| 单词 | vague |
| 例句 | This crossover is what gave rise to the vague impression that adverbs are endangered. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z An hour later they’re gone, and Dad disappears to the garage again on some vague errand, which means he’s going to toke up. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z Below the clouds I see vague ridges of mountains and dark forests. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z He had vague notions of struggling to learn his letters while he worked in the coal mine, every day a battle to survive the dangerous work. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z “The patient states that she feels fairly well,” one doctor wrote in her chart, “however she continues to complain of some vague lower abdominal discomfort. . . . No evidence of recurrence. Return in one month. ” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z There was a vague mention of “that time before” and of saving grace and a promise that he had changed. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z And traditions governing it, if in fact they existed, were vague. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I do not use vague, shadowy language, as I have done in other entries; I do not hide behind hints and suggestion. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z As before, Sam found that his hearing was sharpened, but that to his sight the things of this world seemed thin and vague. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z On the train back to King City from his trip to Salinas, Adam Trask was in a cloud of vague forms and sounds and colors. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z And also because the vague suspicions — expectations, really — that I’d been forming all day, as Alice tried to transform me into a beauty queen, were so far wide of the mark. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z He was so guarded that I wanted to be vague too. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Leave her deflated, feeling nothing but a vague restlessness. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Annabeth had a vague memory of that fort being important in the Civil War, but she didn’t spend much time thinking about it. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z My mother tried to explain, yet each time she did I found her explanations vague, cryptic, obscure, ambiguous, enigmatic and too fantastic to be believable. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z We claimed, among other things, that the indictment was vague and lacked particularity. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The otak stirred in his pocket, and a little vague fear also woke and stirred in his mind. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z But the laws of the schools were aimed at something distant and vague. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Wilem shrugged a vague agreement and threw a stone into the trees by the side of the road. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The feeling of vague unease returned almost immediately. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Kainene went often to the Directorate at Ahiara to get a water tanker, but each time she came back with a vague promise from the director. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The entire message seemed a bit vague, probably deliberately. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Beyond such vague ideas as these, there was no plan in his head, and he saw no one course that he must follow. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z My work, which had appeared so vague, so hopelessly diffuse, condensed itself as he proceeded, and assumed a definite form under his shaping hand. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Matty dreamed of vague, frightening things connected to pain, and his body was tense even as he slept. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z Their soft spirit footsteps, so vague I could mistake them for my own breathing. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The adults would do their best to answer his questions, but their answers were often vague, or confusing, or contradictory, and then Bod would walk down to the old chapel and talk to Silas. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z He closed with a vague promise to renew the old partnership. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z There was something slightly vague about his face—like bread dough that had begun to rise, smoothing out the bumps and cracks and depressions. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z As Rhonda studied the girl’s face, she pulled forth the vaguest memory, and tried to grasp at a name. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z “Look!” breathed Petey, and he glanced up and saw one of the shadows flickering, gathering scraps of moonlight and cloud to assemble itself into a vague shape that drifted over the tops of the stones. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z He made vague references to visiting her in Lagos and she made vague sounds of assent. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “Hi, I’m Ruth,” she says, recognizing him in that same vague way. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z His tangible presence seemed to belie all the vague thoughts and hopes that Bigger had woven round him in his broodings. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z It was the vaguest, least soldierly form of advice, but he sensed the corporals not far behind. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z A vague white square was visible, presumably the sky. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z But aside from inventing a Latinate name for a vague principle, Wolff could provide no further specifics. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z He leaned against the depot wall then; he was sweating, and sounds were becoming outlines again, vague and hollow in his ears, and he knew he was going to become invisible right there. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Shin had come up with a truthful but vague answer. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z I felt torn between wanting to bolt out the door and a vague curiosity about Fred’s last book. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z She followed her parents into the house, which shone and gleamed and had the vague air of a mausoleum, thanks to all the marble. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z I had a vague idea that being Christian had something to do with worshipping Yesu, a God who wore a crown of thorns. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Brave Orchid held her hand when she appeared vague. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The steam was so thick that the players were vague, ethereal forms in the mist. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He turned and saw that Lockhart was standing in a corner of the room, still wearing his vague smile. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Somehow Harry connected these unsatisfying, vague images with the destruction of his wand, as if it was the blackthorn wand’s fault that he could no longer see into Voldemort’s mind as well as before. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z One obvious reason is that people read into the generally vague astrological pronouncements almost anything they want to, and thus invest them with a truth which is not inherent in the pronouncements themselves. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z But Lazlo had never really formed an image to go along with the idea before, or if he had, it had been vague, and the victims monstrous. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “That’s a bit vague. I’m sure you can be more specific. What could this ‘friend’s’ father have mentioned that would’ve been so distressing to Mr. Rivers, he’d no longer feel up to hiking?” Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I was vague in the head from lying in the hay. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z She knows on some vague level that there is something wrong with her theory about how to draw a vertical line, and she won’t stop until she’s absolutely sure she has it right. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z In June of 1976, we began to hear vague reports of a great uprising in the country. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I insisted on going along with him, though I felt a vague terror at having to meet a witch doctor face-to-face. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z But even there I felt a vague unease, as if the hot water was not altogether real and reliable, and could not be counted on. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Everything had always been very rosy, very taffeta and vague, and only half-troubled. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The curve, however, was no sooner rounded than Jethro discovered that the vague dread he had experienced in passing the cabin had now become a reality. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Then at last it began to be mixed with another sound, a vague, disastrous noise which sounded first like the roar of a distant train, and then like the crash of a falling tree. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z I also felt a vague discomfort at the space around me, and then I realized I was missing the mountains. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z In a vague fashion she moved toward the door to the hall; her steps dragged and she seemed depleted, her store of energy fading almost out. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z It is often necessary, for meaning to come through, that there be an almost vague sense of strangeness and askewness. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She had returned from Cambridge with a vague notion that her family was owed an uninterrupted stretch of her company. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z For a vague second he thought it was the sound of a man in awful pain, many men. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z What you will find here is a short list of the most common articulations: their names, what they look like when notated, and a vague description of how they sound. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z We were still crammed full of vague ideas which gave to life, and to the war also an ideal and almost romantic character. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Feeling a vague longing come over me, I lowered my eyes and made a deep curtsy. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z In the union hall the word ‘brother’ became a vague metaphor; with repetition a weak echo of the intimate sound. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He was still moving in a detached half-dream, not fully aware of anything except a curious vague groping in his mind. The Dark is Rising 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Gables and towers and little turrets bristled up at them, blue and vague in their night-vision. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z By the vague starlight they found the way down to the creek-mouth, and untied Lookfar from the rock cairn where she had been made fast, and pushed her out into the black water. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Rather than present himself as eager for the “entire strangers” to be captured, he is vague and contrary. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z 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 I had not yet learned to feign knowledge that I did not possess, and as I had only a vague idea what a B.A. was, I questioned Mathona. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z There was, about the mature, friendly voice on the other end of the line, a vague air of inappropriateness. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z When she came out, she walked past with a vague nod and went into her room. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Still, the swallow couldn’t shake the vague notion that perhaps they were not. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z My answers were frequently vague, and Francis was visibly annoyed by my habit of always trusting to memory and never writing anything on paper. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z But then he noticed the prince standing motionless, a vague, unseeing look in his eyes. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z Needless to say, I had only the vaguest appreciation of all this as I left Nandan’s office that day in Bangalore. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z We waved to the crowd, offered a few vague welcomes and hellos, and hurried across the quad. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z And I can't help having a vague, comforting feeling that someone is looking out for me. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I made a vague effort to remember who had painted or composed what, but I didn’t memorize spelling. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z All of the vague thoughts and excitement about finding a way to live and die were far from him now. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Newt pushed open the door, the slight creak once again reminding Thomas of some vague childhood memory of haunted-house movies. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z The story had stuck because the lesson was vague. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In his memory there were only vague, shadowy images that might not even be real. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z The confusion comes from the vague impression that the phrase is a “modifier.” The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z I said this over and over until the vague police shapes let me alone, until I awoke to find Kevin sitting, dozing beside my bed. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Aunty Uju sounded enthusiastic but vague; until she voiced it, she had not given the idea much thought. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Dimple made a vague circling gesture with her hands, like that would make what she was trying to say clearer. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Mr. Roberts had a strange, dazed look about him, and he waved them off with a vague “Merry Christmas.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Qhorin seated himself on the sand, his back to a wall, no more than a vague black shadow in the gloom of the cave. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He gave vague and general descriptions of the two men. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z If they ask where I’m from, I give vague answers, saying I used to live with my family in Ibarra. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He had a vague picture in his mind of the way they should go together. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “You don’t have the vaguest conception of what you’ve done to me.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z While vague, the intended effect of the Jeffersonian message was to calm his fellow Virginians. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z This, he thought with a sort of vague distaste—this was London, chief city of Airstrip One, itself the third most populous of the provinces of Oceania. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Through the windows above me I saw vague murals along the walls. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “Just...lots of stuff going on,” he said, committing to a more vague explanation. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Some time passed before I felt tranquil even here: I had a vague dread that wild cattle might be near, or that some sportsman or poacher might discover me. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z My answer, vague as it was, seemed to satisfy her. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Celia had only vague notions about spiritual possession and animal sacrifice, and suspected that our rites had caused her daughter’s mysterious disappearance. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z They came every few generations, babies who were sick in some way, Desdemona couldn’t remember how exactly— her mother had been vague. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z If Cecilia went in now she would have to mediate between her mother’s vague instructions and Betty’s forceful state of mind. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I have a vague recollection of Nathan’s mother interrupting me while I was on the computer—I must have closed the window without clearing the history. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z "He's boxing, Reverend, he's—" "Oh," said the preacher, his eyes moving around the room, his voice getting vague. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z When he spoke again, he was not so vague and breathless; but he was still remembering back to the bad days, as before. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Now the vague unease Jinjoo had been feeling roiled in the pit of her stomach, as if she’d eaten too many boiled eggs. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z But how could a man build a life upon vague, unformed yearnings? Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z When you travel like I did, vague about destination and with an open-ended itinerary, a holy-seeming openness takes over your character. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z As I listened, my vision cleared enough for me to see the vague outlines of the alley. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z And the vaguer you told things, the better. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh yeah,” said Ron, looking down at his shoulders in vague surprise. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z The argument, of course, is silly, because “biggest” is a vague word, having no value whatever in arguments, if one is serious. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z I had some vague idea that it wasn’t too favorable, but I had never sought out the hard evidence. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z However, the criterion for inclusion in the database is notoriously vague and discriminatory. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z I can remember a vague commotion, the house filled up with people crying, saying bitterly that the white Black Legion had finally gotten him. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z She made a vague gesture at Dimple’s person. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Or else they are vague about their wants, which means they intend to get married before any of these other things becomes necessary. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Aureliano asked her where she was going and she made a vague sign, as if she did not have the slightest idea of her destination. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z For the first time in his life he had gained a pinnacle of feeling upon which he could stand and see vague relations that he had never dreamed of. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z These boys and girls were will-less, their speech flat, their gestures vague, their personalities devoid of anger, hope, laughter, enthusiasm, passion, or despair. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “Why do you say vague things if you don’t want to be asked about them?” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z As for the missing food, I’ll just be vague about who I handed it out to. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Somewhere or other I put up for the night, somewhere or other I receive provisions and a few vague instructions. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The halls had the vague animal smell of damp mortar, and the grounds were overgrown with grass, bramble, and weeds. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Finally, the vague outline of a coast appeared. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “That is very vague. No one has been able to explain it for centuries. Fly you high, Gregor the Overlander.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z For Western musicians, an introduction to ragas, that is neither too vague nor too technical, does not seem to be available as of this writing. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z When I was a girl, I had vague ideas about how my life could be better. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z A vague odor of cinnamon hung around her. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Leo hadn’t made the connection before, but he had a vague memory of older family members calling his grandfather Sam Junior. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “It’s all so vague. You know, I thought that was my dream. I remember us wearing the lampshades, and jumping up and down on the mattresses.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z The federalist fervor, which the exiles had pictured as a powder keg about to explode, had dissolved into a vague electoral illusion. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z True, he appeared very vague about most things and might not yet have really noticed. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z I saw Estraven come out of the house onto the street below me, a dark foreshortened figure in the even, vague gray-white of the snow. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z But since Letha ate their memories, that was all they knew of their time in the citadel—the vague blur of the ink on their bellies, and all that it implied. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I had, if anything, a vague feeling all the time of liberation, of having got beyond something, of joy; also of being terribly sleepy. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Most surrender to the vague but murderous pressure of adult conformity. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Their features were vague through the gauze of her veil, but Nina glimpsed the tattoos on their forearms: a feral cat curled into a crown—the symbol of the Dime Lions. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z We were beginning to get a vague idea of the Earth’s layered interior–though it really was only vague. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z As vague as the light was, it gave him strength. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z But the “action” of a gene—still a vague, mystical concept—intrigued Beadle. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z I knew that the vague thought I had had earlier, that goodness and intelligence could somehow lift a person above the idea of race, was wrong. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z At first, I have no idea what she's pointing to, but then, about fifteen feet up, I make out the vague shape in the dimming light. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z She did not seem to have noticed; instead, a vague terror was freezing her features into a smirk-smile. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z When I finally cornered her one rainy afternoon, and we set out the board in the billiards room, she proceeded to show me a game that was a vague variant on draughts. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z They would soon now be going forward into lands wholly strange to them, and beyond all but the most vague and distant legends of the Shire, and in the gathering twilight they longed for home. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z But the idea of flying in space did not cause this kind of fear, only a vague uneasiness that something might go wrong. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z We ran past the soccer field and into the woods, running uphill and with only the vaguest sense of direction. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z Even in the grocery store, surrounded in one aisle by more kinds of food than will ever be known in a Congolese lifetime, there was nothing on the air but a vague, disinfected emptiness. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z A knotted neck scarf, a certain smell, the vaguest outline of a brooding, irritable presence. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I wasn’t remotely spooked by the murder, but even so I felt a vague, low-grade unease at being alone in a silent woods so far from home. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z The vague gray light was in the west. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Burr’s own letter, therefore, was a gross insult in its arrogant insistence “upon a basis so vague as that which you have adopted.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z He sat loosely, utterly motionless save for his head, which made a continual bobbing sort of movement as he watched Dilsey with his sweet vague gaze as she moved about. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z College was a vague thing, a concept he understood but couldn’t visualize in any concrete way. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Like the vague torsos of fabulous athletes, huge fleshy clouds lolled on the blue air above their heads. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z There was no time to think of what might happen; a vague, overmastering fear obscured all details. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Tayo felt the old nausea rising up in his stomach, along with a vague feeling that he knew something which he could not remember. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z But there was a vague unease in the pit of my stomach, like the feeling you get when someone’s staring at the back of your head. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z For us young men of twenty everything is extraordinarily vague, for Kropp, Müller, Leer, and for me, for all of us whom Kantorek calls the “Iron Youth.” All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z I had the vague impression that he looked tired, untidy, hatless. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Some had misgivings about handing President Johnson what was practically a declaration of war, especially in such a hurry, and with such a vague idea of where things might lead. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z But as I sat there, I felt a vague unease creep over me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z For a moment Hazel had the vague idea that he was underground. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z There was something vague and uncertain about the slouch of her shoulders, the uneasy plucking of her fingers. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z They didn’t hear any words: only a vague sizzling noise. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z Reading these letters at the end of an exhausting day, Briony felt a dreamy nostalgia, a vague yearning for a long-lost life. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I had a vague idea of where they were in the office, but I didn’t know our library as well as Fred did. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z That had always been the vaguest part of our escape plan. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z At first my plan was very vague, really not much more than a wish. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Percy wasn’t sure why, but he had a vague sense that harpies were supposed to be plump. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z And one of the things they had in common, at that time, was a vague and mysterious fear of the old mart called the Professor. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z After the disastrous 1957 spraying the program was abruptly and drastically curtailed, with vague statements about “evaluating” previous work and testing alternative insecticides. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z But as he stood there a vague, soft chopping sound came. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z Colors weren’t true either, but rather a vague assortment of shaded pastels that indicated not so much color as faded familiarities. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The fighting, when there is any, takes place on the vague frontiers whose whereabouts the average man can only guess at, or round the Floating Fortresses which guard strategic spots on the sea lanes. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z She was being vague, but she wasn’t yet ready to speak the dream that had ignited in her heart—a crew of her own, a ship under her command, a crusade. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I have no idea if she had any medical certifications beyond a vague notion of CPR, but she pulled Grace’s sagging body to the ground all the same. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I kept the note vague-— I told him we needed to talk about the other day. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z With an angry exclamation she scored through the vague unevenly scrawled characters of the last sentence. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z To the east the outflung arm of the mountains marched to a sudden end, and far lands could be descried beyond them, wide and vague. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z His eyes are both intense and vague; he hardly seems to realize when he misses targets in marksmanship. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z A vague notion began swimming through her mind; an answer. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z But his design was too vague and perhaps too revolutionary to convince the examiners. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Mrs. Richardson would remember the next few months only as a vague, terrifying haze. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z And his assumption that because vague words and insinuations were clear enough for him, they must be perfectly comprehensible to all. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z I brought the newspaper close up to my eyes to get a better view of George Pollucci's face, spotlighted lie a three-quarter moon against a vague background of brick and black sky. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Although she had only a vague sense of how insurance worked, this seemed plausible. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He glanced outside the window, where the first vague light of dawn was just brushing the towers of Winterfell. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Well, that launched a slew of questions from Mr. Morrison that I could answer only in the vaguest way. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z But Hideo’s walls are nevertheless there, making his politeness seem insulting and his intentions vague. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Assume the vague idea that war is due to “having” in general. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He had only the vaguest sense that he was crossing the field in the right direction. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z She had no idea what the Adriatic Sea was like; She’d never heard of Bologna, and all she knew about Venice was vague stories about canals and gondolas. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z She was large and vague against the light and she wore an apron. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z In a confused and vague way I knew that I was doing more running away from than running toward something. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z II His cold was getting worse and worse, and each cough caused a vague pain in his lungs that lingered on for moments after the cough had seared his throat and chest. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z And night after night, Jesse Helms filled the airwaves with vague but alarming allegations of conspiracy and demanded that the authorities investigate civil rights groups. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z The Savage meanwhile wandered restlessly round the room, peering with a vague superficial inquisitiveness at the books in the shelves, at the sound-track rolls and reading machine bobbins in their numbered pigeon-holes. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z From somewhere came the vague impression of a huge machine gathering power with the walls, storing up energy for a mighty leap, throbbing its way up the scales of strength. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z We can make some vague and general comments about the level of carbonation or flavor or sweetness and sourness. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Scoob gives a vague nod and grunt and bites his thumbnail. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z I had picked her up because of a vague sentimental idea that it would be nice to eat with some one. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z She had assumed, from Aunty Ujus calls home, that things were not too bad, although she realized now that Aunty Uju had always been vague, mentioning “work” and “exam” without details. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I would tell my hosts in those rural Hearths and villages who I was; most of them had heard a little about me over the radio and had a vague idea what I was. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z He had a vague sense of climbing a lot of stairs before he entered a large diamond-shaped room. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Papa-Nnukwu’s death had overshadowed everything, pushed Papa’s face into a vague place. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t like the feeling the memory inspired—the vague sense that the world around me was not as I believed it to be. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z Roman, Andrew, and I stay up well past midnight, trying to make sense of McCandless’s life and death, yet his essence re-mains slippery, vague, elusive. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “As ‘this sort of thing’ is rather a vague expression, would you kindly explain?” returned Amy, knowing perfectly well what he meant, but wickedly leaving him to describe what is indescribable. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Abenthy was rather vague about the purpose of the last of these, but I had some strong suspicions. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Ginika was much thinner, half her old size, and her head looked bigger, balanced on a long neck that brought to mind a vague, exotic animal. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z These three things he always said with the same vague, fumbling signs. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z I feel tapping and tugging and a vague sense my skin is being stretched beyond the limits of its elasticity. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z Many years of overwork and interrupted sleep had made him a little vague and preoccupied. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z By the time Dr Meredith arrived, he had revived considerably and the doctor soon left again, making only vague statements to the effect that my father had perhaps been 'over-working'. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z I only have a vague picture of a room, lying down on a carpet in rows with other kids like me for a nap time. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Her vague idea was to go along the river a couple of miles and then head off to the left, which should be south. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Eisenhowers brochure put forth a vague, practically useless timetable for when the United States might be expected to achieve a variety of objectives in space: “Early,” “Later,” “Still Later,” “And Much Later Still.” Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z I had a vague plan to try to noose it. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z The others were nodding to back me up, though Ruth herself had on a vague expression, like she’d suddenly become preoccupied with something else entirely. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Somehow I had the vague feeling that all my mother’s prayers were useless, that no amount of prayer could stop the police from violating our lives at will. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z She worried about the possible consequences, a vague but constant worry. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The tarp slowed as if it was wrapping around some vague shape for just a moment, and then it pushed through, scattering the dust into oblivion. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Or again, if you want a stronger version of ‘good,’ what sense is there in having a whole string of vague useless words like ‘excellent’ and ‘splendid’ and all the rest of them? 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z He trailed away, sat smoking for some moments, an expression of frustration and vague irritation on his face. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z There was vague motion only at the outset—a twitching of the joints. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z It is all dark and horrid to me, for I can remember nothing; but I am full of vague fear, and I feel so weak and worn out. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z I felt a vague sense of relief, knowing that I hadn’t gotten the chance to tell Frankie my secret. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The coroner’s verdict on a death in police custody would often read, “Death due to multiple causes,” or some vague explanation that let the police off the hook. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Best to keep her answers vague until she knew what he was getting at. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Most of the school lived in a vague, unspecified fear of Mr. Fuller. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z She had asked Baba Joseph if angels were the same as ancestral spirits, and he had been vague about it. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I have to keep things vague, jumble up all the men, the lovers and the exes, but I tell myself that’s OK, because it doesn’t matter who they are. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z In Chapter 12 we saw that cultural diffusion can involve either detailed “blueprints” or just vague ideas stimulating a reinvention of details. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “They don’t live. Not exactly. It’s all very vague. I really don’t know.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z I had a vague recollection of seeing him at Sunday school once or twice before, but he wasn’t a regular like me. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Hecate offers you obscurity, choices, vague promises of magic. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Indians incorporated the new pigments into their traditions, expanding them and in the process creating an aesthetic nouvelle vague. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Her interests were vague and varied, magazine publishing, fashion, politics, television; none of them had a firm shape. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I gagged, swallowed, feeling the fluid course slowly to my vague middle. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Beyond the river the land appeared flat and empty, formless and vague, until far away it rose again like a wall, dark and drear. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z He was somewhere in the vague, brown-colored slums to the north and east of what had once been Saint Pancras Station. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Parsons, stirred to vague enthusiasm by the bombardment of figures, took his pipe out of his mouth. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z I felt a vague flutter in my stomach as I saw Ambrose watching me with all the menace of a smoldering coal. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Deep in her belly she felt a vague cramping and a warm damp trickle into the thick sanitary pad the nurse had given her. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Jewish to me was something vague, something biblical. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z There was the vague sense of the infinite as I looked down upon the yellow, dreaming waters of the Mississippi River from the verdant bluffs of Natchez. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Oh, I had a vague notion of green grass, soft and wavy. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Pet fell silent, and a vague unease began rolling off it. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z “The kind of—” He made a vague motion with his hands, which I think was supposed to indicate Martin’s plump stature. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “I’m not going to be chased out of my city by a vague threat,” he replies. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z It was only a dim personification: something vague and immense which with its motion brought about change and therefore was alive. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z In 1620 Francis Bacon called for a Great Instauration—‘instauration’ here means ‘founding’, and the term is suitably vague. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Soon nothing could be seen of his handsome features, only a vague impression of nose and mouth and eyes. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Harry felt a floating sensation as every thought and worry in his head was wiped gently away, leaving nothing but a vague, untraceable happiness. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z She had a vague theory that the heat came from something he used in place of starch in the shirts and collars. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “I think she said something vague — I am sure she didn’t want to disappoint a child.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe Poseidon had a reason for being so vague. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Or was their tenure somewhat less cynical, more a matter of improvisation, motivated by the distant but vague object of forging a lasting harmony between Greek and Egyptian? Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z If she said something vague like “all over,” a teacher like Mr. Quisling might interpret that as attitude. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z How could I expect this man or any other to believe my tales about other worlds, other races, a vague benevolent government somewhere off in outer space? The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z The war, which until then had been only a word to designate a vague and remote circumstance, became a concrete and dramatic reality. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z And Shusgis, my jovial host, a heavy man, a substantial man, he too was somehow, around the corners and edges, a little vague, a little, just a little bit unreal. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z He was left with his singularly appropriate education; the vague contour of Jay Gatsby had filled out to the substantiality of a man. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z His account is vague, but one imagines that *These preposterous tales may actually be true; other amazing Smith stories certainly are. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Their gods, before they took over from the Greeks, were vague, hardly more than a “those that are above.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z For eight days, on alternate four-hour shifts, he watched with aching and bleary eyes those glinty metallic forms move against the vague background. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Though the rain still fell, a vague light suffused the eastern sky. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Still, I had a vague sense that at least some of them were those who had gathered in the shoemaker’s house earlier in the day. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Matt had the vague idea it was something like acid. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The scenery changed from bars, tire shops, and vague manufacturing buildings into smartly manicured lawns and houses. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z At first he could see nothing, but after a time the vague outlines of a bed appeared around him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He was vague and not clever and always getting in a muddle. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I was left with vague memories of the cold smell of antiseptic and ammonia, and bright surgery lights burning into my eyes as I counted backward from ten. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z Charlie himself had had many homes, going so far back that he only had the vaguest, haziest memories of them. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Eventually he fell into a vague dream, in which he seemed to be looking out of a high window over a dark sea of tangled trees. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Too soon it was over, leaving me with a tender feeling in my chest and a vague prickling in my eyes. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Could the clue have been any more vague? Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The fires behind them had melted into one vague glow against the black sky, and the land was almost out of sight. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The vast population of the city had not the vaguest notion of the great discoveries taking place within the Library. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I looked toward the curtain of blue fire, through which vague figures toiled. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z But what did this deliberately vague promise mean? Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z His letters always smelled like prison—like bleached floors and the vague hint of sour milk. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z The few pieces of information the president did obtain were often second- or thirdhand and usually vague in nature. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z I had been vague with Mama, so as not to open old wounds. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Even to the hobbits it was a legend of vague fear. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z I heard Mr. Jordan’s vague, distorted sounds of victory. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z And in the vague darkness, a shape moved. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z He told me he wanted to talk to me about a plan of his that was still pretty vague. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z Down and down they rushed, first through darkness and then through a mass of vague and whirling shapes which might have been almost anything. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z Most of the refugees sitting outside watched them with vague curiosity. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He walked toward the TV, where a huge pile of DVDs and video games were arranged into a vague pyramid shape. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z I explained about Mrs. Van Hopper, and what had led to it, and she seemed sympathetic but a little vague, as though she was thinking of something else. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z When Adam asked me why I was so busy, I gave purposely vague excuses about learning tough new pieces. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z C. J. described the virus in vague terms. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I had only a vague insight, not the words. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z But a vague hunger would come over me for books, books that opened up new avenues of feeling and seeing, and again I would forge another note to the white librarian. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z My memory was vague, so to pass the time I made her up. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z “Oh,” said the girl, her voice thin and vague. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z He looked around him, blond and pale, arms ringed with gold, a vague smile hiding his shock. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z I have a vague memory of walking in on my mother crying in the bathroom. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z Nnesinachi always spoke to him in a vague voice, her eyes unfocused, as if his presence made no difference to her either way. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Miss O’Hara certainly had to cast her pearls before a dismal lot of swine, who looked like the type of vague, drawn old men who molested children at matinees. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z In his vague way Ampleforth was attached to Winston, and would certainly sit down at his table if he caught sight of him. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z She is a vague figure, oftenest depicted at her spinning-wheel, where the threads she spins are of gold, but what she spins them for is a secret. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He pounded on Kevin’s chest in some vague imitation of CPR. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z As we linger—goodbyes are always long in Haiti—I feel a vague pain in my chest; it’s been on and off since our first cliff climb. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z I knew, of course, that Deborah had been gunned down, but I still had some vague, inexplicable sense that she would come back one day, as if she had taken a trip somewhere. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z For a while, Alice sketched the vague outline of the dark room from her vision, as much as she could see in the light from the TV. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z I want to feel something, something besides a vague queasiness. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z We raced out of town in the spitting dark, vague blue outlines of cottages giving way to sloping fields, then charged up the ridge, sheets of water streaming over our feet, making the path treacherous. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Calm as still water, Arya told herself, but even when she gave her eyes a moment to adjust, there was nothing to see but the vague grey outline of the door she had come through. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Often he would lie from one meal to the next almost without stirring, sometimes asleep, sometimes waking into vague reveries in which it was too much trouble to open his eyes. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Labor Department with a vague assignment to come up with ideas to improve efficiency and morale. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z She pushed uselessly at her disheveled hair in vague imitation of one of her mother’s gestures and twisted to see if her dress were torn. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z He had seen Alba mature practically overnight, leaving behind the vague shape of adolescence to assume the body of a satisfied and gentle woman. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Whatever vague plan I had conceived regarding returning to my pond is wiped from my mind as I zigzag and dive and leap to avoid the fireballs. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Dicey stared into the fire, trying to piece together something whole from her few vague memories. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z I made vague allusions to personal problems and went away from them cold with despair. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Juno had said something about him slumbering, and he did have a vague feeling that he’d been asleep—maybe for a long time. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z But acts of small heroism are admired, not understood in all their vague complexities, but at least admired. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Isaac, I don’t know about you, but I have the vague sense that we are being outflanked.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z Alex makes a vague noise of approval, and his arms fumble around Henry’s waist, but he’s helpless to do much else. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z I lay experiencing the vague processes of my body. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z A vague little memory popped into her head. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z At his high school graduation a year earlier, a classmate, a son of Emco’s owner, had approached him with a vague job offer. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The silence, all at once, penetrated; he felt his arms grow vague. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Ahead, a sea of darkness broken by vague geometrical shapes. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z He didn’t really know what would happen if you put a battery in the fire, but he had a vague memory of his dad saying it was a dangerous thing to do. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Not long after Desdemona took to her bed, I’d begun to notice, in the vague creepy way of a sister with a brother, a new, solitary pastime of Chapter Eleven’s. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z From time to time he looked through the open window at the inky Bengal night, at the vague shapes of palm trees and the simplest of homes. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The word that we use in modern English, ‘science’, was too vague: as we have seen, there were already lots of sciences. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The rest of the time he is delirious, and often he is terrified, always of the same thing—he thinks Edward is here and is threatening him with something vague and dreadful. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z I have a vague idea it might be me. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z It was this vague fear around the edges of myself. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z There was no land around, and no beings, but there was an aura of vague friendliness in this indifferent place. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Behind the smoke the expression on his face seemed lost, vague, absent. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z Even though it was so recent, it felt like it was a story about a long-ago event, and the danger didn’t seem real except for a vague sense of unrest. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Some vague thought was trying to worm its way into my dense, naive, childlike mind. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The same laughter—and other assorted vague sounds—slipped through the apartment’s thin walls. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z I try to remember Rhiannon’s schedule from when I was inside her head, and have a vague recollection that this period is gym. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z Their thoughts did not go beyond that, except for a vague hope that perhaps away beyond the Downs there might be no fog. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z It was a vague feeling, but it seemed right and comfortable. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z All foreign lands are inaccessible except to servicemen; they are vague, distant, and sealed off as though behind a curtain of plastic. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z I keep it vague because I don’t want to break the news to this bookseller that the customers he’s ringing up are dying at seventeen and eighteen. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z She has a vague smile on her face, as though she’s listening to distant music. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Sierra had a vague memory of Gordo going on in music class about how, in certain parts of Africa, they used to throw big parties and parade through the streets when someone died. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z From there we saw for a while, away below and beyond us eastward, vague vast lands blurred with clouds and shadows of clouds and streaked with silver of rivers, the Plains of Rer. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z The second the season was over they became vague, fuzzy shapes, as indistinguishable as the thick clouds that skimmed across the sky into the horizon. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z To his disappointment he could not see them at all: only a vague greyness, rolling down towards them. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z She had to be careful not to say anything obviously impossible; she had to be vague in some places and invent plausible details in others; she had to be an artist, in short. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Padre de Jesus did not intone vague pronouncements and send me home with a pat on the head. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Gentle hands moved over me, bringing vague impressions of memory. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I did seem to have a vague knowledge that Jews had been killed somewhere, long ago. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z At that vague hour between dark and dawn, the sunroof of the Amazon was deserted. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z My legs brushing fragrances off the vague bushes, the dark growing deeper as I walk away from the lights of the house. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly, he saw Buddy, saw him in the light of Jan. Buddy was soft and vague; his eyes were defenseless and their glance went only to the surface of things. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Now, you might object that the experimenters stacked the deck by writing a passage about a concrete physical activity in vague and abstract language. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z I nodded my head, though really I had only a vague idea. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z And in all these stories came the vague charges of drunkenness on the part of the discredited general. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z The tax on the slave trade was dropped altogether, as was the seventh resolution, with its vague declaration of solidarity with the benevolent goals of the Quaker petitioners. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z DeSheim informed the company that he would produce any play they liked, and they sat like frightened mice, possessing no words to make known their vague desires. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Of the outer wall, nothing remained but a vague shadow and a few dim lights floating in the dark. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “To what?” he asked gently, whilst we were all very still; for each in our own way we had a sort of vague idea of what she meant. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z During my time at Baker & Inglis, while I was falling in love with the Object, I had remained aware of my grandmother only in the vaguest of ways. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z No response, only a vague sense that she was near—locked on the far side of a door he didn’t know how to open. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z We did not understand what had happened between our father and our mother and the most that these long talks did to us was to make us feel a vague dread. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z But I still felt a vague anger that would not leave. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he said a few vague things about friendship and the friendship of kindly people to those less fortunate than themselves. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The Ghost gives me a vague smile and shakes his head sadly. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “Don’t want to alarm you, but there’s a golf cart headed in our vague direction,” Daisy said quietly. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z In Homer the underworld is vague, a shadowy place inhabited by shadows. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z She squinted, a vague memory flicking past her as the emperor continued, “We cannot test the stone in the day, in any case.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z I was kind of vague on what it would be, but I could at least see I would need to be like the heroes in my books—brave and knowing more than the next man. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z I had only the vaguest of ideas as to what any of the ma- :hines might have done. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She’d wait a moment, as if to receive some sort of clearance, then she’d bow her head and mumble out a vague word or two. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I admired him in some vague way, but in the end he had to land on my jerk list. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z Bone-boy confides in me that he makes up most of his readings—but he’s vague enough that it all can be interpreted to be true by someone who really wants it to be. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z In some vague way, to abandon the McNab boys would be to abandon something in himself. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z For a moment she sat there on the bed, feeling a vague memory of something else that should be done. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She moved her tail in a vague gesture of recognition, then returned her attention to the gatehouse. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z But one knew of such things only through vague rumors. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z “My father is still purposefully vague about the rules,” Celia says as they walk through the trees. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I was lost in vague musings about how much money I had actually earned last night when I saw Wilem and Simmon approaching. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The vague, secondhand report he would deliver would not likely cause the soldiers to leap into their saddles in pursuit of the two strangers. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z She never offered any opinion or statement, and when a man was talking she gave a vague impression of listening while she went about doing the housework. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z After I came home from the Yo-Yo Ma concert, I told Kim the vaguest of details. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Nevertheless there was a vague understanding that had to be tactfully broken off before I was free. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z She was believed to be forty- seven, although she was often vague about her actual birthdate and may have been three years older. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Riptide had been in his hand, but Percy had had no idea how he’d gotten there, and only the vaguest idea who he was. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The first few years after Samuel came to Salinas Valley there was a vague distrust of him. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The hobbits regretted very much that they knew so little about them: only a rather vague report by Sam of what Gandalf had told the Council. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z When I called Shawn and asked who he’d sold Bud to, he mumbled something vague about a guy passing through from Tooele. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I had a vague memory of the boar plowing down several Greek cities before Hercules managed to subdue it. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z The girl was trembling, her eyes wide and vague» Her hair was matted with blood. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z According to the astrologer for the Post, “a compromise will help ease tension”; useful, perhaps, but somewhat vague. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He had an almost pleasant sense of power in knowing, and he could evaluate actions and expressions, could interpret vague references, could even dip up and reorganize the past. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I say vague things about how we humans painted landscapes sometimes, too, and that I’m painting the world I want to live in: a world of adventure but also of ancient beauty. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Shin had only a vague notion of who the Great Leader and the Dear Leader were. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z “Thank you. I’ll remind you of your promise when that joyful day comes, if it ever does,” returned Jo, accepting the vague but magnificent offer as gratefully as she could. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Night had come quickly, and Cole scanned the dark shadows around him, sensing a vague familiarity. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Alex had seen them before—as vague outlines on his DS. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z My parents have floated a few mental-illness buzzwords, but only in the vaguest way. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z I saw the vague image of a mountain, and a girl standing at the barren peak. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z It avoided publishing most obituaries, never mentioned the rise in crime, and was vague about the spread of the disease. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z I had a vague idea that I had to write to someone to register my find, some official in Washington. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z He rose to his feet at once, while Mrs. Van Hopper, flushed with her success, waved a vague hand in my direction and mumbled my name. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Powell spread his arms outward with a vague smile upon his face and tumbled backward onto the bed. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z He had a vague idea he had heard the name before, but he could not think where. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z If she said something vague like “all over,” a teacher like Mr. Quisling might interpret that as attitude. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z I’m sure the people in Houston didn’t have the vaguest idea what I was talking about, but they didn’t admit that, and said simply that they would pass the information on. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I could see the shield gleaming on his cap but the number was vague. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z If anything happened, only vague whispers followed, and this in itself was unusual at an age when there are many secrets and none of them kept long enough to raise a cream. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He lost himself in a maze of thoughts that were rendered vague by his lack of words to express them. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Then they could sec Uncle Andrew, very vague and shadowy, but getting clearer and more solid-looking all the time, just as if he were coming into focus. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z I could see him, a vague picture but no dialogue. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z It is human nature to shrug off what may seem to us a vague threat of future disaster. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Ophelia had vague ideas about going into medicine one day, and for now she was working as a volunteer for Eye Care. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z A vague tension built in the room as they snuck glances at each other, waiting for the boy to leave. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z There was a movement—everything was vague and distorted through the rippling water—and the door opened. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z However, there are other studies whose conclusions are more vague on this subject. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z I hardly know whether I had slept or not after this musing; at any rate, I started wide awake on hearing a vague murmur, peculiar and lugubrious, which sounded, I thought, just above me. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z I asked my father why we needed them, but he was always a little vague about it. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z With some vague misgiving that she might get upon the table then and there and die at once, the complete realisation of the ghastly waxwork at the Fair, I shrank under her touch. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z The sun was still little more than a vague promise in the eastern sky. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Every year, Alex, June, and Nora fill up the East Room on the first floor with three hundred or so of their friends, vague celebrity acquaintances, former hookups, potential political connections, and otherwise notable twenty-somethings. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z A mouse might have made it, but Lancelot’s eyes grew vague. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z What he had expected to find at the university had been vague and beautiful. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “That sounds vague. Did I show up on the security cams? Did Commander Jameson put you up to this?” Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z If I needed explanations at all, I conjured up vague notions about a war between America and Japan. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z “How was work?” she asked, in the vague, pleasant way that she always asked. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I only have the one vague memory of Ruth from that early part of our lives. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The motel light from down the street cast a vague flashing shadow on her face. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z The letters we exchange are filled with hope and longing and a vague sense of the importance of the mission of the American troops. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z I had a vague memory of how I got there, of trudging back through the bog. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He was still moving in a detached halfdream, not fully aware of anything except a curious vague groping in his mind. The Dark is Rising 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z He had traveled half around the world and his talk was pitted with vague allusions to European cities. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Mom was always vague about how big the land was and where exactly it was, and she refused to consider selling it. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “I’ve got a vague idea. It’s a region where some force applies. Is that it?” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z He had a vague memory of the rough tongue and the warm flanks and the nipple that filled his mouth with sweet flowing power. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Knowing no more of Mencken than I did at that moment, I felt a vague sympathy for him. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He was vague and ambivalent on matters of policy. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z My head began to feel unnaturally light, and the vague rustling sounds from the nearby woods came to me as though muffled and filtered. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Without something immediately in front of him the whole matter seemed vague and unimportant. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z I did remember some vague factory; perhaps I was being sent back there. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Row after row of black Early American benches spread emptily back through the shadows to long, vague windows. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z But I was unsure which commandment my thoughts had broken—Honor thy father and mother, or not coveting thy neighbor’s parents, or even something more vague about being true to your own race and kind. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z There was white in the flesh of his mouth and his cheeks and his hair was white and his eyes had faded, with white in the vague blueness there. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z He had given me a very vague rundown of how to route a path from point A to point B, but it was still overwhelming. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I had some vague feelings, but the only one I could identify was a warning: Leave her alone. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z The journey itself was her positive action, her destination vague, unimagined, perhaps nonexistent. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z Here in Oklahoma people don’t poison each other except with canned green beans that have a vague medicine flavor. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z My first vague, favorable impression that it was not as bad as I had thought it would be came from courtesies of the whites toward the Negro in New Orleans. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z But he would be uneasy anyhow until he had given them something, realizing in a vague way that that was all they came for. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Later, when Moody asked, Pearl always had an excuse that was plausibly vague. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Then too, Bernabe did not know what he wanted to learn; he had no idea where or how to start ... it was all so haphazard and vague. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps because of confusion with discomfort and dismay, it is widely used to indicate uneasiness or vague dissatisfaction. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “I came back full of vague, mad intentions. And when I got here—” The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z The colonel glanced up quickly with a start of vague recognition. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I have a few vague recollections of other people in the community when I was really young. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z A little to the left of the shoe I saw a vague heap of blue cornflowers on a white ground and this made me want to cry. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z She was making her final knots behind me when I felt a vague, featherlike touch on my shoulder, almost insensible through the nahlrout that numbed me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The details were vague, and the majority of the article was hidden behind a paywall. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Jacqui asks with a vague but persistent threat in her condescension. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z These things must have occurred, but the only trace they’ve left on me has been a vague horror of birthday parties, not other people’s, my own. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z When I asked him where he’d been, his explanations were either so vague or so improbable that I stopped asking. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z A typical example was a raid on a bar following a vague tip that someone was gambling. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I feared vague sounds—faint footsteps, mournful sighs, low whispers. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z I glanced around, but it was too dark to see anything beside the vague outline of dark trees crowding the roadside. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z The only thing left was a vague sense of waiting for Hatsue—a fantasy—to return to him. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z I let the pill melt on my tongue into a vague sweetness and waited for it to kick in. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z The descriptions have to be vague, because articulation, besides depending on the instrument, also depends on the style of the music. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z A vague, medicinal stench emanated from her flesh. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z He had not expected fortunetelling to be so vague. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I felt a vague feeling of triumph at having made them use their biggest weapons. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z In a vague way he had expected this to be the end of something. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z There was a new vague doubt stirring in his brain. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I send love to myself for playing that so vague. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z In the beginning, Hitler was vague about the Nazi Party's policies. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z He had a vague memory of his uncle bringing him pills earlier and helping him downstairs to the lavatory, which was hidden behind the panelling in the cellar. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “Oi heard they had some trouble up on Mauthen farm,” I said, keeping my information as vague and inoffensive as possible. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The second shows a bunch of vague, stupid-looking people standing outside a building, and behind them a big sign that says “Illiterates’ Entrance”. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z A vague gesture of his fingers indicated he spoke in broad terms. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z A vague memory started tugging at her—the way Reyna brushed her hair behind her ear, the silver ring she wore with the torch and sword design. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Donovan’s arm swept outward in a vague, grandiose gesture, “You got me!” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Officials periodically descended on the markets and arrested traders under vague laws that criminalize buying and selling. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z There was, of course, a vague uneasiness about it all, but I would be able to handle that when I came to it. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z According to the Daily News's astrologer, you must “demand more of yourself,” an admonition that is also vague but also different. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z But when Crick quizzed Watson about the precise numbers, Watson could provide only vague answers. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z The whole scene quivered vague and mysterious in the green light, then the door closed and the sound muted down. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Chacko marveled at how someone so small and undefined, so vague in her resemblances, could so completely command the attention, the love, the sanity, of a grown man. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He heard vague announcements related to football, homecoming, the Associated Student Body, and other things that didn’t concern him. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Certainly, it feels like I always knew about donations in some vague way, even as early as six or seven. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z I could not understand the words, but only the mood, sorrowful, vague and ethereal, of the singing. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Once again the animals were conscious of a vague uneasiness. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z He knew nothing about Malta, except for some vague story about a Maltese falcon. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Luce remained vague for my benefit, but still persuasive enough for theirs. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He pronounced "incorrect" as though the term described the most heinous crime imaginable, and I stared at him open-mouthed, feeling a vague guilt. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I read once about Rorschach blots, where different people see different things in the same vague images. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z At length he gathered from Sam that they had seen nothing but the vague shadowy shapes coming towards them. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z I made vague assurances, but I could hardly wrap my mind around what was happening at this moment, much less in the future. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z This reproach of my dependence had become a vague sing-song in my ear: very painful and crushing, but only half intelligible. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z I know the statement is vague, but it sounds a lot like something a member of the Collective would say. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “Enjoy your summit with the English delegation,” she tells him flatly, and Alex sends up a vague prayer of thanks for staff NDAs. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z It was when she said this that the vague idea I’d had before became something more substantial. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The letter he had received had been rather vague in its terms, but there was nothing vague about the accompanying cheque. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z He had a vague idea that he would like to return to Sudan someday, to help the people who lived there. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z He made a vague report to Lieutenant Dana: Two suspicious strangers visited his cousin’s farm seeking medical attention. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z More than thirty minutes passed unnoticed as these scraps—memories, judgments, vague resolutions, questions—uncoiled quietly before her, while she barely shifted her position and did not hear the clock strike the quarter hours. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z With a vague sense of foreboding, Mrs. McCullough checked the clock. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z What they share is not a vague Zeitgeist but the social and cultural environment, which must have affected artist and patron alike to some degree. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z About halfway back, the house came into view, rather vague in the dim light. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z The "other endeavor" sounded vague, so Dasch asked what kind of work he would be doing in the foreign office. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z He had been keeping her separate from Chandresh and the circus, both to have something of his own and because it seemed appropriate, especially given his instructor’s vague advice about the matter. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z To be fair, it should be mentioned that the University had a vague contempt for Imre’s populace, too, viewing them as self-indulgent and decadent. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She made a vague gesture to the west, indicating, Lazlo supposed, the whole rest of the world. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z |
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