| 单词 | very well |
| 例句 | I remembered lush and lovely eastern Washington very well and the noble Columbia River, which left its mark on Lewis and Clark. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The Potters knew very well what he and Petunia thought about them and their kind.... Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z But the posts weren’t put in very well. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z It was so overwhelming that he found himself forgetting that Misty could very well have it and die soon. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Buford suddenly remembered: the buck-toothed boy is a college boy, very bright, very well educated. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The bricks had been cleaned very well, and through the wide and open windows one could see an assortment of well-groomed plants. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z “I guess to be fair, though, he didn’t know Travis very well. And what do you say about someone who’s only lived seventeen years?” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z “You know very well,” he bellowed at Swope, “my horse will beat the stuffing out of him.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z It was very well for the old man and for the children and even for the women, but he had his two hands. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z I know very well that he was my conquest, and not the other way around. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z I was unable to hear my own sounds, but I knew very well that I spoke English poorly. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t return her hug very well, as I was busy trying to hold back my tears. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z “I wouldn’t keep you from medical care. But you know very well”—he looked straight at me—“that Delia Santos is on the political list. The rules clearly state, no contact with politicals.” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘You are not very well educated but you are really nobody’s fool, I can see that.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Charles Parker did not know much about the American language—but he understood the American dollar very well, and he had used his money and influence to admit his cousin to the asylum without delay. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Bill tried to talk some Spanish to one of the carabineers, but it did not go very well. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z But Harry was in a party mood, so he cleared his throat and began: “When I’m calling youuuuuuuu Oooo-oooo-oooo Oooo-oooo-oooo—” Harry had a delightful yowl that went very well with the lyrics of the song. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z An insignificant little cow....He turned Io reluctantly over to his wife and Hera knew very well how to keep her away from him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Will thought she looked as if she remembered it very well. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z I could not see very well by the firelight—it had grown completely dark—but I could tell he was cooking a meal of some kind. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z ‘What on earth do you think you’re doing?’ he said, knowing very well exactly what I was doing. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z There was no motion or emotion in them—illustrations in the pages of a book, and not very well drawn. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He’d almost drowned last summer in the Sea of Monsters, and he couldn’t swim very well with his goat hooves. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z “Jetta came here last year, and she didn’t speak English very well. Boss was the only one who bothered to talk to her.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z “You know very well you’d like to go out with them.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “It was a test you needed to take to get into the school. You did very well on it, by the way.” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z “He’s just a boy I know from — well, I don’t really know him. Not very well. I just see him at —” I check my watch. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Mama didn’t do very well after Daddy died, and neither did me and Charlie, I guess. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z ‘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 Grandma said I did very well, but I noticed she hardly ate anything either. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 “To be sure. Oh yes! It is not likely you should ever have observed him; but he knows you very well indeed—I mean by sight.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z “It may do very well for the others,” replied Mr. Bingley; “but I am sure it will be too much for Kitty. Won’t it, Kitty?” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z The sugar did very well because it stuck to the ice cream. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The loosely packed soil on the Fowl estate was very well aerated, and a lot of that air had entered Mulch’s tubes along with the soil and minerals. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Mrs. Chatham couldn’t very well keep the reporter away from Mrs. Granger because, after all, America is a free country with a free press. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Maybe it’s too dark for you to see very well,” Natalie said. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “Something to do with the verdict. I can't very well explain.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z It could very well have been, however, that my aunt did not take subtle enjoyment of her friend, but, a wild woman, kept rollicking company. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “We allowed unnecessary room. Ten couple may stand here very well.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z “I didn’t know him very well. He was with one other.” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z In the dark I could not see his face very well. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z 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 ‘You did very well. I’m proud of you.’ Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Bridge hadn’t managed to crunch them very well, and they were mostly legible. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z In general the painting is going very well for him. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z At home we’ve rigged up a walkie-talkie with two tin cans and a piece of string, which runs between our two bedroom windows and doesn’t work very well. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I also can’t steer very well, and by the time I’ve maneuvered the chair to face the second half of the ramp, I’m holding up traffic. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z "But I really didn't know him very well." How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He didn’t know Dimple very well, obviously, and yet tonight she was just...off, a faded print of her former vibrant self. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z It’s all very well for me to think these things, quick as staccato, a jittering of the brain. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z It seemed as if ghosts could not hear or see very well. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The ash slats work very well, and are quite springy and comfortable. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z I guess she couldn't see very well in the dark or she lost her balance, because she fell all the way down the steps. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Apparently, Mr. Neely didn’t know me very well if he thought I’d be interested in doing extra homework and hanging out with super-genius Dari, but I nodded and forced a smile. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Many have not accomplished the position very well, but Ms. Gruwell has succeeded. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z It was so much more complicated than that, but she couldn’t very well tell Misha the truth. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z He doesn’t live that far from us, but he and my mother don’t get along very well. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z “Give him some credit, Edward. He’s been doing very, very well, all things considered.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Meme sensed the thought of her great-great-grandmother very well and the day after the dances she would get up earlier than usual to go to mass. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Mark Antony could not very well contradict this statement without admitting that he actually had suffered a crushing defeat. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Our golden agouti and spotted paca got along very well, contentedly huddling together and sleeping against each other until the first was stolen. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “If you think that’s the end, then you don’t know me very well,” I warned him. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z He said that they fought very well, with training. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I was still wearing Esme’s clothes, and they didn’t fit very well at all. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z I wanted to say no, but I figured that if Annabeth was going, we couldn’t very well let her go alone. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z “He isn’t thinking very well anymore. It’s a kind of disease in the brain that makes you forget.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z “She understands English very well. Only doesn’t speak.” The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Helping Mrs. Coulter had been all very well, but Pantalaimon was right: she wasn’t really doing any work there, she was just a pretty pet. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z She was in the second row, hidden behind one of her companions, and I couldn’t see her very well. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z "We don't know each other very well, Nick," she said suddenly. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z “But he hasn’t been working very well, has he?” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “You have done very well, Severus. How long do you think I have?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “I couldn’t very well let her go around saying bad things about us, could I?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z She rowed very well but the oars were too long and bothered her. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Once Liyana answered someone that way, but it didn’t work very well. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z “He likes to have his own way very well,” replied Colonel Fitzwilliam. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z She shook her head no, but her mother said, “Oh, Moushumi’s just being shy, she knows very well how to play ‘Jingle Bells.’” The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The only other sound was the creaking of the rocking chair, which went very well with the cricket’s song. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Neither one of them did those things very well, but that would be good enough for me. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z So a composer may very well prefer to write an E sharp, because that makes the note's place in the harmonies of a piece more clear to the performer. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z I might very well pull him down with a running shot because I am a good rifleman. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 But she knew very well that if she had not stood when she did, the scene would still have happened, for it was not about her at all. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “It is all very well for you to keep on mentioning that, my dear Grummore,” exclaimed King Pellinore petulantly, “but who is this King, what, that is to live so long, what, accordin’ to you?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 There was laughter again, but I said almost immediately: 'I think I understand your position very well, Mr Smith. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Look, the old man knows the boy’s voice very well. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, very well. I saw them the night before last.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z I got to know the Old and New Testaments very well, and I learned a lot of Christian values from the missionaries at that school. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z But paper doesn’t throw very well, unless you fold it into a paper airplane, which I hadn’t done, so it just kind of slid into his lap. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “I told you I’ve published quite a lot. I’m very well known. I have a virtual fan club in Finland, you know,” he says. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z It was all very well for Brother Luke to bring him fishing, but it only seemed to make it harder that he couldn’t run about or swim like the other boys. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z He roars even though he has your address in his pocket and knows very well where you live. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Gerald didn’t know Rob’s dad very well, but he probably knew him better than any father of his friends. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Only one of my car speakers worked and not very well. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Apparently, this time it hadn’t gone over very well. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z It occurred to me that an ugly, used lute might not sell very well in a city full of nobility and prosperous musicians. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z It doesn’t agree with his digestive system very well, though. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z This could very well be the last time he gets to inhale Henry’s scent on anything. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Under normal circumstances I would not have doubted my ability to do very well in an exam. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t want to hear it any more. You sing it very well, but I drat want it again. Uncurl, you idiot, and tell me where you learned to sing.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Annabeth couldn’t read the expression on Percy’s ghoulish face very well. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “The audition actually went very well, Libby. By the way. Like: I didn’t get cut, or I did at first but then got called back.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z “Maybe your father hasn’t been conducting his meetings very well.” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z 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 But my teacher often told me I was doing very well, and when she promoted me to the highest book reading level in our classroom, I wanted to reach out and shake her hand. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “You speak English very well,” she told her grandmother. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z He spoke very well about the decency and comradeship natural to animals. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “They treat me very well. And I don’t know how I go about it. Sometimes I even have to rent a hall and advertise, sometimes I speak to the principal of the high school.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “You know very well who he is, young man,” Mrs. Glass said with emphasis. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z Driver ants, Ebola virus, acquired immune deficiency syndrome: all these are brooms devised by nature to sweep a small clearing very well. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I tried not to sound resentful, after the way she’d written me off in the council, but I guess I didn’t hide it very well. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Sister Fenella should have been cooking by now, and there were sisters he didn’t know very well hurrying along the corridors, looking anxious. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z As usual, Ji-yun had not done very well at her piano lesson. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “I was at the other end of the park. The dryads had this great idea of passing me through the trees to get me here. They don’t understand height very well.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z I can lie so very well, better than he thinks. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z 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 “I feel very well. We had a lovely night.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z 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 The other three, as I knew very well, were coming up next. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew very well what my weakness was. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z “I know you,” the eyes seemed to say, “1 see through you, I know very well why you didn’t go to see those prisoners hanged.” 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Finally, she looked up and her eyes met his and she tilted her head and raised her eyebrows, as if she knew very well that he had been watching her. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The poorer hobbits, and especially those of Bagshot Row, did very well. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “The jig is up between you and Dr. Stubbs. We know very well he sent you up here to complain today.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z It worried Dad so that some nights he didn’t sleep very well either. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z “Mrs. Lacy looked very well the other night,” he said. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “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 He often comes to see us, and he and mamma get on very well together; they have so many things to talk about in common. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Even when I knew him very well, encounter after encounter, I had difficulty recognizing him. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “It’s doing very well. It covered the arbor in only two years. I think it’s the water.There’s nothing finer than one of these desert pools.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “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 “I am well, very well. I have been helping the wives of our umunna with the cooking.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Compared to the man on the television, however, whose gaunt face was surrounded by a matted, elbow-length tangle, Harry felt very well groomed indeed. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Though the murder of the Eye Eater had made many of the Champions quiet down, the sponsors certainly didn’t seem to care that this Test might very well kill a few more of them. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I knew very well that I rarely make notes, and if I do I either lose them or can’t read them. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “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 I know very well that the President didn’t send those soldiers just to protect me but to show support for an idea—the idea that a governor can’t ignore federal laws. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “He really said I was doing very well?” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Anyway, I can’t climb a tree very well in a skirt. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z “I didn’t think it was. You know very well what I’d do if I ever caught you in a car.” The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z “There’s a magical creature shop just over there,” said Harry, who knew Diagon Alley very well by now. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z “Well, we can’t very well all live here,” Papá said, looking at his new woman. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z In the early years of my boyhood, my parents coped very well in America. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z "That will suit us very well," my grandmother said, and she stood up and marched out of the room with me behind her. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z “Happy birthday in advance. And by the way, young lady, you speak English very well.” Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z “You have all done very well this morning,” she said. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z “All right,” he said, and then deadpanned, “but we don’t get along very well.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z “I think she was surprised. And perhaps her feelings were hurt. She certainly didn’t express herself very well. Shocking, really, that a romance novelist could be so inept at the language of the heart.” Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z 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 With three and a half weeks left of high school, we weren’t very well going to renickname him. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z “Your father couldn’t play very well. Two or three songs. That was it.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The street below isn’t lit very well, but I can see Marlene’s faint outline on the pavement. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z 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 I needed money if I wanted to come back in the spring, and I couldn’t very well work if I was gallivanting around with Francis. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “The place had been very well chosen,” said Gold. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Even though my classmates didn’t know me very well, the teachers certainly knew about my family background. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, very well,” he said; “let her come in, by all means; but just wait a minute till I tidy up the place.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Mrs. Conlan goes to the store and tells the clerk he forgot to give her Green Stamps the last time she was in, and she knows very well she’s lying. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z “You pretend very well,” said Tyrion, examining a shirt of heavy iron mail so foil of holes that it almost looked moth- eaten. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He thought, not knowing the geography of the valley very well, that it was all the same stream. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z “I can’t listen to your heart very well through the sweatshirt.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “No, no. I think you dealt with her very well.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z “It makes him laugh. Oh, very well. He is a sweet little monster.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z 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 "He adapts himself very well to things. He really does. I mean he really knows how to adapt himself." The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z And then, very quickly, I see the truth flash across her eyes because I know my mother very well. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Adventures are all very well,' the Head had said, afterwards. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z We don't know each other very well, so these would all be possibilities. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z We had little in common other than our nearness to death, and that was not what we wanted to talk about; so, much of the time, we did not understand each other very well. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z “You did very well last year,” he said, “except in driver education. You made the California Scholarship Federation. Congratulations.” Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z He thought that over and added, “Never mind. Your brother always come first. But you must guard very well. If you cannot, I will carry both.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z He couldn't very well scold one of his best clients. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z He still disliked addressing Woundwort as “sir,” but since he was supposed to be an Efrafan officer, he could not very well do otherwise. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He knows everything; when I said that Margot and I weren’t very well informed, he was amazed. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “A rat, perhaps, or pheasant chicks. Lucky for us it had killed, otherwise it might have been quicker. Still, fortunately we did the right thing. We really came out of it very well,” said Bigwig. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “He’s right up there with our brightest and best. Commune or no, he’s been very well educated by someone.” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z Attendant upon these beliefs was his conviction that the family had known very well the persons who destroyed them. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z “Very — very well,” said Madam Pomfrey, looking startled, and she too left. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “Ruby and Feral do, you know. But curtains, well, they don’t block out sounds very well.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I cannot describe these last days of our journey very well. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z However, the distances to the galaxies are not very well known because we can only measure them indirectly. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t worry, mi niña, she remembers all of us very well. I’ve been writing to Caro ever since we got here.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Bailey and Louise and I had done very well and were pleased with ourselves and each other. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The fairy in that book wasn't very nice either, but at least Meggie knew the world awaiting her between its covers very well. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z “Nay, she has always been a first favourite with him, as you very well know.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z He hadn’t been able to tell her about Grover’s pretending to be away when he was not; even so, she wasn’t sleeping very well, he’d noticed. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z One morning we were sitting on the verandah when he complained he wasn’t feeling very well. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z “My dear Biddy, they do very well here—” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z I don’t know the sixth graders very well—they have different recess times. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z He knows both sides of his brother very well. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “He knew himself, very well. We’d threatened half a dozen times to leave him at home if he didn’t behave.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Jessie had known her fiance very well, and she was madly in love with him. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “It originally comes from Malaysia but grows very well in Puerto Rico. She likes our weather.” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z Being ten feet tall and glowing silver, Bob didn’t do stealth very well. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z This worked very well for a girl, Johanna Mason, from District 7 a few years back. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z He knew that wouldn’t go over very well with Ms. Morales. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The shack had fallen down, but the grapevine was still doing very well. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 She had found a small hole in the pocket, and when she put one eye close to it, she could see out very well indeed. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Then the poisoner didn’t know Slughorn very well,” said Hermione, speaking for the first time in hours and sounding as though she had a bad head cold. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z From what I remember, though, I got along with you very well and rather liked you. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z It was perfect, to tell the truth, except that its brakes never worked very well. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “I didn’t take anything. You know very well I didn’t.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “I think you might very well be the most eccentric person I’ve ever met.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Amazingly, Chicago’s acting chief of police continued to insist that he was “very well pleased with conditions.” 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z He could very well have been there to glean Citra or Ben. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z She tells herself he could very well be married, as she is. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z "Marching is all very well," she said to her son, "but where, and to what purpose? What do you mean to do?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z It was not him, but it very well could have been. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Harry and Ron stared: Hermione and Ginny, who had always got on together very well, were now sitting with their arms folded, glaring in opposite directions. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z I mean it when I say to him: "Quang-ha, you may very well have a future career in management." Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z 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 Someone may have drowned here, he thought grimly—at the same spot where he could very well die of thirst. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z “It’s very well done,” she said, “but it is way too pretty. You do look like a girl.” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The tobacco this year did very well, as did the tomatoes. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z It might very well be that literally every word in the history books, even the things that one accepted without question, was pure fantasy. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Of course, we couldn’t very well walk into our own house with the stuff either. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “Maybe it didn’t stick very well, and then Rocket started playing with it—you know how he’s always carrying ponytail rubber bands away when Mom or I drop them on the floor?” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z This is turning into an extraordinarily expensive joke, but I'm not very well going to return to the creepy magazine rack and look for a bargain. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z “You know, I can’t see you very well in this cursed veil. . ..” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z He also knew that, given the way things were going, it might very well land in California instead. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “Couldn't very well miss the Goose Fair, could I? ‘I’ll have a little wander,' I thought. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z The first week I was there I was given a series of tests that showed that even though I couldn’t speak English very well, I read and wrote it at the tenth-grade level. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z “I’m not saying this very well. I’m sorry for earlier. I wasn’t thinking straight.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He emphasized the now, as if to say, We know very well you got kicked out of preaching the Gospel. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Her hair, cut fashionably short, had survived sleep very well indeed. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z It was as though he knew very well that in Lombard's past actions legality had not always been a sine qua non.... And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z And this, as she knows—as she knows very, very well—is a terrifying thing to rely on. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Since this amount of running only takes an hour a week, I think that it is time very well spent. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, we can’t very well call and report him missing when somebody saw him six hours ago.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “Do you want me to play some more?” little Willy asked Grandfather, knowing very well that Grandfather would not answer. Stone Fox 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Egypt’s dry, sandy soil preserves papyrus scrolls very well—copious quantities of documents have survived. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z "Oh it's all very well for you," whispered Aravis rather savagely. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z Patrick was a bright, amiable, undaunted fellow with whom we got along very well. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z You communicated with her very well, by the way. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z She couldn’t cook very well, so they ate a lot of fast food. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z It was in her dorm’s colors, and none of the teachers here knew her face very well. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z It was all very well to eat pretend cake and chicken, but her real stomach felt like the two sides were stuck together. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I had to do very well in these exams, for there was a possibility I could win a scholarship to help me on to secondary school. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt as though the crowd might very well kill us with their love. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I reach into my pocket and pull out five one-hundred-dollar bills, which is more money than I have ever held in my hand, and may very well be Dad’s life savings. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z But they couldn’t very well shoot through two walls of bulletproof glass. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He knew very well how particular Grandma India and Mother were about that precious room. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Changing the subject was something he did very well. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z The soldiers did not fight back very well. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z “He’s doing very well,” Blunt said at last. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z And when Tommy had protested it was all very well Miss Lucy saying this, but everyone did think it was his fault, she’d given a sigh and looked out of her window. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, come on, Grummore. I do think you are a cad not to yield You know very well I can’t cut your head off.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew very well that only the night before this preacher had shown neither Forgiveness nor Mercy in flogging some small boy who had broken the rules. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Still, Mother knew very well that Dad had to talk about his children, the children who had already arrived and those who were expected. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z “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 “He does his work very well,” put in Henry, with hypocritical generosity. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t think I’m letting it heal very well. I keep using my arm or landing on it.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t speak it very well even though I understood most things. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z “Colonel, control yourself. That ordeal will do very well.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “But Italy was occupied by the Germans and is now being occupied by us. You don’t call that doing very well, do you?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Mike Costello spoke very well, like one of those football guys who make United Way commercials. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “That’s all very well, but how are we going to scale the wall into the Abbey grounds? If Cluny has captured Redwall, he’s bound to have sentries posted upon the ramparts.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z She discovered they could tell time very well. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z She might not have known every word, but she knew very well what Mom was saying. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Now that she was gone, he couldn’t do for himself very well, having only the one hand, but he wouldn’t let Mama or Aunt Loma do for him. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Billy liked him, but didn’t know him very well. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “No indeed, Miss Havisham. I only wanted you to know that I am doing very well in my apprenticeship, and am always much obliged to you.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z "I didn't sleep very well. Bill and I were out late, too." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Even those who couldn’t walk very well did their best to keep moving away from Kabati. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z It was a good theory, but it wasn’t working very well. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z And it dawned on Stella that he couldn’t read very well! Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “Nonsense,” she said in a tone I know very well. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z He felt very well, so well that it was not possible to stay in bed. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The lizard dragged the priest’s body back to her nest, and her children feasted very well. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Saints, as the Old Ones knew very well, were a bad class of people to cross, so the children stood up hastily. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, that was some years back. Right after Pearl Harbor. But now they’ve turned them all loose again. Sent them home. I don’t guess you could keep up with news very well in the hospital.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z “Things are going very well,” the doctor said. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Perhaps it was simply that he had not spoken very well, being new to it, and they felt that he was not up to their fine ways? Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z And it doesn’t even rhyme very well, either, but some of those words just don’t have good rhyming matches, anyway. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z 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 Even if I never took Peer Communications, the outcome may very well have been the same. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z “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 The Goddess of Love and Beauty knew very well where the most beautiful woman on earth was to be found. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Which was all very well, thought Harry, but he had another reason for not wanting Snape near him while he was playing Quidditch. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z In my mind I’ve worked out exactly what happens next, but the story doesn’t seem to be coming along very well. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z He had been very well fed by Mrs. Bessie in the Lyte kitchen, and he thought Cilia was a grand kid. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She shifted herself around at this so she could look at me, trying, not very well, to keep the smirk on her face from stretching wider. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z “So things at the department are . . .” “Very good, yes, thank you, and Ralph’s doing very well, except, you know, that he may be ‘climbing a tree to catch fish’...” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z As you can imagine, this didn’t go over very well. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z She might be busy, he told himself, although he knew very well how convenient and unconvincing a reason “busy” was. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “I knew your father very well, both at Hogwarts and later, Harry,” he said gently. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z I hadn’t been thinking very well of myself for some years, but if my sins had this dimension there was some pride left. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, by all means, use them. You’re certainly not doing very well with the ones you have now.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z Cicero very well understood this—having himself been attacked for social climbing, his failed marriage, and as “an immigrant citizen of Rome. ” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z I didn’t speak English very well, and like anyone who doesn’t I mostly listened. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z On her birthday after school, she had called Omer to thank him for the wonderful surprise, and his mother, who didn’t speak English very well, answered the phone. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z They were so close to the Uncle and didn’t even know, but the argument with Valley might very well have saved his life. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z It was very well for us sitting comfortably watching through the window while the heavy businesslike flakes settled with every intention of remaining. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “You certainly look very well and young, Mrs. Hathaway!” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z They looked very well in their simple suits, Meg’s in silvery drab, with a blue velvet snood, lace frills, and the pearl pin. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t know how to dance slow very well either, but I do know how to sway. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z For such a smart person, Emma never explained things very well. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z A colonel’s horse boy might very well know a day or so, or even a few hours, before a colonel marched. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z With her head at such a funny angle, Jinny couldn’t see very well, but she could hear it when Ess began to laugh. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “You might be able to find her. She would be”—Molly calculates in her head—“in her late sixties, right? She could very well be alive.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z We eat very well, and since this puts everyone in a good mood, there is no more talk about stealing away to England. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z “I guess you don’t know your cousins very well,” Kasim says. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Once I knew the City very well, spent my attic days there, while others were being a lost generation in Paris. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Then that he had two sisters, that he liked the cats that roamed through the garden, and that he worked very well with his hands. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Without that job, I might very well be living in a place like this. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “O! they do very well here?” interrupted Biddy, looking closely at the leaf in her hand. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z But the rest of them agreed, and I couldn’t very well survive out there alone, could I?” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z “She’s tired from the surgery, and she’s not looking very well either. You know how girls are about being seen without makeup.” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Besides, as Woundwort very well knew, his leadership was going to be vital. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet he had good reason to, for not only had he known the murdered family, he knew very well who had murdered them. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z There was one of Lenin shaking hands with a very well- dressed, very pink man. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “I think it’s a kind of mushroom,” said Lazlo, who knew very well what poltroon meant. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z It's come from the left, so I can't pick it up very well. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “I relate very well to dead words. They interest me and they help me. I can insult people without their knowing it. For instance, Matt is a cuglion.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I stifled a laugh, but not very well. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z I knew how to shoot very well—as well as an expert. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z 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 Even villagers who didn’t know Gram very well showed up to say goodbye to her. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z “I don't think I did very well,” she sighed. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z He couldn’t very well let her fly off by herself. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z It was last year, my first week, so I didn’t know her very well. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Its first prelude is now very well known - and incidentally made up entirely of a chord sequence, no melody, exactly as Bach’s hero Vivaldi might have done. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z It survives very well if its leaves are chewed off. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Ugwu wanted to add that he knew very well who it was, but he was not sure how Master would take that. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Although he was able to keep up and manage very well, he learned little of practical value. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z That’s how I’d tell it, if it were up to me: Daniel knew very well that the King’s high priests were sneaking in at night and taking all that food. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The light comes on, and I still can’t see very well, but I can tell we’ve stepped into a big room filled with a labyrinth of metal shelves. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z I probably shouldn't have, but I asked, "Are you sure? I understand you two didn't get along very well...even though you're the goddess of love. It doesn't make sense." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z I knew very well the power of my own mother and grandmother. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “What you’re going through is honestly quite common, Moss. I promise you. And he might very well be nervous, too, but he just shows it in a different way.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z "They don't fight very well," Bran said dubiously. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The value of the grand unification energy is not very well known, but it would probably have to be at least a thousand million million GeV. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z They were very well dressed, too well dressed to be eating pork out of a box, but on that warm September day it seemed natural, a perfect addition to the mellowness that pervaded the park. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “You could toboggan very well. Excellent Canadian toboggans are sold in Montreux. Ochs Brothers sell toboggans. They import their own toboggans.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Helen was talking to herself now: she had forgotten I could not very well understand her—that I was ignorant, or nearly so, of the subject she discussed. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z I paused for a moment and leaned against a wooden column, but I knew very well that I couldn't go inside that door. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Dr. H. C. Murphy had got to know Lee very well and had gone from a professional impatience with a Chinese servant to a genuine admiration for a scholar. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z There was, in Kayode’s demeanor, a withdrawal of spirit, a pulling back of his army of warmth, because he sensed very well that she had made the choice to shut him out. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z One of the chromosomes wasn’t sticking to the Velcro very well, so it drooped a little. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z If they punish you in the morning, they know you’ll be taking care of those cows very well for the day. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z She clapped him on the back briefly and went on to her duties, knowing very well she had said a thing that pleased Matt Creighton’s youngest boy. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z She regarded us with the crinkled squint of someone who is either chronically confused or can’t see very well. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z “It is all very well for Bors,” he said complainingly, “but what about the hermit? What about Sir Colgrevance? Why didn’t God save them?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z She knew very well that Mary Poppins never wasted time in being nice. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z Washington dismissed the requests as sentimental, pointing out that if Andre had succeeded in his mission, it might very well have turned the tide of the war. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z But I couldn’t very well tell Lissa that without starting another round of questions. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z God works, as is very well known, in mysterious ways. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Ida then turned to me and said with barely concealed disdain, “You know very well that I can’t do that.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Not much farther, laddie.You’re doing very well for a hothouse plant.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, the photographs anyway. We'd expect you to bring your actual portfolio with you to the interview, but the photographs were very well done. We got a good idea of your level of talent.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The thing about the Army Corps of Engineers is that they don’t build things very well. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z He spoke it very well, with hardly a trace of accent. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Dear Andrew, You don't know me very well. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Pantalaimon, tired of putting out light, had become a bat, which was all very well for him; he fluttered around squeaking quietly while Lyra sat and chewed a fingernail. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Roads weren’t marked very well in those days, and Dad never believed in signs anyway. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z So instead I said: “It’s not really so bad. We often planted corn this late—even in July. It does very well.” Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z “Maxim did not seem to object, did he? I thought he took the suggestion very well.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z The following preparations work very well for songs in duple meter if you sing them on the starting pitch that you want the children to come in on. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z The thing is, I didn’t know what it said even if it said it very well. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z As I remember very well, I let a whole year go by after the funeral before I came back to New York at all. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z They knew very well why he hadn't: because of the enormity of the knife descending and cutting into living flesh; because of the unbearable blood. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z “Well, suppose he could talk and stand on his hind legs. Maybe he could do very well in every way. Perhaps you could invite him to dinner, but could you think of him as people?” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “You’ve both behaved very well. Here’s some M&M’s for you!” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z As a man who always knows where he’s going, Jaimito couldn’t very well stop to ask for directions. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z That seemed perfectly normal to me, since I understood very well that people would forget me when I was dead. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z His parents did not understand all this very well. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z He finished the day in a silence as sullen as that of the other apprentice, Nebre, whose stony indifference to men and work alike he was beginning to understand very well indeed. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z When he did so, although he knew very well the danger of showing too much interest, he could not resist reading it once again, just to make sure that the words were really there. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z “Very well, very well,” said Mrs. Banks hurriedly, though she wished Mary Poppins did not know so very much more about the best people than she did herself. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z They knew only one thing for certain: When next summer’s hot, humid weather returned, yellow fever might very well visit their homes again. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z I can’t chew very well, so I mostly get soft foods like scrambled eggs or oatmeal or applesauce. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z “Well, you both seem to handle the situation very well.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z What Stuyvesant did, and did very well, was to prepare students to continue their education. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z He could not read very well—I could read better than he could when I was only twelve. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z When I was finally allowed to read it, I very well knew this was no simple tale of rafting down a river but the everlasting story of America itself, with all our glory and shame. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Washed and patched, it had fit her little brother very well. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z And I said, “I’m doing very well, thank you,” which is what you’re meant to say. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “Have faith in yourself, child. You’ve done very well so far. There’s no reason you can’t do well now. Believe in yourself.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z They were confident that when the judge heard from them all and realized that the police had imprisoned a well-known businessman, the judge might very well release him that day. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z “If Hoodhood and Associates get the junior high school contract—and we intend to—then Kowalski and Associates may very well be no more.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z “You’re looking well, very well,” he said, taking in her low-cut cocktail dress. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z For my grandma, that wasn’t an easy decision, because she didn't know us very well back then. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Then he said, “Yes, Christopher, you could say that. You could very well say that.” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “If it has, it’s hiding them very well,” said Ron. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Not very well, judging from his dark, haunted-looking eyes and slightly hysterical laughter. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Miss Maestas sent a note to my mother telling her that I was progressing very well, and my mother was happy that a man of learning was once again to be delivered to the Lunas. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z What he grasps very well is that the scholarship boy must move between environments, his home and the classroom, which are at cultural extremes, opposed. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 And she moved off, followed by Miss Fannie and Miss Annie, who were obviously trying to look as lively as possible but not succeeding very well. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z 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 "Yes," said Lombard, "peculiarly unfortunate describes it very well." And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z “Not at all, thank you, ma’am. I’m very well, and mean to do great things next winter, so that I may be ready for Rome, whenever that joyful time arrives.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z The facility wasn’t organized very well, and it was extremely dark, so it took us a long time to find Dad’s little room. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z I knew very well that without the church and the help of the people sitting around me, I had little chance of making it through that school year. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Be sure to have them learn the song very well before adding a sung ostinato. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z And all of this would be very well, it would be rescuable, if she was not so angry with him over a broken vase that had come apart in his hands. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The device worked very well, but had an additional, unexpected benefit. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z “This could very well be the people who left her behind. And they sound like they’ve got scrambled eggs for brains. Now try not to make any noises, would ya?” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z The thin atmosphere doesn't conduct heat very well, but it cools everything, eventually. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “He seemed to have prepared very well. I was confident.” Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z To another, he expanded on the theme with a sort of minatory thrill: “I think it really not too improbable that a ten cm cube of uranium deuteride . . . might very well blow itself to hell.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z They be all very well for comers and trippers, an’ the like, but not for a nice young lady like you. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z So Caroline took Irene in and for a while it worked out very well. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, Robert! how do you do? I remember you very well: you used to give me a ride sometimes on Miss Georgiana’s bay pony. And how is Bessie? You are married to Bessie?” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z The whole thing reeked of secrets, a smell Ivy knew very well, so she didn’t bother asking why. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z After the drive in the dark, his eyes were squinted in the bright lights, and he couldn’t see very well. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z You can’t explain things very well to somebody who is screaming his head off and chunking you with rocks as fast as he can pick them up. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z When I spoke to Bailey about it, he agreed that I was right, but he also informed me that Mr. Cullinan had two daughters by a colored lady and that I knew them very well. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He turned to Nadia and said, "Ginger's bark will do very well. Besides, she looks a lot like Sandy except that her eyeballs aren't blank." The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z “I’m not feeling very well. I think I’ll go to bed.” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z But Mary looked pale, as though she hadn’t slept very well. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z I know that stretch of the North Sea very well because the train from Edinburgh to London goes that way, and I was up and down all year when I was at school. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z “I...oh...very well,” said the Prime Minister weakly. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z They remembered him very well because of the contrast between his dark skin and his green eyes. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Will said, “Oh, very well. But we go through quickly and in complete silence, and you do exactly what I say, at once, you understand?” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z They are both doing very well, I assure you.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z On Wednesday, two minimally supervised medical students removed my chest tube, which felt like getting stabbed in reverse and generally didn’t go very well, so they decided I’d have to stay until Thursday. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z “I thought Horse had been looking very well, actually,” her father said. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z 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 He returned my call while I was out and told Gay that he very well might be my birth father. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z I pushed on, finally picking up my sled and carrying it under my arm since it wasn’t sliding very well in the deep snow. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z 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 I knew very well that all he said was ridiculous, not light for their darkness but flattery, illusion, a vortex pulling them from sunlight to heat, a kind of midsummer burgeoning, waltz to the sickle. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Hell, she knew very well how to live here, much better than I with my college training—training! Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “I see very well. You are the one who does not see.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z I never discussed it with anyone, but I knew very well because friends and relatives also told me the same thing. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “I’m doing very well. I’m very, very comfortable.” The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “What was she like—the one who gave you the pouch? You must have known her very well.” The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z He was not sickly or weak but he did not lift very well; he rode horses badly and detested them. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “I know we invaded your privacy, and I’m sorry. I’m not handling this hunt thing very well.” Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z "This I know very well, O loquacious Vizier," answered the Prince. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z The thing is, because of the way my face is, people who don’t know me very well don’t always get that I’m smiling. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z The letters were printed big and bold, but were not very well formed. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z There might very well be a stoat on his trail at this moment. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Tea parties didn’t amount to much, neither did picnics, unless very well conducted. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Of course, this aspect of mathematics isn’t very well known even to the numerate, since it’s necessary to have some mathematical ideas first before you can play around with them. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z It was all very well in the flood, when everything was upside down, but when the water retreated and normal life emerged...Well, actually, nothing would be normal and safe ever again. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z “He wasn't much, was he? Kind of small and homely and he didn't shave too close or comb his hair very well.” Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z "Oh, very well, then. Since you've got it all taped out." And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z Ivy didn’t know June very well, but what she did know, she liked. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z It was all very well having a rule about not laughing at Toby, but it wasn’t always easy to stick to it. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “I would like to be with my mother, be very well educated, and have enough money to support my family, if I ever have one.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z She knew very well what she would see in it; her reflection had long since ceased to interest her. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘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 “Yes. I remember the earthquake very well,” I say, quiet, almost whispering. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “Socialism could very well work in Nigeria if done right, I think,” he said. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I don’t think I’m handling change very well at all. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z My mom even told me how I tell stories very well. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z It was not very well received at the time due to factual errors she made. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z He didn’t know either of them very well, but that was about to change. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I knew very well I would have to force myself to attend. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Neither one seems to work very well alone, but together... they still don’t work too well. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z "It looks like a piece of junk. It may very well contain fabulous wealth. Drop the line down and see if you can hook it." Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z Kimberly looked at Don, who made a wry face and said, “Well, we do our best but we know very well that we re not messiahs.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “Don’t promise me that, Percy. You know very well it will only get worse.” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Sidman walked in front of me, picking up sweatshirts and canteens that hadn’t been tied to the packs very well, and handing them to Danny and Meryl Lee when her arms got too full. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z This was my first look at something I would soon know very well, a billowing flurry of dust and sand churned up by the wind through Owens Valley. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z The boy is happy and performs very well in school. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Her dandelion field and her Red Calf were all very well, but she wanted something else and she couldn’t think what it was. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z The truth he sought might very well be waiting for him on the ancient island fortress of House Targaryen. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “I’m not sure. I have a sneaking suspicion that she might not be feeling very well when it’s Riverview’s turn to play.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z She was dressed in black, and when night fell, she would blend very well into the shadows. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z In any case, while it is all very well to talk of 'turning points', one can surely only recognize such moments in retrospect. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z “They were joined, as you very well know, by half of the Order before long!” snarled Bellatrix. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z It may be that he just doesn’t feel very well and has decided to stay in bed. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z “Very well, very well, it’s in fine working order,” said Mr. Ollivander, scooping up the flowers and handing them to Fleur with her wand. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z It all worked very well, except when the baboons stole the crops of other people. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z The summer between the fifth and sixth grades was going very well. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z “Maybe I’ll just eat one of you,” he remarked unhappily, “and save the rest for later. I don’t feel very well.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z She did very well on the chemistry and drama examinations. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Lapham was strict about his boys swearing, but Johnny could get along very well without. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Lane was shifting restively in his chair, and there was an expression on his face—a matter of raised eyebrows, chiefly—that she knew very well. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z Grasses have evolved so that they can survive being eaten very well. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z The arrangement worked, Dean recalled a few years later, “because of Teller getting along very well with Dr. Lawrence.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “Well, Molly’s already agreed to come, and she’s bringing Cherish. Unless I’m back before lunch, which could very well happen. I don’t know.” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z He neither did things very well, nor very badly. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z “You play very well. Ten points in a hundred?” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Adventures are all very well in their place, he thought, but there's a lot to be said for regular meals and freedom from pain. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z “OK,” said Hornet, “but I still don’t like it. I can’t swim very well and Riccio gets sick from just looking at a boat.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t remember very well. I must have been crazy.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z They were exhilarated by the idea of taking a long, adventurous journey, but I knew very well how this was going to turn out. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z “Not very well. I thought 1 was coming back.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z “Don’t cry,” he said into her hair.“You’ve done very well. You’ve fixed something the rest of us hadn’t a clue how to mend.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I had never been in a real fight in my life, so it did not go very well. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z “Well now, I couldn’t very well let you die, especially since you’ve cleared my name.” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Van Braam did not speak English very well, but he spoke French, and he understood what Washington wanted him to do. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z They did not fare very well, though each of them negotiated some skimpily favorable remark before the protesting prosecution, which contended that personal comments of this nature were “incompetent, irrelevant, immaterial,” hushed and banished them. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m giving you free work time this morning—I don’t feel very well.” Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z But George didn’t just build boats; he also learned to row them, and to row them very well. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I loved showing off to my dad especially, since he also spoke French very well. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z ‘But you know the Gaffer is close at hand, and he will be very well looked after by Widow Rumble.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z “Your brother is doing very well at the Exchange. He makes a fine living, and there’s still room for you. I’ve only got a few years left, and somebody has to take over.” The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z I wanted to tell her that I did have some small difficulty in distinguishing colors, but that I could detect odors very well. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z It had been all very well to talk of going into Hang Wood. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z It's working, I thought, perhaps it's working very well. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The whole page is put together very well, but it’s the closing part of the article that really gets me. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z He is young, very well built, and articulate. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Stokely is a really big guy, maybe six feet five, and he didn’t fit into the lawn chair very well. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z “C’mon,” Harry said shortly, “help me with her, I don’t think she can swim very well.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Now that Maxim was safe in London, and I had eaten my biscuits, I felt very well and curiously happy. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z At home in Duk Payuel, I had learned how to swim on my back, but I had never learned the crawl very well. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “You’re doing very well, Fabiola. Stay focused,” he says with what I think is a smile hidden beneath all that beard. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Other than not being able to find Neil and Buzz, everything was going very well with me. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z None of these dresses fits me very well; the hems droop, or the sleeves bunch up under my arms. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I like to ride my bike fast, but I didn’t know my way very well, and Chris’s legs are longer than mine. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z “Throw it away! Of course not. You know very well that that would be rude and ungrateful. And anyway, I have to make a dress for one of my classes. This is homework.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “Though such a thing could very well be considered cheating.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z What with the excitement of having the great Admiral Drake speak to him over the radio, and his curiosity about the Admiral’s message to him, Mr. Popper did not sleep very well that night. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z “It’s very well, he’s in the rack. I’ll get him, and tell it you are here.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z “He does very well, for a boy,” was Meg’s somewhat ungracious answer, for the subject did not interest her. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z “They . . . the kids ... are a little different. They don’t seem to fit in very well at school.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z “You are quite a stranger at Vale Hall. He is alone this evening, and not very well: will you return with me and visit him?” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Despite the fact that the selling that morning went very well, she wouldn’t change her mind. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z “It is very well we took her in.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z She could very well have told this to everyone including Froelich. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z My mother’s concern was almost too much to bear because it meant I wasn’t hiding my anguish very well. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z It was all very well, the alethiometer telling her to be truthful, but she knew what would happen if she told the whole truth. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z But he couldn’t very well send someone home with Azareen to take his place as...as her husband. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I can also imagine that same person, over time, getting familiar enough with the material that he begins to judge, very well, what kinds of responses work best with what kinds of people. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z NOTE: You may find the terms "Western" and "Non-Western" to be too Eurocentric, but they are very well entrenched, so you'll need to know what they mean. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z “You know very well I’m blind,” snapped the Earthworm. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z “Mr. Goldman says that you are doing very well, though you need some practice on interpretation.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Singer came to know this man’s face very well, for he ate at one of his tables three times a day. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z 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 This may very well be the last chance we will have to see this grand sight, this amazing sight, this glorious sight.... October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He could not see very well now, and he knew that it was the disaster which kept telling him to go directly and get something for his head. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z “That I don’t trust you, Snape, as you very well know!” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z And like I said, I didn’t know him very well, but my ears perked up whenever I heard his name. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z “But the fact remains that those ammunition dumps are still standing. You know very well that I don’t approve of Colonel Cathcart any more than you do.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “She might very well know you are here, but that does not change the fact that she is, as I have mentioned, indisposed at the moment.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Oh, no! On the contrary, I think in time I shall get on with my scholars very well.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z “With what an extraordinary smile you uttered that word—‘very well,’ Jane! Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z There were girls Hatsue’s age she knew very well who felt certain their happiness was something other, who wanted to go to Seattle or Los Angeles. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “An uncle you didn’t know very well...a legacy—something like that. We haven’t got much money, but we can certainly keep you from starvation.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z This pile of paper doesn’t stack together very well—pages and pages of different widths and lengths and thicknesses. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z “Yes, we fooled him very well,” said my mother. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Dr. Webb says that had Lucas Cader never met my family, he may very well have slipped into the same messed-up life that had ended both his father and brother. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z One and another arose to compliment her, but the discreet lady answered she knew very well that she had lost all her looks by now, what with her grieving and her many cares. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Four chickens I knew very well were there too. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z She knows how to take that very well. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z “You did very well, Emilia,” she said, softly wiping the hair from my eyes. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “That’s all very well,” said Doli, whose curiosity had got the better of him, and who had come to observe the operation. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z If any Hobbit stooped for a stone, it was well to get quickly under cover, as all trespassing beasts knew very well. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z He could not first marry her, knowing very well that he should not have done so, and now, with a child, want to leave her. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z All the girls, even girls I didn’t know very well, were asking me if I was okay. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z “You managed that very well. Now we settle down and fly. I would be grateful for those furs; the air is still cold.” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Why not? You don’t seem to know Mrs. Cadaver and Mrs. Partridge very well—” “They haven’t lived there very long. Only a month or so.” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z When he awoke it was very well into day, and a fat black lady was nudging him with a biscuit gashed with cold bacon. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 All of this can be explained very well in the atomic model of the world, but only with much greater difficulty using Cartesian vortices. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Juno was very well satisfied with the way things were going, but even so Venus was quite undisturbed. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t understand what he meant, but maybe he didn’t explain it very well. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “Er...he and my dad don’t get on very well, you see, so I don’t really know much about...” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Joaquin knew very well that he was turning eighteen in three months. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z “I can’t very well wait until morning this time, can I? If Fritz ever heard of me doing a thing like that, he’d think I was crazy. Why, there are seven of ’em right there. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Fortunately, the top is up now, so I doubt she can see us very well. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Around the camp, Coach Hedge had rigged all sorts of trip wires, snares and oversized mousetraps that wouldn’t stop any self-respecting monster, but they might very well bring down a senior citizen. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “My children are very well behaved,” Mom answered. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “Once habituated to his distrustful manner,” said I, “I have done very well.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z “Things weren’t working out very well,” she says after a while. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Despite the alternative, despite knowing that if they hadn’t tried to escape, all of them might’ve died, it still hurt, even though he hadn’t known them very well. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z I don’t very well know what I did with my hands, but he called me “Rat! Rat!” and bellowed out aloud. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z I know Neil and Buzz didn’t sleep very well, cramped on the narrow floor of Eagle, but I had a good rest in Columbia. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He was just the nicest gentleman and very well to do. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Successive generations of people in bunches, never seeming very well organized, have been building the MBL since it was chartered in 1888. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The rest of the day, from Matt’s point of view, went very well. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I couldn’t see him very well in the shimmer from the sunlight off the water, but they appeared to be arguing. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z But this man could very well lean forward just as Mrs. Fanning had done downstairs. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z A baseball team or a basketball team may very well triumph even if its star player is off his game. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “That’s very polite of you, Frank,” I said, “but I’m afraid I should not be able to do that very well either.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z So the top 120 men on the Black Disciples’ pyramid were paid very well. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z The hotel was very big and grand and empty but the food was good, the wine was very pleasant and finally the wine made us all feel very well. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z My initial calculations suggested that I would do very well with my two jobs—in the long run, that is, and if nothing untoward occurred. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Of this union, this Authority, yes, very well. What did they send you here for, is that what you want me to ask?” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z 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 We knew very well that there was no reason to fire her. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He was not good at dissembling and he was very well understood. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z But he couldn’t very well thank Miss Perumal in his letter for always being there to listen, then turn around and not be there for Sticky. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Ron did very well until he reached the hinkypunk, which successfully confused him into sinking waist-high into the quagmire. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z 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 But still he knew very well that even this could not have saved him in these times of robbers and lawlessness if it had not been for his uncle. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z I tuck myself into my clothes, handling my arms and legs as if they’re someone else’s, someone not very big or not very well. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “You’re not brushing very well, young lady, and that can lead to sores and infections.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z “Towards the end it will be still lighter; and we can cut rations, if necessary. We have been eating very well, you know.” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z “Mo cooks very well,” said Meggie, stirring the thin, watery sauce into her spaghetti. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z But she is giving me permission to go to a party—maybe I don't know her very well either. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “I shall get by very well,” I meditated. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Was it possible he couldn’t read Japanese very well anymore? A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Despite the difficult weather and the erratic performance of boat number one, things were progressing very well; the time trials were promising for so early in the season. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He knew it was unfair to think of the man that way—he didn’t, after all, know him very well. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z Through the Death Mist, he couldn’t read her expression very well, but he saw the alarm in her eyes. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “No, no, no, it hard for me to do anything very well. That just my nature. I work hard, that what I do well.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Resenting this deeply, she determined to make trouble—and she succeeded very well indeed. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked out towards both ends of the alley and said, “Come on, then. Back to bed. I don’t think we did very well there, Sophie.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z “Not very well. My father, who taught me, is away, and I don’t get on very fast alone, for I’ve no one to correct my pronunciation.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z The speech doesn't really fit together very well. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z For the first time, humans would be able to witness a cosmic collision–and witness it very well thanks to the new Hubble space telescope. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z “In fact, excellent, berries selling very well. Mrs. Chambers just now purchased sixteen crates.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “I know very well. . . he’s not here and that he won’t.. . be coming back to school. How are you . . . coming along on . . . your work, Miss Markey?” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z There was a lot of sky reflected in the windscreen, so I couldn’t make her out very well. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 “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 “Not a very well organized initial sortie for the invincible horde. Our chaps took the wind out of their sails, what?” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “He had better not be in a hurry. He seemed to me very well off as he was. We were always glad to see him at Hartfield.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z She had just started babysitting me in those days, so I didn’t know her very well. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z “No! Fidencio knows very well what is wrong. If you must do something, pray.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z “She looks sickly and cross. Yes, she will do for him very well. She will make him a very proper wife.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z The tricky part is the back, which I can’t see very well, so I do the best I can by touch instead of sight. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z “You must tell the truth. I think you know very well what this is. It is one of your so-called rockets.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z I slept very well, and in the morning, a group of nurses came in and said that I should keep the pajamas and dressing gown that I had been given. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z There were thirty or forty jailkeepers and a hundred and fifty or sixty prisoners, none of them very well off, most of them sound asleep though it was not much past Fourth Hour. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z My eyes were misty and I couldn’t see very well. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Do what you can to bear up, and think how invariably kind and tender you have been to her. I am in bed, not very well.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “No. But the TV doesn’t do high school very well.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z He reached over and tried to adjust another setting, but his silent treatment didn’t work very well. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z In one, a very well dressed man talks with great animation about how he goes about shopping. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Jo bore up very well till the last flutter of blue ribbon vanished, when she retired to her refuge, the garret, and cried till she couldn’t cry any more. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z He knew very well he wasn't up there to be presented with a prize. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z Well, that may very well be, but Seven wasn’t ready to give up on her oldest, dearest dream just yet. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z The place was only visible from; the belfry of the Chapel of the Holy Penitence nearby; it would do very well. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “It is very respectable, very well dressed, but underneath it is all wrong. Out of my experience, I should say he was the big crook. I give you my opinion for what it is worth.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z “He’s very well, thank you,” I said, “he’s gone up to London.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z He knew very well his life would not be worth a copper if Gebu came home at this moment. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Also that he had done very well for her in letting it be known how she had helped the Argonauts, so that people praised her. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t sleep very well because of the cold and because the ground was very bumpy and pointy underneath me and because Toby was scratching in his cage a lot. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “Amos, as you know very well, I don’t care if that oar gets repaired this year or the next. I’ve plenty of oars.” The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z The queen most certainly was a witch and could very well have been on her way to great evil. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z She could not remember her mother very well, for Miyax was scarcely four when she died, but she did remember the day of her death. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Hello, stick insect, my name is Roz. You are very well camouflaged.” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z It recounts splendid imaginary amorous adventures of a perfect English gentleman in an intensely romantic land, the scenery of which is very well described. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z They couldn’t very well succeed in their classes if they couldn’t stay awake in them. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z And I figured out that this was a kid who knew football very well. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z “No, signorino. He made a mistake. He doesn’t understand very well and he thought I said you were an Austrian officer.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z “Oh! very well,” exclaimed Miss Bates, “then I need not be uneasy. ‘Three things very dull indeed.’ Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z “Then you don’t know me very well,” I replied. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z “I don’t remember very well,” Eleanor said uncertainly to the doctor. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t think I will. I’m doing very well here and love it.” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Brown continued: “I remember the man very well, because I did not like his manner, and I felt that he should have had more respect for my gray hairs.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z She explained that we might very well become young ladies while we were at school this year. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Alfred had to go over to Salinas three times before it was cleared up and that didn’t make Alfred feel very well. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The kid in the window looked like a runaway—one who hadn’t prepared very well. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The Warden was a blond and brachycephalic Alpha- Minus, short, red, moon-faced, and broad-shouldered, with a loud booming voice, very well adapted to the utterance of hypnopxdic wisdom. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z He didn’t want his mom driving around in such dangerous conditions; the rain was so heavy that she wouldn’t be able to see the road very well. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, very well, I lied about the ‘good’ part. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Hello and I have gotten to know each other very well this past week, and he’s told me a lot about his life. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z The trouble is that with his savings moved and invested there, he can’t very well go back. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z I couldn’t very well ask him about it, so I just sat there surrounded by Dutchness, feeling awkward and hopeful. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z 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 The thing with not being able to draw very well is you didn’t have to spend any time at it. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z Besides, she had an idea which seemed to promise very well. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z It was hard to hear very well through the buzz of constant watchfulness. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “I’m very well. I can’t decide which of these two to buy.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z It wasn’t wrapped very well; it looked as if someone had bundled it up quickly. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z She had not lived all her life on a farm for nothing and she knew very well that everything her father had said was right. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Even if it is a preposition, it could very well precede a clause. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z I had already taken a course in botany and done very well. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z “These look very well. Did you use fertilizer?” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “When he sees us, he’ll charge. Wait until the last second, then jump out of the way— direcdy sideways. He can’t change directions very well once he’s charging. Do you understand?” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z But eventually he says, “It very well can be.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z This land might very well belong to supernatural creatures. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “They know that very well. Or they wouldn’t have run you off like that.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “But I’m not quite sure that things are going very well—that is, things between us.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Besides, few shoemakers will do repairs, or if they do, you have to wait four months for your shoes, which might very well have disappeared in the meantime. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “That went off very well,” says Charna, with a sigh, of relief I think. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z It was all very well at the first flush of his return. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “Not very well, I’m afraid. I seem to have a touch of static,” she complained. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z “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 All very well and good that the hero came in the nick of time to grind the coffee. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z One "container" that works very well to produce standing waves is a thin, very taut string that is held tightly in place at both ends. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z “If I had thought about it, I wouldn’t have played very well,” he said. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z |
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