After a very short rest they went on again. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Jenna tries very hard not to pry on the bus after school. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Then—almost before I noticed it—the footsteps stopped, very near my back. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“My calling, my mission, my motivation and my very existence, is to create trades. This for that! Reciprocity!” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Really she wanted very much to taste it and tell him how good it was. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was very little blood and even fewer blisters, as both require skin and Luke didn’t have much. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She was very quiet, though she nodded a couple of times. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

"Go get the flower. Save Manhattan. It's really very simple." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“I’ve studied a floor plan of the house, remember. If we let you go off wandering by yourself we’d very likely never find you again.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

He entered, looking deadly serious, and was followed by a second, very odd-looking man. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

You might expect a creature under attack to run for her life, or to defend herself, or at the very least to scream. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“All good things. He’s been very worried that you don’t like him.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

To the civil enquiries which then poured in, and amongst which she had the pleasure of distinguishing the much superior solicitude of Mr. Bingley’s, she could not make a very favourable answer. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

People probably couldn’t see Mrs. O'Leary, or maybe they thought she was a large, loud, very friendly truck. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The very idea is like a blur to me. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

It's come from the left, so I can't pick it up very well. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

There were blue jays, which are very quarrelsome birds, and black-and- white peckers that pecked holes in the yucca stalks and the poles of my roof, even in the whale bones of the fence. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Come on, Harry!” said Hermione’s voice from a very long way away. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“There may very well be feral giraffes and feral hippos living in Tokyo and a polar bear living freely in Calcutta. We just don’t believe there was a tiger living in your lifeboat.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

A very fat woman came to the door. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

If the movement of the object is a fast, regular vibration, then the sound waves are also very regular. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

“Look. Let's go some place and have beer instead of tea. It’s very good for young Catherine. It keeps her small.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

This was exciting because I was very hungry. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

We wanted very much to win, both for ourselves and, more especially, for Mr. Galanter, for we had all come to like his fist-thumping sincerity. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He himself once ran a wholesale shop on this very row, long before all of it became Korean in the 1980s. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If the Abyssal Serpent sees you as worthy of its attention, that speaks very well of you. It means there’s much more to you than meets the eye.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“You certainly look very well and young, Mrs. Hathaway!” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The Grand Princess was widowed and alone with her very young son, the future tsar,” Misha continued. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Then you walk very briskly back to the motel, with your hands over your balls, and hope this guy doesn’t spot you.” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, she does, but even if she didn’t, you know it’s wrong to steal a candy bar, right? But maybe this person has a lot of magic and is very convincing. ‘ Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I linger near my carriage at the very tail of the procession, wanting a moment to myself. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t mean — I just forgot. “Oh yes, very easy to forget Myrtle’s dead,” said Myrtle, gulping, looking at him out of swollen eyes. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He clasped his knees very tightly with his arms, and his young face was sullen. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Actually, I found the amount of attention that I was getting to be very off-putting. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

“Well, really, I’m not. At least not very. But I have a friend who likes them, so when I see one I pick it up.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

From his spot on the floor, Ivan said, “We didn’t think it out very well.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

When she saw who it was, she approached me and said, “Dear sir, you are very kind to visit me; you, I hope, do not believe that I am guilty?” Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But he was very upset when I saw him last. And of all of us, I think you’re on the best terms with him at the moment.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The beach wasn’t very far, but we’d get there sooner that way. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

No other players joined in the protest, because most were guilty of doing the very thing Fischer was opposing. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Ash heard her speak the words, but it was as though she heard them very distantly, for the dress was still pulling on her, tugging her mind’s eye back to Sidhean. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

That very evening, Tommy and Ruth got back together again, and I remember Ruth finding me a few days later to thank me for “sorting it all out so well.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Both were very hungry and they stopped talking in order to concentrate on the slippery wet food. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We allowed unnecessary room. Ten couple may stand here very well.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

In Karhide king and kyorremy have a good deal of control over what people do, but very little over what they hear, and none over what they say. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

The pain of the injection was very, very bad. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was only very slowly that the first won out over the second in the claim to the definite article. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

He’d meant it as a compliment, but his words ruined the spell of the dance for her, ruined its very memory. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, even if they don’t,” Harry answered, “I’m sure the Bellinis will do very well. They’re famous now too.” The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

There is a very firm, consistent basis for the concept of limits. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“It must have been a very bad song.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

So I told him about Gram and about how Gramps had to stay with her and about how I had driven from Coeur d’Alene very carefully. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

It was a very beautiful house but looked just as uninviting as the iron gate. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

If I am very lucky—I mean if I am clever about it—I will get myself shot. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“I’m not joking. I think in a little time, very soon maybe, we might be coming into some money.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

He would be very careful, and more dangerous than ever before. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I brush the suggestion away with a very Maria Büchner-style wave of the hand. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He seemed like someone who was very comfortable in the woods. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

He was curly haired, about thirty, and looked very much like Bunny in the face. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“You have all done very well this morning,” she said. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

“Suddenly you’re very smug,” Mrs. Levy said in a voice that bordered on hysteria. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Everything got very quiet. There was two hundred dollars in it, and all of Bunny’s ID. The policeman who’d found it said, ‘I think we’d better contact this boy’s family.’ The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He sat on his horse among the cattle looking very calm. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’d been forever, plus Dad made it very clear that they were supposed to look out for each other. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

A very handsome man of thirty odd with a big fair moustache. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

The country is excellent and very rich in gold and copper. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

I don’t understand why they are looking at me as if I am a strange animal, when in reality, we look very much the same. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tells funny jokes and has a very witty way about him. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“You’ve applied to UCLA, Stanford, Berkeley, the University of Florida, the University of Buenos Aires, Northern Caribbean University, and the National University of Singapore. This is a very diverse list, but what happened to NYU?” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“It may be so. But I could not rid myself of the impression that evil had passed me by very close.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Part of the problem is simply that fungi are very difficult to observe. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Here is a situation where the stakes were high, where things were moving quickly, and where the participants had to make sense of a lot of new and confusing information in a very short time. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

The squirrels would be collecting them all very soon, Miss Honey said, and storing them away carefully for the bleak months ahead. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

Hugo and Isabelle watched, wide-eyed in wonder, as very cautiously the man’s miniature hand began to move. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

It's working, I thought, perhaps it's working very well. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tea was very hot, so we could not gulp it down. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Fruit was very rare in the kingdom of the goblins. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

The mood is very different from last year’s, when the Gamemakers were half drunk and distractedly picking at tidbits from the banquet table. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then he said, “You were right. And I was wrong. And now you must help me see what must be done. Help us to see. I become . . . very tired.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

So you headed toward the door without checking your own bag, which I found very interesting. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

It calls on that very minor power we can have over each other, that exercise of influence and duty which we know from our families, our fathers. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s supposed to be two single-file lines, but Mr. Garfield is never very good at insisting, and we take full advantage. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Likewise, if his landing is very bumpy, then, by chance alone, his next one will likely be better. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Auntie Seema's apartment is the very top one, my mother told me. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

If Tommy had genuinely tried, she was saying, but he just couldn’t be very creative, then that was quite all right, he wasn’t to worry about it. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Bull’s eyes followed the plane, he had an old feeling come over him and he knew he wanted to climb into a jet very soon. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She laid her hand on mine and said very gravely:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Mark nodded, though he doubted the man could see him very well. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

This works a little bit like the waves in tubes, above, but the waves produced on membranes, though very interesting, are too complex to be discussed here. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Arthur looked on, very pale but silent; when the lid was removed he stepped forward. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

He was in the very sea-roads of those white barbaric folk. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Only his eyes moved; they were very pale, the color of ice. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“It is very odd that you say so, Miss Lumley. Very odd. For that has crossed my mind as well.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

“It was easy to see how he got commissions. His very bearing and looks were half the battle. He had only to assert the most commonplace thing and it sounded important and convincing.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The elders agreed that this was a very good way of choosing a new chief, although they doubted if anybody would be brave enough to try to capture that great snake. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

“Fresh from the farm and very healthy, as you can see.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Not to brag, but I suspect some of us will be going home very soon.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

There had been a time when we, too, had benefited—those days seemed very remote now, almost belonging to another life—but we had lost more than we had gained or could ever regain. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

My face was flushed, but something inside of me had gone very cold. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

It certainly didn’t look worth eating, and he was so very hungry. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was very silent, nor would he mindspeak with me much. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Feeling that way, why did you go back? You must have had some very strong reason.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I realized that might not be a very bright thing to say even to Rufus. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Anya knew she couldn’t do what she needed to do without supplies—extra clothes, at the very least—but she didn’t want anyone to see her. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

It was very high, and I was too scared to even try. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

But underneath the rouge and the eye shadow and the fake eyelashes, she looked very familiar. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

“I can see that. I can see why someone would want to avoid being with other people. A great number of them are not very nice to me...and, well...” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Most of the rabbits had very little idea of what was happening. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

By his own description he was “very local” and took great pride in never having ventured too far from Monroeville. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

And here I was now, twenty-nine years old, sitting in the very same apartment where I'd watched all that TV and consumed all those meals dished up by the patient and selfless Marian Robinson. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“Harry,” he said, very seriously, “whoever put your name in that goblet — I — I reckon they’re trying to do you in!” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Laura is very thankful that you returned her wallet. She is impressed by your kindness and civility.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

The average teenager was willing to wear very uncomfortable attire. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Which I suppose was a very great gift, in a way. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Even though it was very late in the process, I was hoping that we might win a stay when I saw some of the compelling issues in Herbert's case. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I had no interest in visit-ing the dungeon, thank you very much. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

I probably didn’t do a very good job. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Thomas had seen glimpses of it during the Changing, but didn’t truly remember it until that very moment. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“Fine, thank you,” said Mr. Poe, but he looked very sad. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

Composers at the very cutting-edge of change are rarely the ones whose music lasts longest. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

When Caius spoke again, his voice was very quiet, as if he were afraid one of his fellows would hear him. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Briony, who in any case would not have left her sister undefended, lowered her head and said to the tablecloth, “I’m very sorry. I wish I hadn’t said it.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Not for the first time, Alex felt very small and very young. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

On those nights it would take a very long time for Nate to fall back to sleep. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

Art is five years older than Joel and, on first impression, a very different sort of character. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“Right!” said Hermione, red patches blazing in her cheeks as she pulled a very old piece of newsprint out of her pocket and slammed it down on the table in front of Harry. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He spoke very quietly to the child’s wide eyes. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

But the earplugs didn’t work very well, so I would watch old movies instead, with the volume turned way up. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He shivered and shuddered and she tucked him into herself, though she was a very small girl. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

He would yield very soon, because he needed to know that his theory was right. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

LINK: I haven't known about the Jewish thing for very...I mean, it's a lot of change really fast. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

She was taller and thinner, and she looked very adult in her slim, black dress. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My pilot had a stupid navigator and I had a mindless pilot.... By her fifth sortie, Dina felt very tired and kept falling asleep.” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

“I am sure you make a very good job of it.” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

“People who opened their big mouths didn’t live very long,” Sinita said. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pa was very tired and his hands ached so that he could not drive very well, but the horses knew the way home. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

He might look the same to outsiders—the very image of a powerful Chief of Security—but Mother knew otherwise. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

And then the monk did something very frightening indeed. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Even though Mom said it was “very rude,” I put my headphones on for the train ride. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

He was staring into my eyes and had a very contented, almost half-smiling expression. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Too bad,” she said, deliberately not sounding very sorry at all. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

As this method was clumsy, , Euergetes—very possibly at the advice of his new librarian— proposed a simpler four-year cycle with three years consisting of 365 days each, plus a leap year of 366 days. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

I was very glad I hadn’t written anything. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

“That was a very big one. Don’t you worry, darling. You go away. Go have another breakfast.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

The line between their bodies and ours, between their deaths and ours, is not very sharp. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“It was my aunt’s place. She’s dead, I think. We...we weren’t very close.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

It might be a very long time before I return South. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

But by the time they get there, Sien has given birth to a “very nice little boy,” and mother and baby are recovering. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Eight or nine other people were scattered around the summit, including one youngish, rather pudgy man on his own in a very new and expensive-looking windcheater. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Then everyone got very silent and Trademaster asked, ‘Trade away what?’ Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

The really frightening thing about Olaf, she realized, was that he was very smart after all. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

A plan that will require the entire pack to rescue one very important bird. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“How kind you all are! Mother will accept, I’m sure, and it will be such a relief to know that she has someone to take care of her. Thank you very, very much!” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although both men, one hefty and yet almost cherubic looking, and the other very tall and lanky, seemed vaguely familiar, Linda recognized neither. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Salvador grabbed Lupita by the wrist and pulled her out of the anteroom to the very edge of the dance floor. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

After all, in the very casualness of Gatsby's party there were romantic possibilities totally absent from her world. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

She always gave them each a cookie when they left, and they nibbled the cookies very slowly while they walked home. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

The distinction between two very different types of inference, between vestiges and analogies, is still important for Locke. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Ravi, Piscine, I have a very important lesson for you today.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Surrounding the uranium would be a tamper—a shield of very dense metal. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The likelihood of punishment was so low—this was the heyday of a liberal justice system and the criminals’ rights movement—that it simply didn’t cost very much to commit a crime. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Now, normally I am very shy, but Nothing seemed like the kind of guy you could just walk up to at a football game even though you were three years younger and not popular. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Clara, who from the very start had objected to the idea of marrying Blanca off against her will, decided not to attend the party. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She lived in a cheap basement flat on the fringes of a very refined neighborhood and studied her betters. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I chew it and swallow my saliva, then I put it away and then chew it again. It lasts a very long time this way.” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

The room was very still, when the clear voice failed suddenly at the last line of Beth’s favorite hymn. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would be very appreciated, the white woman said. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

She was very small and Harrenhal was very large, full of places where a mouse could hide. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

They were big and shy and embarrassed and very appreciative together of anything that happened. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

It is very apparent that, no, I did not use the frizz tamer that Tía bought me. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“What?” said Ron loudly, looking around into the pitch-dark, and gripping Harry’s elbow very hard. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Everybody looked to see the big red chunk from the very center of the melon, free of rind and sparse of seed, which had rolled a little distance from Blue’s feet. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

The mistake we make in thinking of character as something unified and all-encompassing is very similar to a kind of blind spot in the way we process information. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried very hard to be good that year. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

The two calendars drifted with respect to each other, making it very difficult to predict when a holiday was due. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

I will make it so that at the very tip of my dagger will be Dray’s blood. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

But once we went to the same school, I learned a very important lesson: Samira was far more valuable to me than my parents. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

The reputation of the school was at stake, he told us, and he was very, very, very confident that we would not let Camillo Junior High down. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Then Richard adds in a lower voice, “Like a kid eating ice cream for the very first time.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Poor James, on the other hand, was still very much alive, and all at once he found himself alone and frightened in a vast unfriendly world. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

Franklin D. Roosevelt was hanging the Congressional Medal of Honor around my neck, saying, “Without regard for her personal safety, she entered the very stronghold of the foe.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

None of them looked like very good places to play. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The last thing I needed to hear that day was the story of my sister’s life, in which I, her twin, was allowed a very minor role. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Got it,” Seven said, and in that very moment, her robes began to shift. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

I emerged from the operation a very different little boy. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

“Miss Eliott is a very sweet girl, and seemed to enjoy herself, I thought,” observed Beth, with unusual warmth. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

They display lipopolysaccharide endotoxin in their walls, and these macromolecules are read by our tissues as the very worst of bad news. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I drove very slowly, though, not wanting to carve a path of destruction through Main Street. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Slim came directly to George and sat down beside him, sat very close to him. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her final humiliation and the triumph of the Aryan hero Parsifal were not very subtly concealed metaphors for what Wagner wanted to happen to German culture. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

The university had an interest in finding and nurturing promising “nontraditional” students, but it set very high standards as to who was sufficiently promising. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The old lady stirred hers with a spoon, her eyes very far and distant. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

In a way, the Morrows were among my very first teachers. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

She had come to town very shortly after he and Deborah were married, and she took a job as serving-girl with the same white family for which he worked. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

I was very pleased with it, but nobody told me whether I had won or not. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“I’m very sorry about your daughter. Another of my sexers lost a child once, and he didn’t wreck my car. You won’t be returning to work in my hatchery.” Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

And finally he had sighed and said very softly, “But Security is another kind of octopus.” The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was looking very much like the unstrung self who had picked me up from the airport. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly his world was very small and very simple: a brick wall behind him, a row of scowling faces in front of him. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I can’t wait till I get my very own bicycle next month. Father’s is too big for me. I fell,” she explained matter- of-factly. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

I am a very adaptable kind of person. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

At that place it meandered among low hills, so that we never had a clear view for very far. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

His own voice sounded queer.'It was very, very silly to go up there at all, Charles. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

