At Aberdeen Proving Grounds in Maryland, he helped invent a new device for measuring the velocity of a cannon-fired shell, essential for accurate range finding, winning a patent for the work. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

As a pigtailed child, Joella had once ditched school to compete in, and win, a horse race against legendary Arapahoe riders. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Slow and steady wins the race, he told himself as he spotted the entrance to the stairwell. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“No sweat! Next time I win the social lottery prize, I’ll invite you for real,” I said. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Fadi paused and finally mumbled, “I really need to win that trip.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Incredibly, in spite of his small number of total mounts, his soaring win percentage invariably placed him near the top of the national jockey rankings for purse money won. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first team to reach forty-five total points wins. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“Enough to know that you don’t ever quit until somebody else actually wins.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

If I did, and they did somehow manage to win the contest, I’d be the one responsible. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Somebody who wins stuff and who people like. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Even though I was starting to win more consistently at gymnastics meets, at school I was nothing special. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“It’s just that...it was very important that I win the competition.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

“I hope we go to trial,” I said, “because even if I don’t win anything, I’d like to be heard.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Dimple said a little prayer that she’d win a thousand-dollar lottery, turned off her monitor, adjusted her ratty gray salwar kameez, and made her way downstairs. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Sound the jubilee; the Midwest team wins another medal.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

If I thought the amount of publicity I’d gotten so far was overwhelming, it was nothing compared to after our first win. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“In this state, in this community, the bottom line is how many games you win. All the other B.S. aside, a guy can’t stay out there unless he’s really successful.” Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He has some sort of agenda to stop us from winning against the Colonies. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“You win Best Birthday Plot Twist for sure,” I say. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“Even if I knew it was going to win.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She didn’t want to win a homework pass. She wanted to make sure I didn’t, and she wanted to rub it in at the same time,” James muttered. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Because you called me a blind mole, and then you acted like a jerk about your father winning the Baker Sporting Emporium contract.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

She was the first president since Nixon to win the presidency but lose her own state of residence. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Johnny and I win, but not because I’m any good anymore. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

“Come on, let’s play ball with him. I’ll throw and you can race him for it. You’d better let him win,” she added with a little smile. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

I named him Winston because I liked the meaning of those two words “wins ton.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It only takes a dime and you can win a dollar. Then you can buy Pearl Ann a bag of popcorn and a lemonade with change to spare.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

The fire that had kept Seabiscuit frustrated and unruly now fueled a bounding will to win. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I got to Kyla, instead of shaking her hand I hugged her tight, because I really felt as if she was a huge part of my win. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I didn’t realize that by winning the bronze in Athens, I had put myself so far ahead of my teammates that I qualified for the games before anyone else. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

The competitive part of me liked the feeling of winning, crossing the finish line, and coming home with a medal. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

While blacks did win the right to vote when the Republican Party came to power three years later, and even served in various offices, the interregnum lasted less than a decade. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

A feat, I haven’t a doubt, that will eventually win me the Eastern Philosophy Chair in Hell. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

“We’re voting on a theme next week. I suggested Tropical Paradise. I hope it wins! We can have flower garlands and fruity drinks with those paper umbrellas. You guys should totally join,” she said. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Even though it was a political match, it was widely held that if anyone could win Mark Antony’s heart, Octavia could. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

But I knew that I could never win that way; there were many whites and there were but few blacks. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The twenty-first game commenced on August 31, and Fischer, playing black, conducted the endgame in stellar fashion; at adjournment it looked as though he could win. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

You might not always win, but getting someone else to fight your battles for you just encouraged more fights in the future. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

And of course, she had said this before the game—that and a hundred other useless things that had nothing to do with my winning. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was not the inadequacy of the machine but the Rad Lab’s inattention and its narrow focus that prevented the lab from winning credit for them. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

To win Miss Teen Dream, Shanti knew she would have to work twice as hard as the other girls. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

He is like the winning football coach in some down-on-its-luck Ohio or Texas town—a beacon, a sign that grand achievement is possible, albeit unlikely. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Amateur move, Arthur. If you win something early, then you have to carry it around all night. Let’s go race motorcycles.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

My father’s a large man, very strong, but he says fighting is for people who can’t win with their brains. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Yes, sir, I have. I would like very much to win that scholarship now.” Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

“One of us is going to win,” she said with confidence. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

And though he was much smaller, he managed to win. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought you were going to win,” he says. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“They were going to win hands down. What chumps.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

“That is your problem, Salazar. Unwilling to do what is necessary to win a fight!” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

There was a strong possibility that if Howard secured the match race on these terms, his horse would be too compromised to win. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Creativity. Clarity. Cleverness. And penmanship! Poor handwriting can destroy your chances to win,” Mrs. Grayson replied, looking stern. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

And it did, too; silently he swore to himself that this dog of a man would never win the jiggeh with its priceless contents. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

“Here is my quote: My mother, the president, still fully intends to win this race. We’re here to support her and to encourage the party to stay united behind her.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

