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It was confusing, I know, how I’d gone from wanting a new friend in this school to suddenly wishing I could hit undo on the whole thing. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z
"Tighter," I whisper, wanting it to subdue the flutters inside my stomach. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z
“You know I won’t go,” she said gently, wanting to reach out and touch her mother’s perfect skin. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z
I know it sounds stupid, but when I was leaving Miss Saunders’s classroom, I hugged them papers to my chest like they was some boy I’ve been wanting to press up against for weeks. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z
Not wanting to admit how much I needed it, I sought for something else to say. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
Two nights later, Nathan lay on his stiff mattress, not wanting to miss his parents as much as he did. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z
Would she think I was crazy for wanting to help Nicole, or would she be proud of me? Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z
The Washington administration gave the appearance of wanting to treat tribal nations fairly, but its actions spoke otherwise. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z
“I feel like I’m being punished for wanting to be happy,” I say. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z
Except for wanting to know my every move, my parents act pretty much like they always did. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z
And I suppose they’ll be wanting sugar and milk on top of everything or they might be banging on my door looking for an egg if you don’t mind. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z
And while he held on to his trophies, pictures, and trunk full of equipment and paraphernalia, he mentions wanting to “just forget about everything.” Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z
Angela had set off those fireworks wanting to get caught, but it was different now. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z
She rushed to him, wanting to know how he was. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z
But his jabbing at me about being late does not leave me much room for wanting to-be nice. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z
He was radiating surety, wanting her to feel protected. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z
Palmer replied, not wanting to be bothered and already not liking this kid. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z
He looked so mean and deadly that, as his large, scaly, muscled hands were being gloved, I had second thoughts about wanting to mess with him. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z
“I guess you are your father’s daughter—always wanting to see new things.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z
I ask, not wanting to let go of her hand. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z
“They did not seem to think a motive was necessary. Old Horridge, peering at me, wanting to know if Rebecca had any money troubles. Money troubles. God in heaven.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z
We beamed at each other for still not wanting to compete for the same role. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z
Then, after a little hesitation, he added a fourth piece which he had long kept by him on the chance of his wanting to gamble a little some morning at the tea house. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z
I drew shallow breaths, not wanting to disturb her. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
Listening to their plans, Ashima had felt a moment’s panic, a protective instinct, wanting to retract her offer, wanting the house to remain as it’s always been, as her husband had last seen it. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z
Kingshaw stared at her in horror, not wanting to believe what he had heard. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z
“Headmaster! What an honor to receive you on this side of our island. I’ve been wanting to meet you. I am Mr. Gupta. What might I do for you, sir?” Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z
I know people stare, but they can’t blame me for wanting to cool off. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z
Soon there was one more crying voice, and Gabriel and I sat up on my bed and listened through the wall as Aunt Julia rambled on and on about wanting to die. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z
The egg drop was full of wanting and wishing and hoping. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z
She insisted on speaking English with him, so much so that when Bloom tried to speak Spanish she accused him of wanting to mock her, make her angry, upset her days. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
“What happened to you wanting to change things?” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z
A couple of days later, I had another and better reason for wanting to get rid of Old Yeller. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z
I was proud of Father for wanting to be a dragon again, and even prouder of the fact that he was now so close to achieving his ambition to fly. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z
I’m split between wanting them to hug forever and being ready for Mama to stop so she sees me. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z
How can I be mad at her for finding her split-apart and wanting to be with him? I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z
She was big on that, wanting me to think about things, and do good in school, and read books and stuff. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z
Demi, like a true Yankee, was of an inquiring turn, wanting to know everything, and often getting much disturbed because he could not get satisfactory answers to his perpetual “What for?” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z
He stood up, full now, wanting to talk. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z
Not wanting to stare, I looked away, but I could still hear the sound they made getting dressed. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z
She remembered looking up to them and wanting to own something the way they did. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z
“You come on. Do you honestly believe that your mom’s not wanting you to go to college is in your best interest as opposed to hers?” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z
For instance: wanting a squirrel to have a chair at the table. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z
So I get up and put on my shoes and curse myself for wanting to leave in the first place. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
Nathan snuck his phone out of his pocket, wanting to take a sneaky selfie. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z
I don’t know how they tracked me down, but all these TV shows, magazines, and newspapers called, wanting to do a story on us. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z
When she whispered hello, I blurted out, “I’m so excited you answered because I’ve been wanting to talk to you for years! I’m writing a book about your mother!” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z
I thank him and worm my way through the crowd toward Dad, wanting to tuck myself under his arm. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z
And he kept wanting to ask Dad about what he was learning. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z
“I’m surprised you ask. It’s your warren, isn’t it? Is there anything odd about someone wanting to join?” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z
Previously, prosecutors wanting to charge a juvenile as an adult had to make their case in a fitness hearing before a juvenile-court judge. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z
Not wanting the boys to overhear, I lowered my voice to a whisper. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z
“It’s stupid even thinking about it. As stupid as wanting to work in that office up there. We’re all way beyond that now.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Maybe they right in not wanting us to fly,” Bigger said. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z
The detective’s destination was River Valley Farm, but wanting something warm—a cup of hot coffee—he stopped off at Hartman’s Cafe. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z
To Clayton, Beat Box seemed a little embarrassed, like he had been caught wanting something he couldn’t have. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z
"I don't know now; I came here wanting to be an educator. Now I don't know." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z
He cleared his throat, as if wanting to change subjects. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z
I can only half watch the scene, because I keep wanting to see Jane's smile as she watches. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z
Besides, in a boardinghouse other people are always wanting to use the bathroom. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z
Big Ma just looked at her mother, wanting something from her, and then stomped off to her room. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z
‘And we might be wanting to get back. We might!’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z
“What’s he done now? What you be wanting him for?” the woman asked, her eyes glinting with mistrust. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
Kainene had mentioned it once, wanting to trade across enemy lines, but he did not know she had already decided when to go. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z
I chant, wanting Mother’s calmness to sink into me. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z
It used to be used for those wanting to get up to no good. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z
I sit down next to Noelle and it starts off right away, like it was destined to—though I don’t believe in destiny; I just believe in biology, and hotness, and wanting girls. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z
A handful of men wanting their money back are hustled away to be mollified by the patches before their train of thought has an opportunity to spread. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z
“That was just my sister wanting to be the center of attention. This is legit.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z
They had no real objections except for wanting us to mention that Fraser in their lab had considered hydrogen-bonded bases prior to our work. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z
He was grateful to her for not wanting to look after him. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
He caught Cari’s eye, wanting this to be the thing that they shared, but she shook her head. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z
I sat on my knees, watching him, first wishing he would hurry and regain consciousness, then wanting him to stay unconscious so that Alice and her husband could get a good start. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z
I stared at her, not quite wanting to say what I wanted to say, and she called me on it. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z
One thing I’m certain of: Wanting just leads to more wanting. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z
“I’m glad I got here before you left, Hiram. I’ve been wanting to talk to you... but, well, things got complicated pretty fast.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z
Mike ran out of the room when it happened, wanting to be by himself, to get as far away as he possibly could, and his older brother, Joe Bill, made no attempt to stop him. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z
Joaquin felt a tiny bit less terrible about wanting to murder Adam. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z
I was so emotional about wanting to meet Ashe that it did not occur to me that I was asking Wilfred the remotely possible. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z
“What if I was serious about wanting to kiss you?” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z
"Only reason I'm taking you to the Quad is 'cause I'm not gonna spend eight fifty on some karate movie or action feature about some outer-space somebody wanting to blow up the Earth." Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z
“But you’re dressed up like a Nazi. What about everything you said to Cliff? About not wanting people to call you that?” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z
He stood, too, cap in hand, wanting, she knew, to say more, but not knowing quite how. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z
“I get wanting to please your mom. The only reason I'm even going to Morehouse is because it's been my ‘SpelHouse’ alumni parents' dream for me since they found out I was a boy. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z
Occasionally, she looked up, Mariam imagined, with a look of wanting to be reassured. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z
You don’t have to do this, I told myself, but the wanting rose up. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
As I signed my name on the paper they passed around, I thought about all those times I’d gone past Central High, wanting to see inside. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
I pried the pink envelope open carefully, not wanting to tear a thing, and pulled out the card. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z
Summer was the busiest time for the business, with so many people leaving, fleeing the swamp heat, wanting these rooms or that porch painted while they were away. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z
I don’t know whether she’ll be crying over Nick or wanting to hook up with every guy in sight. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z
“Don’t disturb her,” I said, knowing that she was going to tell Mrs. Moss about my wanting to eat out of a can and feeling my heart fill with shame. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z
They would surface from the wreckage, fast and sharp enough to impale her: of wanting him so much she didn’t know how she’d survive a night without him. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z
Mundín and I craned our necks forward, wanting to make sure that the bad guys were really dead. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z
But everyone was looking at me so intently, wanting me to join in so much, and I realized that sounding bad wasn’t the worst thing in the world that could happen. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
She wanted more, she wanted to penetrate deeper into the mystery of herself, and after a time the wanting became needing, which turned then to craving. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z
I pick up each grain and chew it slowly, trying to relish the taste, not wanting to swallow. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
Not wanting to anger Nali any further, he followed her into the dark mobile home. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z
For a fraction of a second I was desperate, feeling some of my justification for wanting to kill him slipping away. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z
I slid back slightly, not wanting his usual messes to land on my beautiful dress. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z
“I jumped at the chance. I had been helping out in my uncle’s factory, wanting to do my share, so I was learning what hard work was.” Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z
The hours swim together—Camila and Mya leaving, Barb and Julie coming and going—but I keep drawing, wanting every little detail to be remembered forever. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z
The nights he spends there, he learns to wake up earlier than he is used to, to the sound of Silas barking downstairs, wanting to be taken for his morning walk. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z
My mom said good-bye to her husband of eight years and the love of her young life, neither of them wanting to acknowledge it could be months or years before they'd be reunited in America. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z
“However,” said Mr. Popper, “now that spring is here, a lot of people will be wanting their houses painted, so we’d better be getting back.” Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z
“Gran,” said Seven, suddenly remembering something she had been wanting to ask, “do you remember the Cursed Toads’ names?” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z
I don’t think the demons were necessarily bad for not wanting to help others. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z
He shook his head and simply stood, wanting to tickle her Adam’s apple again but not knowing how to get to that. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Did he ever talk about wanting to hurt himself?” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z
I ache with wanting some- thing that never existed, something that never can exist. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z
Then, around nine, my parents come in wanting to Talk. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z
I halfway turned, wanting to share this with him, but he wasn’t behind me where I thought he’d be. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z
"But we'll have time enough for - that. You'll be wanting to sleep beneath my roof, belike, and eat me out of pigs." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z
When I lean on Patria, wanting the release of sleep, I feel something hard against my leg. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
Maybe wanting to tell stories is “living in a fantasy world” or me with my “head in the clouds.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z
He looks at Amu, not wanting to use profanity in front of him. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z
He was a funny and land drunk, always wanting to laugh and hug you and sing songs and dance. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z
I stay in bed, not wanting to get up and face the dreary day. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
I can’t stop the questions that come from my mouth—the questions that I’ve been wanting to ask for so long, questions that might as well have existed since the beginning of time. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z
“My feelings be like wanting me to react,” the young man said. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z
“I know you be missing me horrid,” Matt confided, ‘‘and maybe I be gone a long time, because maybe they be wanting me to visit.” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Who are you?” the assassin breathed, knowing the answer, but wanting to hear it. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z
On Friday after school, Jus walks into Docs classroom wanting to talk about it and finds he’s been beat to the punch: SJ’s in there crying her eyes out. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z
He didn’t even run going past the open space that led to the old allotment, though he turned his head away, not wanting to see the shed. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z
Sookie started to jog ahead and I felt torn between wanting to get inside the arc right away and not wanting to leave Dad and Mr. Patterson behind. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z
When he first returned home, he found himself wanting to eat a great deal. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z
At that moment, a voice said, “Excuse me, are you wanting ze bouillabaisse?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z
I think wanting that is very morbid, but I want it when I get like this. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z
I am relieved that the questions are basic, mostly wanting to know my interests and what I see as my strengths and weaknesses. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z
I nod and look down the street, wanting to leave but not wanting this man to think it's because of him. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z
But also just wanting him to say it, to just rip the Band-Aid off. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z
Thomas groaned, wanting Newt to know how frustrated he felt. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z
“And how much money is wanting to complete the purchase?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z
‘Miss Lavinia will be wanting her tea and I must get Isannah dressed, brushed, powdered, and perfumed to sit with her.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z
We both stood there for a minute—her eyes wanting answers, mine all given up on ever getting them. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z
He usually stayed a few steps ahead of Collins and the others, wanting to go faster but grudgingly slowing up to announce his moves or to receive his teacher’s reply. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z
Anya ducked to the floor, not wanting to be seen, and stayed there until the bed stopped creaking. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z
Not wanting the pizza to go to waste, she sits down next to the pool and begins to eat. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z
Even though I know we have plenty of time, I keep wanting Dad to drive faster. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z
“I didn’t mean to take out your brother” “Everyone says you took out my brother. I’ve been wanting to do that since I was out of the womb.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z
Because instead of just wanting to get healthy, I need to get healthy. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z
I had a reason for doing this, besides just wanting to rest a few minutes. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z
“I guess you don’t believe that a king would talk to someone like me, a shepherd,” he said, wanting to end the conversation. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
Not wanting to miss anything, I walked a little faster. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z
They were so different, but she understood not wanting to attract attention. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z
On top of butterflies, on top of wanting to go to the dance and not wanting to go alone, I was anxious about what would be waiting for me when I got back. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z
She looked away, not wanting to meet his intrusive gaze, and found her eyes settling on the stone basin. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z
I wasn’t really wanting to think about us crushed together right then, or about us in a big group, where she might go insane again, so 1 just looked like, Yeah. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
My being an American Muslim changed the attitudes from merely watching me to wanting to look out for me. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z
Once Mama had said to me that time is like a movie—something you watch real close wanting to catch every line, every action, every moment. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z
Smiling ingratiatingly, though, he also eyed her intently, waiting to catch a high sign—a wink, a hand signal—that would indicate her real reasons for coming to Milagro and wanting to grill people. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
I made up some excuse about wanting them to help me plan a birthday party for June. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z
My phone vibrates noisily on the floor, but I ignore it, not wanting to talk to anyone. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z
Who ever heard of a married lady wanting to pretend she was still an old maid—even to having a room to herself? Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z
Seeing her on the screen was like being with her in a dream and wanting the dream to last for hours. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z
He looked up, wanting answers, but Alby was already gone, a trembling branch the only sign he’d ever stood there in the first place. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z
We somehow managed to stand silently, scarcely breathing, not wanting to draw attention to ourselves. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z
“We have a mystery ghost,” I speak up, wanting to change the subject. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z
Whatever the reason for wanting to escape, sane or insane, zoo detractors should realize that animals don’t escape to somewhere but from something. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z
Anya ran to her grandmother, wanting to hug her but not wanting to disturb her magic. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z
Eleanor was quiet for a minute, wanting to tell them all exactly how it was. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z
Sheriff Dean leaned back, apparently not wanting to risk contact with a sweaty mustard pack. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z
As we continued to circle the bay above the Golden Gate Bridge, I felt like I was being teased for the simple act of wanting. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z
He saw right to the core of the problem, which was human beings wanting to feel that they mattered. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Will you be wanting a Brussels sprouts salad?” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z
“If you think it necessary perhaps you would see about it for me,” I said, avoiding her eyes, “some young girl perhaps, wanting to train.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z
“Oh, Lucy, how I wish you’d been spared from seeing ...” I nodded, not wanting to think or talk about what I 'd seen. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z
“You can’t blame me for you wanting to kill yourself,” Diana snapped. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z
He felt as if he wanted to sneeze and could not; only it was more nervous than wanting to sneeze. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z
Farmer and Goldfarb were allies in wanting as much as possible for treating inmates. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z
I was to write Washington that a major inducement in my wanting to be in Cambridge was the presence of Roy Markham, an English biochemist who worked with plant viruses. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z
“She said I could have one,” I say, not wanting to admit to the cigarette. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z
Why should I feel bad about wanting to get into a pool or standing around in my swimsuit? Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z
For that matter, even religious worship would have been permitted if the proles had shown any sign of needing or wanting it. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z
"You weren't joking, about wanting me for an ally?" she asks. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z