“Uh, well . .. birthdays have never been a very big thing around our house,” he stammered. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Since I was very young, maybe six or seven, I have wanted to be a football player. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

It was a neighborhood that had degenerated from Victorian to nothing in particular, a block that had moved into the twentieth century carelessly and uncaringly—and with very limited funds. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Father suddenly remembered he needed to stomp off and do some very important thing or another, and to make a long story short, they didn’t stay for dinner. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Billywig’s wings are attached to the top of its head and are rotated very fast so that it spins as it flies. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was pleasant and comfortable sitting there and nothing mattered very much. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The sun grew very white and warm in the clear, azure sky. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was very humiliating to me, but I couldn’t control myself. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kingshaw was used to lacking any confidence in himself, to knowing that he could do nothing very well. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

We lived in a very small apartment complex, so Uncle Joe, my younger brothers, and I all slept in the living room. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

"Oh, I'll be all right and everything! It's right near the outside. And it's a very tiny one. They can take it out in about two minutes." The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

He rummaged around in his trunk and pulled out a very battered-looking wand. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

At the very being of who he is! A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

She was glad of that; on the very night they arrived, fighting broke out between the sellswords and some Lannister men. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

This method is based on the slow decay of radioactive carbon 14, a very minor component of carbon, the ubiquitous building block of life, into the nonradioactive isotope nitrogen 14. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly another voice spoke, low and melodious, its very sound an enchantment. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Saturday afternoon, April 28 The capital Honorable Rector, Professors, Fellow Qassmates, Friends, Family, I'm really very touched from the bottom of my heart— Minerva shakes her head. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’ve never seen them, but they’re bright—bright as a hundred fires! You must be very careful crossing the border, though. Don’t get out of the boat. The ground is full of land mines.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s really a very pleasant city,” said Alec as he strolled down the street, pointing out several of the sights, which didn’t seem to be there, and tipping his cap to the passers-by. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was flat now, bandaged, and very sore. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Pet was very clearly here, but those who didn’t see or believe in it, all those families who were still living their normal, monsterless lives, they were the majority. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Frank stood very still, sizing up the goddess. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“The superbomb can be designed to be either relatively clean or very dirty,” Lapp wrote. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“I think about that very last breath. Sucking for air. Pulling and pulling and getting nothing. I think about my chest muscles ripping and burning, absolutely useless. No air. No nothing. Just black.” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Why, at this very moment, Walter is probably going for help. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

As a result, they’ve secured block after block with very few casualties. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“THE WATCHDOG,” shouted another, fainting from fright, for racing down the road barking furiously and kicking up a great cloud of dust was the very dog of whom they had been speaking. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

And Dukakis, by the very way he looked and acted, embodied every bad stereotype of a liberal—brooding, clenched, frowning, swarthy, hairy, a man who came across as one gigantic, furrowed eyebrow. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The state stopped him there; and stopped Cullivan, too, when he said, “During the time I knew him in the Army, Perry was a very likable fellow.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Afterward, Zeus realized his master bolt was missing, taken from the throne room under his very nose. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

They had been left stranded in the forest—this very forest—when one day a herd of long-horned goats wandered into their camp. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

It could snow in May or be very hot or both in the same day. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

A herd that size could eat all the grass on a large prairie very quickly. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

“I know that very much. I was meaning to fix them too.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s very sad that you’ve got to go home. I never enjoyed an afternoon so much—did you?” Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

"But the ones I gave you last week are very strong." The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

He wants to study government and be a Minister of Justice in a very different Africa from this one. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, all in all, I suppose I have been very fortunate, I would be the first to admit that. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

The last thing she wanted to do—the very last thing—was push him out a door where she couldn’t follow. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Axelroot even got himself a little medal of honor for heroic service, which he is very vain of and keeps in a special box in the bedroom. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I became very aware of my body and how I was feeling. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Because Broadway tells me one thing, but Reddit tells me something very different. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

I ran over to where Sal was lying very still with his arm tucked underneath him in a way that was not right. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

The most risky and unpleasant adventure outside my home when I was very young was to go grocery shopping where a white man, Mr. Waylans, owned the store. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It is a very readable and entertaining book, which predicts a certain Southern victory. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

How they happened to go to the Salinas Valley is very easy to understand. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I did not have a family, not really, and the army seemed to be then a very strange place. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Gus moved to New York City to be an actor, because he was very talented. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

The girls complained of being tired from walking so much, and I was very tired too. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But he’s a very good boy, and he’s a good worker. He cleans the animal cages at the research lab. He will be like a brother to you.” Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

When some other kids come toward us, he gets this look on his face, very cool, very into his own head. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pretty ladies kept robins and sparrows for pets, or tried very hard to teach their magpies to talk. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No! Fidencio knows very well what is wrong. If you must do something, pray.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

They were both very proud of the fact, of how well they knew the family. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Probably not a hundred, but figure for that anyway, figure that with him going very slowly, at a nice stroll, it might take as much as thirty seconds, forty seconds to walk all the way. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t try to lie about it. You’re a very good liar, but I know all about it. I know all about you.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He was very glad they had Hagrid and his crossbow with them. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

I walked home sobbing in my cap and gown and caught a Greyhound bus for New York the very next day. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

It totally causes a spike in my heart rate, but since old habits apparently die very hard, despite the fact that my pillow is drenched in tears, I reply, “I’m fine!” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

After a while they brought out the wheeled stretcher and took it very rapidly down the hallway to the elevator. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

She was very tired, and fresh blisters had appeared on both her feet, including a matched set upon her pinky toes. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It had on it: Bernice meet me at recess I have something very very important to tell you. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

I went to the door very softly, not to disturb Catherine, and opened it. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

They were all very young or very old, or they were women, like Mama, who were small compared to the Varangian. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

A very small man wearing a black robe entered and moved swiftly toward the massive desk. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Must have squeezed it too hard. Did the same thing at Colonel Fubster’s the other day. No need to fuss, Petunia, I have a very firm grip...” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

The trio journeyed on, the pattern of the next few days being very much the same, free of incident or excitement. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I flipped on my laptop and started doing searches on Ashley’s “parents,” but that got me very little. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

It is very common for longer repeated sections of music to be repeated exactly until the last few measures. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

The sun was very high in the sky. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

The yeshiva team was very quiet and the rabbi had begun to chew his lip. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

A hyena came very close to us, but hyenas are easy to run off—at least if you’re an adult. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t mind it very much, but every day, the family’s fear grew that the people of the kingdom would soon notice and turn their backs on the prince. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Mr. Gonzalez said in what was, for him, a very sharp tone. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

By dawn the fire had burned itself out, but none of them slept very well that night. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

But later, he remembered the moth-like whiteness of the very old skin. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

"On my very own feet. They work just fine." Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Byron was very right about some thing? too. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He got this very serious look on his face after I told him, and he said something to me I don’t think I will forget this semester or ever. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Millie and I had a very long, very frank conversation yesterday. I’ve made it abundantly clear what steps I will take if this bullying continues.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Emma reported to Aunt Jessie, “It is a great advantage to have the power of expressing affection and I am sure he will make his children very fond of him.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, Dasch was about to be treated as a very important person. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

“This was in a very small but distinct writing,” he said, “it was in ink, and consisted mainly of mathematical derivations.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She love them very much, how carefree and crazy they are. Me too.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

To my amazement, he spoke, very faintly, and the first thing he said was: “You played the piano.” Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Or worse: I had a very good idea of what they would do to me. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

She had never gone out in the town very much, but now she developed a reluctance to go out at all. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Let’s forget about Mrs. Danvers,” he said; “she doesn’t interest me very much, I’m afraid. Come along, and let me show you something of Manderley.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

We had a little joke among ourselves that he was such a drunk, his child’s very first spoken word was “alcohol.” How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Blowing smoke was . . . another shell very close shook the ground, shook his vision. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The harder he worked, the deeper C.P. sank into the very rut that had swallowed his father, even as he watched the less talented and shiftless children of the wealthy prosper. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Similarly, unless your poll sample is randomly selected and not self-selected, the poll results usually mean very little. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My father was not a very caring father. And he was an even worse husband.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

It has a mournful harping note sometimes, and the very persistence of it, that eternal roll and thunder and hiss, plays a jagged tune upon the nerves. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

From that distance it looked very interesting and its sparkling rays of light seemed to beckon him. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

So by the time I walked back up Citrus Court to the front door of our house, I was very happy. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

They went outside and stood by the door, facing the gray and white sea that was so very silent, rolling into die shallows, its spume blown off into the wind. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

“They said it’s for boys. Or very adventurous girls.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“But we would be very happy to have you.” X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or he might be in the very middle of the maze. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The innkeeper was, very pointedly, not looking in our direction. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Haven’t heard of a Spackle attack for a very long time,” he says. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Mr Hooper switched off the engine of the car and it was very quiet, suddenly. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

“I was just a person making very nice spiritual advancement.” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

‘You were very fond of Bilbo were you not?’ he asked. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

‘As I am saying,’ the Giant went on, ‘all human beans is having different flavours. Human beans from Panama is tasting very strong of hats.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, the very one. It was not easy to keep our glamours up for so many years, but it feels good to be free of them, at least for a little while.” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps you will come to it. We are all very fond of hunting in this part of the world.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

A dog that tries to make itself pleasant to a cat may very well get scratched for its pains. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t have to think about the answer for very long. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Where there is no likeness of experience it’s very difficult. I understand you were not born in America.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

A very light dry snow blew like white dust on the highway, and the evening was coming earlier now, I thought. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had very little respect for most people who represented religion. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

While I was a fair amateur boxer, I had very little knowledge of even the rudiments of combat. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s still very hot, isn’t it?” he said. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

It would be very weird not be friends with the guy who saved your life, don’t you think? Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Chief Heiserman made it a point to speak to the truant officer, who assured him that Cal not only had no record for playing hooky but actually was a very good student. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Always, even though it might be very late, he could count on Celia’s return.When he woke in the night, her snores in the next room made him feel safe. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Only a very foolish commander would take such a vessel that far from his home fleet." Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I tell to Anatoli, ‘Please, you go up, Scott is very sick, he cannot walk.’ Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Colonel Fitzwilliam seemed really glad to see them; anything was a welcome relief to him at Rosings; and Mrs. Collins’s pretty friend had moreover caught his fancy very much. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

Supposedly this Devil One person was going to get one million dollars from the United States to pay soldiers to do that, go against the very person they all just elected. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had found a very different kind of fly. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A lot of inventions ... dangerous ones. If my mother wants me to use this plan, she must think things are very bad.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“And I believe that ship, in basin number nine, the very big one, is ours.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

A large daisy was stuck into his shirt pocket, and a purple bow tie with very thin white stripes lay against his throat. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

You need to know that I've studied your case very closely. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“She’s a very good student—way ahead, even though she missed the first nine weeks.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

To this very day, people look forward to dying and coming to Snowberger’s for their laying out. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

When I showed the envelope to the deputy at the desk, he didn’t seem very impressed. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Besides, she had an idea which seemed to promise very well. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now that he had seen and heard the man himself, that struck him as a very bad idea. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It’s very hot in here. 11TH JUROR: Do you want some water? 9TH juror: NO, thanks. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The line of his hair was very black against the white of his forehead. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Then he inscribed across the bottom of the picture, in purple ink, a very special message. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

The streets were leading downward, and before very long they opened out onto a broad avenue where more palm trees reached high into the air, the underside of their leaves glowing in the streetlights. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It seems very strange for these two people to die on the same day at the same hospital,” said Mitsuru Miyake, the editor of a sumo magazine. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Back at the Night Zoo, she’d seen a monster, a beast filled with rage, but she saw something very different now. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

It was so very fast: the first blanch of shock, when he thought she was Isagol, and the second, when he realized she wasn’t. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The king’s apartments were buried in the very heart of the pyramid, on the sixteenth and seventeenth levels. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Has it ever occurred to you, Winston, that by the year 2050, at the very latest, not a single human being will be alive who could understand such a conversation as we are having now?” 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The skin of the peach was very beautiful—a rich buttery yellow with patches of brilliant pink and red. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Jonas,” The Giver told him, “I know that you read your training instructions very carefully. Don’t you remember that you are allowed to ask anyone anything?” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Irwin was a very hard man to refuse, and Smith had few choices. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kote straightened up so that he was no longer leaning over the unconscious man and wiped the blood away as best he could, which wasn’t very well, as his hands were covered in blood themselves. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Sister Ailan had given her these supplies for this very reason, but Taisin had never actually believed she would need them. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, if it was a very important rule—unlike the one governing the age for bicycles—it would have to go, eventually, to The Receiver for a decision. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

They seemed very dark against the pallor of his face. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s a drawing of a pipe. Get it? All representations of a thing are inherently abstract. It’s very clever.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

She grasped one of his ears very tight with her little hand. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Ben carried a basket into the school bus that was very heavy although he could not see the cargo since it was covered with a layer of Spanish moss. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Needless to say, very little of this was understood in 1910 or for many years afterward. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

So they watched very carefully, but he never made a mistake. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two tables at the very back of the room were reserved, mainly for kitchen workers. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Who very clearly draws a line through the boy’s name on her clipboard. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“You may think you’re very smart. You may think your perfect grades earn you some sort of special treatment. You may even think you have fans at this school, what with all this nonsense.” Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

It was getting very wet with his slobber. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

At this the King trembled very much, opened and shut his visor several times, coughed, wove his reins into a knot, exclaimed, “I beg your pardon?” and showed signs of cantering away. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But it is going very, very slowly. Sometime I try to cry and laugh like other people, just to see if it feels like anything. Yet tears don’t come. Laughter doesn’t come.” Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

By the way, guess what I'm eating at this very moment. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

My breathing won’t fall into a comfortable rhythm, my hips have an unfamiliar ache to them, and my arms feel very heavy. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

“When we go to college, we’re not going to live in a dormitory. We’re going to live on the very top floor of a tall apartment building. I’ll be in graduate school.” Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I would have to come up with some reasonable explanation very soon, for the theatre was rapidly emptying out. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

In the fashion of the very Orthodox, their hair was closely cropped, except for the area near their ears from which mushroomed the untouched hair that tumbled down into the long side curls. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He looked very tired and sad, and even though his hair was still black and shiny it was thin and short. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How about your friend ReelTok? He isn’t very nice, but you have to admit that, when it comes to getting the word out, he’s the expert.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

And their sparkles caught the attention of some very curious creatures. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

They thought it was a very good piece for the cricket to learn because they had heard it first at night, and also because Chester was quite a little person himself. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

So he waits, very still, while Frank rocks back and forth. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“That’s a very good wheeze, my dear Sponge. But let’s make him finish chopping up the wood first. Be off with you at once, you hideous brat, and do some work!” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

But she had never really been able to make him out, not since he'd come here, he was very close. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

At night before I went to sleep, I thought about what Dr. von Braun might be doing at that very moment down at the Cape. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He was fifteen again, and his mother was dying, and she was trying to tell him something very important, and he couldn’t understand her. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

It could be very dangerous, he was told, and they needed as many cops and soldiers as possible. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

When she started to cry, I felt very nervous and was racking my brain for some sort of reaction, some wise word, some supportive, comforting gesture. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Hilly spots her, but doesn’t move either, just smiles very slightly. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I told him the name of my village, and he was very surprised. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I want to tell you that I think you are a very good singer and guitar player.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

It sounds like it might have been a lot of fun, but I don't think you really understand these kind of people very well. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Now, we have something very exciting to discuss.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He’s suddenly very aware they’ve never spoken on the phone before, and so he’s never had to figure out how to hang up the phone with Henry before. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

There was an old man in the front yard, very old and thin and weak; he hobbled forward, glaring with feeble, toothless rage. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the rest of the morning it was very difficult to work. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I liked our little rented house, but Lynn always told me I would love our very own house. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

He seemed not to have noticed anything amiss, but very casually he reached out his hand and covered Hannah’s worn fingers with his own. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

He needed some of his appetites filled, some posture of adulthood recognized, but mosdy he wanted someone to care about his hurt, to care very deeply. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Round the very edge of the island, so that the water lapped against the stone, ran high walls strengthened with so many towers that he soon gave up trying to count them. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Most importantly, the conversation at Jefferson’s quarters was merely one part of an ongoing and larger conversation in which the very survival and subsequent shape of the American republic seemed at stake. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“I am very capable,” she responded before walking back to her own tent. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

This whole question is very akin to the question that has caused much debate in our profession over the years: what is a 'great' butler? The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

She nodded slightly, and very gently, considering the size of the man, he gave her a dipper of water. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

We ran forward to the downed animal, a very large grayish sow sprawled on her side across the dirt road. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

It bobbed in the water and wavered in the pre-dawn light, then disappeared before my very eyes. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Could these be the very men who had started out so confidently? Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was surprising, because they had been very enthusiastic about previous movements. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think he recognised my thought in my eyes, for he said very quietly, manifestly for the ears of the attendant:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