In life, the monsters win, she told herself, and now it was the Hound's voice she heard, a cold rasp, metal on stone. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Then he made one from 37 yards to win the Gulf County game 10-7. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d seen how the duke used his size and title to win allies on the king’s council and keep opponents from challenging him. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The odds of winning the lottery were one in three hundred million. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

By winning taxpayers over, they hoped to protect themselves from funding cuts. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I found there were still plants under the snow, and I would dig down and get teaberry leaves and win- tergreen. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was decked out in the Slytherin colors of green and silver to celebrate Slytherins winning the House Cup for the seventh year in a row. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“Want to have a contest to see who can stand on their head the longest? I’ll let you win.” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

An international grandmaster, he was one of America’s strongest players in the late 1920s and 1930s, when he played in five chess Olympics, winning a number of medals. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Since I hope Newjack constitutes an argument against that sort of thinking, I don’t imagine I’ll ever win those people over. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Will I really risk my life for this—to win a game the Dauntless like to play? Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Even he knew that his older brother and sister, Chess and Emma, let him win so he could make a grand entrance. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Even for objects the size of stars, the attractive force of gravity can win over all the other forces and cause the star to collapse. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the last analysis, that was all it took to win her heart—a good night’s sleep. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He led the Bronchos to their first, and only, state championship win over the Mustangs, 21-14. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would have been useless in any case to try and win over the honest Radagast to treachery. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

They were willing to do what she said, and they wanted to win. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

It was a matter of the stronger bull winning. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

They would beat the junior varsity on Monday, lose badly on Tuesday, win again on Wednesday, lose on Thursday. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Joey Pow wasn’t supposed to win. Some rough people wanted Bruiser to win. They told Joey Pow to throw the fight or else...” Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although I still planned on winning first place at the science fair this year, we pinky swore we’d help each other with our individual projects. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I was very competitive, so I answered, “Yes, Your Excellency. We will win.” Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each side wanted to win and felt it deserved to. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

The girl didn't win first, but she did come in second, which wasn't bad. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

It was there the sweet-talking actor used his charms and talents to win over the man to his cause. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The win raised their record to four and one overall and a perfect two and zero mark in the district. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was saving money from his book royalties, tournament winnings, and exhibitions, and he informed his mother that he was doing “real well financially.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I approached the Time Step with the same determination to win that I had approached the time tables with. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, though, being the tubby daughter of Clover City’s most cherished beauty queen doesn’t win me much street cred. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Her human nature seemed to be winning out over her bird nature. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Well,” he said, “next week you have a game against the minister of education’s school. You must win that game. It’s very important to me.” Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

If the person in the lead trips and falls the outcome is not that no one wins but that someone else wins. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Holmesy, someday you’re going to win the Nobel Prize for Being Incredibly Pedantic, and I’m going to be so proud of you.” Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

But I couldn’t listen, not really, because Baba’s casual little comment had planted a seed in my head: the resolution that I would win that winter’s tournament. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The president kept saying America was winning the war. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

His mother doesn’t want him fake-dead anymore, though, and he’s stopped getting a thousand vitriolic tweets an hour, so he counts it as a win. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Most recently, he sent me an utter fantasy in which he faces off against a goblin knight and somehow wins. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

He thinks our side is the good side, and therefore it will win. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Wow! Are you going to talk to us little people when you win your next award?” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Although no one considered them capable of winning the war, they could at least draw out the bloody conflict for weeks or months and inflict heavy casualties on Union troops. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

All the years I’ve watched this pageant and not once did I see a black girl win. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Coming into the race with an excellent shot at winning, Granville fumed, stormed, and lathered through the post parade and bounced and shimmied in the starting gate. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your win? I didn’t lose. I was disqualified.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Prince Doran is a cautious man, that’s true. He will never join us unless he is convinced that we will win. So to persuade him we must show our strength.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Or was he perhaps considering that, just this once, his determination to win hadn’t been strong enough? Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Stanton felt that if women did not win the right to vote at this time, it could be decades before they would have another chance. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

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

“By being willing to sacrifice everything you thought you came here to win, you have all proven yourselves to be true champions.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

He knew she couldn’t win by going out a fire exit. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

One Esme won fair and square, two Rowan let her win, and one Rowan won, so it wouldn’t be as obvious that he had thrown the others. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He did not inspire the South to fight on, prolong the Civil War, or win the battles the Confederate armies had lost. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would charge nothing up front, and the Lackses wouldn’t have to pay if he didn’t win. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I figure he’s been weeping because I publicly blew my last chance at winning the Excelsior Award. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

He nibbed it up against his britches and said, “Heads I win, tails you lose.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

"Who do you think will win the day's honors?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“And what exactly does Haley have to do to win?” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

So far, though, the geeks seem to be winning. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He always gives me a chance to win by tripping or moving slowly or going the wrong way when I do a fake. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

So you see, I know how to pick the winning side. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“If I win, I’m a prodigy. If I lose, then I’m crazy. That’s the way history is written.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

We constantly had to break and hack off branches, trying to win back our ground. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every four years, they have a contest, and whoever wins gets to be the jefe. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

And if we don't win this challenge, I one hundred percent will be. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

“But she knows you have the best odds of winning. Keris gains much if she backs the right Aspirant. And loses much if she backs the wrong one.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Based on this recent experience, I thought we could win relief for McMillian on appeal. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