Throughout the journey I sat brooding, afraid to look at my mother, wanting to return home and yet wanting to go on. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z
Not her wanting to get rid of the cards—she couldn’t care less about them—but definitely her giving away the flowers, or as she called them, her “lovelies.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z
My heart knocks against my chest, wanting out. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z
Mam had her reasons for wanting to forget. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z
I remember squatting down, not wanting to look but then looking. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z
"If he lied about that, how do you know he's telling the truth about wanting to be a player?" The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z
Me and Trey mirror each other—furious, wanting respect. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z
Me wanting to rush back to my room so I could read. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z
I could feel Needles as well, wanting to cheese, but trying hard not to. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z
There was Danny Saunders, sitting on my bed in the hospital dressed in his Hasidic-style clothes and talking about wanting to kill me because I had pitched him some curve balls. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z
I pictured her visiting him, and not being able to touch him because of an unbreakable window, and I imagined her wanting to unlock his cage, knowing she couldn’t. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z
He looked with dread toward the doorway, not wanting to look but unable to resist the temptation, remembering his old nightmare. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
I can’t blame Mom for wanting to go back to England, where she blends in. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z
Harrison was sullen and bashful, wanting to trust me, but afraid. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z
Each knew, almost within a breath, what the other was thinking and wanting to say; each of them almost wept for the other. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z
"I been wanting to blast 'em a long time." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z
“It’s all about putting yourself in a man-meeting situation where you can—” “Mama,” I say, just wanting to end this conversation, “would it really be so terrible if I never met a husband?” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z
I had been hanging out with him all morning long because we had so many classes together, and I guess I was just kind of wanting a little normal time to chill with other kids. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z
For a moment, I stared at him, undecided, repelled, not wanting to touch him again, let alone breathe into him. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z
“If I ever caught myself wanting you like I want her, I’d cut my throat,” he said. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z
For the monstrous crime of wanting more to eat. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z
But you can’t blame a kid for wanting to do that, can you? Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z
The worst thing was lying there wanting my mother. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
There were low, dull thumps on the door and Mark imagined Bruce’s people half out of their minds wanting to get through, beating on it in frustration. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z
“I mean, besides wanting to help Chubs and Zu get there, and trying to deliver Jack’s letter. Is it because you want to go home, or...?” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z
He kissed like he couldn’t imagine wanting to be anywhere else on the planet, because wasn’t this so nice, and didn’t this feel good? Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z
He stepped forward, wanting to see the Maze for himself, as if the answers were printed on the walls out there. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z
"Oh?" my mother said casually, wanting to rejoin the conversation. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z
And it was because of this terrible wanting that she was able to believe in Roscuro's plan with every ounce of her heart. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z
I understood wanting something badly and feeling disappointed, even if I didn’t get why she would want to go from one stomping dance to another. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z
“I’m in,” Toby said, wanting to skip all the pretense. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z
“You’ll be wanting to bring their shoes and blankets,” he finally said. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z
I asked, wanting her to share my happiness. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z
So Maniac, wanting to say something but not knowing how, got into the car for Mr. Beale to drive him home. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z
“See ya,” said Seven, wanting nothing more than to make tonight last just a little bit longer. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z
When my turn comes, he asks why I want to do this and I say something, without thinking, about wanting to help people with asthma. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z
It was nothing more than an urban myth, but Rowan believed it just enough that it kept him from wanting to stand out. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z
She was not particularly morbid, but she found herself wanting to know which blades had been used, and how. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z
I remember wanting to cry out with joy, to shout. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
I narrow my eyes as I walk, wanting to shut them completely. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z
I understand about wanting to keep quiet—I really do. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
Darius has been wanting to come see me, but we still had boxes and I was still trying to make sense of it all. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z
Hungry fingers devour me, wanting to feel my flesh. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z
My stomach tightens, wanting to throw the food back out. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
It was a hard line for Terryl to draw—the line between support and engagement and going overboard—wanting so much to be involved and to let them have a childhood. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z
She felt foolish and ashamed of her panic, of wanting to tear them away from him. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z
I spent so many days with my forehead pressed against my glass window, bruising myself with my futile wanting. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z
“Old habit,” I said dismissively, not wanting to tell her the truth. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
I’m pretty sure Marvll be at me again soon, wanting me to run with him in preparation for the Annual Sledge Game. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z
I had chosen the words myself, wanting to show off my French, hoping to please my father by bringing attention to us. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z
I came away from that first game wanting to learn more. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z
There were twelve people in his waiting room wanting their turn. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z
One of the goddesses, some say Demeter, some Thetis, inadvertently had eaten of the loathsome dish and when the boy’s limbs were reassembled one shoulder was wanting. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z
She went back the way she had come, wanting to be out of sight before someone noticed her and thought to put her to work. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z
RiRi was quieter than usual, but she worked hard to process Story in silence, not wanting to prove our theories of her being too young to know the whole truth. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z
He could tell she was worried, and not wanting to hang around in case he annoyed her, he quickly picked out a murder story and a book about China and said good-bye. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z
They stood there, not moving, not wanting the swish of dry needles beneath their feet to break the spell. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z
I was listening, and jotting in my notebook, as press, radio, and television people called, all of them wanting the Muslim reaction to the quoted attacks of these black “leaders.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z
"Katniss," he repeats, but I find myself wanting to ignore him. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z
“It is your cause I find wanting, not your courtesies. I have heard your arguments so often I could plead your case myself. Shall I?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z
He snapped down the lid, not wanting to invade her privacy. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z
“She also says hearing the music is different from wanting to dance. And knowing who you want to dance with—that’s different from hearing the music.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z
‘No, it’s not just that, but... I’ve been wanting to see you. And Isannah too. I didn’t know how to manage.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z
It touched parts of you that were small and frightened and wanting your mommy. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Taste like sand,” Genie blurted, not quite wanting to spit it out, but not wanting to swallow it either. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z
All for wanting the key to what Central High School and the all-white schools across the South had kept locked away from black students like her. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z
And I remember wanting not to be awake. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z
Then he skedaddled down the hall, not wanting to be caught talking to the condemned prisoner. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z
I could tell he’d already forgot about her wanting the privy moved and maybe hoping for a bathroom. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z
She walked down the aisle by herself, not wanting anyone to replace her dad. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z
She heard the scampering of a four-legged creature coming down the stairs—the twins, wanting the pool and about to be disappointed that it had been taken over. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z
I wouldn't be so sure about God wanting Dad to do everything he's done in his life. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z
He is no longer a boy trying to be the man of the house, trying to be brave, wanting to take care of his family. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
"Would you be wanting another turn, before I leave?" Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z
“You get wanting to go to New York and being the only Muslim girl in school?” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z
I wondered why I wanted him to kiss me, and how to know why you want to be with someone, how to disentangle the messy knots of wanting. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z
In the train going to Royaumont, however, he looked off-color, giving no indication of wanting either to read The Times or to hear me gossip about the phage group. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z
Not long ago, I had been gliding through the crowded center of New York City, wanting nothing more than to make enough money to keep myself off the streets. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
Mom is saying something about wanting to be prepared for our next appointment, but I’m not really listening. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z
Those years, our worst battles always started over my wanting to visit Grampa and Mississippi. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z
“They were seeking the treasure of their Personal Legend, without wanting actually to live out the Personal Legend.” The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
Mark just shrugs, not wanting to think about food. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z
“I didn’t say she be wanting to! I said they tooken her! She be dead!” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
Before I went out I opened the little chest of drawers to find clean clothes all neatly folded and right then I forgot about everything except wanting to be clean. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z
They had been tested and found not wanting, she reads, with ice packs on a strained muscle in her groin. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z
Ranofer was stammering with the force of his wanting to go. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z
In bed, she did not turn to him full of a raw wanting as she used to do, and when he reached for her, her first instinct was to roll away. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z
I have spent years meeting people without ever knowing them, and on this morning, in this place, with this girl, I feel the faintest pull of wanting to know. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z
I started jogging, wanting to put even more distance between myself and school. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z
His wanting her supplied a missing piece she couldn’t supply for herself; no matter what the self-help books said, desirability was something reflected back to you. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z
Wherever I went in my life, I met people wanting to gobble up something new. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
His wanting to stay in jail’s nothing but a dodge, but he’s not so smart. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z
She was wanting the word that would free her of this nightmare; but he would not give it to her. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z
What is so bad about wanting things to come quickly? Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z
She ran her fingertips all over them, feeling the stems, leaves, petals, smelling them like a blind person wanting to know what she could not see. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z
Squeezing back and not wanting to let go, I whispered, “Love you too,” and climbed out of the car with a brave face, but my lungs pinched shut. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z
He jumps down from his low branch and starts across the field, not waiting to hear their replies, not wanting Caroline to retract the dare. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z
He pauses before taking it, not wanting to leave the brief world we built together but knowing we have to. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z
‘When is you wanting me to mix this special dream?’ he asked. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
“You have brothers and sisters,” he said, wanting to find out about her. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z
I’m pretty sure I’m trash for even wanting anything to happen. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z
Some of what Grandpa Portman had said made sense, like the thing about wanting me to go to the island. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z
“Nothing could get in without that boy explicitly wanting it there.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z
He spoke hesitantly, not wanting to offend the craftsman, but Pechvarry’s face shone. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z
Anya waited outside, not wanting to get accosted by his brothers or held up for some reason. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z
He was always wanting to bet, and would bet on anything. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z
“I’ll help,” I offer, wanting to get out of that tense room. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z
With some carving, it could be made into the comb she had been wanting. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z
I cross my arms, not wanting him to think I need a hug from him too. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z
Feeling they had the upper hand and wanting to quit while they were ahead, Du Hai and Yang Fan picked up their schoolbags and swaggered off. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
José will bring the doña as many guavas as she is wanting. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z
Changing times equals more people like me coming to stay in white neighborhoods, standing in line at the carnival, wanting to see the doctor. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z
It pleaded only for help, wanting nothing more than a worm brought by its mother. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z
Thousands were responding, with great surges of community spirit, sometimes with outright patriotism, wanting “to do their part.” Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z
First he wouldn’t talk to me, he lied about wanting to go for a run with me, and then he got drunk with Chas Becker. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z
I followed closely, not wanting to lose Eliza in the confusion of alleys and shortcuts. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
Not that he wanted those hearts to turn their warmth to him; he was not wanting that much. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z
“I don’t think there’s any difference,” I said cau-tiously, not wanting to test the possibility of his wrath at having a Negro disagree with him. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z
For instance, my acquaintance is always wanting me to show him the way you pinch your nostrils together when you put pepper on your food. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z
She suspected that Polly, her psychiatrist, would tell her she had done that on purpose; something about wanting to show her body to her bodyguard. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z
Last time, he had been waiting for his cousin to show fear, wanting her to so that he could feel superior. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z
Not wanting to replicate Xaviera Hollander’s “Call Me Madam” column in Penthouse, Hefner saw Luce’s contribution as being devoted to the scientific and historical side of sex. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z
Luke grabbed his mom’s arm and she laughed nervously, tapping him on the hand like he was one of the boys, not wanting her to leave for work. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z
I deliberated where I stood, wanting to return to him badly, but afraid I might have morning breath. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z
Since the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution in Russia, steel companies had incited this xenophobia and painted strikers as wanting to overthrow the government. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z
I left Mrs. B’s and lingered in front of my house, not wanting to go inside. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z
His voice trails off, and my fingers curl against the cool window, wanting to smash it, but I can barely manage a knock. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z
Her body winced again and for some reason she started up, screaming, and screaming, and never wanting to stop screaming. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Me too. You wouldn’t believe the things I believe in,” I interject, sounding frantic, wanting to join in their repartee so I don’t stare at it. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z
I say, wanting more, wanting to see the world the way he does. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z
“What are your big dreams? I mean, besides wanting to marry an Arab prince?” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z
Toby put his hand on the gear shift, not really wanting to leave this place. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z
Maybe it is just wanting to go back to the way things were. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z
“What happens when you go home and climb into bed with your wife? What happens?” she asked, and felt herself wanting to cry. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z
“Oh, Mr. de Winter,” she said, “there is something I’ve been wanting to ask you for ages. Now tell me, is there any chance of you reviving the Manderley fancy dress ball?” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z
I shook my head, not wanting to believe what I was hearing. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z
Not wanting to know the answer, he gathered his schoolbooks and decided facing the wrath of Father Mulrooney would be a welcome diversion. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z
It was as simple as wanting to take his place. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z
Kingshaw began to run, not caring, now, if he trampled the com, wanting to get away, down into the next field. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z
Sansa would call this an enchantment, and tears would fill her eyes at the wonder of it, but Arya would run out laughing and shouting, wanting to touch it all. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z
I scrunch my fists in my pockets and sneak by, not wanting to brush my fingertips against it. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z
For all her talk about wanting to be mistress of her seat, Selyse Baratheon seemed in no great haste to abandon the comforts of Castle Black for the shadows of the Nightfort. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z
Chess was torn between wanting to smooth her hair down himself and wanting to snarl at Natalie, Don't you dare say anything about Emma’s hair being a mess! The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z
She moved restlessly, afraid to draw away from him too obviously, and yet wanting, with small motions of starting the car, to make him stand aside. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z
The chapter has only been up for a couple minutes and I’m already wanting to keep refreshing the page for new reads and reviews. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z
Gregor was torn between being very proud and wanting to laugh his head off. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z
She remembers Gogol and Sonia helping her when they were small, Gogol’s hand wrapped around the can of crumbs, Sonia always wanting to eat the croquettes before they’d been breaded and fried. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z
“Indeed. It never does. And it will not ever again. I must have been deluded when she first came to us, wanting to enter our Order. I shall be more discerning next time.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z
“I had another N’daa scheduled for July, but the male patient had a job offer that he had been wanting,” Devin said. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z
After my mom leaves, I head straight to the gym with Will, wanting to strengthen my weak lungs as much as I possibly can. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z
I started to protest, not wanting him to feel obliged to tell me what he liked about me just because we’d been arguing, but he continued, undeterred. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z
I kept going, but toward the head of the creek, a marsh taken over by a patch of tall phragmites warned of shallow water, and I turned the boat around, not wanting to run aground. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z
And, slowly, it was upon exacdy that nothingness that my mind began to dwell, that constant sense of wanting without having, of being hated without reason. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z
Bruno thought about his question, wanting to phrase it exactly right this time, just in case it came out as being rude or unco-operative. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas 2006-01-05T00:00:00Z
He was standing right in front of me, doing this to me, making me feel everything he did, singing me his brutal, wanting song. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z
"That's what he said. Can you imagine me wanting to kill myself, and coming round to chat about it with a whole pack of strangers, and most of them no better than myself..." The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z
When my wife would bring our little son, he was forever wanting to pick them. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
“I wanted to go back anyway; I’ve been wanting to for several years,” she said. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z
It was about not wanting to be with me. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z
He crossed back over the boat gunnels then, and Kabuo hoped that underneath his facade there was part of him wanting to discuss the land that lay between them silently. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z
Not wanting to remain alone with an exceptionally angry Snape, Harry threw his books and ingredients back into his bag and left at top speed to tell Ron and Hermione what he had just witnessed. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z
That wasn't quite true about wanting to go to the show, but I tried to convince myself now that it was true, so I could be really wounded about what Jay Cee had done. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z
“I’d been wanting you since I wanted anything. And then I got you.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z
He also felt that crime and corruption was rising in Manila and even in Baguio, and although he enjoyed living there, he was uncertain about gaining, or even wanting, asylum. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z
“You’ll be wanting that,” he said, “once Ireland have had their say.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z
MapleG: She said that she didn't blame me for not wanting to chat with some rotten little loser. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
The part of me that is made of raw instinct stirs, wanting desperately to close that distance between us. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
I sat, paralyzed, wanting to put my arms around her, but knowing I couldn’t. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z
“Lina, wanting to get away from this is perfectly understandable. But like your father said, we must all stay together. It’s very important.” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z
I wince as my G-tube rubs up against them, but I hold on tight, not wanting them to let go. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z
The idea that the child, Mary, would want to bring her favorite animal to school is more than understandable, and is akin to wanting to bring our dog or cat to school with us today. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z
