| 单词 | vacation |
| 例句 | That was the summer that Palmer’s family went on a vacation trip. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z Her expression is pinched today, like she’s walked into a room to discover a forgotten ham covered with maggots, which is just what happened over Thanksgiving vacation just one year before. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The last time I opened them I looked up and saw Mong was sitting up by the big boulders—straight down from the blue vacation house he used to stay at with his dad. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z That August, my family went on vacation to the Thousand Islands in Canada. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Singer spent all of his summer vacation in the town where Antonapoulos was being kept in the asylum. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Olly’s been here once before, on a family vacation when he was ten. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The other thing about school that's different after Christmas vacation is how jealous everybody is that we got our pictures in the paper and on the local TV. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z Summer vacation is a topic seldom mentioned in American educational debates. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z It was difficult to be a volunteer at this hospital, because that's what all the Junior League women wanted to do, but luckily for me, a lot of them were away on vacation. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z School was closed, so we got an extra day of vacation. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z The next morning was a Saturday, and it was our first summer in Oklahoma, so we didn’t know that kids went to camps, and soccer leagues, and vacations, and stuff. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z A lot of schools were home for vacation already, and there were about a million girls sitting and standing around waiting for their dates to show up. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z But the gentleman, a vacationing Hamburg lawyer, “already had a friend”—a young native Acapulcan who called himself the Cowboy. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Out of context, the photo looks as couple-y as anything, like a nice, gorgeous, heterosexual couple on vacation together. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z She leaves long notes about how much she loves us and how she’s going to get a promotion and take us on vacation and all that. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z They had been frozen in another age, a time when Kaiser factory workers could buy new cars, take decent vacations, and enjoy full health care benefits. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z After the semidarkness it’s ferociously bright, and my brother stands blinking as the image clears to sand and sea, a happy vacation postcard. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z And since my parents left on vacation last week, I’ve been looking after our home all alone, even through these difficult times. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “At any rate, she is expected. The sister was most annoyed at me because they had planned to go off on their vacation today, although why she should be annoyed at me...” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z In the middle of the night, a group of KGB and military leaders had arrested Gorbachev at his vacation dacha and announced a state of emergency. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Hence the elimination of Saturday classes, the shortening of the school day, and the lengthening of vacation—all of which occurred over the course of the nineteenth century. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Then, in 1986, pushing forty, he took a vacation in Colorado, felt the siren song of the heights, and enrolled in a rudimentary mountaineering course in Rocky Mountain National Park. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z No Muslim who followed Elijah Muhammad could dance, gamble, date, attend movies, or sports, or take long vacations from work. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z So I spent the entire Christmas vacation trying to track Zlata down. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z To him, I am the cheap pair of sunglasses you buy on vacation because you know you won't care if you break or lose them. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Almost like she took a vacation from herself. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z Things had scarcely had time to quiet down after April’s narrow escape when Christmas vacation arrived. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “One last vacation before you die: London or Rome?” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z If you were going on vacation, what would you do? Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z “Our air conditioner decided to take its vacation in the middle of August, just like everybody else.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z That he felt South Africa was not such a bad place after all, and he was thinking of someday building a vacation home here. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I had never met anyone who vacationed in Santo Domingo, I said. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Why she’d be reading about vacations while she was on vacation, I wasn’t sure. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z When eventually developed, our vacation pictures looked as though they had been taken at a forced-labor camp. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z But first, the chief of MI6 himself, known simply as "C" inside the service, granted Blake several months' vacation to recuperate. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z "The last vacation we took was in Florida. That was ages ago." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z On Tuesday, December 17, when we had one more day to go before vacation, five of us entered the cafeteria. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She was originally built for vacation cruising and has amenities I think you would enjoy, such as a pool, a formal dining room, a ballroom, and a library. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Our mama and papa took us on a vacation to Vermont the day after Baby Emma left so that we wouldn’t miss her too much. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Back to school was a little like the first day after summer vacation: everybody showing off their new stuff. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z “We’ll kill it. You’ll be glad you took a vacation. I’m strong on superheroes, spy movies, YouTubers, fitness, money, makeup, and Victorian writers. What about you?” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The first day back at school, everyone is talking about all the amazing presents they got and all the cool vacations they took. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Today, a week after summer vacation had started, he and Grandpa were on the top of Bear Butte. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z It was spring vacation, and here I was sitting all day with a cranky old woman. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Every six months each girl was given one month of vacation to get drunk and raise hell. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Inquiry of the telephone company revealed that a “Mrs. Small” had called and requested that the service for that number be disconnected, “for vacation.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z He knew she was serious—that in the future he’d be consulted on vacation plans, but that trips to Florida or beyond could and would happen with or without him. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z I was ready for a vacation—we both were, goodness knows—and I longed to see my family, beyond my power to convey. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z The regular officer, presently on vacation, had had it for years. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z There would be a meeting at Eisenhower’s vacation spot in Rhode Island after that. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I would’ve had more if I hadn’t bought new skateboard trucks the first week of vacation. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Summers were lonely, though, with only Sunday school and vacation Bible school to attend and not a lot of friends around otherwise. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “The church is doing its veiy best to give you all a place to stay, but you have to remember that this isn’t a vacation.” The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z “Then, of course, after this years fifty are assigned, we start fresh, after the Ceremony, with new ones coming in gradually. It’s like a little vacation!” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Mom and Dad were probably laughing, relieved to be off by themselves for the longest vacation of their married lives. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z As for vacations, the one we choose together is fifty-fifty. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z On their Wally World vacation, the Griswolds saw the usual sights and visited the usual sites. sneaked/snuck. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I was just back from school for vacation. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z But once in a while he'd go over and visit some of his old homeboys who were home for Thanksgiving break or Christmas vacation. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z During Christmas vacation of my junior year, Gay was looking for a movie to watch when she discovered the videotape from my adoption day four and a half years earlier. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Their increased purchasing power afforded them summer vacations to the beach or the mountains. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z He ate his double chocolate delight and tried to imagine that he and his friends were just chilling on a vacation. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The vacation was over and the Truebas returned to the city laden with jars of candy, preserves, boxes of fruit, cheese, pickled chicken and rabbit, and baskets full of eggs. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe it was the Christmas spirit in the air, or the thought of a two-week vacation, but everyone seemed a lot more lighthearted, in spite of finals. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z At the point when my parents would not consider going on vacation, I register at the Hotel Carlyle in New York and the Plaza Athenee in Paris. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Pleasant Pond was a vacation spot—we could hear the happy shrieks of children splashing and swimming perhaps a hundred yards away—though we couldn’t see anything of the lake through the trees. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t believe in systems when I’m on vacation,” June says, her body folded halfway over Alex’s, trying to slap Nora’s hand out of the way. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z After Christmas vacation, everyone returned looking a little bit different. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z I think every teacher at Knightsbridge signs a pledge to schedule an important test the week before the Christmas recess so that families that plan a winter vacation won’t take off early. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Christmas vacation was almost as bad as last year’s. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z When Luke was younger, sometimes they’d go on little day trips—Doreen called them vacations—to state parks that had waterfalls, malls that seemed to last for miles, and even a zoo once or twice. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z On the last day of school before spring vacation, she spotted a new student entering another classroom, an older Chinese girl with pigtails just like herself. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z Some even gave us homework as if they’d be seeing us again after the winter vacation. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “Maybe I should come out there and check on you. I could use a little vacation. How does that sound?” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Some ran away; some just didn’t return from vacation. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z When he read about the Garfields’ vacation, he made sure he was at the train depot Saturday morning. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z My father said it was done that way so the economic clout of the mining industry would be clear when all the miners showed up on vacation at the same time. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z I used to hate rain in the summer because it ruined vacation time. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z "I should just tell you now that I'm here with a motive, not for vacation." We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “And twenty years from now, we’ll all go on vacation together, and our spouses, or whatever, will get jealous that we’re spending too much time talking to each other, and they’ll run off together.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z They drove in silence for a mile, past the Universal Laundry and Abdul Rahman’s shoe repair shop where Liyana’s favorite beat-up American loafers were currently taking a vacation, awaiting new soles. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, you can have a vacation from school, but I want you to study a little every day with Beth,” said Mrs. March that evening. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z He said he would try to read it over vacation. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z And about the only time we were given even a little vacation was when we’d been hurt in action as I had been. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z But the truth was, there was plenty of money for a vacation even without it. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z My hopes for a blissful two-week respite from Central High over Christmas vacation had been dashed by the dilemma we all faced because of Minnijean’s suspension. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z My first day of summer vacation is nothing like I dreamed. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Over the coming years, I taught Sunday school and helped plan the church’s summer vacation Bible school. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “It’s school vacation now, so I don’t see him as often. But I stop by his homeplace now and then. . . .” Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z “So, let’s all rest over winter vacation and think about what we learned about ourselves and others this first semester. We all get a fresh start in January.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Henry and Bunny were going to Italy over the winter vacation, to Rome. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z She tells me she can give out my shifts to some of the part-timers, but that I’ll have to use up my vacation days. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I have practiced with Mrs. V every single day of Christmas vacation. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z For one thing, I wasn't even sure she was home for vacation yet. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z The other guys were joking around, talking about their vacation plans. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z He said he himself liked working, but he wasn’t sure if he didn’t like it because it made vacations so much more pleasant. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z After Christmas he announced that he was going to take us to California for vacation. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Every autumn, the teacher asks us to write about summer vacation and read it to the class. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z “Maybe we could take a family vacation this summer.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Have I just returned from a Caribbean vacation? Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Mom had tried to put her foot down about taking a vacation right before exams, but, luckily for me, my brother Muhammad is home for the summer from college. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z To them, Puerto Rico was the place where their grandparents lived, a place they visited on school and summer vacations, a place which they complained was backward and mosquito-ridden. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Visiting Ella over summer vacation seemed like it would be the best idea ever. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “Miss Janna, you have two more weeks until summer vacation,” Mr. Ram says. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Final destination was not as impressive as a destination vacation. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z It's a common mistake for vacationing Americans to assume that everyone around them is French and therefore speaks no English whatsoever. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z In February the weather sometimes gave us a vacation; in August, never. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z While living in Africa, Hugh and his family took frequent vacations, often in the company of their monkey. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z I sat down in the desk chair and told Radar about my evening in Margo’s vacation house, trying hard not to leave out any possibly helpful details. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z I imagined this was how kids felt when they talked about going away on vacation. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Over the years, Ted decided where we went on vacation. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z But on good days it still feels like a vacation, an evasion. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z On vacation at Caloundra every year I was confined to the shallows, sitting on the sand while the water splashed over my lap. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z He hadn’t taken a vacation the whole time we’d lived in Georgia. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z "But it was easier for them to bring me to Houston. A free vacation to the United States. Who am I to turn that down?" The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z But Gogol knows that eight months is no vacation. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z In other years summer vacation had been a happy time. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Though she says nothing for a while, he knows what his mother is thinking, that he is willing to go on vacation with someone else’s parents but not see his own. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Unless you’re Aesop or the Brothers Grimm, give these words a vacation. let's touch base. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Mom says she wants to unplug on vacation, so I can hang on to it. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z These were not a vacation from prison but a busman’s holiday. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Since I’d never been on a vacation, I had no idea how to pack. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Mrs. Myers always caught him when his mind was on vacation, but she never seemed to suspect Leslie of not paying attention. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z He knew I had nowhere to go for the winter vacation and enjoyed rubbing salt in my wounds. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “You have had a long enough vacation,” he wrote. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z For them, the rambling family house in Farmville was where they went on holidays and summer vacations, not a home they had left behind. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z I mean, she'd asked me to her family’s vacation house on St. Thomas for three days. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z We sat in the sun, as if on vacation. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z The built-in bookshelves showcased photos of family vacations and special occasions. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z The upper crust vacationed in Europe and worshiped an Episcopal God. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Dining her first vacation she goes to Lake Como, where she runs into Hans. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Maybe she’d decided to take a vacation from all that stuff and left the book there deliberately. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Of course, Duke reminded Scruffy that they were on a mission, not a vacation. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Yet once the project was finished, the press of business kept him from visiting his refurbished vacation home for more than a few weekend days at a time. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z It’s summer vacation, and Mama never gets up before we do when there’s no school. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Though the only vacations I go on are to see my abuela or my real dad. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z It was vacation time for peregrines, and Frightful sensed it. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Children, in a little bit Daddy’s going to get some vacation time and we’re going to drive to Alabama. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s more like being on vacation in some strange pension. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z My brother tells him we’re on vacation and looking for our dad. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z ‘Well, we didn’t rush to Puerto Rico for a vacation. This is one of the Amazons’ most secure strongholds. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Swim lore was his vacation talk from the workaday talk of running a zoo. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z She may still have a wonderful vacation, making new friends, playing outside, going to the movies, having the kind of carefree summer days that we all dream about. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Through holidays and Vineyard vacations, they have come to feel close not only to their stepbrothers, but also to Cate Woolner’s sisters’ children, whose pictures are on display in Lael’s house in Vermont. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z They drove new cars, vacationed at summer houses more commodious than C.P.’s tiny frame house, and kept fine stables of horses instead of a chain-link kennel with a couple of dogs inside. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z This year’s dinner is small, since his dad’s parents are on vacation, so the table is set for six in glittering white and gold. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “But not just that. I'm an only child. I've never had a brother or anyone to hang out with on vacation. This was cool.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z Not her vacation suitcase, either, but the big plaid one. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z He’s taking off from Sal’s today just for a mini vacation. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z The good news is that there are still four days left of vacation, which should clearly be devoted exclusively to sleeping and writing to me. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z A month or two later, Margot and I took a brief vacation by ourselves in Jamaica. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Anyway, our meeting with Miss McDaniels is the first day we get back from vacation. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z All winter long her beach plum jelly brought back memories of summer vacation: August on toast. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z They bumped into disoriented families on summer vacations. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z By the summer of 2004, I was in Colorado on vacation. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z So there were vacations and weekends in other cities as well as visits and teas in her own, where and when such men appeared. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Samuel said, “Liza, do you know the meaning of the English word ‘vacation’?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The teacher marched in, deeply tanned from a recent vacation, and proceeded to rattle off a series of administrative announcements. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z A good thing there was no homework over Christmas vacation, for Palmer could never have managed. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z It seemed as if the whole city was on vacation, with people riding around on their bikes and walking along the lakes and feeding the ducks and eating and canoeing and windsurfing. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z I sent that with a few photos I had selected from our vacation and several I took specifically for Martin of our backyard, our driveway, and the dogs. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z She had to deal with it, even in the middle of her sister’s wedding, in the middle of a vacation, when it was the last thing she wanted to do. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z When Barack had foreign trips that coincided with school vacations, we traveled as a family, knowing it would be educational. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Do English teachers spend their vacations dreaming up these things? Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z It gave them the test in September too, just after summer vacation ended. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Thanks to his little talk with Mrs. Granger—along with a healthy dose of summer vacation—Nick made a full recovery. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Every time school closed for the vacation, I had to find my way home. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z I had just gotten back from a little vacation and was being filled in by the guys about what was new. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Our idea of a vacation was two days of car camping, or a night spent at the Napa Valley Embassy Suites so we could swim in their indoor pool. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z “A lot a people are going on vacation,” Dalton’s seven-year-old sister, Sarah, says. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Howard worked at Clovis for four years, each time staffing the field crews with a mix of sunburned locals in boots and jeans and well-tailored Ivy League college students on vacation. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z A terrible chill ran through me when he said that, because I had been afraid Conchetta was not away on a vacation. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z “There’s loyalty for you. To think about me when you were on a vacation.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Every day of summer vacation, she stayed away from home as long as she could, but she. couldn’t walk around town. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The “vacation home” I was speaking about was the parsonage my grandparents had moved into when my grandfather came out of retirement to lead a congregation. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Joseph and Brian Boss and Nick Porter and Jay Perkins all got four days of suspension for fighting—the last four days before Christmas vacation. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z So instead of the peaceful, happy, safe Christmas vacation I had dreamed of for months, I was embroiled in integration meetings and worry. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She reads a couple of very vivid paragraphs about the “whiter-than-white, nearly alabaster, snowy, bleached Alps” in Switzerland, where her family went on vacation. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z “What shall you do all your vacation?” asked Amy, changing the subject with tact. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z It was rainy and yucky the first day back from vacation. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z We ate there every night, doing our best to pretend we were on a real trip, a vacation. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z But if Saint Augustine’s is closed for vacation, where are you? P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z He looked something between homeless and on vacation. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “Of course,” Ashe continued briskly, putting away his pencil, “I’ve got to wait for my vacation. It’s only two weeks off, but this Herbie business has everything up in the air.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Not that I have any real context, since I’ve only ever been to third base with a boy, and it was on summer vacation with a dude I met at a teen dance party. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z Mom got back on the phone and said that, by all means, I should go on vacation, that everything was going to be fine, not to worry. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z His housekeeper, Johnnie, was still on her Christmas vacation, and he had recently hired a temporary housekeeper. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In June, many of the members are going out of town for summer vacations. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z She remembers the summer vacation she spent crisscrossing the island with her father, stopping in the plazas and main streets of every town and village from here to Guantanamo. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z It was like the lunchroom on a Friday afternoon before school vacation when the cafeteria monitors weren’t paying attention. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z I had another appointment with Dr. Doris today, and even though school doesn’t start back up until Monday, this felt like the official end of vacation. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Clothes, vacations, plastic surgery, telescopes, traveling circuses, radioactive spiders, trips to the moon, and then the suggestions got weird. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z There was just one more day of school left before Christmas vacation. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z These self- appointed tasks would occupy her during quiet, hot days of her summer vacation, and her mother would look on in disbelief, sipping watermelon sherbet in front of the fan. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z This isn’t the first time my cystic fibrosis has taken me out of the running for some class trip or sunny vacation or school event. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z A long way to go for a vacation, but Timothy said nothing because of his younger brothers. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Secretary of War Robert Todd Lincoln had been invited to accompany Garfield on his vacation trip, but he was forced to delay his departure by a day. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z They’d been vacations for her, breaks from intense work on plans for the rally. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z If he succeeds, I think they should give him the Teacher of the Century Award and a two-week vacation in Hawaii, all expenses paid. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Next, let’s see what happens if we look just at how reading scores change during summer vacation. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Papa was relaxing at the kotatsu and said he wanted to spend one day of vacation before looking for a job, because it might be his last day off for a long time. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z So I could take a vacation from life? Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Months later, two weeks of Christmas vacation: The first hours home were the hardest. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The end of the summer vacation came too quickly for Harry’s liking. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z “I’m still on a high from our winter vacation,” Abby says. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z That was the year I finally put my foot down; these past three summers, my dad, Charlie, vacationed with me in California for two weeks instead. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Mom passes him another one because she says he’s on “vacation.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Annabeth imagined that most of the locals had gone on summer vacation, or were holed up at home taking a siesta. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The last evening of summer vacation, Nhamo sat in the ruined guard tower watching the twilight fade. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The Hillside welcomed all guests, and most particularly wanted to provide upwardly mobile blacks with the same kind of vacation experience their white counterparts enjoyed. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z I was anxious to tell Cecile all about our vacation day. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z "Would now be a good time for a vacation?" he asked. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “His father passed away last year/5 the woman said, in a lower voice. “This is our first vacation in London without him. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “You think this is a vacation for me?” Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z Since Christmas vacation, Miss Riley had stopped standing during class, teaching instead from her chair behind her desk and asking one of us boys to come up and perform her experiments. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t worry. My vacation is due to start tomorrow. I’ll find someone to cover my route the rest of today.