"He is brave, but that is very different." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Zero and infinity were at the very center of the Renaissance. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

They don’t look very good, but the boy hasn’t eaten, and hasn’t slept, in more than a day. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

That’s what his mother used to tell him when he was very little and had bad dreams. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

This year was beginning to feel either like something was very right or very wrong—it was hard to tell which. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s very blurry, but it looks like a wooden horse.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

The letter was very short, and looked as though it had been scrawled in a great hurry. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

His hand turned cold, not smooth, not waxy, just very, very cold. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

That robin got so tame he would come and take crumbs from my bed, because I left the window open, even when it was very cold. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

"Three seats for my wife and me, and her very drunk sister," he tells the man. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Nevertheless, his deceptions always succeeded to his heart’s desire, since he knew this aspect of the world very well. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

For although I was a very good student, I was also a very bad student. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Polgars, thinking of everything, had taken a chance on their way across the border and asked the guards that very question. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“All right. In that case, here’s what you do. This is a very old, very secret method, from my people.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then, after an interval, she did reply to Zooey’s question, but not very audibly. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

My grandmother looked very much like my mom, and I could also see where Mom got her strength. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

If the crew did not reach one of the islands, their chances of survival were very small. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

He’d gotten very good at borrowing, much better than I had. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Here we have two very brilliant young students, each of whom runs into a problem that imperils his college career. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“It’s not a very ambitious goal, but any club membership might make you look better to the Excelsior judges.” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

All in all, being God’s sole and abandoned emissary to Kilanga was keeping Our Father very busy. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Oh! it will be very fine; all my best of everything—crystal, silver and gold, Sèvres, flowers, music, and champagne to swim in. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z

“You mean Brooke Vega of Bikini? Brooke Vega who was on the cover of Spin magazine last month? Here in this very hospital?” If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He is very imposing, my father, with broad shoulders and unusually large hands. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fischer arrived eight minutes late, looking very pale, and the two men shook hands. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Whatever this was, it had been Ruth May’s project for a very long time. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It involves people making very sophisticated decisions on the spur of the moment, without the benefit of any kind of script or plot. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I’m sorry that my attempt at a new beginning turned out to be the very worst kind of ending. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

She looked up doubtfully at Baachan, who was looking very, very disturbed. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I felt very comfortable just then, and it occurred to me that it wouldn’t be a bad life, owning a place like this. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He distrusted her exotic appearance and was convinced that if she wore her hair like other women and wiped the makeup off her eyes she would look like a very thin, greenish rat. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since this allegation falls very directly into my own realm, I am able to refute it with absolute authority. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

I narrowed my eyes back at her, but the dark thing was still on my chest and it was very hard for me to breathe. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

He would never be able to depict the very bleakness of bombing hungry people. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Kate glanced around to be sure they couldn’t be seen, but Mr. Curtain had placed the entrance very carefully. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“They don’t live. Not exactly. It’s all very vague. I really don’t know.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

He felt as if he were floating on that light, or drifting in a boat on very quiet waters. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s still a god. And his girlfriend is very temperamental.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I run my fingers along the ruby-red interior and discover a hidden drawer at the very bottom. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

At the very sight of the team at the edge of the stadium, hun-dreds ot elementary school kids started squealing in delight. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He came over to me and gave me these two playful as hell slaps on both cheeks--which is something that can be very annoying. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“I felt very grand walking about with my LL.D. in his silk gown.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was right about the time Tim Huber broke up with me, too, so smiling wasn’t something I did very often. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Even though it was so close to London, it was quiet, very rural, at the edge of the earth. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sat holding his glass, and she said, “Drink it. It’s very good rum.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

That was all very well, Grandmother said, but everyone knew the wife’s spirit wouldn’t be satisfied. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your father loves you very much, Mary Anne. He brags about how smart you are to everyone he knows.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He turned and walked very carefully to the sink. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

But she was very thirsty and managed to drink it all and felt better when she had finished. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Finally, after what feels like a very long day, we have the skeleton of a floor. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

The leather had grown scratched and wrinkled, but they were very comfortable and still pretty. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Another drink? . . . Right away, sir . . . Would you like dinner? . . . It’s very good . . . Could I get you a menu, sir? . . . Well, maybe a sandwich?” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would have been a very big cat to make such a thump. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“I understand, although I’m not sure that sounds like a very real kind of happiness,” he says. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your police department—others as well—may have retired, very probably have retired, authentic humans with underdeveloped empathic ability, such as my innocent niece here. Your position, Mr. Deckard, is extremely bad morally. Ours isn’t.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Archaeologists can deal with some things, but we’re not trained to shoot, and someone who can do that and navigate and make camp and do all the sort of survival stuff is very useful. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone talked at once, and they seemed to be very much pleased. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

I found myself looking out at the lake, and suddenly the idea of leaving seemed very hard. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

"It is a very interesting system," the count reached down and gave the bottles a twirl. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

She pumps my hand hello and seems very happy to meet me. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I feel now very sure that not only not a cross word ever passes between them, but that an irritable feeling never arises. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She would also be very surprised to see that a commoner is our president. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

He had become very subdued and fussy about how hungry he always was. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

His very teeth were floating and his voice was a plaintive cry as he begged our father to rise from his throne and enter into family life. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

As a result, in the very long run, technology may have developed most rapidly in regions with moderate connectedness, neither too high nor too low. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Books were unheard of in Nhamo’s village, but very occasionally a magazine found its way from the distant cities of Zimbabwe. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Prosper looked around, “Someone just gave me a very weird look.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Reverend Obertask looked very much like a walrus and not one bit like a magician. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

What she remembered better was her scream, the scream of someone she didn’t know and didn’t trust, a screech so bloodcurdling that even the emergency room, whose very livelihood was disaster, stopped dead still. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The problem isn’t with you yourself, Ji-li. What I mean is that the political background investigations at these academies are very severe.” Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He and Julie had an uneasy peace going, with neither of them saying very much for fear of provoking the other. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

But I take the work I’m doing very seriously, always. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Milo was so relieved at having escaped the Doldrums that he assured the dog that he bore him no ill will and, in fact, was very grateful for the assistance. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

The Red Cow was very respectable, she always behaved like a perfect lady and she knew What was What. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

He knew how to deal with Edmund, now; firmness, he had decided, firmness and directness, that is all that is needed, and then they are happy enough; boys are very simple animals. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

A Plan for Healing is a stupid plan because Josh cannot be a very nice boy. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you are going for winter sports,” he said, “Wengen is the place. My father has a very fine hotel at Wengen. It is open all the time.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Mom told us the code key from the very beginning!” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

However, the particular spectral lines observed are often characteristic of very thin, diffuse gas, and not the astonishingly high density that must prevail near black holes. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

This last speech of his was very slurred and thick. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

In truth, this wasn’t a very profound prediction, because Sulaiman was 80 years old. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

It’s a tranquillity born of sheer immensity; it calms with its very magnitude, which renders the merely human of no consequence. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

It was very clear that all was not harmony in the Jongwe household. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first and only inmate to be subjected to this method endured fifty seconds of torture before the power was turned off and he was found to be very much alive. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh,” I said in a very small voice. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the same time, a very beat-up Hermes statue leaped onto the pig's head and started banging it mercilessly with a caduceus. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

She could tell from his posture that he was very tired. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She did not speak, but she looked up at him with a face made very eloquent by happiness, and a smile which said, “No one can refuse me anything today.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Caroline had been born in America, something that she very much took for granted. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Poor Mr. Loomis; his shoulders were slumped and he looked very tired and frail. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

One of them said, The very time I thought I was lost, My dungeon shook and my chains fell off. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

The anchorman glanced up from his papers, looking grave but at the same time very pleased. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He was very right when he said I was too smart to believe magic powers lived behind a couch. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sit down and rest while I put these things away, then I want to consult you about a very serious matter,” said Amy, when she had shown her splendor and driven Polly into a corner. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was having a very quiet time, he said, bathing, playing some golf and much bridge. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

The rest of the dinner wasn’t very eventful. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

She had a very stern face and Harry’s first thought was that this was not someone to cross. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

The Swiss are extremely well armed and are very free. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

If he attends the theater with Lincoln, which is a very real possibility, Booth can kill the two most important causes of the South’s fall within seconds. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

To her, however, it was all very tiresome. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The bear’s small black eyes and bloodstained muzzle were very still. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

So, in shop class Nothing started to do a very funny impersonation of our teacher, Mr. Callahan. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know yet. We’ll have to plan it out very carefully, but I promise you, May Belle, we’ll get her.” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

He said police had warned him that very morning not to help North Koreans. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

I thought she was a very distant relative. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I mean that filling their houses up with lots of relatives is part of their culture. They believe in living under very crowded conditions.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The show was Gomer Pyle, and my sister was very quiet and moody. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve been trying so very hard to bring the rain so that everyone can come back. But I no longer have the endurance for the songs.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The next morning dawned very bright and cold. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

When I first saw the creature inside, I wasn’t sure what I was looking at He was human-size and his skin was very pale, the color of milk. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“But in the interval,” Mr. Foster concluded, “we’ve managed to do a lot to them. Oh, a very great deal.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seems from the little I can grasp, I am not a dead one—just very broken. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

The rink was very close to the home of Wes’s aunt, his father’s sister, so they decided to stop by to say hello. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

People were very willing to help, but Eva felt she would soon run her welcome out; winters were hard and her neighbors were not that much better off. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Her voice was quiet and the stemmed rose over her eye was very dark. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The young birds were not like their mother and father, being gray and very ugly, but anyway, I took them from the nest and put them in a small cage that I made of reeds. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

When at last I rose to go, a full moon was shining, golden and enormous, very low in the sky. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But it is not too much to say that she has one of the most superb contralto voices that has been heard in Philadelphia for a very long time.” The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

She had, likewise, a fierce and a hard eye: it reminded me of Mrs. Reed’s; she mouthed her words in speaking; her voice was deep, its inflections very pompous, very dogmatical,—very intolerable, in short. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

I am very fortunate in having a wife who likes being a woman, which means that she likes men, not elderly babies. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Greek vases, as we shall see, although technically pottery, were sometimes decorated by artists of very impressive talent. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

"He takes the welfare of his boys very seriously." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

The moon had set and the night was very dark. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“Anyway, I’m very happy to give you a loan to tide you over for a couple of weeks. We’ll talk about it tomorrow. OK, darling. Bye.” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, the only book left was the Potions book, which he looked at very carefully before speaking. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

No, this was a chapter in someone else’s story, probably not even a very important one, and he hadn’t lifted a finger to take part in it. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He nodded very slightly, pushed off the lockers, and walked away to attend his first-period class: The Care and Feeding of Pectoral Muscles. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“In a minute, Malcolm, that would be a very good idea,” said the man who was the lord chancellor. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The very core of him, die very center of Brian Robeson was stopped and stricken with a white-flash of horror, a terror so intense that his breathing, his thinking, and nearly his heart had stopped. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tells me there’s a very good dry cleaner on Day Street. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Later, when I went into a demon hospital, it was to remind me very much of a scrubbed-up, antiseptic opium den. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hermione frowned at him, but the elves all looked delighted; they bowed very low and retreated. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“When I came here so young, sometimes I was very lonely and frightened. But the feel of the wood was calming.” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

His skin looked grubby, almost like Scabbers’s fur, and something of the rat lingered around his pointed nose and his very small, watery eyes. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

His thoughts were probably very, very loud and very, very energetic. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The other Aleut looked very much like him. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then benzene hexachloride was tried, and for a very short time all seemed to be well. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Of the presumed inhabitants of the moons of Saturn, Huygens therefore wrote: “It is impossible but that their way of living must be very different from ours, having such tedious Winters.” Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the very least I will come out of it with a degree, and with a degree you can always teach. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I can’t very well say it’s so I can carry out my own personal vendetta against Snow. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

She came over and straightened my suspenders, saying, “That was a very nice question for my little Daniel Boone to ask.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s the hotel, three suites booked for them on the very top floor, riding through the lobby on Cash’s impossibly broad back. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Karen Gievers has several kids who won very large verdicts but are virtually homeless because they couldn’t collect,” Gay said. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

All three of them stuffed their faces until they dragged their very full stomachs to the car, groaning all the way, much like Templeton the rat after his night of indulgence at the fair. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

“I expect we shall get on very well when she knows me better,” I said quickly, “after all, it’s natural enough that she should resent me a bit at first.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Matilda, in the second row, sat very still and said nothing. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

I found that I liked this class arrangement very much; it divided my work neatly and made it easy for me to concentrate separately upon Talmud and college subjects. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He stood up, very tall and stern, his grey eyes glinting. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Her blue eyes fill with a mix between Are you crazy? and something very close to care. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“What do we want to be prefects for?” said George, looking revolted at the very idea. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“You will regret this insult, Annabeth. You will regret this very much.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Was it fate that took you from your family and stuck you in a pleasure house in Ketterdam? Or was it just very bad luck?” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

All the windows were open and she could hear the music very marvelous. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I panicked a bit over your future wife comment because my last relationship just felt very obsessive and I don’t like who I became during it or how I felt after. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“I am so honored to be in this space today and so very excited for you all to meet the woman who owns this art gallery,” she says. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

And eventually she found that she could transform herself as well—though only into very small things, and only for a little while. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“They’re incredibly gracious to me, very well bred and very nice,” he said, “so much so that it’s hard to tell whether it’s sincere, whether they really like you.” Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

“But,” he said, “you must understand they are very frightened, and some of the people who are angry with them would not sail the little ships either.” The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I often felt like a very old person trapped in a young person’s body; Matlock was my people. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

He was very cool toward Frightful until he learned that she was the best provider we had ever had in our family, and then he continually praised her beauty and admired her talents. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

That he was a very important dentist and was needed in Isfahan. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I told her—and myself—that we would one day start a family, something she wanted very much. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I heard Gebu’s voice first. He spoke very low, but it made a chill go up my spine, the way he spoke. He said, ‘A curse on the Festival!’ The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Kristi holds the very end of the lock of hair and it spins back, falling against the path of freckles across her nose. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m so sorry that I wasted your time because you really do mean a lot to me and I hope you have a very nice life because I really think you deserve it. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

They cannot be poisoned, for one thing; and their skin seems to be very thick, and tougher than bark. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Fishtail lived at the very edge of the village, hidden in deep bush. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

“I sit here and grouch because there’s nothing to amuse me; I’m very selfish. Tell me how horrible I am.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

As the year passed his friend seemed to grow larger in his mind, and his face looked out in a very grave and subtle way from the darkness at night. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The first task of Blink is to convince you of a simple fact: decisions made very quickly can be every bit as good as decisions made cautiously and deliberately. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

At last Michael said uneasily: “She’s been gone a very long time, hasn’t she?” Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

"Look at her. The hair, the eyes. She is the very image of Cat at the same age." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Since symbolic logic was part of philosophy, I had chosen philosophy as my major subject, and I was finding it very exciting. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

‘Sinner! The Lord remembers all your transgressions. The Lord has a message for you this very night.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Temple knew very little about science, much less than Wotton, and lacked any inclination to make good this deficiency. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The captain’s “ready room” is aft, at the very back of the ship. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

My family does not look very different from them. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re very serious,” she said, breaking out of her own mood and looking up at me. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Predominantly, we concerned ourselves with very happy memories, and those two hours we spent together in the tea lounge were, I would say, extremely pleasant ones. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

This was very much in line with the Cartesian image of the body as a machine. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

He looked at her like he was certain now that she was very stupid. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Certainly. Demi, say good night to Mamma, and let her go and rest, for she is very tired with taking care of you all day.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Branwell said, “Yes, we were. But we knew that Tina would not be a stay-at-home mom. Those Orientals are very ambitious, you know. Especially the immigrants.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s really very new. A lot of it began with Russell and Whitehead and a book they wrote called Principia Mathematica.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

By contrast, there was very little exchange of people, goods, or ideas between Mesoamerica and the Andes. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The girl was very upset by this, and ran off to the house of her aunt and uncle. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

I can see you were very attached to him, mate.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

A fidgety scholar, though: He seemed quite shy, or at the very least anxious. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

That made the muvuki very close to being a witch himself. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was a short, plump woman with a very kind face, though her eyes were presently narrowed with suspicion. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He said very little until he dropped her off at the directorate building. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

What I stole that night was my very life. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He’s very still, as machines are breathing for him. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“This is Pip, is it?” returned the young lady, who was very pretty and seemed very proud; “come in, Pip.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Hadn’t I been lying awake nights, fretting over the very same thing? Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

All I could see in his slightly lopsided face were his two very bright eyes, which were examining me closely without betraying any definable emotion. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

I’m sure she’s said these very same words to her Rosa. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Feeling very ill, I climbed the slope again, throwing myself down on the mat in the hut. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The underbrush was thick and very green, and everywhere was a rush of waters. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