Maybe it’s the guilt I feel for being so selfish, for wanting to be with Olly even now. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z
Her initial thought was to make a joke about the fairies wanting revenge for him trying to catch them, until she realized it was probably true. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z
It was more than Caleb wanting to be free of his chains. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z
He held onto the shovel, wanting to move, to do something; but he did not know what. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z
Dimple laughed, wanting to tell him she’d kiss him even without him doing that, but then their lips met again, and she lost her train of thought. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z
I decided not to say anything, though—not to Charlie, or about wanting to go over to Anna’s again. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z
Instead, Seven gathered all her strength, and then just let out the thing she’d been wanting to say. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z
“She will be in a few minutes. We’ll have to move her in with you for a while, I should think; I can’t imagine her wanting to sleep in here again.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z
“Eight months! Thqr vanish to Boston for eight months and then show up with no warning and wanting tea. Tea! I could get tarred and feathered for brewing tea,” she muttered. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z
But you can’t be like Woolley by simply sitting still and wanting to be so. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z
Alex can see on his face an expression he recognizes: Henry wondering if it’s safe to accept the love offered to him, and wanting desperately to take it regardless. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z
Jonathan stood before the fence, desperately wanting not to go. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z
I hurried on, wanting to get away from the stares and the snickers. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z
He waved to S.Q. and hurried on, not wanting to get caught up in a conversation. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z
“If we fail to meet this challenge, all other nations will be on notice that despite its overwhelming power the United States, when a real crisis comes, will be found wanting.” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z
The hippocampi were swimming around frantically, wanting to help but not sure how. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z
Not wanting to make a spectacle of myself, which was something many of our neighbours seemed to always expect from our family, I backtracked away from the door and vanished into the dark street. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z
Daddy’s always wanting me to turn the other cheek till I ain’t got another cheek to turn. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z
Lee Lee says, “And he been wanting to date you, Andrea. So what’s the problem? Just go on and get it over with.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z
There had been one other time that my dad had mentioned wanting to go to a game, but the fact that his work schedule wouldn’t allow it had saved me. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z
The guy he’d bought the radio from said he was selling it cheap on account of him moving to an oil field in Oklahoma and not wanting more stuff to haul. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z
I grabbed the chocolate pot and left, not wanting to see what became of the poor creatures’ heads. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z
Nancy stood well back from the cages and took shallow breaths, not wanting to let the smell of monkey get too deep into her lungs. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
She put her hands and wrists farther forward on the table, and I remember wanting to do something about that enormous-faced wristwatch she was wearing—perhaps suggest that she try wearing it around her waist. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z
As he reached the foul line, Peanut slowed up, wanting to make sure he did not blow the sure layup. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z
I've been wanting to use "bloody" without earning a demerit, but now the punch of it is gone. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
And wasn’t that just like Howard, to go right on wanting to help me after I’d kicked his backpack and been mean to him like I had yesterday? Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z
“You...you grew out of it, then? You stopped wanting it?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z
If God had sent this man all the way from Texas to barge in and tempt her, she sure had been found wanting. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z
She stared at the hem, wanting to believe in its weight but knowing that custard was all that it hid. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z
“Even when he woke up he only came in here wanting food.” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z
He concentrated on getting his own pronunciation right, not wanting to pass on to her his Shanghainese hiss. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z
There were the visual customers—officers wanting food, ordinary soldiers wanting a chance to get warm, Redding people buying things. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
Darcy smiled and said, “You are perfectly right. You have employed your time much better. No one admitted to the privilege of hearing you can think anything wanting. We neither of us perform to strangers.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z
And the monotonous sound that had been there all along was the cry of the twins, wanting their dinner. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z
Mrs. Willard...I had knocked on DeeDee's door that morning, wanting to borrow some two-part sheet music. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z
She was torn, she said, between wanting to protect Claire and her sense of duty to Miss Peregrine. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z
Almost before we were introduced, P. D. launched into bitter complaints, wanting to know why Dean Gandy had not insisted he give the lecture today. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z
Amari asked, wanting to be absolutely sure they were in the right place. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z
My eyes twitch, wanting to shut so I do not have to look at the bodies lying on the floor. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
I sat still on the edge of the bed, hands clasped, wanting to tell Amaka that I did not own a cassette player, that I could hardly tell any lands of pop music apart. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z
“Yeah, she’ll be wanting your autograph, Harry,” Fred said with a grin, but he caught his mother’s eye and bent his face over his plate without another word. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z
I shift my arm to create more space between us, not wanting to skim her arm in the dark. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z
I looked off in the direction of the orchard, wanting to break and run. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
Asking me how I am and wanting the real answer. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z
I go to the lobby doors, wanting to climb into the ambulance with them. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z
The parrot flies off, not wanting to watch, and the captain, before he gives the order to do the deed, leans close to me. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z
I’m tom between wanting to yell at him for choosing tomatoes over Mom and wanting to cry that he’s choosing David over me. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z
Instead, her dress is on the bed and her closet open, a few gowns hanging roughly, as though she pulled them out before finding them wanting. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z
“But what’s wrong with a person wanting to be more intelligent, to acquire knowledge, and understand himself and the world?” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z
He never asked unless he wanted to know and he could not conceive of the brain that would ask without wanting to know. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z
The show’s creators had a reason for wanting to construct Sesame Street this way. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
What alone was wanting to the realisation of a vast fortune, he considered to be More Capital. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z
Suddenly I change my mind about wanting to be like Frida. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z
Travis considered the proposition tentatively, not wanting to contradict his idol, but realizing he might have no choice. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z
My not wanting to tip him off or warn him. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z
When I began working at the institute, I recalled my adolescent dream of wanting to be a medical research worker. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z
“I’m really glad you think so. I’ve been wanting to come out here so bad, but not alone. You know?” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z
He was speaking at random, wanting to scare Riddle, wishing rather than believing it to be true — Riddle opened his mouth, but froze. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z
The parrot, growing wary, takes a healthy sidestep away, perhaps not wanting to associate himself with anything the captain says. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z
“I don’t know,” I said, wanting to slap her across the mouth. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z
Like all parents, I found myself wanting so much for our children, praying that nothing would ever hurt them. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z
Or if I read about my moms not ever wanting to take me back? We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z
She began to pout, sulk, and accuse him of not loving her or wanting to see her anymore. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z
“I keep imagining it, over and over, wanting to know what she felt or thought. Because I can’t know that, she never stops dying for me. I see it over and over and over again.” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z
I shout, wanting to get to him, wanting him to be okay. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z
It was funny because it wasn’t something that I would’a thought to ask for, but sitting there then in my room, it seemed like something I had been wanting. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z
When the fair damsel came in with the next meal, she showed signs of wanting to talk to him. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z
I stood at the top of the stairs, trying not to make a sound, wanting to leave before they saw me but afraid to move. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z
It’s sooner than either of them expected—only two weeks since the state dinner, two weeks of wanting Henry back under him as soon as possible and saying everything short of that in their texts. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z
He found himself wanting it very much, so he threw back his head as he rushed the glass to his lips. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z
She returns to the yard, wanting to say a prayer, thinking to say goodbye, at least—but her parents’ bodies have disappeared. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z
Not wanting to annoy her further, I order fast. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z
She and Taisin halted their horses some distance back, not wanting to intrude on their reunion. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z
Even the fun of fitting arms and legs to the doll could not keep Robin from wanting to get out into the fields and away from bench and bed, stool and trundle cart. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z
He pushes aside an eager newsie wanting to sketch my picture. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z
“Will you be wanting financing? Would you like to talk with our finance manager?” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z
He answered carefully, not wanting to reveal too much of himself, she thought, until he was sure who she was. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z
“It startled me. I thought—” I stopped, not wanting to say what I had thought. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z
“Here we are, a bunch of gawddamned West Virginia hillbillies wanting to be Albert Einsteins.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z
“What’s this about you not wanting to press charges?” she asked. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z
‘You said you is wanting the dream to say there is a Big Friendly Giant who is also going to talk to the Queen?’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
“He’d come in at two or three in the morning wanting to know why we hadn’t gotten more data, what’s holding us back, and he was really putting the pressure on.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z
Not wanting to waste the seal meat, he lifted the carcass in his teeth and flipped it onto the back of Lee Scoresby’s larger sledge before donning the armor. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z
Both of them wanting to know how I was doing. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z
He glanced behind, wanting to be able to see the cars coming up. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z
All night, Taisin had agonized over this, initially not wanting to admit it to herself. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z
I asked timidly, almost not wanting to know. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z
Maybe, he thought, this was just one soldier, ignorant or cruel, wanting to stir things up. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z
I pulled my coat tight, ready to head for the car’s warmth, but also wanting to hold this moment a little longer. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z
To sense this about Paula was to feel wanting, compared to her. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z
The young mouse approached the sparrow with trepidation, not wanting to antagonize the moody, dangerous bird. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z
“When are you going to tell Mom? About wanting to take a year off?” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z
They started firing questions at me, wanting to know what color it was, and what it tasted like. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z
Now, he sat with me—being sorry and lonely and wanting me to take the place of the dead. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z
He looked again to the roof on his left, wanting to run to it and hide; but was afraid. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z
Harry suggested, wanting to warm up his feet. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z
I was breathing hard, my body wanting in a way that it never had before, in a way that I didn’t know it could. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z
I didn’t know where there was, but I found myself leaning forward in the car, anticipating, wanting us to arrive. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z
Jonathan, not wanting to explain, simply walked away. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z
Then, in order, he thought of her holding his head and his baby crying, crying with longing, wanting something and in a way feeling that he was getting it. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z
He held onto it desperately, not wanting to let it go, feeling that if he did so he was surrendering his secret, his life. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z
“Yeah, it is,” I said, not wanting to disappoint. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z
In Indiana, Elizebeth confessed that she was “consumed by thoughts of dear, intimate things that burn one up with a fire of longing and ache of wanting you.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z
I heard Papa interrupt in a low voice, and the other man added something afterward, something about the Big People in Abuja not wanting such a story out now that the Commonwealth Nations were meeting. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z
In soft voices—not wanting to be overheard by the white students around us—they spoke to me. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
She tried to explain herself, not wanting to sound like a coward who didn’t want to face the truth, but Pet shook its head. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z
They left the hall quickly, wanting to unwrap the broomstick in private before their first class, but halfway across the entrance hall they found the way upstairs barred by Crabbe and Goyle. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z
I was careless of my words, wanting to wound him, if he had any tender places left. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z
They stared at everything furtively, judgmentally, not wanting or permitting eye contact with others. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z
“Yeah, I guess,” I said, faking a smile, wanting him to scoot along, stop talking. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z
Besides, I couldn't help wanting to say, What place? March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z
I really resented him wanting to please all that bad. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z
On the south side of Chicago, people wanting to sell crack vastly outnumbered the available street corners. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z
“I don’t think so. I can hardly keep up with people wanting them. Besides, you already have enough.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z
Even Salome intrigues us, her wish for a man's head on a platter—who could want this and live to tell the story of that wanting? Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z
Charlie was such a strange sort of attractive, it was hard to explain—I felt a mix of wanting to kill him and wanting to kiss him at the same time. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z
Somehow my dad's seventies sideburns and bushy 'stache didn't deter my mom from wanting to reproduce with him. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z
Not wanting to give her time to change her mind, Jonathan leaped forward, pulled on his shoes, then bolted up and began to run. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z
I shook my head slowly, not wanting to believe it. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z
Drunk Rachel—wanting to be part of the story, needing a way to persuade Scott to talk to her—she lied. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z
Then John was silent, wanting to put the question another way. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z
Maybe more than wanting to cook, he was born wanting to see the future. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z
I am trembling from a storm of sensations, unsure what to focus on, wanting to drink it all in at the same time, struggling for the perfect words. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
I had no effective rebuttals, and my reason for wanting to make the trip—I think I’m supposed to—wasn’t something I could explain without sounding even crazier than they already feared I was. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z
I guess I was being pretty stubborn about wanting to go home. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
But still wanting to make friends with the weird skinny kid in the seat behind her. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z
I tiptoed out of the camp, not wanting to run into anyone yet and have to answer the “where were you last night” or “why’d you storm away” questions. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z
I tried to pretend like the move is no big deal, since Mom and Dad are so hot on it, especially Mom, who’s been wanting her own house forever. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
I think Jack helped Bobby psychologically, with chess fightingness, just being tough and wanting always to win.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z
At her question Jonathan stopped short, not wanting to get too close. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z
They tried to make her lie down on a cot but she kept wanting to get up because she was shaking so hard. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z
I stopped and waited for him, not wanting him to feel like he was being left behind. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z
I can’t be with him in that way if one of my reasons for wanting it is to distract myself from grief. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z
Jonathan, not even wanting to hear the words, looked down. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z
I asked, wanting to stretch out my stretching out. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z
I’ve been wanting to hear a voice like the one Joan of Arc heard, and here it is! Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z
He could not imagine, on any day to come and no matter how greatly he might be changed, wanting to take his father’s hand. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z
He was at that fun stage, wanting to try new things and constantly asking “What’s that?” and saying the most hilarious things. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
Smart money is on Arthur wanting one of those cookies. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z
Chamberlain said, “I’ll be wanting to go back to Little Round Top as soon as possible. The Regiment will bury its own dead.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
I asked her if I was a coward for not wanting to speak in front of the entire assembly. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z
Because even though I can’t explain why, something about Soojin wanting to drop her name makes me worry that I might be next. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z
They said, here is the lizard you have always been wanting. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
I had been wanting to look at the photos of Mom again. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z
But there is no point to it, this wanting. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z
She had hoped her friend would stay, but couldn’t blame him for wanting to get away from this place as fast as possible. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z
My stomach pulls in, wanting to rid my body of everything. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z
Not wanting to tell a whole lie, she just nodded her head. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
I went in the kitchen door, not wanting to miss anything. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z
“But what in hell’s the good of his not wanting to leave jail?” asked one of the men. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z
Not wanting to answer any questions, I slunk into an out-of- the-way table and got one of the serving girls to bring me a bowl of soup and some bread. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
Now she was wanting him to catch one just for her. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z
Somehow Luke had known without wanting to know. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z
I looked toward the window, wanting to smash the panes out of it. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Motivation. You won’t run fast unless you really want to run fast, and really wanting to run fast is what gives you Motivation. The Big M.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z
I leaned forward to see Mother’s face, wanting her to look at me, to see the question I was mentally asking her, because I didn’t understand, not at all. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z
He bolts upright, desperately thirsty and wanting to go to Dad, but smacks his head on the low ceiling of his bunk. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z
Was this the white man wanting to witness his deepest sexual fear? The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z
And it’s the wanting that pulls me back down to earth hard. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z
We wandered wordlessly away from our search, neither one of us wanting to admit that we were eager to give it up, both of us feeling in our bones how pointless it was. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
Sometimes in the middle of the night Leah would sit bolt upright in her bed, wanting to talk. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
He looked at her, as if wanting to read her thoughts. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z
“I always wanted to. Like wanting to roll a joint.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z
Not wanting to argue, I carried both the lantern and the ax. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z
He watched the scene, fascinated, not wanting to move. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z
Not wanting to embarrass Mr. Flux when the gift was an obvious piece of junk, he accepted the offer, grabbed the camera by its strap. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z
I don’t know whether to leave her with her grief or to push on, but I've come this far and I can't help wanting to go further. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z
Sticky followed and hovered over him, wanting to help somehow, not knowing what to do. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z
But wanting to please you is important too. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z
“I get not wanting to be yourself. But isn’t it almost sadder to pretend otherwise?” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z
Eager, but not wanting to seem eager, I made a slow dance around Denna before finally finding some excuse to spend time with her. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
Chess was torn between being proud of her courage and wanting to beg the leader, Please don’t hurt my little sister. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z
They smiled back, reaching their chubby hands for her, wanting to be picked up again. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z
“They re drunk. Hurry, let’s go! Before they start shooting,” I said, not wanting to drop the file. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z
She could hear nothing but Basta’s shouting, and she ran back toward him, helpless but wanting to strike him through the bars, right in his bellowing face. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z
