| 单词 | weekend |
| 例句 | Evenings, some weekends, in exchange for room, kitchen privileges. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Not surprising; pictures from Chiefs parties were always splattered in the weekend papers. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z At home in Berkeley, he spent a weekend scouting locations for a heavy-water reactor, convinced that he was on the verge of securing the project as an adjunct to the Rad Lab. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z By the second weekend I knew we had to have a plan. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z We learned to forge Mami's signature and went just about everywhere, to dance weekends and football weekends and snow sculpture weekends. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z I spent that weekend in a slushy mix of anxiety about the country’s instability and delight at watching Otto fill out into a handsome young bonobo. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z “Me either. I usually spend weekends hanging out with friends. Playing video games or watching movies. What about you?” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z “This used to be considered the country, can you believe it? They’d have stables and carriage houses and go riding on the weekends.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He made a mental note to hit up Martin for this weekend. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z After school and on weekends, students from the same tribe kept together. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “This is going to be a real little doll of a weekend,” he said. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z I wore them in London on weekends, and that's what I plan to wear on school days here. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z And then do what, hide in his room all weekend? Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Mrs. Conway gave me another book to read in class and, because it was the weekend, allowed me to take it home to read. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z “Of course we have to pay the bus fare to get Yule May back up here on the weekends. Eight dollars. I ought to take it out of her pay.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z But then one weekend, our moms took us to the planetarium at the natural history museum—and that’s when I got sucked into it, too. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z James’s dad was in town that weekend, so Emily would be a solo scavenger. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z For leaving her there alone over the weekend while she and Chacko went to Cochin to confirm their return tickets. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He used to pick them up from their mom's house, then drop them off at his mom's house, while he went off and did whatever it was that he did on the weekend. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z “He starts in the fall, and they wanted the new students to come spend the weekend there to get acquainted. He’s going to be so upset he missed your visit.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z He wished he didn’t have to, but there was no food in the house and if they were going to make it through the weekend, they needed every can they could get. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z We started moving into our new house this past weekend. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z It’s a quick read—try it out this weekend. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z He spent free weekends instructing C.P.’s men in combat techniques and firearms training, strutting around in the woods outside of town, barking orders and wearing an 8 mm Mauser strapped on his hip. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Anyway, the new one is coming out the weekend of December 4, and Pam wants me to buy advance tickets—there’s only one theater in Chokecherry, and when it sells out, that’s it. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z We got our drink on to get our party on—weekend warriors to the end. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Each weekend I put my wages and my tips under the carpet in the drawing room. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z She hasn’t said a single word about her robotics competition this weekend, and the fact that she hasn’t tells me just how nervous she is. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z June said she bought her lotion at the mall, so we’re going to go there together this weekend. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I'm not sure how long it will take to finish; I’m in the second semester of eighth grade, so I only have weekends. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z “Spoke to a lot of folks since this weekend. I think the administration at your school is gonna be overwhelmed on Friday.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Sometimes, when I arrived on the weekend, she wasn’t even out of bed. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z The caption reads, Headed to Atlantis with Mom for a weekend of shopping! Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z I’m going to rush down with this to the Balham sorting office in the hope that it will be across the Channel before the weekend. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “You two have certainly gotten dose,” Mom said the following weekend while she helped me tug the roll-away cot from the overstuffed hall closet. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z “I thought you weren’t due back till this weekend?” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z She would be required to work on weekends. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I figured everybody was probably out playing squash or away on weekends, so I answered it myself. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Over the weekend, Dad can see I’m feeling sort of down. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z I continued: For fun, I like to go shopping at the mall on the weekend. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z The Spokane Tribe holds their annual powwow celebration over the Labor Day weekend. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z We’d met one weekend in a public gunter chat room and hit it off immediately, because we shared all of the same interests. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z It was the kind of town where people got together on weekends to build a new church, to hold Sunday- afternoon ice cream socials, or to kick up their heels at Saturday-night square dances. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z It was a week overdue, and I wasn’t going to get to it over the weekend. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z And for dessert she has fried dough balls in rosewater syrup, and baklava, and saffron cookies stuffed with cinnamon, sugar, and walnuts—all of it she baked over the weekends. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z He had taken a Memorial Day weekend trip with a friend, another student at our school, and the friend’s father to Las Vegas. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z In fact, I recall quite clearly the very last time we met like that; I was wishing to discuss with Miss Kenton a forthcoming event - a weekend gathering of distinguished persons from Scotland. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z “Why don’t you all come to my house this weekend, eh?” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “Plus, the weekend before is the Family Pairs Bass Tournament. That always draws out-of-towners. If we advertise at the tournament, they might come back for the rally.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z I access his memories and discover that he and Austin first became boyfriends at this very celebration, a year ago this weekend. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z Even on weekends, he comes to watch Erin and me practice, but he never once touches a basketball and he never really says anything of consequence to either of us. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z There was another breakdancing battle happening that next weekend, not long after Ocean and I first started, officially, spending time together, and I was excited. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z I remember the close of each of those weekend nights as a prolonged farewell. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z It's Friday night and the weekend ahead is already calling us to the candy lady's house, my hand in Daddy's. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z His landlady said that he had not been there all weekend. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Not like a corner store or a weekend dinner-plate situation or nothing like that. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z “Don’t be mad at me, Ryan Dean. I’m so looking forward to this weekend. Please don’t be mad at me.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “Leaving probably means nothing much is going to happen. We’ll have school on Monday. Just think of this as a holiday. Like a surprise long weekend.” Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z Erlan nodded, staring down at his macaroni and cheese that was only for the weekends. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z One summer weekend, when I was around seven years old, I was at a public swimming pool with the whole family. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I would sometimes affect similar ailments to my mother’s and try to mimic her, stay in my room whole weekends with a pile of picture books or puzzles, never changing out of my pajamas. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Last weekend the big excitement was the elk that wandered onto Main Street and blocked traffic for an hour. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z I think even Ursa Major has taken the weekend off. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z One weekend I was visiting my parents in Morristown, New Jersey, and had taken a new book to show them. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z I have a tote bag stuffed with books, which will, along with the hiking boots I have brought for weekends, turn out to be the most useless items in my inventory. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Geoff told him it might be best if he didn’t come, and The Taker said it didn’t matter anyway—he was going away for the weekend with his parents. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z It must have been a Friday or a weekend, because I remember we had on our own clothes. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z In the evenings and on weekends, he and Johnny White and Chuck Day prowled B Street together, seeking adventure instead of advantage over one another. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Working nights and weekends, she finished the job in late December. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z I often went to the movies with my friends on Saturday nights, but nobody was available one weekend. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Fridays are the best because I get to go home for the weekend, where I don’t have to worry about hiding all the time. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z “We can head back to Atlanta as early as next weekend.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I remember the weekends, taking the train to her house. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z We should definitely do that one idea we had last weekend. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z It would be wonderful to visit Hogsmeade on weekends; he knew it was an entirely wizarding village, and he had never set foot there. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z On weekends he cut hay again with Harry Secor and dug irrigation ditches for local farmers. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Just two weeks after that July 4 weekend tournament, the 1956 United States Open Championship was going to be held in Oklahoma City. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z And I said, “Are you going back home this weekend?” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z But all that weekend and then into the next week, we don’t hear nothing. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Mom took a second job cleaning a movie theater, and I helped her on the weekends. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Still, Zeitoun preferred to pay on Sundays or Mondays—because when he paid on Fridays, too many of the workers would disappear all weekend. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z I knew from my weekend experience that the easiest way to make fast money was to carry luggage for passengers: If somebody had a heavy bag, you offered to take it to the bus. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z On weekends, in hot midsummer, you can see how the governing mechanisms work. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The one person who doesn’t seem excited about the long weekend is Edie. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z We kept it on the same shelf with Caitlin's letters and used it to listen to music on holidays and weekends. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “With upcoming deadlines, I’ll be working all weekend and late nights,” Mom said. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Suesetta has been quiet at school, and on the weekends she doesn’t do much. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The following weekend, my parents held a big Worlds Party to celebrate my win. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “D? You feeling better? Enough to hit up this party next weekend?” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z His dorm was next to mine, the two buildings connected by an underground lounge which would fill weekends with good-natured, clean parties, much monitored by security. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z This last sends me drifting off in a sci-fi direction: And as the time thieves headed back to the year 3420, loaded with weekends and days off looted from the twenty-first century . Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Not that it was necessarily a snap being an old-timer, either; one longtime employee had had his nose broken during a scuffle in the yard just the previous weekend. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Sunday afternoon, December 15 This weekend has been harder than the last two months put together. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Pretty soon, it was the last weekend in September, the last weekend before our presentation. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He spent the weekend wooing her, and they were married just a few days later. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z “You think every girl is hot. Didn’t you get any of that pent-up sexual frustration out of your system at Annie’s house over the weekend?” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The weekend after Thanksgiving, while Mrs. Richardson was still irked at Izzy, the Richardsons were due to attend a birthday party thrown by old family friends. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z As I head back to the canned-goods area, I realize I never even told her which weekend it was. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z “I take it the tournament will be keeping you pretty busy this weekend and you may not have your paper ready by Monday?” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z If they stay, I can come visit on weekends. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Eventually, on weekends, they begin to visit the homes of their parents’ friends who live in surrounding suburbs. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “Please? Conner’s camping this weekend, and Mom and Dad are going to a photography workshop on Friday night. Can you please take care of his disgusting dog? You and Jenna can stay over.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z “An invitation-only charity polo match this weekend,” Henry says over the phone. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z At least he sometimes checked whether or not I needed lunch money or what I was up to on the weekends. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z If nothing else, English and I would usually swap a few words about a party or a game from the weekend, something, anything, but today he was clearly avoiding me. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z "That friend of yours, James Mosely. The police caught him. Put him in jail over the weekend." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Bosley wanted shows that stretched over two weekends so word of mouth could promote the last two shows. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z He used to work in the garden every weekend, kneeling on a green rubber pad, obsessively inspecting every leaf as if he were manicuring fingernails. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The next weekend, Mr. Bykovski met with me and Sherman and O’Dell at the tipple machine shop to teach us the fundamentals of welding and cutting steel so that we could build our own rockets. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “I know,” she said, “I’ll ask my parents if you can come home with me one weekend. That would be fun. They’ve been dying to meet you. Score! “Have you told them about me?” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z She wanted to seem casual, but not too casual, like she normally spent the weekend knocking on strangers’ doors and asking if they were her mom. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z On weekends, Didi’s mother would sometimes ask her to bring out a plate of food to me. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Then too, compared with the women at The Maids, my Woodcrest coworkers are an enthusiastic and outgoing bunch, though the faces tend to change from one weekend to the next. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He was briefly worried he’d been wrong about what the weekend would look like, but this feels a lot more like it. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Please note that the garden is wet and so I cannot do the weeds at this time, but please be assured this task will be completed by the end of the weekend. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z She and Mom were having visitors today, and they’d been working nonstop all weekend to get the apartment ready. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z When Dad brings home the first week’s wages on a Friday night we know the weekend will be wonderful. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “You know she and that boy go see a movie every weekend.” Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z He texted me a couple of times, still trying to convince me to spend the weekend at his house, but I didn’t respond. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z I knew he loved basketball, went for long runs on the weekends, and spoke wistfully of his friends and family on Oahu. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Forced to work as a clerk in Trenton, New Jersey, a town he loathed, he hunted for evidence of Pleistocene Indians during weekends on his farmstead. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z She made the decorated pins herself, melting and molding malleable plastic into interesting shapes, seated at a picnic table in her backyard a few weekends ago. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z You won’t be leaving the unit anytime soon, except for court appearances, and the weekend visiting hours—three hours on Saturday or Sunday, parents or guardians only, no siblings. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z They keep saying they'll get together one weekend, but that Southern California is huge. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z It was the kind of place where you could smell hot dogs and burgers grilling every weekend. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z He began to drink, at first just on weekends like his father, and then on weeknights, too, and then sometimes during the day. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z School janitors take too much bossing all week to listen to an extra helping on weekends. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Have you told your parents you went to the Gem this past weekend?” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The following weekend she invites him over for dinner at her place. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Egged on by his proselytizing, other weekend bone hunters soon found similar sites with similar crude artifacts. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z A nursing home wants me on weekends for $7 an hour, starting tomorrow; The Maids is pleased to announce that I “passed” the Accutrac test and can start on Monday at 7:30 A.M. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z James’s dad was in town that weekend, so Emily would be a solo scavenger. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z That is partly because this is the Friday running right into Columbus Day weekend. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z I had the place to myself for the weekend, right through to the next. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z On weekends she takes me to market stalls, dropping off the clothes and trying to collect on last week’s goods. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z That means we have to meet after school and on the weekends to work on it. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Fridays are for celebrations because it’s the weekend and because the Delaware Valley Raptor Sanctuary is open to visitors. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z It's MLK weekend, so we don’t get back to school until Tuesday. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z “Mom, please tell me you did laundry this weekend.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Another night, a Friday night, end of November, the beginning of yet one more dull weekend at home. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Clearing his throat again, he said, “How many of you looked at a Sunday paper this weekend?” The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z “Just make sure to credit Memo! And maybe mention that he’s at Jack London Square on the weekends.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Even though it’s the weekend, I’m still kicked out of this place. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z The joy and freedom of the church Christmas doings kept my spirit up for the entire weekend. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z At first, she’d play at being angry—“I told you we were taking the weekend.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z And I spent most of the weekend holed up in my room, pleasantly wasted. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z The room is filled with kids who either own Albert Camus T-shirts or read Kafka for fun on weekends. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z Goose bumps sprouted all over her body as the conversation they’d had last weekend after Rios floated into memory. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Every weekend, when they inspected the house to make sure her builders were not stealing the materials, he never spoke of their living there, as though to absolve himself from the blasphemy. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z This was the same image he had seen all weekend long. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z On weekends, little Immie played Lego, baked cookies, and went to the American Museum of Natural History, where she loved the reptile skeletons best. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z We chose Thanksgiving weekend for the big test of our new design. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “All weekend,” I say, by way of illumination. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The close drive would make it easy to see my family on the weekends, and I promised Kia he could come visit whenever he wanted. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z She asks him to visit the following weekend, the Saturday before his birthday. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z You too much stuff to go h-h-hunt up Mr. Oyster this weekend?” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z On weekends, he enjoyed hiking on trails outside the city. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z If Mr. Griswold hadn’t been attacked, this would have been a perfect first weekend in a new place. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Cathy was with Damien all weekend, and when I saw' her last night, I didn’t give her a chance to berate me. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The evening of Saturday, July 19, 1919, was terribly hot in Washington, DC, and the city was filled with hordes of sailors and soldiers enjoying weekend passes, having just returned from the battlefields of Europe. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z “This,” he said, “is what you do on the weekends?” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z She fasted herself bone-thin: dry fasts on weekends, and on weekdays, only water until evening. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “This was the best weekend I ever had in my life, I think.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “But what are you going to do? The pageant is next weekend. I mean, you’re going to be in the paper. And then everyone will know.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Lunch is actually amazing, because Morgan and Bram both had birthdays over the long weekend, and Leah’s very strict about everyone getting their own giant sheet cake. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z So she left without seeing her little sisters, because she planned to come back on the bus, every weekend, to visit, and to bring money to help them out. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z I’m still going to watch a horror movie this weekend. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I’ve been trying to stay away from mirrors all weekend, but I’m sure my face has changed since last week. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z So I went to the market every weekend for two months to save up for Caitlin s gift. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z He had lost every penny of his wages at dice over the weekend; he had asked everyone in the yard to loan him some money—they had refused. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z On weekends, many Respectables gathered in these same spaces for relaxation and social events. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Because even if it did, they’d all be revived by the weekend. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z In the meantime, in the afternoons and on weekends, the Egypt Game was really beginning to take shape. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z I went down to spend a few days with my father, and I made it my mission: This weekend I will get to know my father. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Mondays are always hard, but on the Monday after Thanksgiving weekend you can tell nobody wants to be in school—not the kids, not the teachers, not the janitors or the lunch ladies. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Now that he was “all grown,” as Gran put it, he said he needed his weekends to relax. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry I forgot to, but I will pick you and Jaja up next weekend so we can play.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z The first two days his face got sandpapery the way it always did on weekends. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z This weekend his white beard is cropped close to his face, and he is wearing a linen safari suit. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Though it fell on a Thursday, Christmas was handled like a weekend day at prison: no programs and few runs. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It had been a long, miserable weekend, not improved any with Monday being the Fourth of July. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z By the end of the weekend, “there was no opposition.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z It’s Labor Day weekend, but don’t let that stop you. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I have been trying to interpret them as genuine weekends, as if, after spending the weekdays on futile and largely cosmetic labor, I had decided to volunteer to do something useful for a change. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z For Thanksgiving weekend my parents needed a break from me and Sammy, and we needed a break from them. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Shanti heads back to Harlem for weekends and holidays, but with both of her parents working at home, she likes studying and sleeping here better. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The Amity own about a dozen trucks that they use for transporting goods, but they only do that on weekends. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z That weekend, my sister spent a lot of time with this boy. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z You get to spend time on the weekends with Dad now, just you and him. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z We sit in the cafeteria picking at the burritos some Indiana kitchen worker has attempted to make, and she asks what I did over the weekend. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Their lives were full of plans he made—Cozumel for one night, London for a long weekend—and she sometimes took a taxi on Friday evenings after work to meet him at the airport. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z So we had to rent a hall on the weekend, a place at the community center. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z My isolation was compounded by the fact that during a weekend home visiting my parents, I had the urge to get my hair cut on a Saturday without an appointment. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z But after the weekend when I got home, I was glad to see that Christmas seemed to be coming on in the usual way. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z "Never go to the beach on the Sunday of Labor Day weekend. Especially when there's been a heat wave for more than a week." The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z It surprised him, that she could use the word “virtue” without the slightest irony, as was done in the badly written articles in the women’s section of the weekend newspapers. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “With my mother and Bianca. A weekend trip from Venice. I was maybe...six?” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Almost without exception, whether it was fleeing a storm or for a weekend vacation, Kathy and the kids had to go without Zeitoun. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z “There’s a meeting a few weekends from now that he could come to. I can get you the information.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z “Yeah, me and Mama are gonna start canning this weekend,” Stella said. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Oh, I work myself to the bone, keeping this business open seven days a week and the weekends. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Other than Ziggy’s walks, I’m supposed to stay inside the apartment for the rest of the weekend. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Every weekend, while she waited for her mom to come home, she would concoct a story: her mother was a spy, an ousted princess, a sorceress. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z One weekend when my siblings and I were visiting my father, he flew into a treacherous rage. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Roger and I drove to the tip at the weekend to throw the old ones away. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z It was the Friday evening at the end of the week following Thanksgiving, the start of a quiet weekend that precedes the Christmas season. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I figured she was just somebody who probably had a long week at work, and wanted to crack a cold brew to get her weekend started. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Would the Lakeside computer club, Rona wondered, like to test out the company’s software programs on the weekends in exchange for free programming time? Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z That would be the icebreaker I needed to talk to Tina and make her aware that I was a cool guy into alternative music who went on weekend concert trips with college students. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “No . . . but it is the weekend, in the middle of the summer.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z He said, “It won’t cost nothing. We get there at the right time, we’ll get some work inside and they’ll even pay us to be there. Jimmy from this barge did that last weekend.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z At home most weekend nights, I would pass evenings reading. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The previous weekend, we had had a school sports day. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z Even Ben was quiet, Ben who always asked Alfred how he had spent his weekend, and then winked knowingly when Alfred said he had seen some movies, watched television, and hung around. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a man who sold cha siu bao from a tiny cart on weekends, and his papa had taken him there after a morning at the Oakland Museum. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z After a while, Bobby switched to questions about the weekend’s tournament. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z And so it was that the weekend that was to have been a watershed in Dedd’s life turned into a trip down memory lane in a rented boat. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She looks at me out of the corner of her eye, and for a second she has her N-O face going, but then she says, “Maybe we can go to Big 5 this weekend.” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z The next time he is home for the weekend, his mother brings it up again. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The producer, who wanted to keep Nichols in the cast, refused her resignation, asking her to take the weekend to mull it over. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Sure, it was a weekend, but the ad man offered to come in when they told him how many billboards they wanted to rent. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z Which is why I spent all weekend clearing piles of clothes and papers out of the living room, piling everything into my closet in one giant, precarious stack. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z After a few seconds of the other girls looking at the images, I got tired of waiting for them to ask how my weekend was. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z He remembered Murdock had bought the tickets so he could spend time with his daughter on the one weekend a month he got to see her. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z “By the way, we know Miss Jupiter’s birthday is this weekend. She turned us down because she said it’s ‘tradition’ to hang out with you.” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z After we finished our meeting, not deciding anything else except what time we were going to meet the following weekend, the boys went home. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “My uncle is coming. I saw him down the road by the mango tree,” I told Esther the first weekend after his initial visit. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z “You know, most kids would love to be left home alone for a whole weekend.” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z On Monday morning, the day after Easter Sunday, Emma received the letters from the weekend, which told a very different story from the telegram. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z With her back still to me, she says matter-of-factly, “But we’re going to be away that weekend. I need to go back to work now, and I suggest you do the same.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z But, Dad, I shouldn’t have to read on the weekend. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z On the main road the weekend spectacle strolled before them. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Later in life, his enthusiastic enjoyment of weekend skiing and hiking often would be evidenced by his limping into the lab on crutches come Monday. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z That weekend, however, spurred on by his new mania for observation, Chapter Eleven took a new interest in me. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “It sucks being here alone on the weekend. All my friends are gone,” I said. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I, Sirius Black, Harry Potter’s godfather, hereby give him permission to visit Hogsmeade on weekends. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, I spend my weekends alone, holed up in a room with my Singer sewing machine. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “First Hogsmeade weekend,” said Ron, pointing at a notice that had appeared on the battered old bulletin board. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z I made Dad take me back every weekend for, like, a year. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z Now he spends half of the summer, every other weekend, Tuesday and Thursday nights and some holidays with his dad. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Your father and I have decided you won’t be playing this weekend. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Nobody seems to remember that I have a piano recital the second weekend of June. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z “Well, this weekend, maybe. But normally there’s just a parking lot.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Since Henry had started playing Daddy, Naomi had seen Wash almost every weekend. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The General came more often, even on some weekends, bringing her hot water bottles, herbal pills, things he had heard were good for pregnancy. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z They took us to the movies, on sightseeing tours to Chinatown in San Francisco, and away for weekends at their summer cottage at Inverness. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z Aimee’s family had already sold their house, so for the weekend of the bat mitzvah they got to stay in the Drake Hotel. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z “I don’t. This is where my dad lived before John and I were born. We come on the weekends.” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z The rain stayed soft over the weekend, quiet, so I was able to sleep well. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z And each weekend, they didn’t mind my catching a ride over to Lansing for the afternoon or evening. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Too bad for him I’ve got plans to check the free exchange spot at the dump this weekend. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z My parents, Kia, and I had taken a weekend trip to Carmel, a quaint beach town about ninety minutes away from our house. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z I spend the weekend working on my portfolio. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I walk Mister Pugsly every afternoon and twice a day on the weekends. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z Of course, he doesn’t realize I have more than one truth to tell this weekend. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z One evening he announced that on the next day he was going to Mexico to buy food for the weekend. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “No problem. Just thought I could vent with my best friend about the weekend everyone found out we’re gay. Obviously not.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z I thought of the rare weekends when Appa was away and Amma had enough energy to join us so we could cook a meal together. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z On weekends, O’Dell and his brothers helped out on the truck and saw just about every kind of stuff there was in Coalwood, one time or another. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z She had work to do over the weekend, and the kids had plans, and she always came back from those trips more exhausted than when she’d left. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z I nod and thank him and tell him to have a nice weekend, but as Fiona starts pushing me toward the door, he asks, “How are your parents doing with all this?” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z I enjoyed one extraordinary privilege during our detention: weekend trips to Johannesburg. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “I think that would be great, Maisie. You’re going to have so much free time, once school is out tomorrow. And after we come back from our little weekend trip, of course.” The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z It was that weekend too at one of our lingering departure scenes that I learned where he'd gotten his odd, ornate name. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z The weekend before the assembly Monday morning Yoyo went into a panic. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z I spent a weekend visiting Craig at Princeton, where he seemed to have slipped into a productive rhythm of playing basketball, taking classes, and hanging out at a campus center designed for minority students. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “We’re not going to play this weekend. You play the weekend after—you will have been together one week. So five years against one week.” Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z On the weekends, it was filled with roller skaters and Frisbee players and jugglers and mimes with their faces painted white. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I replied that I would try to send it that weekend. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Brody works as a birthday clown on weekends, so lots of kids have known him since they were toddlers. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Because she had made sure the weekend was quiet, he came along—as always, at the last minute. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z It was a ghost town on the weekend, with only a few cars and the occasional passersby. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “Thank you, sir. I told Uncle Jimmy to stand by. That I might need him this weekend.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z He promised me he was going to take me there one day, hut he said it would have to be on a holiday because I couldn’t miss school and he doesn’t work on the weekends. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Every weekend, I’d pay my bill—anywhere from fifty to even one hundred dollars, if I had really plunged on some hunch. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z And things just continued along from day to day in their usual way Wed played poker a couple more times, always on Sunday nights, because that’s when the guys got back from their weekends. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “We’re in the studio the next couple weekends, but we can go out during the week somewhere. Around here. To the Mexican place?” If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z That weekend, her mother turned all her energy towards helping Yoyo write her speech. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z “The River Run is the first weekend in November. I did five miles with forty pounds this morning.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z “Why did you go to that Goat Rocks place last weekend ... to hunt? Charlie said it wasn’t a good place to hike, because of bears.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z “My mom’s working all weekend, and I got tired of playing video games so I thought I’d walk over and see if you were here.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Most of the girls collected bottles and worked weekends in greasy spoons. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Twig, Dari, and I spent the rest of the weekend discussing our egg drop plans—except Wednesday, which is now officially Doris Day, unfortunately. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I longed for the weekends when I could go horseback riding. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Here I am, seventeen years old, and I take business trips for the weekend, speak on the same stage as Hillary Clinton, fly back home, and go to school the next day. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “You going to be okay this weekend? I hate leaving you alone on your birthday.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z As far as the phone thing went, I just wanted to call Annie, who was home for the weekend. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z One weekend, the washing machine is occupied because Sonia is in the process of dyeing the vast majority of her clothing black. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The accident happened on the Saturday night of a weekend when Dad had visiting privileges. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad stopped attending due to working on the weekends. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z She usually left for her weekend on Saturday mornings, but she’d asked my mother if she could work overtime. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z “Tomorrow’s Saturday. Does being smart take the weekend off?” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z “First, I’m sorry again about not telling you sooner. Second, I want to tell Dee everything so she can come with us next weekend. Is that okay with you guys?” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z Nonetheless, neither of us had any hesitation in breaking off work for the weekend. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Before they left, they gave her a copy of Life magazine full of wonderful stories and pictures of the weekend. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Who was Paul Ellis after all but a nearly illiterate linthead who barely provided for his own family and who drank himself to sleep nearly every weekend night. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z “You’re really going to make me go alone with Dad this weekend?” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z “Don’t worry about it. She wants you to visit her this weekend, to spend the night. She said it’s time for you two to try again, especially with Cassie’s death. She’s very worried about you.” Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z Roy Lee thought he was pretty much girl bait, and I guess he was, seeing as how he had a date nearly every weekend. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Postage to America now cost fourteen Zim dollars—two weekends' worth of tips. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z I knew all about it: plaid skirts and rolling green lawns and trips to some seaside town on the weekends. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z When I was little, my parents used to pull me out of school early for a long weekend of hiking or camping. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “She was here this past weekend since her folks was out of town.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I looked forward to weekends, when my brother, Papá, and I worked together. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z We leave the big island with crowds of office workers going home early for the weekend. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z It was indeed odd, Harry thought, that Bagman was here at the Three Broomsticks on a weekend when there was no Triwizard event, and therefore no judging to be done. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Then I’d have the whole weekend to fix my feelings before I had to go back to school and all the kids there. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “There’s a memorial service for Scott next weekend.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z He had a limitless capacity for being everywhere, for appearing on the flight line when he was supposed to be signing weekend passes. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Every weekend I come home with more money than I could make after a month of working in the fields for Mariana and Alfonso. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m going down to see Grace at the weekend and I’ll look in the boxes for your Housman. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I tell her what I told Levi last weekend. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z On Friday nights Ty'ree let me watch it as much as I wanted as long as I took one weekend day for homework. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z Finally, at the end of the weekend, the time came for us to go home. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z He kept griping and groaning about losing her cooking—and more important, his ’78 Camaro—for the whole weekend. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z But she did not mind, for he would be back at the weekend, and one day he would be home forever and not an unkind word would be spoken. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z On week-days, of course, the boy had to get to bed early, but over the weekends Papa Bellini let him take his part in helping out with the family business. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z “I'm coming up this weekend,” she told him. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z On that July morning, her weekend bag already packed for Massachusetts, she was making scrambled eggs when the phone rang. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z They were also playing more shows, to larger and larger crowds, almost every weekend. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I was an almost in second grade after I spent a whole weekend practicing my sounding-out words so I could move up to the red reading group. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z I squeezed it inside a toilet-paper roll and let it dry under the hot-water heater until the next weekend. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Usually I only thought of fishing on weekends, but it was true that school was over. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z This project was conceived one hot weekend in the Berkshires, where Soma was visiting an old friend, a University of Pennsylvania sociologist named Frank Furstenberg. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z As drunk as Pop Pop is during the week, he gets me to church every weekend and makes sure I study hard to make straight As. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z If something were to happen over the weekend that resulted in another delay of the Mother Paula’s project, Curly would be fired as foreman. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I witnessed firsthand Megan’s subtle teases about me in the backseat of that same car as we all drove back to school from our weekends. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Think about what you know—how the mornings always come too quickly and the weekends don’t last long enough. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z One weekend we received passes to go into the city. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z “Yeah,” I say, but for once I don’t want to think about the weekend, because we’re moving out of our house on Sunday. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Dari started sketching out new diagrams and structures—building off Twig’s wild ideas—and we made a plan to test the top two designs this weekend. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Nothing much going on here this weekend, other than the fact that every freaking thing in the universe reminds me of you. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z Or that time we went to Maine for a weekend and the Catholic Church there was closed from flooding. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I was going to Andrea’s for the weekend and I would see what she thought. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z And the location of the camp, thirty miles southeast of Farmville, meant that she lived in worker housing during the week and got back home only on weekends. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z “We could make the backyard into an outdoor playhouse on the weekends in summer and run a play a night.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z I started working on weekends, carrying luggage for people at the nearby bus depot. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “You could come with me to New York one weekend or somethin’.” Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Does he care that Heather has two basketball games this weekend? Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z Manman had insisted that we arrive on a weekend so that I could start school the following Monday. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z A few times on weekends, I’ve sat reading by the front door, thinking they might ask me to go with them on one of their zoo trips or after-running pancake extravaganzas, but they never do. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z He dies there, on the dirty, burgundy carpet of Pizza Hut, for a few sessions of mediocre sex with a used-up who does nails on the weekend for extra cash. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z He was dark-haired with an afternoon shadow on his chin, which is what Dad says he gets at weekends when he has a day off shaving. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z This was the last weekend before The Week From Hell. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps as a result, her last report to Donovan detailed exactly what that work had involved, as well as the long night and weekend hours her team had put in. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Over the weekend I work on the Ibo slave-ship painting and try to catch up on some homework. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Maya was going to be home that weekend, but it wasn’t like I’d get to see her while I was grounded. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z Both of them were nervous travelers: their parents had been killed in a car accident, on a weekend drive up to Washington, and they were edgy for days before they had to go anywhere themselves. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “What do you mean, what happened to him? He comes to visit me every weekend.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z We’re not even on our front stoop when Janae says to me with a giant smile, “He’s taking me out this weekend!” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z That weekend, I filled out the scholarship applications and took them to Mr. Penney on Monday morning during my study hall period. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Gonna be a swell weekend, you say, saluting the sun, wishing you had snuck out earlier and avoided the blah blah blah. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “This was probably the best weekend of my life.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z Over the weekend, we print our flyers out and hang them up around the building. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z “Over the weekend the coup in Saigon took place,” he said. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z It was a Wednesday afternoon in September, just before Labor Day weekend. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Are you still heading up to New York this weekend? Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Charlie, unused to spending time in the usually empty house, worked most of the weekend. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z “Watch your diet. You have a gymnastics meet next weekend. You need to stay trim.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z “But if you want, we can go shopping this weekend.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z It was Tuesday; two days before the game, three days before the weekend that I hoped would change my life. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I can remember when we used to visit her there on weekends when my grandmother first got custody of us. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I shove Maria's pink blouse and some other clothes into my weekend bag and throw on the green sweater. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “Our brother school, River Vale, is right across the lake, and we have socials and dances and whatever with them all the time. Almost every other weekend.” The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z I spent the rest of the weekend wondering what I was going to say to Miles on Monday. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z “If the Under Thirteens win this weekend, they have you to thank,” Luma told the Fifteens after the game. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z “I was looking for someone who could keep up on the weekends.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “I’m up at West Oakland High. We just met on the train last weekend.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z For us, a family vacation is staying at a local hotel with a swimming pool for a weekend. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z That weekend with my sister was so much more meaningful than a night with a Stoner boy who thought I was "cool." Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z They had gone one weekend to visit Bengali friends who lived in Queens. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He took Clara on a second honeymoon to the same places where they had spent the first, and on weekend escapades to a hotel, but it was all useless. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Greene gave us a lot of homework over the weekend and Glen told him that he wouldn’t have a chance to get it done because of the ball game. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Baxter even got her brother to hire Mama to help count inventory on the weekends. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z I was going to spend the weekend at my best friends house. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z After open gym, it was officially the weekend and time for spending serious money. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z “I’ll put in some extra work at the library this weekend. This is far more important,” Berry said. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “I think maybe if I sleep again, we can start by going dancing. We better wait for the weekend to go to the mountains. I have School™. You don’t.” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes he is in Montreal for the weekend, where they have much better restaurants and decent wines. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “Maybe the rabbi will let us reschedule for next weekend.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z This is pretty much what we do all weekend, especially since it’s still cold outside. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z “At my friend’s house. Her parents are away this weekend. You can drive, okay? My car is literally falling apart.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z Back when she only had me and Trey on weekends, she’d only get as far as the driveway. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z The place is empty except for the pickup trucks and trailers at the other end of the parking lot that belong to the horse people who come and ride the trails on the weekends. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z Ralph, whose weekend had been so long and so lonely, felt such a surge of joy and relief at the sound of school buses that he skittered back to Room 5 in a forgiving mood. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z “I trust you spent the weekend in contemplation, Mr. Morales.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Every weekend he comes up to the family place in Licey. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m going to cram this weekend. After Chicago.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z I want to go up into the mountains with you for a weekend. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Passengers spilled out, carrying their folded newspapers and canvas weekend bags and brightly colored coats. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z It was risky meeting him while Audrey was playing detective, but I wanted to see him, especially since I’d turned down his offer for the weekend. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z They had known each other since seventh grade and spent weekends at each other’s homes. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z With great patience, Sofía created a weekend that would offend no one. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z “You spend five days in a row with them, and now its the weekend and you still can’t get rid of them.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Hey, how was your day? he would get sometimes after school, or a Did you see that new movie? last weekend. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z The last weekend in September, he was told the time had come: he would be leaving Vietnam the next day. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z He was playing by then in a Biddy Basketball league that had games every weekend and apparently had already tamed his nerves around performing. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z This trip happened every weekend for a while. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “The women are like the rulers,” Kelsey said on a drive with her father during a weekend soccer tournament in Columbus, Georgia. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z We didn’t have access to the dance rooms at school over winter break, and we were really sick of the cardboard boxes we’d used on weekends, so we splurged on an upgrade. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z I was immersed in fantasies about my quiet, safe weekend. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z When he visited, on weekends, and sometimes weekdays after work, he played with us, read the comics aloud, or took us for walks. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Because it was Saturday, Levy Pants had ceased its assaults upon the concept of free enterprise for the weekend. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z On Saturday morning, July 3, an enthusiastic crowd of four thousand people crowded along both sides of Twenty-Fifth Street in Newport News, kicking off their Fourth of July holiday weekend. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z And at leisure—a weekend guest in Connecticut; at a cocktail party in Bel Air. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z On the weekend of Pearl Harbor, after a tense phone call, an agreement was reached: Elizebeth would report to the Navy. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “And since his birthday is this weekend,” Mrs. Morehouse continues, “his father and I knew this would be the perfect present for him.” Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “Mother went to Washington over the weekend and parked her beast in my apartment. It’s really quite sweet. But such nasty habits. Do you have a dog?” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Dari’s already done with his worksheet, of course, and I’m realizing now that the answers were probably in our reading from this weekend, which I didn’t do. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Mother and son had gone for a weekend vacation to Montauk, but left hastily, under mysterious circumstances. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z “You could even stay at the house, do a little tarpon fishing with me and your cousins on the weekends.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Malia was happy at her University of Chicago Laboratory School, making friends and loading up her own little calendar with birthday parties and swim classes on weekends. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z This weekend, for instance, I should have been studying for my math test, but Dad and I went bowling and I just never got around to doing that. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z Chapter Eleven heard the seriousness in Milton’s voice and agreed to start coming down on weekends and staying in his old bedroom. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I waved goodbye to the other patients—my friends, as strange and as absurdly normal as that was—as we passed the rec room, the place where I’d spent every weekend for months with Miles. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z The weekend is over, and Monday has come with wind and rain. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “Phhh. Well, you tell her it’s a real Fourth of July picnic. It’s what we dream a doing all weekend, get back in they houses to polish they silver,” I say. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z By Friday, when the court recessed for the weekend, the state had completed its case, which included the appearance of four Special Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Washington, D.C. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z The final version was ready to be typed on the last weekend of March. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z It's one of those weekends where I don't leave the house at all—literally—except briefly with Mom to go to the White Hen. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z On the weekends, I showed old Japanese monster flicks, along with some vintage anime. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z I knew we were having a big math test tomorrow, which I hadn’t studied for over the weekend like I was supposed to. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z “There’s a giant art festival in Fountain Hills next weekend,” I said. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I gaped in amazement as he declared that he had picked me up from a home in Brandon and had taken me to spend the weekend with them. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Anything, anything was better than that long, cold, miserable weekend, and perhaps Ryan had found a way of repairing the motorcycle. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z “And we’d like to do something fun together, next weekend, as a family.” Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z The following weekend, however, it snowed again, then two days later much harder, and by the end of that week the ground had been clamped under snow for the winter. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z I remember one particular weekend morning when my dad forced me to walk to the grocery store to buy my sister ginger ale, since she had a stomach virus. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z This was the kid who used to toddle over to my bed at 6 o’clock every weekend morning to pull on my blankets so I’d get up and watch cartoons with him. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z My parents were away for the weekend, and my grandmother was in charge of watching us. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z “And I’ve been meaning to tell you there’s another apartment setup happening this weekend. Salma Auntie and I thought you kids could help.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z Let’s just try to have a marvellous time this weekend. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z Visiting hours were only on weekends and no one ever came to see me anyway so I was surprised when the hospital guard rapped on my door one weekday afternoon and unlocked it. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Dad and I practiced soccer in the arena together early on weekend mornings when it was cool outside. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “Can we get through this weekend without you all tearing each other down? You think we can save some of that for the other teams?” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z It was Saturday, but Dad was at his office as he often was on the weekend. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Burning through hundreds of thousands of dollars was easier on the weekend than on a weekday. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z Lily usually sleeps until at least ten on the weekends. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z I would have to forge my own memories of that weekend that didn't include hating myself and wondering every second what my friends were doing. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z And I took a microphone and yelled out, “My name is N-n-nate F-f-foster, and this weekend I accepted Jesus Christ as my savior.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z The trooper had no way of looking into that on a weekend. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z I thought my routine must be like a soldier’s fighting in wartime, only I was lucky enough to have weekends in another world. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Every weekend from now till the end of June,” Grace answers. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z The talks went on for three or four weekends with me discussing various nuclear yields and how the bombs worked and frankly how insane it all was, and she was so kind to me. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I thought about the time me, Diego and my old man went to Santa Cruz the weekend before he got shipped out. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Dad bought a souped-up old Ford Fairlane that winter, and one weekend when the weather got cold, he announced that we were going swimming at the Hot Pot. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Five years in my past, my father used to take me and Charlie deep-sea fishing on the weekends. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z I was afraid the office would be closed on the weekend, but there was a lady behind the desk. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Lou had just returned from spending a weekend with Beck Weathers in Dallas. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z She grins, then explains, “Louise is planning a girls’ weekend for us. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z He and his dad drove to Peoria, Illinois, one weekend when Colin was eleven to visit Colin's great-great-aunt Esther, who was in a coma at the time and therefore not very good company. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z So we made a tentative agreement that the day after his projected return from Mississippi, he would fly upstate to visit for a weekend with me. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The pay from Roberto’s part-time janitorial job and our earnings working in the fields on weekends were not enough to get us through. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z This was the first weekend after they’d moved into the house; by then the mantel had already filled up considerably, and they had bickered about it in the car on the way down. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Like when my sister’s first boyfriend started going around with another girl and my sister cried for the whole weekend. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z On Fridays, I stay up late making sambo sandwiches to sell at parties and games over the weekend. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Initially she’d tolerated his silences at the dinner table, his indifference in bed, his need to speak to his mother and Sonia every evening, and to visit them, on weekends, without her. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z A lot of the Blacks that I had met in those twelve weekends were there. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z My dad's driving in from Savannah this weekend, and we're doing the traditional Hotel Hanukkah. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z “Edward,” I emphasized, “is not going to help me study. He’s gone away somewhere for the weekend.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z I’d hate to be old and lame and never do anything fun on weekends. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z At the beginning, I had faithfully answered those letters each weekend. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “The boys got you another rocket all ready to go. How about you loading it and let’s fire it off this weekend?” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z From what Grace says, Ms. Washington really wanted to be in Bye Bye Birdie, but she has an out-of-town wedding the opening weekend and would’ve missed half the performances. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z They are home for the weekend, Stuart told me earlier, their first since they moved to Washington. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Nation and I began working after school as well as weekends in order to help feed our family. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z The Courters also planned a gathering in their home for friends and family over the weekend. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z The following weekend, he encounters the dealer on the street. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z It was a pair of green shorts and a green shirt, which I wore every day and washed twice a week, on Wednesday and then again on the weekend. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Shirley spent the weekend after Thanksgiving writing a ten-page letter to her cousins in Chinese describing her debut onstage as a turkey. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z She looked quite stunning as she walked across the dining room to the table, not at all unlike a girl on the qui vive appropriate to a big college weekend. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z It was wonderful to feel a chill in the air again, but every weekend I felt less and less enthusiastic about getting out of bed to go out there. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I’d moved out of Fang's on the weekend and had been hanging at my place Sunday afternoon when my parents were due back. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z I heard while spying that she and Courtney Barrett have been riding bikes down to the boardwalk on weekends, where they see who can kiss more boys. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z “No one I know does. We can’t wait for the weekends. That’s when we can have fun, go shopping, and . It was the girls’ turn to be shocked. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Then the jeans went in the bin, except for one pair of impeccable, dark blue Levi’s, which Dad ironed and wore on weekends. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Impulsively, Emily said, “Maybe I could show you. Want to go scavenging this weekend?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z This could easily ruin what I was convinced would be the best weekend of my life. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z But Monday came, and the long holiday weekend was over. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z Several times that weekend around the supper table, he recited his own high school valedictorian speech. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z “So you get weekends off,” joked Rowan—trying to add a little nervous levity to the discussion. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z My coach suggested practicing at home, so I started doing that with my dad on weekends. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z This is the first weekend in months that they haven’t made plans. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z The militia would remain on guard until the following weekend. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z We used to picnic there in blossom time, on weekends, if we got a wind-free day. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z We’d work out our feelings, I figured, when Barack came back to Chicago, when the weather warmed up, when we had the luxury of spending weekends together again. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z We made solid eye contact at least four times throughout the weekend, so I think it's pretty on point to say that he was in love with me. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Asking both my parents to come out this weekend seemed impossible. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z Like imagine some heina’s acting all mad ’cause Diego forgot it was her birthday or he didn’t call her all weekend even though he swore to God he would. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z So ours is a world of pain—managed by Excedrin and Advil, compensated for with cigarettes and, in one or two cases and then only on weekends, with booze. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z While she talked about the outfit she was planning on buying at the mall that weekend, I wondered what the guys were doing. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z His living room floor is like a beach after the weekend. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “After a couple weeks at my place this summer? Your closest friend? Not even possible. I should have asked you to leave after the first weekend.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “The hurry is because we can’t count on many more nice weekends.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “I’m taking Miles and Takumi home for the weekend to New Hope,” the Colonel told him. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z The fair prompted President Harrison to designate October 12 a national holiday, Columbus Day, which today serves to anchor a few thousand parades and a three-day weekend. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Every weekend, Mack and Helen took me in their convertible to a fast-food restaurant, where they ordered me French fries and a strawberry shake. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z When I came home from the weekend and told my parents I wanted to permanently join the youth group, my dad said I wasn't allowed. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z My father wore it that weekend, and then some days I’d come home from school to see it on my mother or on Nation. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “Butter my cheeks and call me a biscuit, you were incredible last weekend,” she said, and sighed in awe. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z “We have two big games this weekend against the Thunder,” Webb says. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z I flopped across Aunt Florentine’s bed, resigned to a weekend of misery. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I played it with Carlos and my younger brothers, Trampita, Torito, and Ruben, on school days when I had no homework, and on weekends when I was not too tired from working in the fields. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z “What about working for me on weekends? I can pay you $1.25 an hour.” Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z I start my day at 5:35 AM with inventory for next weekend’s jobs, which are listed on a roster next to the inventory clipboard. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z I made reservations at the resort for our weekend vacation. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z A few of the kids have decided to kick off their weekends by hurling volleyballs at the giant clock. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I overheard him tell Edna that his mom took his phone away for the whole weekend because Miss McDaniels told her that he had been breaking school rules when he got hurt. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Lynn and Amber begged Uncle to take us camping that weekend, and he agreed. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z I trudge upstairs while a flood of people race down, on their way to the weekend. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z Even though it’s only Saturday morning, he’s already done his homework for the weekend. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z Of course, it would be a big weekend. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d thought about this all weekend— when I wasn’t thinking about Penny. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z “I used to go every couple of weeks. I haven’t been in months. My grandma goes every weekend though.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Claire paused before saying, “Well, I mean, that sucks, but at least you’ll see your dad next Tuesday, right? It’s just a few days. Maybe you can spend more time with him next weekend.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Family car to get us out of here on weekends. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z I figured weekends had to be a common bond. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z I liked meeting at his locker between classes and always having plans for the weekend. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z “I knew it. We were your plan B for this weekend.” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z “I like to garden on the weekends. You’ll need tools to dig up the treasure. This, too.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z We cooked Monday through Thursday and then took the weekend off. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z We were permitted out in the courtyard at all hours during the weekend. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z On weekends and after dinner, we delivered many potted violets. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z “Now. For the weekend. Didn’t you get my message?” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z For advice I turn to Mrs. Finestein next door, for whom I baby-sit on weekends. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z It was many evenings and weekends before Shirley realized the treasure her father had mined from the basement. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z Grandma lived and worked on the outskirts of Atlanta, but she would stay with them at least one weekend every month. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z He was a “weekend alcoholic”—in his case, a long-weekend alcoholic— who battled over which version of himself he preferred, the drunk one or the sober one. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z “Why don’t you and Angel come over this weekend. It’s been a while.” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Driving back to the church from his weekend job, my father saw Wendell standing in the street. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z On weekends they wander naked from room to room, up and down the five flights of stairs. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z She listened to them complain about how boring their upcoming weekend would be because they were going to the community pool again, and then they started talking about a dance class they took together. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z You’ve even both been up here on many a weekend in the last couple of years, and though we’ve talked and talked and talked, we’ve all agreed not to say a word. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z “There’s a pageant tryout in Omaha this weekend. Thought we could go see what all the fuss is about.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z “What I heard is that they’re going to unveil it at the festival next weekend,” Lucas said, standing up as well. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z Dad will wear a shirt without a collar, and even jeans on weekends, but he sends them to the cleaner’s, so there’s a crease down the center of each leg, like Sunday pants. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z Over the weekend, Mom bought me this special sunscreen. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z He didn’t tell his boss that he couldn’t work this weekend. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z But it was my father, a weekend mountaineer, who taught me to climb. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “I thought I could come up on the weekend, though.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z “I didn’t get a chance to talk to you, since I missed church this weekend. I can’t believe you played me on Friday. You didn’t need to rush outta there like that.” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Enough for him to have something to eat over the weekend and for light suppers for Julie all week. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Give up her evenings and weekends and friends—all the elements of her old world—and replace them with KIPP. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z “If it’s as cold next weekend as today, Miss Love, we cain’t go anywhere anyhow.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z It was the weekend when Jam finally decided to go and look at it, while her parents were out getting groceries. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z But at about 5 o’clock, as everybody else in my office was leaving for the weekend to go home to their families, I realized that... Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I see a word I heard for the first time this weekend. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “I just felt bad leaving you. And then when I didn’t hear back from you all weekend...” Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z My uncle, a senior consultant surgeon in a huge London hospital, came home most weekends. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z “Dull and perfectly pleasant. We live for the evenings and weekends. When are you going to come?” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z On weekends we often took hikes beyond the fence. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z “Is your family taking you to the circus this weekend?” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Instead of going out for a picnic in the park or a roller coaster ride in Coney Island on the weekends, the whole family comes to visit me now. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z And she leaned over, just slightly, into the space between us, like we were playing that game that got us both so frustrated over the weekend. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z He moved boulders around his yard on weekends, ate twelve ears of corn in one sitting, and kept barrels full of oysters in his garage so he could shuck and eat them anytime he wanted. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z The Hillside Inn, perched on a grassy rise like an oversized farmhouse, was the perfect setting for the flock of pink-and-green-clad women who had convened for a weekend of planning and friendship. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z For me, it was reminiscent of the weekends I’d spent as a child trailing my dad as he climbed up all those porch steps, going about his duties as a precinct captain. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Flights that leave on Wednesday or Thursday tend to cost less than those that leave closer to weekends. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “No. I’m just here for the weekend. Visiting my cousin.” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z The job at Langley was a full-time position and required a six-day workweek at an office too far away to come home on weekends, as she had done during the summer at Camp Pickett. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z “We have to go back to Orocovis tomorrow to pick up produce for the market this coming weekend. You can come with us if you like.” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z “A Hogsmeade branch, you know, but a fat lot of good it’ll do us if you lot aren’t allowed out at weekends to buy our stuff anymore… But never mind that now.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z She thought of the forum messages she’d read last weekend, when Mr. Griswold was first mugged, and that Book Scavenger user who had said they should enjoy Book Scavenger while they could. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “Where have you been? I’ve been texting you all weekend. Are you okay?” Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z On long, lazy weekend afternoons, afternoons when the air was translucent and still and full of the smell of burning leaves, they rented canoes again and paddled around in Portage Bay. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Some folks may not like the idea of working on a weekend, but it never felt like work to Aru. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Mom spent the weekend at the hospital with Penny, sleeping on a cot in her room. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z “Here’s a thought. Why don’t you get started on the readings this weekend and think about the materials for the map on Monday? It isn’t due for a while.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z “Why don’t you rest, Abuela? You look tired. We can work on mine this weekend.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The kid and the geezer base- balled their lunchtimes away, and the after-dinner- times and weekends. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z She bounces again, saying, “Tomorrow would be perfect! It’s Friday. One day, then the weekend...You can get your feet wet, you know?” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z After that, we came to the quarters every other weekend to study that kind of music on television. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Carrying his camera and tape recorder, he and others on the Eye Care team journeyed out in a Land Rover during the week, seeing patients, then returned to Port-au-Prince on weekends. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z He said a quick prayer and gently unfurled the negatives from the roll of film he’d shot over the weekend. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z From the moment I pressed the firing button the following weekend, I knew it was our best rocket yet. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z It was a coup for the youngest daughter to have gathered the scattered family in the Midwest for a weekend. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z A small weekend crowd of Chinese people and tourists would gather as I played and defeated my opponents one by one. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The forklift king actually showed up for work the previous weekend and had sailed the blades through a stack of Apple boxes. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z It was a ghost town on the weekend, with only a few cars and the occasional passersby. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “I’m picking up my mother for a dentist appointment before she goes home for the weekend.” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Competitions generally fell on the weekends, and we usually had to travel out of state for those. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z When your mom is only your mom on weekends and holidays, she’s just one step up from being a stranger. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Every helical staircase I saw that weekend in Oxford made me more confident that other biological structures would also have helical symmetry. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z On a Saturday morning in late 1949, he called an urgent staff meeting to outline the concept, unnerving not a few staff members roused from their slumbers by the unexpected weekend alert. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Anyway I just got your beautiful letter and I love you to pieces, distraction, etc., and can hardly wait for the weekend. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z All weekend, people came in waves to our home. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z The room smells of old books and last night’s fire and, faintly, something savory from the kitchen—it’s Friday; Terry must be cooking for the weekend. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z I made up some excuse about it being a bad weekend for my family. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z The staff had no choice but to arrange weekend trips to the city center so that we would stop going on our own. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z He was about to leave me totally alone that weekend. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Until this year, we practically lived at each other’s houses on the weekends. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z “On weekends I stay with him sometimes, and some holidays. I was there for Christmas. He gave me that Polaroid camera.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “I forgot to tell you, but Victoria Lyons invited me to Hannah’s birthday party next weekend.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Music and movie guides are dominated by data on how much money a work grossed the weekend it was released, or how many weeks it spent in the theaters or on the charts. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Love always, Charlie November 18, 1991 Dear friend, My brother finally called yesterday, and he can’t make it home for any part of Thanksgiving weekend because he is behind on school because of football. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z For the next two weeks, Roberto and I worked picking carrots and thinning lettuce after school and on weekends when it did not rain. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z "I thought you was at your cousin's house for the weekend." Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z Oh, well, I thought, I’ve got all weekend, buddy, and by the time we get back to Pine Mountain she won’t even know you exist. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “You can find work here in Lagos and travel down to see him during weekends.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z If he didn’t get any on Friday at Morse, he had two choices: either to go without eating all weekend or without supper the following week. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z “The Red Cross is having a blood drive in Port Angeles next weekend, so I thought you should all know your blood type.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Then I remembered Mr. Jeffries, my art teacher, telling us about an art festival in a town called Fountain Hills that was happening next weekend. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “I texted you a few times this weekend.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z So with one thing and another, Harry was quite glad to reach the weekend. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z “But Dylan and Samantha are back in town this weekend and are coming over later.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Besides, his weekends would be his own to spend at his aunt Maria Teresa and his uncle Leandro’s house. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z So Curt asked her to spend the weekend in Baltimore. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “Let’s go to Paris tomorrow!” he said one weekend. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z These are the questions Mami asks us every little while all weekend until Roli finally puts on his headphones and draws the curtains. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The weekend goes by fast and is mostly full of homework and volunteer work with Mrs. Malloy. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Mom commented, “That’s it, Paul. We have to get you some new clothes this weekend. Definitely.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The weekend after Easter, we celebrated my birthday with a Sweet Sixteen party. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z “She lives over on Pacific with my auntie, but Saturdays she usually comes here because my cousins have weekend tournaments and stuff. You know how that is.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “Did you want to go to Central Park some weekend soon?” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z What if he didn't see her all weekend? Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z There were to be several sessions of the test administered over the weekend; they made plans for Reynie to attend the very first session. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z The rest of the family lives in apartments, so on weekends my uncles gather there to watch football and eat themselves sick. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z This meant that out of the whole weekend there was only Sunday afternoon left over for full baseball teams. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Even the Weekday Warriors, who got to go home every weekend, had beer and liquor stashed everywhere from toilet tanks to the bottoms of dirty- clothes hampers. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z And at the weekend I make up my own timetable and I write it down on a piece of cardboard and I put it up on the wall. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I’d been asking her to meet me at Listening Rock for three weekends straight, ever since school had started again, and finally, she’d said she could. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z She tells me vaguely about her weekend and asks me vaguely about my weekend. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z While the three girls run around, I retire to Roger’s room and do his weekend homework the best that I can. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z It’s just that when I started coming to Lanternwood more on the weekends, I missed a lot of stuff. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z When our father had paid for our school, we had seen her on weekends over the holidays when we were back home. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z He proudly displayed his new diploma at home, excitedly mounting it one weekend in a frame he’d bought the week he received his test scores. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z “Your father and Bubbe and I talked this weekend,” she says. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z So I had the whole weekend to think about everything. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z I take her hand and lead her in the back door and to the kitchen table, where Mom is sitting reading the weekend section of the paper. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z That weekend, we don’t go to the park, but we do ride bikes down to the pier at Red Hook. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z She listened to them complain about how boring their upcoming weekend would be because they were going to the community pool again, and then they started talking about a dance class they took together. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Apart from movies, weekends were constructed around some new Net or Web project—trying out a just-purchased game, downloading new software, collecting and listening to music, installing a new operating system. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Those bars fill up with a rowdy bunch, especially on the weekend.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z “Can I take the permit test this weekend?” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z He always put Obinze’s name up for the outside work that paid better, always asked if he wanted to work weekends, which was double time, always asked about girls. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z That weekend we moved to Five Points, and I never saw my friend again. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Even though I didn’t hang out with these girls on the weekends, we were a tight bunch of Black women who lived in the dorm together. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Tonight, they are parking overnight in the lot of the Methodist church, where the people of Marengo have the flea market on the weekends. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Commons was deserted except for a couple of haggard old janitors and the red-wigged lady who sat at the switchboard and knitted all weekend, paying no attention to the incoming calls. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z On the weekends when he was allowed to leave his boarding school, he would visit the three Mora sisters in their old mill to study various occult sciences. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Alaska came shortly after, having told the Eagle she was spending the weekend with Jake. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z He and his dad go feed the homeless on the weekends, and once a month Caleb volunteers at the senior citizens home. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z They all had lunch at school every day, but with the weekend coming, and the end of the school year not that far off, he wasn’t sure how they’d manage. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z I told them about having to see Dr. Newman when they texted me over the weekend to see if I’d gotten in trouble. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z “And there’s going to be a public trial and sentencing this weekend. On Saturday,” the leader continued. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z He had been just as vigorous last weekend when he agreed with Harrison that Jomo was foolish. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Our near romance started when one of my best friends, Rebecca, invited me to go to a weekend sleepaway camp with her youth group. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z The type of lady who would treat herself to beer and nachos when her kids were gone to their father’s for the weekend. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z It turned out that there was a law that stated that no black person could be released or tried on weekends, for the Bantu courts were open only on weekdays. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z That was right after she got to town, and the girls took her out one weekend. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z She started showing up for dinner and staying home on weekends and it made him so happy. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Only five weeks later, during the July 4 weekend, he captured the United States Junior Championship at a tournament held at the Franklin Mercantile Chess Club in Philadelphia. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “But I was cooking this weekend. Besides, you never taught me like you said you would.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z In the morning, I was in the living room filling my backpack with the new notebooks Mom bought for me over the weekend when Trevor’s storm door creaked open and shut. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z The whole weekend she called and called and he never picked up the phone. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z That left me no choice but to murder him be-fore the weekend, I retorted. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z On weekends he takes the train to Massachusetts, to the house in which his father’s photograph, the one used during the funeral, hangs in a frame on a wall in the upstairs hallway. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Without waiting for his response and the lull that came with greetings, she added, “Did you see Kainene last weekend?” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Frank said something about fishing lures and then asked Axel to come fishing with him over the weekend. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z It is she who drives his mother to weekend parties, and to Haymarket on Saturday mornings. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Like, his parents were divorced, but his mom would come down from California and live with them on some weekends. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “We close kin and she come out to my house ever other weekend to check on me. She told me what it is you doing.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I had mowed the lawn the weekend before, so Mrs. DiAngelo said she had something else for me to do. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z The next morning, Mom and I headed to the farmers market, which we did most weekends during the summer. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z Kyro asks everyone to settle down, then announces, “This weekend’s car wash is hereby canceled, and those of you who are still baking can stop already!” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z I’m letting him sleep there for the weekend. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z I wasn’t planning on stopping, but I pull over when I see the church I came to a month after the big accident—my first weekend out with Aimee. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z In Texas, Louie was in a theater, on a weekend pass. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z “Maybe one weekend you could stay, so we could do something together.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z One Saturday morning, she had come to take Nelson out for the weekend, and the director hadn’t allowed her. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z That's the kind of weekend it is—the kind where you have so much time you go past the answers and start looking into the ideas. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z My plan had been to add a weekend job, which I have been tentatively offered at a Rainbow supermarket near the apartment where I originally stayed, at close to $8 an hour. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Are we on again for next weekend? Midnight movies? For real this time?” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z One-fourth of the time, or 91 days, is taken up by summer and other vacations, and two-sevenths of the year, 104 days, is weekend. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I did not see her for the rest of the weekend. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z “You want to know what I did last weekend?” he said. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z He got out of the hospital this weekend, went to live with Louvenia, what with his parents already dead and all. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Maria Teresa was home from school for the long holiday weekend in honor of El Jefe’s birthday, so she came along. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z We don’t see each other on weekends anymore. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z For most of the weekend I sat at the kitchen table and did my homework. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Emily continued to puzzle over the number clue Friday and throughout the weekend. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The hosts of This Morning are agonizingly British—a middle-aged woman named Dottie in a tea dress and a man called Stu who looks as if he spends weekends yelling at mice in his garden. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z It was bad enough working weekends, but to be here on a school day felt wrong. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z One weekend Gogol makes the mistake of referring to New Haven as home. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Now the weekend traffic is the other way around. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z In fact, his father offered to pick Clayton up every other weekend, but Ms. Byrd always said, “Not yet.” Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z I trudged through the front door when I got home from school, and all I wanted to do was make a sandwich, take a nap, and sleep through the weekend. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z This time the correct equations fell out, partly thanks to the help of Kreisel, who had come over to Cambridge to spend a weekend with Francis. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z The weekend had been exhausting, getting their various family members to the apartments of nearby friends who were away and had given them keys. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Then I turn to Rosa and whisper, “I’m going to sic Sherlock on you this weekend.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z The girls were usually tired after a weekend of sports and socializing. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I could check flight schedules and make a reservation by using Mr. Bow's office phone when I mopped his floors on the weekend. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z She seemed fine in social studies, but we hadn’t talked about the fiasco weekend. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z We don’t have games next weekend because of Easter, but we still have practices on Tuesday and Thursday. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z It is as Nikhil that he takes Metro-North into Manhattan one weekend with Jonathan and gets himself a fake ID that allows him to be served liquor in New Haven bars. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “At least not yet. This is our first time hanging out, since we only met last weekend.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “Yes, I went to the salon. And yes, I’m going to the spa next weekend.