll our eyeballs right out of our heads, but tonight we let her get away with it. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

At moments like this she usually likes to shoot pictures. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because the victims were black and poor, this wasn't the kind of case that would usually be prosecuted as a capital crime, but Herbert wasn't local. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Her avatar’s facial expressions were extremely realistic, which usually meant they were synched to those of their operator instead of controlled by software. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

But his hands, usually so skillful, were shaking. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I stop right in front of the school grounds, right where my dad would usually drop me off, breathing hard. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Straightforward copies can usually be recognized as such on internal evidence alone. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Warders’ lunch boxes were known as “suitcases” and normally a warder would designate a prisoner, usually his favorite, to carry his “suitcase,” and then reward him with half a sandwich. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They knew that morning was the time the grown-ups usually get you. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each murder in band and tribal societies usually leads to an attempted revenge killing, starting one more unending cycle of murder and countermurder that destabilizes the society. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The pay wasn’t much, nothing like the dairy, but it was usually the same at every house. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When his face was too close, mine was usually being stuffed into a locker. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

It’s usually not racist, but sometimes he gets pretty close to the line. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Policy decisions were not usually made by Japan’s emperor, Hirohito. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

And even when they ask about our grades, and we tell them we have good grades, they usually say something like, “Well, that’s good. I’m glad you’re not distracted by them boys.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

We would usually stay until about ten and then go home. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

When he did, he usually sat at the untouchables’ table. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mom usually helps her aunt prepare the food, which my grandfather always says is “too dry” even if it’s soup. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

I poke through the rooms looking for Sheila, the developmentally delayed girl I usually play with. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He usually didn’t blow his cool that easily, particularly with someone like Brother Leon. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

They don’t interrogate many women in Ormaie—usually send them straight to prison in Paris, I think. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

By the time the first snow fell, I usually managed to catch her one trip of three. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Sunday mornings in the Lockwood household are usually my favorite time of the week. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

Ma sighed a great deal, an impatient noise usually accompanied with a frown at their rough clothes, rundown house, or meager food. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Natural harmonics are ‘hidden’ notes, usually quite high in pitch, which are found within any given sound, like the additional colours of the spectrum that are contained within white light. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Even if he didn’t usually make an effort, he never just slept. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

She usually cooked a pot of beans on the other burner. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

But Jeffrey was usually just blabbing away for hours on end on any kind of road trip. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh yes she does. Says she don’t want us rooting around in there without her permission. But I usually manage to save something.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I had forgotten to draw my curtain, which I usually did, and also to let down my window-blind. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

It was not bad; the dining-room was usually empty and very often we ate in our room at night. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

She usually rested her smile until late afternoon when her women friends dropped in and Miss Glory, the cook, served them cold drinks on the closed-in porch. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I hear what other people talk,’* he’d say — at least usually. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since he was usually self-destructing, this felt so peculiar. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I cheer my head off for that, because she usually gets edged back to fourth, and the best she’s placed all year is third. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

The commercial product usually contains combinations of several chemicals, suspended in a petroleum distillate plus some dispersing agent. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

He was sitting away from us, something he usually did with Saidu. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Mum’s usually the one to understand me in this house. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m not the sort of person who usually gets carried away with that stuff, but I was nervous, and sometimes makeup feels kind of like armor. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Tanaka smoked one or two cigarettes a week on the back patio, but she failed to consider that Kaori’s bedroom window was usually downwind, which meant the smoke blew right by the spirit chamber. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

The bomb had not come to rest atop Adam’s finger, as it usually did, but had split him straight down the middle and exploded. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Remember how I said something usually happens to turn everything bad? Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

We give him every little treat we can think of, a wonder we don’t make him sick, and after supper we sit out on the back porch like we usually do. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I search her face for signs of the Lily I’m used to, the one who usually only notices me long enough to forget about me again. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Say, could you let me have five until the twentieth? That’s when my alimony check comes. I usually don’t run short, but I had a problem last week.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I guessed. But my guesses have usually been good,” said Dumbledore happily, and they sat in silence for what seemed like a long time, while the creature behind them continued to whimper and tremble. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Grootslangs usually dwelled in caves, pits, and other dark places, but could occasionally be drawn out by... Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