What happens next is not completely clear, but it seems likely that the central regions of the star would collapse to a very dense state, such as a neutron star or black hole. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

And so there were two occupations: one very old, with ceramics; the other even older, without them. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

A girl who knew Robert as a child in New York City described him as “very frail, very pink-cheeked, very shy, and very brilliant.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You know, Dad,” Brinker broke in, “the Coast Guard does some very rough stuff, putting the men on the beaches, all that dangerous amphibious stuff.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stood up and arranged his ermine cloak very tastefully. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

He would not enter the business on a large scale, he said, unless he could go first-class, with the very best trainer. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m not a very good liar, and my mom is really, really good at telling when people aren’t telling the truth. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

The very long, very wide cellar was just as he remembered it: filled with tidy rows of floor-to-ceiling shelving units. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

And his fancy equipment did in fact come in very handy. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

The Freedom Writer family has worked hard to stay together and the word “together” is very symbolic for me! The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Your brain seems like a very intense place,” Mom answered. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

‘It could have been a figure of speech: very little time before the wolves arrive. Perhaps Hades didn’t literally mean wolves. At any rate, we should leave as soon as it’s dark enough for shadows.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The idea of wormholes between different regions of space-time was not an invention of science fiction writers but came from a very respectable source. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This looks like the very same spot where I caught that nice mutton with your daddy, gotta be twenty-five, thirty years ago.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

He was cowardly and dangerous, and obviously very good at his job. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was paler and more gaunt than usual, but despite all his years of hard living, he had aged very little. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

When I got to her, she was very angry with me. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“French toast,” he said at last, and grew silent for a long period before inclining his head towards me very slightly and saying: “You?” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

But nevertheless, this was the spot—the very spot where he might hang his own few meager leaves to the Lyte tree. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Isn’t that a fine tie. You see very few like that anymore.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s engaged to a very rich girl,” said Billy’s mother. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Does he”—he does very animated air quotes—“‘go to a different school’?” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Cullen,” he began, “I am so, so sorry that your brother is gone. He was a good one. Very nice and very forgiving and very much like you.” Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

I watched it get dark outside; the darkness came very quickly. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Before long, workers were simply born into mill life and very few escaped it. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

As we made our way back down to the first floor and the door leading out to the street, Conrad got very angry because he wanted to sit on Santa's lap. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The very first time that Elizebeth tried to solve an Enigma message was back in January 1940, before the United States had entered the war. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

As she sat back, Minli began to wonder, “How is this stream salty? I am far from the ocean. This is very strange.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

It proved almost unfairly easy to finish it—now that he knew about his time as a Dumper, the formula as he had it was very close to accurate. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

No one else seemed to like them very much either, and the Humbug got one caught in his throat and almost choked. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mr Cardinal was watching his lordship very keenly, but the latter simply went back to his food without saying anything further. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

If a strange man touched me I would hit him, and I can hit people very hard. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

And then the very peculiar thing, in its own turn, caused a really fantastically peculiar thing to occur. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

It was a mammoth specimen, very nearly as long and as wide as the door itself. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Before, she thought it was the sign of a very good assistant, never accounting for how deceptive such an appearance might be. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Coram went to the window and looked out at the street: empty to left and right, and very dark between the streetlamps, the roadway glistening wet. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I felt very weak and sick by the time I burst into my mother’s kitchen. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

While we were talking she was undressing me, and when I was undressed, except for the bandages, she washed me, very gently and smoothly. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“I’m sure you’ll be able to make us very comfortable, you and your wife,” she said, putting a tone of finality into her voice. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Soon, very soon, perhaps in five minutes, perhaps now, the tramp of boots would mean that his own turn had come. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The chain around his throat felt very heavy. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

A fire burned brightly in the center of it, even though the day was very warm, and the man was steering her toward it, Amari realized with fear. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

You will get married and have kids and responsibilities that make it hard to talk on the phone daily or see each other very often. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

“You are prepared for the worst, I see—and very bad it is. Harriet Smith marries Robert Martin.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

“Roy, could I ask you a favor? Could you call me if you do hear something—anything, even a rumor—about the Mother Paula’s situation? It’s very important.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was very hard work: The smaller trees and bushes had to be burned or uprooted. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Quite so. Now, you’ve answered all my questions very fairly, sir, and here’s just one more. If you were me, what question would you ask of the Consul of the Witches?” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Ah thought so too,” Tea Cake said very quietiy and dropped his head in his hands. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

In the case of the Koreans, one kind of deeply rooted legacy stood in the way of the very modern task of flying an airplane. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“Day passes day with very little or nothing to relieve the monotony,” Greenstreet wrote in his diary on March 5. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

In a weak voice I—the World’s Biggest, Fattest Liar—said, “She seems very nice, Harry.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

In his other world he was very important-—maybe he was even emperor—but with me he was just my loving, talkative friend. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

At the very least, think of the terrible places she could get splinters! Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I heard Mrs. King crying and Mr. King talking very loud, and Grace and Ellen turned away their faces when they passed me, so I shouldn’t see how red and swollen their eyes were. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I doubt that very much,” I said, “but I have no way of telling.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Xan was very good at making people feel better, having had five hundred years of practice. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

He had been graver than usual of late, but very pleasant, and when jokingly accused of turning over a new leaf, he answered soberly, “So I am, and I mean this one shall stay turned.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We were going to do something very dangerous,” said Allen. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Without exactly saying so, he managed to spread the rumor that he and Ken had an after-school job—a very serious job involving actual work. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

"It's a good sign, a very good sign." How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

I was very close to moving to the next level of athletic ability, a level at which I would be better than most kids my age and ready to play against older kids. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

I knew I would not be practicing law again very soon, but I did not want to consider the alternative. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The most important thing that Palmer ever found out with the Distracter, though, came at the very beginning, before Sesame Street was even on the air. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Lupita watched her admiringly, she thought that being a waitress must be a very good job. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

The Shire-hobbits referred to those of Bree, and to any others that lived beyond the borders, as Outsiders, and took very little interest in them, considering them dull and uncouth. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The only other quote comes from a man called David Clark, “a former colleague” of Scott’s, who says, “Megs and Scott are a great couple. They’re very happy together, very much in love.” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled the covers around him, took a last look at his room—which somehow seemed very different than he’d remembered—and then drifted into a deep and welcome sleep. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

“In those of noble birth, virtuous behavior resides within. Others can practice and learn it, but the difficulty is very great.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He hoped very much that they would all assume he had been involved in something heroic, preferably involving a couple of Death Eaters and a dementor. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

It is an extraordinary experience to find yourself face-to-face in the woods with a wild animal that is very much larger than you. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

And the pay is not very good, either. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Or were they faced with the dilemma that by arresting us — which is what they would have normally done — they would be doing the very thing we wanted? Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could take something very jazzy, like "Tin Roof Blues," and whistle it so nice and easy--right while he was hanging stuff up in the closet--that it could kill you. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

The fact that the insecticide was applied in very low concentrations is meaningless, as its explosive progress through the natural food chain in the lake demonstrates. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

At that very moment, Hermione appeared at his shoulder; she was holding her cloak over her head and was, inexplicably, beaming. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

They all came to my grandfather’s funeral, but while I loved their warmth and sympathy, it also felt very surreal. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t tell why everyone else began cheering—the realization that what Miles had said was probably very vulgar?—but their voices shook the floor. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

It was a very important job, Jonas knew, but it wasn’t one that interested him much. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

If that had happened, it’s very possible I never would’ve been taken to an orphanage. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

A dozen or more enormous snow-white birds, each the size of a rowboat, with long, straight wings that trailed on the water behind them: very long wings, at least two yards in length. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Hermione suddenly became very interested in searching her bag for her schedule and didn’t answer. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Although it is still early in the night, he appears to be very drunk. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Antain had lain on the floor for a long time while the madwoman attempted to stop his bleeding with paper—and not very well. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Now, very cautiously, he poured the precious dream into the wide end of his trumpet. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alexander rode up: a young man; nondescript face but very capable. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Oh it's all very well for you," whispered Aravis rather savagely. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

I guess what makes it funny to people is that it’s a gross distortion of something very familiar. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“The task you four are attempting is very difficult,” said Mrs. Gause. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

A radio brought the world together, he said very often. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

But aliens, if they exist, would probably be very different from us. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I stared at the jar and got a very bad feeling. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

‘I am very pleased to meet you, Master — Underhill, if old Butterbur got your name right.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“I hope some good natured way or other will be found out to untie this very intricate knot,” he counseled. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

I don’t really care, but I have to respect the fact that Ashley would care—probably very much. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

It is all very well, in these changing times, to adapt one's work to take in duties not traditionally within one's realm; but bantering is of another dimension altogether. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Clearly we were very far from anything, very far from anybody.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Let’s begin with the very idea of objective correctness in language. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Neda and Mitra were best friends who were cut from a very different cloth, and I wanted to cherry-pick their greatest qualities so I could be the perfect combination of the two of them. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

It was clear, though, that Bobby had a very difficult time considering anything that wasn’t on his own agenda. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Turning very serious, Farmer answered with a long speech about democracy and socialism, the rich and poor, power and privilege. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Often, the speech of people in public seemed to me very loud, booming with confidence. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

They wanted very badly to live with this kind and generous woman, but they knew that it simply could not be done. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

“I imagine he meant to say that he liked it very much.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Our cowboy and his wife wait for us in the very first row. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

When I reached home, my sister was very curious to know all about Miss Havisham’s, and asked a number of questions. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

The room is very small, with a long padded table in the center and shelves along the walls. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

The last time he had seen his boy, there had been vibrations like this along this very road. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Her voice was suddenly very soft, completely different from the way Victor had heard her shout before. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

We had our pick, and they weren’t even very expensive. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He had lots of curly gray hair and a big wide nose, and he was very friendly. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Edward pushed a door open, and there was the yellow brass bed and the old semaphore banners from college and a very musty raccoon coat which he stroked with muted affection. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

She smiled at Coraline, as if it had been a very long time since she had smiled and she had almost, but not quite, forgotten how. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t a limp—not at all—just the suggestion of one, but it looked like an affected walk, the strut of a very young man trying to appear more sophisticated than he was. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon, very soon, we talk to your parents and get them involved.” Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

Her mother did not, however, hold Elizabeth in her arms very often. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

At this moment Uncle Andrew was beginning to be silly in a very grown-up way. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Levi and I live in the same world, but we see things very differently. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Very — very well,” said Madam Pomfrey, looking startled, and she too left. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Truthfully, I had been expecting envelopes, or at the very least lined notebook paper. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

After brushing his teeth, and washing his face, and emailing Dr. Martin and Lark, and picking a book, Axel climbs into his very own bed for the first time in over three weeks. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

After lunch, I duck out of more roller coasters because I’ve had enough g-forces for one day, thank you very much. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Steak, for instance—the very best steak shouldn’t have been more than ten frogs a pound but Lee set it at twelve and a half. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rice was a little overcooked—her fault!—but it still tasted very good, and even the vegetables seemed delicious. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

When she went in, I very quietly took the stethoscope from my field kit, got on my knees, and pressed the whatever-the-end-is-called against the door. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Her lushly beautiful face seemed very familiar, as did her blue dress with the ruffled collar, as if he had seen both very recently. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

As a matter of fact, this was very nearly what he had been doing. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

“So,” Oliver said, jumping right into the very topic at the forefront of everyone’s minds. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Then she introduced Mrs. Cole to the gifted and talented students and said they were a very special bunch of children. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s lots to do; we have a very busy schedule— “At 8 o’clock we get up, and then we spend “From 8 to 9 daydreaming. “ The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I might ” “What about the very first movies? My father saw a movie when he was little that he always remembered. It had a rocket going into the eye of the man in the moon.” The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Washington gave Genêt what amounted to a diplomatic cold shoulder, meeting with him very briefly, but refusing to discuss the subject of United States support of the French. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

I found it on the last page, in the very last words—not poetry in stanzas, just Frank’s prose. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Khouy walks in a circle, swinging his arms very quickly from side to side. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because that wouldn’t make for a very interesting tape, now would it? Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Many of the houses were unkempt and there were very few hydrangea bushes or morning glories on the front lawns. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He stood in the very middle of it, now, and the sun came glaring down. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

He got out of bed very slowly, stretched, and took the tea cup into the front room. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I am very happy that he does. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

There was a sound of light regular breathing and a continuous murmur, as of very faint voices remotely whispering. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although he was very confused when he awoke, after he had been brought home and fed a good supper, he remembered what had happened. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the midst of these gloomy thoughts he suddenly remembered that he was very hungry, and he got up to go and see if anyone else in this strange camp felt the same. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

He sounded real patient, like he was talking to a very little kid. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

I go to store and buy my food, but very fast. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

In this very weak sense, of course, mathematics is constraining, as is all reality, but it has no independent power to coerce. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I don’t know what Mom answered because it all got very quiet, and even my bionic Lobot ears couldn’t pick up a signal. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Patria had come in, acting very nervous, stammering about those boxes being full of new tools. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I also wasn’t very good at it because when I got home from school on day four, there was a holographic gift bag on my bed. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

“It’s too far for me to visit very often,” Maddie confessed sadly. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“The gods haven’t been very good at following that order,” he noted. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He was, in a sense, seeking to prove that the very creator of mankind was also its greatest oppressor. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

And all of a sudden I felt very sick. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Everyone greeted him kindly, for Jo’s sake at first, but very soon they liked him for his own. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I wasn’t going to panic just because things looked bad so bad so very very bad. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was startled to see that his face had all of a sudden got very white. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

She’s not very tight with her own parents, and Christian’s parents live in Florida. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Every instinct in his body told him to run or, at the very least, to distance himself from them, but he found he couldn’t move. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“He’s going to be very unhappy,” said Tucker. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maya had a way of being very black-and-white about things. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Because an eye has to evolve from something else very like an eye and it doesn’t just happen because of a genetic mistake, and what is the use of half an eye? The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

So the day had passed very long and lonely and his blood was full and coursing under his skin. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

I don’t tell him about the generations of workers who fought and sometimes died for the ten-hour day and then the eight, although this is very much on my mind. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I described the entire incident to Martin, who responded in his very next letter, That's so rude! I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

This time she came out very cold and still and her small oval face was white as the flower of her name. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Alex watches his small smile, the way it wrinkles the corners of his eyes, and very deliberately does not kiss it. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Sir Castor blushed very much and knelt on one knee. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It would be very nice if we could make a decision irrespective of football,” said school board member Lee Buice, “but that may be where the gauntlet is thrown.” Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The very idea of schooling used to be about learning so that we could improve our lives and the world. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

"That's the guy. I don't think he’s very happy that I got a kiss from you and he hasn't. So he interrogated me about the Patriots. Apparently Kaede's a Patriot. Small world, huh?" Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

She was a rather pretty and a very alert girl. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hardly had any hair on the top of his white head but had very bushy eyebrows and a mustache—like three fat gray caterpillars. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

I feel like I should tell you that it was a very clean street, like a street in a video game, brand-new. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“No mistakes on this—there’s barely enough. It’s very hard to find. “Lay low tonight. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

It was very quiet in the cab of the truck. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The key to endless death didn’t sound very cheerful, either. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She is almost always busy taking care of Mrs. Forrest, a very plump gentlewoman who hasn’t figured out yet that life in James Town will be a lot harder than life in England. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Calling a six-year-old kid with glasses “four eyes” might be very hurtful and painful, but at least in some way it makes them a part of a group. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

The tercel ignores them and climbs, it seems to me, into the very stratosphere. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry. It’s just that you’re this super hot black girl. It makes it very hard for me to have a mental image of you. I keep having to change it.” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

It felt very good to her to heal another human, even if that human was Pinch. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

It seemed it was a very funny joke if you understood it properly. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Navigation instruments were being designed, but no one really knew how accurate they would be, and they had to be very, very precise. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I heard him say, “Yes, very professional.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I understood him so well and was very grateful. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Charles was good-natured, and slow to anger, but he was sometimes so disturbed by these anti-Catholic diatribes that his very teacup would clatter upon its saucer. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Incidentally, Sam has brown hair and very very pretty green eyes. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

I next wrote in my Notebook that we had two very different kinds of grasshoppers that summer. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

She finished up with assurance, “I am very confident and completely grown-up.” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

"Pretty well, sometimes. But I must not let anybody know. It would be very bad, a torero who speaks English." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

The very best Will was able to do was to agree to think about it. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He had used his feet to stop himself every few yards, so it didn't go very fast that first trip. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

They made him look haggard, as if he smoked a great deal and slept very little, in spite of the fact that he was only seven years old. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

They weren't partial or biased, just very persuasive in detailing how organic brain damage, schizophrenia, and bipolar disorder can conspire to create severe mental impairment. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The religious services were certainly no great strain, either, since they were conducted only once a week at the Group Headquarters building and were attended by very few of the men. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I wiped my hand on my shirt and another floating light came very slowly down and I looked at my leg and was very afraid. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Not very appropriate really, but it was all I could think of at the time. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Even before he had taken it he knew by the smell that it was very unusual chocolate. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