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z He let Fadi come with him to work the following weekend, and when he’d finished his shift at six a.m., they’d strolled through the city, eating chocolate doughnuts, joking, and—best of all—taking pictures. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z I knew I’d see him at lunchtime, when he and the others left for their weekends at home. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I was so ashamed, I stayed in my room for the entire weekend. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Ernest’s colleagues observed his “obvious distress” all weekend long; Compton suggested that he was excessively swayed by the friendships he had forged with Japanese physicists who had worked on the cyclotron. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The weekend passed, as they will do, and for me it went by in Greek, solitary meals in the dining hall, and more of the same old puzzlement back in my room. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The boys had to be willing to walk long distances if necessary, and to wake themselves up and get ready for games early on weekend mornings. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z After that Martha gave her chores to do on weekends and refused to let her attend the movies with her friends. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z After the weekend, when we come back to school, both of us will be in our new class with the smart kids. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z The sorority had been a constant in her life since her days as a fifteen-year-old freshman at West Virginia State; she had spent more weekends than she could remember attending sorority activities or meetings. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z He’s not with me every day, or at bedtimes, except one weekend a month. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z Calder and Petra spent most of the weekend baking brownies and selling them on Harper Avenue. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z When Langley sponsored a series of computation courses to be held after work and on weekends, Dorothy wasted no time enrolling. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z “But I thought about it all weekend, and James talked to his dad, and at church yesterday we all had a conference, and we need to tell you something.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z He and his wife often had Rob’s friends to their home on weekends. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I know my cousin goes to church when she heads to Harlem for the weekend. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Only on weekends we do things together, along with his octopus-cooking girlfriend. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z My brother’s job and mine—thinning lettuce and picking carrots after school and on weekends—helped support our family. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z The other nights the boarders had to stay elsewhere because of an after-hours club the owners ran on the weekends. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I only really need my swimsuit and some sandals, but Momma could decide to stay out there the whole weekend because of the riots. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z “Because my mother says I can’t watch TV all weekend if I don’t,” answered Melissa. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z “Chip and Miles and Takumi will be at your house this weekend? . . . Yes, ma’am. . . . Ha! . . . Okay. Bye now.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z He worked after school and on weekends, and saved every penny he earned. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Ms. Strumm obviously had an amazing weekend because she did absolutely no prep work whatsoever. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z It was just about time to start closing down the soda fountain, and I said that Count Basie was playing the Roseland that weekend, and would she like to go? The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z She thought of the forum messages she’d read last weekend, when Mr. Griswold was first mugged, and that Book Scavenger user who had said they should enjoy Book Scavenger while they could. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Also, attending class became the requirement for the weekend trips to the city. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z The rest of Nichols’ weekend was a fog of anger and sadness: what right did Dr. King have to upend her career plans? Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z They holed up for the weekend in a Washington hotel suite, where they were drilled carefully by Lewis Strauss. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “Curtis asked me to a baseball game this weekend. We had a great time. Shirley was there too and she just about fell off the bleachers when she saw I was there with a ninth-grader!” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z But they both know it’s out of the question for him to leave New York, that she will be the one to fly back and forth on weekends. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Roberto and I continued going to school and working in the fields after school and on weekends. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z “Dude, this weekend was the right time. Right? That’s when I told my mom.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z It is a weekend so he is not working. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z “Well, happy weekend,” Mom said, and placed a plate in front of me. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z She misses taking her on weekends to a doughnut shop for a treat. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z “Plus, we’ll have leftovers,” he said last weekend as he finished grilling hamburgers for our dinner. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Mrs. Abboud had gone on a weekend retreat with her women’s group. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z And she knew that the trains were offering discounted fares that weekend, so transportation would be less expensive for marchers who didn’t have much money. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z “You still planning on coming to my house this weekend?” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The following weekend, Auk XV drilled into the sky to the applause of the watching machinists. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z With my profits I buy lollipops and bananas from Otavalo and spend weekends at soccer and basketball games in nearby communities selling my sandwiches and candy and bananas. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She chose a weekend when she knew things would be calm at work; it was just after Christmas, and there was rarely much work till well after New Year’s. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z “Oh, why don’t I take you guys to the movies this weekend?” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “She lives over on Pacific with my auntie, but Saturdays she usually comes here because my cousins have weekend tournaments and stuff. You know how that is.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The last weekend in every month Maman is permitted to kill a specially authorized chicken so she can produce Sunday dinner for half a dozen Gestapo officers. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Impulsively, Emily said, “Maybe I could show you. Want to go scavenging this weekend?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “You went to get your hair done? Instead of coming home? Aren’t you going to the spa next weekend?” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z Now they watch her out in front, beyond everything that’s ever been done on a normal weekend in this town. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z She says it’s cathartic, it sets her up for a good weekend, and because she cleans the house aerobically, it means she doesn’t have to go to the gym. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s exactly the same kind of house we used to drive around and look at on weekends. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z I looked forward to receiving Martin’s letters more than going roller skating on Friday nights or to the mall on the weekends. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Even this weekend wasn’t a break from mean people. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z “Does your mom always work on the weekends?” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Afternoons and weekends, which usually rang with a medley of shouts and laughter and pounding feet, dragged by in a strange, uneasy silence broken only by the dull hum of traffic. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z My foster mother began arranging weekends at her house where other Lost Girls in the area would come. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a heavy snow on the weekend that blanketed the block in a crisp white silence. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Mostly, I’d steal liquor from my mother, or from her friends’ houses when I went to mow their lawns on the weekend. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Anthony and I got to the Poconos and bunked together, and he accepted Jesus Christ as his savior that weekend. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Suddenly, I just want to get home as quickly as possible and start the weekend. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Our first weekend, we had played Go Fish and tic-tac-toe in our room and waited for Cecile to announce that we were going to some adventurous place that existed only in California. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z But the next weekend he came without her. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Sunday afternoons the Tillermans chose to go to a small park nearby because on summer weekends it was less crowded than the beach. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z He no longer asked me generic questions about my evenings or my weekends. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z During weekends and school holidays, the four of us were inseparable, racing in and out of each other’s yards and making up games on the fly. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z He couldn’t remember the last time there was electricity over a weekend, so he couldn’t wait until then. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z They spent the rest of the weekend trout-fishing in the nearby river and roasting their catch on a fire of brambles, exploring the hills like children, and talking about the past. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z But one weekend my father stopped going to the opera and polo matches. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “You didn’t give me an answer about this weekend,” she said, “but 1 just figured, I’m going anyway. I don’t know how much time I have.” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Are you going to be at the Paris fund-raiser for rainforest conservation this weekend? Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z We met up over the weekend for one last practice before the talent show, but it didn’t feel the same. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z “Another small meltdown. Shan has lots of meltdowns. Will you go down to the city this weekend with me to see her?” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z But eventually, one single afternoon together didn't feel like enough time and the tradition evolved into weekend sleepovers at my uncle's house. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z The Sverissons and the Fischers would go on weekend outings to the countryside, staying at friendly inns and basking in the majestic lunarlike countryside of Iceland. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z They sat at their table in the library, and James explained the mastermind code he’d come up with over the weekend, every so often looking over to where Maddie sat. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z I had imagined Buddy would fall in love with me that weekend and that I wouldn't have to worry about what I was doing on any more Saturday nights the rest of the year. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z But it was on during that meal and every other meal we ate that entire weekend—except for the Shabbat—and it stayed on every moment either my father or Manya or I was home. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z "That was the longest weekend of my life," he said. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z Her and Mum drove up to Edinburgh two weekends ago. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z One weekend he suggests going to one of the beaches where his father had liked to walk. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “We’ll come and play with her on weekends till she can come home with us,” Dad promised. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z From then on, whenever she asked me to work on weekends, I said yes. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Starting when we were really little, Sal and I used to beg to have sleepovers on the weekends, and lots of nights I fell asleep happy with Sal next to me on the roll-away. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z I had never been to Yale, and Yale was the place all the seniors in my house liked to go best on weekends. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z That weekend, I’m in the laundry room throwing my dirty clothes in one of the washing machines, when Miles walks in, dragging a laundry bag behind him, plus a small container of detergent. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z He always arranged our weekends so we'd never regret wasting our time in any way. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z We’ve seldom had a Pentecost weekend that was so beautiful and warm. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z I went to visit her there over a long weekend and we laughed and had deep conversations, same as we always had. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Fortunately, this sally port was used mainly for official vehicles—prison vans, state-police cars, ambulances—and it was a weekend day, so there wasn’t much traffic. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Hazel spent the rest of the weekend glancing out the window, but she never saw any signs of life at Jack’s house. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z In the course of a week, he might be given between one hundred and two hundred songs by new artists, and every weekend he sits at home, listening to them one after another. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z They met at the local soda fountain, where she worked after school and on weekends. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z I would write a chapter over the weekend, and when I went home for the week, Gram would read what I had written and write the next chapter, until we finished the whole story together. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z We have homework for the weekend, but it’s for language arts class, not math, so that’s disappointing. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z If it was up to me, I’d probably live with Sneaky, instead of just spending the weekend with him, which I had to beg Mama to do. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z "When I was little I'd watch my parents dig holes, every weekend and holiday. When I got bigger, I had to dig, too. Even on Christmas." Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z A Grand Prix professional tournament was to be played at Ellis Park during a long weekend in April, and I entered. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z She thinks of her husband’s apartment in Cleveland, which she had helped him setde into one weekend when she visited. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “We’ll give Mom a party on a weekend, when it’s convenient.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Couldn’t he have forgone a weekend in Vegas? The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z A few people lingered outside one of the restaurants that was open late on the weekends, waiting for a table, but most of the shops were dark, their storefronts nothing but metal grates and silence. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z So the weekends, destined to disappoint, are strident, sullen, sprinkled with bruises and dots of blood. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The next weekend, when my godparents, Uncle Paul and Aunt Judy, came over to our house, my dad said, “My wife says we’re building a gym.” Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “Yes! He’d call them Treasure Trove Mondays because tourists had been dropping things on the beach all weekend. Remember the diamond ring?” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z Prior to this first weekend in the country, my recollections of that fall are distant and blurry: from here on out, they come into a sharp, delightful focus. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Blaine said, “And I need to prep for class tomorrow. Let’s do something this weekend, okay?” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “Yes. On the weekends when I’m not at school. I can come each weekend, if that’s all right?” This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Luckily, Hugo has a laptop in his room—since it’s the weekend and a school computer isn’t an option, I am going to risk checking in. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z “I usually roll with the team on weekends.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z “Maybe, instead, you and I could just, like, go out in the woods that weekend and hang out. Like build a fire or something and go camping.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z Lelia and I were going up on the weekends to help—it was practically the only thing we were doing together. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Safer walks their dogs, Ty and Lucky, twice a day, and sometimes on the weekend. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The first of the Coates shows was televised locally after it had been given heavy publicity over the weekend by the newspapers. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I think the best thing for you to do is make yourself stronger and test your resolve to make sure that we sleep as close to each other as possible this weekend. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Or it was like getting chosen to be dressed in a deerskin outfit and then lowered from a helicopter into the Little Baldy Bear Lake region during the first weekend of the fall hunting season. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z On weekends I’d go to the public library to read, surrounded by old men and women. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Trampita and I went to school and joined them in the fields on weekends and holidays. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z It starts, as it always does, with a text: Fund-raiser in LA next weekend. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z On weekends, Herbert and the Hitler Youth hiked and camped in the countryside. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z He paid weekend visits to a nearby neighborhood to check in on his constituents, often with me reluctantly in tow. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The weekend before the party they were raking the lawn when he heard Twinkle shriek. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z “I, uh, I was going to ask if you wanted to come over this weekend. Maybe spend the night?” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Some weekends his parents are invited to parties, and they insist that both Gogol and Sonia go with them. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Maybe Hudson and I wouldn’t have been inspired to give it a shot ourselves if we hadn’t been left with a lot of alone time while Dylan and Harriett spent their weekends together. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Every day except weekends and Wednesdays, when there is after-school lacrosse. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z The next day was a Sunday, and as he had every weekend for weeks, Joe took Joyce and drove over to the lot on Lake Washington where his father was building his new house. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Only a few hours left in the weekend, brother. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z I call Tats back while assembling my weekend breakfast: chopped bananas, peanut butter, yogurt, and granola. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z It would be pretty weird spending the weekend in the hotel with her hating him and everybody on the tour knowing about it. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z I had never witnessed mass chaos, but just the weekend before I had seen the precursor. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Lexie, I’m taking you out for a fancy brunch this weekend to celebrate,” Mrs. Richardson said at dinner. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Not that much. Mom won’t let me ride it to school. But I ride around Brooklyn on weekends.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Before he’d left that morning to pick up Keith, a few minutes late, the couple had discussed what they might do over the weekend. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z I did not have a lot of free time to make close friends and do things with them on weekends. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z A handful of last-minute appointments have come up, and he is eager to get those out of the way so he can enjoy the weekend. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Matt Di Carlo, a Navy veteran and CO’s son, had run a gas station and, for the present, was still doing so on weekends. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They rented a hotel room in Santa Cruz, and my sister drove down from college to spend the weekend there with me. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z He worked somewhere else, but he stayed there at the detention home on he weekends with Lucille. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “He had just turned fourteen the weekend before the earthquake,” she said, stirring her drink. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z But one weekend on Long Island, something happened involving the State Liquor Authority. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t know yet. But my mom’s up in DC this weekend, meaning the house and car are mine. So you’re spending the night in Suso territory.” Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z We did this every weekend for at least a month, having the best time. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z It takes several weeks before both Mom and Dad are off work on a Saturday, but Thanksgiving weekend ends up working out for everybody. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z I stopped eating in the house, even on the weekends, because without Clara’s catalyzing presence there was no reason why I should put up with my children’s bickering. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The very next weekend, she had found the denim bag at a yard sale for a quarter. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z At night and on weekends, there were often lively discussions around her kitchen table, sometimes with friends—mostly Jewish intellectuals. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The other thing that happens is that the post-Memorial Day weekend lull definitely comes to an end. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Lily and her mum came to visit on the weekend, too, but he made sure he spent the whole time they were there reading magazines in the gift shop. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z “I’m still scarred by that zit-popping video you and your sister made me watch over the weekend,” she says, shaking her head and smiling. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z We’d probably watch TV all weekend, but it’s hard to find anything good ’cause we don’t have cable. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z The line in the bathroom was long, everyone getting ready for the weekend, and by the time Rishi was finished with the shower and brushing his teeth, it was seven thirty. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z I managed to hide the tattoo from my parents when I saw them on the weekends—until one Sunday at church. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Boot Camp weekends became a way for us to take shelter, connect, and recharge. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I lie in bed on weekend mornings, looking up at the ceiling, my head clogged and cottony. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z On weekends we lounged barefoot in drawstring pajamas, drinking tea and smoking Rothmans, or set out to watch cricket at Lord’s. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z One Monday, I show up at a rehearsal after a holiday break and ask one of the younger kids in Volpe’s program how her weekend was. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z The train was crowded, plenty of people eager to get back home at the end of the weekend. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Could they really just go to Florida for the weekend? Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z Since Thaya Jaan has been staying with us, she doesn’t hang around in her pajamas and robe on weekend mornings like usual. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z But as the weekend draws to an end, I feel a familiar weight of dread in my stomach that grows heavier and heavier. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Only an hour in, and already the first temptation: the warmth of my blankets and bed, my pillows and the fake-fur throw Hannah's mom left here after a weekend visit. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Grandpa and Uncle Stanley did have a working bathroom, so every weekend some of us went over to take a bath. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly, my brain was at 100 percent imagining spending a weekend with Annie at her house. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I think about spending the entire weekend indoors, and suddenly sledding doesn’t seem so unpleasant. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I refused to think that I might be shopping alone in Seattle this weekend, no longer interested in the earlier arrangement. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z We were able to work on it only at the weekends, but we were getting along fine. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z Before this, I’d only spent the odd weekend here and there with Dad at his house in Chicago. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Slowly, I’m becoming aware of how gross I feel after going the whole weekend without a shower. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Lillian’s fiance lives there, and she goes almost every weekend, staying in a hotel for women. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Whenever she falls asleep on the sofa or takes naps on weekend afternoons, Nino Carlitos slips into the kitchen to talk to me. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Like it’s my fault the temperature went up to a hundred the weekend before the last day of school. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z In the evenings and on weekends, in spite of his intelligence and education, he worked a menial job. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Yet once the project was finished, the press of business kept him from visiting his refurbished vacation home for more than a few weekend days at a time. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “No electricity all weekend?” a man called out from the back. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z The place is crowded—I guess because it’s a holiday weekend. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z I should’ve asked Momma to take me shopping over the weekend, but I was afraid I was going to chicken out about going to practice. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z In fact, if I wanted to go, it would’ve been much easier than last time because I was house-sitting that weekend. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z I don’t go back to the Spinney on Friday afternoon, or even over the weekend. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z “You’re still grounded, but you get parole this weekend. And you can get your laptop back after the play tomorrow if you remember all your lines.” Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z “It’s okay. Maybe this weekend we can take a shopping trip to Old Navy.” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z He returned with my mother and found work in a food factory; on weekends he did domestic work at beach cottages and rentals. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Some weekends Gavin joins Sherlock and me on my distance run. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Out of bed before seven thirty every morning, even on the weekends. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z When he was able to fly again, he’d sometimes catch a flight to Haiti just for the weekend, returning to Boston only to meet medical school obligations, leaving almost no time to be with Ophelia. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z “Dad usually leaves all his cleaning for Saturdays because he hates the idea of coming home from work on weekdays to more work. On the weekends we cleaned and earned our TV marathons.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z But if I wait, I’ll have to get through the weekend, and I don’t know if I can do that. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z “Can I come this weekend so we can cook coconut rice? Fll do the cooking,” she said. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Naturally, he loved spending the weekend arguing and kicking around techno-ideas with people twice his age. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It turned out I had signed up for a weekend of prayer and singing hymns about Jesus. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z On weekends I hustled in front of the A&P, carrying packages for women, and sometimes I ran errands for neighborhood people. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z “My mom asked me to come. I took a long weekend.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z They had come, they said, to see how the third brother was and to warn the children that it was a weekend, so lots of people would be in the park. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z After an awkward silence, Kelly showed George some pictures she’d taken that weekend at the park. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z One bag of food, he hoped, would be enough for the two of them for the weekend and for suppers for Julie for the week, if not for him. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Every weekend, Dad drives Trey and me to fencing practice. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z I say, “I need to print from the Dragon again. I can’t wait through the long weekend. Columbus.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z She’d never loved the city, so almost every weekend she took the children back to Clover, where she worked the tobacco fields and spent hours churning butter on the steps of the home-house. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z “Hogsmeade, next weekend!” said Ron, craning over the heads to read the new notice. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z He is a sophisticate, a weekend denizen of New York’s theater district, a clotheshorse. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z We joked about all the commemorative marches and boring speeches we had been spared by leaving this particular weekend. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He had time to socialize, to join all kinds of clubs, and even take weekend road trips around North Carolina with his friends. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Almost every weekend night someone went over the edge. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z A few days of vacation this Columbus Day weekend. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z A few weekends later, there was a tournament at his basketball gym. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Only once have Mama and Papi taken a bus up to Syracuse for a weekend. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z During his first semester, obediently but unwillingly, he goes home every other weekend, after his last Friday class. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z So in a last-ditch effort, I squeaked “I had a really great weekend” to Annie, but I sounded like a third grader on helium. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z And most of the kids at PM completely buy in to the discipline, but then again, most of them get to go home to those things every weekend. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “Ashley, one of your foster mothers wants you to spend the weekend. Would you like to go?” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z It’s Saturday, and my family is at Uncle Carlos’s house for a Memorial Day weekend barbecue, which is also serving as Seven’s birthday/graduation party. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Mama works even longer hours on the weekend, so she won’t be home until really late. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z I leap up, back to the x, and say, “I was able to do that, two shows a day, for a whole weekend of performances in my friend’s basement back home.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z All I had to do was get through Friday without any problems, and I was good to go for the weekend. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z “Pigeon’s at practice, Dad’s at work, and Mom’s busy touching up the photos from last weekend’s wedding.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I got to know my uncle quite well during our walks, and I began to eagerly await his arrival on weekends. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Even Leandra’s weekend dates with his father wouldn’t have been that bad. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “Study a little more,” he said, “but have a good weekend.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “I went to my grandma’s yesterday. She won one of those exercise video game systems at bingo last weekend. My dad set it up for her and we all played with it.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z All weekend I thought of my promise to Mom and Mr. Fabian and Mr. Skerritt. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z Oh, and make sure you bring some running stuff with you this weekend. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Maybe if we go shopping this weekend, like she promised. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah, I guess. ... So are you going this weekend? To the beach?” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z He loved to backpack with his family on weekends, and he had an intricate professional knowledge of many mountain ranges in the state. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The rest of the weekend was pretty tranquil for a change. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z On the weekends, after Baba cycles along the river, the two of them tackle the garden side by side, planting mums and seeding new raised beds with beets, radishes, and garlic. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “And Aibileen, I thank you for putting me on your prayer list. My angina sure is better now. I call you this weekend and we catch up.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z He was wearing jeans and an old shirt, which meant he thought it was the weekend and he didn’t have to go to work, although he did because it was Tuesday. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z By the end of class, I started getting pretty depressed thinking about Annie going home for the weekend. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z From that day on, Blanca began going out alone every weekend. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z On weekends I didn’t have the money to do much of anything. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Rhiannon gives me a kiss goodbye and whispers that she’s going to figure out a way to run away for the weekend. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z “Shaukat's daughter. This weekend. Borrowed some money for her dowry, even though it’ll still be a modest one, given their financial circumstances. Your family never mentioned it?” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “We’re walking in the March of Caring this weekend, and we need sponsors.” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z While I’m finishing up my homework so I can forget about it for the weekend, Mom pokes her head into my room. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z “So this is what you do on the weekends?” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “Probably. We’ll see. I need to do some stuff at home this weekend. If that works out, then yeah. You know, maybe.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z She says, “You’re going to have your hands full for Columbus Day weekend, Mason!” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z But on weekends, guys like Joey and Chas could just skip the whole grooming thing entirely. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I asked Phoebe if she wanted to spend the weekend at my house. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z When we got home, Dad said he was going to spend the weekend in bed. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Lawrence spent the intervening weekend at Oak Ridge, attending a conference of AEC laboratory directors. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “I don’t know. Maybe we could go this weekend.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z So after the two movies, I slinked into my manager’s office and asked to be moved to evening hours on weekends. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z It’s a little too close to the reek of Dad burning chorizo and eggs on the weekend before we found out about the comet. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z I’d spoken with Gran the weekend before, about my latest plan to save Sir Fig Newton, and she was totally on board. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z She slides another page over to him, this one detailing requirements for the weekend. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z He spends entire weekends holed up in the house, reading books from Gerald and Lydia’s shelves, admiring the sunlight that filters through the enormous unadorned windows during the course of the day. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z She’d managed to convince Papa and Mamma to let her drive up there alone, but they’d only agreed because she’d promised to come back down for the long Labor Day weekend. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “I heard the leper with Tourette’s syndrome who works weekends gave you a good run for your money.” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z From there we were to go up to Oxford to spend the weekend. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z “I can’t. It’s my dad’s weekend. I have to hang out with him and his new girlfriend.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z "You go all weekend without logging on or calling me and yet you find time to call him in your continuing attempts to ruin my social life through the magic of song?" Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z He didn’t want to go home on the weekends, to go with them to pujos and Bengali parties, to remain unquestionably in their world. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Just the thought of entertaining Dave and Karen at the weekend is wearing, but I’m going to have to compromise. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I tried to ask her about it casually, at the heat benches the next weekend, but it felt somehow like a big step. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z It was adjacent to the central bus station, where I had started working every weekend carrying luggage for tips in order to make pocket money to keep up my correspondence with Caitlin. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z It gave him an opportunity to avoid going to Port Harcourt for the weekend. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z And so the following weekend, Ron joined Hermione and the rest of the sixth years who would turn seventeen in time to take the test in a fortnight. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z On Memorial Day weekend, I moved in with them. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z The next weekend, the largest crowd that had ever come to Cape Coalwood showed up, nearly three hundred milling people, even a few from the Welch side of the county. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z I thought I was glad when the weekend came ’cause I didn’t have to go to school, but then Bertha told me we were going to church on Sunday. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z On my last weekend at the yard, we actually won the second prize. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I am excited you get to come to my house this weekend. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z She often told him that her friends envied her, and said he behaved like a foreign husband, the way he made her breakfast on weekends and stayed home every night. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z They spend a few weekends taking the shuttle bus to Ikea and filling up the rooms: imitation Noguchi lamps, a black sectional sofa, kilim and flokati carpets, a blond wood platform bed. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The outrageous expectations and inflexible demands of the weekend are null on Thursday. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z On evenings and weekends, he repaired antique clocks as a hobby. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z If Mr. Griswold hadn’t been attacked, this would have been a perfect first weekend in a new place. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Harry, Ron, and Hermione, however, were not alone in rising much earlier than they usually did on weekends. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z All that spring and into the summer, Helmuth busies himself with the Jungvolk—its meetings and games and weekend hiking and camping trips. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z “Why didn’t you ask him to the dance this weekend?” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z At Jesse’s suggestion, I visited a giant bar code site where geeks gathered on weekends to talk about bar code technology. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Emily continued to puzzle over the number clue Friday and throughout the weekend. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z That couldn't be Mrs. Baylor in the bathroom because she was supposed to be gone—on her weekend! It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z And I’m tired of traveling to different communities to sell sambo sandwiches and candy and fruit every weekend. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The flyers urged blacks to return to work on Monday after a weekend of rest. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I had pretty much decided to talk to Mrs. Wheeler sometime over the weekend. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z And I spent as many weekends with my family—and Rusty—as I could. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z He couldn’t buy her a T-shirt in Disney World over the weekend. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z “No, that’s not what I meant. I mean write one some- time this weekend. You don’t have to mail it. Just write it in your handwriting and give it to me.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z No sooner had he settled in front of the TV than a Mother Paula’s commercial came on, promoting the weekend special: $6.95 for all the pancakes you could eat, plus free sausage and coffee. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe Arthur’s family should come over every weekend so we can eat like kings more often. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z It was a Saturday and the twins, Jaime and Nicolas, had come home from school for the weekend, so they too were at the table. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z But Rainbow also falls through; they decide they want me to work part-time five days a week, not just on weekends. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z One Saturday, soon before he is scheduled to take the SAT, his family drives to Connecticut for the weekend, leaving Gogol at home alone overnight for the first time in his life. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z As with any high school on Friday, the anticipation of the weekend brought excitement, and this was a special Friday for Central High’s student body. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Since it was the weekend, I tried to dress down. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The weekend stretches out ahead of me, forty-eight empty hours to fill. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z She got a spiky haircut over the weekend, though, with the ends dyed blue. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z I did not think much of it until two days later, when summer school had resumed after the long holiday weekend. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z “Officer Myerson. You need a little weekend work, or you wind up leaving the force, any reason, you give us a call. We always need good men. You got my card?” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z I told her the whole story of that first weekend with my parents, and about how I was keeping up with my work and social life. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “Your father hasn’t had to go into the office on weekends since the days of You-Know-Who,” she said. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “Police arrested Mrs. Emerson’s son last weekend,” Auntie Ying says in a way that sounds as if she were proud to be the first with this big news. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z After three weeks, she told her doctor that she was feeling much better and wanted a weekend pass to see her family. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z “I remember with more pleasure the weekend outings, with hikes, sports, campfires, and youth hosteling,” she said. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z It was during those weekends that Milton, desperate to cement his restored relationship with his son, urged him once again to go into the family business. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Since I can’t call her, I take the bus back on weekends. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z On weekends, during our first year on the island, we were kept inside our cells all day except for a half hour of exercise. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The weekend gave me time to multiply my worries. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z He did both with such easy, inborn skill that after observing him I had begun to think that I could master either one any weekend I tried. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z “And do you mind if I invite someone else to go with us to Disney this weekend?” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z “We can go over to Adelaide’s any time you want. I don’t get to see Elizabeth much. It’s nice for me. Maybe on the weekends?” Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z If I closed my eyes, I could almost pretend it was a normal weekend at the Angel house, with Malcolm and Maud off at work, putting in overtime. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z When we were in school, we had less siesta time and more study time, even on weekends. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z “Are you sure you’re going to be okay for the weekend?” his mother asks. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z “When are you two going to actually start fooling around? Or are Annie’s parents going to play watchdog all weekend?” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I heard snippets of their conversations, a soccer game in Union City next weekend, a new Afghan restaurant in Santa Clara. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z It still catches me off guard that this isn’t some random anomaly of a weekend. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z “Now, on this weekend trip. Where did they go?” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad, and I took a shopping list over to Computer Renaissance in Annapolis, bought the parts, and J.T. put together a computer for us that weekend. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z I visited Buck’s Peak the weekend after I submitted my paper. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z People go there on the train, in buses, or in cars with picnic baskets; sometimes they stay all weekend and see three or four Shakespeare plays, one after the other. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z But then came the weekend without even a text. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z On weekends Nicholas walked around the house in a tense cloud of silence, nursing his worries. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z She and Dad rehearsed together three times over the weekend. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z I found a weekend job in an art gallery, crowded all my classes into two days, and became the news editor of the Barnard Bulletin. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z On the weekend before I left, I heard Mom pester him about whether he had told the company that he was moving to Myrtle Beach. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Connor tells me his parents are out of town on a business trip this week and his brother won’t be visiting from Purdue this weekend, so he wants me to come over on Saturday afternoon. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z He was looking to get paid before the weekend. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z He’s always good on the weekends, because according to him, the good Lord’s looking at him when he walks through the church doors come Sunday. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “What’s Capone going to do, anyway? It’s not like he gets out on the weekends to run around town, breaking people’s legs,” Annie says. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The process was helped along by a party Loomis threw that weekend at the Del Monte Lodge in Monterey, a few hours down the coast from Berkeley. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Mike seemed to become more himself as we walked, gaining enthusiasm as he talked about the weather report for this weekend. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Back when Mom worked, she was in the lab constantly, especially in those last few months with the Cobalt Blue Orchid, sacrificing late nights, weekends, even holidays. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z It helped, too, that gas and electricity were included in my rent and that I got two or three free meals each weekend at the nursing home. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z As my uncle promised, he came to visit every weekend. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Over several weekends each June, the Osage hold their ceremonial dances, I'n-Lon-Schka. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “You got good taste anyway, Sonny. Why don’t you ask her out? Double date with me next weekend. We’ll go parking at the Caretta fan.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z I spend the weekend at Mom’s store, dealing with all the merchandise brought back by grumpy people. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z “Come and see me next weekend so we can have more time to catch up, okay?” she said. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z She put her arms in salsa position, remembering the feeling in her muscles from weekend after weekend of classes when she was a kid. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z We were a merry co-ed crew, congregating when we could in one downtown bar or another and catching up over long, lavish meals on weekends. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z We do this once a month, take in about five hundred dollars on a good weekend. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “Are we talking about a weekend or a year?” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z So he sat down and, in his free evenings and weekends, wrote an eight-hundred-page textbook on the subject, painstakingly reviewing the available evidence for the most common problems a general practitioner might encounter. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Then the weekend—the Condors game on Saturday. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z He invited her to meet him on Saturday at 1 p.m. at a coffeehouse called “The Fountain” where they had live local music on weekends. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z “It’s going to be so boring here this weekend. Ask your mom and dad about Thanksgiving. I really want to go.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Then you put a check beside your top three things to do on weekends. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z “Oh, Young, be sure to ask your mom if she can make it to lunch at our house next Saturday. She can’t be working every weekend.” A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z Pollard had always been, like virtually everyone else at the track, a social drinker, imbibing just enough to be happy and noisy on weekend outings with other jockeys but not enough to become dependent. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t know what weekend idea she was talking about, so 1 didn’t answer her. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Her weekends home were always divided between visits with her high school friends and our cousins and other relatives. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Francis, who went to see him Wednesday and Thursday, was told that Charles was improving, and that if everything went well he could come home over the weekend. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I wanted to send him something special in my next letter, so I went to the mall that weekend with Lauren to find the right gift. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Like us, their families moved to big houses with big yards to tend on weekends, they owned fancy cars that needed washing and waxing. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z On some weekend mornings, not always, hardly even any, but some, Apa becomes the Blob. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z It was a weekend in May and hot. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z That explained it—the start of a weekend. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z I’m walking out the door when Ms. Warner calls out, “Happy weekend, G. See you on the dark side of Sunday. Get it? The dark side of Sunday? Monday!” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I would literally spend the entire weekend with a house full of strangers if it meant not having to see him again. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z That weekend, I was told by the commanding officer to be prepared to see General Willemse, who was coming down from Pretoria. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes on the weekends there would be what might be called excessive traffic, but I confined my driving to the weekdays and it did not get thick until I was close to Southern California. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z On that first weekend in December there must have been twenty or twenty-five boats getting ready to leave. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z You say, “Don’t bother, if it’s too much trouble, but if you have a chance to look at this over the weekend, that would be wonderful.” Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z On the weekends, he stayed home and thought about Madeleine until everything in him would almost burst. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z My first weekend in Forks passed without incident. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z As he walked to the kitchen, he tried to figure out the real reason for Mrs. Malvolio’s unexpected weekend visit. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z I go around the room with my laundry sack, stuffing a weekend’s worth of clothes inside. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I mean, isn’t that the normal thing to do after people go away for a weekend together? Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The mother was too ashamed to take it out so the baby got an airing only on weekends when Joanna wasn’t working. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Scoob’s sure he looks like she just told him she knows Santa’s real because they kick it at the North Pole together on weekends. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z He worked as a cashier at the bakery on the weekends and some days after school. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z “On weekends, we went on overnight hikes, slept in tents, fought mock battles, and marched to the beat of the parade-corps drums,” he said. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z I had a memory of Mom singing along to it while she made breakfast on a lazy weekend morning. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z We could have only a total of two hours during the week, and two hours on the weekend. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Not to mention the fact that I never even told her I was coming home this weekend. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z “Somebody is back to worrying about his figure. A little too much spaghetti this weekend?” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Not that he was the most talkative person, of course, but Maya was used to a little more, especially after last weekend, when they had talked about things that were actually important. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Dalgard planned to spend the weekend fixing his clocks in the family room of his house. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I also moved from Houston to Cape Kennedy and visited my family only on weekends. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z We get pizza and go out for brunch on weekends. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “You’re welcome. So, now that the science fair is finally over, you want to come to my house this weekend? Mom bought me a new trick.” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z On the weekends our Moroccan friends would take us surfing, and we would go on train trips up and down the coast. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z On homecoming and prom weekends, she'd spend all day in the garage. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z Besides the commuters coming home from work, the station was swarming with men and women who were leaving the city for the weekend, on their way to Grand Central Station. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z “I can’t wait to play with him. Maybe I can come over this weekend?” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z Everyone tries to zip through the assignment so they won’t have homework this weekend. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z “Toomer, tell me some way I can repay you for the flowers. Let me fix you up an apple pie over the weekend.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z It was going to be a long weekend. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I said out loud what Dad says whenever he finishes the weekend crossword. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z “I would love to come, but I won’t be here this weekend.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z And on weekends black people continued to feast and drink heavily in an effort to unwind and prepare for another week of hard labour in the white world. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Then about ninety of us, our three sections of honors English students, spent a weekend with Volpe and a couple of other teachers at the American Shakespeare Festival Theater in Stratford, Connecticut. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z There was a Jack Kerouac quote their dad loved to repeat when the family deliberated weekend plans. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Members of the Brain Busters Club convened after work and on weekends to build elaborate model airplanes by hand. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z We were attending parents’ weekend at Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z She watched a video with a starving polar bear last weekend, and the next day she insisted on walking to school. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z My papi said weekends are always for the family and every day in school is a gift from God. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z “Your mom and I used to bring you here almost every weekend. By the time you were three, you could dive to the bottom all by yourself and pick up a conch shell. You remember?” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z But the first weekend of summer passes like it’s nothing special. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z And if you don't follow along, the Hitler Youth leaders threaten you with extra drills and fines and weekend detention. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z Besides class, we ate all our meals together, and on weekends, he'd asked me over to his dormitory for parties in his hall. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z “And no work at all next weekend. Have a happy holiday, yo.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z “Can you come over this weekend, or do you have something to do with Woman to Woman?” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z "That must of been some weekend," said Ben, winking. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z They make me feel safe, like this is an ordinary weekend day. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z One lived from party to weekend party; he was in a beery stupor much of the time in between. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Third years are permitted to visit the village of Hogsmeade on certain weekends. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Lynda was there, working at her desk, but the rest of the staff was off for the weekend. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z There was a Jack Kerouac quote their dad loved to repeat when the family deliberated weekend plans. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z My mom promised him we would go over the weekend. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z Benji had booked VIP packages, which allowed them to skip lines and do everything in a single weekend. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z On September 1, the Wednesday before Labor Day weekend, there was a knock on the rarely used back door of Egil Krogh’s office. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Dad was still looking for a car to replace the Olds—our budget was in the high two figures—so that weekend we all hiked over for our first look at the new place. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z So far, no one had met Twinkle; back when they were still dating, Sanjeev didn’t want to waste their brief weekends together with people he associated with being alone. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z And the weekend after that: “All hail Aven Laura Green, future world dictator of the Desert Ridge Middle School soccer team!” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “Dance terms,” Rex says, smiling a huge smile from a mouth that isn’t as bright as Mark’s or Marc’s but looks, instead, like it enjoys seven or eight hoagies per weekend. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Even on weekend mornings, I have to leave early to work the breakfast shift at the hotel. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z For one good enough reason, Advanced Writing 24-A loaded me up with thirty-eight short stories to drag tearfully home for the weekend. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z Though I guess it would be okay if Dad came to visit on the weekends. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Way more than what I usually see when me, Mom, King, and Aunt Sophie order in on the weekends. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z That weekend, I hung around in the Sunday school classroom after the others filed out. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Later on, she chatted me, saying, What’s your answer about the weekend idea? Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I sent him a text on Friday night to see if he was OK, but he hasn’t answered all weekend. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z I would raid our own supply of leftover chocolate, but it didn't even come close to surviving the weekend. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z “Well, when you go home this weekend, look it up,” I said. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “She can visit Uju after school and on weekends. But she is not going to live there,” her father said. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “My dad and I went hunting this weekend.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z The doctor agreed, but just before Mary was to leave the hospital, she confessed that the real reason she wanted a weekend pass was to make another suicide attempt. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z She’s busy every second now with clinics and practices and weekend tournaments. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z The audience gasped in unison, then groaned when I told them how Violet Chavez had let me go back for the weekend. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z He’s the only dog Nora and I walk on the weekends. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z This had been a project of nights and weekends, but she knew this investigation would provide results much more quickly than any research currently underway in the Four-Foot Supersonic Tunnel. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Still, that was a summer I lost, and it’s not like they come around as quickly as weekends. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z It’s the weekend and the official start of spring break. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z “So, we’re going to need to get costumes and props. Maybe we could go this weekend.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I’m about to close it to show Soon-Lee a real episode when I hear the niqabi say, “...back from a weekend in Chicago.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z “Remember? We speak on birthdays and every Christmas. It was my birthday last weekend, you know.” Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I get to see him on weekends, but it’s not the same. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Even the custodians get that long weekend off. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z His mom was driving to drop him off at his father’s that weekend, and they were talking about where he was going to stay. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z On these weekends time would sometimes seem to stop as we pretended that these stolen moments together were the rule not the exception of our lives. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z There isn’t that much to do for entertainment on the weekends in Toronto. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Only yesterday, Master told Ugwu, “My mother will be visiting this weekend, so clean the guest room.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z His most troubling conditions were a strangely recurrent viral pneumonia, chronic sinusitis, and the ulcerative colitis that had laid him low the weekend before his scheduled testimony against Oppenheimer. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z After such a lousy weekend, it is no surprise that Monday starts out bad too. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z “You spent all weekend practicing for a play about a dumb spider, and then you didn’t even audition?” George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z Him and me had our first date over the weekend and, as far as Janelle’s concerned, it’s the biggest news since we all had our pictures splashed across the local paper. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Or like the spy novels I used to read, on weekends, when I should have been finishing my homework, or like late-night television. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’ve been meaning to tell you, I went to see my mom this weekend.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z All told, nearly eighty thousand Seattleites—far more than Washington’s football stadium could hold—had taken an early start to a gorgeous weekend and come out to watch the races. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Adam Pomfrey insisted on keeping Harry in the hospital wing for the rest of the weekend. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Tomorrow, going away with Dad to lake house for weekend. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z And he says, "Got a call from Tiny this weekend about his musical. Wants student council to fund it." Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z My classmates from upstate left for one last long weekend home with their spouses and kids before joining me, down in the bottom of the barrel. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Now I would be with my family every weekend and every holiday. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z His dad had promised to take him, one of these weekends. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s not like I expected him to sit home all weekend, pining for me, but would it have killed him to act a little disappointed? We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z On the weekend, Quentin hitched a ride across the mountain to study the book for himself. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “Since we have Thanksgiving break this week, how about we go shopping on the weekend? Do you have any holiday plans?” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z "You could always give yourself the weekends off. You could have the odd baklava. What damage could that really do?" City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z The next weekend he played the tuba and announced, “All hail Aven Laura Green, future emperor of the Desert Ridge Middle School soccer team!” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z X-Ray didn’t sell a single ticket over the weekend. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z And then a couple of months later when she liked Jason Hatami, we hung out at his dad’s hardware store on the weekends, just in case Jason stopped by. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z My oldest girl, Sugar, is sixteen and pretty good about keeping things neat, but I like to help her out on the weekends the way my mama never helped me. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z They were talking about Sitti’s invitation to come out to the village so she could “teach her things” on weekends. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Maybe I’d manage to get through my school week, and then I could enjoy my free time with Rabiya, Dahlia, and my other weekend friends. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z “I'm only here for the weekend,” I said. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z We used to watch together on weekends, with the Hangouts bar open in the corner of our screens, commenting on all the contestants,laughing, even though we could only see tiny squares of each other. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z I liked Tom and he liked me, and he came up often, almost every weekend. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Even though his mother made sure he spent one weekend out of the month with Mr. Miller, Ms. Byrd rarely spoke of him. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z If I could just surrender to my increasingly aqueous condition and wait out the weekend with a novel, things would be looking up. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He made quite a bit of dough competing in televised PvP arena games after school and on the weekends. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z There was no explanation, beyond the rumored, unproved possibility of cold drafts in the gallery over the weekend. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “She probably went to Paris for the weekend. You can go really quickly from here through the Chunnel.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I thought about my “purple” ears all weekend. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z She’d tried everything from changing its position every twenty-seven minutes one weekend, to feeding it worm guts. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z “My family’s having a backyard bonfire this weekend. Cookie’s secret ingredient is homemade marshmallows.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z “You never came back online over the weekend,” he said. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “You woke me up for this? On a weekend?” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z “We don’t have practice tonight. So I’ll be home for the twins if she doesn’t come back today. Plus, it’s not like I haven’t watched the boys all weekend before.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Davidoff made a special request to Colonel Prinsloo to permit me to come to Johannesburg on weekends to help him put things in order. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z On weekends he worked for his family’s moving business, the Franklin Transfer Company, hoisting sofas and bed sets and pianos in and out of homes all over town. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z This coming weekend, the Under Thirteens would be put to the test. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z But he was ushered home to bed after only a few hours, consoled with promises that he could go back the next weekend, though he anxiously recalls how quickly it disappeared before. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z At the rate she was going, she’d have this puzzle solved before the end of the weekend. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z We made plans to meet downtown, but then I had to cancel because we were driving out to visit Tata and Poppa for the weekend. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z So there were vacations and weekends in other cities as well as visits and teas in her own, where and when such men appeared. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z He wondered, as he boarded the train, what it was Harrison did during the weekends. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “Funny, because I spent all weekend working on that, too.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z I was headed to my first live breakdancing battle this weekend, and I wanted to feel like I knew something when I got there. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z There is exactly one furnished studio apartment listed for the entire Twin Cities area, and they’re not answering the phone on the weekend. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Do you want to go to the country this weekend?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Which brings us to one of my very last weekends. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Monet worked hard in the pump house during the week, and on his weekends and holidays he would visit forested areas near the sugar factory. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z My mother’s parenting capabilities consisted of “I’ll give you twenty bucks and the keys to my car if you leave me alone this weekend.” The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z I told Mom that Dad had not fed him all weekend. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z The summer at the end of my sophomore year, Roberto taught me how to drive the Santa Maria Window Cleaners van on weekends. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z It was Jamie Lowry, staying with his mom that weekend and thereby forced to attend the picnic, who saw Ray do his little courtship ritual. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z The Eagle didn’t check that story, because Alaska spent at least one weekend there every month, and he knew that her parents never cared. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z The weekend’s brutal wind had died out at last; the weird mist had returned and it took them a little longer than usual to find the correct greenhouse. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Keeley had needed four teammates to best Charles in the past June’s escape game, which was played inside the silly game maker’s even sillier new library on its opening weekend. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z Before Mom and I’d even gotten out of the front yard last week, she blurted, “So, Daddy is taking me away for the weekend.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z There was some big game coming up this weekend, against Oklahoma or Oregon or something. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z Over the weekend, Yummy took him down to his old haunt, Caliente. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “I just read her e-mail about that this weekend.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z And after the long Thanksgiving weekend, Cara had her mom drop her off at school early so she could show the story to Mr. Larson before school. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z “Do you promise to ask them? This weekend, ask them, okay?” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “What about weekends? Do you work there on weekends?” Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z “Good thing he had lots of practice shooting by himself on weekends, Kevin. Who needs a girlfriend when you’ve got basketball?” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z “Will you do something for me this weekend?” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z When she slept over on the weekends, she would braid my hair the same pattern so we’d look like twins at school. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Their flat smelled of vanilla on weekends, when Obinzes mother baked. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “I made them over the weekend and was going to give them out at Monday’s practice,” Joe said. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z On the weekend of the fire, Lemos went to the asylum to get her children back, but was told that it was against official policy to release them just then. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z The weekend goes by too fast, like always. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z More friends visited on weekends, and when Ugwu came out to serve their drinks Master would sometimes introduce him—in English, of course. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The Abbouds spent an entire exhausting weekend sightseeing nonstop around Jerusalem morning till night. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z “We lost everything over the weekend. It’s all gone, all the vegetables. All our vegetables. My string beans. I wanted you to eat my string beans, and now they’re dead.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z At least she usually got to go home on weekends and see the pets she really loved. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Charlie went hunting with his dad on the weekends, which was the only thing they ever did together, and I felt happy for him. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z The summer before, we spent many weekends at my grandparents' lake house in the Poconos. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Since we all doing some sharing, before we all bounce for the weekend, I want to show you something. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z He took his kids camping almost every weekend, even when it rained. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z The weekend of June 1 and 2,1935 My mother calls in sick to her piano students and stays in her room. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Gran and Gramps lived nearby, and they were happy to take me for weekends so Mom and Dad could act wild and stay out all night for one of Dad’s shows. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z At night and on weekends it was wonderfully quiet, and once we got back from Connecticut I spent a great deal of time there—reading, napping on his couch, doing his work and my own. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Then it was Saturday morning and Mrs. Baylor was gathering her stuff, packing her shopping bags to go home for the weekend. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Still, Mom called Abuela every weekend and would force me to grab the phone and say hello. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z I slept over at her house almost every weekend, but she never slept at mine. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z I throw in a dab of secondhand Buddhism remembered from a friend’s account of a monastery in northern California where rich people pay to spend their weekends meditating and doing various menial chores, housework included. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Watching him, I think of Kristi at her dad’s for the weekend and Melissa in California with hers. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z One weekend the two men drove from Phoenix to Nogales, on the border. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “We just found out this past weekend,” he says. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Walt’s family was in Baton Rouge, and it was likely that Rob and Walt would go there for the weekend, he said. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z We worked out trio routines and practiced every weekend with the boys, marching up and down the streets of the project. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z From up and down the East Coast, and even farther afield, they had come together for the weekend, though the time they shared in each others company would forge lifetime friendships. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Also, one time, when I was a kid, we went to Orlando for a long weekend, but Mom ate a bad piece of fish at Magic Kingdom and we ended up coming home early. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z “Why didn’t you answer any of my texts this weekend?” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z The Eagle called Lara’s parents to make sure that they knew she was spending a weekend off campus, and they didn’t mind. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z “But you never visit! Santiago and I come almost every weekend and we never see you here!” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He seemed annoyed to be at the big party of the weekend and not alone with Stephanie. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z Until that time, the sacrifices I had made had not gone much further than being absent from my wife and family during weekends and returning home late in the evening. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z That summer, Joseph came every day— except the weekends, when Madeleine’s parents were home. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z I delete J. Marc’s message because I’m not selling the couch Dad will need again for his weekend naps. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Dutchy also keeps his weekend gig at the Grand in Minneapolis, and I go in with him on Friday and Saturday nights to have dinner and hear him play. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z “Just you and me this weekend,” she said with a smile. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “Well, thanks. And I’ll get that ramp finished this weekend. I just need to make one more trip to the lumberyard.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z “Vote for me,” I hear Ainsley shout, “and maybe Daddy will fly you to Miami with us this weekend on our private jet.” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z I’m glad I’m here today, even though it’s a weekend, and by rights I would be getting double time if I were on payroll. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z On weekends he would rise early, shower, and prepare breakfast for Angela and her mother. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Why hadn’t it occurred to him that this was the last weekend of term for the teachers too? Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z I worked for Santa Maria Window Cleaners, helping Mike Nevel during the day and doing my regular job in the evenings and on weekends. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z “Okay, Truth. If Savanna, Ellie, and Gretchen hadn’t gone skiing this weekend, would you still have asked Charlotte and me to a sleepover tonight?” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z Over two hundred people showed up the next weekend. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Like me, Hugh saw the movie by himself on a weekend afternoon. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z When Eric called the house to ask if I wanted to do something on the weekends, I would say no, that I had to work to get the typewriter. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z On weekends I flew cross country to say—through a microphone—that I was not a minority. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Get up, go to work, go home and sleep so you can work some more and pay for your fun on the weekend. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Yes, the man wore an honorable legend: After he hired himself out from his master for weekend labor, he had purchased the freedom of his wife, then his children, and finally himself. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Each day, each weekend, the newspapers were filled with fresh reports of new and bloody violence in our communities and townships. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I would switch back to the afternoon or to the early mornings on weekends and in summer, dodging him. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Twinkle never wakes up at eight a.m. on the weekend!” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z "Dad said he would take me shopping next weekend." The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z It lives in California now, but he drives it into Texas once a year for this weekend, leaves it in Austin so Alex and June can drive it in. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z They might have been weekend duck hunters, dressed for the shoot. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z “Just some cousin of Mario’s here for the weekend,” Minerva says too offhandedly. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I continued playing in white tennis tournaments on weekends, and my game kept on improving. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z One weekend it turned out that Gregg and another cute boy from Lynn and Amber’s class were going to be going camping near the same place where Uncle Katsuhisa used to take us. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Just after reading time ended, either on weekends or when we got word of trouble, Mother and Grandma would begin the ritual I watched for my entire childhood. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The weekend and the next week passed in a blur of fighting Layla for the bed covers, locker notes, and treehouses. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z But at the weekends or in the evenings—that was never clear. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z On occasion she has her library friends over to the house for lunch, goes shopping with them on weekends to oudet stores in Maine. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z They figured she would be with a cuter guy—as well as someone who went out on weekends and cut loose. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Dad used to drive me here pretty much every weekend to stay with Gram, so I’ve always had my own bedroom, and I’ve explored every corner of the village. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z It was such a strange, surreal weekend, but talking to you about it made it so much better. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z Once in California, Mary had met a mathematician who spent every weekend climbing among the trees. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “I live in Stockport. I help my granddad in his office in the week, and he pays for my petrol, but I can’t come here every weekend.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z “My family has plans this weekend. Can’t we just vote now and get it done?” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z I think he felt guilty for leaving me home alone on the weekends, but he’d spent too many years building his habits to break them now. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z It meant that we once again had weekend hours to linger in bed, to read the newspaper and go out for brunch and share every thought we had. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z So how about the opposite case: what if a mother and father are not only proficient in English but spend their weekends broadening their child’s cultural horizons by taking him to museums? Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z “Funny, because I spent all weekend working on that, too.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Joseph came every day, except for the weekends. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z So only the Richardsons went to the McCulloughs’ that weekend, arriving in two cars—Lexie and Trip and Moody in one, Mr. and Mrs. Richardson in another, with a glowering Izzy in the backseat. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He had not taken weekends off in years—part of the plan was to spend more time with his wife and family. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Groups of people and a few couples milled around, all laughing and joking and calling out to each other, some obviously already intoxicated, heading off campus for the weekend. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z That Sunday evening began with people gathered around the family radio, relaxing as the weekend drew to a close. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z “We went to a party a couple of weekends ago.” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Only that they can’t afford a babysitter, let alone the special weekend Dad is treating Mom to, on account of their admittedly remarkable seventeen years together. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z What I do know is, Hilly and her family drove in this morning from a weekend in Memphis. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Cohn had been talking about the two of us going off somewhere on a weekend trip. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z There was half a Corningware dish of lasagna from last weekend. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “I don’t like it either, but if we wait we won’t have another chance until next weekend. If it comes to that, we may not have another chance at all.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “My house will be perfect for our weekends,” she said finally. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z We had macaroni and cheese—the kind from the box that was only for weekends—and Mom put some peas in it because “at least we can pretend to be healthy.” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z “Her dad’s out of town, and she kinda had a crisis in the middle of the night, so I went to get her. Can she stay with you this weekend?” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z And with Jenna’s birthday party on Saturday night, this is going to be a big weekend. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z I had kept begging Buddy to show me some really interesting hospital sights, so one Friday I cut all my classes and came down for a long weekend and he gave me the works. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z “Can you—uh—can you come to the tree house this weekend?” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Her mama kept a tight rein on her and I wasn’t too sure that her mother liked me, but I came up most weekends or days that I had off. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But I wanted to let you know, and to say thanks to you and Dad for letting me go stay with Annie this weekend. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z She sees her husband on weekends; he is a professor at a college in Boston. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “I’ve got something you could—” “I changed my mind about this weekend,” I said, cutting him off before he ruined the moment. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z The town has a historic district, a brief strip of colonial architecture visited by tourists on summer weekends. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z By the end of the weekend, the snow had started turning gray and yellow, and then a rainstorm turned most of the snow to slush. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z “I’m taking all this stuff to the shelter this weekend. If there’s anything you want, now’s the time to pull it out.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z He is a little guy, affable, who still spends weekends coaching youth soccer. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z "Now, onward to enjoy your weekends, my noble six hundred!" Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z One day for my weekend library book Mum brought me The Story of Doctor Doolittle, by Hugh Lofting. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z The rest of the weekend passed without any word back from Nicole. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z That weekend she took the family to the beach. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z “Do you guys know that this weekend West is coming to my house for two days?” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The following weekend, our rocket rocked in the stiff, frigid wind that swept over Cape Coalwood, enough so I was afraid it might be blown over. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Some of the kids at PM are, though, and we do have a nondenominational chapel on the grounds for kids who don’t go home on weekends. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z A lot of drinking— weekend nights downing Keystone beer in the foothills—sometimes driving home drunk—a lot of premarital sex and a lot of pregnancy. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z When you and Devon used to work on the chest on weekends you got up early and— I know. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Faced with such daunting circumstances, Paul Ellis drank himself into oblivion every weekend, often turning violent when intoxicated. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Last weekend, Safer and I made it all the way to DeMarco’s with Pigeon. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He was always saying things like Wow, the weather is so weird today and How was your weekend? and Hey, did you study for the quiz on Friday? and it surprised me, every single time. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z We spent the weekend spiritlessly sightseeing, assailed by unspoken anxieties. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Last year I was hardly ever home, by myself, after school or on weekends. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “I had a bat mitzvah to go to over the weekend, so we just thought it would be easier to fly here after that,” she said. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z On the weekends, I favor a sport coat. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z On the weekends, they gave big parties for their college friends. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The last time I had spoken to them was when Dr. Z and Tina got married in the university chapel over Labor Day weekend last year. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Every weekend you come until school’s out, I promise you at least one new miracle.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z “I would never be trying to come to school on Saturdays for practice,” Ana said on a Monday in the cafeteria after I told her and Nicole what my crazy weekend had entailed. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “It is so hard to be here after the weekend,” he wrote me. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z On weekend evenings they gathered around the old upright piano in the club’s parlor and sang for hours as Don Hume tore through jazz tunes, show tunes, blues, and ragtime. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “I’ve been busy, with school and work and stuff. But this weekend, I don’t know, I just felt like it.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z They think the coach is tough, some girl named Serena needs to work on her serve, the hotel they are staying at this weekend has a pool. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z Every weekend, the family — mother, father, two boys, and a girl — piled into their car and went away, to where nobody knew. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Outside, there are flyers all around, advertising deejay nights and college theater and a band called Motel/Hotel, scheduled to play this weekend. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Whenever Diego was out with his friends on a weekend night she’d come into our bedroom with her CD player, and we’d sit on the end of my bed listening to music. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Every weekend, it seems, there is a new home to go to, a new couple or young family to meet. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He took comfort in the occasional pickup games of soccer that he played on weekends and after school. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z She’d visited twice, and I had plans to spend the weekend with her and Brent once their tour wrapped up. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Back when things were still civilized, the rich folks from town used to come up and stay their weekends in grand hotels, and ride on the gravity railroad. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z And since she drove to work every morning, I could only use the car on weekends. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Not a bad schedule—and I had weekends off. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z I think Charlie hates being in the motel as much as I do, and I feel a little guilty for leaving her alone for the weekend. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z Once, when I called Sophia in Boston, she said she couldn’t get away until the following weekend. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z And that was the weekend before I logged into your email. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z A punishment tour for Clevinger was fifty minutes of a weekend hour spent pacing back and forth before the provost marshal’s building with a ton of an unloaded rifle on his shoulder. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z One weekend Ken and Bob showed a Swedish film in the school auditorium. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z People look forward to weekends for connections, revisions and separations even though many of these activities are accompanied by bruises and even a spot of blood, for excitement runs high on Friday or Saturday. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Work all through the weekend except the Sahhath, then back to school on Monday. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Salim would never do that. Besides, Rashid and I are not on speaking terms. Salim goes over there every other weekend, and that’s it.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z In town, Hilly and Elizabeth spent all weekend going to and from each other’s houses, while I was only allowed to spend the night out or have company every other weekend. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z If Smith could get the horse into a race on the weekend of February 9, he would have time enough to run him once more before the hundred- grander. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d decided to only dye my bangs, since I knew I’d have to color my hair again after the weekend or risk being in violation of the dress code. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z Even though she was clean, some judge decided that she could only have me and Trey every other weekend and on some holidays. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “No, Albert. This weekend isn’t good. I finally have Clayton focused....No,” she repeated. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z Coach Gifford and I chatted on the phone over the weekend. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah,” she says, “the specials are really good on the weekends. And—” She catches herself, about to tell me there’s a drink named after her. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Hugh O’Sullivan drove a truck and had only a few weekends a month to spend with his wife and his son. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Mrs. Drinker is excited to go away for Columbus Day weekend. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z Now that I know Mom isn’t going anywhere, it’s time to convince my father that we need him here, and not only on the weekends. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z He cleared his throat and said, “Now, your mother wants you to come back to Oxford with her when she leaves next weekend.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z Wormy was here last weekend, I thought he seemed down, but that was probably the news about the McKinnons; I cried all evening when I heard. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z That war is over nearly five years and they can’t get over it so they shoot animals every weekend and drink Rhein- gold till they can’t see. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Paul is in the kitchen, talking to our mother about his work schedule for the weekend. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z Saturday night, February 6 Home for the weekend I’ve spent all day getting everything ready. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He had even written down the sequence of events, ingredient by ingredient, and he had once made Laura’s chili for himself on a weekend when she had been out of town. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z The whole car had smelled so bad, her mom had been forced to leave the windows open all weekend. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z There are big doings at the schoolhouse this weekend: a dance to raise money for the Liberty Bonds. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z He brought me strawberries in dead of winter and flowers every weekend. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z One weekend my uncle took me to meet his family. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z They sat at their table in the library, and James explained the mastermind code he’d come up with over the weekend, every so often looking over to where Maddie sat. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “If you don’t mind sharing a roof with the most embarrassing dad of all times, maybe you could come over this weekend,” she says. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z “I can’t. I’m playing in a string quartet at some professor’s house. What about next weekend?” If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s the kind of downtown that becomes absolutely deserted at night and on the weekends, except for a few nightclubs half-filled with the desperate and the desperately lame. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z “Phoebe—” “Sal wants to know if I can spend the weekend at her house.” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z Trey used to take me there almost every weekend when I was younger. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z I was supposed to be with her that weekend in Arizona, but I was struggling so hard to breathe the night before our flight that I had to stay behind. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z He used to read to us every night, but now we saw him only in the mornings and on weekends. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z The weekend escape had offered a break from both office and climate, each mile north taking her farther away from the steam heat that had held the area hostage for the last few days. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z “Been working on it all weekend and I’m heading over now to do more before morning. Just a li’l piece for Javier.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Which means I have to get through the rest of this weekend, like a tongue trapped in a shut mouth. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z "Still, I think I could manage to see you every third weekend." The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Because it’s the weekend and he hasn’t shaved, he has a line of fine bristles poking out of the skin around his mouth. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Stephanie and I had been in touch all weekend, collecting information to back up my hunch that Noah was the cyberbigot. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z By the end of the long weekend they all were exhausted. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z I spent half of every weekend in my room with my earbuds in. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z To make money, I spend weekends planting for Alfonso and Mariana, who pay me a few sucres, a tiny fraction of what I need. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z And I'm only really counting weekdays there, which means tack on another fifty or so for the times he stopped by on the weekends. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “It’ll seem like forever. I’m going to go crazy this weekend without you.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Now, basically, we had the weekend off, and then we were due back in school. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z But every weekend, there are at least a handful that catch his ear, and once in a blue moon, there is a singer or a song that makes him jump out of his seat. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z He typically works late into his evenings, and on most of his weekends, drawing designs on the computer, drafting plans, writing specifications, building Styrofoam and cardboard models to scale. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “Just try to have fun, G. Only two days till the weekend. Remember, we’re in this together.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “And I rented a car. Everything else anyone could possibly need for a weekend away is in this bag.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z He could tell right away that the weekend he was already dreading was about to get worse. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z “Oh yeah, we can, too. She’s gone home for the weekend. Maybe she left it hidden someplace.” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z One weekend a few months after he’d moved, I heard on my car radio that a vicious blizzard had hit Chicago, closing the airports, shutting down public transit, stranding cars on highways. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It was the first inkling of the revelations that were in store for me this weekend. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z The rest of the weekend will be taken up with experiments. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z When she came home from school and on the weekends, he wanted her around. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z There was a Dairy Queen within walking distance of my house, and I'd often meet Lauren there for Blizzards on the weekends. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z After lunch, I had pre-algebra and plopped into my chair hoping it would pass quickly so I could start my weekend. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z I waited until the weekend to tell my parents. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z In a spirit of contrition for multiple sins, I decide to devote the weekend to detox. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z On the way to the hospital, I asked Francis what had happened over the weekend. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z |
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