It reminds me of Charlie, so I usually eat facing away from the window, but today I want to think about Charlie. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

But usually, Jinx was long gone by then. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Let me tell you, apprehending a fairy is no easy task. Slippery critters. The trick usually involves appealing to their vanity. Even then, takes quite a bit of know-how.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Because of this, the businessmen and ad men liked to sit in her section, and they usually left an extra dollar—or sometimes a five—on the table. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Once people start doing that,” he told us, “they don’t usually stop.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Of course he was unarmed. They usually are.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Brother Jim usually got bored and asked to be excused, but I always stayed, fascinated by their tales. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The guy who usually touches up my makeup is back in DC, coordinating press releases about why I'm canceling my appearances there this week. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

We came in over the city, which they usually avoid for noise reasons.” Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

The conditions usually responsible for these losses in Oklahoma were those made familiar by repetition over the years: the application of insecticides to crops, a heavy rain, and poison washed into the ponds. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

The Smokies usually only cut down trees from the valley, not the rest of the mountain. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

So much gunfire was not good and usually meant danger. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

And there’s usually a lineup of kids who can’t wait to be interviewed. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“He doesn't give speeches. He's usually very direct and succinct,” I told the interviewers. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Old Dr. Hirsch, I am beginning to learn, usually has a trick up his sleeve. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Even the nocturnal creatures, usually wide awake at that hour, gave in to the coziness of the Nest. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Isn’t that when you usually pick up tips about shipments?” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The trouble is that I can’t be, with him, any different from the way I usually am with him. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

He usually sleeps at the foot of my bed on my old Winnie-the-Pooh baby blanket, completely covering the faded Pooh and Piglet walking into the sunset. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

His job was to clean up after the Republic's soldiers, so he was usually gone, and Mom was left to raise us boys on her own. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

His hair, which is usually shiny and smooth, is tousled and sticks to his forehead. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

‘Walking for pleasure! Why didn’t I drive?’ he thought, as he usually did at the beginning of an expedition. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Here we go again with Chris’s theories on girls, even though I have to admit, he was usually right. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The Efrafans usually kept fairly close together in the open and it had not occurred to Campion that other rabbits might straggle more widely. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s just that she was usually the giver and not the receiver. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The other two afternoons I usually spent wandering through art galleries, mostly on Fifty-seventh Street, where I did all but hiss at the American entries. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

I always heard Papa and Dadi, and sometimes even Kazi, clinking around, and usually it was enough to comfort me, but tonight I needed to see someone. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I don’t usually let my emotions go parading around on my face. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

A small wrinkle of concern marred her usually placid forehead. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Then the old nun would read from her favorite books, usually biographies of early American presidents. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

But since we're lucky to get two or three hours of electricity in the evenings, it's usually safe to touch. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The purpose is usually to promote recreational uses, even though the water must then be treated at some expense to make it fit for its intended use as drinking water. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Jumping out a window five hundred feet aboveground is not usually my idea of fun. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

We all knew I wasn’t very sporty, but we didn’t usually say it out loud. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Chiefs usually dressed like businesspeople, never in feathers and hides. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

It was what he usually said, and sometimes it was true. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Kendra usually won, but Seth was faster at backstroke and some of the handicapped races. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“The people you see in this kind of church are usually old. Have you noticed?” she whispered. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Our older customers who can’t walk much usually sit there as Daddy, Seven, or I get their groceries for them. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

They usually had me skinning hides and I got to be pretty good at it. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was not easy to explain my father, and usually I never talked about him. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Chains encircled the arms of it, as though its occupants were usually tied to it. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He was the person usually held to be responsible for Athena’s becoming the protector of Athens. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

It usually took Chacko between eight and ten days to assemble the aircraft, with its tiny fuel tank and motorized propeller. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I pulled into Cliff’s driveway, he figured I was a Jehovah’s Witness or an insurance sales rep, since the only white people who visited him were usually one or the other. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Did they tell you in the Academy about the guy who’s in such tight control of his gallery that you can usually find him with his feet up on his desk?” he asked. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In her homeland she had started many fires, but usually with a burning stick from someone’s cooking fire. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boss let his guard down now, as he did but rarely, and then usually only when alone, or occasionally—as now—with his longtime secretary. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