There was something in the action, and in the light pressure of Biddy’s wedding-ring, that had a very pretty eloquence in it. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Count Olaf had a great number of very long speeches, which he performed with elaborate gestures and facial expressions. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

It was very nearly impossible to make myself stand and come forward. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sea is very clear and the bottom becomes fantastic with hurrying, fighting, feeding, breeding animals. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then all at once, Tweedie gave a great cough and a splutter and he sat up very fast and began clawing at his face with his hands. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

His awkwardness makes him very endearing, although it’s clear my daughter prefers more refined dancers. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The government offered very generous terms and incentives to relocate to the big towns, mortgages and tax relief. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Then again beneath the bole of a great tree on the very edge of the wood more prints were discovered. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

She saw a very distinct, very clear person. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

"What did you think of Prince Joff, sister? He's very gallant, don't you think?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Her mother promised her a very special pair of winter makazins and Angeline even braided her hair with one of her own red ribbons. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

The division commander told him, “Understand this very clearly: you will lay your head on the block for the safety of these girls.” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

“Thank you, Dunwing. You are a very brave sparrow. You put yourself and Warbeak in great peril, saving me as you did.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Karim was reassuring Baba that his brother had a big truck of “excellent and first-class quality,” and that the trek to Peshawar would be very routine. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The question caught me by surprise and it seemed to me that I would have been very embarrassed if I’d had to ask it. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

His hands were huge and very brown against the white sheet. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I pretended he was Grandma, and I started at the very beginning. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I wish I could do that, her thoughts had kept saying to her, very quietly. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“He’s had a bad temper,” I told Lissa, “from the very day he was born.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

“You saw him this morning. He’s driven us half mad over this. I am very nearly at the end of my rope.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

They shuffled and scratched, and Jamie even emitted two very false sneezes to attract my attention. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just when I was sure I’d imagined it, the car drove by again, very slowly, then turned the corner. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not sure yet,” said Harry, thinking privately that Sloper would be very lucky to get back on the team. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

It has the power of invisibility, making it difficult to evade or catch, and is very dangerous. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

A Scholar, even, and those who saw her said she was very beautiful. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“I like it very much,” Caroline said, replacing it in the box. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

“Not all of them hate—you’re correct. But on this other matter”—she still spoke in Japanese—“you don’t think they are very much different? In some big way, Hatsue? Different from us?” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The very notion that I’m devoting any thought to who I want presented as my lover, given our current circumstances, is demeaning. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Ten years ago, Chad was a very different place. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Fine,” said Isabelle after what seemed like a very long time. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

She rolls the very eyes that I want to stare into. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Very handsome, very handsome,” agreed the women listening. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Through the open door I could see the man who had given us the papers to sign, but his very dark suit and very white shirt frightened me away. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

I am also convinced that very young children should never be tried in adult court. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

"Yeah, Gatsby's very careful about women. He would never so much as look at a friend's wife." The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

We see from experience that only princes and republics armed with their own troops make very great progress, and that mercenaries cause nothing but damage. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

I walked to the very far end, next to the zoo. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry had told me that Bach should be played very softly, and very loudly, to exaggerate the phrasing, because the pieces themselves are so ordered that the emotion needs to come through in the playing. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

Indeed, it was not impossible that Miss Kenton, at that very moment, and only a few feet from me, was actually crying. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, that is progress! And did I just hear some mention of yeast? Are you reading a cookbook? That would be a very practical thing to study.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t been very optimistic about the condition clearing up, either. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Harry,” she said, crouching down in front of him and using the kind of voice he associated with visiting the very sick, “you don’t think you’ve been possessed, do you?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Patterson, meantime, was left to try to make sense of things with very limited materials. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Lots of guys have warned me not to take Sophia out of the city for that very reason. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And third: I must request that you never ask Mr. Tanaka any questions about his family or their private affairs. This is a company-wide policy, and one that Mr. Tanaka is very strict about maintaining.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

And teachers said my mama must love me very much, but felt she couldn’t give me a good life. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Not all of which are white and at this point very few of which are blank.” The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The priest gazed around my cell and answered in a voice that sounded very weary to me. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

There were those who would have seen us stumble backward into hatred and vitriol and prejudice, who wanted to reignite old embers of division within our country’s very soul. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Within a very short time, however, she learned the truth, and she was ill-advised enough to threaten him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Luke saw Ethan, and his face contorted into a very inhuman smile. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to get involved, but Mr. Spizz turned to me and said, “If you are her new boyfriend you should know that she is very immature. She always has been.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“You lost the moon?” the dreamer asked, and peered up at the sky, where the moon was very much present. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I stayed in the room with my friends, even though I didn’t fall asleep until the very last hours of the night. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I can look at Lloyd, because he was very quiet until you two started doing the interviews. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

They regarded the people at work, the faces in crowds, as very distant from us. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The possibility of lightning striking the tower was very much on my mind.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

His face was very serious, as if he were very sorry to hear that, but his eyes were shiny and bright, the way they are when someone is telling a joke. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Yep. He sits in his doghouse all day, watching videos, eating bowl after bowl of Frosty Paws ice cream. I hear he’s very happy.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He gazed down at his hands for a moment, and he asked very shyly, “Mine?” The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Stop hitting your father this very instant, young lady,” Lillian flared. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I am seeing skulls. And you. I see your face every time I look into the flames. The danger that I warned you of grows very close now.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Four children of various ages were with them and they looked very happy. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Competition was in her very nature; she couldn’t help herself. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

But at the very moment she was thinking these thoughts, adventure, as she afterwards told my Mother, was stalking her. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

She was very smart, and extremely well-read, but she wasn’t after intellectual pursuits in the same way the Horner girls were. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

How about, "Everyone is very proud of this team?" The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

The pain in his face is very evident as he struggles with his emotions. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It is a very small attic,” he says. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I didn’t understand what he meant, but maybe he didn’t explain it very well. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“My bad,” Mapper said, not looking very sorry. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He looked around very quickly and, an instant later, crashed back down to earth again. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Sloan closed his eyes and began, very softly, to snore. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

I recalled one very dark night the year before when Mrs. Potts had warned me not to sit on the porch by saying, “If there are no stars out, something bad is about to happen.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

What bothered Hazel, Dandelion and Hawkbit was the openness and strangeness of the down and their inability to see very far ahead. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Didn't matter. They match them pretty carefully. We've been very satisfied with ours.” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The month of courtship had wasted: its very last hours were being numbered. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Slowly, very slowly, he sat up, and as he did so he felt more alive and more aware of his own living body than ever before. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

As I walked, I thought about how tracking things down is very hard. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had a very long, very difficult climb ahead of her. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Herr Bremann first visited Darlington Hall very shortly after the war while still in his officers uniform, and it was evident to any observer that he and Lord Darlington had struck up a close friendship. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

I would promise to eat very little and work very hard. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

The first letter was M. I started back at A and pointed very pointedly at the vowels because I knew a vowel would follow. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He is always making mix tapes for my sister with very specific themes. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Jessica’s dinner with Mike had gone very well, and she was hoping that by Saturday night they would have progressed to the first-kiss stage. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

It was really very large and beautiful and there were fine trees in the grounds. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

I selected the back leg of a chair and squeezed up against it and kept very still. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

I spent the night with strangers, curled up on the cold floor, terrified and very much alone, glad that I had not been shot. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

I am very, very tired, Mr Stevens, can you not appreciate that?' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was very fragile and covered with crinkly paper with a miniature spray of purple wisteria painted on the top. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

We nine acknowledged one another with nervous smiles and a very few whispered words. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But first, you have to stay very still. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

And so it was that now, as part of that remembrance, she found herself standing before the students of Booker T. Washington, the very school from which she had been expelled a half century before. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

Dangling a short distance away was a giant, heavy, and very sharp chandelier. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

King may have embraced direct action, but in the early 1960s he was still very much the product of his black middle-class upbringing, and he would occasionally lash out against stereotyped lower-class behaviors. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

In Guth’s original proposal the phase transition was supposed to occur suddenly, rather like the appearance of ice crystals in very cold water. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes are very dark and framed by long lashes. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

"Have you pictured to yourself how very disagreeable it would be to arrive in Narnia in that condition?" The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

If there was all outdoors, there couldn’t be very much indoors where all the trouble was. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

The pool at the club is very big, so even in the shallow end there is plenty of room to play and splash water in Chou’s face. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time their conversation was through, Chronicler’s gaze would be considered intense at the very least, and rude by most. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He had an idea, a very simple one, and he kept looking up to see if the dog was still there. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I was very dusty and dirty and went up to my room to wash. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

If he caught the boys with visitors now, they were not only breaking one of the Institute’s very few rules, but lying about it as well. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I myself could not have acted in any other way.... The very notion, the very sense of defending the Motherland, was the duty of all the men and all the women too.” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Instead I moved closer to Jaja and we stared at the painting, silently, for a very long time. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

As Tom listened, a preacher read Nichols’s final statement: “Sheriff White has been very accommodating to me indeed. I feel prepared to meet death. My soul is at peace with all mankind.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

She stared at me and spoke to me as if she were the guard to the very gates of hell. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then the nurse went out, and a very familiar boy came in and said, "Mind if I sit on the edge of your bed?" The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

She wanted to be ready to duck out of sight very fast should anything go wrong. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

And beneath those...a very long fall through a lot of empty sky. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I had noticed there was very little wind there and we could build a fire. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, you’re kind of skinny, but I can tell by the way you talk and the way you act that you haven’t been out on the road for very long. You still look young.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

“It’s very complex. You wouldn’t understand. And in the meantime, your taxes have been unpaid. There are fines for not paying. You owe five hundred rubles now.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

She could not imagine anything more satisfying: the very thought filled her with a warm, almost postcoital glow. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Features not so sharp, pretty, but very much like my mother. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I was very tired, and it was time to stop all this foolishness about quitting. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Maxim did not seem to object, did he? I thought he took the suggestion very well.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I could go,” Frank offered, not sounding very happy about it. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

It was a nice little town, very prosperous, with neat houses and all the sanitary conveniences. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

They weren’t very good at this yet, but once in a while they got lucky. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wasn't very good at this sort of thing. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

I quickly apologize with my very best English and step away. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Celia remembers the afternoons on the porch when her infant granddaughter seemed to understand her very thoughts. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I eat very little. Herbalist says it’s not unusual for someone my age. It’s part of the natural process.” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

One day, when very many people were making a pilgrimage to the dying Buddha, Kamala, once the most beautiful of courtesans, was also on her way. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

You are a very special person and I've loved being with you, but I fear we come from two different worlds, and that's going to get in the way. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“It’s very kind of you to ask, Archivist.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

“You all have done very, very well. I’m proud of you. But I think it’s time we called your parents.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

It is the one instance when the commingling of their convictions and the very intimacy of their partnership led him astray. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

The maester bade him be very still as he slid the tip of the knife in under his chin, beneath the mask. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

We so nearly packed up and went, that very day. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

That very week he had assembled three hundred Berlin journalists to instruct them on the provisions of the Nazis’ new National Press Law. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

That would mean coming to Cabrillo Homes to pick me up, and the very thought of one of his daughters dating a Caucasian would have started Papa raving. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

We went over to Erlan’s apartment to watch the very first episode of their television show on Friday night, me and Mom and Dad. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

A petite girl with a blue wristband, a headscarf, and floaties does something dangerous at the very last second—she turns around and falls backward, like someone pushed off a building. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“The ocean is very big and a skiff is small and hard to see,” the old man said. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had half expected her to be angry at this inquiry, but on the contrary, it was almost as though she had been long awaiting an opportunity to raise the very topic. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, maybe! Yes,” said Joseph, liking the idea very much. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Goat had some very fine children, of which she was justly proud. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

A very realistic hallucination, it must be said. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

He stopped on the dazzling slope and said to Ama: “We must be very quick and completely silent. No noise, not even a whisper.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

But she would not think of that, for they had been so very fortunate, Mr Hooper was so very kind. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

I ran down the hallway, colliding with someone and running blindly on, thinking only that she must be very disappointed. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The house-elves gave them a very cheery welcome, bowing and curtsying and bustling around making tea again. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

"I saw one this very morning," my grandmother said. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

“Careful, Weasley, careful!” cried Professor Sprout as the beans burst into bloom before their very eyes. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

It was a fast song, so I wasn’t very good, but she didn’t seem to mind. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

She started walking toward the door, with a very different energy than this morning. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Was not their very presence on the island a deception? The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Typically, whether or not I found what I was looking for didn’t matter very much. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Why, very nice, pretty—a blue dress and a little coat, pink but tight about the waist.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

It resembles a piece of dead wood while stationary, though closer examination will reveal finned paws and very sharp teeth. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And I know he was very careful. About things like seat belts.” Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

She was kind, she was sincere, I liked her very much, but there was a tiny doubt in her voice that made me afraid. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Though his song was lusty, he kissed me very courteously. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He neither did things very well, nor very badly. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Situated in the coastal plain of southwest Alabama, the fertile, rich black soil of the area attracted white settlers from the Carolinas who amassed very successful plantations and a huge slave population. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The youngest princess produced a daughter so very, very tiny that her mother took to keeping her in a pocket, where the girl went unnoticed. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Tobias says to him—very quietly--“We won’t be in a safe house forever, and this wasn’t very smart of you.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Roman Catholicism was the dominant religion of Poland, and religion was very much a part of the public school I attended. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

That morning Harrison delighted reporters by announcing that yes, the rumors about him and the very young Miss Annie Howard were true, and not only that, the two planned to marry on November 16. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“To earn my place on the Pacific team,” said Pranav, “I had to use the Dewey decimal code on this very book.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Professor Moody looked very pleased too; his magical eye was dancing in its socket. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

And to be visible at such a great distance, the object must be very bright, must, in other words, be emitting a huge amount of energy. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the only dive he could do, but he thought he was very hot stuff. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

I was very glad he hadn’t picked me. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aunt Daisy put her face very close to George’s. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

I glared over at our third baseman, who was standing near Mr. Galanter and looking very dejected. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

They must be very sure now that the supplies are running out, she thought, and they’re determined to get what they can before it’s too late. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, very little is known about the fate of former welfare recipients because the 1996 welfare reform legislation blithely failed to include any provision for monitoring their postwelfare economic condition. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

His ears flared out and were very red, and though he was just out of high school he wore a size thirteen shoe. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

After seeing just how well- disciplined the Germans were, he was beginning to take them very seriously. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“This is the Testing Room for my very latest and greatest invention—Television Chocolate!” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I’m very glad that you saw something in the drawing I sent, I also thought there was something in it,” Vincent writes. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

She stood in front of the mirror a long time, and finally decided she either looked like a sap or else she looked very beautiful. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

There was once a king who had three daughters, all lovely maidens, but the youngest, Psyche, excelled her sisters so greatly that beside them she seemed a very goddess consorting with mere mortals. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

But a million years is a very long period of time. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

North Amsterdam was very heavily bombed on Sunday. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

First, and very carefully, he started to raise the lower half of the large window. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I moved over to the concession area, studying the candy, and both of us were very careful to avoid the awkwardness of eye contact. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

A very old Chinese gentleman was sitting in a rocking chair next to the window. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Said that it was very pretty but not nearly as pretty as I was. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

They had done no more than satisfy themselves that Ron would make a full recovery on their last visit to the ward; now Mrs. Weasley seized hold of Harry and hugged him very tightly. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He wrote to Olmsted’s landscape superintendent, Rudolf Ulrich, “it seems to me you can now cut your force down one-half, and at the same time let very many expensive men go.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“Now this new foster mother is very different from Mrs. Nevins.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

I just wanted to say that lm still very sorry and I hope your getting better. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“You see? So pretty. Very, very pretty. Take her instead.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

It was full of the reflection of the green, leafy branches; they made it look very deep. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

No offense, but very few people are interested in how professors spend their time. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

And it’s a short stretch of street, up a hill with very few houses. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“He got at them, in spite of all that I could do, and they took up with him. They behaved very queer all the time they were here: wilful, you might say.” The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The rest of the Liars didn’t think about the goldens—not very much, anyway. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

“Your mother is a very good cook,” said Louisiana when dinner was over and they were in Raymie’s room with the door closed. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

They were not so very different from Hollywood movies of the 1930s to ’60s. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Then, the very next month, the armistice ending World War I had been signed on November 11. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

“I meant the buddy portion. I don’t have that many buddies at present, aside from Noah. I saw the game. You were very good.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

White they seemed now and very old, and as he looked at them, suddenly with a thrill of fear Pippin knew that Gandalf, Gandalf himself, was troubled, even afraid. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

To support his family, Loren tried a series of entrepreneurial ventures, none of them very successful. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dining room is very narrow and it’s hard to pull the folding chairs out so that you can sit down. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