After winning a prestigious scholarship, Houseman seemed destined to attend a British university. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

He is still helping me, for that matter, and we hope to win the battle of Bedegraine together, when it comes off.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wins the first two battles, hands down, and it’s over. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Griffiths only said someone who has changed history, and Malala definitely did. She was the youngest person to ever win the Nobel Peace Prize. And she’s from Pakistan.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

As they headed into the playoffs, many considered them a serious contender to win it all. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

That something is to win the audience round. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

The words of the bald-headed man came to me: “If the British win, we’ll all be free.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jus is sure this house could win the world record for largest collection of ancient Egyptian paraphernalia. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The fencers who advanced from this preliminary round were determined by the number of wins and losses in the pools. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“We still have the war against Japan to win.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I only lie when it’s necessary,” Milo explained defensively, averting his eyes for a moment and blinking his lashes winningly. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“You have not asked about your prize,” Cain says, “for winning the Trial.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

She had never liked him, but she had tried to please him—tried to win his approval by being the best. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

We went down the hall to Mr. Carter's courtroom and had another success, winning a new sentence that meant that he, too, would be released immediately. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

They might not be talking, but she still wanted James to win his bet with Maddie. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

If I win and become Emperor, I’ll be tied to the Empire for life. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“If she wins, she will hate you for it if she does not already.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

For a moment I forgot about everything except the win. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

It was entirely possible that the freedom of the press would win its battle, and that he would still lose his job. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

“The only thing I do believe is that America is going to win the war.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The propaganda can be quite creative: the famine was repackaged as the “Arduous March,” a patriotic struggle that North Koreans were encouraged to win with the inspiring slogan: “Let’s Eat Two Meals Per Day.” Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

I am fairly sure the answer is A, but that word could mean “big-headed crippled kid who thinks she can win in a national quiz competition.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“You let us handle that, and you focus on winning.” Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Jackson won programs to educate newly arrived workers, selling the idea as a good way for business owners to win black allegiance. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The last country to realize they were cooked would win the war. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

On October 12, 1937, after a month’s rest, Seabiscuit resumed his winning ways in smashing style, bounding home first under 130 pounds in the rich Continental Handicap at New York’s Jamaica Race Track. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Yes. And it tripped a Yankee base runner. Changed the momentum of the entire game. The Red Sox ended up winning. Didu's face showed up on the big screen and the entire stadium booed." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Whoever wins first place in the talent show will probably win the Excelsior Award, too,” I say. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

Really, my mom can read the newspaper in fifteen minutes and tell me baseball scores, the location of every war, the latest guy to win the Lottery, and the high temperature in Des Moines, Iowa. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Someday, Francie resolved, when she had fifty cents, she would take all the picks and win everything on the board. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Auntie Fatima was right: Goodies rock, especially because the winning team got to divvy up and take the leftovers home. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Charley promised her that if she came to the track to see him ride War Admiral, he’d win it for her. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Luckily for us, we had a sizable lead and she was able to win her match. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

One night at dinner, Jaime announced that the Socialists were going to win, but since he had been saying that for twenty years, no one believed him. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had lost faith in the Dodgers’ ability to win a World Series, but I still loved them. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

She made a beeline for an empty cube, sitting down next to an engineer, resting her belongings on the desk and offering the man her winning smile. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Of course, Mary also knew that her son was a ringer; the two of them had been building to win. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

“Five baskets win,” he says, and drops the ball on the floor so I got to pick it up. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

When you get on that show and win, I want a signed copy of your cookbook, okay? From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

He would never win Moss over, and yet he still tried. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Always the pragmatist, however, Spaulding developed a strategy to win blacks over. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

In 1785, he became possibly the only person in history to win a natural history museum in a raffle. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

And some people get nothing but a string of cards that no matter how they’re played will never add up to a winning hand.I guess who I am thinking about mostly is my dad. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

But that was all we managed to put up, and Chas s team came back with three unanswered scores to win the tournament. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I never sinning I always winning Now I got Jesus. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The game was resumed the next day and Bobby, feeling ebullient because he was in a winning position, agreed to play on the main stage. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Wayne, who performed a monologue from August Wilson’s Fences, wins the top honor and a grant of $500. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Will you bake for me if I win something?” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

All year, the Capitol will show the winning district gifts of grain and oil and even delicacies like sugar while the rest of us battle starvation. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I flash back to the necklace I stole for Sophia that helped me win her back all those years ago. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I want us to win this game but I want to go to a dance with Celia even more. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He needed just two draws or one win out of the remaining four games to wrest the title from the Russian, and from Russia. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

They’re screaming and cheering and mobbing the team, who pulled out a fantastic win tonight. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You gave me the money to join the club. Now it’s my responsibility to win the contest.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

“But look, Francie: A kid wins it. All the kids expect to win then, see? It’s a bad example.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Actually,” said Kyle, “you will win something else if you help us do this thing.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Sometimes one of Dad’s odd jobs would come through, or he’d win some money gambling, and we’d eat for a few days. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