In spite of this the girls usually chose abortion. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I usually have a little party at home, but this year I asked Mom if I could have a big bowling party. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

His usually straight nose had tilted to a crooked angle. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Talking back usually led to shoving and shouting and I didn’t know if I could pick myself back up, so I just kept my eyes on the door and made my way inside. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Consider, too, the Dobynsesque procedure for recovering original population numbers: applying an assumed death rate, usually 95 percent, to the observed population nadir. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Scientists usually describe the distance between two pitches in terms of the difference between their frequencies35 . Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

The curtains, usually limp, furled and billowed, magnificent with life. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was usually the only Korean in a room of young Jews and Chinese and Hispanics. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

My father, who took turns visiting his wives and usually came to us for perhaps one week a month, had arrived. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, every grave has a hidden compartment at the bottom—usually a smaller cubbyhole carved into the side of the pit—where the coffin slides in. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

I was caught off guard just like everyone else, which was stupid of me, because I’m usually more on the ball. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

A lich was an undead creature, usually an incredibly powerful wizard or king who had employed dark magic to bind his intellect to his own reanimated corpse, thus achieving a perverted form of immortality. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I was too young to drop everything and rush over to his house back then, but I remember when he came back to school, his eyes empty of the light they usually carried. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

So now the kitchen has a real cookies-and-milk kind of vibe, and usually it’s an awesome place to hang. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

You made no move to show me you’d heard, though you usually forgave me if I sounded apologetic. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

In summer that usually means bad weather is on the way. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Dadi spoke to us louder than she usually did, staying by Papa’s side. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Boy, howdy, that’s a lot of talk out of me at one time. I usually just do my job and don’t talk much.” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“If I know them, they won’t alter anything they usually do,” said Silver. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I read to her. She likes it. It’s not hard to get things here. We don’t usually have visitors, though.” Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

He put down two embroidered place mats, a wedding gift from an uncle in Lucknow, and set out the plates and wineglasses they usually saved for guests. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

I usually walk home from school because it makes me feel like I’ve earned it. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

She sometimes stays in the lines of her coloring books, and she usually draws stuff like flowers and stars, always in pink. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

They would find an apartment for rent: usually a studio, sometimes an efficiency, whatever they could afford and wherever they could go month to month, for Mia did not like to be tied down. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She said sometimes random stuff popped into his head, but usually he doesn't know where he is, even though he's in his own house. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

We usually watched the rest of the Today Show before going for a swim. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

As kids, we usually listened to Iranian musicians. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Arion wasn’t usually scared of anything, but he reared, huffing nervously. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“We’re soaring. There’s usually one over this stretch of woods in the evening.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

A bowl of sweet figs, which I usually relished, gave off a sickly smell that turned my stomach, and I pushed them away. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“He thinks he’s getting better, but I don’t see it. I think he doesn’t notice as much because he doesn’t have to do anything. Well, that and he’s usually drunk.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

To go against what you usually believed, to betray yourself and the people you loved in small pieces? Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Instead of the kitchen soap I usually used, I helped myself to Hattie’s store of bath oils and fragrant soaps. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Plus, they have coarser, thicker hair than normal dogs, and their hair usually gets stuck on the trees they pass,” Valley said. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

She usually sits on my bed, on top of my pillow. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

I’d usually come in a day or two before the procedure so doctors could check me out and make sure I was fine to be operated on. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Dear Ms. Lancaster, I fear your faith has been misplaced—but then, faith usually is. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

When we got to our room, Stick didn’t glower at his desk and ignore me like he usually did when he was fighting with Father. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

He did not usually lie in bed reading his textbooks; that sort of behavior, as Ron rightly said, was indecent in anybody except Hermione, who was simply weird that way. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

That usually meant targeting nonfighters such as Indigenous women, children, and elders with especially brutal acts. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

There, I took out a piece of lined school paper and sat on the bottom of my bunk bed, where I usually did my homework. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