They looked now as if they were only very deeply asleep. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Tonight is very important to all of us. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t see this determination and will power that Grandpa was talking about very clearly. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Let me give you a very simple example of this. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

He was that kind of kid, absentminded, and very smart, and later in life he became a chemist. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You are the very first mother to arrive,” Dr. Richter told Emilia. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He took a very small drink of the water. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each of us said over and over that it was a "crazy idea"--we all talked at once to a baffled clerk and thought, or pretended to think, that we were being very funny. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

She discovered that some of the things she loved so much in her father were considered very comical to other people. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he was very sick and frightened and sad. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

We sat there like that, not talking, for a very long time. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He is young, very well built, and articulate. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

For he is very wise, and weighs all things to a nicety in the scales of his malice. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Failure to thrive, they wrote on his chart when he was very young. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She was as brown as the very soil itself. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Lying there in his bed without his wedding garments, he looked thin as a willow twig and very weak. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

His mother didn’t want him to go to the village with Liyana, ever, but he told his mother it was very important. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

And then, very gravely, I said, “You must stay close to me. Michelangelo may be there. He is the prior of the abbey, after all.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

My mother was very proud of her brothers, and when she started talking she went on and on. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“At great personal sacrifice. I would be very careful about making any accusations along those lines about her.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Miss Van Campen admired family very much and came from an excellent family herself. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Dad arrives and walks straight for the coffeemaker and makes a cup of very light, very sweet coffee and sits down at the table across from me. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

He was dressed for defense—heavy armor and shield—which made it very tiring to play offense. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“She talked about books the whole night. I felt like I was out with you and Mary Anne. But later on the old mover sprang into action. She was inexperienced, but Casanova was very gentle.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He caught another one on the very next cast. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

It would have been very funny if the situation hadn’t been so serious. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I crouched, preparing to run, but I knew my muscles were too tired to get me very far. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I just gave all three of them this very cool glance and all. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Jacob puts his hands on his hips like he’s very confused. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

She was beautiful, standing on the shelf with flowers and leaves and birds and moons carved all around her, and the large star at the very top. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, one guy,” Mr. Levy continued calmly, “this very aggressive-looking agent, gave me some hope. Like all the others, he said, ‘Nobody wants a clothing factory today. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He opened his mouth to say something and then, very suddenly, changed his mind. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I could rest my piece on the sandbags, but it didn’t look very convincing. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The beast staggered, stumbled a few steps, then got very angry. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

He tried very hard to do everything just the way Chroma had done, but nothing worked. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Reilly looked at her son’s reddening face and realized that he would very happily collapse at her feet just to prove his point. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, very funny. It's on the other side.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

He’s holding me by the hand and saying, “There she is. You mustn’t touch her because she’s very little, but when she gets bigger you’ll have a sister to play with.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

According to another of the controllers who handled 052 that night, Klotz spoke “in a very nonchalant manner... .There was no urgency in the voice.” Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

He passed through the two very thick sliding glass doors that stopped the wild sounds of the Electronic Learning Center from leaking out into the rest of the building. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

They all looked very friendly, and seeing the children made him remember: It was not the first time he had spoken in front of a large group of people. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when they are very young, boys and girls work and play together. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can remember accurately the very first set of books that really impressed me. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don't take any interest in anything else any more. I’m so very happy married to you.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“He could stand a visitor or two now, after these very nasty few days.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hung his suit jackets on the backs of the kitchen chairs and kept very little in the fridge. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

An unknown but very large acreage of timber-producing lands is now aerially sprayed in order to “weed out” the hardwoods from the more spray- resistant conifers. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

He was slim and stylish with very long black hair that fell unbound over the shoulders of his Levi jacket. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“His behavior was very, very bad...he hurt those that I love.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

In addition to Tina they had two boys, Ronny and Bobby, who appeared very close in age and had teeth covered in a network of flashing silver wires. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

He was very happy because he had a job that night and because it was a nice day. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He straddled the ditch for a moment, feeling the sun on his back, though the air ahead of him was very cold. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Dimple had a sinking feeling they had no idea she was there and that she was witnessing a very, very private fight. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Thank you very much for the Nike shirt. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He walked very slowly, and he had lost so much weight. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

He opened a pungent bag and put a chunk of the contents of the bag in a very fascinating little device that looked like a cigarette but was made of metal. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

That I feel guilty about leaving Jupe alone in a bed very few people even know we share? Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

It was very hard to get in there unless you had a good reason to give to the security guards who protected the compound. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There are carriers, people who are very expressive, and there are people who are especially susceptible. It’s not that emotional contagion is a disease. But the mechanism is the same.” The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stares at him for a very long minute. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“How do you know she isn’t alive right in this very town? T. Ray could’ve lied about her being dead, just like he lied about her leaving me.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thus contented myself by saying simply: it has been my privilege to see the best of England over the years, sir, within these very walls.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

He smiled very slightly at me and reached his hand up toward mine. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“He wants you to come visit,” Charlotte said, “but, Mitch . Yes? “He’s very weak.” Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Once back here, I too felt very saddened,” he tells them, “and had continued to feel the storm that threatens you also weighing upon me.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Unless you have been to boarding-school when you are very young, it is absolutely impossible to appreciate the delights of living at home. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Guaranteed to give sticklers a very nasty turn, that was - its posters slung along the sides of buses in letters four feet tall, with no apostrophe in sight. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z

You couldn’t judge very much from his productions in different colored chicken feathers and nutshells. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It was a very mean thing to do. Your father tried to call his office this morning, and he couldn’t get the lock off. He couldn’t dial!” The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

She’s wearing a very unfashionable fleece vest, and her hair is cut short like a lot of women’s when they get older. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“I’m very sorry for the way you were treated,” he said, lowering himself onto a cushion between the fires. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Matilda, holding the hat in one hand and a thin tube of Superglue in the other, proceeded to squeeze a line of glue very neatly all round the inside rim of the hat. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

She’s wearing a turban layered high on her head, and she sits very straight. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You seem a good and agile worker and very pleasant to talk to. I think you would make a very nice addition to our home.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

But Eurycleia persisted, “Indeed, indeed Odysseus is here. He showed me the scar. It is his very self.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

She walked over and very tenderly started fingering the long red leaves. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, you’ll have to learn these things. I made very discreet inquiries and you would never guess. She is the—well—the owner of a house of ill fame.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

But we have very little control over our human weaknesses, & this applies also to Fern & the hundreds of thousands of other people including ourselves—for we all have weaknesses. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

And your people are very creative, phonetically speaking. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

I was very enthused and ready for the trip, so I decided to call my father and explain that I was leaving tomorrow. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

He scrutinizes me for what feels like a very long time. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

"I hear it when you are lying very close to me on the pillow at night." The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

When I get home, I work on Grandpa’s video until very late at night, but I find myself thinking of more questions I have for him. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

They protest this rule loudly and often, but their father insists that these rules will stay in place until they are eight years old, at the very least. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

By the time we’d crossed the courtyard and reached the grass, we were a very different group from the one that had stood about excitedly waiting for Madame to get out of her car. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The demands of mountaineering—the physical and emotional struggles, the very real hazards—made it more than just a game. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

“That means this is the very first version of Tempest,” Art3mis said. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

She looked back at him once, and again he had that sense of perfect openness, as if they knew each other very well and there were no secrets between them. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

A pale young man made his way forward, very nervously. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Other people latched on to his idea—one woman who lived on Dedlock Street, very near the edge of the city, managed to get into the Unknown Regions with her flaming stick. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Each of us went about our business, with slow deliberateness, each being very careful not to stare at the other and at the same time sneaking glances, appraising, evaluating. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Evans recounted, “I had no idea that I was talking to a future world’s champion, just a very young master with great intensity. It was the beginning of a long and sometimes turbulent friendship.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He picked them up, took the fid off the can, and painstakingly pulled the bag out while trying not to make very much noise. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

"I know. I hoped we could leave it all behind. I worked very hard to create a new story for us." What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Immediately, I could tell that Eric was very uncomfortable and feeling very awkward, and I was not comfortable, but not awkward either. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked very old, but peaceful, and sleepy. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

There were only three boats in sight now and they showed very low and far inshore. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He’d gotten a very widespread reputation for turning himself into a crocodile and attacking children.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She did not mention that her gym teacher had called her that in a not very nice way. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

As far as he could guess the Orcs had turned and gone into the very opening which Frodo and he had tried and found blocked. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“No. He doesn’t seem orthodox—anything. He seems very universal.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

If they found it and it was daylight, they would come back to fight it, but at the very least, they’d know where to go. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Her parents now lived on the other side of the world, but she had never been very close to them, anyway. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Hundreds of miles away, he was homesick for her, for her house, for the very people he had been hell-bent to leave. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Will you write Mamá what very fine work Uncle Hermilio and Aunt Consuelo found for us?” he muttered through clenched teeth. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

There was one boy, a tall thin youth with a shock of black hair, who was so thickly surrounded by the transparent beings that his very outline seemed to shimmer in the air. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, that's all very interesting,” Esther's shrill voice replied, “but I would really rather receive that information from Mr. Getz himself. Please put me through.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

The very correct young salesclerk was taking his time, and the manager had already been by once to hurry him along. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could very well have told this to everyone including Froelich. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was a small, very black boy with hooded eyes, a long, broad nose and an oddly shaped head. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t know Finn and Rocket were going to find her phone in the dresser drawer that very first day, which made us search her computers right away. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Well, I must say, I’m very pleased with myself. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

But I have hurt them both badly and neither one can feel very good. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Korean vases are beautiful and very different looking. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Our biggest problem was that where he was laid-back, almost passive, I was very aggressive. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. Rieser or something. He’s supposed to be very good.” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Alexander, in fact, has done a very simple calculation to demonstrate what would happen if the children of Baltimore went to school year-round. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

I sit by the stove drinking tea, thinking about my new work, about Izio and Max and, every now and then, a very handsome policeman. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“I do not think it is so very small. We shall not be many, you know.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

In my books I had read that as a child, Krishna was very mischievous. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was all very loud for a Sunday evening in a place like Lake Forest. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

She had had a dream once, not very long ago. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Nick is in a crowd of soccer guys at the very edge of the pavilion, his arms flung around Garrett’s and Bram’s shoulders. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

"Kindness today, this very hour—give generously to those who are not your family, and your generosity will reap a reward more magnificent than you can dream!" Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

He relayed a bit more of the argument and said he was very upset. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

"Nergal is being devoured by the very plagues he spreads. He is literally rotting away. He's dying." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“I am very sorry to spoil your Sunday,” he told his manservant, “but begin packing up I must, as I cannot rest.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I came back, they all looked at me, and I said, “I’m going to miss you all very much. I hope you have a great time at college.” The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Sebastian Reeder could not remember which queen she had been, but he did not think she had been queen for very long. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

“I know that. But the Italian—really, he’s a very pleasant man—began to look all concerned. ‘Can that be right, son?’ he said. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t leave the heater on for very long, or it would drain the batteries. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

If anyone was going to reach the summit from our expedition, I assumed it would be Doug: he was strong, he was driven, and he had already been very high on Everest. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Her name was Charlotte and she was very quirky in a way that you couldn't really put your finger on. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

As soon as the elevator door shuts, everybody becomes very quiet, and when the door finally opens again, everybody talks at once in what sounds like relieved voices. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

To tell you the truth, I don’t really remember much of it, but I know from how I woke up that it probably wasn’t very nice. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

The very tip of the hat was knitted with a fluorescent yellow yarn. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“This potion is the only thing that helps. I am very lucky to be working alongside Professor Snape; there aren’t many wizards who are up to making it.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“It gets very humid in Puerto Rico, and even though it’s raining, that doesn’t mean you can’t get a sunburn.” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

“That would make me very sad, my sweet delight... for young and strong as you now seem, you shall not live so long. Not here.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It is hard to remember just how bright a star is many hours after you look at it, but Huygens remembered very well. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of them she had to learn, and she wasn’t very good at it. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I still wasn’t very keen, but after a while Mom sent me into her bedroom to retrieve a package, all wrapped up, that she’d left on the bed. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

“Don’t make any sudden movements. Very slowly, very carefully, I want one of you to pick up that mirror you dropped, then place it under the water in the fountain.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

When he sat down beside me, he said in a very gentle way:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

That seemed very likely, only too likely, although with all my thought about these stairs this exceptional hardness had not occurred to me. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

It felt like my very own stomach was being punched, and that’s when the pains as bad as contractions began. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no way I could have, because Clancy Gray looked straight at me and said the very last thing on earth I expected. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The very last thing I do in this building is kiss a boy—the boy who moved in across the street and changed everything. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Harroway cleared his throat, made a bad start in falsetto, and began again, angrily, “Look here, Mr. Byerley, our special instructions were to search the house very thoroughly.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

This is because not very many happy things happened in the lives of the three Baudelaire youngsters. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

I’m not a very good soldier if she has to leave to get better. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

It was only at the very last, as their fingers brushed across the gap, that something niggled at him . A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“My dear fellow,” said Herbert, “let the near prospect of our separation—for, it is very near—be my justification for troubling you about yourself. Have you thought of your future?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Because of this, things on the border had become very tense. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

You can go outside for exercise and sunlight, but only at very specific times in your schedule. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Used to the bitter winters at Riverbank, they marveled that there was “no ice whatsoever, and no bad wind, and very little snow.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

She realized that Oakley Street was a branch of some sort of secret service, but since all she did was interpret the alethiometer on their behalf, she knew very little more. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Not long after that we saw fish, very small and silver. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You,” he said, smiling, “have had a very groovy month...” Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

And now the cake was behaving very curiously for while the bottom was burning and sending out a black smoke the top was rising and falling glueyly with a series of little explosions. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even among very popular black names, there is little overlap with whites. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

I tolld her I was trying very hard to be smart. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

There had been times before they ran away when they had acted like a team, but those were very different from feeling like a team. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Something very strange is happening to the trees.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“But we’re going back to the compound very soon, and you have to come with us.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

He soon realized that his remedies were useless and that his very presence induced a state of terror in the child. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The water was very cold, but long ago she had ceased to notice its iciness. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the very first play he whipped a no-look to Mong’s man, who cut through the lane for a finger roll over the rim. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

But, of course, oarsmen are human and no crew can maintain both powerful strokes and a very high rate indefinitely. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Help them, dear God, to play to the very best of their ability. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Adam crawled quiedy into the water, being very careful to make no splash. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“The payment will be very generous. My client has assured me of that.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

I try following her instructions, but my hands slip and my feet slip and I don't get very far. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“Your grandfather died today, Ivanito. I know you don’t remember him but he loved you very much.” Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Genie remembered how Ma used to call it God’s night-light when he was little, and for a second he wondered what his parents were doing at that very moment. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The Thief Lord tried very hard to pretend that he was coolness itself, but Prosper and Mosca, as they followed him behind the curtain, sensed that his heart was beating just as fast as theirs. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

On the first page, across the very top, she wrote a name. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

My voice falters at the lie, but since I can't very well tell him the truth, I rush on. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I was very tired and my head still ached. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The sea is going to give a lot of scope to be very creative.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

She sits down politely, and her hair actually flanks her face very nicely. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I grew very attached to that little boy—I had seen him take his first step, heard him utter his first word. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

They went in, drew the door very softly behind them, and found themselves in pitch darkness. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

The embryos have been pickled; the scent of formaldehyde is very strong. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Basilides,” he said, “you must be very fatigued. I am grateful for all your efforts. Please take some wine with us.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The addict who is “fished” up knew personally that the Muslim approaching him very recently had the same fifteen to thirty dollar a day habit. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The secret of modern corn hybrids is that they can be planted very close together. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

On the third day, I opened our living room window very quietly and watched them running up and down the alley in their knit hats with steam blowing out of their mouths. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

One interesting aspect of Greek modes is that different modes were considered to have very different effects, not only on a person's mood, but even on character and morality. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Gorgias concedes, “No: the definition seems to me very fair, Socrates; for persuasion is the chief end of rhetoric.” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

And yes, I’m aware of what can happen when you’re alone in an apartment with your very cute boyfriend. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

I patted her back and began singing “You Are My Sunshine” very softly. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

The judge was rich, he raised horses, he owned much land, and his wife was said to be very beautiful. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were very quiet at dinner and after, as Kazi was cleaning up, Amil ran over to him and hugged him hard. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

My mom tries to be very upbeat about her job search. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Aunt Letty was a very tough old lady: aunts often were in those days. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Not only did they frighten those who came upon them, but they might very well be spreading the disease. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Now, a ballpoint pen is slightly more valuable than a paper clip, but it’s still not worth very much money in the grand scheme of things. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

It was very strange, this stubbornness about Sula. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Shasta wormed his way through the crowd and there saw Edmund, looking very angry indeed, Corin looking a little ashamed of himself, and a strange Dwarf sitting on the ground making faces. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