We cannot, somehow, give up the idea that discovery, like a race, is a game in which one person wins and everyone else loses. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Tomorrow, those two qualities will struggle within me, and only one can win. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“I think it’s a matter of pride. He thinks he can always get his way and doesn’t want anyone or anything to win out over him.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

He later summed up his experience: “The Cubans seem to take chess more seriously....They feel more the way I do about chess. Chess is like fighting, and I like to win. So do they.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

During this time, the judges are conferring in another room, deciding on the winning queens. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

And though the war was young, the plane was winning a reputation for being delicate, especially in the skinny wings, which could snap off if struck in combat. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

I match my winnings with two more dollars down. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

If Baba was wrong and there was a God like they said in school, then He’d let me win. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I win, and I get to ask you anything I want. You win, you get to ask me anything.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

"And hey, you guys get a seat on Ares 5. Everyone wins." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he had taken his customary seat underneath the press box for the game, he privately believed it would take a miracle for Odessa High to win. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The value of building the jackpot is now outweighed by each contestant’s desire to win the jackpot. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Because horses who gain commanding early leads in match races generally win them, observers thought the bullet-breaking War Admiral held a considerable advantage over the historically slower-breaking Seabiscuit, even with a conventional start. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The score stayed locked at 7-3, and we ended up winning the game. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

All the kids hoped they’d win the wishing penny raffle after making their very own monster coin purses. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

The cussing men who went on about losing money and the laughing men who bragged about winning some. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

If Vincent can win Kee, he writes, his art will continue to reach a “higher artistic level, without her I am nothing, but with her there’s a chance.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I had to do very well in these exams, for there was a possibility I could win a scholarship to help me on to secondary school. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you win excuse me, unde, what I was going to say was this. We hoped to settle the matter without a personal combat at all.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Seabiscuit was struggling to push Count Adas off of him, the front-runners were disappearing in the distance, and his chances of winning were all but dashed. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Why should I mistrust him? He has done everything I have ever asked of him. His sword helped win the throne I sit on." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

When racing officials offered a fantastic pot of $50,000 for Riddle to pit his colt against Exterminator, the only horse who might have made Man o’ War work for his winnings, Riddle declined. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I want to win or lose it fair and square. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I think you need to be getting ready, Nessy. We got a pageant to win tonight,” Pop Pop says. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

In some respects he repeated the error of his ways in the third game as well: letting a potential—or at least a possible—win slip through his grasp and drift into a draw. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Not exactly. Maybe it would defeat their purpose. They win when you respond the way they expect you to. Change the rules of the game, girl, and they might not like it so much.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

As they huddled around Gaines, there wasn’t one who didn’t think that Permian, somehow, some way, would win. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We don’t want to break our winning streak, do we?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The sounds were full with the sensation of slicing through land, the sense of forced progress, the sense that things made of steel would always win over things made of earth. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“True. I totally thought you were going to hold me back from winning.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He distracted himself by working hard with Kayak, and sent him out to win two more races. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

If there was no personal connection to the place, how could we ever expect to win? The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

A win was so close, but there was no time to think. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Because as a daughter who craves her mother's love, I consider this a win. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

If Ho Chi Minh hoped quoting from the Declaration of Independence would help win him friends in Washington, D.C., he was mistaken. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He is like that person you never heard of who wins one of those MacArthur genius awards for creating astonishing success in the most unlikely of settings. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Chargaff, as one of the world’s experts on DNA, was at first not amused by dark horses trying to win the race. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

“Yes. Yes, I do. Yes. I always want to be the winner. That’s what I do. I root for us to win. That’s what we all do.” Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

If it happens December 17, he wins eighty-five bucks. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t win this fight with a sword. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Barack didn’t talk down to the people of Roseland, and he wasn’t trying to win them over, either, by hiding his privilege and acting more “black.” Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Everyone was telling me I could make history by winning Worlds a third consecutive time. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

For the first time in my life, I’m actually wondering who gone win this fight. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

With Smith watching from the track apron, War Admiral led from wire to wire, winning easily. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The conversation then shifts to chatter about my team’s district win, and discussion of our first section game—we Fulton Firebirds take on the Decatur Red Devils. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

Somebody gets hit by a car or gets fired from a job or wins the lottery or their pops gets blown to pieces by a grenade in some stupid war. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

It’s especially interesting to note that by the two wrestlers’ second subsequent meeting, the win percentages revert to the expected level of about 50 percent, suggesting that the collusion spans only two matches. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

The unfortunate warder did not win the contest, either. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Boots grinned winningly and held up a pudgy hand. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I play basketball because I have to win a scholarship,” Ben announced. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wins a trip to the toy store. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

They were not made to win him fame or recreation. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oops, sorry,” he said, smiling in what he hoped was a winning way when she stopped and glared at him. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I really wanted to win, and straight up, if Whit told me that having my blood cleaned was the way to win, I would go to dialysis just like Ma. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Instead of praying for a win or praying during times of difficulties, I started to ask Allah to allow me to represent my community and my family well. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

The horse was superb, skipping over the mud to win. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I bet they make up new contests just so the Hubbards can win them. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