But in some, the shape of the instrument — usually a tube, block, circle, or bell shape — allows the instrument to ring with a standing-wave vibration when you strike it. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

He works every Thursday and Friday night now, so usually it’s only me at home. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he cried a little all by himself but it was luxurious stuff and he usually had a wonderful feeling of well-being from it. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

If unauthorized sex resulted in a pregnancy or a birth, the woman and her baby were usually killed, according to my interviews with a former camp guard and several former prisoners. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

We usually look for our names on the local school sport report, but this swastika business is getting bigger than everything right now. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

And she's usually right about people—smart enough to trust the right prisoners and stay clear of the mean guards. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

The answer can usually be found in the dictionary or in the old set of encyclopedias that are in our living room bookcase. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Oh, yes, the hero usually found some kind of plant that he knew was good to eat and that took care of it. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

This included more than one hundred men from Border Patrol Tactical Units—men usually armed with grenade launchers, shotguns, battering rams and assault rifles. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Truman’s scores rise and fall from year to year—along with the anxiety levels of the administrators and teachers who are held responsible—and usually land just a hair above or below the “acceptable” line. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

It usually happened when we walked over to the small side room in the Temple, where classes were also held. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad said she looked just like a Lavender when she did that, and it usually always meant trouble. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Often they had fished together, usually from a huge rock on the bank farther along. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The waffles tasted great, but I guess I wasn’t digging in like I usually did. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Ah, I see. That’s smart. Rootwork is usually passed along by word of mouth, so writing it down while you learn is a good idea. You’ll have it to study on later.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“I’ve noticed it usually happens when—well, I’m an emotional sort of fellow, and I do get carried away. I might, ah, readjust the facts slightly; purely for dramatic effect, you understand.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

And man, she went all shattered pixie on me then, fingers fluttering to her throat, staggering backwards, sagging against the door frame, all the energy that usually holds her up gone. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

She smiled, turned, and walked away, not as people in portraits usually did, out of the sides of their frames, but along what seemed to be a long tunnel painted behind her. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

They usually featured easy credit and inflated prices. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

She usually woke earlier than this, but it had been a late night. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

He was continually buying books, usually two or three a day, keeping most, discarding a few, and giving others to friends. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I was usually one of the guys playing basketball in the corner. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Flossie was a quiet lush, though, usually going to sleep right after dinner, and she had never done her husband dirty. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, well...let me see, Mrs. Danvers, I hardly know; I think we had better have what you usually have, whatever you think Mrs. de Winter would have ordered.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I say, "Yeah, fine. I usually go to the bathroom several times every day, Mom. Do I need permission now?" Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

When George referred to her family, Mom and Scott were usually who she meant. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Every now and then one of ’em, usually a man, glances back at us, and I feel like they’re seeking me out, seeing what I’m made of. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I’m usually good with free food, but free food with my mom and her friends? On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

On Fridays, they usually go to sleep at about 9, which is so depressing. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

For me, civilization was usually Houston, Texas, but I discovered that there were plenty of trips away from Houston, in addition to the jungle and desert. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unlike folk music, it has usually been written recently and belongs to professional musicians, and new popular tunes quickly replace old ones. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

It usually only took about an hour, and he always gave me twenty dollars for it. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

A new section that is not a repetition will usually have noticeable differences in more than one of these areas. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

“You don’t usually ask me to get dressed up and take me out. I’m even wearing shoes.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

It usually took about an hour for Dad to notice that Tyler was not among his brothers. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“That’s weird. The rangers usually keep an eye out for us,” David said. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

And he tried to put on what he thought very grand and stiff manners, but as a fisherman's hut is not usually a good place for learning grand manners, the result was dreadful. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

“My husband, the doctor, usually does not take drop-in patients,” she said. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Katniss, I don’t think you understand how important you are to the cause. Important people usually get what they want. If you want to keep Peeta safe from the rebels, you can.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, but...I don’t want you to...deal with more junk than you usually do,” Erin said. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

“I take a walk over to the zoo every day. My wife usually goes with me, but she’s in California visiting my sister.” The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

When I might be in trouble, I usually try to speak first, before the Vents start in on me. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lived on the first floor and he usually came up to see X when he had a few rumors or gripes to unload. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