As disturbing as the rumors of Cleopatra’s influence and Caesar’s growing power were to his colleagues, Caesar was still very much admired by the Roman people. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

Still, she was very pleased with her outfit. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Which probably isn’t a very nice thing to say, but it’s how I feel in this moment. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

“On this second occasion I became very worried,” said Gold. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

This sounds like bad poetry, so she’s probably just overly hungry and very tired and questioning her good sense. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

It’s just a very lonely, helpless feeling at first—a kind of desolate feeling. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly you needed two sets of laws to explain the behavior of the universe–quantum theory for the world of the very small and relativity for the larger universe beyond. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

His earlocks hung down along the sides of his sculptured face, and his eyes were bright and very blue. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Inside, he felt sick and hollow and very young. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her fleshy ample mouth still had all its teeth, and when she smiled her whole face lit up, but that did not happen very often. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mam says, Thank you very much, and laughs when he leads us to the end of the platform where we have to climb a ladder to the signal tower. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Later.—At the very outset of our meeting a great personal relief was experienced by both Van Helsing and myself. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Yes, ” said Roscuro to himself, “that is the one. The very one. Look at how it sparkles in the light. Lovely. ” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Judge Carlson rubbed his forehead as if this was going to be the beginning of a very long afternoon. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Joaquin eventually carried his tamales home, then stowed them in the very back of the freezer, where he knew Mark and Linda would never see them. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

So what I decided to do, I decided I'd take a room in a hotel in New York--some very inexpensive hotel and all--and just take it easy till Wednesday. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

E.T. - the most famous alien of our time; seeking a very small woman or accomplished professional midget performer. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

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

“I think parts of it are made of an alloy that can’t be made anymore. Perhaps the metal’s very rare—I don’t know. Anyway, nobody has.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

That was a very happy breakfast, though they didn’t get any of it. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

I noticed right away that Jacob was very picky. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

“It’s only a TV show, dude. And not a very good one, either.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

These infinities represent an unending regress that goes on not just very far, but forever. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wrinkled coverall was gone; he was dressed in a whole new outfit; khaki drill slacks, very neat; a blue work shirt; even new work shoes and a straw cap. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Hours later, lying down again, she thought about seeing those soldiers and remembered something Papa had said about Mr. Taylor when he was very angry. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The chamber was so sparsely furnished that it required very little searching. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

They were taken one by one to a laboratory, and of course this made them all very frightened; how cruel it would be, Lyra thought, if she perished without striking a blow at them! The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Dicke and Peebles argued that we should still be able to see the glow of the early universe, because light from very distant parts of it would only just be reaching us now. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed to take all afternoon floating down into the abyss, and he had been very glad to see it at last vanish, with no sound at all, into a forty-foot snowdrift at the bottom. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was fun, but she didn’t sleep very well because she’d drunk some wine. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

‘But Sméagol said he would be very very good. Nice hobbit! He took cruel rope off Sméagol’s leg. He speaks nicely to me.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

She was always very careful not to seem to sneer at the rest of the islanders for their lack of education. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were waiting for me to come to my senses and realize that I was in a very lucrative business. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

Hermione looked very frightened, but she had a word of comfort. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

In the morning she was hungry, very hungry. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Who knows, your very flesh may be polluted, dirty as an oily beach, sure death to shore birds and unborn babies. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

They seemed very small, and they tried to efface themselves in outside neglect, and the wild overgrown front yards tried to hide them from the street. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

"You sot. Admit it; you were good, very good." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

The lake, surrounded by birches, was bright and very still. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Actually, I was the very lowest ranked member of the crew. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

“Well, they both need to know where you are, for health insurance reasons and because they’re your doctors and they care about you and this is going to be very important to them.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Her lips now had very little more color in them than her face. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Of course, that’s the worst reason to have a child, anyone on the street can tell you that, because no one can handle being an attempt at something from the very start. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was very cold, but they dared not make fires because someone would see the smoke and wonder about it. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He thought there would be more very soon, that perhaps even now the entire army was up. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Do them very freely and do not strain. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

The eaves of the forest were very near, probably no more than three furlongs away, but they could go no further. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

And I said, “Yes, a pet rat. He’s very clean and he hasn’t got bubonic plague.” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

From the very first day, casualties poured into the 91st Evacuation Hospital, overwhelming the medical personnel. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

A very long hitting streak in baseball is a particularly amazing sort of record, so unlikely as to seem virtually unachievable and almost immune to probabilistic prediction. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Really? I thought your mother would have sent you to her old school. A very good place...” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I loved you and I didn’t love you at the very same moment, and I felt troubled and confused. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I mean, it seemed like a very nice place, and I was glad so many people cared about him, but I couldn’t imagine feeling that at home in a cancer ward. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pick up my glass and knock it into Taryn’s, then drain it to the very dregs. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Many tourists come to this part of Switzerland, but most of the tourists are stubborn and only want to speak their own language, very loudly. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

Two days after McCandless set up camp beside Lake Mead, an unusually robust wall of thunderheads reared up in the afternoon sky, and it began to rain, very hard, over much of the Detrital Valley. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s bad enough to fail, but far worse to see another succeed at the very accomplishment you’d hoped to achieve. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“The Churchills are very likely in fault,” said Mr. Knightley, coolly; “but I dare say he might come if he would.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

We are all feeling very hopeful, as there is a rally planned for tomorrow. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

We had planned to meet that very afternoon with the Cavalettes club members. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

‘Go out and get me two good, big dock leaves. They will do very well for ears.’ Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bill is a very nice fellow, amiable and full of knowledge, experienced on mountain trails, and with the inestimable bonus that he is a gifted orthopedic surgeon—just what you want in a dangerous wilderness. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

And if black holes were as varied as the objects that collapsed to form them, it might be very difficult to make any predictions about black holes in general. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jodhpur is okay, very hot, but the people are friendly. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

This is very difficult to show clearly in a diagram, so most diagrams, even diagrams of sound waves, show transverse waves. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

“Ms. Friendly has been very generous to this school. I need to thank her.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

So I walked up to the counter, feeling very impressed with myself, and I put down my money and said, “I’ll have a large number one.” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

By then the last radio station, a very faint one that I could hear only at night, had stopped broadcasting. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

She held Florence Nightingale very close to her chest, as if the lady with the lamp could protect her from whatever it was that her mother was getting ready to say. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

‘We came for the physician’s cure. Can you help us? I’ve got some Pylosian mint here and a very nice yellow daisy.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

That day, when Mr. Straight nodded his head after I finished reading my paper, those glasses slid down to the very tip. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tells them, “Not very sporting, taking out a kid who weighs about as much as a moth.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

It was a very nice sort of feeling. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Maybe he was watching them sail away at that very moment, gut-sick and full of dread, knowing he’d die out there alone, with no one to burn him or remember his name. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“He is in a continuous whirl—very active and inclined to be noisy.” The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

I am feeling very sleepy; the cold is perhaps beginning to tell upon me, and nature must have rest some time. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Dumbledore and Ludo Bagman stood beaming at Harry and Ron from the bank as they swam nearer, but Percy, who looked very white and somehow much younger than usual, came splashing out to meet them. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

For some reason, the tiny earth also appears very fragile, as if a giant hand could suddenly reach out and crush it. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And animals. And people. Anything for the garden. Custom orders. Statuary is very popular, you know.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

As they near the end of the meal, it occurs to her that she is neither very drunk nor full. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Without taking her eyes from my face, she very slowly put one of those gloved hands into her purse and drew out a small green snake. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

“It is a waste for such a pretty girl to dress in a widow’s sari. I have a sari with real gold threads. It would make me very happy to see you wear it.” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

When I saw Sam and Patrick at school today, they both agreed that my mom has very good taste in clothing. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

It was a hand that said: I don’t have to work very hard and I’m too clever to have accidents. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Because as soon as he felt better—like, the very instant—he got right back into the water. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t really very good, but I liked it a lot. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Voldemort raised one of his long white fingers and put it very close to Harry’s cheek. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Then he listened very carefully before putting her down. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I did not feel comfortable discussing the very sensitive issues of military training in front of a young woman I did not know and was not sure I could trust. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had stretched very far, so far that she was afraid that when the plane touched down, the rubber band would break, and a part of her life would be over. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

And that Josh needs to see that not everyone’s mad at him and Michael needs to see that Josh can be a very nice boy. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He very quickly figured out the pattern he was supposed to weave. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when the old man heard about it he was very proud, and Chamberlain felt very good remembering it. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, very casually, I slip in, “How are things in the sultan’s court?” Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

As soon as the mob dispersed he moved very rapidly down the Southeast Ridge without waiting for any clients—despite telling Fischer atop the Step that he would be going down with Martin Adams. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

How true it is that necessity is the mother of invention, how very true. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

She’s very wrapped up in this hole, it’s hard to get her to play anything else. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

My parents like to claim that after he was born, I frequently locked myself in the bathroom and very loudly plotted schemes to run away from home, because no one paid attention to me. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

It had been so long—so very, very long—since she had last seen her own face. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

‘Yet I hope very much that before we leave we shall see the Lady of the Elves again.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Thinking of the girl also made him think about the events that had unfolded just before he’d released her, when he’d found a very different set of eyes in the darkness. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

It is always cool in the down-stairs dining-room and we had a very good lunch. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

“Soon, Kate, very soon. There remains one more test, but after that, whether you pass or fail, I promise you all a good supper. Fair enough?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

But her hands were moving very quickly now. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Corry put her finger alongside her nose and looked very wise. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

“Arcadio is a serious man now,” she said, “and very brave, and a fine-looking young man with his uniform and saber.” One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“But you see that Jane,” said her aunt, “does not think so very ill of Wickham as to believe him capable of the attempt.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

"The best gift of all is...the very best...the very best gift of all is...to give up your gift." The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

“That,” said Donovan, bitterly, “is news to me. I was just beginning to have a very swell time, when you told me.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

“It must be something very bad. Holly would never leave the Threarah.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

His happiness, it turned out, was because he had killed seven mice and was feeling very proud—not to say pumped up and gladiatorial. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

He stabbed his finger into the middle of the page and read: I am very concerned about Mrs.— Mr. Birkway stared down at the page. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

She said she would work very hard to learn to draw better, and hoped we would not be very impatient with her. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

He dipped a finger into the dregs and very cautiously just touched the finger with the tip of his tongue. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Mad-Eye Moody was sitting there — except that there was a very noticeable difference in his appearance. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“So very long a time,” said a voice. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Now I’m in Grade Eleven, and as tall as many other girls, which is not very tall. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I point at what feels like the very last parking space in the whole lot. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

But then I heard the Colonel’s voice, distinct and very annoyed, saying, “Because it narrows the list of possible suspects by twenty- three! Why couldn’t you just follow the plan? Christ, where is everybody?” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

In their genes and skeletons as well as in external appearance, the Japanese are very similar to other East Asians, including North Chinese, East Siberians, and especially Koreans. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

But Ratchett certainly received one letter of a very different character—the one containing a reference to the Armstrong baby, a fragment of which we found in his compartment. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

She signed the letter: Beoov, Ivette But it was the three words, written in large letters at the very bottom of the page, that sent a chill down my spine. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Captain Cook found this spectacle very interesting, and in order to get a better view, he jumped up on the mirror ledge. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

The table had a very thick pad, so that when the mah jong pat were spilled onto the table the only sound was of ivory tiles washing against one another. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had begun to think that the demons were not really so bad, but that very evening I found out that there can be some bad demons, too. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He is an accountant, divorced, and he is looking to settle down. He is from Eziowelle, very near us.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Josn took a couple of steps back and gave a very good appearance of being at ease. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Even if it is a preposition, it could very well precede a clause. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“You get right to it, don’t you? Your great-uncle inherited the house from his father, who was your greatgrandfather. He was a very successful man with plenty of money.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I draw a very small fish swimming in the ocean and realizing it's filled with planets and stars. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I get tired very fast when I try to read some of the books I baught in the drugstore. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“He said he feels like throwing up,” said Nurse Molly, looking at me with very nice eyes. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Is now a good time to point out Henry’s very hot, very rich best friend is basically in love with you?” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“I think I understand the Fall. I could perhaps feel that in myself. But the brother murder—no. Well, maybe I don’t remember the details very well.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Debbie,” she said, “I’m so sorry. It’s a very frustrating situation.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

We read Dante’s Inferno in English class, and I always thought it was odd that the very pit of hell is ice—the absence of all hope and light and love. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Kate very carefully untied the red ribbon and unrolled the tube. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He said it as though it were the only possible option among many very sad ones. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Incredibly, presidential security was very weak in that era, even during wartime; almost anyone could walk into the Executive Mansion without being searched and request a brief meeting with the president. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he knew that these houses could burn down in a very few moments. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

The floor space was very restricted, because all round the walls were stacked innumerable dusty picture frames. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

His toothbrush mustache and severe parting looked very odd next to Dumbledore’s long white hair and beard. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

It was very lucky he was so thin. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

A substitute for distractions, when we go on enjoying all the old fooleries to the very last? Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lane, walking rather too fast, said he was sorry he hadn’t been able to get her into Croft House—that was hopeless, of course—but that he’d got her into this very nice, cozy place. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Diepetsana was a traditional doctor and would be very good at knowing such things when he was older. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

The two of them do very different things. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think I would make a very good astronaut. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

There was a rope handle on the inside, but the hinges were stiff and it was very heavy. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

At very first he had felt a shyness, but that was gone now, and the sense of triumph at destroying Abra’s control made him laugh. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

While I was in Schenectady he joined the Dutch Reformed Church, which is a very tough church, indeed. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly they were aware that everything was very quiet; the whole forest stood in listening silence. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Regression analysis, which attempts to relate the values of quantity X to those of quantity Y, is a very important tool in statistics but is frequently misused. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I would appreciate that very much," he said. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

I notice things that I paid very little attention to before. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

That would have been a very good time to have kept his mouth closed and his head bowed. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

In very halting demonic, I told them about the waters of the Pearl River: thick and milky and colored a reddish yellow like the color of sunset distilled from the air. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

With his sweet smile and big eyes, it was all very charming. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

We had a very quiet birthday tea, just us and old Bathilda, who has always been sweet to us and who dotes on Harry. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

This is very unusual for me and they were sure to notice, so in order to avoid any questions, I quickly racked my brains for a neutral topic. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Once he reached the bus, he went to the very back seat—and only then did he turn around to look back toward the house and Mom. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“It is a very makeshift affair, this,” he said over his shoulder. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

The summer food of the white-breasted nuthatch and the brown creeper, for example, includes the eggs, larvae, and adults of a very large number of insects injurious to trees. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Then, there would be the whole day, until very late in the evening, before anyone could possibly find out. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

She was stubborn, very, and she wasn’t about to surrender her decency or mercy for a sound day’s sleep. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

They had done a tremendous amount of surgery on my legs and my face and had made a very important difference to my life. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Inside, the café was crowded and very noisy. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

They were hungry and very footsore and they could not stand the pace. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

On the outside Daniel has brown skin, brown hair, hazel eyes, long fingers, bitten-down fingernails, and he’s very short, and strong. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Everyone will be arriving,” she said, very worried, very upset. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

At this very moment, no doubt, she is pondering with regret decisions made in the far-off past that have now left her, deep in middle age, so alone and desolate. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

I wish you all a very good night.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Since high school, Caleb has had six jobs, none very promising. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

And everywhere they went, Citra made a point to take a family picture...each from an angle very close to that of the nearest public camera. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

My brother always hated making his bed, but he kept his clothes closet very organized. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

I bought a new shotgun, which I always kept at hand, and the Walmart in Wasilla started carrying an anti-bear spray that was very effective, which I carried in a holster on my belt. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Inmates could have their own radios, too, but the big steel cellblock made reception very difficult. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And very surprised, because almost nobody can see fairies and other charmed folk anymore. They’ve all forgotten how.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

‘He has been so kind to us, darling. You must try very hard not to be ungrateful, or impolite to him. It is only a question of a little thought before speaking.’ I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

“You need this,” she whispers, and on her way out she murmurs to Fiona, “A quick visit, okay? She’s still very fragile.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Gen yanked her jump rope off her shoulder like a whip, only it didn’t look very threatening since it was hot pink and she’d put happy-face stickers on the handles. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

On the very same day as the funeral of Charles Waring Darwin, the Linnaean Society fit in an extra meeting. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

A tool just at the very moment I had thought myself free. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Stand in parallel first and make sure we can see your numbered name tag, and stand very still and we’ll be quick about this.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I know I'm not supposed to go blabbing about being from jail, so I just say, "Didn't come from very far away, ma'am." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

The drops fell very slowly, as they fall from an icicle after the sun has gone. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