“I don’t blame them,” he was saying, “wanting to be alone. I’m an engaged man myself. I know how it is. The last leave—the only girl.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z
You feel an intense, out-of-the-skin awareness of your living self—your truest self, the human being you want to be and then become by the force of wanting it. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z
I press myself into the farthest corner of the wings, wanting to dissolve into the wall and forget that I ever opened my mouth tonight. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z
Thomas paused before he replied, not wanting to be cut off again. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z
I clutched the tassel from Eddie’s journal, not wanting to part with it. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z
It moved tentatively in her arms, and she clasped it tightly, knowing it was he, not wanting them to take him away, weeping behind the mask when they did. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z
But somehow he managed to stop wanting to kill his son’s murderers. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z
And White came upon the two deserters who had killed his older brother, Dudley, though White never mentioned the connection, not wanting to cause them any distress. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z
This hurt Thomas’s feelings, but he left anyway, really wanting to talk to Newt about something else. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z
The open vistas distressed me, the sense of being adrift in a crowd of people pressing in on all sides, wanting to touch me, greet me, wish me well. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
All the techniques of his appeal were familiar to me and I sat there feeling foolish, wanting to leap through the window and go home and forget about it. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z
Plus, I could relate to wanting a brother too. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z
It was about needing and wanting to connect with the world. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z
To tell the truth, I was feeling kinda nervous about being in that neighborhood, and was more wanting to find the store than try to bag girls. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z
“I find myself wanting to impress you in a way I never thought about doing before, but being with you has undermined my self-confidence. I question my motives now, about everything I do.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z
Or is she thinking about herself, not wanting to worry about two sons at once, and not wanting the complication of Vincent? Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z
“Let the boy be married! Why should he wait for death, wanting to be married?” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z
The very idea of Bobby Fischer wanting to talk to the press was astonishing, but this new Fischer called for a press conference the night before the match was to begin. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z
He couldn’t blame his sisters for wanting to get out. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z
I’m angry with myself, for actually wanting to. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z
I passed the rest of that day trying to say less to my cousin, feeling put off by her hostility, but also wanting her to see me as genuine—not trying to flaunt some advantage. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z
I couldn’t identify with this: wanting to do well to prove a point. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z
Friends telephoned, wanting to know which of the offers I was going to take. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
“The essential point about wanting to appear in the hall was that I wanted to do so because I felt I had that right as an artist,” Anderson said later. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z
She waited, under the skin of her dream, not wanting to let her children in. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
She felt also how what he had given her was part of that wanting but also something more and different. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z
More wanting to scream but holding it in because screaming gets you dragged away. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z
Long propositions that didn’t seem to want to go much of anywhere and that were taking their time not wanting to go there. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z
It was all in his mind now, though, wanting to cook. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z
She would never understand my wanting to move so quickly after getting a job. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z
Afterward, wanting to give thanks for my safe return, I took Goodwife Peregrine’s pouch from around my neck, and removed my mother’s cross of lead. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z
But whenever Tessie spoke about the umbilical cord, when she claimed that she could still feel me out there somewhere, Milton found himself wanting to believe her. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z
I asked, not wanting to talk about Mr. Ali. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z
He smoothed her hair, stood up, and stalked over the cracked floor toward the shattered windows, wanting to smash something. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z
“I mean I loved the pilgrim wanting to know who all the ladies were.” Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z
His voice sounded strange as he made this announcement Gareth protested: “I did not know she was wanting a unicorn. She has never said so.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z
“I’m wanting a lot of things, tinker, but I don’t think you’ve got any of them in your packs.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
I look down from the sky—slowly, slowly, not wanting to see—and just as I suspected, everyone is gone. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z
Sophie said.‘You do unless you is wanting to become so thin you will be disappearing into a thick ear.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
So he cried, but he lay very still as he did, not wanting to wake Lyra. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
I was sitting in the kitchen the next morning eating cereal and looking off into the distance, counting the number of girls in the front yard wanting my autograph. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z
But I thought he considered wanting war to be part of his role as the general, while part of the High King’s role was to keep him in check. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z
‘Do not try to understand them. Look in the big bottle and you will now see the dream you is wanting for the Queen.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
I don't blame Ma for not wanting to return to India. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
“Naw, I don’t want to be late,” I said, still feeling uncomfortable about last night and wanting to get out of Bizzaro World as fast as possible. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z
Soon she would be getting taller, shedding her baby fat, and wanting to wear lipstick. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z
One day, at least it seemed that fast, she just stopped wanting to be a part of anything. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z
I been wanting to do something to them.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z
I asked, wanting finally to tell her what had happened. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
“I’ll just borrow this one,” I said, not wanting to be rude. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z
I think of the day we sang together, and what she said about wanting to help her country. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z
Everything I was about to say was swept clean out of my head, blown away by the idea of Momma wanting me back. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z
She balled her fists and dug her nails into her palm, wanting the pain, wanting some punishment, wanting something to be different because she could never do what had to be done. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z
I sit in the Vista Lounge staring out of the window like Callie used to, not wanting to be on this side of the glass, but not wanting to be on the other side either. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z
He nodded, obviously happy but not wanting to show it as he kicked his heel against the wall. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z
She had woken up at night to escape from a familiar, recurrent dream in which policemen approached her with snicking scissors, wanting to hack off her hair. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
He had mocked her for wanting to charge a thousand-dollar jacket to her room, but maybe that was the reason he came to San Francisco, to live that kind of highfalutin life. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z
“Summer’s the best time for cooking outside. The smells make everyone come and talk to me. I make people happiest in summer. There’s nothing wrong with wanting that feeling to last.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z
I stared at her, unable to move, not wanting to move. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z
‘Will you be wanting anything to drink, masters?’ he asked. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z
Not wanting to be discovered hanging around in another corridor, they went straight into the deserted staffroom. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z
Not wanting to wait for water to boil, he got out a frying pan. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z
She had been wanting an excuse to take Prudence to Hannah. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z
"Might be I am, m'lord. But what of the mail and swords the queen was wanting?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z
Dany filled his wine cup again, wanting nothing so much as to pour the flagon over his head and drown his complacent smile. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z
I slipped out of Daddy’s arms and checked all of Dismay’s usual sleeping places, just to make sure he hadn’t found his way home somehow and gone to sleep not wanting to disturb us. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z
Laying the cloth on the arm of her chair, he said, ‘Well, you’ve been wanting a new dress. Here is enough cloth to make half a dozen dresses.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z
More men wanting word from home; more men shaking their heads over the prospects of pepper. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z
I shock myself by wanting to touch my tongue to his chest, to taste the sun and salt on his skin. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z
Then another Manhattan designer, Anna Sui, called, wanting shoes for her show as well. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
Despite wanting answers, Thomas was ready to get away from the Slammer. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z
“Tica Tee,” I said, wanting to feel that on my tongue. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
She came running, wanting to know what in the world was going on. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z
She tilted her head and nodded, obviously wanting him to agree with her. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z
You have progressed from a state of “wanting to die” to the much more positive outlook of “learning to live.” Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
Maybe the feeling of wanting everything to be more fun was normal for a fourteen-year-old, but there was no place for me to express that during the training. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z
“There’s nothing wrong with wanting to know how to use your abilities,” Clancy added. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z
He looked at the boys, both in tears now, and then up to his mom, wanting her to say something—anything to give him the peace of mind he needed to leave. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z
But he found himself wanting to please them. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z
It was as if he’d never really wanted anything, and now this wanting blazed inside him like a lamp, the light reflecting out of him as bright as a beam from a lighthouse. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z
He pushed away these vivid, daylight thoughts of her, not wanting to arrive feeling deranged. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z
I stay quiet, not sure what’s spurred this, not wanting to ruin it. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z
I kept my expression nonchalant, not wanting to give him any satisfaction. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
I would get on a plane and fly back to New York if Big Ma showed up wanting her grandbabies. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z
“The fisherman’s wife keeps wanting bigger things, and by the end of the story —” “Hey!” a voice calls. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z
I stopped wetting the labels, not wanting to get ahead of her. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
The baboon was followed by a rock rabbit, which also showed no sign of wanting to drink the milk. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z
Hundreds of people come through your door each day, each wanting something different and all demanding they get it first, believing their needs are the most important in the world. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z
It’s funny that Cecile had at least thought to give Fern a last drink, but all the same left Fern wanting her milk. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Our city has a rich history, even though many tourists are only wanting to see the Red Light District.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z
Helena wakes Max early, wanting to show him the string game I taught her, before he goes back to the ghetto. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z
“My idea didn’t win,” she sort of whispered, just wanting to get it out of the way. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z
I felt disloyal for wanting to learn English, for liking pizza, for studying the girls with big hair and trying out their styles at home, locked in the bathroom where no one could watch. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z
Has no dread of wanting “life” in the future. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z
Once Du Barry turns her back, I move close to her again and touch her hand, wanting to fix whatever just broke between us. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z
Not wanting to get to the central yard and meet one of the bulls, I joined them. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
I walk alongside Trub, wanting to ask a dozen questions but not knowing where to start. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z
They kept talking about how we weren’t going to join that war, but they was always wanting to hear more about it anyway. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
Not wanting to be outcasts, children begged their parents to join the Nazi Party and act like good Nazis. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z
“You will have all these knights in this order of youta saying that they are the best one, and wanting to sit at the top of the table.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z
It’s quite the predicament: wanting to touch and hug and kiss a white girl after a white man shot him and killed his best friend? Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z
They mentioned religious books, but with reluctance, not wanting to influence the children. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z
Laura’s separated from me now, folded into a press of onlookers wanting suddenly to get close. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z
When he sees me, he runs over, wanting me to carry him, then he runs off to pet the horses before I can. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z
As I walked, I thought about a quilt I’d been wanting to make. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z
I wake up wanting to scream, yell at Geak, and beat up Chou because I do not know what to do with my despair. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
He grunted and I could see his stomach bouncing a little under the white sheet from him wanting to laugh but trying not to because of his broken ribs. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z
With the stars in her eyes and the Hill under her feet, she’ll never stop fooling herself into wanting the whole world. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z
We stare at her, wanting her bread, but more than that wanting to poke the arrogance out of her eyes and smash the pride of ownership that curls her chewing mouth. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z
Caroni allowed himself a small smile, unsure of himself, not wanting to do the wrong thing. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
I stared at the box, wanting to open it. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z
So I dropped my hand and leaned away, not wanting to push him too far. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z
And now here I was with Aaron, wanting to. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z
But wanting all that just made Ivy angrier because she had no home and she had no birthday cake and right now, she might as well have no Layla and no family. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z
I take a step toward the door, wanting to see him now more than I want to even breathe. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z
Wes hurriedly smoothed the shirt down and put his hands in the air, not wanting the cops to think he was armed. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z
Without slowing I held my breath, closed my eyes, and jumped over the fog, not wanting to let the horrible corrosive stuff touch my legs. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
He’d been consumed and out of control, every part of him wanting to destroy that pilot. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z
There was something weird about a grown man wanting to be friends with his own child. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z
“Don’t scratch,” I say, wanting badly to scratch myself. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z
Next, his mind told him that he was at home in bed and his mother was singing and shaking the mattress, wanting him to get up. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z
Celaena tried to sit up straighter, cursing herself for being unable to move without wanting to faint from pain. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z
Not wanting to sit anywhere near Garvey, Cole slouched to the floor against the wall. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z
Sander said, "They're wanting you back at the Globe. It's nearly performance time." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z
In truth, aside from wanting to escape a beating, or wanting a meal, I had scarcely ever given any thought to what I wanted. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z
If anything, he says it too loudly and all in a rush, as if the words have been wanting to tumble out for a long time. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z
Life would be easier if I were passionate about wanting to be a doctor. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z
“All those people wanting to kill him when he hadn’t done anything to hurt them.” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z
He set it down, wanting to unburden himself. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z
“And why are you still wearing those glasses? I get wanting to remember your sister, but didn’t she have, like, a cute sweater you could wear instead?” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z
She lay on the couch, holding them back not wanting to tell Johnny until the work was finished. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z
She was occupied in knitting; a large cat sat demurely at her feet; nothing in short was wanting to complete the beau-ideal of domestic comfort. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z
But wanting to talk to Teresa, he fought it off. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z
My mother went over to school to personally lay eyes on the kid, wanting to assess what kind of threat he posed. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z
A few conversations mentioned a captain, but no name to go with it... only “the captain” wanting to be under way. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z
“Jesus Christ,” I say, wanting to kick something. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z
Opportunity for transcription was wanting, though matter was abundant. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z
I had several reasons for wanting to go to England, apart from my desire to see the country I had so long read and heard about. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
Hated himself for learning to sail, for wanting to sail. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z
‘I is not wanting to be shooted at by her soldiers.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
He got to his feet, wanting to see what was going on outside, but before he’d reached the mouth of the tent, two people had come darting inside — Hermione, followed closely by Ron. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z
I'm on my feet and at the mouth of the cave in a flash, not wanting to miss a syllable. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z
Father didn’t mention him because he’d kicked him out, and Mother and I didn’t mention him because of not wanting to get Father angry. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
“I do believe he thinks it’s him that we are wanting to eat!” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z
“The totals are bad,” Brian said, plunging, wanting to get it over with, wanting to get out of the school, this office, Leon’s suffocating presence. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
Not wanting to turn my back on the Snake and the Toad, I let them go ahead of me but immediately regret it. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z
When Mr. Moss was asked if he had seen me since I had been removed from their home, he said I had called three or four times wanting to visit. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z
At that moment I couldn’t imagine ever wanting to eat one of these animals. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z
And I was stretched between loathing his voice and wanting to listen to the sermon. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z
Tally shook her head, wanting to say that Shay had already taught her how to hoverboard, the coolest thing she’d ever learned. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z
Emily opened and closed her hand like a little kid wanting a toy. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z
A multilayered guilt weighed him down, guilt not only for wanting to leave Kosi, but for having married her at all. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z
I smile and wave, wanting to impress them, wanting to be good enough to be remembered. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z
I watch them go, waving until Mya’s bouncing curls are completely out of sight, suddenly wanting nothing more than to be walking out with them, off to pack instead of unpack. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z
But I stood there, staring at them, not wanting to let them chase me away. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z
I think on this, wanting so hard to believe her. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z
I said good night to Roy Lee and moved away from the fence and walked to the apple tree, wanting to be near Daisy Mae. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z
But the knife wanting it makes it easier. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z
“Noth-nothing, honey—” Linda whispered, tears forming in her own eyes, while Bloom had his head buried in the thick hair behind her neck, wanting to bawl himself. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
"I'm actually from San Francisco, but my family doesn't live there anymore. Can I give you my contact info? And then you can let me know if you do end up wanting help?" We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z
“What I said last time, about actually wanting to be here; that was a joke.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z
“I really need to learn that sometimes it’s best if I just listen. It’s a compulsion of mine, always wanting to be involved.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z
“But, uh, we talked about not landing the ship on the ground anymore, remember? You know, with Gaea wanting to destroy us and all.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z
The ‘Society for Humanity’ is a Northern organization, primarily, you know, and they make no secret of not wanting the Machines.—Susan, they are few in numbers, but it is an association of powerful men. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z
I could tell Abby the rest, about Momma wanting me back, another time. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z
She let me buy everything that I even thought about wanting. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
I don't stop, either, for the customer of Mr. Kreuk's who calls out my name, wanting to place an order for next week's delivery. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z
You let them go wanting, sit on road shoulders, crying next to their dead mothers. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z
I liked the move because for the first time I didn’t have to share a room with Jim, who never made any pretense of liking me or wanting me around. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z
“I have to get back to Otavalo for the lunch shift,” I say, and find that instead of desperately wanting to leave, I’m actually enjoying myself. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z
Serves me right anyway, she thought, for wanting to wear such things; I never did before. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z
Roads and inns are set for foot-traffic as well as for powered vehicles, and where inns are wanting one may count infallibly on the code of hospitality. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z
I shrug, not really wanting to spell it out for him. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z
“If my father,” said the King, “killed the Queen of Orkney’s father, then I think she has a good reason for wanting her husband to rebel against me.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z