The whitewashed walls were adorned with a picture of the Madonna and Child that usually hung in Ida’s kitchen.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

So I tied my hair back, carefully reassembled myself—I didn’t like pinning my scarf in place, so I usually wrapped it loosely around my head, tossing the longer ends over my shoulders—and reemerged. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The morning appointment ledger is usually only filled with lady courtiers from all over Orléans. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“I usually roll with the team on weekends.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

We do that handshake/hug-with-the-opposite-arm thing that I usually only do with my boys but feels totally natural with her. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

“Well, usually the young lady has found a husband by that time.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“Really, Octavian? Maybe harpies are different here, on the Roman side. Ours have just enough intelligence to clean cabins and cook lunches. Do yours usually foretell the future? Do you consult them for your auguries?” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Your mother does not usually make up her mind so quickly.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

But usually he did not stay at home. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Partly because I usually have something to do after school, but mostly because I don’t know how to be around her when I know she doesn’t think that salesclerk treated me wrong. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

But his life was usually quite separate from that of the community. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

He seemed to dominate the tennis court while he was at Grossinger’s, and other than his games with the resident pro, Fischer usually won all of his matches. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“He looks like a magician. I hate magicians. They usually have rabbits.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Hunts were usually initiated by one man, the mwini chisokole, or owner of the hunt, who called together all the willing men from the surrounding villages. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

This does not matter too much, because gravity is such a weak force that its effects can usually be neglected when we are dealing with elementary particles or atoms. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I missed Mom, of course, but the weird part was that I didn’t feel angry or sad or uncomfortable about missing her, like I usually did. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The virus is a catastrophe for a pregnant woman: the child is aborted spontaneously and is usually infected with Ebola virus, born with red eyes and a bloody nose. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She certainly hadn’t expected to feel it for Taisin, who was usually so distant and self-contained that any possibility of a deeper connection had seemed impossible from the beginning. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

When he was feeling easiest, usually around noon, I would ask him for a myth or tale. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

My brother ran headlong into everything, and I usually had to be the one to get him out again. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I am surprised: she doesn’t usually offer me anything. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nor did the clock make any of the whirring, ticking sounds it usually made as it ran, its hands now frozen solidly in place. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

There were but few lights in sight at sea, for even the coasting steamers, which usually “hug” the shore so closely, kept well to seaward, and but few fishing-boats were in sight. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

In all his dreams he hunted her, sometimes through the new green meadows of spring, but usually through the ice fields, dodging boulders and crevasses with unerring steps. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

We usually went to the summer camp at the Y or drove down to Alabama in Papa’s Wildcat. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because of the embargo, some of the American foods we usually eat at Christmas are not available or are too expensive. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

At this point, the victim is usually extremely exhausted and weak, and can do nothing but sleep. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

This was the sort of thing he usually had now that his dad did all the shopping. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Cheetahs usually refuse to carry out that elaborate courtship ritual inside a cage. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“This is usually the part where you tell me your name.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

You’d get a present, but it was usually just clothes, a new outfit. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

And not only did long-lost members of the family show up, but they usually turned the whole service out with screaming and hollering. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t the sort of thing people usually came out and said. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

People who organize a revolution usually take over the government and personal ambition cannot be excluded as a motive. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pop Pop is usually there for me, and I need him right now more than ever. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

We went to morning Mass, and although we did not usually visit Father Benedict on holy days of obligation, we went to his house afterward. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I really wish I’d kept my mouth shut, the way I usually do. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

I looked across the room to the table where Lil usually was sitting. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

When any large operation is undertaken, it is usually a surprise attack against an ally. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The chanterelle lives on the roots of oak trees, usually very old ones. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The Pepettes arrived in their short skirts and letter jackets, their hair, usually so buoyant, falling in damp strings because of the rain. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

People were standing over them cooking hot dogs on sticks and what looked like skinned possum or some other source of protein not usually found in butcher shops. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

But still, they were just toys, and usually some of the plastic keys would give out in a few months. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

"I don't usually take one myself, but everybody else does." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I open my mouth to tell Ma that I’m usually a very obedient boy, but no words come out. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