“It might be possible that I win it earlier,” Petrosian replied, and confidently went on to explain that he wasn’t impressed with Fischer. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Ruth May is so intent on winning Hide and Seek, or any game for that matter, she would probably go ahead and burn up before she’d ever yell and give herself away. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the point was brutally clear: the United States could not win this kind of war. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

His goal was just to write a winning essay, but in the process he convinced himself. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

We are not going to win a state championship playin’ that way!” Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

If Sunny Jim couldn’t get a horse to win, no one could. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Nick was halfway down the hall before it hit him—“She likes this war, and she wants to win real bad!” Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He returned to San Francisco intent on trying a different, more oblique means of winning a concession—one that ultimately would get him a lot more than he had bargained for. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“How ’bout this,” says Mike O, “whoever wins gets everyone else’s tickets.” Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Harry couldn’t think of anyone who deserved to win a large pile of gold more than the Weasleys, who were very nice and extremely poor. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Well, if we don’t win anything extra by helping you guys,” groused the guy from New York City, “why should we help? We’ve already scored our college scholarships.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

There’s so no way I’m winning this thing, so I might as well go out in a blaze of glory. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“You want to punch my shoulder? I used to win money when mans try to trade punches with me.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“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

Actually, Anderson had to fight hard to win her place in American music history. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

“But we could win it all, too. Right?” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was the “big game”! We were supposed to win! The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The winning squadron broke into a chant of victory. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nathan as a boy played football on his high school team in Killdeer, Mississippi, with great success evidently, and expected his winning season to continue ever after. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This is our last chance — my last chance — to win the Quidditch Cup,” he told them, striding up and down in front of them. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

The way I look at it, love does not necessarily make for a happy ending any more than winning does. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

She’s been desperate for me to win because she knew what would happen if I didn’t. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Jackson further parlayed the desire of the packers and other manufacturing business owners to win the hearts and minds of their black employees, setting up a host of company-sponsored social groups. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Valour in arms is yours, and you win high honour thereby. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Who cared if the crack game was a tournament that only a few of them could possibly win? Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Charles could brag about winning more games, but Emma won more gammons, which meant that when she won, Charles still had all his pieces on the board. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

They say it’s a real rat race and I hope to win it.” Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Play to ten baskets by one. You have to win by two.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Tell my sister you believe you can win him away from me, given time. That ought to content her for a while." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“We went over to the winning side, is all. Same as we done before. It weren’t all me, neither. I put it to my men.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It was strictly small-time racing, but Smith’s horses were winning. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

And there is no fight I can win. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

On the other hand, Grandma liked to win. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

It ended up winning the game for our school. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

If the all-around win was considered to be the jewel in the crown, the team medal was the crown itself—the main reason we were there. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Well, if you don’t win a scholarship for basketball, you could try to get an appointment to the Academy.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

You stage a power play by conning the older guy out of some fake winnings, then mouth around that you one-upped the boss. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were the kind of eyes that wanted to win. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t try. Do! Do exactly what I said and you’ll win! Got it?” Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

When I finish—when I win—I’ll be on my way back to New York and never have to take on another hunt again. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Good old Butler, the only human ever to take on a troll and win. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

You may not believe it, but when I was eighteen I used to win prizes and medals from the Royal Photographic Society in London, and from other places like the Photographic Society of Holland. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Militarily, the Tet Offensive was a win for South Vietnam and the United States. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

If she wins a second speed round, the Winner’s Circle is worth fifteen thousand dollars. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

It’s just that the fear of disappointing others or making a fool of myself always wins. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Amá’s jaw tightens, and her eyes narrow in a way that tells me I'm not going to win. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“I have seen her in my flames, but only once. We must win the lord commander’s trust, and the only way to do that is to save her.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I became the US National All-Around Champion for 2013, taking not only individual gold but also winning silver in all four events. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He pauses in his peeling to ask us questions about everything in the world and the boy with the best answers wins. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The spoils of the win were eye-popping: a golden trophy, a brand- new bicycle, and a spot at the national All-American Soap Box Derby in Akron, Ohio, as the official representative of the Virginia Peninsula. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

He did not think of this course of action as suicidal, but as another gallant gamble of the sort he was accustomed to winning. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“The naughty ones don’t win Miss Teen Dream,” Taylor called. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“Maybe it’s not about what we win, but what the other has to lose.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Stalking her by way of my computer would win me a top spot on her hate list, if she found out about it. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

As his wealth and power grew, politicians courted his support, knowing that they couldn’t win without his blessing. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

S’meggs would win, and that was all that would matter in the end. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

This was a dangerous strategy, for we could easily win this legal battle but lose the war. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And even though Audrey didn’t get any recognition for her project, she celebrated my win as if it were hers, too. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

I say, “He wanted to win that chase. And he did. He really did.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

“And hopefully, you’ll live up to your reputation. I anticipate winning, and I won’t be pleased if you make me look foolish.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Sooner or later, the water would win, and the boat would sink. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, but that would be letting them win.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Just barely, but, yeah. A win is a win.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The ladder wouldn’t win any design awards, but it might get her to the bottom of the cavern safely. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