I stayed right where I was on the sidewalk, not wanting to get too close. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z
"You can have this one," she told Hot Pie, not wanting to fight. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z
Hannah had been a nuisance, but she was complimenting the women, in a way, by wanting their husbands. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z
Not wanting to jeopardize their ascent by stopping to assist him, the Japanese team continued climbing toward the summit. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z
The boy ended up wanting me to expose myself to him, saying he had never seen a Negro naked. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z
I lean forward, wanting to comfort him, but as always I’m six feet away. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z
“Do you think it was an accident?” the Colonel asked as I stood beside him, my shoulders slouching, wanting a cigarette but nervous to be as audacious as him. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z
There wasn’t any gold, but now he knew that all the fine reasons for wanting it didn’t mean a thing. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z
Fretting, concentrated thought, reading, looking, wanting—all were to be avoided in favor of a slow drift of association, while the minutes accumulated like banked snow and the silence deepened around her. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z
Aru paused, not wanting to say the word even though it hung over her head: failed. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z
"And what will you be wanting, this time of night?" the one by the winch asked. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z
I spoke subtle circles around the way I felt, not wanting to be overbold. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
Embarrassed and humiliated and never wanting to go back. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z
Desperately wanting to change the subject, he said, “Why were you screaming at those mirrors?” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z
I felt bad for wanting to leave her there. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z
I rushed at Tamika again, wanting to spare her the misery of Dad’s cuisine. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z
With that eagerness I grasped at every straw of kindness, wanting to give a good report. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z
And she noticed herself wanting to tell the baby stories. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z
It had a dynamic and strangely hot-headed young Henry wanting to rush out and buy a used single-engine airplane against the advice of his parents. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z
Maybe Miss Volker had fixed my nose, but it didn’t stop me from wanting to watch war movies. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z
It depressed holy hell out of me, and I kept wanting to throw mine out or something, or even trade with him. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z
Wanting to play with toys and wanting to be grown up all at the same time. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z
And my other cousin has been wanting to go back to college for around seven years. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z
“Please don’t tell nobody that,” she says, softer now, “him wanting to write about his white boss.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z
"Let's move on," I say, wanting to escape the darkness that surrounds this place. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z
She hesitated, not wanting to say the name aloud, even at sea. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z
I shake my head, wanting to reject the compliment. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z
In the months that followed, I found myself always wanting to be somewhere other than where I was. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z
Madam Claire is always fussing about money, and wanting to compete with the other teahouses for the most business. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z
“How could you be mad at me for wanting to learn a new song?” Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z
She was torn between wanting to hug Jesper tight and scream at him that she was trying. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z
I answered her quickly, just wanting her to stop talking. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z
Now the toad squirmed; with its weak hind feet it tried to pry itself from his grip, wanting, instinctively, to go flopping off. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z
He was getting himself worked up, wanting to say something inspirational. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z
She reached out, not expecting anything, but wanting desperately. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z
And wanting to be alone with my own thoughts as I was now, locked behind the bathroom door.... Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z
He hadn’t noticed her wanting the prince, but rather that she’d noticed how Lillian and Dorian clung to each other all night. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z
I can understand Bep’s wanting to put an end to her indecision; four weeks ago she decided to write him off, but then she felt even worse. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z
Vonetta flapped her arms wildly, wanting me to open the door. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z
I remember wanting to take the torn pieces of newspaper out of the garbage, put all of the letters back together to make words again. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z
In the beginning, Traynor believed that he was being sincere in wanting to help. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z
What in the world?—but held his tongue, not wanting to remind them he was there. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z
My mother's hand strokes my cheek and I don't push it away as I would in wakefulness, never wanting her to know how much I crave that gentle touch. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z
The morning after his return he rose late, and wanting a cup of rushwash tea he went out to fetch water from the spring that ran a little way down the hillside from his house. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z
He tells the officers that a dealer wanting money had threatened to kill Tania. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z
“Your elf’s scared of heights, and those wizards in masks were levitating people! You can’t blame her for wanting to get out of their way!” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z
I ask, selfishly wanting her to say no. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z
At first, the cousins look around at each other, not wanting to embarrass themselves by calling out, "Me! Me!" and then having Tío Vic cry, "April Fool!" How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z
After Malia started tennis, I mostly watched her matches through the window of a Secret Service vehicle parked discreetly near the courts, not wanting to create a distraction. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z
J. T. thought Venkatesh was crazy, literally—a university student wanting to cozy up to a crack gang? Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z
I know that feeling—of not wanting to know—but at the same time I think that she would listen if I started. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z
This is me wanting to feel the way he does. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z
Citra found herself wanting to grip Rowan’s hand in anticipation and squeeze it until it was bloodless, but she restrained herself. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z
They did not say anything about wanting Frank to stay for the meal. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z
She waited for Neeley, not wanting to go out to Mama alone. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z
He’d forgotten to answer his mother’s text about Jasmine wanting to go to a movie. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z
I kept brushing, wanting her to suffer a little. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z
“So was he sick? Is that why he moved to the cabin? Is that why he stopped wanting to see me?” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z
That didn’t stop me from wanting to push Diego into the house and kiss him until the world ended. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z
I tried to hold the strands carefully, not wanting to drop any on the ground. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z
“You don’t think I’m mad, wanting that book back, do you?” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z
But her goal of getting a boyfriend and wanting to go to the dance was definitely new. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z
She looked up into his clear, soft eyes, wanting him to stay. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z
She thought about her mother, wanting her father to be happy, even if she couldn’t be the person to provide that happiness. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z
At first, I do nothing and take their abuse silently, not wanting to attract any attention to myself. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
He stared back at me, wanting desperately to jump the table for a fight. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z
She tilts her nose toward our hands, comfortably clasped together and not wanting to let go. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z
I’m still torn between wanting my colors back and feeling like it’s an appropriate punishment that they’re gone. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z
Some deputies followed in cars while others trotted beside the running youngsters, yelling, “You’ve been wanting to march, now let’s go. Close up the ranks back there. Come on, close it up, close it up!” Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Got it,” I say, wanting to move things along. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z
She’d kept me after school and told me she knew the truth about how my mother had left home and that wanting a mother was no excuse for dreaming one up. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z
Not wanting to get bitten or run over, I moved over to the edge of the sidewalk. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z
My shopping was done and I had questioned everyone about Mother, but still I lingered, caught between wanting to leave and wanting to stay until I could sort out the thoughts battling in my head. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
Irene thinks it would be better if it did break, better than living with wanting and not having, better than living itself. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z
I knew what it was like, not wanting to talk too much about your past. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
He jumped high over me, wanting to block my shot, but I just waited for the sky to clear. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z
Her voice is cool and calm, as if she is used to people running in wanting their stomachs pumped, and then a man and another woman are leading me to a room. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z
Is that strange, Mama, wanting to be a boy? The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z
What is this desire and wanting that you speak of? The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z
I turned again, wanting to get out of there. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z
You think you got more strength and wanting in you than us? Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z
Imagine, a boy who had never had even a single classmate now wanting to know about more than a thousand of them. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z
It was a simple case of her wanting July over with so she could start into August, her special month. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
“And I know those boys don’t give you all these nice things without wanting something in return. Tell me you didn’t drop out of school to run with them.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z
Restless and not wanting to be bothered, she kept pushing me away. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z
I stared at him, wanting to know what he was thinking when that first punch landed. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z
I could deal with Nick’s wanting to go one-on-one with me. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z
Thomas, not wanting to meet their stares, concentrated on the girl; despite her paleness, she was really pretty. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z
I feel the strain of my lungs wanting air, but I keep going. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z
Three bluebottles fiercely fought the gauze doors, wanting to be let in. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
The city was trying to attract businesses to its new Research Triangle Park and the civil rights pioneers figured that local stores, wanting to avoid any bad publicity, would be “pushovers.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z
Was he a coward for wanting to bail? Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z
Last day of school, which means everybody’s being all nice and wanting to sign each other’s memory books. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z
However, we must keep in mind that the Dauntless soldiers did not give any evidence of wanting to harm the majority of us, or they would have killed us while we were unconscious.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z
“I have been wanting to call you on a nearly minutely basis, but I have been waiting until I could form a coherent thought in re An Imperial Affliction.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z
My arms flail out at him, wanting to make him take it back. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z
“Sweet,” I answered, not wanting to make her self-conscious. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z
She’d never heard of a kid not wanting to give up her shoes before. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z
She shifted in her seat, uncomfortable, but obviously not wanting to make a scene. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
"I'm tired of wanting to shoot you. I'd just like to flog you instead." Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z
Some wanting charges, others not, but all of them, in one way or another, seeing themselves in Reggie, viewing this tiny moment in time as a projection of how they would’ve handled themselves, or have. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z
Vonetta, wanting more compliments, said, “We put everything back, just the way you like it,” talking about Cecile’s workplace, the kitchen. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z
Funny thing, me wanting to get back for a meeting with the lieutenant. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z
When he passed a dominant male and looked carefully at it, it rushed him, wanting to take him out. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
But Basel and Muhammad, wanting to help me, followed so close to the wheels that he stopped and turned around, the headlights circling the inside walls of the kitchen. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z
“Praying,” Alex replied, leaving the room rapidly so he wouldn’t have to tell his sisters he’d be praying for strength to cope with them and forgiveness for not wanting to. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z
Quicker and quicker, greedy, wanting to encompass everything, to miss not one iota of pleasure. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Yessir,” I said, “but a horse is what I’m wanting the worst.” Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z
It’s the one he uses on all the tutumpotes when they come in wanting to buy the cheaper policies. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
I wouldn’t be lying here wanting to die with my family. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z
Tally hadn’t realized it at the time, but that had been an important conversation for Shay, the first time she had talked about wanting to stay ugly. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z
I didn’t like that but, not wanting to argue, I didn’t say anything. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z
He tiptoed to the door, wanting to slip out without his mother hearing him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z
This cumulative sadness contributed to his not wanting to be with people...unless he felt highly secure and comfortable with them. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z
“This is where we take scientists and reporters wanting to know about our mother. It’s where the family gangs up on them,” he said, laughing. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z
Emily opened and closed her hand like a little kid wanting a toy. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z
I followed, wanting her to interpret the baffling spectacle I had seen. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z
I study the waterline’s ripple of distortion, wanting to capture it in my sketchbook. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z
“The Crown’s been wanting that chain since they killed Law,” Scrap says. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z
She will slice at the air with her hands, half wanting to hear my answer, half wanting to hit me. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z
“I got lost in Brooklyn only Saturday. Now where is it you were wanting to go?” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z
She would never understand my wanting to move so quickly after getting a job. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z
Not wanting to get roped into staying longer than I had to. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z
Used to having everything for herself, not wanting to share. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z
He had stayed frozen in the stands, not wanting to accept it or confront it, hoping that it would go away after a few nervous moments. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z
I shake my head, not wanting to believe his words. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
“Nothing,” she says, not wanting to hurt his feelings, to find fault with his costly gift. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z
This was the life Imogen described herself as wanting, free of ambition and expectations, with nobody to please and nobody to disappoint. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z
“And I’ll bring her clothes too, as soon ...” I hesitated, not wanting to admit my abject poverty, at least not in so many words. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
“Oh, yes, ma’am, I do,” I defended myself quickly, not wanting her to think that I dared criticize what she had given me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z
Kaede scooted her chair closer, wanting to get a better look. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z
Father could put us up for a few days and he would be wanting to see you anyways. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z
“And I was doing that. I missed first days of school, all that. Had my baby wanting to call somebody else daddy ’cause I wasn’t there.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z
He wished they would go away, because nothing was worse than someone wanting you to talk when the words you needed to say hadn’t even been invented yet. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z
“But Dobby is not wanting to, Harry Potter,” he said, talking normally again, and shaking his head so that his ears flapped. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z
I took the ball out of his hands, wanting to practice my midrange jump shot instead of listening to a lecture about my future prospects. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z
“Because I’ve been wanting to tell you something since last weekend, and it’s been torture.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z
Afterward, Candice was swarmed by a group of people wanting to know what she’d done with her share of the money. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z
Kenyon doubted it; he could not conceive of ever wanting to waste an hour on any girl that might be spent with guns, horses, tools, machinery, even a book. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z
“I think I’ll go out and look for a job,” I said, wanting to escape them. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z
Not wanting to attract attention, Blake and his friends parted quietly. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z
My drinking never really bothered me before we started reading all these books about people changing and wanting to make a difference. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z
She pulled his mouth down to hers, wanting only to taste him but mostly tasting the blood on his lips. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z
“Later on, you might be wanting to offer some more extras.” X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z
“I knew it,” Lovey said, still wanting to pick at it despite her exhaustion. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z
I feel selfish for wanting to be better than her, and all my sisters. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z
None of it was vile enough to make Eleanor stop wanting him. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z
But he was bothered every day that he was at Levy’s Lodge by his wife simply because she resented his not wanting to be bothered by Levy Pants. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
My mom once told me that she always knew what my cries meant, each one a little different: hungry, a wet diaper, tired, wanting attention. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z
“They can’t stay at the apartment because Semaj keeps wanting to know what’s in the suitcases, and that means it’s only a matter of time until she opens one, and as soon as she does...” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z
I could feel myself pulling away, retreating inward, wanting to save him and myself by sacrificing this newfound happiness, and I knew he felt it happening. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z
I shrugged, not wanting to let Lettie ruin my day again. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z
Always wanting it to be just me and him. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z
And wanting to cry just made her angry. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z
I can’t blame them for wanting to stay clear of a punk like Stephen. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z
I keep my mouth shut, not wanting to side with either Mom or Dad. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z
We pretend that this life is normal, that it doesn’t matter that Mama’s not around, that it’s okay to live like this—hungry and angry and empty and wanting. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z
The twins came running, not wanting to be left out of the joke. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z
“August, you’ve been wanting to learn to play the drums,” Mom said, trying to get me to look at her. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z
“I don’t see how anyone can sit down to table without wanting to bless it,” Mrs. Dewey once said. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z
With her occupied, I ran across the room, streaking tears, wanting to get to the bathroom, to sit down on the toilet with the light off and splash hot water on my face. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z
He sat on a chair at the very back of the room, not wanting to go upstairs to bed by himself, hoping that Mrs Boland might forget him. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z
Not wanting to be left out, I fired Leopardon’s Arc Turn weapon, a gold boomerang that launched from the mech’s forehead. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z
I imagine that wanting, that desire, burning in my chest like a flame. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z
“What was your day like?” she asked, wanting to turn their talk elsewhere. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z
And these mulefa were moving urgently, with the air of not wanting to stop for anything. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z
Robbie was wanting to persuade her to erect a pergola and train along it a slow-growing wisteria whose flower and scent he liked. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z
He ran his hands over his messy thatch as if wanting to make sure that Esther's efforts had been in vain. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z
Throughout the whole course of my working on this book, it is the only question I recall Volpe not wanting to answer. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z
I’m afraid of a hundred things, including you, Ethan, because everything in the universe says it’s not right, but that doesn’t keep me from wanting it. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z
Thomas paused, not really wanting to talk about it yet—not before he really gathered his thoughts. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z
Everybody looked tense, watching Lupin, both wanting him to go on, it seemed to Harry, and slightly afraid of what they might hear. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z
“No,” Sandy says, and he sounds a little angry, “but excuse me for not wanting to get eaten by a gator.” King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z
“Come on. I’ve been wanting to show you this since we met Since you told me you crashed a pretty party—and pulled a fire alarm!” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z
She reminds me of myself—wanting to be the best, researching and plotting and planning to make sure I am ahead of everyone. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z
She’d spent the last four years looking out at New Pretty Town, wanting nothing more than to cross the river and not come back. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z
He had stared at this, an awful bitterness in his heart, wanting to curse—and the Spirit spoke, and spoke in him. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z
The word bo was short for bonjour, started by some chaps learning French in secondary school and wanting to show off. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z
I could hear her still wanting to give our uncle a piece of her mind. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z
I glanced at Kevin, not wanting to contradict anything he had said. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z