There was very little electrical activity in his brain, but now and then the flatlines gave a spooky twitch, as if something continued to struggle inside the boy, some destroyed fragment of his soul. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Oh, very good, my lady, but please don't expect me to believe that. I know you too well. What were the Hilly words again?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I stay very still, listening to the echo of his odd question. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“Are you kidding? How could I miss it? The very first meeting of the High Five.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The rifle changed him, the minute he picked it up, and he wasn’t sure he liked the change very much. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I was not a very active participant in that season of protest. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Meaning that Dumbledore’s very interested to know who’s got it in for that boy!” said Moody, limping nearer still to the foot of the stairs. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

"It's solid! This man has a solid pulse! Instead of beating, it vibrates. That's very unusual. Very." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘I be very pleased to make your acquaintance.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

But it is true that very few things unnerved him. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Andrew wasn’t a nincompoop, as you will very soon see. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Harry raised his head very slightly off his arms to free his other ear. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I don’t have to weigh very little, wear very little, or have my teeth fixed. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The first is that they are obviously in poor academic shape, which makes them the very children whom high-stakes testing is promoted as help ing the most. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

When I did move, finally, I just stood there feeling numb, but very heavy—and completely lost. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Washington’s successor would inherit “a devilish load...and be very apt to stagger and stumble.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry you couldn’t be there, Harry, it was very quiet.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The police and security forces were making very few arrests. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And now we get on nicely, and are very glad he came, for he speaks French like a native, and I don’t know what we should do without him. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat very still for a long moment as everybody around me began moving. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

His paintings are great impastos of pigment: chrome yellow, Prussian blue, vermilion, carmine, very light cinnabar green, emerald green, Veronese green, orange, lemon chrome yellow, geranium lake, silver white, zinc white.... Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“But I don’t live here. I’m from a place very far away called Context.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, he has been like a son to us, and we are very fond of him,” replied Mrs. March, returning the look with a keen one. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

The infinite must be approached very carefully, but it can be mastered, with the help of zero. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Even this very short journey had turned Ron whiter still, and once they had settled him on the mattress he closed his eyes again and did not speak for a while. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

After Ma helps me put on my bathing suit, which is a very short pink dress with the legs sewn in, she and Pa go to the second floor and have their lunch. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He frowns, and he looks at me now—for what might very well be the first time in a full week, my dad looks right at me. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

“I understand that the family feels very abused,” he told me. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I felt very weak now, very tired in a dull, spent way. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Something was off, something was wrong, very wrong, and they didn’t know what it was, but they knew it wasn’t normal because they had never seen anything like it before. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Dimple bit her lip to keep from smiling and then very deliberately looked down to pull out the scavenger hunt list. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Percy couldn’t see very far in the shadows, but hanging from the ceiling were pulley systems, sandbags, and rows of dark theater lights. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Jane, I congratulate you. You will be a very happy woman.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

He looked, in fact, very much like a colossal bowl of jelly, without the bowl. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

When I was on my way back to my cell, a very nervous white warder said that the commanding officer, Colonel Jacobs, had ordered me to hand over the kaross. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t make down my bed because I wanted to start very early. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Geisbert said to him, “There’s something very strange going on in that flask, but I’m not sure what it is. This isn’t like shf.” The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unless I am very much mistaken, the delegation from Beauxbatons approaches!” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

We now know that there are two kinds of ‘new star’, one bright and relatively common, one very much brighter still and much rarer. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

Marie-Laure sits with Madame through the worst of it, strange hours when the old woman’s hands go very cold and she talks about being in charge of the world. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I don’t get very long to decide how I feel about being surrounded by ghosts because Elsie whoops and tugs me by the hand, behind the mass of people moving along the street. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

He could see the dark outline of a huge boy who was crouching in front of an open door, a very large box next to it. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

The videotape of Bill and Sue’s discussion seems, at least at first, to be a random sample of a very ordinary kind of conversation that couples have all the time. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

The sunken eyes were very bright and feverish. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sir Edward Maria Wingfield. A very high-ranking gentleman, and a member of the Virginia Company. Remember who he is.” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

They were in a large bare room, very bright and sunny; for the whole of the southern wall was a single window. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

My brothers’ food rations are so small that they have very little to give us when they visit. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the very least, she would want me to make sure the police were trying to catch Nicole’s attacker. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

The very first subject after being seated was Maple Grove, “My brother Mr. Suckling’s seat;”—a comparison of Hartfield to Maple Grove. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

Many girls wear kohl, but Papa is very strict about those things. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

This latter - a stone construct complete with a tiled roof - looked very sturdy, as indeed it needed to be, standing as it did in a highly exposed position against a background of empty fields. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Still, the idea of attempting to release nuclear energy in the middle of a city of three million made Groves very nervous. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first, she was given very little background to go on, but even so, she made progress. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“I guess so. What about you? Are you feeling very Mozarty?” If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

For, pounding down the mountainside, in a cloud of clinging dust and a chorus of chilling shrieks, came all the loathsome creatures who choose to live in Ignorance and who had waited so very impatiently. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Three years ago a tortoise of ours got killed like that and on just about this very spot. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

However, Penelope did become very adept at drawing squirrels. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

I brought it along the side, keeping very low. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then the wave came back, the gully boiled before them and spray dashed up to the very creeper so that the boys were wet and shrieking. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Some of them were just like the peasants at home or those I saw coming through France and Germany, with short jackets and round hats and home-made trousers; but others were very picturesque. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Yet these modern efforts have achieved only very limited successes. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“That would make Isabella very happy,” he said. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Ambrose had been very thorough; none of them were interested. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It didn’t look very comfortable, but the god Auster lounged on it like he was ready for an easy afternoon of watching football. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Light your wands, can’t you? And hurry, we have very little time!” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Gerald said, “Doesn’t look like you two have gotten very far.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Green gauntlets covered their hands, and their faces were hooded and masked with green, except for their eyes, which were very keen and bright. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

But there was no way for any of it to mean very much to me. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Such was the power of an ymbryne over peculiar children: the very presence of one—even one we’d only just met—had an immediate pacifying effect on us. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

They separate when you sit down, and they’re very red and quite fleshy on the inside. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“I want to go back to Levy Pants right this very minute.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

They do what no one else wants to do, attending to the unpleasant bodily needs of the very ill. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

“I think so. I don’t know. I’m seeing double here. It’s very confusing. I can’t figure out who to maul first!” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

But he felt a very deep sadness that he had left his closest friend behind. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I dare say you will find him very agreeable.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

It was the very opposite of grand, but it was my first true home of my own and I was mightily proud. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other animals sitting round her took it up, and they sang it three times over—very tunefully, but slowly and mournfully, in a way they had never sung it before. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

With a look that seemed to Amari to combine disgust as well as desire, he proceeded to examine each of the women slaves very carefully. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

To his surprise, his father began very carefully to direct the needle into the top of the newchild’s forehead, puncturing the place where the fragile skin pulsed. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Grease would have had a very different ending if she'd shown up at that carnival in spandex, a head of curls, and a bushy unibrow. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

The light was shining off the fishbowl in a very beautiful way. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Nico sat in the very back, probably so he could keep an eye on us. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

So I wrap that book up in my arms, and I speak very slowly so that she can understand my every word. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

All the way to the dining room she had walked precisely, placing her feet in the very center of the cabbage roses that twined through the pattern of the carpet. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Then he closed his eyes and lay still, except for his breathing, which was very fast and light, like a small animal that has been running. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Strawberry said little, but was obviously very much pleased. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She seemed to be dressed more for a fancy ball than a luncheon, but Ophie knew very little about rich people. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“Girls, this is a very serious matter,” he says again. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

He wished that Master would not sit there shaking his head as if the whole thing were very funny. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She smoothed her apron and looked at them both very severely. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Tucker was feeling very lively himself because of all the soda water he had swallowed. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had a young face, painted very thick. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t said it out loud until this very moment, but I made my decision on Saturday night, standing in my driveway with Bo. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Polly had learned that Cato, the oldest slave on the plantation, always seemed to know everything that went on while managing to do very little work at all. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a room for very small children. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

His head felt very light, as though it were made of thin glass. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

It was the evening that he finally accepted Richard’s brandy, holding it to his nose and inhaling deeply before he drank, he and Richard still saying very little to each other. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

There was a keyhole in the very center of the door, and directly above it, three words were etched into the door’s glittering, faceted surface: CHARITY. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“So they say. I don’t think a bird with a jackal mother lasts very long,” Dr. van Heerden remarked. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. and Mrs. Dursley,. of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

I am very careful about how I word my question. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

But many did die, from the summer heat or from snakebites; some even died the very day they hatched. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

Tony didn’t profess to know his son very well. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those post-cards would be very fine in America; strange and mysterious. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

I shake my head and try very hard not to laugh again. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Now another man dominated the headlines briefly—very briefly. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

He believed that light travels very fast, but not infinitely fast. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

His hand was very thin, with long, bony fingers digging into Kingshaw’s forearm. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

He stared at Isabelle for a few moments, then caught himself and said, “It’s . . . very nice to meet you, young lady. I hope this is a good time for our visit.” The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

The maiden, who was named Medea, knew how to work very powerful magic, and could undoubtedly save the Argonauts if she would use her dark knowledge for them. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You know, I can’t see you very well in this cursed veil. . ..” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

At the very top of the hill, Nhamo found a crack in the rock. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were very hungry but she said that would all have to be gotten out of me in the morning. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

"What did you think of Prince Joff, sister? He's very gallant, don't you think?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She was very nice about it, the old lady. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

He was convinced that babies started learning things from the very minute they were born, and that it was wrong to keep them in a nursery. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked at Dad for what felt like a very long moment. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

‘I shall be very angry in a moment. We have had too much of that horrid way of talking. You had better go to your room, as Mr Hooper has told you.’ I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

And there were three other pictures, and they were very small, and they were a palace and a beach and a palace. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“However, the legend of which you speak is such a very sensational, even ludicrous tale —” But the whole class was now hanging on Professor Binns’s every word. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Violet didn’t know anything about the girl at first except her name, her age, and that she was very well thought of in the legally licensed beauty parlor. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her own voice is very small in that room of the Best Western. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“What can I say? Her life is a tale told by idiots,” which, Rowan believed, was a very bad Shakespeare misquote. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Instinctively the boys drew back too; and the forest was very still. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

I had become very thin with so much climbing in the mountains and only one meal a day. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was a tasty meal and they were both very pleased with themselves for having made such a good start to the day. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

He certainly didn’t seem to be in a very good mood. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“I’m very glad I could help you two save a library from turning into a cheap, Floo-powdered World of Wizardry tourist trap,” she continued, her voice shaky. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

His mother had answered the phone and was very impressed when she realized who she was talking to. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

It was very quiet, and for a moment Elinor thought she heard Mortimer's voice as it brought life into the church with the red walls. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I stay up while the house is quiet, drying clothes by the fire and sewing a rip in Helena’s skirt where I didn’t sew it very well in the first place. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He’s a very big boy and could strangle me with one hand behind his back. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“As the men were getting their chain saws ready,” Gretchen continued, “I burst out of the cabin. I dashed through the forest very quickly so they would catch just a glimpse of me.” I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

I’m very particular about my toast—at least at Dad’s house. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

“Girls, I want you to know that your dad and I love you both very much, and this is not your fault at all.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

He was very aware of his own admoni-tion not to discuss his training. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Trashman didn’t know he wasn’t supposed to take it. He isn’t very bright.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

If the Japanese really are recent arrivals from Korea, you might expect the Japanese and Korean languages to be very similar to each other. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I realize, for the first time, how very lonely I've been in the arena. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“That’s very good. You really are up the creek, Popinjay. Is Popinjay really your name? Just what the hell kind of a name is Popinjay, anyway? I don’t like it.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Why, it was War and Peace, a very large book. I raised it up slowly and then I aimed it carefully and I threw it right at that bear and screamed, ‘Be gone!’ Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

I lowered my head instantly, and became very busy with the emptying of my own teacup, screening myself behind the cosy. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

It’s still very early, a full twenty minutes before we usually arrive at the school. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

“I,” said his captor, “am Nobody. And you need to change. Turn over a new leaf. Reform. All that. Or things will get very bad for you.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

I start by pulling the soft hairs at her scalp very tight. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

After a while I felt thirsty and very cold; a small, chill wind had blown up, and I thought of the blankets that were still in the cave. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“We have a very different idea of what disgraces the name of wizard, Malfoy,” he said. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Two weeks later, when Mikayla’s mom gave me my very own seed, Mom and I planted it together, very carefully, in perfect conditions, so it would bloom just for us. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

When finally nothing felt very funny, I let my head drop back onto the couch, between my outstretched arms. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

In all ways the Gambler was very good to look at. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

And I feel proud, which isn’t something I feel very much. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

The reeds were taller than he was as he sat in the canoe, and if he kept very still, he thought he probably couldn’t be seen. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Not merely the validity of experience, but the very existence of external reality was tacitly denied by their philosophy. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

All of them pointed at you from the very start. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

It must have been very dark out there in the bay. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I wait for him to scream very soon from his bunk. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

‘And always polite to everyone and very well dressed? Not like someone from this town—more like a Northerner or maybe a Jew?’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Here are some of the things that they said I’m very concerned with the general public’s lack of mathematical skills. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

You’ll see passing your door here the buckets of eleven families and I can tell you it gets very powerful here in the warm weather, very powerful altogether. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

In the custom house a lieutenant, very thin and military, questioned us. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

He well understood Gurgi’s terror, for the very sight of the cauldron was enough to make him feel an icy hand clutching his heart. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

“This was a very hard decision to make,” she said in a slightly quavering voice. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Waker once said something very interesting to me on that subject—in fact, I’m merely parroting what he said to me. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Nah, the hospital just hired a bunch of new security guys and I took a much-needed personal day, thank you very much.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

That very afternoon, while Adria and I were moping in the church parking lot, my mom called some brokers and arranged to see a few plots of land for sale nearby. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

But if the town was there like on Saturday night, Lige would come up with a very grave air. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

To answer simply: I wasn’t very good at sports. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Would I have moved in with Dad?—to adoring him the next moment, like I have from the very first time I laid eyes on him as Drunken Igor and he said he wasn’t okay. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“But Romeo over here never told me he was into her. Although now that he says it, it’s starting to make sense. He has been acting very weird lately.” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Later when Francie was growing up, she felt very rich having so much chalk and so many pencils to use. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since they’d rescued him from the bronze jar in Rome, Nico had slept very little and eaten even less, as if he were still subsisting on those emergency pomegranate seeds from the Underworld. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

No one was very hungry for the dinner he heated for us, but he said we should try to eat since it was dinnertime. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

“Which word means the study of words and their meanings?” she asked me after we had reviewed a very long list of “ology” words. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, Grover seemed very interested in playing notes on his pipes. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

By the time the boy had got to the house the walking man was only halfway down the road, a lean man, very straight in the shoulders. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

As a result, he has developed a very vivid imagination. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

It wouldn’t be very good bread to take on a journey. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked very tough as well, and very mean, like maybe she would kill Hanako for five US dollars and a meal. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Some of them were very curious about our culture and we figured we could at least share a little of our Navajo way with them. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the girls I associate with are very sophisticated in ways that you simply can’t learn from a magazine. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But I think...before you come, every day is same. Now everything very emotion. So this is good. It is very good. I will grow old and have many emotion, neh?” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Trying to hide his face—the very people who caged him might still be there—he followed Kathy through the doors. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

She hadn’t gotten very high, maybe ten toadstools or so, when she felt herself losing her grip. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

They felt they were helping at the execution of somebody whom they loved very much, for the odds were too heavy. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why, some of the bean vines had wound themselves all the way into the very treetops, striving for light. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though very crowded, I could see a group of soldiers crossing the far side. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Exactly how such an event should proceed without tearing the country apart was still very much a matter of speculation and improvisation. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“All you college snips are the same. Hard as nails. These weren’t just any black mollies, buddy. We were very close.” Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

I realize this isn’t a very clear description of our seating arrangements, but it doesn’t matter. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“Edward said that it was very hard to do ... I don’t quite understand,” I said. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Their testimony is very important, because they were the only members of the family who lived completely removed from the three-legged table, protected from magic and spiritualism by their rigid English boarding school. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry then did something that was both very brave and very stupid: He took a great running jump and managed to fasten his arms around the troll’s neck from behind. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Dismay shivered and remained very still, as if he knew that to move meant being swept away. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

But the persistent coughing all night and wheezing all day finally led Mother to take me to a white doctor’s office, where there were many white patients but only a very few of us. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The groom had black shadows under his eyes and looked very sad. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

According to a number of early cosmologies and the Jewish/Christian/Muslim tradition, the universe started at a finite, and not very distant, time in the past. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You were very deeply asleep; I didn’t miss anything.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

But he caught something very bad over there in Nairobi, plus he was not all that young. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

"She's very quiet," his mom said, like that was a good thing. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

But I said that you could still want something that is very unlikely to happen. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He gets up slowly like he is a very old toy running out of batteries. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z