They—the enemy, the fetterlings, the Maafa, Uncle C, and whoever else—they wanted to win, but I wanted it more. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Everyone assumed that I would win the Beecher medal because I had organized the coat drive, and the medal usually went to the student who did the most community service. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t made fun of my tears and instead had convinced me that I really would win first place next year. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

But he was getting a lot of mounts and winning with almost 10 percent of them, so he got by. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was like saying, “I knew my keys were here all along” or “I knew you’d win.” Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

“You start out on wooden skates,” said Miguel, “but you can win silver ones. Just like in the book.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

He said as soon as he hit a number, he would use the winnings to organize his band. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

In Serra, bets over who will win border on the obscene. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

It seemed to me that if God really wanted the Americans to win, He would have sent sea monsters to devour the fleet when it left Boston. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whoever wins will begin their life as a scythe in abject sorrow, never to forget the cost of that ring. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“The winners will face each other in a final duel. Whoever wins will be crowned King’s Champion. Is that clear?” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

It was only the third stakes win of Pollard’s career, and in a backward kind of way, he owed it to Woolf. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were pictures in black and white of the winning teams alongside some of them. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Now, he’s as cheerful and flashy as the winning slot machine. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

This is really a positive for other people because I would totally win in any fistfight. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

If he could distinguish himself at the Fair, and maybe win some prize money, he was sure Zuckerman would let him live. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

When his winnings reached $250,000, he appeared to make a mental calculation that the risks of losing everything were at that point greater than the potential benefits of staying in. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“If we prepared our kids academically as we prepared them for winning the state championship, there is no telling where we would be now,” said former school board member Vickie Gomez with typical bluntness. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

At one point he ran into a party of suspicious Crow Indians, but he managed to win them over by repeatedly taking out and replacing his false teeth. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Well, do you still want to win the talent show?” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know about that,” she says, “but if I get a third and we win by one, I’m takin’ credit for the whole shootin’ match!” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

“This is the last league meet. Let’s win this thing!” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

And old press clippings of my dad winning the big game when he was a sophomore. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

This emphasis on illicit cash proved to be a winning effort, for nothing infuriated the law-abiding populace more than the image of the millionaire crack dealer. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

They felt that Cassius hadn’t a prayer of a chance to win. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The resulting document, which became known as the Durham Statement, acknowledged that the nation’s primary task was to win the war against fascism abroad. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Ged thought her very ugly, but he had a desire to please her, to win her admiration, that grew on him as they talked. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

The pressure to win began to distract him. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

For me, the fact that they’re both here is all the winning I need. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Some of them, those in a better economic position, attempted to win her heart by bribing her daughter. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The heir who wins the windfall will be the one who finds the fourth. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

She gripped The Gold-Bug tightly in her hand and tried to think of it as a baton in a relay she was desperately trying to win. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I made a valiant effort to win a stuffed whale by pitching a ball at a pyramid of bottles, but never managed to knock down more than two. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Men cannot be threatened into the kind of fight they will have to put up to win. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Right now, you have one blow, that’s all. You told me yourself that it’s not just strength, it’s skill too. This way, if you win this game, you get two blows to my head.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

“I know you wanted first prize on the pie. You wanted it bad. And I thought you'd switched the card on Mr. Pennypacker’s pie with yours so you could win with his pie.” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Not only had he lost, but he’d been unable to prove to himself—and the public—that he could win a single game against Spassky. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Others have turned to winning the support of those who were suspect at the beginning of their rule. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

With a clear mind and a happy heart, now I could fall asleep thinking about one thing—winning. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

The one assigned that number had to catch the ball to win a point for his team. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

Finally, a school called Perry Valley wins the fourth round with eighty-two points, just one point more than us. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

E. D. Nixon later explained, “I had to be sure that I had somebody I could win with.” Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

In early June, as Seabiscuit was being humiliated in a cheap stakes race in New Hampshire, Granville finally lived up to expectations by winning New York’s Belmont Stakes, the final jewel in the Triple Crown. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You know, slow and steady wins the race. We’ll tell you all about it once were finished.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Slowly, by friendly patience, he hoped to win him over. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

Did feelings of patriotism surge within him and was he rooting hard for his country to win? Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

They had started the season with a tie and a loss but had since won their last two games, putting them in a position to actually win their division. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Securing a revolution has proven to be a much more daunting assignment than winning one. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

The all-day parade, titled Hitler Unlooses War, was a demonstration of America's military and industrial power, aiming to stamp out any doubt about America's ability to crush Hitler and win the war. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

Maybe they allowed me to win a few awards so when the final results are announced, my feelings won’t be hurt. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Laborers in the Cripple Creek mining district would not organize and win their rights for another generation. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

I want to play basketball and win the state championship. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Adams saw it, he had been prepared, by both experience and training, to perform a central role in the unfolding drama of winning and securing the American Revolution. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

"You know, ashes scattered to the winds, so the one who wins the windfall gets— Oh, never mind." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have at no time and to no person...claimed the credit for the winning of the Gordon Lim case,” she pointed out. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

For example, he is a natural athlete, but doesn’t go around talking sports all the time or thinking it is the end of the world if his team doesn’t win. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