I walked as silently as possible, not wanting to break the spell of the quiet night. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z
Apparently his disapproval of the way Ludo Bagman ran his department did not prevent him from wanting to make a good impression. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z
She'd look over my homework if I had questions, but I remember not wanting to ask for much help. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z
Even if she couldn’t mention Wash, there were other reasons for not wanting to marry Henry, things she could bring up to buy some time, at least, while she and Wash figured out a plan. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z
Then she lowered her voice and said something about wanting to make sure the Grovers were ruled out as placements. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z
“It’s horrible she said to Theodora, “it’s wicked wanting to cry. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z
I’m not sure if I was accusing him or wanting an explanation. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z
She waited for the elevator to fill before she got in, not wanting to operate a new machine by herself. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z
People wanting to visit more distant solar systems would have to set out with the understanding that they would most certainly die en route, hoping that their descendants would someday reach their destination safely. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z
The natives here were ready and waiting when the Portuguese showed up wanting to buy slaves, I pointed out. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
I had thought long and hard about wanting to dress grown-up. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Imagine wanting a junky old rotten egg!” he muttered. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z
As Z was leaving, he whispered to Cas, “I meant what I said before. I get wanting to die.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z
I hugged her, not wanting to let go. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z
I was aching with wanting the “no pork and cigarettes” riddle answered. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z
That piqued Thomas’s interest-—he had been wanting to do that. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z
She nodded, not wanting to speak to it. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z
She buys in bulk and has to watch out for relatives wanting to shop in her kitchen. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z
They glared at each other in the cool morning sun, neither wanting to be the first to look away. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z
His eyes scrutinize the layout, memorizing the location of every stagehand and prop, not wanting anything to get in the way of his exit. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z
He lathered his hair and even cleaned inside his ears wanting to get every bit of Overlander smell off him. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z
They stared about, wanting to go back because this could be only a nightmare, it was quite insane. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z
"Yeah, sure," I say, not wanting to admit I don't know what vitals are. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z
He started to laugh, then cut himself short, apparently not wanting to risk it. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z
She hoped it might be one of the girls from across the street, wanting to play video games or inviting her for an after-dinner swim. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z
Jonathan, not wanting to talk, thankful to be among friends, but knowing he must answer, tried to push away his fatigue. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z
I really hope she didn’t change her mind about wanting to see me. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z
“Good Lord, all that fuss you made about me moving out and leaving you, now here you are wanting to leave me.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
Something scratched at the door of Adina’s subconscious, wanting to get in. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z
“Anyway...can you imagine anyone wanting to convert now? Publicly? It would be too dangerous.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z
My eyes followed the girls and their Chevy, wanting to drive far. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z
“No!” said Harry again, wanting more than ever to leave the room and the heat. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z
He folded his own arms, staring at her with a smile, suddenly not wanting to leave again. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z
Halley later claimed that he had only been tactful to Hevelius’s face, not wanting to hasten, the death of ‘an old peevish Gentleman’. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z
I dropped it on my napkin, not wanting them to see me eat it like that. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z
With renewed vigor, she suckled Jen’s neck, wanting to brand her with a love bruise, then felt suddenly shy about it and stopped. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z
“I thought you might be wanting this,” she said. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z
My colleagues even jokingly accused me of not wanting to miss a meal. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
I slam open my closet door to grab my coat and scarf and gloves, wanting to get away from all of this. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z
Not wanting attention is part of why I love working at the bookstore. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z
“Thanks,” I say, wanting to leave all of a sudden. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z
Jessie studied Isa, wanting to ask more, but then Oliver threw a handful of pine needles on her head and Jessie’s thoughts turned solely to revenge as she chased him down the street. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z
I tug on my skirt, willing it to be longer, wanting it to cover the knocking in my knees. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z
If only you knew how much I used to cry at night, how unhappy and despondent I was, how lonely I felt, you’d understand my wanting to go upstairs! The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z
I move away, not wanting to be touched. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z
“Thank you for wanting to look out for me. But I don't want you to take care of me.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z
She listened to Taisin’s chattering teeth as she worked the wet laces, wanting to curse at the knots Taisin had tied. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z
“Biddy,” said I, with some severity, “I have particular reasons for wanting to be a gentleman.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z
I squirmed, wanting to show I had been grappling deeply with such questions. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
Who knows . . . maybe it’s better to be like the crystal merchant: never go to Mecca, and just go through life wanting to do so, he thought, again trying to convince himself. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
I wrap my arms around my stomach, wanting to scream to the world. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
“The way you stiffened up. You must’ve been thinking about your mom, not wanting to get behind the wheel.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z
Fig looked up at me with wanting eyes. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z
My mother died when I was quite young, and certainly a motherless girl will come up wanting in some respects, but in my opinion she has a freedom unknown to other daughters. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
Clearly not wanting to be seen, it walked as fast as possible toward the forbidden forest. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z
Froggy didn’t understand sports, but he understood me not wanting to get my butt kicked and so he went along with it. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z
I love—even from far away, even for someone else—to see the smile returning to your face, to hear that music wanting to burst from you. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z
Farmer kept pushing him, wanting to know his politics. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z
That may be true, but fear of the uncontrollable is not a concrete enough reason to give Jack Kang for the Erudite wanting us dead. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z
I leaned against August’s chest, pushing aside my secret wanting, too afraid she’d say, No, I never saw this woman in my life. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
Fand calls up to me, wanting to know why I didn’t attend the rehearsal for the mock war. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z
I think about what Lily told me about wanting to take a year off, and I don’t understand how she can be so fake with Mom. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z
‘Begging your pardon,’ said Sam, putting in his head, ‘but I was just wondering if you would be wanting anything.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z
“Do not spend your time wanting things you cannot have. Be clean and dress nice and neat. Be polite. Make good grades. You will do well. You are so, so, so brave, hijo.” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z
By then, other students were gathered around my desk, wanting to have a look. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z
It’s strange that anyone would be interested in this ugly thing except for maybe wanting to burn it and dance on the ashes. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z
So if I was wanting a fastball, I would watch and see how often he threw a fastball or if it always followed a curveball, things like that. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
She pressed her lips to his, tasting, enjoying, wanting. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z
“He’s been offering me plenty of help — wanting all the glory for himself — wanting a bit of the action — ‘What are you doing?’ Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z
I’ve been wanting to tell Amelia how I feel about this. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z
I knelt next to Miles, wanting to touch him but afraid of what I’d feel. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z
A moment later I’m sitting on Aunt Heidi’s floor, not wanting to disturb the bed. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z
I used the butter to make her happy, but I really didn’t care about anyone wanting me. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z
“I’m afraid Nico was quite sincere about wanting to help you. The boy is as honest as he is dense. I simply convinced him to take a small detour and bring you here first.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z
Even I, wanting so much to believe, could tell it was mimeographed. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
Six seconds later Lavadie called, wanting to know could he shoot her or not, because she went through a fence on his property and zigzagged around a field, killed a couple of sheep, then left.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
The shorter man holds his back at first, as if not wanting to dirty her hand, but finally, after wiping it on the side of his pants, he gives it to Yolanda. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z
During the second part of the broadcast, police officers appeared at the control booth, wanting to know what was going on. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z
When Flo groomed the baby, Flint often pulled her hand away, wanting her to groom him instead. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z
There’s one from an art student in Detroit wanting to work with him. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z
They ignore me and keep working, but I can’t stop myself from wanting to ruin their game. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z
“And how are your rockets doing these days?” he asked, clearly wanting to change the subject. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z
Closing his puffy eyes, he allowed the pain in his scar to overcome him for a moment, wanting to know what Voldemort was doing, whether he knew yet that Harry was caught.... Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z
I linger near my carriage at the very tail of the procession, wanting a moment to myself. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z
When the word spread, numbers of persons who had come before returned for another wait in the long, slowly moving line, wanting to see the Moslem burial dress. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Flowers, no,” he said, awkward, wanting to head off any further exploration of the topic. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z
“No sense rushing about, son. The constable will be wanting to talk to you now that you’re up.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
He bent under the disappointed moon, hands braced on his knees, panting into the warm summery air, wanting to give himself a beating for letting the man get away. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z
He’d even kept a stray donkey in the back alley for a few days, wanting it to be his, to take care of it. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z
“Well, Mr. Max, if I was happy I wouldn’t always be wanting to do something I know I couldn’t do.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z
I hesitated, not wanting him to call me what I had always been called—Asta’s son. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z
I guess that what influenced me to get my first actual apartment was my not wanting Reginald to be knocking around Harlem without anywhere to call “home.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z
Just a few months before the accident my dad had finally bought this $350 Hitachi bread machine he’d seen in a catalog and had been wanting and that my mom thought was unnecessary and ridiculous. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z
During those days I felt so close to her, and I knew I had been silly for wanting to give up. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
Lizzie looked around to see if anyone might be nearby, half wanting to show off, half wanting to be sure that no one had seen Preacher Griffin’s granddaughter throwing a hatchet around. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z
“We can make it to La Cumbre before dark, for sure. From there, it’s all downhill. But it’s up to you,” he added, not wanting to express a preference. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
I stand by when he does this, wanting to ask what he’s searching for. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z
Since when had he stopped wanting to play video games? Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z
But I couldn’t forget wanting to die by his pool the night of the party, or walking home because he thought I was a joke. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z
That piqued Thomas’s interest—he had been wanting to do that. The Maze Runner 2009-10-21T00:00:00Z
I spent the whole week thinking about Maylene, wanting to make her Valentine’s Day as memorable as I could. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z
You have to start by wanting to be a contender. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z
Why would I judge her for wanting to invite another friend? I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z
But others who study consumer behavior say that the wanting and getting of material goods is not just a competitive exercise. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z
Ivy couldn’t remember ever wanting someone to love a picture as much as she wanted June to love this one. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z
I observed the crowd gathered around my crates, wanting to overhear their comments but feeling a deeper need to keep tabs on my mother. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z
When she held them, she remembered the powerful wanting she had felt in that dusty store, and the feeling of it was mixed up with fear and shame and darkness. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z
When I saw the gun in her hand, 1 ran toward her, clumsy and falling, wanting to save her, to save us all. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
And why couldn’t he be as proud of my wanting to build rockets as he was of Jim wanting to play football? October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z
She talked constantly about wanting to see her son. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z
Mr. Wallace sees me looking at the board, and he comes over and takes down the notice about a woman wanting her house painted. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z
Casually — not wanting to seem to be making a point. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z
I knew that this had nothing to do with Tasha liking Needles, or wanting him there. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z
I feel like I have spent half my life wanting them, with their delicate, furred points. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z
Firing a warning shot into the air, the policemen pushed the man into their police car, not wanting the angry crowd to close in, and drove him quickly to the police station. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z
Alec acted first, clearly wanting to take advantage of the situation. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z
Not wanting to feel left out, Kelly fell to the black pavement as well. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z
“The Phoenix Riders have been struggling for years. We need some good fresh blood. There’s nothing generous about wanting the best for my team.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
Other than the obvious reason of not wanting to give away twenty million dollars. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z
Well, the part about that soldier maybe wanting to be a teacher had probably pushed it, but who knew, maybe he had. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z
Each week a steady stream of former students returned to his class, the sad flotsam of men and women who had tasted the other side of graduation and found it wanting. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z
People were even talking about it in the press, wanting to know how far we’d go—semifinals, finals—but all we cared about was who was going to be a starter. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z
I chant, wanting the gentle strokes to continue forever. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z
I've spent two years wanting nobody to trust me, wanting not to be depended on. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z
I told her about wanting to give sports broadcasting a try and how I hadn’t told my mom because she’d hate it. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z
I had a swimming feeling in my heart like a creature thrashing to get out and wanting to stay in at the same time. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z
His panic fading now that there was no sound of Filch and Snape, Harry moved nearer to the mirror, wanting to look at himself but see no reflection again. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z
Curious, but not wanting to make her uncomfortable, I didn’t pursue it any further and we agreed between the two of us that he was more than half mad. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
I had no particular rationale for wanting this. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z
“I mean papá’s dream about moving to California, and mama wanting us to settle along the valley—” he said. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z
I leaned against her, wanting to say “thank you” but thinking that this wasn’t the kind of thing that you said “thank you” for. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
‘If you is really wanting to know what I am doing in your village,’ the BFG said, ‘I is blowing a dream into the bedroom of those children.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Let’s go to my house for dinner,” I said, wanting Audrey back in a good mood. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z
He comes to our house and says he heard what all’s going on with Tata Undo wanting to get married to Rachel. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
He’s set his alarm for eight o’clock, not wanting the day to go to waste. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z
Not wanting the words from the vet’s pamphlet to return, I found myself doing the unthinkable: cleaning my room. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z
I tug her forward, wanting to kiss her, but she stops me. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z
Within hours, a line of over sixty people formed at the hospital wanting to donate blood. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z
We crowded around her, wanting to know all about her important visitor. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
As a boy, people would bring him everything he could ever dream of wanting. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z
It seems like wanting to spend more time with your friend would be a good thing, not a bad thing. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z
I can’t really know anything unless I put my “wanting” out there, can I? Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z
Bobby asked Gardar what religion, if any, he believed in, and when he was told it was Catholicism, Bobby pressed for more insight, wanting to know the nuances of that theology. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z
"Most with complaints, or wanting something, as ever. Your pet was back." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z
As for me, I was thinking not about death but about not wanting to be separated from my father. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z
I knew my curiosity didn’t excuse my staring or wanting to piy. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z
I resumed my old underground ways in London, not wanting word to leak back to South Africa that I was there. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
But no, it was Margarita, no last name given, wanting to see the dofa of the house, though she couldn’t say in relation to what. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
But Kirby said his involvement in the case had nothing to do with race, or wanting to get Carter or the Dallas school district. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z
The blood drains from her face, and she rubs her eyes with her hands, clearly wanting to erase this moment. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z
But I kept wanting to start, somehow, our own newspaper, that would be filled with Nation of Islam news. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z
I step back, not wanting to be so close to her that I can see the ring of lighter brown around her pupils. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z
He nodded gravely, wanting to impress us with his own importance as their guard. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
But I guess I never stopped wanting to be the smart boy she wanted me to be, so that she would love me. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z
He picked up his pace, wanting to get back to Dimple. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z
I kept eating, too, wanting every last fold of her, the taste brand new to me, or, at least, a reconfection of what I knew. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Boost me up before they do,” Mother whispered quickly, not wanting an officer to touch her coat. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z
And Petey, not wanting to appear weak and abused in front of Anna, smiled as if he was in on the gag. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z
Alex’s whole reason for wanting to go into politics, when he knows so many past presidential sons and daughters have run away screaming the minute they turned eighteen, is he genuinely cares about people. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z
Of course this presumed that Rosy had hit it right in wanting the bases in the center and the backbone outside. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z
“She’s helping, I promise,” I say, wanting to talk about anything other than this. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z
I went into my room then and closed the door, not wanting to hear Ty'ree crying, not wanting to hear anything. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z
Jonathan asked, wanting to show he understood what he was about. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z
They opened the apartment door softly, not wanting to wake anyone. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z
I stand there, wanting to curl up in Momma’s lap but knowing I’m too old for that. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z
Something about me being lucky while I just stand there caught in between wanting to disappear and wanting to help her. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z
She must be wanting Papi to hear from wherever he is hiding. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z
I shook my leg a little—not wanting to draw attention to myself—and turned my back to the aisle and gazed out the window. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z
“I grew up wanting to make dreams, too. Your husband gave me a great gift that day. I hope one day I can repay him.” The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z
I nod, sort of wanting to tell him that all beginnings are new. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z
I stood precariously in the middle of the room, trying to find somewhere to look and something to say, wanting desperately to leave and powerless to do so. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z
“That’s not true,” Axel says, not wanting to feel the scowl on George’s face but not wanting to lie to him either. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z
Wanting to hear the whole history of a person, wanting to know their story, lured by the mystery of what you don’t yet know—it’s gotten her into plenty of trouble. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z
I felt torn between wanting to bolt out the door and a vague curiosity about Fred’s last book. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z
By that time Nipper was knocking on the window, clearly wanting to go out. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z
Not wanting to miss anything, he got some of everything and paid the woman eleven silver Sickles and seven bronze Knuts. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z