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Yet here was Morrie talking with the wonder of our college years, as if I’d simply been on a long vacation. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Summer was twelve weeks long, which meant that by the end of vacation I would have made over seven thousand five hundred dollars. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z It’s also notorious for Captain Picard’s vacation attire: extremely short silver swim trunks that only a Frenchman could pull off. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z “Now, don’t lie to me, girl. You in first grade—you ain’t got no homework—’specially at Christmas vacation. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z For summer vacation we went to Long Island, to the beach. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z Baba and I had driven over the summit countless times on our way to Jalalabad, the city of cypress trees and sugarcane fields where Afghans vacationed in the winter. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z It was way too creepy to admit to myself on the very first night of my parents’ vacation. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z I have spent the whole vacation reading Hamlet. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z Moushumi is invited to give a paper at a conference at the Sorbonne, and they decide to make a vacation out of it, Gogol arranging to take the week off from work. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I tell her about our summer vacation in Pakistan three years ago. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Once we drove to the Outer Banks for a vacation when Jeffrey was three, and he stayed up until after midnight on the way down. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Emergency laws added three hours to the workday and banned vacation days and public holidays. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z For us, a family vacation is staying at a local hotel with a swimming pool for a weekend. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Take, for instance, that commodity prized by every chamber of commerce throughout the land — the good will of vacationing tourists. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Two weeks later, just before school was about to start after Christmas vacation, we went up to Kingston again and the doctor had an eye doctor waiting too. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “New library opens Friday, just in time for summer vacation,” Kyle’s mom mumbled, reading her computer screen. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z These are, after all, precisely the kind of lower-income kids who Alexander identified as losing ground over the long summer vacation, so KIPP’s response is simply to not have a long summer vacation. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Almost without exception, whether it was fleeing a storm or for a weekend vacation, Kathy and the kids had to go without Zeitoun. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Just to take a little vacation from it. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Especially on the last days of summer vacation. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z ‘But I wouldn’t be working then. I’d be in school. I just want to work during vacation and then go back to school.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z I go home to Kenya during the school vacations, and I spend two or three weeks with her, telling her what I’m doing and finding out from her about life at home. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z I bet he spent his whole holiday vacation thinking this one up. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z So when, a day later, Dorothy told him that her family was heading to the seashore for a vacation, Palmer asked her to take Nipper along and release him there. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z When we were on vacation, we had a little more family time, a little more time to read newspapers, play chess or monopoly, and listen to the radio. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z And when the queen goes on vacation, things change. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z When he went skiing during family vacations in Colorado, he seldom bothered to turn; he’d simply crouch in a gorilla tuck, feet spread wide for stability, and point the boards straight down the hill. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z "You know what, Rich? I think now would be an ideal time for you to take a vacation." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The entire school looked forward eagerly to Christmas vacation. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He seemed to have reverted to his teenage self in their presence, but he deserved this time to be dumb—parenthood offers no vacations or sick days. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z I could never let my mind forget anything, never let my mind take a vacation. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z We wandered along the cruise line docks, pushing through crowds of people arriving for vacations. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z And it stayed with us the rest of Christmas vacation. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z “This is where I leave you,” the chief says, as if he’s dropping us off for vacation instead of pointing us toward a sign that shows people where to line up according to last name. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Summer vacation doesn’t have the same effect it had on me when I was a kid. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Whenever Kayode returned from a London vacation, flush with relevance, Emenike would ask him about the latest music and films, and then examine his shoes and clothes. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z It was the last day of seventh grade before summer vacation. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z The girls also worked as substitute labor so that female factory workers could take a four-week vacation. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z One time when Mom got Jim’s bills from the men’s stores in Welch, she said my brother must have been dropped off by mistake by vacationing Rockefellers. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z It snowed a little on the second-to-last day before Christmas vacation. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z The vacation grew longer and the meetings in the school- house continued. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I wonder what it would be like to go on a family vacation. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z I guess it’s like Prospero pulling back the curtain for the king and there’s Prince Ferdinand, who the king thought was dead, playing chess with Miranda like he was on vacation. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Instead of the chatter of schoolkids arriving after a summer vacation, the only thing I could hear was the incessant beeping of those scary machines. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z If she goes on vacation, I’ll probably forget her name by the time she comes back. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Then it would feel like a real vacation. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I know you’re excited because this is the last day of school before Christmas vacation, but let’s get this one last assignment in. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I was tempted to believe she was lying to gain my sympathy, but going on an extended vacation after the death of her best friend had never seemed like an Audrey thing to do. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z All the other students at Augustus Day School had vacation homes in places like the Maldives or Provence, and they complained when their yachts were under repair. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z We had the one German suitcase, my mom, my sister, and I. We didn’t know where to go, because this wasn’t a vacation. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Kayode spent every vacation in his parents’ house in England, which looked large and forbidding in the photos Ifemelu had seen. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I make a picture of Joy to welcome her back when summer vacation is over. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Our last great middle-class hero, someone who really enjoyed his vacations and his country club, was John Updike’s Rabbit Angstrom, and he died a premature death. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z My bike was stolen during Easter vacation, and Father gave Mother’s bike to some Christian friends for safekeeping. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Mom said Jason started coming to the clinic after Christmas, but the first time I saw him was February vacation. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z In 1989, after completing a tiring mission, I took an extended vacation to the Caribbean. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z During Easter vacation Tom said good manners were no harder to learn than rolling over or playing dead. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z When he was released from the hospital two weeks later, Ophelia sent him and Didi to a hotel in southern France, Farmer’s first real vacation in years. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z At times I would try to join in, chiming in about the “vacation home” my family had in Brooklyn, not realizing how ridiculous I sounded. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Besides vacation and presents and everything, it was as if she had three Christmas trees because she helped with three—their own, the school tree, and the Chrises’ tree. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Like you’d wear if you were an astronaut on vacation walking around Marysville before you were going to blast off to the moon. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “I’m back visiting family. My semester ended last week, so I’m already on my summer vacation.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z He had just re-turned from a vacation in Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic, which shares the island of Hispaniola with Haiti. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “You mean—you mean they went off on a vacation? With us missing?” gasped Rita. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The next day was the last day of the holiday vacation. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z It was almost like a real holiday, and her husband actually seemed relaxed, like a regular person on an actual vacation. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z I took it on vacation one summer and accidentally flew it into the hotel pool. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z I wished they could see all of this and that we were just here on a family vacation. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z The district’s insurance agent was on vacation for the next two weeks. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z Most teachers coasted through them, figuring that no one was going to learn all that much just before vacation. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z It turns out to be a pretty weird Christmas vacation, as you might imagine, and Gram keeps fussing at me and won't let me sleep in the cellar. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z "The nurse at Schultz Sausages said she was in perfect health when she left on vacation." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z It was March 27, the first day of Easter vacation. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z After all, I was his daughter and my vacation fell far short of what I had expected a vacation to be. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Even if it was the best vacation, I still did miss you. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I was to spend Thanksgiving, spring vacation, and one month over the summer with Dad. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z Anyway, it’s such a long story, and we are currently on vacation, so we’re just going to leave you with this video and a PowerPoint presentation. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z “Judge Monroe is out of town on vacation, so nobody is getting out before next Wednesday, it looks like.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She showed up at my house one day, slim and tanned, as if she’d just returned from a vacation at a fancy foreign spa. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sure. And Holo-streams, and virtual reality games. Tons of stuff. Traveling to see you live is a very popular vacation excursion.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z She wondered what the crew was doing on this unexpected vacation. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Hall informed Lawrence: “Livingston looks tired, and I suggested to him yesterday that he ought by all means to take at least two weeks’ vacation. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Last summer she had met a boy while we were on vacation in Nida. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Popular destinations for Capitol residents to visit, to vacation. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “She’s married to her job. She hasn’t been able to take a vacation in years.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Too many scythes from other regions glean out of their jurisdiction while on vacation in Amazonia. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Rachel was still dressed like she was on vacation, in beach shorts, a T-shirt, and sandals. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z It’s like when my family stays in a hotel when we’re on vacation. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z With one week left of summer vacation, Ms. Antilly called me at home to see if I’d meet her at school. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z But that would be almost the whole rest of our summer vacation. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z No vacation, no summer fun, no bike trips with my best friend, Allen, when he came to visit his father in the summer. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z One-fourth of the time, or 91 days, is taken up by summer and other vacations, and two-sevenths of the year, 104 days, is weekend. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z My sister had found some other kids, on vacation from Turkey, a girl and a boy. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z With a sinking heart, I watched as Barack jumped into action, rebooking our flights to leave the following day, pulling the plug on our vacation. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Dear Diary, I have finally taken a real vacation. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “I been down on a couple of vacations into the really deep part. It’s pretty good. There’s a lot of stuff to do.” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z My officer friend Miller had, half facetiously, cautioned me against vacation, saying that in his experience, taking time off almost wasn’t worth the nausea of reentry. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Mother and son had gone for a weekend vacation to Montauk, but left hastily, under mysterious circumstances. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z He remembered the night before they left Earth, the hustling and hurrying, the rocket that Dad had found somewhere, somehow, and the talk of a vacation on Mars. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z The only thing that kept me going was counting the days until Christmas vacation. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z When his Christmas vacation arrived, he formed a plan to go camping on Mount Elgon, and he invited one of the women from Eldoret to accompany him. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They can tell me about whoever’s promotion or whatever vacation after the show. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Everyone got a vacation and little repairs to the plumbing and the walls could be made. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The time away from the White House was meant to be a working vacation, and it has clearly revived him. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z It was Saturday, our last day of real vacation. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z She had already told him that the Battaglia matchmaker had advised a vacation for him in the psychiatric ward at Charity. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Why anybody would want a screaming princess on the front of their vacation ship, I had no idea. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z The newspapers reported that the president was beginning his vacation the next morning, July 2. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Christmas vacation wasn’t really a vacation, on account of how it was our last chance to study for exams, which started the day after we got back. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z I let it slide because this isn't Bushwick and I'm on vacation. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z They know that it has all been buried and that they will have to dig to find it; so much easier to do when the owners are on vacation . Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z And of course, there would be no vacation. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z It was a few days after the beginning of vacation that April decided to go down and pay a visit to the Professor, or Dr. Huddleston, as people were beginning to call him. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Because I saw her only on vacations, we didn’t have the day-in, day- out knowledge of each other that most mothers and daughters have. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z We were going on vacation to Crater Lake and we stopped at a resort on an Indian reservation for the buffet lunch. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z There are, I have noticed, two basic types of French spoken by Americans vacationing in Paris: the Hard Kind and the Easy Kind. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Not surprisingly, the vacation cabins the pilots had been living in all summer turned out to be drafty and freezing cold in the winter. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “The paper says every policeman not on vacation will be on duty from six o’clock on,” Grandma said. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Wilkins was away on vacation with his fiancée—a decision he would later regret. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z “This is summer vacation. I must admit I had not planned to eat crayfish on my vacation, but I am rather getting to like it. “ My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s the first Saturday morning of summer vacation, and the apartment is a delicate bubble—quiet, full, and round with me and all four of my sisters squeezed into one room. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z And, naturally, my boss thought about the fact that I’d be getting four days’ vacation that way, including Sunday, and he couldn’t have been happy about that. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z This is called word of mouth, and he says it’s good news for our summer vacation. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He had the grippe, and I figured I probably wouldn't see him again till Christmas vacation started. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z These new Indian hires had accounting backgrounds and were trained by Reuters, but they were paid standard local wages and vacation and health benefits. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z To this day, when we arrive at a rental house in Hawaii or on Martha’s Vineyard, Barack goes off looking for an empty room that can serve as the vacation hole. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The children had had a kind of early summer vacation. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Thank goodness summer vacation is almost here; one more week and our torment will be over. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “Remember,” Mother said softly, “if things don’t go well, you can come back to us. We expect you during school vacations anyhow.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I had only been to Miami once before, two years earlier, on vacation with a now ex-boyfriend. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Somethin’ happened on that vacation that I never told you ’bout. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A morning shortly before Christmas vacation brought my reward. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t even have to get up that early for school, and now that I’m on my summer vacation I want to sleep in. Why does she need me so early?” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “What a smart little businessman you are. Even mothers need a vacation.” Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z He committed suicide while vacationing in Florida with his wife. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z Of course, my self-imposed vacation from life couldn’t last forever. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “Instead, let’s talk about your little European vacation,” Luna says. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z It was the worst Christmas vacation of his life. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z BD, I was looking forward to winter vacation. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z When Wilkins returned from vacation, he expected Franklin to join him as his junior assistant; DNA had, after all, always been his project. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z After a short vacation at the end of the season, Luma had just a month to find the Fugees a new home field within walking distance of the apartment complexes where her players lived. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z “That's what I wanted to talk to you about I was hoping . . . well, if you had gone with us on vacation, I was hoping you could have helped me figure out what’s happening to me.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “You probably don’t have many to compare it to. I remember how much your mom hated to take vacations.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z They could go to one of their cousins’ homes, in Mississippi or Baton Rouge, and it would be a vacation, a two-day sleepover. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z “So, Hiram, you got your wish to stick around in Greenwood a little longer. You been enjoying the extra summer vacation?” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z They had sent Harry a toothpick and a note telling him to find out whether he’d be able to stay at Hogwarts for the summer vacation, too. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z She would go on to spend much of the summer on Martha’s Vineyard, living with family friends until Barack and I arrived for vacation. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “It is, actually. They’re down in Brazil at my uncle’s for an extended ski vacation. The next person coming over is Antonia, to clean the house.” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z She also knew they didn't like her, but only because Evan had finally explained it to her over Christmas vacation. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z Together each summer, Mama Lessie and I worked at the vacation Bible schools in Granddaddy’s two churches, as well as other churches that had only occasional guest pastors and no full-time pastors. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The day before had been the last day of Easter vacation, so I had tried to eat up most of the candy that was left over. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z It looked like the handyman had been on vacation for the past couple centuries, and the threadbare, watery pink carpet leading to the office was barely hanging on. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z School was finally out and I was standing on a picnic table in our backyard getting ready for a great summer vacation when my mother walked up to me and ruined it. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Where do you vacation?” she wanted to know. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Three things lay on the doormat: a postcard from Uncle Vernon’s sister Marge, who was vacationing on the Isle of Wight, a brown envelope that looked like a bill, and — a letter for Harry. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z One day I heard Cradle advise one whose two weeks of vacation were coming up that he “shouldn’t just sit around at home, like all the other COs do on vacation. Go somewhere.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Others joined in only once or twice while on vacation; a few picketed while on their honeymoons. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z While driving through Pennsylvania he had simply happened upon a beautiful lake, pulled over, and taken an impromptu fishing vacation in perfect serenity. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Little Clara was the baby of a couple vacationing in Key West. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z He had fallen from a palm tree in his hometown in the Niger Delta area, a few years ago while on vacation. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z One vacation Charles spent a whole week with her. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z "Not a place where people stay on vacation." We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “October 10 “Bando had a Columbus Day vacation and helped collect the last of Dad’s house lumber. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He was told the great man was on vacation, staying at a beach house he rented from someone named Dr. Moore, in Patchogue. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z My vacation is not due for six months more but I think I can arrange it before then. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z “That’s a beautiful way to spend your winter vacation, Charlotte,” he said. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z It was bad enough knowing our California vacation wasn’t much to hang a back-to-school essay on. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Wedding gown catalogs and ads for vacation locations arrive in the mailbox every day. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z It is only the third week of school and Ms. Wyman needs a vacation. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z I haven’t been to the clinic since my last school vacation, but I recognize the waiting-room people because their appointments are nearly the same time as David’s every week. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z The Garfields made plans to vacation at a hotel in the Elberon section of Long Branch, a beach resort town visited by both Presidents Grant and Hayes. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z I’d left three loaded rockets, Auks VI, VII, and VIII, to cure in the basement while we were on vacation and decided to fire all three the Saturday after we came back. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “I’m sure you and Cade will manage to turn the next five days into a vacation filled with debauchery and vice,” my dad countered. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z Neither one of them had ever vacationed in Europe. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “Family vacation,” Gabriel answered, a sad look in his eyes. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z If any of them were going to resorts there, not to work but to vacation. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Students in Asian schools don’t have long summer vacations. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z I wondered if she was thinking about me, and how much it sucked that I wasn’t with them on vacation. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z As part of an assignment for one of his courses, Chapter Eleven conducted what he called “fieldwork” during most of that vacation. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Like a dark and dreaded presence, hovering at the edge of their happy vacation. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The day before the start of the Passover school vacation period, he told me that his father had asked him once again why I wasn’t coming over to their house anymore. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Or, at the beginning of vacation, “School will be starting up before you know it.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z For the rest of vacation I don’t answer the phone, and my parents are under strict instructions to say I’m busy if Tyler calls again. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z Jason tells a story about how we convinced our entire school to wear nothing but underwear the day before summer vacation two years ago. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z We just returned from Christmas vacation, and I just got a call congratulating the Freedom Writers for winning the Spirit of Anne Frank Award. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z —So why did you bring up that vacation? Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z We never went on fancy vacations, and most of our furniture was stuff my uncle had bought from thrift shops. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z “Or maybe she just didn’t want to ruin her vacation mood by seeing how poor everyone really is.” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z “A nice, long vacation. Probably five to ten years.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z Mama replied sadly, “I think we will all need to help eventually. But you wouldn’t have to help until you have vacation from school.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z I didn’t even want to know what depressing thing she was reading, so I kept my eyes on my next vacation. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z My first vacation with Dad’s family since my parents split when I was eleven and it’s like I’m a visitor among the earthlings frolicking on a beach in Florida. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z She went hiking with him, kayaking, camping near his family’s vacation home, all things she would never have imagined herself doing before. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z He counseled others to take vacations but enjoyed few himself, even if that created the impression that his family was not his highest priority. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z They lock the music room on school vacations. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z To save his own butt, I think to myself, but actually: Wow, he could have just called Mom and Dad at the Greenbrier Hotel, interrupting their anniversary vacation to rat me out. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z We were still on vacation, and we’d stopped here at this big house for some reason. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z The long summer vacation—a peculiar and distinctive American legacy that has had profound consequences for the learning patterns of the students of the present day. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Then one fight, shortly after the Easter vacation, spoiled the whole year. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z "Burnt him up. Might've ruined his little vacation," Ghost topped off, laughing and slapping Lu's hand. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z “And he had such pretty taste, and had taken care of everything so well. I thought—I’ll rent it furnished, like a vacation rental. Then people can appreciate it.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Luckily, Easter vacation was starting on Friday, and it distracted things a little bit. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z The men had been working all year in the city to support the family, so this was their vacation, more or less. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Just before winter vacation, Bridge watched as the letters from the Talentine committee were distributed in homeroom. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z On the Monday after spring vacation, Emily sighed, rested her chin on the lunchroom table, and said, “Can sets have rules?” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z He found pictures of his children when they were smaller, pictures from a vacation they’d all taken to Spain, pictures from their trip to Syria. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z When it was on vacation from its professional chores, it fell, as a rule, alternately in love with shea: volume and a theatrical brand of quietness-steadiness. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z This is usually my favorite vacation—first my birthday and then Christmas. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z For the most part, we all kind of went about our day-to-day lives and got ready for summer vacation. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z But knowing my high school, they’ll probably find a way to tack any lost days on at the end, delaying our summer vacation. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “A place you could maybe visit? Plus, I work here now. You could use vacation weeks, or maybe trade points for a larger suite.” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z My vacations had all been spent at school: Mrs. Reed had never sent for me to Gateshead; neither she nor any of her family had ever been to visit me. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Just before Christmas vacation ended, Francie told Mama that she wasn’t going back to school. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I wasn't supposed to come back after Christmas vacation on account of I was flunking four subjects and not applying myself and all. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z When ail the vacation Bible schools ended, I would watch Mama Lessie sew at her old sewing machine. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Have you ever driven through a vacation community and noticed the offhanded signs identifying the properties? Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He was alone there, and since I was home from school on vacation, I was sent to help him. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z I hear people talking about the storm and how disappointing it is to get bad weather on vacation. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z And Michael’s family has decided to take a weeklong vacation. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z He’d never been the kind of kid who felt particularly homesick when his family went away on vacation or he spent a week at camp. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Colder than the act of breaking in and blindly robbing some fat cat during his vacation. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z These respites were like tiny vacations from court, and were a chance for us to discuss politics with each other. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z That was especially nice, because it reminded me of the vacation we just came back from, which I wish never ended. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z A real mix, it seemed, of people with loud, noisy kids on vacation, and quiet, well-dressed business types. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z I wondered whether she had family or if she was going to spend her vacation preparing lessons and grading tests. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z “You know, I used to think I’d love a longer summer vacation, but I’m kind of missing school.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z When Sasha came home for vacation, they proudly wore an Epsilon Theta sweatshirt. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z He teaches English in a college near the Hudson River, and during the long school vacations he helped me with difficult chores, like making clay pots and blueberry jam. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “Maybe Friday. The Houcks are taking a last-minute autumn vacation to see the glorious leaves of New England,” she says. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z She snuck over to Evan's bookshelf and picked up a carved cedar box—Evan's chosen souvenir from the family summer vacation. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z I made reservations at the resort for our weekend vacation. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z “I never enjoyed housekeeping, and I’m going to take a vacation today, and read, write, go visiting, and amuse myself.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z When the Warden took everyone on vacations, exploring other cities and places, he and Ginny held forth on the geography, history, and cultures of the areas. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z “Is that so? Well, I thought I’d let you have the vacation your Pa and stepmother wanted for you. There’s plenty of ironing if you’re bored. Teach you what wash day is all about.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z "Okay, whatever. About those satellite orbits . . . ?" "I'm on vacation," Rich said without looking up. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z But at 5:00 p.m., they had to say goodbye to their vacation. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z “And this boy needs a little vacation. Far as I’m concerned we can stand down till this thing is over.” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z But his father clearly didn’t want to spend time with Nathan because otherwise he wouldn’t have invited Leandra on their Las Vegas vacation. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “Our first essay. Please write about your summer vacation.” Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z I ended up spending the rest of my Christmas vacation in retreat, doing research. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z He would soon see Lucretia, and his vacation meant a break from the tedious business of politics and office seekers. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z On the last day of class before summer vacation, Joy brings me a pile of books. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Just behind the veil of the vacation was not a soft face of laughter, but something hard and bony and perhaps terrifying. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Her favorite vacation was when they went to the Magic Kingdom in Orlando, and there was only one king bed. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z Trey thinks a week of suspension is a vacation. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z At vacation time, the other kids at Kabarak went home to the city and hung out. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z Being that far away was the only way to ensure he would take a real vacation, a full week’s worth of rest. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z It was Sister Betty’s first vacation in the six years of the taut regimen as a Black Muslim wife, and it was for Malcolm X both a saving of face and something to do. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z He was due for another vacation; he could plan it for her spring break. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “The smell. Also, they have designated vacation days. At least, that’s what the sign says,” said Mini. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z It makes me think of the way my mom used to always leave a television on when we’d go on vacation so would-be robbers would think someone was home. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z It was probably one of the most expensive vacations those guys ever had. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z “Please, for the love of God, do not ask me. I’m on vacation. I want to get drunk and eat barbecue in peace.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z He'd written me this note asking me to stop by and say good-by before vacation started, on account of I wasn't coming back. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z At the end of my second year teaching, I took a group of students and parents to Kenya during the summer vacation. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z “In fifty years, did you ever have a vacation, you little, silly, half-pint, smidgin of a wife?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z What I'd do, I'd let old Phoebe come out and visit me in the summertime and on Christmas vacation and Easter vacation. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z “Your mother and I have been looking forward to this vacation for a long time.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Neighbors would leave for vacation and I would water their lawns. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z So from then on, every time I came home for vacation, I went to the cattle camp on my own. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z They had just returned from their summer vacation on the Croatian coast. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z He was on vacation from his job in Assam, where he worked as an assistant manager of a tea estate. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z A few days of vacation this Columbus Day weekend. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z To try to lessen these effects, the chart office would often “pencil in” a resource officer to the post of a senior officer who was sick or on vacation. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In the middle of that valley was a glittering blue lake, with three small islands like a vacation resort in the Bahamas. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z I never missed the annual Easter egg hunt held at Kelly Ingram Park or vacation Bible school, which was held for two weeks every summer. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He willed Professor Pierce to go on vacation, and he started making plans. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z And summer vacation in a month and a half, and where on earth was I going to spend it? The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z To make vacations affordable, at public auction the Warden bought a bus that, oddly enough, had once been a mobile TB clinic, with a turret-like bulge in its roof to accommodate an X-ray machine. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z In social studies, while we were drawing latitude/longitude maps, I opened my notebook and stared at the photo inside—my friend Annabeth on vacation in Washington, D.C. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z A week earlier, while vacationing in Slovenia, he'd ordered a pizza that the English-speaking waiter had strenuously recommend he avoid. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z “I been on the job too long, Jax. These old bones need an extended vacation.” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z In the meantime, Jack was on vacation—and riding a train, which was a special treat. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z Thank you for a vacation that was out of this world... The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z For three whole weeks of summer vacation they hadn’t let me play baseball or go fishing or anything. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z My father wears his favorite white straw fedora, saved exclusively for tropical vacations, because it looks so ridiculous anywhere else. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z I remembered my parents buying it at a little gallery in Colorado when we were on vacation once. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z It’s not like it was a vacation or anything, certainly not for Axel. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Theirs was the life I dreamt about during my vacations in eastern North Carolina. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z At the end of the summer vacation he went to the seventh grade at the middle school, while I was in the sixth grade at the grammar school. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Darwin was vacationing at his sister’s estate in Dorking, but de Vries tracked him down and traveled out to meet him. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z On family vacations in Belize, I’d seen girls on the beach with belly rings, and I thought they looked so cool. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Usually in summer I do lots of things by myself because my best friend, Melissa, spends the whole vacation in California with her dad. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “So why don’t you go home for vacations?” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z While she is “gone,” she explains her reasons for taking this “vacation.” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z “Sell this land, sell that house, collect the money, and run away like a mouse. Go back to America, spend the money on a family vacation to Mexico.