All these wannabes killing themselves, running around hanging the lamest posters and FB-ing everybody with Like me requests, and Castro wins without even being on the ballot, as a write-in. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Almost immediately DDT was hailed as a means of stamping out insect- borne disease and winning the farmers’ war against crop destroyers overnight. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

He leaned into her and whispered, “But I’m still winning.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

"Do you actually believe that Germany can win the war?" The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

“She looks like Nola that win the field trials in Virginia last year. She a Virginia dog, Captain?” Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I did tell you, didn’t I, how the Gaming Machine gives you a candy when you win?” Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Then he shouted down: “Okay, fine! You win! I’ll be right down. Wait there!” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

"Ad easy victory, to be sure. And what glory, to win Storm's End with a single stroke!" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“I found out that...that I didn’t win the photography competition.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

A Meecham gets the best grades, wins the most awards, excels in sports, is the most popular, and is always found near the top no matter what endeavor he undertakes. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was the third BYU student ever to win a Gates scholarship, and the university was taking full advantage of the press. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Fine, fine,” Mom says, shooting me a little you win smile. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I wanted to raise a son who would win many things, praise, money, a good life. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What major-league pitcher was the last to win at least thirty games in one season?” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Ross Milton was not, however; he said, “Lincoln will win. When it comes to the final vote, the country will not admit that its sons have died for nothing.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most teams felt intimidated playing Permian because of all the tradition and its history of winning. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

But which of the members of the king’s council would be so desperate to win that he’d do such a thing? Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“It’s your big day. Why don’t we play something you have an actual chance of winning? Honor Pictionary?” Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

There’s the roulette for tickets, where I once spent a lot of credits only for someone to come up right after me and immediately win five hundred tickets. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“The only way a person can make a real difference is to know the rules of the game and use them to win.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Clarisse was wearing the gold laurels, but she didn’t even brag about winning them, which wasn’t like her. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Their work had been driven by the absolute necessity of winning the bomb race with Germany. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

How about if you lose I cut one lock and if you win I will moon that nerdy group ofsixth-graders that sit near our table at lunch? The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

"You would win, my lord. Lord Alester was indeed the first to bend the knee! Many others followed." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Whatever was affecting his mood, Nathan was smaller than it, and it was winning. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“We’re going to fight until we win!” the union leaders swore, sounding like soldiers. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I mean, it’s not like I can win, you know? Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

After Seabiscuit began winning with Smith, the renowned Claiborne Farm, which had once politely but firmly rejected Hard Tack, changed its mind. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

They hung around day and night, asking Smith if he really thought his horse could win. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Thanks. But I really need to win this competition.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

You can say, “You know, I think the Yankees will win the World Series again.” Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

Take Carter’s district record of four wins and a tie and change it to two wins and three losses, a record that would no longer be good enough to make the playoffs. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He uses the techniques of the Fascists. Everyone is armed and ready for combat at a moment’s notice. How will we ever win Cuba back if we ourselves are not prepared to fight?” Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet he felt that he could not fight the battle for his life without first winning the one raging within him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

That locked the two labs into a zero-sum game that only one could win unless both compromised significantly. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

But the ones I hated are winning, and if she clings to me, she’ll be lost as well. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Besides, I didn’t become a teacher to win any congeniality contests. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Miss Simon tried to win my confidence; she asked me if I would like to be adopted by her if my mother consented and I said no. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then—win or lose in Poughkeepsie—he would take the varsity to Princeton in July. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

It doesn't matter, though, because the carnival worker tells me you have to pop three balloons to win anything. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Personal combat has no meaning. It is an unfair justice anyway. It is the thugs who win.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Women and children were rarely killed, though they were sometimes abducted and forced to join the winning group. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

What will happen to Freebie if we don't win? Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps more important, he’d beaten Fischer in their last three meetings and had more wins against Fischer than any living player. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Helmuth lies awake for a long while, wondering if Germany deserves to win such a war. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Fight, Elias. You have to fight. You have to win.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Well, help him practice for this one, and I’ll be very surprised if he doesn’t win,” said Moody. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

But beyond the Wall, the enemy grows stronger, and should he win the dawn will never come again. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

When you crash into an opponent, who ever’s lance is higher on the screen wins the joust. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He cleared his throat and began to recite: “Heroes win laurels—” “Um, yes, first class,” Hermes interrupted, like he was anxious to avoid Apollo’s poetry. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

There are victories whose glory lies only in the fact that they are known to those who win them. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A loss will only fuel the fire of those who think he doesn’t have what it takes to win the ones that really count. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Ridgeford High is very proud of our winning team. We'll be eager to interview you again when you return from your week in France." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

And even if the Sapiens lost the first round, they could quickly invent new stratagems that would enable them to win the next time. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Quite a bit. But they never seem to win, do they?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Most had never seen the inside of a camp but then again, I had never cooked a meal, so it wasn’t like any of us were winning in the life experience department. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