“You’ll be wanting him in the corner,” said the short man by the window. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z
I knew that I wanted to live because I was afraid of dying, and I knew that I could come up with reasons for wanting to live. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
Mary, wanting to give one of her daughters to the church, decided that Eliza was the one. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z
He was famous, and that wasn’t too bad, but when they started following him with cameras and wanting to make movies of him and his life it got a little crazy. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z
I watched them for a long time, not wanting the feeling to leave me. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z
“Blowed if I can see anything funny about a couple of heroes wanting to be fed so that they can stay alive. Takes all kinds to make a world, young feller, other ranks included.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z
It’s only as I brush my palm against the trunk of the sycamore tree, wanting to feel its smooth skin against my own, that I see it. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z
Harry could tell he had dawdled deliberately, wanting to be last in the room with Slughorn. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z
Leah’s friend Pascal was the only one who still came around occasionally, wanting Leah to come out and scout the bush for adventures with him. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
“I don’t blame her for wanting attention,” my mom said, and then to me added, “but that doesn’t make her well-being your responsibility.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z
I love my parents, of course, and I feel guilty for wanting to leave them, but living here would be too hard. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z
It wasn’t easy, wanting something badly and playing it off like it didn’t matter. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z
“In any case, can’t blame you for wanting out of the angelic order.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z
“But the day Marcus hit you—that was the day that you stopped wanting to do stuff together. You stopped—” He shook his head. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z
Modern merchants wanting this luxury wool have had to resort either to this same method or simply to killing wild vicunas. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z
Not wanting to give up his mount in an upcoming race, Donoghue drove to the stables, had himself carried to his horse, and rode every day with a bulky plaster cast on his leg. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z
She talks to the manager of the control room about a meeting with David as I stare, determined, at my feet, not wanting to see what’s on the screens. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z
I ran to them, wanting to join their fun. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z
“I don’t know,” I say, and laugh, wanting to meet her halfway. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z
It was so loud that I couldn’t really hear the words he was saying, but I’d bet probably it was something about not wanting to wear makeup. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z
I barely breathed, not wanting to disturb her. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z
In my case—and, I believe, in the case of Chris McCandless— that was a very different thing from wanting to die. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z
"I suppose you will be wanting some new men." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z
Not wanting to break in on her mother’s grief, but knowing she must, Lupita asked, ‘Will Señor Aguilar take your job away from you for not reporting to work for two days?” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z
I pictured them wanting to kiss me good-bye, careful with their tears, holding each other because they could not hold me. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z
He was thinking, I am quite sure, of his beloved daughter, and he was wanting to join her in heaven. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z
I lie on my horse blanket at night wanting her so badly I ache. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z
“Yes to thinking it’s great weather. No to wanting to toss a ball.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z
I’m still thinking about Mom wanting to leave San Francisco. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z
The memory of her ghost haunts me, makes me realize that the pain, the longing, the wanting, never goes away. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z
As soon as I get a few papers stapled, here comes someone else wanting something. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z
I slow down, not wanting to run into any of them. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z
If customers came in wanting to look at the rings, I had to run across the street to get him. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z
“Yeah, and that was different, ” PJ. said, “our wanting to go to the library like that.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
But Daddy had an additional reason for wanting him there. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z
By the day of the decision, Ralph had talked himself out of wanting to be a professor anyway. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z
I watched my sister Adele and her fabulous friends, wanting to be like them. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z
As soon as I walked into the school building they were all over me, wanting to know why I didn’t have no hair. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z
“I’m kind of not wanting to do that.” The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z
Neither of us wanting to say anything first. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z
I kept playing, instinctively wanting to get the highest score possible. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z
"I made the cocoon so she'd stop squirming," I say, not wanting her to know that I'd spent a lot of time thinking about how to be better than her, better than everyone. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z
More to die point, they do not know where I am—they meaning anybody who might be wanting to look for me. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z
Nothing and no one— not even the president of the United States—would thwart * James Hood left the university after only two months, wanting to avoid a breakdown. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z
The man raised the device and pointed it directly at Moss, and despite wanting to appear fearless, Moss still flinched. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z
It was the old feeling, hard and constant again now, of wanting to grab something and clutch it in his hands and swing it into someone’s face. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z
It was all the more acute for not having her and wanting, like the wish he had to be whole again and to live a different life. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z
It's a stupid wish, like wanting to fly. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z
"I don't blame you for wanting to go with her instead of being stuck here with me," I said. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z
Even they moved hurriedly, no doubt wanting to get behind doors lest they be taken up and charged. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z
Sister came by my cell today, wanting to know how I was doing. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z
I remained still, not wanting to draw his attention, not wanting to have to run for safety while my head was spinning. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
“I don’t think so,” I said, wanting to laugh at him. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z
Just wanting to get the hell out and get the party started for the night. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z
I waited for a moment, not wanting to scare her like I had the others. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z
“Yeah, yeah,” Alex says, and he takes the opportunity to ask a question he’s been wanting to ask for months. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z
Nothing wrong with planning ahead, but wanting more than you have makes a person worry. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
Wealtheow, seizing her chance, wanting to die with the man she loved, flew down the stair and flung herself on her husband's unconscious body. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z
“What did you just say? Something about wanting good things to happen?” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z
We hadn’t given a single thought to them wanting earthly goods, in our planning ahead. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
Joel has many reasons for wanting to do the killing himself. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z
“I am glad you think so; and the good hands, I hope, may not be wanting.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z
I kept looking up at Lateesha's window, wanting her to see it too. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
Knowing it would not be fast or easy, and wanting, deserving nothing less, grimly, patiently, he waited for death. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z
Not wanting to test the idea, she tried burying her face in her mother’s side, but she couldn’t fit under her stiff arm. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z
Maria Teresa pipes up in her little girl’s voice, not wanting to be left out of the future. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
I waited, not wanting her to stop, not wanting to hear the rest of her story. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z
Harry woke up, so warm, so very sleepy, that he didn’t open his eyes, wanting to drop off again. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z
“I saw Mrs. Howard yesterday and she said David was back from Tennessee, wanting to know when you boys could get together. She said David would like to come up here someday next week.” Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z
She closed her eyes, wanting it to be over, but nothing happened. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z
Yet I found myself wanting to see what could happen next. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z
"No you don't, Papi, they're private!" his daughters chimed in, crowding around him, wanting to spare each other the embarrassment of having their gushing made public. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z
But even though he could force his body to follow after, his mind hung back, wanting to cling to the crab apple tree the way Joyce Ann might cling to Momma’s skirt. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z
Mr. Ward had to switch Open Mike from once a month to once a week ’cause so many people be wanting to read their work. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
I pull open the rooftop door and step over the wallet, wanting to put as much space as possible between us. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z
‘When you is wanting me, just call out my name and I is coming very quick.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
We pinned enough Virgencitas and azabaches and hung enough scapulars around that girl’s neck to charm away the men who were always wanting to get their hands on that young beauty. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Because you should have just left him there like I told you to. I appreciate you wanting to spread the symbol, but couldn’t you have spray-painted it on the truck?” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z
She watched, sitting back, not wanting to force anything on him. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z
“Let’s sit on the bluff,” I say, also not wanting Dad and Noah spying on us. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z
That and wanting to do right for my mother. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z
He felt ashamed, and when he went out for walks he hunched his shoulders, wanting to be as invisible as an insect with diaphanous wings. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
And then I found myself wanting to be more like Jackie again. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z
“Soon he will start nagging about wanting to go back to the village.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z
But they’re so big, and so obviously belong to this water world—where I do not—that I stop moving, not wanting to attract their attention. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z
I had to keep moving around and I was glad when people came in wanting food or hot drinks so I could keep busy. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
“There’s something I’ve been wanting to talk to you lot about. It’s just that back there, at the Cottages, it’s impossible. Everyone always listening in.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z
I’m extra wired, wanting to play it, especially as a Decker, since its about wasted opportunities, empty lives, and time dying. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z
Pong hurried their way, wanting to get this part over with as soon as possible. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z
Imagine you’ve got a heart that spends all day wanting more. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z
“Oh and I’ve been wanting a word with you too, Arthur,” said Mr. Crouch, his sharp eyes falling upon Mr. Weasley. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z
And not wanting to show approval for her return to Stargirl. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z
I feared that black children and youth would always be met with the same kind of artillery and white opposition— just for wanting to get a solid education. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z
"I will tell him, child, and I promise you, Barra shall not go wanting." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z
And yet he showed every evidence of wanting to get out and murder a bear that outweighed him a thousand to one. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z
Not wanting to disturb the sleeping Hamlet, I stay. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z
I follow the dress with my eyes, focusing all my energy on it, wanting desperately to rescue it from the pile. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
They stretched out in the middle of the road, flat on their backs, not wanting to miss anything should one of my celebrity friends decide to drop by and help me dig the septic tank. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z
She listens to it for a while, then says, “I’m so glad you came over. I’ve been wanting to talk to you.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z
I stopped, almost not wanting to know who it was. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z
Milligan started to turn, but the terrified children, realizing they’d been tricked and not wanting to believe it, clutched at one another and did not move. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z
Not wanting to be found by some kids in Jefferson Park isn’t the same thing as not wanting to die. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z
He looked up at the advertising placards above the windows, wanting to turn his thoughts away from the confrontation. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Thank you for wanting to honor me with the truth, my son. It’s not clever but it’s more permanent.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z
The women who had arrived early did not offer to help unpack, not wanting to interfere with the pleasure and the privacy of it. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z
I’d spent the last weeks wanting to retreat and be alone. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z
His hands strained unconsciously against the cuffs, wanting to get at his spectacles. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z
I crept to them slowly, wanting to surprise them. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z
He was a fool for wanting to rob Blum’s just when he was about to get a good job. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z
They had left to follow the ambulance in the honey wagon, wanting to see May’s body delivered safe and sound to wherever it was going. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
However, that left me as an eavesdropper—apparently he did not realize the sound could be heard in the kitchen—and, not wanting to feel sneaky, I thought I should let him know. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z
“I kept trying to make things work with you, wanting them to work because I’d already e-mailed you and you’d e-mailed back and everything. But the more I spent time with her...” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z
At this moment, I can’t imagine another human wanting anything to do with me. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z
Frustration at his isolation maybe—or maybe just wanting to bring a sliver of his old life into his new one. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z
“I don’t blame him for wanting to celebrate. That was a hard job.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z
At a formal dinner once a professor of some science or other, wanting to make small talk, had pointed out a few insects gyrating above a candelabra. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z
“I knew that she wouldn’t. And I think I knew that she shouldn’t. But I wanted it so terribly. I could feel the wanting all through me.” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z
“I just helped him with his med cart, Poe! Wanting someone to live isn’t the same thing as wanting them,” I say, exasperated. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z
I asked, tentative, not wanting to upset his buoyant humor. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z
Jam asked, wondering where it spent the time away from her but not wanting to ask. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z
It be like wanting to be seen and not wanting to be seen all at once. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z
It’s like what Sausun described in the basement of Dad’s house, this feeling of wanting to grind the monster into the ground. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z
She knew why I was there, and had plenty to say on the subject, but seemed utterly exhausted at the idea of talking to me, yet another white person wanting something from the family. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z
I listened real close, wanting to be in on the conversation. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z
“But–” I say, looking back and forth again and again, not wanting to let it go. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z
I can hear the audience hushing one another, not wanting to miss anything. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z
I take a quick wanting look at her as we pull away from each other and she moves off to the side. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z
“Yeah. More than once, too. Cops wanting me to lift my shirt so they could see if I had weapons on me. Pat-downs and all that.” All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z
I made the sign of the cross over my own hammering heart and retreated, then rushed through the village, wanting nothing more than to flee. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z
"Are you wanting to take theater, Mishti?" he asks in English, and his voice is surprised. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
“You know, I kept wanting to imagine there was something going on with him and Taylor, because then there would have been a reason to break up with him.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z
I look past him, not wanting to meet his eyes. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z
She felt a little ashamed of not wanting to take Charles with her. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z
During the next year, I learned that the Company was more than a group of men wanting money. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z
It's the same thing I asked Ollie, when he told me someone named Roodveldt had arrived in the theater, wanting deeply for there to have been a mistake. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z
“It’s my fault for wanting to go to the river,” Akira pointed out. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z
Chamberlain felt an oddness, a crawly hesitation, not wanting to touch him. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
Two days later, Henrietta awoke terrified, disoriented, wanting to know where she was and what the doctors had been doing to her. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z
“Now, besides wanting to jump off the Brooklyn Bridge, have you had anything else going on? Have you been seeing things? Hearing things?” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z
And I hadn’t even mentioned wanting a dog to my parents. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z
And wanting to sing a verse from the alma, which I thought meant “soul.” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z
They must have wandered the streets for a while, wanting to congratulate him on the rescue and share the joke of it. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z
I moved through the pages quickly, not wanting to be distracted by any buzz of sex coming off those pages. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z
Not once had I brought up my Cat Fantastic diagnosis, wanting to deliver the news in person. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z
I pressed my fingertips to my lips, not wanting to cry in front of Chase. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z
Now hardly a day went by without him wanting to read something aloud to us. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z
He hesitates, not wanting to touch her hand. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z
Not wanting to end on such an experience, he places the strange little bottle back on its shelf and decides to choose one more before leaving to catch up with Poppet and Widget again. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z
The cap’n didn’t have to worry none ’bout me wanting to stay in the city; this place had already died and was jus’ a rotting corpse. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z
But those of us who’d arrived from Hailsham kept sitting outside on the uncut grass—wanting to keep going for as long as possible the only routine we’d got used to. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z
His mother, wanting the best for him, sent him off to learn a trade in Tennessee under the watchful eye of a white tailor there. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z
Not wanting to show I’m surprised that she seems to be able to hear my thoughts. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z
He looked at Ginny, wanting to say something, though he hardly knew what, but she had turned her back on him. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z
Something urged him to leave at once, but he leaned over her, excited, looking at her face in the dim light, not wanting to take his hands from her breasts. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z
He stood there, really not wanting to leave. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z
He gulped air, carefully, not wanting to move a muscle. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
I stood to the side, not wanting to disrupt Lev’s business. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z
She tries to touch my shoulder and I yank it away, not wanting to be comforted. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z
Jehovah promises us everlasting life in the New World, the Brother from the Kingdom Hall says and Brother Hope, Sister Dell and me are silent wanting only what's right outside. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z
I think he would have been considerate and gentle, and have understood what I was wanting from him. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z
The local folks made a big deal about wanting boys from around here to sign up. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z
He could not remember wanting anything so badly as he wanted to kiss her now. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z
But now, with me around the lab always wanting to talk about genes, Francis no longer kept his thoughts about DNA in a back recess of his brain. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z
“What a fine edition—and in such good condition, too! I've been wanting it for fifteen years, but it just costs too much money. Far too much.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z
Like these women wanting men to pick them up and carry them across thresholds and some of them weigh more than you do. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z
I closed my eyes, pressed my ear even harder against the door, wanting to hear, not wanting to hear. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z
I’ve been wanting to cram lots of things in before next week, so when I have kids, I can tell them, “By the time I was your age...” Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z
Sterling told him many drunks had stopped by wanting to buy some and that they could have made a pocketful of change had they been able to supply them. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z
And even if she could, she couldn’t stop wanting to be like them. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z
Bob said that it was all about our parents not wanting to let go of their youth and how it kills them when they can’t relate to something. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z
‘Well—there were a few things I wanted to mention—” “I’ve been wanting to explain—” he said. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z
Rowan shook his head, not wanting to believe it. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z
They scorn him for constantly wanting the teacher’s attention and praise. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
"Merry Christmas Eve, Jones," I finally say, wanting the conversation to end. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z
He had stolen away from the school, not wanting anyone to witness his painful passage down the street to the bus stop. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
Not wanting to join Christendom, they also know that they cannot prevail in a direct confrontation with their conquerors. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z
I waited till the very last, wanting to keep the coating of honey on my skin as long as I could. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