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z They were supposed to include her in family celebrations and vacations and help her enroll in educational programs and even pay her tuition if necessary. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z One chose getting a Christmas tree with his dad; another had decided on baking holiday treats with her mom; several were going to focus on vacations with relatives who lived up north. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z In late August, a teacher from the school and some friends went on a vacation trip to the northern part of Zaire. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z We hadn’t seen one another since last summer when we vacationed together at Stone Harbor, New Jersey, and it struck me right away how much taller Kevin was. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z “I don’t care what you did or didn’t do. Either way, you have been sent to a prison. Does this seem like a vacation to you?” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Garfield had intended Secretary of State Blaine to deal with any other pressing government problems that summer during his planned presidential vacation. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Mr. Gonzalez had gladly given the assistant accountant an indefinite vacation. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He hadn’t come on vacation, as he was leaving for his freshman year at California University of Pennsylvania, which was four hours west of Hatfield. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z His mother answered and told me she was delighted I had had a good vacation but she was sorry, Danny wasn’t home, he had gone with his father to visit a family friend in Lakewood. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z “Yeah, you were hurting so bad you took a three-month vacation to Switzerland. That must have been horrible for you.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z This week is February vacation, which at the very least means that I don’t have to be in school. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Already she had read about bees and buffaloes, Bermuda vacations and Byzantine architecture. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z His next visit was the last one, for his two weeks’ vacation was almost over. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z I hope the teacher doesn’t say, “Write an essay about your summer vacation.” Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z The rehab was in a place that, according to the pamphlets, looked more like a spa vacation. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z “I didn’t know we ever went on vacation.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Write two paragraphs, one about the best part of your vacation, one about the worst. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z When my wife, Marie, and I were vacationing in Australia one summer, we decided to visit a site with well-preserved Aboriginal rock paintings in the desert near the town of Menindee. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z She’d forced her family to cut short their vacation, agreed to go to a horrible school, and flown a helicopter into a monster battle just to see me. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Somehow we got a hedgehog, and Sally contributed a white and black rat, rescued from the school lab during vacation. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z “It will be very nice to have you at home for a vacation, of course, but it is a little hard to sweep with a man sitting around reading all day.” Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z The apartment is blasting with a heat I’ve never known, the closest thing being when I was in Cuba vacationing with my family on Varadero Beach. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z And I didn't know if Sunny was on break or not because he gets home-schooled, which, to me, just seemed like vacation with a little bit of education sprinkled in. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z Besides, I sort of needed a little vacation. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z Tomorrow was their last day in town before Mop went to camp and Bren left on his family vacation to the Dominican Republic. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Another traditional miners’ vacation spot was Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z But a debilitating case of hepatitis spoiled the vacation. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z We were all suffering from extreme fatigue as we marked our calendars and counted down the moments before the blissful two weeks of Christmas vacation. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The dream island never materialized, and there wasn’t much in the way of vacation, either. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z You waited and waited and waited and then...Summer vacation turned out to be boring. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “There’s a lot of Americans and rich Puerto Ricans who own vacation homes here. I take care of their houses for them. They pay in cash. Security, arranging for repairs, that kinda thing.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z He already told us he got fired from his job, but I guess Mom thinks vacation sounds better. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “Bonuses are free for everything else, like extra saving, big vacations, and major repairs on the house.” Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z With those obligations fulfilled, Garfield felt free to anticipate the beginning of a longer vacation with his family. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z And how would Dancing Trout guests react if it suddenly occurred to them they were vacationing in a state of siege? The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Kainene would laugh and say something like, I didn’t go on vacation, for goodness’ sake, I was cut off in enemy territory. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Maya would go to sleepaway camp in the Catskills, and then on vacation with her parents and younger sister. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z Now, you might be wondering why it is I have on vacation attire. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z These days it seemed ridiculous, as the life she described was becoming more and more of a fantasy—trips to the mall, family vacations, and Friday night football games. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z I was anxious to tell Cecile all about our vacation day. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The ferry, everyone knows, is the city’s cheapest vacation. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z But in the end she realized that he’d get a few days vacation, and she’d have to finish the lab alone. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z On the morning of May 9, Henry Kissinger sat by the pool in Key Biscayne, Florida, where Nixon owned a vacation home. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “I guess,” I said, because I had not seen Luke since Christmas vacation. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z “Do you like living with the Mosses?” my teacher asked after Christmas vacation. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z It made her happy to imagine “a long vacation in that dream island I'm always talking about!” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Hey, Mom, do you remember when I was nine, and we went on vacation to South Carolina? Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Thanks for letting me stay in your home. It’s been the best vacation I’ve ever had.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z We had some great friends who were couples, their children friends with our children, families we liked to vacation with. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I came back to school from my own little “three-week vacation” when Ms. Gruwell asked me, “Why have you been absent so much?” The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “Anyway,” said Bill, “we’ve had ten whole weeks of vacation right in the middle of the year, and not many children in Stillwater can say that.” Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, family vacation. Go team go. So, do you remember?” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z I spent three or four months making up and learning songs for the elders, then I sang them when I was home for vacation. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z Morrow bought a Lamborghini, took several long vacations, and traveled the world. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Those classrooms were the most colorful part of the unit, the walls covered with posters, word lists, number lines—a visual vacation from the drab sameness of the rest of the unit. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z And so when he came home, it always felt like a vacation for all of them, even if Will and the girls had school and their mom still went to work. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z This unexpected vacation was supposed to be enjoyed with my friends. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z He feels no nostalgia for the vacations he’s spent with his family, and he realizes now that they were never really true vacations at all. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z After that vacation, the twins returned to the city ahead of the rest of the family, accompanied by Nana, the city servants, and most of the baggage. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Getting my hair done isn’t like a vacation or something.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z Yet on the other hand the snowstorm might mean a respite, a happy wintertime vacation. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Though he had seen little of Dorothy since she returned from her vacation three weeks before, he was not surprised that she was beside him now, here. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z Sometimes they feel as though they could almost kill each other, but then they go on vacation and come back sounding like newlyweds. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z After the period, he went back to his office and left two guys—me and Alfred Hartnett, hilarious—to roll up the mats for Christmas vacation. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z It’s slowly gaining acceptance as an adjective, as in: The Griswolds had a fun vacation. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He had been back to Surrey almost every vacation and she had many opportunities to seek him out at the bungalow, or pass him a note. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z They'd never had the benefits of a steady salary or paid vacation days. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Sasha’s family wanted to address the court, but they were leaving for vacation the next day. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z On the first day back after every vacation, school lunch came with a cupcake, so Bridge left her bag lunch at home. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z Winter vacation had started, and we children all stayed at home. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z |
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