We usually have this, or for a special treat, French bread with iced coffee. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama was usually still eating, so he’d bend down and wait while she wiped her mouth, then smack her one, and that’s all there was to it. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Delaying the question freed up something in him that usually stayed knotted. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

And whereas he usually had about as much life in his eyes as a turtle, he seemed almost happy. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Not two weeks before Christmas, like we usually do. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Taylor didn’t usually cry; it was hell on the mascara. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

They only attacked when they had vastly superior numbers, and usually under the cover of darkness. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I noticed some of our neighbors standing on the sidewalk, many more than were usually out this time of day. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Dad usually leaves all his cleaning for Saturdays because he hates the idea of coming home from work on weekdays to more work. On the weekends we cleaned and earned our TV marathons.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Half of the class usually fell deeply asleep. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

He found himself talking in a way he usually didn’t, and when their time ended and she got up, often to join her father at a meeting, he felt his feet thicken with curdled blood. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The amplitude of a sound is a particular number, usually measured in decibels, but dynamics are relative; an orchestra playing fortissimo sounds much louder than a single violin playing fortissimo. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Dominic, the guy who usually worked the register in the mornings, was pushing a pencil across the back of a brown paper bag. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

His usually gelled chestnut-brown hair was fuzzy and unkempt. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

When she talks blah blah, I usually count the dots in her ceiling tiles. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

We understand this cube to cast a shadow, which we usually draw as two squares with their vertices connected. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He found that Chinese people would usually give him something. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

That’s why I usually tuck it under my shirt around the neighborhood. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

"Well, I usually remain here and, you know, open a gift from my family." Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

High spots in Stamps were usually negative: droughts, floods, lynchings and deaths. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Rani says you can usually find a few generous people giving away their old clothes. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“Don’t tell him I said so, but he usually is, where the Games are concerned.” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

It may help you to know that our letters of rejection are usually no more than three sentences long. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I looked all around and didn’t see anybody so I put my hands over my face and stood still because I knew if something weird like this happened once it usually happened again. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Listening to persons who sounded eccentrically pitched voices, I usually noted their sounds for an initial few seconds before I concentrated on what they were saying. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Sorry. We never had 'slumber parties' in Mumbai. Indian kids usually don't spend the night at other people's houses unless they're family. I wouldn't know what to do." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The State usually wouldn't bring inmates from Angola to New Orleans for hearings but instead had them view proceedings on a video hookup at the prison. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

When people forget their instruments, Mr. Wren usually makes them sit quietly off to the side and watch the orchestra rehearse. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

They usually travelled back and forth across the same home territory, an area of between several dozen and many hundreds of square miles. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the tenth night, the journey that usually only took three and a half days was less than a quarter done. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

His face was furious, but he didn’t hit me back like he usually would. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Her hair was darker than Ruth’s— though it could have been dyed—and she had it tied back in a simple pony-tail the way Ruth usually did. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I usually get a feeling about the prey that I’m hunting, a sixth sense, if you will. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

There is interaction even between the two major groups of insecticides usually thought to be completely distinct in their action. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Which was why perfumers usually kept something on site to help clear the scent from the nose. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He got annoyed with me when I did that, because it usually meant I could see or understand something he couldn’t. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Sometimes on Sundays we bought a dime’s worth of beef which usually turned out to be uneatable. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

If travelers were on foot, they could usually wade across and catch a burro taxi on the other side. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when scientists visited Gey’s lab to learn his techniques, he usually sent them home with a vial or two of HeLa. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

The wooden bridge was nearly three-quarters of a mile across, and the river, that usually ran in narrow channels in the wide stony bed far below the bridge, was close under the wooden planking. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Anyway, I would usually snooze through it, but it was a new day and I was turning over a new leaf, so I stayed awake. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

But usually there was nothing at all, and Commons closed at seven, and I was left my long walk home in the snow and dark. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Since we usually plan mine together, I also missed having a party this year. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Everyone on the trail dreams of something, usually sweet and gooey, and my sustaining vision had been an outsized slab of pie. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