I don’t know if it’s my comment about Fiona or him not wanting to leave me alone on Rigor Mortis Bend, but he stays there with me. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z
A teacher wanting to talk to you after class is never a good thing. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z
I shudder, repulsed at everything that I may or may not be, wanting to escape but trapped again. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z
He walked quickly across the courtyard, everything in him wanting to run the other way. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z
The government argued for a narrow definition, wanting to restrict the number of our people who would qualify for an indemnity. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
I stared at her not believing, not wanting to believe...I touched her and her flesh was cold and hard. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z
Then Shady oversaw the process with the watchful eye of a master craftsman, wanting each of his apprentices to learn the art of his trade. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z
Viola and I look at each other, suddenly not wanting Hildy to leave. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z
He backed out of the garage, still wanting to argue, feeling more denial twitching in his throat. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z
“You’ll be wanting to drink, so we need her to watch the boys.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z
Cheryl was now constantly calling him about wanting more time with the kids—which meant she wanted more money to take care of them. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z
Nothing in how he conducted himself suggested that he was serious about wanting to govern. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z
Lupin was reminding him of the sneering Hufflepuff Zacharias Smith, who had jeered at Harry for wanting to teach Dumbledore’s Army how to Disarm. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z
In 1474 the republic of Venice formalized its own patent system by requiring that those wanting to claim a monopoly first register their new inventions with the state. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
“How does me wanting to know how you know what I did or didn’t want ‘muddy the waters’?” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z
The Junior League Benefit come around ever fall and they be wanting her to make ten caramel cakes to auction off. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z
It was a game: the vendors wanting more money than Mami was willing to spend, but both of them knowing that eventually, she would part with her dollars and they would get them. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z
The two men stood there hammering at each other until the army got to its feet with a roar, and no decision, wanting it both ways. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z
“I wasn’t not wanting to go,” he said, leaning forward from the back. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z
Donna was tall and pretty and had all the guys from here to the east side wanting to holla at her. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z
She didn’t say anything, not wanting to interrupt his silence. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z
He would call wanting to talk at length about what we were investigating. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z
So I hide my face in my hands, not wanting to believe that he’s right. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z
Ford is still crying and thrashing, wanting to go with them. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z
I can’t imagine not wanting to hear what she has to say. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z
I hold myself stiff against her, not wanting to dissolve. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z
He moved toward her and put his arms around her and held her tightly, wanting to feel the beat of her heart. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z
Were white people wanting him to love Jesus, too? Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z
“There is nothing wrong with wanting to meet my own dad,” I said. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
Minerva had planted it years back when she was cooped up here, wanting to get out and live the bigger version of her life. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
She ignores me entirely, in spite of wanting me to come in the first place. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z
While she was wanting her own daughter back, I was longing for Mother not to be disappointed in me. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z
“Me? Pick her up! You seem to forget, mi amor, that the museum is just five minutes away and everyone shows up there wanting to hear the story, firsthand.” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
“I didn’t mean—well, your safety’s much more important! Actually, I’ve been wanting to ask you how you want to celebrate your birthday, Harry. Seventeen, after all, it’s an important day....” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z
But none of them wanted to go, some deathly afraid of the hospital itself, some not wanting to be away from men they knew, men they could trust, the Regiment of Home. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
Seven had shut her phone off in annoyance the night before, not wanting to deal with any taunts from Valley. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z
I asked again, wanting her to stop the washing and perhaps take me to the corner store for an icy pop. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z
We can only watch his panic, not wanting to make it our own. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z
Yesterday, some of the neighbors stopped by wanting to know what Mama Ya-Ya was going to do, believing her special powers gave her special knowledge about the storm. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z
If the only problems on the fencing team were about certain girls not wanting to be my friends, I wouldn’t have minded that much, but the real issues at play were laced with racial undertones. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z
Yolanda wanting me to be nice to Tyler scatters and whirls around me like a pile of brown and orange leaves. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z
I keep my eyes forward, not wanting to see where I was killed. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z
“Your parents will be wanting to know where you are.” King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z
For a long time he'd talked about wanting to work with NASA. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z
It's Jamie, wanting to know when I'm coming home because he wants to go see a movie with me. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z
They brought gifts, not saying Early Christmas, not wanting to embarrass us for not having anything to exchange. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z
They were torn between wanting to look back and wanting to exist absolutely in the new life they’d created. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z
I guess I finally understand what she and Papi meant by wanting me to fly. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z
Chess Federation sent a communiqué to the Icelandic Chess Federation asking about the disposition of Bobby’s body, presumably wanting to bring him back to the United States, a move that Bobby would have detested. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z
Especially when the biggest thought is wanting to play cards. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z
I knelt on the ground and pressed my hands into the cinders, wanting so badly to pull my father free. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z
His weak leg made him dance a little funny, one foot turned out for balance, but it didn’t keep the girls from wanting a turn with him. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z
The whole time, Thomas felt mopey and indifferent, his head aching, his body wanting more sleep. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z
“No,” I said, not wanting my perfect afternoon disturbed. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z
Starry lectures me to be kind, but I can't help wanting to yank Ma out of her patriarchal prison. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
“No. You’re getting my friends to gossip about each other. This isn’t about the film at all, Twinkle. This is about some sick part of you wanting revenge for feeling like—like you do.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z
Researchers came to his lab several times each week wanting to learn his techniques, and he often traveled to labs around the world to help set up cell-culture facilities. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z
I yelled from the bedroom, knowing the only one who would call that late was Negra, wanting to tell Blanca about what had happened with Victor. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z
So of course he thinks I’m an idiot for wanting to go into social work to help minorities. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
The fear in his voice caught me tight between hating him for ruining such a good feeling and wanting to say something nice so he wasn’t so scared. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z
And I guarded my own, not wanting to give her matter for gossip. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z
I drove very slowly, though, not wanting to carve a path of destruction through Main Street. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z
I thought of Doc Machado wanting to form a peaceful protest. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z
I hold my breath for a moment and ask the question I’ve been wanting to ask. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z
I leaned in closer, not wanting to miss any of it. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z
It would have eased her mind if I thanked her for wanting to buy me away from Madam. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z
I huddled on a corner of the bed, not wanting to look at him again, not wanting to see his humiliation. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
But the white reporters kept wanting me linked with that word “violence.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z
I supposed she must have been sniffing around, wanting to get a whiff of my science project for next year. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z
“Shush,” I say, not wanting to scare the girl anymore. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z
When I checked the window, T. Ray was coming out of the orchard toward the house, fists balled, head plowed forward like a bull wanting to gore something. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
“But he’s so young and ...” I trailed off, not wanting to say the first word that came to my mind: crazy. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
I kept wanting to scratch myself, though my rash had subsided and I was pretty sure most of the itching was all in my head. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z
I knew it was a good deed to read to sick people, but there was still nothing wrong with wanting a real gift just for me. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z
I feel lost, waiting for her to finish, wanting only to get back to Djo. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z
When Mr. Kazilly tells us our homework assignment, however, he’s got me wanting to shout “gardyloo” and chuck the wastebasket across the room. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z
It only made a body restless and fill up with bees all wanting to sting something. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z
“You’ve been wanting to see it, too, and you know it.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z
He's watching me the way someone would watch an injured cat—not wanting to leave it alone but scared to get too close too quickly. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z
He looked grimly away, not wanting the loungers to see him make a friendly gesture, not wanting them to carry tales. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z
I walk away and leave him standing there, waiting and wanting more of me. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z
The greatest difference from them seems to be in the external shape, and wanting feet. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z
She checked that the blackout blinds were down and then lit a candle, not wanting to put on the lights and wake her friend. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z
“Um,” I said, wanting to be nice but not wanting to lie. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z
He still wasn’t used to other children wanting his opinion. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z
“Ill or well, she would always be plain. The grace and harmony of beauty are quite wanting in those features.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z
It seemed she had been wanting to say all this for years. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z
But a daughter who opens her own skin bag, wanting to let her shell fall to the ground so she can dance? Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z
And he was in the midst of it, wanting again to let his body taste of that short respite of rest he had felt after talking with Max. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z
She hesitated, wanting to make the story more frightening. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z
Ophie could not imagine such a vibrant spirit wanting to remain in such a dreary old house otherwise. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z
Finally—and this was by far the strongest reason for people's not wanting to see poor Linda—there was her appearance. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z
I never heard a child wanting an onion before. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z
A substantial majority of the AHD Usage Panel accept the so-called fused participle, not just in these complicated sentences but in simple ones like I can understand him not wanting to go. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z
I don't know what to call that, but I certainly wouldn't call it “wanting to be around.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z
She lay very still for a long time not wanting him to feel her withdrawing from him. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z
I step around knee6 and feet, trying not to push but wanting to shove past everyone. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z
I didn't kill her, I kept wanting to say to Newcharlie, but I couldn't. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z
‘How else could I be finding the one I am wanting in a hurry?’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
But Percy showed no sign of wanting to greet any of the rest of the family. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z
At the time he was not conscious of wanting it for any particular purpose. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z
Which was all very well, thought Harry, but he had another reason for not wanting Snape near him while he was playing Quidditch. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z
Or not wanting the cute new boots Miri showed up wearing yesterday? P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z
He drew back his arm, pausing a moment, seeking true aim, wanting to come up with the final devastating blow. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
The four of us moved together, as a unit, no one wanting to let go. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z
I asked, wanting to feel her hand on my cheek. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z
The sight of her blood on his pale skin made her shudder, and yet she felt herself lean toward him instinctively, wanting to close the space between them. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
“No, no,” said Billy, wanting to doze again. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z
Mother keeps wanting to wash herself clean, but she clings to her clay and her dust. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Yeah. What about Lootie Bell in her costume, wanting to dance for her mama?” One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Dobby is only wanting to wish Harry Potter ‘Merry Christmas’ and bring him a present, sir! Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z
Not wanting to disappoint, I gave them something to talk about. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
Bruno thought about his question, wanting to phrase it exactly right this time, just in case it came out as being rude or uncooperative. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas 2006-01-05T00:00:00Z
We steer clear of archery and weightlifting though, wanting to save those for our private sessions. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z
He circled around Bobby, helpless to help but wanting to, even though he was told to “go away.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z
Takes me a while to realize I musta done what they been wanting to do for a long while. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z
And Natalie, who wasn’t even related, who didn’t have the same reason they all did for wanting to save Mom. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z
“Ma’am,” I say, not wanting to turn till I can wash off my lip. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z
“The gun is loaded, and we think Z could have taken it. He told Cas he understood wanting to die.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z
“Anyway, she didn’t show warning signs of suicide. I mean, she didn’t talk about wanting to die or give away her stuff or anything.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z
She has kept her disappointment to herself, not wanting to offend Ashoke, or worry her parents. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z
I could tell that Mrs. Baker was wanting to try it. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z
“Ophelia just came down from your mama’s room, and I was just wondering if she was wanting for anything before I got to putting together the luncheon.” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z
Over and over the word, wanting all his clouds to come down, but in die morning he was still there. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z
Dimple stopped, blinking, wanting him to come back and pick up where they’d left off. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z
I drank some to please her, not wanting it a bit. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z
"I know they're trying to make it a race-relations issue on TV. I'm proud of you for wanting to support that, but it's a bad neighborhood." How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z
My feet dangling in the air, I squeeze my eyes shut and wrap my arms around his neck, not wanting to let go. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
I went away from him not wanting to hear any more about running away—and being caught. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z
Contrary to the usual course of things, Mr. Elton’s wanting to pay his addresses to her had sunk him in her opinion. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z
Now I know about wanting some sort of recognition, of wanting to have some sort of status, but when I think about yelling things like Cristo salva! Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z
Maybe I was wanting that feeling again, of me and Tommy being brought close together. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z
He looks around the cabin as if he is wanting to remember it always. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z
I nod, not wanting my voice to give away my lie. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z
Papa used to tell the story of his first stroll through town, just off the boat and wanting to stretch his legs before looking up his relatives. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z
If Matt were around, hed be down there underfoot, getting in the way, wanting to help with the building. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
“In a good way?” he asked, smiling too, not wanting to show her how much he cared. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z
He’s almost as breathless as Axel, wanting to get the right words to come out this morning. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z
I tiptoe to the door, wanting to hear him talk to his friend. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z
But then I would've had to admit that I thought he might've been an alien, and that wasn't exactly the secret I was wanting to share. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z
‘Could I please bring back here in the bellypoppers all my collection of dreams? They is taking me years and years to collect and I is not wanting to lose them.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
He couldn’t look at the satisfied smile on the jerk’s pimply face without wanting to deck the guy. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z
Maybe they’d been scared, like the rifleman and his friend, not wanting to be out in unfamiliar territory with the boy on the loose. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z
I help her cook soup, chopping the potatoes and onions, just wanting to get the visit over with so I can go back to the hotel and school, places where I’m comfortable. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z
Looking back, I stopped writing in my notebook when I stopped wanting to know myself anymore. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z
“There were five already in the car. But she was nice enough to squeeze me in. I’ve been wanting to go see the boys.” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
I hug the book to my chest tight, so tight, wanting to jump inside it. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z
Anytime Dimple kvetched about wanting to order a pepperoni pizza because she was tired of eating something Mamma was cooking, Mamma would bust out with that. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z
Percy seemed sincere about being sorry and wanting to help. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z
This prisoner, thinking it would be interesting to see what had become of the city and wanting to help in its cleanup, went willingly. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z
And then, not wanting to hurt the old man’s feelings, he quickly added, “Hey, I told you everything about me. How about you?” Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z
Not wanting to be shown up, I force down some stew. Red Queen 2015-02-10T00:00:00Z
My mother says I was born a runner; that I entered this world wanting to get up and go. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z
The fact that I can picture my family’s carnival photo without wanting to set things on fire or dissolve into a blubbering puddle? Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z
I search for him in the masses, wanting to tell him I'm not here for him to find me beautiful. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z
I freeze up, stuck between wanting everyone to know I’m here to find my brother and hating being the center of attention. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z
He walked down the twelve flights slowly, not wanting to waste more strength than he had. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z
Now, as it happened, I had another reason for wanting to be in Kansas around about that time. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z
I asked, still not wanting to let myself imagine that all this would lead to Amsterdam. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z
I couldn’t be with them for five minutes without wanting to scream. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z
I keep Tobias in my peripheral vision, not wanting to stray too far from him. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z
Her enthusiasm was infectious and I soon lost myself in the excitement of the moment, ignoring my original reasons for wanting to explore the tunnels. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
Khrushchev also had a deeper motive for wanting to make friends with Castro. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z
Which nobody listened to, because they were all jazzed up about a girl wanting to hunt with the men. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
Tomorrow old Mrs. Faulkner will show up at Ma’s place wanting to talk about my heroics in the bank a few days ago. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z
I stirred my potatoes around on my plate, not wanting to look at him. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z
Coraline struggled to wake herself up, conscious only for the moment of having been cuddled and loved, and wanting more of it, then realizing where she was and who she was with. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z
Eagerly they took another drink, wanting to avoid the dull, flat look of things, then still another, this time stronger, and then they felt that their lives had meaning. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z
Tally felt herself wanting to give up, to throw herself on the wise mercy of the warden. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z
She's probably looking for me, wanting to turn her delinquent nephew in to the police. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z
I’ve been wanting to ask about those blue whorls for years, and, as I'm going to die anyway, I figure I have nothing to lose. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z
“Really,” I tried to convince her, not wanting to confess my dancing problems. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z
The snow was piled now around it, and he pushed with his body, moving it forward, not wanting the exhilarating ride to end. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z
Quite apart from wanting to win, Harry found that he had fewer nightmares when he was tired out after training. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z
It was simply, merely there, a whisper of featherwings, reminding him of the moment he dreaded above all others, the moment when the not wanting to be a wringer would turn to becoming one. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z
It took no time at all for me to turn against my mother when I had scolded Vonetta and Fern for wanting to be flower girls at Pa’s wedding to another woman. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z
I hoped Gus wasn’t right about Wishbone wanting to be a stray. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z
She finally gets around to what she’s been wanting to say all along, I guess. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z
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