| 单词 | visitor |
| 例句 | Glancing around, he saw no evidence of night visitors. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z Paul and I came back to the Thibauts’ farm before the Nazi visitors left, and we waited—waited—waited for them to come out. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z We never had many visitors on horseback that came so late in the day, and I had never seen anything like it. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Cupping her hands around her mouth, she shouted up, “A visitor has come!” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z It was among my responsibilities to show visitors and new students around our campus. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z The atoms of the unwelcome visitors were freed. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z A moment later, the nurse opens the door wider to usher in my new visitor. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Oh, but were not visitors, sir,”Thalia said. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z “Sir. Your visitors from High Command are passing through security, sir. They will be here shortly.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z The visitors started filing past the checkpoint at the big exit door. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z One hundred Oompa-Loompas rested on their oars and stared up at the visitors. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z The likes of Mr Eden and Lord Halifax were more frequent visitors in those days.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Eisenhower listened in fascination, but tactfully schooled his visitors in the realities of international arms policy. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z And when Friday night came round on the last day of September, roughly four thousand of them were crammed into the visitor’s side for the biggest district showdown of the season. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z They don’t get a huge number of visitors to Ashfall Fossil Beds State Park–it’s slightly in the middle of nowhere–and Voorhies seemed pleased to show me around. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Three visitors are here: a woman, a boy, a girl. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z We hastened down the trail to it as we had an inkling that there was a visitors’ center there, which meant the possibility of a cafeteria and other gratifying contacts with the developed world. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z He was charming and urbane with visitors, and stopped just short of fawning on them if they happened to be white. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Mostly visitors went in and came out shortly after. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z His fiancee was out there now, sitting on the visitor’s chair. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z From a penguin colony nearby, gentoos waddled down the beach to stare at their visitors. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Almost instantly, twenty long canoes surrounded the visitors. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z There is also a stack of walking sticks propped up beside a handwritten message encouraging visitors to use them. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z In the meantime we receive visitors, a couple of wireless-men, who are generously invited to the feed. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z We often went to Mobimbi to swim in a pool and watch the huge color television and the white people who crowded the visitors’ recreational area. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z My father sweeps ahead of me on the porch steps, grabs Ryan by the hand, and pulls him into the house with a curt “Link,” in our visitor’s direction. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z My poor visitor—thought Werfel—my poor visitor! The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Visits were a maximum of thirty minutes long, and political prisoners were not permitted contact visits, in which the visitor and prisoner were in the same room. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z As daylight faded, veterans and visitors lingered by the Wall, touching names one last time, offering prayers and promises to return. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Our visitors say that within the Powhatan empire, there are tribes who are our friends, and some who are our enemies. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z But both Charles and Emma liked having visitors; Emma still ran to the front door when she heard someone coming up the drive. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Gregor immediately took up a position by the living room door, determined to bring in the hesitant visitor somehow or other or at least to find out who it might be. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z Now only a few feet away, the visitor grew louder and louder until Thomas caught a shadowed glimpse of a skinny boy limping along in a strange, lilting run. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z It looked as though Mrs. Danvers entertained her visitors in the morning-room when Maxim and I were out of the way. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z They made their way up and down Unter den Linden, where the sidewalks were jammed with foreign visitors and provincial Germans, more than a million of whom had poured into the city in recent days. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z In 1974, Winnie was charged with violating her banning orders, which restricted her from having any visitors apart from her children and her doctor. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, well. Did I hear you say you were visiting in these parts? We don’t see too many visitors.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Demand for railcars to carry visitors to the exposition had spared the Pullman Works, but by the end of the fair George Pullman too began cutting wages and workers. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “Want to sit down?” she asked the visitor. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z Miles put both our names on the visitors’ log. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z “David. I love you so much. But I was wrong to ask you. You can’t come. It’s dangerous. Impossible. We don’t have visitors.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z With this enactment Millet hoped to carry visitors “back 400 years”—despite the steam tugboats that would nudge the Spanish ships toward shore. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “Number two: Do not enter an area that is fenced off. “Number three: No visitors unless you’ve made your request in writing one week prior to the visiting day. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The visitor was about the same age as Hallgrimsson, but he looked older; certainly his face bore the marks of more experience and trial than did the professor’s smooth cheeks and unlined brow. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z A plate that gleamed at visitors and invited comment. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z We bumped over the grass until we reached the corner-kick area on the visitors’ side. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z For a while Will’s sisters set up camp on their front lawn just to give directions to all the visitors who inevitably made a wrong turn or two. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z Once long ago visitors in the dead of winter a preacher preaching hell-fire. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z In the evenings, when he knew visitors were expected, he would sit on the verandah and sew buttons that weren’t missing onto his shirts, to create the impression that Mammachi neglected him. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z One morning, close to a month after Mate and Minerva had been taken, I had another visitor. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Forgive me. Your Grace has a visitor. Shall I tell him to return upon the morrow?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Lee Scoresby sensed that the little community was glad to have a visitor, if only because he introduced a change of conversation. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The ck’o’yo Kaup’a’ta somewhere is stacking his gambling sticks and waiting for a visitor; Rocky and I are walking across the ridge in the moonlight; Josiah and Robert are waiting for us. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Some of the women wrote accounts of the force-feedings, which were smuggled out of the jail by visitors. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Sure enough, when they arrived, the big man with the big voice said “Welcome to the house of God” to Clayton, his mother, and all the visitors. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z Master mostly talked about things Ugwu did not understand, as if the brandy made him forget that Ugwu was not one of his visitors. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Albert began to invite more people over, and soon the house was full of visitors, day and night. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Newcomers and visitors shared Cora’s room from time to time, but for the most part the other two beds were empty. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I have visitors from morning till night, and so does Ruby. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z She regarded her visitors with a sly expression. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z As the visitors tapered off, she became very concerned about collecting the two insurance policies that my father had always been proud he carried. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Anyway, a hundred visitors a week for three campsites at the height of summer hardly seems overwhelming. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Between the rock lasers, the sheer mountain face, and its completely obscured city on top, the Ridgefolk really did seem to discourage visitors. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z A few days later we had another visitor only this time he wore a British Army uniform and brought a lackey with him to take notes and check things off on a list. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z As our hypothetical modern visitors wandered through the hurly- burly of construction and deconstruction, they might have felt that despite the commotion something was missing. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The book was about, among other things, a massive religious movement—a reawakening of sorts—that occurred simultaneously with the opening of all these microscopic doors that allowed visitors from space to overrun the earth. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z Although there were five people in it, waiting for the King, perhaps the first thing which a modern visitor would have noticed would have been the room itself. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Having no other family to speak of also meant she hadn’t had visitors since the days of her marriage. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Before leaving, he’d administered a sedative and insisted that there be no more visitors tonight. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z The lady at the visitors desk has a giant hairdo, and she doesn't smile. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Clutching a robe about her gaunt frame, her unknotted hair hanging long and limp, she tried to focus her dulled eyes on the shocked face of her visitor. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Edmund, you are behaving in a very uncivil way towards a visitor.’ I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z One who has strange visitors in a black car with a license plate number engraved on that same weird tombstone. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z On the TV, a shark expert explained the difference between the dorsal fins of the two huge sharks that were possible visitors to the area: great whites and basking sharks. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z They often approached visitors as if they might be deities, possibly calculating, in the spirit of Pascal's wager, that the downside of an erroneous attribution of celestial power was minimal. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Taking advantage of the Indians' recent good experience with English visitors, he invited people to come aboard. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Longtime visitors to the Khumbu are saddened by the boom in tourism and the change it has wrought on what early Western climbers regarded as an earthly paradise, a real-life Shangri-La. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Harry and Ron had tried to visit Hermione, but visitors were now barred from the hospital wing. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z “Attention. Forward march,” a private ordered us, and we followed the lieutenant toward the truck the visitors had arrived in. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z “How are you?” asks the visitor from the third dimension. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Try the avenue. I have a feeling visitors are on the way.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z My visitors are often surprised when they see the TV Mack put in my domain. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z ILJ29-J Two mornings after my meeting with the colonel, a visitor pounded at the kitchen door. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z His visitor was dead and would come no more. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z It was Mister Ngwata’s job to protect the chief and filter all of his visitors. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z “We were not expecting visitors so soon, but you are most welcome to come in, of course.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Bringing clients back to Everest year after year, the guides had a stake in this that one-time visitors did not. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z The lobby is full of other old folks in wheelchairs, lined up in front of the bucket seats meant for visitors. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The room she so seldom left was austere; had the bed been made, a visitor might have thought it permanently unoccupied. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Guards have to watch closely so visitors don’t touch the paintings, so drawn are people to them. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The boys stare at me—visitor from the Planet Foul Shot. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes, if Louis had a visitor, Levi woke up when he heard the strange voice. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z As we walked onwards, Mr. 13-04 interrogated me about the denizens of the College and how they had fared in the few years since last he had been a visitor. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Some of the visitors he invited to come inside, as Bilbo had left ‘messages’ for them. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z There were three small rondavels near it: one for the regent’s mother, one for visitors, and one shared by Justice and myself. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Letters advising these chiefs and headmen of a meeting were dispatched from the regent, and soon the Great Place became alive with important visitors and travelers from all over Thembuland. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “He could stand a visitor or two now, after these very nasty few days.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Many locals and visitors believed the eerie tales of lights flickering on and off during the night, dishes falling on their own, and phantoms in the bathroom mirror. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z At tea’s end Root escorted the visitors to their carriages. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Ninety percent of visitors arrive in cars or motor homes. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z With all the visitors engaged in playtime pursuits, however, Apples to Apples is the only game left on the shelf, and Mackenzie grabs it, not knowing the sordid history. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Long after the visitors had gone, Mr. and Mrs. Popper sat and discussed what was best for everybody. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z He began telling her he did not know, when another visitor jumped in. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z But when I finally have a visitor, it’s sweet. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z No one, however, expected the sheer crush of visitors that actually did arrive. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Not a word, however, passed his lips in allusion to it, till their visitor took his leave for the night; but as soon as he was gone, he turned to his daughter, and said: Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z English visitors did not find this arrangement peculiar; chimneys were just coming into use in Britain, and most homes there, including those of the wealthy, were still heated by fires beneath central roof holes. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z After they left one house, on Staten Island, I waited around and knocked on the door, “I can’t believe it,” the woman said, “another visitor!” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z He shut the door and lifted a pile of books off the visitor’s chair before offering her a cup of coffee. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Pod stared at the visitor's boots, lovely things of red- dyed leather ornamented with black scrollwork. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The woman, Maria Martinez, seemed unconvinced these visitors were really doctors and Fielding’s friends. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Hibiscus petals, offerings from previous visitors, were strewn at their gray-green feet. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z “And do these nuns ever have visitors?” said the oldest man. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z But even though it is huge, a visitor to Ossining will have to look to find Sing Sing. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Alone except for my cooks, maids, and gardeners, of course. But they all live here too, so they don’t really count as visitors.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “I haven’t had any visitors since I got here except for an old tomcat.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Strict controls would limit what visitors could be charged for everything—from rooms at luxury hotels like the Adlon to the bratwurst sold by street vendors all over town. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I looked up, surprised that she knew about Mrs. Clayton and the new baby, and wondered if some visitor had given her the news. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z I believe many visitors in the last few months of Morrie’s life were drawn not because of the attention they wanted to pay to him but because of the attention he paid to them. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z There were few cars then and we didn’t have many visitors either. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z None of the visitors, however, gave any indication of sharing Francis’ delight. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z For many visitors, however, the weapons were a disturbing presence. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The visitor’s tone of voice gave him away. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z We guessed that we were to have a visitor and I had been moved because the authorities did not want me to be the first among the prisoners to talk to whoever was coming. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I get out at the visitors entrance, glad to be alive. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z There was no real conversation with any visitors, just crying. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z He would tell her that the jailer was mean to visitors but didn’t say nothing to the people in jail. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m sure they’ll be along soon,” answered Miss K, and she welcomed the visitors. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z And I, seated with the few other visitors, add my weak voice to theirs, humming when I can’t guess the words and wishing my hands were held too. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z But he refused to travel by airplane or accept packages COD, lived in fear of unexpected visitors, and had not been abroad in eight or nine years. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I never turn away visitors, so I let her in and listened to her story. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z She had to send it in because I can’t have any more visitors. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z The Scholars greeted the visitor and moved into the room, some sitting around the table, some in the armchairs, and soon a buzz of conversation filled the air. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Word spread quickly: The visitor wished to address the scholars. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “Oh, they’re all eaten in the end. Sometimes a visitor likes something to nibble with their tea.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z To our immediate right was the door through which visitors entered after presenting I.D., checking their belongings, and passing through a metal detector. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “He is genius. In front of visitors only he’s quiet.” The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z And yet the square was now attracting a trickle of visitors who seemed to find the anomaly most intriguing. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The White House reporters interviewed visitors, including doctors who had been in to see the president. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Foreign visitors were especially perplexed by the apparent absence of scientific ambition at the lab. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z She felt like a visitor in her own body as the drug released directly into her bloodstream. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z After all the years of being visited by others, it was a curious sensation to be a visitor on Robben Island. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “You have some visitors, Virginia,” he says with a twinkle of the eye and a flash of his gold tooth. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I freeze, looking between Stella’s door and my visitors. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z There’s a chair by my bed where all the visitors sit. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z “I did not hope to have visitors again so soon,” laughed the witch when her song ended. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z To appreciate the fallacy, consider a visitor from Outer Space who dropped in on Earth in the year 3000 B.C. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z With outside visitors, the situation was even more dangerous, because the risks were also borne by the visitor. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He turned around and came face-to-face with Filch, who had obviously just seen off the last of the Hogsmeade visitors. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z He came into the visitors’ room looking ready. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z That fall, a mysterious British visitor turned up at the estate, lugging a briefcase. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “Hmm. I suppose. I’d still like a little more screaming. This slow death is boring. Ah, well, what about our talented friend? Is she ready to receive her visitor?” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z People stopped in at any time of day or even in the deep of night, and these visitors required constant attention. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z One evening in the middle of winter, some visitors came to the Trout who were out of the usual kind. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z The chain suggested that some library visitors might take it upon themselves to see that the dictionary circulated. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z They must have processed him quick because he’s a return visitor. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z They always praised the food and I daresay my chef was the envy of all my visitors. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z And then a final visitor made her confusion complete. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z They heard the visitor sniff as though she didn’t either. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z Any other day—except Sunday, when the museum was closed—Aru would help hand out visitor stickers. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Downtown, Montgomery Ward installed a new Customer’s Parlor, where excursive fair visitors could loiter on soft couches while browsing the company’s five-hundred-page catalog. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Some of the visitors, seeing the guest book on the table, thought they were supposed to sign. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z The lead story on channel 2 was the revolt of the Cypress Bay fans and their brief takeover of the condemned visitors’ bleachers. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z From then on, Matilda was a welcome visitor to The Red House every single evening after school, and a very close friendship began to develop between the teacher and the small child. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z The hotels were built on the assumption that visitors would come for two weeks at least, but the car gave them a fickle mobility. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z The new group of visitors froze as they saw us charging toward them, followed by a mob of frightened tourists, followed by . The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z The Baroness was telling several visitors how pleased she was to have such distinguished guests. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Seeing the other kids in the jumpsuits talking to their visitors makes Jus anxious to leave. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The visitor said: “President Morgan needs to see you.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z The tiny men—they were no larger than medium-sized dolls—had stopped what they were doing, and now they were staring back across the river at the visitors. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z Sometimes we'd hitch rides with the various staff members or visitors who buzzed in and out. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I was not a visitor, not a guest. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He seemed delighted with the sudden appearance of this visitor whom he appeared to know so well. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z One of the old men caught his visitor, another old fellow, stealing his bantam; the owner spotted its black feet sticking out of his guest’s sweater. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Thus they were not the least surprised when their visitor asked if they had any daughters of marriageable age and condition. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z It stayed there for years, second shelf of the medicine cabinet—milky-white bottle with the iconic line drawing of a sailing ship, a totem of our exotic visitor. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z The rest of it—the calls, the flowers that are every-where, the visitors, the hours they spend sitting together in the living room unable to say a word, mean nothing. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The other children had organized a system so that in case of visitors, whoever was closest would reach out and stop whatever might be moving on the table before the guests noticed and were startled. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Although such interior exhibits were compelling, the earliest visitors to Jackson Park saw immediately that the fair’s greatest power lay in the strange gravity of the buildings themselves. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “Me? Don’t be ridiculous. You have had several visitors other than me.” My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z The visitors paid as much attention to their animals as Garikayi’s clan did to cattle. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z When she reached home the visitors rose to go. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z “So is there a reason we have this visitor?” Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z She was glad for our company because she lived too far from the nearest town to entertain visitors. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Thousands of visitors now moved toward the smoke and packed the lawns and paths surrounding the building. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z While visitors watch, I dip my hands in fresh buckets of paint. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z But he always liked to get visitors alone in the billiard-room and tell them stories about a mysterious lady, a foreign royalty, with whom he had driven about London. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z Just then I had an unwelcome visitor to the gallery—one of the tough transportation officers with a reputation for meanness. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I recall listening to him tell it to visitors when I was a child, and then later, when I was starting out as a footman under his supervision. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z A balloon full of hydrogen that carried visitors more than a thousand feet into the sky. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z In a whisper, he says, “No visitors, please. Thank you.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z The following day Esther told me that there were visitors coming to the center. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Since Branwell was only allowed to have two visitors at a time, I would need special permission to be allowed to see him at the same time as one of The Ancestors and Beacham. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The visitor finally asks if he’s given him the right amount of money, to which the Mainer grudgingly responds, “Just barely.” Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m sure that could be arranged. Sir, you would be considered most welcome in my country, a most distinguished visitor.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She had never really used it; she remembered how she had astonished the visitors by reading every letter straight off, but she had cherished the gift for its delicate craftsmanship. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z “Come, come,” said the Senses Taker, chuckling gaily to himself, “don’t take all day. I’m expecting several more visitors any minute now.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z As the men waited for everyone to arrive, the visitors from time to time would drift to the library’s east-facing windows and stare out at the vastness of Lake Michigan. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Vernon Dursley, whose mustache was quite as bushy as Dumbledore’s, though black, and who was wearing a puce dressing gown, was staring at the visitor as though he could not believe his tiny eyes. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z We had a steady stream of visitors as the hours passed. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I grabbed my wallet out of my backpack and ran for the visitor’s center. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Two hundred thousand visitors, many in tears, joined in. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I reminded him that we were visitors in the Baxter home and could be sent away at any time. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z The crowd was two to three people deep on the home side and spilling over onto the visitors’ side. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Wyn ran and maintained the library in the Tower, which welcomed all visitors. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z “It has been so long since I have had a visitor,” Cersei murmured in a quiet voice as they made their descent. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The flaw in the Christ stories, said the visitor from outer space, was that Christ, who didn’t look like much, was actually the Son of the Most Powerful Being in the Universe. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z She looks at a chart briefly, runs down a list with the tip of her pen, and says, “Erin Quinn’s not seeing visitors today.” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He too had wanted to manage the first impressions of visitors by having a central entry point. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z That room was never entered unless there were Sunday visitors, or unless my mother took us in to pray novenas and rosaries for my brothers at war. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Citra’s mother stepped aside to allow him entry—as if she were the visitor and not the other way around. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z As the great crowd dispersed, marchers and visitors scrambled to find taxis, buses, cars, trains and planes so they could get out of town before nightfall. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Next to the rack of maps and brochures, there was a collection of postcards that were so ugly the visitor center should have been giving them away. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “I wish I could,” she says, “but the Erudite have prohibited Abnegation visitors from entering their compound. If I tried, I would be removed from the premises.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Dede reassures him that it was slow going before the visitors arrived. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Booth recruited Surratt into the conspiracy to kidnap the president, and soon became a frequent visitor to the boardinghouse, where he befriended Surratt’s widowed mother and his young sister, Anna. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “What visitors? You don’t even know if there were any visitors.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He realized that there was no furniture in the entire room except for her throne; all visitors had to either stand or kneel before her. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z He smells the history of the tree, the visitors who have come and gone. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z That anything wonderful could rise on that ground seemed beyond possibility, although Ned, like most new visitors to Chicago, was willing to concede that the city was a place unlike any he had encountered. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “A wonderful display of the goblin martial arts,” the visitor said happily. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z But then I started to wonder: she said we were the first visitors in a little more than a year. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z These were important engineering milestones, but what visitors adored was the sheer beauty of seeing so many lights ignited in one place, at one time. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z When I went to the big houses, I remembered that I was, at best, a visitor to the world I saw there. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z It relies mostly on our knocking system, but notes are also passed, and brief exchanges sometimes take place in the visitors’ hall on Thursdays. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The astronomers hadn’t had a visitor in weeks, and they were keen to talk. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Nothing as strange, however, as the day that two visitors from Asgard, Loki and Thor, arrived at their farm in a chariot pulled by two huge goats, whom Thor called Snarler and Grinder. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Leeuwenhoek was the executor of Vermeer’s estate and a frequent visitor at the Huygens home in Hofwijck. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Absolutely no visitors. It says right here on the doctor’s notes.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z If he caught the boys with visitors now, they were not only breaking one of the Institute’s very few rules, but lying about it as well. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z The visitor center was huge inside, with high, towering ceilings and great open spaces filled with displays about Mount Rainier. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z In the morning, she refuses breakfast, and even at ten A.M., when her visitors are told to leave so that she can be prepared, Mary is still hopeful. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Though visitors were screened with a metal detector, they could not be pat-frisked unless there was reason to suspect them, and this was one way drugs came into the facility. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He greeted Powell and asked politely how he could help the visitor. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z When new visitors were asked to introduce themselves, a man stood up and said that he and his wife had just come to Sydney from Egypt and that their name was Akech. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “Can we even have visitors? You could try to put in a phone request to talk to David, but the Director’s people totally listen in.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z For many visitors these nightly illuminations were their first encounter with electricity. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The give-and-take of scientific discussion was fostered by another Lawrence innovation: the Journal Club, a weekly colloquium to which all the Rad Lab staff and visitors from other departments were invited. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Borel believed that visitors from outer space had already arrived; not little green men, but birds of paradise. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z When the guard brought Branwell into the visitors’ room, he still looked pale, but his glasses were not smudged now, and I could see his eyes. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The guards with guns watched about fifty convicts and visitors. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “Could you lock up on your way out, please? The sheriff here is my last visitor.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z He sang when the visitor was someone he knew. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z I don’t get visitors, and Charlise always texts or calls before she comes over. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z But visitors of any stripe are rare, and most days are exactly like the ones before. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The chief came out of his house to greet the visitors. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Then the four of us soared across the valley, over a road, and landed on the terrace of the visitor center. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z I doubt that the rats will want visitors from the outside.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z After a few wrong turns, Dad finds the right building and the nearest visitor parking. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z With the Director’s attention elsewhere and the drones quiet for the day to make the Red Cross visitors more comfortable, this is a rare moment we need to take advantage of. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Both old men bowed respectfully, and their daemons also acknowledged the visitor. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z She wheeled her bicycle into the rack where several slots had been left open for visitors. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z A visitor could con-template, with more perspective than any prison employee, the effects of incarceration and the prospects of life after it. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Few visitors ever came to call, and men only when it was a boss with bad news. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The commanding officer announced that the two visitors were a reporter and photographer from the Daily Telegraph in London. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z This happened often at our house, but we always knew it was Methuselah, since we did have a door and did not, as a rule, have visitors. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z It seemed that I was the only visitor. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “Then you can hardly complain that you get no warning of visitors,” said Ogden tartly. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Werfel scurried up to the office of the Foreign Secretary so they could go out together to meet the visitor. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z He lost a lot of weight and became less and less responsive to visitors after returning home from the hospital. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z And if my visitor is someone I’ve already seen that day, I really do have to change, so I’m wearing something different than the last time they saw me. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Then we’d open the door, smirk at each other throughout the visit, and finally assign the visitor a score after she left. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Did she realize that I was a visitor? Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z More visitors have been coming, but not many. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z Apparently, they’re not concerned about thieves stealing all the visitor maps at night. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z We were out in the bedroom with the Mancinis, listening to the news, when there was a knock: the maid announcing that the Mancinis had visitors. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z In Quito, the visitors somehow provoked the locals and were chased out of town by a mob armed with stones. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Mr. Clutter, at the mercy of the gun-bearing visitor, was forced to obey instructions—forced to accompany him to the second floor, where they aroused the rest of the family. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps a visitor had dropped by and he had decided not to go to the club. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Nor was Maniac the only visitor for dinner. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The meeting was not monitored, a critical difference from nearly all of our other visitors. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I'll watch a movie in which an attractive woman in a sports bra, a handsome widower, and a pair of weak-chinned cowards are pursued by mighty reptiles or visitors from another galaxy. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z “They go the extra mile to discourage visitors,” Dad said. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z “So, Connor,” Dad said, removing his ridiculous goggles, “what are you interested in? I mean besides pulling morbid pranks with my daughter and scaring our visitors away.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “Your visitor is here, Your Grace,” she said with a bow. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z They were still looking at him with consternation and unbelief when the minister rose and introduced him in rich, rolling tones whose very unction served to increase the visitor's insignificance. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z She walked nearer to them, gripping a cane made of wood and seeming unsurprised by the sudden visitors. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z To a visitor he would have appeared completely normal. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z He had a stream of visitors, all intent on cheering him up. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z It was Michaela, the skinny maid with the merry disposition and homely sallow face, and she was waking him up because he had a visitor waiting just outside the door. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z They gazed curiously at the strange new visitor. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z The visitor, for her part, was teetering on the absolute brink of the brown chair in what Gilly took to be a state of total shock. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z He's mumbling now: "I wasn't expecting company. I'm not prepared for visitors. I need to put a few things away .. ." He then quickly shoots like a trained hamster through a crazy maze of stuff. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z The guard put his face to one of the holes and shouted, “Meeker, you’ve got a visitor here.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z No pots banging around, no visitors chatting away at the table, no cold drinks or treats waiting for us. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z At the end of August, after I had been on die island less than three months, I was informed by the authorities that I would have a visitor the following day. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “She ain’t up to no visitors, sir. My pap died not long ago.” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Olanna felt less of a visitor in the house when Odenigbo came back; he pulled her forcefully, kissed her, pressed her to him. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z In the days that followed, Mr. Zuckerman was so busy entertaining visitors that he neglected his farm work. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z I am startled to see a visitor, since we have never before had one. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z We add our own stories, each visitor, each visit, each night spent at the circus. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z "So, what brings you to the visitors' dugout?" Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z On her left sat Lee Scoresby, and on her right, a visitor: the queen of the Latvian witches, whose name was Ruta Skadi. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “We were here way before you, and we don’t like visitors none too much. Why are people runnin’ around here like cats anyway? The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z “Three months and three days,” she says with a certainty that makes me wonder why she would know this, how she would know this, unless she was a regular visitor of the spirit world herself. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Daddy and I sleep in one room, while the boys’ study is turned into a sitting room, where I can receive visitors. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z At this late hour there are no patrons lingering in this particular tent, and it is unlikely that any other visitors to the circus will stumble upon it in the remaining hours before dawn. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The authorities told visitors that they had provided me with it. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Increasingly anxious, the chimp began to shriek and to slam the door shut repeatedly—with a deafening clang each time—until the keeper, notified by a visitor, hurried over to remedy the situation. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z But in the background of all the conversations among the visitors to the island was indignation at the despoiling of the roads they had traveled. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Mom said Mrs. V was the very first visitor when I first came home from the hospital, the first person to just pick me up like any other baby. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z And we were busy then with powder, scent, and rouge, until the bell rang and her visitors came in. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z When my tender skin has toughened enough to withstand the pressure of sheets, more visitors arrive. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z I in turn would tell him about the table tennis and soccer tournaments I had participated in, the performance we had given for visitors, if there was any that week. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z He let go of Chuck, stood up, trembling, turned to face their new visitors. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z The men from the Telegraph were the first of a small stream of visitors during those early months. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Please come closer; it is so rare that I have visitors.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The minute he steps inside the facility, the guard by the door gives him a once-over before pointing toward an area marked visitors. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z There was indeed a visitors’ center, but it was shut. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Tonight’s visitor seemed seedier than most, however, and behaved oddly. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Coach stares out at the visitor stands for a few seconds and takes a deep breath. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z Holmes told his visitors how much it grieved him, truly deeply grieved him, that he was unable to provide any new information to ease the worry of the parents. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Kali and Janaki both came to help me prepare the food, and even Kunthi’s reserve crumbled a little as she held up my son to show him to our visitors. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Whenever he had visitors, he gave orders that she was to be hitched to a boat loaded with stone and was to drag it behind her as she walked along the edge of the river. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The next afternoon, while Baba was out fulfilling his promise, the family had another visitor. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z Any occasion for visitors was a cause for excitement, so after the initial amazement and curiosity at the strange men, the village bubbled with anticipation as preparations were made for a formal welcoming ceremony. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t expect you to understand, because you just moved in. But something has been going on with this guy for a while. The visitors, the suitcases...” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I stopped tearing up the ground with the rake and instead combed it softly, waiting for our visitor to come into view. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z What if one of their visitors got real mad at them about something? Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z He spoke briefly, put it down, and said, “We’ve got a visitor.” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z In the course of clearing the dining room, and also in preparing the drawing room for the arrival of the evening's visitors, I was obliged to walk repeatedly past the smoking- room doors. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z The boy was right that it was a good place and he wanted to check for any sign of other visitors. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Within the fair’s buildings visitors encountered devices and concepts new to them and to the world. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z His visitor looked at the sheriff, and Quinn knew that there was no power on earth that could keep this man from hating him. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Then on a day so like summer that the apple trees were tricked into fruit, there came another visitor. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He was a delightful visitor—well educated, lighthearted, and calm. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Pentheus ordered his guards to seize and imprison the visitors, especially the leader, “whose face is flushed with wine, a cheating sorcerer from Lydia.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z I looked out the window and counted the number of people coming out of the visitor center. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z The visitors to the northlands were leaving, and those who remained were preparing themselves for the long winter that lay ahead. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z We resolved that in the interest of unity, each individual along the passageway would inform any visitor that while everyone had individual complaints, the prisoner in number 18 would speak for all. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He slowly walked along the line, the visitors a few paces behind him, smiling. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z When we came to the middle of the plateau, Addison reared up on his hind legs and called out, “Don’t be afraid, fellows! Come and meet the children who dispatched our unwelcome visitor!” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Citra didn’t see the visitor, as he was, at first, hidden from her view by the door when it opened. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z This was highly unusual; we had never had such a high-ranking visitor in our lowly shed. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But she was always welcoming to all visitors, known or unknown. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t think there was any need for her to take that tone, especially in front of a visitor. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Before I can say anything, not that I know what to say, he starts pouring words out like they’ve been living in this room just waiting for a visitor. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z His main entrance was so close to one of the busiest exposition gates that some visitors thought his show was the world’s fair, and were said to have gone home happy. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z You had your choice of sitting alongside your visitor, or facing each other. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z She hadn't even known the fine thing opened at all until visitors had poured in through it earlier that day. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z A visitor would have to be pretty slow not to get the message: these girls were not to be played with. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Had the visitor left another, more horrible visitor behind? The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z When his visitors came and saw this empty room they went away with hurt surprise. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Gloria tended to her visitor the best she could; the doctor came around on his pony. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “And you,” said the mayor, turning to the assistant guard and shaking a thick finger at him, “watch visitors much ... more ... carefully.” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The whole Scout troop, plus a few other visitors to the aquarium, stop to listen to her. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z We laid our weapons down, and the visitors, especially the two foreigners, began smiling again. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z I could tell she was happy we had a visitor. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z But I wondered if there were postcards in the visitor center. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Anyhow, by the end of the first week I get near a hundred traps in the water, all baited and waiting for visitors. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z We crowded around her, wanting to know all about her important visitor. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Holmes led his visitor down the stairs to the first floor and from there down another, darker flight to the basement. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z All the visitors that were visiting the cemetery started running like hell over to their cars. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z He says the billboard is bringing in more visitors. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z By now, Dr. Stuart knew exactly who his visitors were. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z This was a novel experience: my comrades and fellow prisoners were now official visitors. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It had also happened that a visitor wearing a double layer of clothes left one layer in the bathroom for his inmate friend. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A few days after I had moved in with the Mabuthos, I was having tea with them when a visitor arrived. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Someone had taken the carts from the store and tried stuffing them in the lanes, as if to create a kind of fortified wall against any unwanted visitors. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z But the next day, only 79,034 paying visitors came to see the fair. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “What do you want me to say? The Ridge people don’t like visitors. And if they sense for one second that their homes are under attack, they’ll send out every warrior they have.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Over the years visitors to the museum had thrown money into the fountain for good luck. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z “Well, for instance, suppose old Captain Wallace when he was alive didn’t want any visitors.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Occasionally they are called upon to discourage a solitary rambler, or one of the few visitors to the town, from going through the gateway. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Papa came in, a wary expression on his face that he quickly converted to a warm smile for the visitors. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z We found ourselves in a thick white metal cage that opened into the Medical Records room —an empty, warehouse-sized room with no staff, no patients, no chairs, no visitors, and no medical records. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Earlier visitors to the shelter had left behind an assortment of canned foods—beans, corn, Spam, baby carrots—which were lined up carefully along one of the support rafters. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t think so, sir. Unless they’re indoors a lot. Usually visitors like to walk about in the garden, but the weather en’t been very nice, so...Would you like your pudding now, gentlemen?” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Mama never calls me down because I have a visitor. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Then she made herself comfortable on one of the visitors’ chairs and settled down to read. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Occasionally, important visitors to the prison are invited to take what one high official calls “a little peek at Death Row.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z “Let’s do the battlefield first, then finish at the visitor center.” In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z Fannie Moore, a young visitor from Memphis, failed to return to the home where she was boarding and was never seen again. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Presently they saw their Mother coming out of the drawing-room with a visitor following her. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z We turned and ran toward the visitors’ sideline and heard the loud cheers of our caravan riders. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The next day the doctor decided that Finny was not yet well enough to see visitors, even old pals like me. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z “It is not your place. Mary and I sit in the kitchen sometimes, because at home we like to be free, even to license—but you are a visitor, and must go into the parlour.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z The first thing Jus notices when he pulls into the visitor lot of the Fulton Regional Youth Detention Center is how much the building reminds him of a high school. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z But he had seen movies where lawyers walked the cellblocks, where visitors passed through. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Between Mr. Muhammad’s teachings, my correspondence, my visitors—usually Ella and Reginald—and my reading of books, months passed without my even thinking about being imprisoned. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I was certain that my visitor had been the villainous Edmund, and I shuddered to think of his fury when he found me absent. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Baba, beaming with pride, handed out the rôshogolla treats to their visitors. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z Poachers from Uganda had been coming over Mount Elgon and shooting anything that moved, including people, and now the Kenyan government required that visitors to Mount Elgon be accompanied by armed guards. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Friendly visitor,” Werfel said quietly, “the forests were not darker when we lived there. ‘ The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z The visitor shakes Father’s hand, then turns, knowing all along that I have been watching them both. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Some that night worked on a small notice announcing the opening of a new hotel, clearly another hastily built affair meant to capitalize on the expected crush of exposition visitors. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The bored guards on duty outside their door had several visitors that afternoon. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z “Tell me, is it possible to visit Warren, I mean go through the place and look it over as a visitor?” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z And we still prepared for the onslaught of visitors. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Year after year, plainly, all seven scrapbooks stood ready to be perused or pored over by old close friends of the family and casual visitors alike, as well as, presumably, the odd part-time cleaning woman. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z Now that we had a visitor she wanted to talk like she knew everything about me? From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The friends also did slightly better than the dorm room visitors at accurately estimating agreeableness—how helpful and trusting someone is. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Thursday night, November 7 Today we had a surprise visitor. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z When visitors came to call, Dad would introduce Anne, Mary and Ernestine. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z The hints included Be friendly to visitors, Keep Key West as quiet as possible, and Do not soak the tourists. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z There was no one else in the visitors’ room, and I was the only one talking, so everything I said, every sound I made, seemed to echo off the walls. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Each day had been filled with surgeries and follow-up surgeries, physical therapy, daily visits from his mother and from Garvey, and a constant flow of visitors from the Circle wishing him well. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z A far greater number came as sightseers, which is why policemen had to be stationed at the door to regulate the flow of visitors. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z We got to the school and the guard told us to go to the general office and get visitors’ passes. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Write me in care of Mother's to let me know if you are up for a visitor. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z The upper town was a rambling extension of the city below, a sprawling collection of shops, markets, and inns that served the guards and staff who worked at the Ice Court as well as visitors. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z In Paris on the Champ de Mars, France opened the Exposition Universelle, a world’s fair so big and glamorous and so exotic that visitors came away believing no exposition could surpass it. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z She entertained visitors in Cambridge and in Down, often old servants and the children of old servants. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z When he heard the sound of running water, he assumed that some male visitor was using the men’s room to wash up. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z I clearly remember one other visitor from those years. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z If he did not have a visitor in the evening, Singer went to a late movie. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z “But you two are my visitors to-night; I must treat you as such.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z “Igor, all this secrecy . . . one would almost think you didn’t want visitors.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The boise airport boasts several “fresh” French-fried potato vending machines, spaced at intervals throughout the facility, to let visitors know that they are in the proud Home of the Spud. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They hesitated, but I guess I must’ve looked upset, because they finally went into the visitor center without me. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z It was one Sunday, I remember, when we had an invasion of visitors during the afternoon, that the subject of the fancy dress ball was first brought up. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z A few visitors were already at tables, sitting across from inmates—men in orange jumpsuits. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z In its day its grandeur would have overwhelmed the visitor. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “What took you so long, cupcakes? You kept your visitor waiting!” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z An important visitor was here to meet her. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I waited at the nurse’s station while an orderly went to tell him he had a visitor. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z After dinner the visitors went out on the front balcony to meditate on the hospital idea. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z The visitor mentioned by the Master, Lord Asriel, was her uncle, a man whom she admired and feared greatly. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z The cornucopia must have sensed her distress and thought she and her visitors could use some warm baked goods. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z We had a large glass barrier through which one could see the visitor from the waist up and far more sophisticated microphones so that we did not have to strain to hear. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z So did Dorothy Fowler, who fumed to a visitor one day, “This community doesn’t want academic excellence. It wants a gladiatorial spectacle on a Friday night.” Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Although these men were our first official visitors, we regarded them skeptically. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Wherever Farmer walked in the city he felt the presence of the tontons macoutes, Baby Doc’s infamous secret police, who hid behind dark glasses and seemed to shadow foreign visitors. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z But her mother was in the kitchen humming happily and clattering pot lids as the visitors sat around the table toasting each other with glasses of mint tea and gobbling roasted chickpeas. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Nurses, doctors, patients, orderlies, and visitors went in and out of the wards. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z More frequently now he looked at and fondled the one piece of evidence that he once had a visitor in his house: a child’s purple-and-white belt. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z "I'll be there, and the rest of the doctors you know, and some visitors, and Doctor Vining, the head of all the doctors, will ask you a few questions, and then you can go." The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Cole had grown impatient watching the visitors jot notes in their silly little folders. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z The maniac bellowed: she parted her shaggy locks from her visage, and gazed wildly at her visitors. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z But it was only an occasional, terrible visitor in the Americas, which meant that most adult colonists had not acquired childhood immunity. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z This isn’t like the ghostly handprints on my glass, the ones my visitors leave behind. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z Perhaps the smell of candlefish fat, ubiquitous in later Northwest Coast Indian cookery, even then hovered over the first visitors’ fires. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z He was in a cage, being viewed, gaped at, seen as visitors to the 200 see exotic animals—kangaroos and baboons. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z As it often happens in such cases, these were not to be the only visitors. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z The children stood respectfully to one side as the visitors walked down the trail. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z And perhaps one day soon they would launch a small space vehicle devoted to exploring this visitor from the realm of the stars. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Now let me show you something else,” said the visitor. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z “We will have visitors at our meet this afternoon. Channel Seven is sending a local news crew out to do a story on the team, and on Jessica.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Because of the generosity of my visitors I had an embarrassment of riches and wanted to share my food with the other prisoners on my floor. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Eight or ten sleepy students walked up to see who the visitor was. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Even when his visitor’s band lifted the tent flap, the silent drops coursed down his nose and fell on the parchment with regular ticks, like an ancient clock. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z With great tact the visitors continued, ‘Is it possible for you and your husband to encourage your children to practice their English when they are home?’ Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Now the traders retreated into their tents, and the visitors to the market found themselves whispered at, invited to partake of numerous wonders, each available for a price. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z One day as I was gripping the bars, my face straining toward the light, a guard came in and told me I had a visitor. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z An amateur photographer bringing a conventional large camera and the necessary tripod had to pay ten dollars, about what many out-of-town visitors paid for a full day at the fair, including lodging, meals, and admission. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z From the doorway of another room, spying the visitors, I noted the incongruity— the clash of two worlds, the faces and voices of school intruding upon the familiar setting of home. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z A first-time visitor might wonder if Olmsted’s men had done any work at all. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z When the judges brought the court to order, the visitors’ gallery and the press bench were packed. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She gave no sign that she noticed the visitor. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z “I am a visitor from the third dimension.” Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Then the visitors came ... in and out of the little house. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z “They don’t know what cabin to put you in, so you're here. Cabin eleven takes all newcomers, all visitors. Naturally, we would. Hermes, our patron, is the god of travelers.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z "I thought no visitors was the best policy for now," Dr. Spivak says. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z But instead of the visitors’ room, they were led downstairs to the officers’ lounge. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z At home I was quiet, so perhaps I seemed formal to my relations and other Spanish-speaking visitors to the house. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Frightened by visitors, the deer bolted for the nearby forest, which had its own herd of wild roe-deer and could support more. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Both would survive, though they never got over the fear these near escapes caused and kept their doors securely bolted against all visitors throughout the plague. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z This was not someone who had a lot of visitors. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z I wonder if my visitors have grown tired of me. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z I asked Haas and Creamer where a race of alien visitors in, say, 3000 B.C. would have landed if they were searching for earth’s most sophisticated society. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z In the visitor’s locker room, Gaines, his face slacked with sweat and his hair matted, closed the door to parents and fans and drew the players around him. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z After that, Debbie and Karl drew up a short list of approved visitors along with a plan for dealing with the press. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Obinze asked an immigration officer when she came to lead the man from Djibouti out to see a visitor. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z She asked those who’d been on Valentine for years, she asked all the new people, pestered the visitors who came to the farm to see if what they’d heard was true. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I felt part of the forest, instead of just a visitor. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z But even after seeing and hearing Elijah Muhammad in person, only a few of the interested visitors would apply by formal letter to Mr. Muhammad to be accepted for Nation of Islam membership. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I've had visitors from all over, but Alisha's friend was the first to arrive with an itinerary, a thick bundle of brochures and schedules she kept in a nylon pouch strapped around her waist. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z He was riding along in a cloud of visitors, bright-clad foreigners, observers from Europe, plumes and feathers and helmeted horsemen, reporters from Richmond, the solemn members of Longstreet’s staff. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z To their right, the visitors’ lot was crammed with tour buses. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “Y’all’re the first visitors in more than a year,” she said, and she showed us a neat gold medal in a velvet box. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z It was nice to have visitors, but Sasha wanted to go home. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z He rehearsed them each time he came: No trips, no visitors, no contact with politicals. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z His eyes do not rise to meet his visitor’s. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I have seen revulsion on the faces of visitors who’ve caught us at meals. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Washington spent the day at home in a small, stuffy office seeing visitors, writing letters, and worrying. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z As Farmer drove his visitor on Highway 3 to Cange, he narrated Haiti. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Another visitor, hunting for an exhibit of wax figures, asked a guard, “Can you tell me where the building is that has the artificial human beings?” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Mr. Zuckerman took the medal from Wilbur’s neck and hung it on a nail over the pigpen, where visitors could examine it. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z The summer visitors in Delhi are dressed in old pants and T-shirts, too. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The visitors were cracking their knuckles, eyeing us like it was slaughter time. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z I have no visitors here, no sticky-fingered children or weary parents. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z For this reason, when visitors tried to make advances to John he was sullen, and they, feeling that for some reason he disliked them, retaliated by deciding that he was a “funny” child. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Even more visitors crowded on the lush lawns to watch the horses. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “A—a most distinguished visitor has just arrived.” The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z The priests assembled the tenants and the visitors in the little schoolhouse to read through the forgotten gospels and say a mass for the eternal rest of the soul of Pedro Garcia. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Most of the residents of Arwad didn’t much care if visitors came or not. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Left to his best guess, he decided the warning meant that he was to have visitors that night. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z Sabata was opposed to the Bantu Authorities and would not capitulate, but my visitors were afraid that Matanzima would depose him, which is eventually what happened. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a sharp rap at the door, and it opened, the visitor not waiting to be invited in. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z I felt for some minutes like a visitor from another planet. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z I would be sitting in my alcove or in my room, and a smiling nurse would pop in and announce one or another of the visitors. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z A visitor sees twisting streets, tidy clapboard houses with colored roofs, shops for tourists and locals, and people dressed in boots, parkas, scarves, and woolen hats pulled over their ears. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “We went there. Perhaps he had other visitors.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z “Besides, it means I get to see you again. You’d be surprised how few visitors I get.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The visitor from outer space made a serious study of Christianity, to learn, if he could, why Christians found it so easy to be cruel. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z That visitors often stop before they depart Le Cirque des Rêves to stare at the clockwork wonder that sits by the gates. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Because of Charles’s fame, the biggest change at Down was that there were more and more visitors who made pilgrimages to meet him. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z A visitor’s visa grants you entry into the country for a temporary period of time. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z “It seems we have a visitor,” said Father Cham, pointing ahead with his staff. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z During the century after Verrazzano Europeans were regular visitors to the Dawnland, usually fishing, sometimes trading, occasionally kidnapping natives as souvenirs. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The new paradigm of collaborative research pursued in the ramshackle Rad Lab surprised visitors bred in the insular working style still prevalent in academia. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Though she had lived in America as an eternal exile, a visitor for forty years, certain bits of her adopted country had been seeping under the locked doors of her dis-approval. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z But my parents never treated such visitors as part of the family, never told them they were. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah, man. Please. Tell everyone I’m fine. But no visitors.” All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “I have a special visitor coming here tomorrow evening. Quincy, would you go into the living room? There are two boxes on the sofa and I’d like you to bring them in here.” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Every day, I watch them through my window, the way my visitors used to watch me. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z It was said he had come to the village quite some time ago, a visitor. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Not quite isolated; among Galileo’s visitors in his last years were Thomas Hobbes and John Milton. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z All of the visitors were smiling, sometimes adjusting their ties or taking notes on the writing pads they carried. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z “Eugenia, march upstairs and brush your hair down, what if we have an unexpected visitor?” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z The visitor was a stout man in cracked, mud-caked boots and a heavy brown robe of the coarsest roughspun, his features hidden by a cowl, his hands drawn up into voluminous sleeves. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Millions of visitors go to the Van Gogh Museum every year to see Vincent's paintings. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The boy told her that the jailer was mean to visitors but that he didn’t say nothing to the people in jail. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z An estimated sixteen million visitors come to see the new inventions, including a solar oven, American porcelain teeth, Alexander Graham Bell’s telephone, Thomas Edison’s phonograph and his megaphone, modified to help the hard of hearing. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z When she married my father, I was the once-a-month visitor who cleaned the kitchen without being told and babysat for free. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z The end of the war brought an unceasing parade of high-profile visitors to Berkeley—military men, foreign dignitaries, important scientists from abroad—and a stream of invitations to join government commissions and corporate boards. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z But it was not only Papa who received visitors; the villagers trooped to every big house with a big gate, and sometimes they took plastic bowls with firm covers. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z One by one, the people of the village and the visitors, too, were forced to jump over the hole. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z His visitor, his company, his guest, his social life, his woman, his daughter, his friend—they all hung there on a nail near his bed. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z When he gets visitors, he mainly sits and listens. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z A sign warned that all visitors were subject to search, but he just walked through the metal detector and went with the officer up to the second floor. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Shoba had bought them once when they were on sale, in the event that a visitor decided, at the last minute, to spend the night. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Franz, excited about the visitors and the general chaotic state of the apartment, could not keep still. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Alice sighed a little sigh, amazed at herself as she opened the door to the only visitor she looked forward to. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The other Romans muttered, glaring at their visitors. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I had thought that being only a visitor to the world of corrections, I would be immune to this syndrome. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Summer fevers were common visitors to all American cities in the eighteenth century, and therefore not headline news. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z There were guests in Winterfell, visitors come for die harvest feast. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z They came together and locked hands, her husband half a foot taller than his visitor, bearded and heavy through the shoulders and chest and wearing a sweat-stained T-shirt. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Although the reservation’s capital then seemed a small, squalid place—a “muddy little trading post,” as one visitor described it—it was likely the biggest settlement Mollie had ever seen. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “A very long time,” he said, looking past his visitor as if he expected to see another figure emerge from the night. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Walter was informed that he, too, would have a visitor, and I suspected, I hoped, I wished — I believed — that it would be a visit from Winnie and Albertina. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The air of “anxious effort” that suffused the park reminded Candace Wheeler, the designer hired to decorate the Woman’s Building, “of an insufficiently equipped household preparing for visitors.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z When the visitor rose to speak he sounded like a white man. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z But he had to be there for the visitors who came throughout the morning and the rest of the afternoon. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Lots of visitors coming over making sure everyone was okay, bringing food and things to make sure the grieving family members didn’t have to worry about feeding themselves. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z Having a visitor is a big deal because they have to agree to a medical background check and a thorough physical. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z As Dewey approached them, he saw that another visitor was already there: a willowy girl with white-gloved hands, a smooth cap of dark-honey hair, and long, elegant legs. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he would show the visitors how we could type, send the Morse code, multiply numbers, and speak some French, German, and Italian. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z Some evenings, when the visitors left early, he would sit on the floor of the living room and listen to Master talk. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The landlady, a woman of around forty or so, appears to regard me as a rather grand visitor on account of Mr Farraday's Ford and the high quality of my suit. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Twelve electric elevators would carry visitors to the building’s upper reaches. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z First, we moved to America on a visitor’s visa to escape Iran. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z A second contractor received the exclusive right to rent Kodaks to fair visitors, the Kodak being a new kind of portable camera that eliminated the need for lens and shutter adjustments. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “You had a visitor while you were gone. Major Major.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z He wrapped his scarf even tighter around his fat neck and peered at his visitors over his handkerchief. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z As a Pashtun, you always open your door to a visitor. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z My grandmother had fixed up the yellow house very nicely so that many visitors who passed through Ville Rose came to stay in it. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Near the steps they slowed down, moved cautiously around the house, for there was a certain fearsomeness about visitors too. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He looks strange, as if he’s just a visitor in this world. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Master and visitor greeted each other in a friendly manner. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z The lot attendant points us to the visitor section since we don’t have a parking sticker, which means a long walk to my building. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The early visitors returned to their homes and reported to friends and family that the fair, though incomplete, was far grander and more powerful than they had been led to expect. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Herr Ribbentrop not being expected for a further hour or so, his lordship had suggested to his guest a tour of Darlington Hall - a strategy which had helped many a nervous visitor to relax. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Forewarned of the visitors’ arrival by drum and messenger, Indians awaited them behind trees and in concealed canoes, shot fusillades of poisoned arrows, then withdrew. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The visitors who came to Venice to see the palaces and churches were always losing things. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z There were other market-folk and visitors setting up their stalls all over the meadow, putting up tents and hanging draperies from trees. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z “We were the front desk security team. We greeted visitors, signed for packages, important mail, and, most of all, welcomed the workers. Thousands of them. Each day, they’d swipe their badges and we’d say ‘Hello.’ Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z Despite the recent rationing of sugar, tires, gas, tea, and coffee, a big turnout of visitors was expected in the coastal towns that summer. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z The center incorporates a lab with a glass wall through which visitors can watch paleontologists cleaning bones. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z It made me think that it must be harder for the visitors to come in than for the prisoners to visit with them. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z So said Telemakhos, though in his heart he knew his visitor had been immortal. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The room has maybe six or seven young guys in orange jumpsuits inside with their visitors. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z She grabbed me so hard I yelled—and the visitors moved to the edge of my camp at my cry. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Many visitors stopped by his hotel to congratulate him. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Mr. Stone worried there weren’t enough places for visitors to sleep. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z The book was, true enough, what might be described as a 'sentimental romance' - one of a number kept in the library, and also in several of the guest bedrooms, for the entertainment of lady visitors. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z The prison rules are that visitors must be listed on the inmate’s permission list. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Impatiently, as if he were suddenly in a hurry to hide the man from Meggie, he led his visitor across the hall. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z The room was empty of all visitors except Edwin Stanton. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Pa wonders to Theo, “Can it be that he was expecting a visitor, someone that he would rather I did not meet?” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Week-end visitors probably used to come and bathe, and then go for a sail in the boat. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Soon the level of construction would increase even more, as entrepreneurs prepared to cash in on the expected crush of exposition visitors. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Apart from these details, this could be a college guest room, for the less distinguished visitors; or a room in a rooming house, of former times, for ladies in reduced circumstances. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z The visitors could hear voices, and finally, Isabelle returned and brought them inside. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z “Tom, I had visitors about four o’clock this morning,” Cox revealed. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “I read to her. She likes it. It’s not hard to get things here. We don’t usually have visitors, though.” Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z I went back to the drawing room and thought for an instant that they were chance visitors, all these official people who suddenly filled it. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z He takes photos of us, prints out visitor passes, and hands the passes to me. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “Because there’s perfectly good food in this house. Steaks for the dogs, cream for Pasha’s Favorite, cakes for those awful visitors.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “Manning their stations” meant climbing back into the booths and waiting during the perilous time when the museum was open to the staff but not to visitors. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z The next week at school, Maestra Eva announces that some important visitors—foreigners—will be coming, and they’re considering making a big donation to fund the construction of a science lab at the school. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Cleared at least to proceed into the city, the visitor would soon encounter a spectacle of urban grandeur widely celebrated in its time. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z We're back in my hospital room, and he's taken a seat in the visitor's chair across from my bed. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I was now permitted visitors only twice a week. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The way I know is one of my visitors, Mateo Nuflez, had just begun listening to the Sacred Rosary on his little radio when he heard the terrible crash. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s different not seeing him at the pulpit or after church greeting the visitors with Mrs. Peck, who still comes to church and sits in the same pew every Sunday. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z When I arrived at the baseball field minutes later, the visitor stands were already packed full of red-clad Hillpark fans, many of whom I recognized even from a distance. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z He stopped, and as the visitors approached, his outline seemed to fuse with that of the visitors. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z She gave the visitor a bowl of scraps, which he bolted down in ravenous gulps, looking up then for more. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z So we ran through layups and three-on-three weave drills and free throws and pick and rolls, and then the evil Wellpinit five came running out of the visitors’ locker room. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z But neither of them had noticed the visitor yet. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z It was still far below the 200,000 daily visitors the fair’s planners originally had dreamed of, but the trend was encouraging. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I shall never forget the first time I laid these now tired old eyes on our visitor. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z In the early days of the British Museum, prospective visitors had to make a written application and undergo a brief interview to determine if they were fit to be admitted at all. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Phrases she’d heard over the last few days swirled in her head: A talented friend, ready for her visitor. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z A third proposal demanded even more courage from visitors. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z They monitored what the members of the Black Categories did during the day, recorded any visitors to their homes, watched their Morning Repentance and Evening Reports, and supervised their sweeping the alley twice a day. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The first night the visitors are on Water Island, I go for a walk so that I can see them in the house they rented behind the hill. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z A few days after he’s settled them all in, Vincent receives a visitor who vehemently disapproves and threatens to divulge all to Dorus and Anna. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z For nearly two weeks the family stayed at home, polluted by death, greeting the occasional visitor who came to pay respects. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z They walked around to the visitors’ side, ducked under the yellow ribbon, and sat down in the front row. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Mr. Barrett! Go in the kitchen and fish up some milk, please. We have visitors and they’re just babies, it seems.” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z If the water level fell, visitors to the fair would be treated to an offensive band of bare earth at the waterline. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Gretchen Silver had identified herself on the tape so that there would be no question of allowing it in the visitors’ room. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The mayor showed up at city hall every day to learn what new crisis had developed, meet visitors, and consider options. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z An old red-eyed hound didn’t stir from his corner, indifferent to the visitors. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z V followed the stream of visitors in chef’s hats and colored aprons, some toting cake pans under their arms, others simply fidgeting nervously. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z There was, after all, a trail of prostrating visitors to Chief’s house, relatives and friends bringing other relatives and friends, their pockets full of requests and appeals. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Other villagers, using tools borrowed from the visitors, pounded the rocks to break them up into gravel. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z It was pretty difficult to concentrate on the customers, even harder to chat up the visitors who came by to say hi. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z And true to the palm oil that flowed in her veins, she never had a visitor to whom she did not offer food before one word of conversation—business or social—began. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z After making sure his helmet was straight, he asked, “It’s been tense around here since yesterday’s visitor. Is one of these the one he called for?” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Even Lady Isobel recoiled at the unexpected ferocity of these visitors, until the men were pushed aside and a woman dressed in hunting gear threw back her green hooded cloak to reveal a smiling face. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The visitor from outer space made a gift to Earth of a new Gospel. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Her uncle remained seated in the office’s sagging visitor’s chair. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z After leaving Mr. Wilson’s office, she walked to the visitor parking lot like it was a race. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z You could always spot visitors to Deliene’s capital by their bewildered looks and crooked necks as they tried to take in all the busy sights of the city on the hill. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “They gots plenty of food all the time? For visitors? And doggies?” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Today visitors from lower altitudes are constantly warned that the area is very cold. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z This time we didn’t walk like visitors, we tore out of there. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Just ask our friendly government visitor from Topeka. He’s got his report all ready about the high metal content in the water and how it has healing properties. Go ahead, son, make your presentation.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z It is bigger and uglier than Gatlinburg, and has better parking, and so of course gets more visitors. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z “You’re our third visitor!” boomed the jolly announcer in the ceiling. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z On Mondays she had come to expect occasional visitors seeking temporary shelter from bad weather. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z He would save this up and concoct brews in a homemade still he kept behind the door, brews that smelled so bad Mama was ashamed to let in any visitors. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Charles attached a mirror to the outside of the house so that when he was in his study he could see who was coming up the walk—visitors and the all-important postman. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I wondered if it was the same in every home, this feeling of exuberance when visitors had gone. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z To keep themselves warm during the inevitable longueurs, visitors sing songs of peace and harmony in several languages. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z They sauntered on, slowly, across the bridge and into the maze of alleys in which every visitor to Venice gets lost at least once. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z The crew of the ship leant against the side throwing scraps to the gulls, while visitors in pleasure-boats rowed slowly round the ship. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Edward Pocket looked up and nodded briefly at Doon, one of his most frequent visitors. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “Archie,” we said, then turned to greet the great cactus, as visitors were expected to do: “Senor Saguaro.” Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z No other motel in Birmingham would allow black visitors to eat or sleep there. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z My mother and Auntie Seema are sitting in visitor chairs inside the room. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z For some reason, my visitors never seem to carry any. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z If a visitor was still waiting after an hour— this was common—we would call the blocks to learn the reason for the holdup. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Everyone was worried about how the goblin overlord Ghohg would take it if this elfin visitor died by accident. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z There were in fact five visitors, four of them Haitian, but my gaze lingered on a tall, lanky white man in his midthirties as the group joined us on the balcony. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z The room was so crowded with filing cabinets and plants and her big desk, there was room only for two straight chairs for visitors. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z It was about a visitor from outer space, shaped very much like a Tralfamadorian, by the way. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He is exhaustively searched before being let into the visitors’ area. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z “If they release Gabriel, can we get another newchild as a visitor?” asked Lily. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Dalai, meanwhile, was thinking: A sink in the stairwell is sure to impress visitors. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z When visitors come from the United States, I draw up little itineraries. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z A foreboding, clammy and fearful, came into her heart as if, along with the visitor whose name was so strange yet somehow familiar, some menace had slipped into her life. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z She’d told her guards she didn’t want any visitors tonight, and to turn away even Chaol and Dorian if they arrived. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “I'm sorry I never volunteered here. I don't know much about nurturing at all. Do you ever let visitors have a tour?” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The visitors came up the narrow road through the forest from the south; they filled the spare-rooms, they bunked out in cow byres and barns. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z I get lots of visitors—a few of whom pay even without listening to a whole song. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z The traders got her cold eye, the missionaries her hard glare, the few other white visitors who chanced onto the island received from Old Tallow no welcome. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z "Old enough to treat visitors with more courtesy than you," Jon said. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Jimmy didn’t like visitors, even when it was Luke. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z The next morning, I had two visitors, bright and early. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Happenings in the outside world were muffled by the fact that we heard of them first through rumor; only later might they be confirmed by a newspaper account or an outside visitor. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She and Mom were having visitors today, and they’d been working nonstop all weekend to get the apartment ready. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z “Herbert, my dear friend,” said I, shutting the double doors, while Herbert stood staring and wondering, “something very strange has happened. This is—a visitor of mine.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z “The captain wouldn't mind. He often has visitors come aboard. We’re a sea-river vessel. Very unusual. People like to come aboard and look around.” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Despite its incomplete exhibits, rutted paths, and stretches of unplanted ground, the exposition revealed to its early visitors a vision of what a city could be and ought to be. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Other visitors were not so congenial, and Tycho clearly did not always relish his role as a kind of performing poodle. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z The main door was left permanently open to allow guests and visitors to come and go. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The visiting rules, far more lenient than other prisons’, permitted visitors almost every day, and allowed them to stay two hours. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z He also recorded Lawrence’s assurance that a recent visitor, “a very distinguished biologist,” had declared “that this technique could well be as important to biology and medicine as the discovery of the microscope.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Her visitor had brought her sweetmeats and some fresh grapes, and also a small jug of wine, which the nurse liked perhaps more than she should. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z From the very first meetings I had with outside visitors and the International Red Cross, I stressed the importance of having the time and facilities for proper exercise. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Not when he had escaped the unwelcome visitor, like Bilbo used to.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z He would point me out to visitors and say that I was an example of how hard his Jews were working. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Padre Leo is so disheveled that visitors sometimes mistake him for one of the poor, dirty migrants sitting outside. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z As a D Group prisoner, I was entided to have only one visitor, and to write and receive only one letter, every six months. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The stories Madame Manec’s visitors bring into the kitchen are terrifying and difficult to believe. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He already had a visitor: Cora, the unfortunate wife of old Sutic. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z He might grant a tour to a visitor, a distinguished neighbor or curious planter from another neck of the woods, but it was rare. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z At school, they brought in special visitors to talk to the kids that came back. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Burnham had devoted the last two years of his life to creating an impression of monumental beauty, and now Olmsted wanted to make visitors laugh. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z He had known her all his life; she had been his older sister’s older friend, and then his mother’s faithful visitor; she had never, for Gabriel, been young. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z He wished the man would not keep asking him questions, as if to engage him, as if the man were the host and Richard the visitor. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z They encouraged the exchange of goods, but would only allow their visitors to stay ashore for brief, carefully controlled excursions. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z C.P. closed up early and rushed home to tell his wife about the visitors. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Perry, his eyes glitteringly immense in a face now almost phosphorescently pale, studied the ceiling; and presently, after placing a picture postcard on the patient’s bedside table, the rebuffed visitor departed. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z She sipped her chocolatl, which was thin and weak; how like these wretched priests, she thought, to take their self-righteous abstinence out on their visitors, too. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Mrs. Pontellier, attired in a handsome reception gown, remained in the drawing room the entire afternoon receiving her visitors. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z A platoon of bodyguards always ran out to greet visitors. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z So during visiting hour one day, when those of us with visitors are escorted into the rec room by the pastels, I find her sitting at a table with my parents. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z They worked diligently, hardly raising their faces from the ground, and not knowing whether to be more frightened of the pigs or of the human visitors. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z Anning would spend the next thirty-five years gathering fossils, which she sold to visitors. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Around me the students move with faces frozen in solemn masks, and I seem to hear already the voices mechanically raised in the songs the visitors loved. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The visitors were dinted and haggard and dusty, yet the standard they carried was the lion of Lannister, golden on its crimson field. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Jule and Paolo could see some big rocks in the distance as they drove up, but from the visitors’ center, nothing. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z On the other side of the parking lot, just past the visitor center, was a dark little stand of pine trees hunched down in the wind. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “My parents are building a visitors’ center and museum. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z Looking up, I notice that the sheet-metal walls of the vehicle are covered with graffiti left by numerous visitors over the years. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z As long as his visitor was there, he could be out of his cell from around 8:30 A.M. to 2:45 P.M., Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But Mr Cardinal's columns did not prevent him being a frequent visitor at the house; indeed, his lordship never forgot that the young man was his godson and always treated him as kin. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Some visitors found themselves so moved by the Court of Honor that immediately upon entering they began to weep. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Our worst troublemakers were the visitors who gave food to the animals. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The front parking lot is for visitors; the family lot is in back. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Mum boasts to visitors and relatives how, no matter what, we sit round as a family to share an evening meal. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z He would greet visitors, ask them to sign the guest book, and then direct them, like he was an air-traffic controller and they were taxiing airplanes, to the Serenity Suite. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The enthusiasm Olmsted had identified during his travels, though still far from constituting a tidal wave, at last seemed to begin propelling visitors to Jackson Park. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Lately, a day might go by without a single visitor. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z I rarely have visitors, and so there’s no one to lend books to. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z A visitor from another planet, or another century, would view the exercise as precisely lunatic behavior, but no one from outside would understand it. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “You got some visitors on their way,” she said. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Its function was to produce ice, store the perishable goods of exhibitors and restaurants, and operate an ice rink for visitors wishing to experience the novelty of skating in July. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Actually—Henry being of course the notable exception—Julian did not allow many visitors. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z She wouldn’t say why, but then a visitor would come calling just as I was leaving. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “There’s a visitor for you in the parlor, Ma says to tell you. A gentleman.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Still, our open door had never attracted visitors before. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z They looked different, maybe because I was seeing them for the first time in their own home rather than in Abba, where they were visitors in Papa-Nnukwu s house. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z She was placed in solitary confinement in Pretoria, where she was denied bail and visitors; over the next weeks and months, she was relentlessly and brutally interrogated. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z We heard the piano start up in the parlor, a limpid, haunting melody; Harry had been pressed into playing for our visitors. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z I could always tell when someone was having a visitor because the smell of vanilla or chocolate meant Mrs. Moss was baking. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Skin color was usually a reliable indicator as to which half of the house a visitor was heading for, but this woman was the exception to the rule. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z The procession passed the Austrian Village and Captive Balloon Park, where a hydrogen balloon tethered to the ground took visitors aloft. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “Well!” said the owner of the voice, surveying his odd visitor, whose eyes were now rolled so far back that they had almost disappeared into his head. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z A doctor Yossarian had never seen before stepped inside the room and told the visitors courteously that they had to go. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Another Arab visitor reported, even at a late date in Alexandria’s ancient career, that the city was all white and bright by night as well as by day. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z In his official report to Burnham Colonel Rice, commander of the Guard, wrote, “With the tens of thousands of employees and the millions of visitors, it must be admitted that our success was phenomenal.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The drinks cabinet is only opened when visitors and relatives come. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z He gave nickels to the children, and because of his quietness and decorum he did not disturb the patients as would have another visitor. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Carl became a frequent visitor to the Heinz farm on North Palm Street. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal 2001-01-17T00:00:00Z Mr. Kamara called me to his office one morning and said, “You and your friends really impressed those visitors. They know now that it is possible for you boys to be rehabilitated.” A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Extraterrestrial Life, Yes; Visitors in UFOs, No In addition to astrology, innumerates are, I believe, considerably more likely than others to believe in visitors from outer space. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Five people were killed in or near the fair, including a worker obliterated while helping prepare the night’s fireworks and a visitor who stepped from one grip-car into the path of another. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z It would be Hardman, who said he was too old to learn to drive a car, bringing the visitors in the trap. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z "We shall meet soon again. But before that you will have another visitor." The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z She proceeded to pump me about my family and circumstances, pressing me until I said, “I hadn’t thought it was the custom here to interrogate visitors.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z During his time inside, the only female visitor he was permitted was his mother. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The visitors proved to be five pheasant hunters from Oklahoma. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z On the second day a band of visitors arrived in a carriage, august souls from Atlanta and Savannah. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The butler had left the dining room quietly, taking care to close the doors behind him, and proceeded calmly to the drawing room where his employer was taking tea with a number of visitors. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z In the back of their minds, I know they hoped the unrest in Iran would settle down, and we might be able to return to the country before our US visitor's visas expired. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z He was off to Florida’s Hialeah Racetrack, where he was greeted with near hysteria, generating a bigger stir than any Florida visitor save President Roosevelt. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Where ramblers and visitors are concerned, they are more inventive, only using physical force as a last resort if tales of new-planted grass, or a dangerous bull on the loose, are not sufficient. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z This in turn reminded her of the people downstairs waiting: her mother, the cook, Leon, the visitor, Robbie. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The visitors sat on a couch and chairs, and the general settled behind his desk. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The park gets some three million visitors a year, mostly in the three peak months of summer. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z The Indians denied the visitors permission to land; refusing even to touch the Europeans, they passed goods back and forth on a rope over the water. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z In one of the few houses open I found a friendly, well-informed, happily unarmed ranger named David Fox, who seemed surprised and pleased to have a visitor. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z That first time the guard brought Branwell into the visitors’ room, he looked awful. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In fact, he entertained a growing stream of visitors. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z One visitor described luncheons at Down as violent. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a disease, rhetorical smallpox, and every visitor exhibited it in some degree. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The awful visitors were the women who belonged to the Animal Fanciers’ Society. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The priory, situated as it was where the road crossed the river, was popular with travelers of all kinds, and the nuns often had visitors to stay. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z The visitors entered uncertainly as though they felt they were intruding, tiptoeing in with stares of meek apology, first the grieving mother and father, then the brother, a glowering heavy-set sailor with a deep chest. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The night before he left for the Tower a visitor came to his room, one wearing a brown traveling-cloak and carrying a staff of oak shod with iron. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z “Who is our final visitor? This poor, lumpy abomination? Could it be?” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z “No, this region is usually empty except for us and the occasional visitor, like yourselves.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Clerks at the Amtrak desk will happily show visitors the place where prisoners were fingerprinted, where their heights were determined. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z “We will keep it in your locker until your discharge, or you can have visitors take care of it.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z The doors of our home were always open to uncles, aunts, cousins, friends, visitors. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z The three lines are organized by urgency, as in, those with sicknesses versus those of us dying today by some unknown force versus bored visitors. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Back in the big four-room house, there were many visitors for another week or so. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z His visitor adjusted his glasses and the breath whistled in his nose. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z A summer visitor enters a hardware store in Maine and buys a large number of expensive items. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The small population size of tribelets explains not only why they can’t sustain epidemics introduced from the outside, but also why they never could evolve epidemic diseases of their own to give back to visitors. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “We don’t accept visitors of the opposite sex,” she told Nicolas. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z We were embarrassed by the earthy harmonies they sang, but since the visitors were awed we dared not laugh at the crude, high, plaintively animal sounds Jim Trueblood made as he led the quartet. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z This was a crucial occasion, more important than any of our previous visitors. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, standing there outside the visitors entrance, I see the sign pointing to the emergency room. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z But if Citra became a scythe, they never needed to fear an unexpected visitor again. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Macklin described what a visitor might see if he stumbled upon Ocean Camp at midnight. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Death, the visitor, had stayed long that year and taken many Anishinabeg to the next world. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z For family visits, inmates and visitors had to be on opposite sides of the mesh interior wall; they spoke to one another through the wires of the mesh. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Virtually in the same breath, I asked if she were allowed to have visitors at her convent. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z This year, there will be no red apples in a bowl or candy canes on a little dish to offer visitors. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z Burnham, however, believed from the start that the fair’s workers and visitors needed a better, safer supply. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z After taking an elevator to the top of the building, the visitor begins a leisurely descent down the gently sloping ramp. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z I have noticed more visitors coming since he and George added the picture of Ruby to the sign. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z By midsummer Singer had visitors more often than any other person in the house. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Then, louder, she said, “My visitor’s just going.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z A frequent visitor was Mama’s pretty youngest sister, Hinda, who stayed for long periods of time with the family. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z The visitor nodded to me as I gathered their plates and cups onto the tray. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z It was plain that Hermione didn’t have the faintest inkling that she had visitors, and that they might just as well tell her bedside cabinet not to worry for all the good it would do. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z “Greet the lady,” the dealer commanded, just as the nice little girls’ mothers had when visitors came. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Not until they were alone behind closed doors did his visitor draw back his cowl. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “You don’t show them to visitors,” I say. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z The Carter contingent said it would only consider playing there if the Permian band, Pepettes, and student section were moved from their normal location on the visitor’s side to the home side. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z As mementos, visitors stole ears of corn from the field and sawed young fruit trees into pieces of wood. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Today the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is the most visited memorial in Washington, DC, attracting three million visitors every year. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z She was not sure how much time had passed, but she was tangled in bed with Odenigbo, warm and naked, when Ugwu knocked to say they had visitors. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Then no visitors or nothing in the days after. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Aware of how silly that sounded, she challenged the visitor to look it up. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Every night, visitors drop in to see him. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z Mr. Brocklehurst was here interrupted: three other visitors, ladies, now entered the room. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z It’s true that some of my visitors don’t linger the way they used to. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z Are you up to another visitor, or are you too sleepy? she says, with a smirk. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z He placed restrictions on what he would eat, created a list of potential visitors who’d be allowed to see him and another list of those who’d be summarily barred from entering his room. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Hunt hobbled to the front and displayed his Administration Building, intended to be the most important at the fair and the portal through which most visitors would enter. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z When I had visitors, which was increasingly often, he would prepare gourmet meals. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Exactly. Tell me about the elfin visitor. We’re all anxious to know. We know there was a disturbance tonight. And a few days ago. Something with the family du Burgh?” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Mary Alice and I were at the table, and Grandma was at the stove turning one last round of pancakes, when we got a visitor on the back porch. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z In the evenings, visitors—company people negotiating deals, government people negotiating bribes, factory people negotiating jobs—dropped by, parking their cars near the entrance to the orchard. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “His High Holiness said I might have visitors?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The rules she went over every Saturday, when she led the afternoon visitors’ tour. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I always make them stay for as long as a cajecito to give the illusion that they are real visitors. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But the day before we were to meet, the South African government took a step that sabotaged whatever goodwill had been engendered by the Commonwealth visitors. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Officials, recognizing that they were playing host to the most adored visitor ever to cross city limits, rushed to prepare. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Only 3 percent of Shenandoah’s two million annual visitors go more than a few yards into what is generously termed the backcountry. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z “Quincy, would you mind serving the tea and dessert? It’s important that Biddy talk to my visitor, and I can’t handle the cups and plates.” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Did these visitors to the Fair, strangers to Chicago, find their way to Holmes’ Castle in answer to delusive advertisements sent out by him, never to return again? The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z It was as if the house were full of visitors. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z They leap in front of each other to attract attention to their goods, but the visitors ignore them, stooping instead to examine ordinary wood carvings and beaded jewelry. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I once gave a lecture in which a listener thought that I subscribed to a belief in extraterrestrial visitors, when all I had said was that there undoubtedly were many cases of UFOs. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “Hazel,” he said, “your—er—visitor—your mouse. He wants to speak to you.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The old woman had been chopping vegetables, and she was holding a very large, shiny knife when she turned to see the three visitors enter her home. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z Later in life, she would hint to visitors of her own misery during this period. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z It was pleasant living with that sign of a visitor, his only one. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Yanna almost shrieked, the words trailing behind her as she burst forward, running faster than a flying dragon, to meet the visitors. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z When the visitors shoot a free throw on most every court in the country, the fans make a lot of noise, screaming and stomping their feet. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z Randall’s visitors sipped spiced rum as Big Anthony was doused with oil and roasted. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The next day, while Mom went for lunch, I got an unexpected visitor. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z If each prisoner in turn voiced his complaints, the authorities could yell “Time up!” before a visitor reached cell 18. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The Zuckermans were so busy with visitors they forgot about other things on the farm. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z “You two stay here with Bo, while I go and have a look at our visitors. If there's trouble”—he handed Ida his cell phone—“call the police.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z In the late afternoon, while I’m playing spit with Armelio and getting crushed, Smitty pops in and tells me I have a visitor. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Doe was almost supernaturally successful with a series of lady visitors. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z They already had visitors, probably readying to drop from above like he and Alec had done earlier. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z It occurred to me then that this cop was the first visitor I’d ever had in my apartment in all the time I’d lived there. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Mr. Popper had read that penguins are extremely curious, and he soon found that this was true, for stepping out, the visitor began to inspect the house. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z On the other hand, ignoring the museum visitors was a prodigious undertaking. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Fie was a minute in answering, and when he did, he looked all around for his visitor, pale-faced and trembling. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z It might be better to let visitors find out for themselves. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Just occasionally these stray visitors smack into something solid, like Earth. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z “I often find,” he casually explained to his dazed visitors, “that the best way to get from one place to another is to erase everything and begin again. Please make yourself at home.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z Had entertained just two visitors: his brother Jack and his dad. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “Do you have a lot of visitors around here?” she asked when the girl had filled the coffee cup and gone back to lounge against the shelves. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z At such times he let Nhamo lurk in the bushes while he talked to visitors. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “I haven’t had a visitor in as long as I can remember.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z From press reports, conversations with visitors, and even the remarks of prison guards, I learned that a large and vociferous turnout was expected. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The first European visitors were concentrated at New Zealand’s northern end. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The only visitors the rest of us get are insects. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Hull House had become a bastion of progressive thought inhabited by strong-willed young women, “interspersed,” as one visitor put it, “with earnest-faced, self-subordinating and mild-mannered men who slide from room to room apologetically.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z She look away from her important visitor and hitch up her spine. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Nya's family had been back in the village for several months the day the visitors came; in fact, it was nearly time to leave for the camp again. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z But the extra visitors left just as a huge tray of dinner appeared, hunks of baked lamb surrounded by rice and pine nuts. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Our visitor was an older woman with a shapeless figure and unadorned clothes, but as she stopped to greet each of us, she had some small pleasant thing to say. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z All the visitors could get in their cars and turn on their radios and all and then go someplace nice for dinner--everybody except Allie. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z His visitor read the two lines and breathed deep through his nose. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Palmer, acting put out with his parents, kept insisting he was not allowed to have visitors upstairs. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z The editor was often a visitor, spending hours talking to Matt, staying overnight now and then, and testing Jethro’s progress in the book on English usage. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z For the past two weeks I’ve had all kinds of unexpected visitors. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Two visitors were allowed in at a time. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Pa and Ma and the visitor would sit talking a little while before they went back to work. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z My mother was careful to use her ‘visitor’s voice.’ Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t know how long he plans on keeping you here. He’s forbidden any visitors.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Then the Mayor shouted, “We must now have a ticker-tape parade for our wonderful visitors!” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z Yesterday, you had a grander visitor, and received a bigger gift than a bird. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z In the dorm, Fuchs’s only visitor was the scientist in the adjoining room, Richard Feynman. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Signs advised visitors to keep out, but the signs were not needed. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Speaking with European accents that locals couldn’t quite identify, the visitors asked for directions to “the cottage of Dr. Moore.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “There’s a snack bar in the visitor center,” Thalia said. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z “Oh, come now. I have so few visitors. You must indulge me with a little conversation. Tell me: What did my mother do to convince you to become a murderer?” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Schaffer was showing some visitors around the tower when one of them pointed to smoke in the distance. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z I notice those visitors on the ferry docks, down the road from Mister Lochana. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “Blackberry,” said Hazel, “what did you think of our visitor and how would you like to go to his warren?” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Clearly the palace estate had been designed to draw in visitors and astound them with the splendor and glory of the Golden Crescent. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Each week fewer visitors come to the museum. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I could have no visitors, no other relatives, no villagers. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The boy had many visitors, from PIH and from Boston’s Haitian community, surrounding him with toys and smiles of love. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Even a visitor to the Fertile Crescent in 9500 B.C. rather than in 8500 B.C. could have been misled into supposing the Fertile Crescent permanently unsuitable for food production. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Scattered across the lawn were benches and chairs, most of them occupied with patients and their visitors. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z Our feeds caught a banner from a farm that invited visitors, where you could walk around and see everything grow, so we swerved for there and landed. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z That whole mess with the visitors’ bleachers and Mr. Bridges and the cops had pushed the game past the four o’clock barrier. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He introduces Annabelle to various visitors in Run for a Cause shirts. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z They are the ones who stay the latest, through the small hours when most visitors have gone to seek their beds. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I turn, leaving her at the garage house entrance, and walk around to the front where Father talks to the visitor. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z The visitor’s back is to me, but his girth is oddly familiar. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Gregor needed to hear only the visitor's first word of greeting to recognize immediately who it was, the manager himself. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z They went out past the young sentry, who paid the visitor no attention. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Foreign visitors are rare here but not unknown. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The clerk then explained that I had inadvertently been given a seat not normally allowed to visitors, but in this case it was an honor for them to make an exception. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Our food would be cooked on the gas cooker inside the kitchen, but the metal tripods would balance the big pots that would cook rice and stews and soups for visitors. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Maybe then more visitors would stop by my domain. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z He was not suspicious of the visitor anyway. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Walter and I were called to the visitors’ office in the late morning and took seats at the far end of the room. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Once they had checked in with us, we pointed them to their visitor. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew it was probably nothing, just some visitor, but that Agnes had made me nervous. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z Their paint jobs have long since faded, and visitors are encouraged to spray paint the cars. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Most years, the to celebrate the arrival of the hummingbears, and visitors came from near and far. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z William Bell, walking down ahead of Powell, looked ahead to the front door through which, in a few moments, he would take the ill-mannered visitor into the street. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z This was very unusual since we weren’t allowed weekday visitors and the sisters were very strict about their rules. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The goat seemed surprised to see visitors this late, but she relaxed at Rupa’s familiar touch. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z I spent more and more time in my room between interviews and conferences with Mr. Levitan and our PR man, Benn Hall, while Mr. Levitan had a constant stream of visitors in his suite. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z About four o’clock in the morning we reach a record: all eleven men, guards and visitors, are squatting outside. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The trail led right out of the back of the visitor center, right out of the parking lot. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z It was rather like the English custom of shaking hands: the original use was to find out whether your visitor was armed. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Then again, in 1928, physicist and Nobel Prize winner Max Born told a group of visitors to Gottingen University, “Physics, as we know it, will be over in six months.” A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Singer told him, among other things, about the visitors who had been coming to see him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z For instance, each time we had visitors, my performance at school would come up for discussion, and my father would be quick to point out that I had “inherited his exceptional brain.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Communication with the outside world was accomplished in two ways: through prisoners whose sentences were completed and who were leaving the island, and through contact with visitors. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Ned's visitors would oft mistake her for a stableboy if they rode into the yard unannounced. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He felt the change with amazement and the belief took hold of him that his visitor had been divine. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “Kitty can’t have any visitors for at least the next three weeks,” she announced. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z Guiteau gave his calling card to an usher, whose job it was to greet visitors and escort them to Garfield. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The Americans in the slaughterhouse had a very interesting visitor two days before Dresden was destroyed. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I press the visitor pass across my shirt, making sure it sticks with a couple pats. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “Don’t mention it, it’s a pleasure to have such a well- mannered young visitor.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z He put an arm around each of us and guided us toward the front, saying, “Let’s do this the right way. Huh? Let’s go in the visitors’ door.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Cas asked, looking out at the chaos of several injured firefighters being carried to one of the ambulances in the visitors’ parking lot. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Immediately above it, hidden from visitors’ eyes, sat a priestly functionary, who provided the god’s voice. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Soon, me and all of my noisy, pushy visitors will be somebody else’s problem. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Percy was sitting in one of the praetor chairs that he’d pulled to the visitor’s side, which maybe wasn’t the proper thing to do. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z She don’t take to so much Bible study and don’t like me having visitors, even if they good Christians.” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z He hoped to provide visitors with a banquet of glimpses—the undersides of leaves sparkling with reflected light; flashes of brilliant color between fronds of tall grass waving in the breeze. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z After the quarrel with Mr. Blount, the midnight visitor, there had been in him a murderous darkness. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Spellbound, his visitors remained rooted to the floor. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He left the room before Meggie could ask what kind of visitor, for goodness sake, turned up in the middle of the night? Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z A growl tore through the sky and caused everyone in the vicinity—the Algerians of Bloom’s village, the Egyptians and Persians and every visitor within one hundred yards—to halt and stare at the wheel. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Among zookeepers, Goliath’s death is famous; he was a bull elephant seal, a great big venerable beast of two tons, star of his European zoo, loved by all visitors. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z His visitors might have observed, too, the green flag which tlew from the masthead. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z She had given those left behind a right to mourn and wear black and receive visitors who would come in, saying “Ndo nu.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Once they had all been deemed smart enough, they trooped out into the sunny backyard to await the visitors. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z For example, the statements “UFOs contain extraterrestrial visitors” and “UFOs are unidentified flying objects” are two entirely different assertions. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z But one evening, when he carried it with him, there were visitors in the kitchen, and she grabbed it away from him. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Frank brought out a folding ruler that he had slipped into his pocket a few minutes before, and measured the cuffs of the visitor’s pants. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z There was daycare for the children of visitors, and much fun was made of the fact that when you left your child at the Children’s Building, you received a claim check in return. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z And if he was a visitor to Corabel, why did he look like he had just stepped out of his house in his dressing gown? The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z What she did not expect when she opened the door to greet the new visitors was that they would be three students from Augustus Day School. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The visitor was undersized, in a shabby alpaca coat. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z I’ve heard foreign visitors complain that the Congolese are greedy, naive, and inefficient. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Like the tourists at the solstice today, visitors came to this empire of appearances to be dazzled and awed. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z As the six million visitors to London’s Great Exhibition of 1851 were prophetically promised, the future was about two things: technology and the world beyond Europe. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z In the ward at the field hospital they told me a visitor was coming to see me in the afternoon. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z But someone else, a visitor who could have hurt Clara, maybe even kidnapped her, made perfect sense. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z I swear some of them spit at us before we made it to the turn and headed toward the far side, the visitors’ side. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Our visitors are a woman and a boy who's a lot taller than me. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z A nurse guy came in and told me I had to leave, that visitors weren’t allowed, and I asked if she was doing okay, and the guy said, “She’s still taking on water.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z "That's not true, Darnell. I like girls to look stylish. My daughters always dressed fashionably—I made their clothes myself. Sometimes they even wore skirts as short as the dress your visitor was wearing." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The deliberate emphasis, the deepened voice, meant that Richard was not part of we; a visitor could not take the liberties of the homeowners. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The visitors poured through the castle gates in a river of gold and silver and polished steel, three hundred strong, a pride of bannermen and knights, of sworn swords and freeriders. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Straight to the door he came, irked with himself to think a visitor had been kept there waiting, and took her right hand, grasping with his left her tall bronze-bladed spear. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d like to see my father, too, but I’m out of danger, crisis time is over, and I’m allowed only one visitor. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z He was delighted to find that what visitors liked best were not the exhibits but the buildings, waterways, and scenery and that the fair had surprised them. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “Come help. We’ve got a new visitor and she needs changing.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Her visitors would always get up and leave happier than when they came. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “Want a visitor?” he asks, his voice low and soothing. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z In the first place, there were never any visitors. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z The visitor would be told that crime rates, black culture, or bad schools were to blame. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The beam not only facilitated more sophisticated experiments but also provided a new “vaudeville” for Lawrence to exploit, for it never failed to elicit gasps of astonishment from his visitors. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z After my—our—visitor leaves with an apologetic smile in my direction, the words barrel out of me. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z One was that Diallo might be the lookout for a “push-in” robber—that is, a burglar who pretends to be a visitor and pushes his way into people’s apartments. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z The first floor belongs to Madame Manec: clean, navigable, full of visitors who come through the kitchen door to trade in small-town scandal. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Imagine yourself a visitor from some other and quite alien planet, approaching Earth with no preconceptions. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Why do you think the visitors didn’t obey the rules?” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z The doctor was a frequent visitor at Miss Trumball’s establishment, preferring it to the Lanchester House, whose girls had a saturnine disposition in his opinion, as if imported from Maine or other gloom-loving provinces. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Apparently there was too much else for them to do, as wealthy visitors and foreign dignitaries began arriving in ever-greater numbers, shadowed by a swarm of pickpockets, thugs, and petty swindlers. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z He received his visitor with a cool, appraising look. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z During the almost five months between his nomination and the election, Garfield gave dozens of speeches to his visitors. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z That evening a man came to my room, my first visitor since I had returned to Erhenrang. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Father’s surprise is obvious, and he hesitates, not knowing the visitors. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Soon the building would be bustling with visitors to the fair. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z It wasn’t until a few hours later that the nurse came in and said, “We’re all so surprised you haven’t had any visitors yet!” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Her parents never let her keep anything in the house proper, though they never had visitors to notice. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z My life is flashing lights and pointing fingers and uninvited visitors. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z On the walls beneath the jungle vines, thousands of beautiful apsara goddesses with big round breasts wearing only short wraparound skirts smile at visitors. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Dumbledore drew up the hard wooden chair beside Riddle, so that the pair of them looked rather like a hospital patient and visitor. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z “We would be honored,” said Garikayi, breaking in on Tendai’s thoughts, “if our visitor from afar would recount something from his people.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The motel provided a place for black Civil Rights leaders to stay, as well as other visitors to the city. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Each visitor would break my heart all over again, but I would sit on this very rocker and listen for as long as they had something to say. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Every shelter has a register in which visitors make diarylike entries on the weather, the trail conditions, or their state of mind, if any, and note any unusual occurrences. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z In Ocean Park I had taken tap- dancing lessons; my older brothers would coax me to perform for visitors, and it gained me a lot of attention. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z I have never seen him with a visitor, not even a neighbor. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z I can feel a drop rolling down my side as Mama takes a visitor parking space in front of a four-story brick building. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z This alone began to draw an increased number of visitors, especially young couples locked in the rictus of Victorian courtship and needful of quiet dark places. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z A frequent visitor to the Library of Congress, Garfield asked the librarians for book recommendations, which he borrowed or purchased to expand his knowledge of history, philosophy, and other subjects. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Covered with a fastidiously elaborate frieze, the twelve-foot gateway focuses the visitor’s eye on the image of a single deity whose figure projects from the lintel: the Staff God. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Entering the nave, visitors passed by a chapel on the right-hand side that contained the mummified body of Francisco Pizarro, the romantic, thuggish Spaniard who conquered Peru in the sixteenth century. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z His father’s leased car, described to him by his mother on the telephone last night, is still parked in the visitors’ parking lot. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Thomas was almost more afraid of their surprise visitor than he was of the Grievers just outside the window. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Left alone with the visitors, Dimple pushed her glasses up and attempted to rack her brain for something to say. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Wesley kept looking at the visitor center and the clouds and the rain and chewing on his lips. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z He did this for many people, I know, but it was his special talent to make each visitor feel that the smile was unique. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, not more than a week after Luke had brought the money, she had a second visitor who turned her life upside down. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z He agreed that the US program should be ramped up to recover the American lead in nuclear weaponry, but he thought his visitors’ fancies had far outrun the practicality of the Super. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z With a slight movement of his head, Reginald indicated some white inmates and their visitors talking, as we were, across the room. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Ever since the carriage accident Seward had suffered, Stanton had been a faithful visitor. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z We were in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by a scattering of trees that housed millions of mosquitoes, and they seemed to be the only visitors we got. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z They began to run again, for there was a certain deliciousness about visitors. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Some visitors are expected this evening, but there is no reason why your presence will be required.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z His visitor tried to speak but his voice was a husky whisper. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Jojo demanded, meeting the visitor before he even pulled into the yard. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z John Kwang had taught him the words so that he could properly greet the large number of Korean constituents and visitors to our Flushing office. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z More of his visitors trailed in after Francis and me, stopping, for an instant, to peer curiously over the curtain at Charles: silent, alone, flat on his back with an IV in his arm. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z They seemed to bloom so fast, those red hibiscuses, considering how often Mama cut them to decorate the church altar and how often visitors plucked them as they walked past to their parked cars. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z That night I get some visitors—first Father O’Reilly and later the police. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Those who remained were banished to segregated areas or hidden behind curtains so that white civil servants and visitors to the offices wouldn’t have to see them. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Fridays are for celebrations because it’s the weekend and because the Delaware Valley Raptor Sanctuary is open to visitors. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Last week I puttered around in my yard, had some visitors over during the day. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The superintendent turned in his chair, but again he did not stand or offer the visitor a chair. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z She had snuck up to inspect our visitor. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Between the two grates was a space of eight to ten meters which separated the visitors from the prisoners. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z Francesca was also the owner of Lewis and Clark, my intrepid visitors. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Now the long evenings about the hearth were seldom relieved by any visitor. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Mom called in a few weeks and said that although the squat still needed a few finishing touches—a front door, for example—she and Dad were officially accepting visitors. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z He trotted off rapidly down the corridor with the tails of his plum-colored velvet coat flapping behind him, and the visitors all hurried after him. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z To visitors today it seems obvious that Cahokia and the many other mound sites in the Midwest and Southeast are the remains of Indian settlements. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z She also noted that she and the other suffragists had been deprived of letters, books, visitors, and decent food. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z She was not accustomed to this kind of thing in visitors. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z I tried not to look in their direction so I wouldn’t spoil my hooray feeling, but when the whistle blew for visitors to leave, I went to Andrea and stood beside her. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He had sated his curiosity about the visitors when they made their entrance. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “If I don’t keep getting hungry visitors all the time.” My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z “Something has happened to delay her; some visitors perhaps.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z The moment after the visitors left, the change was observed. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z From there, he'd obtained a visitor's visa to the United States. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z But they do give us a sense of the hardware that greeted visitors sailing in under the shadow of the Lighthouse. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z Someone was walking across the temple grounds toward him a little too fast to be an ordinary temple visitor. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Her mother had lined the walls with tall mirrors so visitors could see the artifacts from all angles. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “No more than six visitors at a time!” said Madam Pomfrey, hurrying out of her office. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z “There are no visitors. You may not bring food, and I will not tell you the names of any prisoners in this camp!” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z And somehow it had come, from this source or that; some openly, some smuggled in by the visitors he insisted he was entitled to have. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Since they were visitors, they would have to share living space with those who lived there, and would be given the best accommodations. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I walked around Main Street as the sky turned dark, ignoring the few visitors who still ambled around. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Immediately I smell the smoky kitchen of the steak house crowded with visitors just pulling off the I-5 for dinner. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z They abused their visitors with a scorn grown mechanical from use. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z “But as far as the food in the room and your two visitors last night are concerned,” Farrow said, “I think I’m going to have to put you on in-room detention.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The baby was asleep in the nuns’ parlor, the room where they received visitors, but Sister Fenella said it would be all right if he was very quiet. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Scipio wandered into Victor’s office and sat down on one of the visitor’s chairs. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Another 37,380 visitors had entered using passes, bringing the total admission for the day to 751,026, more people than had attended any single day of any peaceable event in history. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z With its oiled wood panels on the walls, it reminds me of the chamber at Elsinore where the king received his visitors. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The parade of famous visitors spreading the farm’s renown made the place into a symbol of colored uplift—and a target. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The enormous Palais du Champ de Mars houses a Street of Nations and a Gallery of Machines, where visitors can see innovations and art from around the world. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Often, when visitors come to see me, they beat their hands against their puny chests, pretending to be me. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z Few visitors to Ford’s cross 10th Street and climb the stairs to the Petersen house. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z There were many sheep and goats standing about, peering at the two unwelcome visitors, waiting to be eaten. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z "I'm not a visitor, I'm a sister. And get your germy hands off my hair." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z There are some sparkles in the powder, which make it easier for my visitor to find me in the dark. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z “The goal, Aven,” Dad said, “is to bring visitors into the park.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z A visitor staying in Fairfax later recalled that people were overcome by “paralyzing fear,” and a reporter observed that a “dark cloak of mystery and dread...covered the oil-bespattered valleys of the Osage hills.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z From that day she received no more visitors and kept her house closed. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z Nonetheless, visitors to Andean history note certain ways of doing things that recur in ways striking to the outsider, sometimes in one variant, sometimes in another, like the themes in a jazz improvisation. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z How she had learned this was unknown, but visitors did wander through the village from time to time. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z And when I was nine, smoke from a fire two ridges over had kept most visitors away. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z He had heard of the bad name of the elephant and the hyena, but because they were visitors to the chief he did not show his feelings about them. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z It was cold on the gray side of the building, so the boy went to the corner near the wall where the people and visitors stood or sat. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘There’s a tidy bit of money tucked away up there, I hear tell,’ said a stranger, a visitor on business from Michel Delving in the Westfarthing. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Hadn't I seen him approach white visitors too often with his hat in hand, bowing humbly and respectfully? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He was a regular visitor who read the labels and descriptive notices in their entirety and approved of every animal he saw. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z It investigated the discovery on the grounds of three fetuses; a Pinkerton detective “assaulting visitors” at the Tiffany Pavilion; and a “Zulu acting improperly.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Apparently the dull hours among the cutting tables make a visitor doubly welcome. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z My father, who was always “the friend of all friends” to the men in Swat, has many visitors but few real friends here. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The first housed bathrooms, and the other, larger building was the visitor center. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z Therefore, as our third visitor, you have won this charming bonus.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z I show a nurse my visitor pass and bullet straight into Dad’s room. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Then everybody stands around awkwardly while the visitor tries to find appropriate things to say to my parents. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z After that, whenever flying visitors invaded I had to close Charley out and air out the house or cab after the pests were dead. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z I see the things no one else can see, but I’m not sure anyone else can see the visitors too. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z He told them the visitor was a relative from an outlying farm. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z "We have visitors," he announced, "and your presence is required, Bran." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Because of the distance between the grates, the visitors and the prisoners were forced to speak very loud. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z I didn’t find out until later that a visitor had brought him word of Alice and Isaac’s capture. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, even in a crowded warren, visitors in the form of young rabbits seeking desirable dry quarters may be tolerated...and if powerful enough they may obtain and hold a place. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He brooded for hours in his tent like Saul, receiving no visitors, while his elite guard of corporals stood discouraged watch outside. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Some of the visitors were, in fact, so 'off the record' that I was instructed to make sure the staff did not learn their identities, or in some cases, even glimpse them. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z The visitors from the European Commission, the UN, UNICEF, and several NGOs arrived at the center in a convoy of cars one afternoon. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z When the guard brought Branwell into the visitors’ room, I got the feeling that he was glad to see me. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z One afternoon we couldn’t use the toilet because there were visitors in the office. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z In those days when Prometheus had just given fire to men and when he was first bound to the rocky peak on Caucasus, he had a strange visitor. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z I got tens, sometimes hundreds of thousands of unique visitors a month. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z The family lets Amélie do most of the talking when the Nazis occupy their kitchen—she appears to have a head full of feathers but utterly charms the visitors with her fluent Alsatian German. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Here were out-of-town visitors from Omaha and Chattanooga, outraged over the price of their hot roasted chestnuts. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Into this busy scene stole the Princess Medea, curious to see the visitors. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “Excuse me, but the visitors we were expecting have arrived,” said Basta. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z He speaks in Algonquian with our visitors, and I listen closely, trying to understand what they are saying: They are here to trade. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z As they arrived at the house, visitors stopped in to pay her their condolences. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “We get a load of visitors from the Labyrinth,” Eurytion said darkly. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Afterward her lord husband led his guests onto the lower terrace, so the visitors from the Yellow City might behold Meereen by night. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Ash approached one of them to ask for the huntress, and he took her to a marquee standing beyond the horses, calling out, “Kaisa! A visitor for you.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “I want you both in here while I accompany our visitors,” she says with strained politeness. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z Mrs. D. C. Taylor, a frequent visitor to the fair, called Krupp’s biggest gun “a fearful hideous thing, breathing of blood and carnage, a triumph of barbarism crouching amid the world’s triumphs of civilization.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Because I had four visitors and they had come a great distance, the authorities extended the visiting time from a half an hour to forty- five minutes. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Death row prisoner number five forty-one, you have a visitor. “Please make this a short visit, ma’am, the priest will be here any minute to give the prisoner his last meal and his last cigarette. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “You got a visitor here. Do your job!” he shouts. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z In the pub's taproom the regulars sat in awkward proximity to the visitors, speaking so: "It's only every nine years." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z The voices in the visitors’ hall had a lift to them, now and then there was laughter. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z One day I woke up to find a different kind of visitor. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z “Papa is with visitors, we will hear him as he comes up,” he said. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z |
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