I’m not usually an eavesdropper, but I dare you to try not listening if you hear your best friend talking about you to an adult. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

She must have thought the situation was pretty urgent, though, because she usually won’t leave the house in sweats, and I noticed she hadn’t even taken the time to put shoes on Jeffrey. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

We again received mealie pap porridge, sometimes with the odd carrot or piece of cabbage or beetroot thrown in — but one usually had to search for it. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We’re the only ATA pilots here today. They usually send girls in the Lysanders—the lads all want something faster. Have a sandwich. You look like you could use one.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Still at meal-times the place was usually full and he saw hundreds of acquaintances every day as he stood guard behind the cash register. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Lane put his fingers—which were slender and long, and usually not far out of sight—around the stem of his glass. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

I use “maize” because Indian maize—multicolored and mainly eaten after drying and grinding— is strikingly unlike the sweet, yellow, uniform kernels usually evoked in North America by the name “corn.” 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“My entire family loves Sahil. They usually don’t even like boys.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

If a Haitian didn’t recover from TB, it was usually because, for one reason or another, he failed to take his antibiotics as instructed. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Even the pan of water that we kept in the living room to wash up in usually had a layer of ice on it. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The melody notes are usually the highest notes, with the harmony supporting underneath. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

They would come to buy a potion but would usually end up talking to Doc for a while. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“And they probably belong to the housekeeper. She usually takes them home with her in the evenings.'' “ The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

We weren’t in any classes together, so we usually found each other by one of our lockers or in the hallway to the gym. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Cussin’ Creek was where us boys usually fished when an hour or two was all we had between chores. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

There are usually flowers and candles adorning the bloodstained concrete. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

A scolding or even a beating might be better than this, he thought, longing for the easy chatter and laughter that usually accompanied their meals. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

Already he is much talked about, usually with reverence, and someday he may be considered in the category of Rutherford or Bohr. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

There would usually be four whole things that T. Ray had gotten the lady at the Sylvan Mercantile to pick out for me— sweater, socks, pajamas, sack of oranges. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cure was usually a long process—sometimes lasting years—starting first with childhood memories and even, if possible, memories formed in utero. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Not always. There’s usually a bed or two empty, in case any new kids arrive.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

It usually freezes over in winter, and walking across it takes only a few minutes. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“The nearby pens are usually okay, but on still nights we make the eejits sleep in the fields.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Guards announced marriages three or four times a year, usually on propitious dates, such as New Year’s or Kim Jong Il’s birthday. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

When they talk about gardening, usually it means they give the directions and we do the work. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But you teenagers usually get more blemishes because your skin is changing, just like the rest of your body.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

The feather usually made him feel safe, but now it made him uneasy. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

This usually meant trying to stop fights between kids and sweeping up broken bottles. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Whenever I go home, I bring her a present—usually some cloth. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

You remember how I said that when things start to go pretty good, something usually happens to turn everything bad? Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He’d consult some almanacs, which usually disagreed, and he’d ask certain farmers who were supposed to be good judges of weather when they thought the snow would come. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Courters traveled for their film business and usually took me along, pulling me out of school for a few days. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

There, the mere threat of hiring blacks was usually enough to keep mill hands in line. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Having PE last hour is usually a blessing, especially on Fridays, but this week it’s been hard. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

"Don't you usually eat at table with your brothers?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

No one could ever get too annoyed with her, though, because she usually came bearing her prize jalebis, the twisted, sticky orange treats that would lure anyone to the door. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He never seemed comfortable wearing that suit, and by the time we’d reach the car, he usually had the tie undone, and his jacket was ready to be handed over to Mrs. Baxter. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

We tried to counter it by being warm and kind to one another, far more than strangers usually are. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Barack drove four hours to Springfield on Monday nights and checked into a cheap hotel where a lot of the other legislators stayed, usually returning late on Thursday. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I love it when I’m the one who makes Dad laugh, since he’s usually the funnyman that gets everybody else laughing. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Lelia usually doesn’t like this kind of work, even though it pays well, mostly because there are too many students in a class for her to make much difference. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sensing this, Dr. Kline didn’t give him any of the battery of personality, intelligence, or interest tests usually used to assess a child. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z