And Qareeb was not the type of kid to let his sisters win just to be nice, so if we won, it was a true victory. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“I think if there was a fight,” says Helena, “Max would win.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“The first thing you will learn today is how to shoot a gun. The second thing is how to win a fight.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I should ask her to be more precise, to give me an exact win/loss ratio so I can decide how to feel. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Nothing John Kwang could say or do would win him praise. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Because you learn that if you can win, you can lose. And you should learn to be a good loser, not just a good winner.” Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The margin was so narrow, however, that he believed that if Harrison ran again, he would win. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He can only win the contest twice, and then he has to give somebody else a chance. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Soviet Communists saw the West as their prime adversary in the battle to win the hearts and minds of oppressed people everywhere; America viewed Stalin's government as an enemy of democracy. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Let me remind everybody, we are not here to win or lose. Justice often fails because it seeks to punish, not to heal. Jails and fines harden people.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

If he were to win it, which, considering the way he was playing, was conceivable, then he would have proven that blacks had the ability to succeed—if allowed the opportunity. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t so much win or lose but our pride. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the first time, we consider the possibility that we just might win. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

And even if I had pledged all my winnings to the families, it would not excuse my silence today. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I let him win twice and left with the fire alarm key in my back pocket. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because I can’t win a championship if I’m sitting in this smelly hospital. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

And inside that last choice lay another one: I could try to reason with DeeDee, to win her over with words or some other form of kid diplomacy, or I could just shut her up. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

My own grandfather thought “a hitler” was a kind of army tank that was helping the Germans win the war. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

There was always the possibility that the collegians would win, but statistically their chances would be much lower than a thousand to one. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

And another agent had helped to win France’s aid. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could make potions to give folks luck to win a court case or to make their boss less angry. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“But like about a zillion other soldiers who never knew each other, we fought on the same side—the winning side—of the greatest country in the world. And I’m proud of it.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Sometimes you could fall down and still win the race if you got up again, but that wasn’t how she felt right now. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She doesn’t really seem to care about winning the science fair. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

But the one which had the most urgent influence in his life was, “You always win at sports.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then I would go outside so I wouldn't have to hear them anymore, because nobody was going to win. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“All right, rat, you win. But how do I know you’ll keep your word? First let the friar go, then I promise on my honor as a warrior that I’ll come down.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

If they were playing knockout, Scott always came up with a new rule that helped him win. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

Every day I asked my mother to request a special prayer at her church for Arthur Ashe to win the tournament. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You put so much stock in winning wars,” the grubby iniquitous old man scoffed. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Why twelve?” asked Kyle, who was already trying to figure out how many games his team would need to win to keep its title. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

“That’s all right. Bring it in when you are ready. And you better put off this celebration until after we win that boat race.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She didn’t want to win a homework pass. She wanted to make sure I didn’t, and she wanted to rub it in at the same time,” James muttered. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

With the win at Gliders, that goal seemed within reach, because my score had qualified me to compete in the American Classic at the Karolyi Ranch on July 1. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Look, here’s the deal, Armpit. You sell me the letter or else I talk to Detective Cutie-pie. Your choice. Everybody wins, or everybody loses.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

For many animals, domestication has been a winning strategy. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“Who else do you think would win it?” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

“But the deck is really stacked against us. You really think we can win against all of that?” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

The only pieces of the sky I see are flecks through the small, high win- dows, and a patch above the courtyard where I wash clothes, surrounded by walls. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

But our Suffering shall not be indefinite if Aina would only purchase me an Owl & some other Sundries so I might restore our College to its former Glory & win again the Approbation of our Trustees. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

He knew nothing about winning these Olympic Games would be easy. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

I ran into the house, clutching my letter like a winning lottery ticket. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Thankfully, every other Firebird has their act together, and we manage three additional runs, winning the game. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

It’s easier to cut the bookie’s purse than try to win money from it. Red Queen 2015-02-10T00:00:00Z

Ever since Father smacked her over the owl, she’s been trying twice as hard to win him back over. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Compared to the one hundred dollars he needed to win the war, five dollars was nothing. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

Bobby pondered for a long while and, with no apparent winning chances left, reluctantly agreed. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She wants to win, so she nominated me. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

The left column tallies the probability, based on all past meetings between the two wrestlers fighting that day, that the 7—7 wrestler will win. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

“Being therefore to receive exactly what she is to pay,” he observed triumphantly, “she will neither win nor lose by the measure.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Bargh once had people play board games in which the only way the participants could win was if they learned how to cooperate with one another. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“Don’t harm her either. Tie her up and take her with us. The Kuhani win...” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He had already come up with a surefire winning strategy, one that required not just secrecy but lies. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

We walked past rooms with no floor covering but matted carpets and win­dows shuttered with sheets of plastic. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Years after, Bobby recalled that he was unhappy with the outcome and took to heart Nigro’s advice: “You can’t win every game. Just do your best every time.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It started out great, we kissed and stuff and I thought I was winning her over but idk. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Apparendy, privileges had been traded—shower times, chore schedules, the best slots for activities—in order to win support. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

We and our vermin all blossomed together out of the same humid soil in the Great Rift Valley, and so far no one is really winning. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But,” said Mr. Lemoncello, his face suddenly appearing on every video screen in the room, “you can win them!” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

There’s a royal photographer right on the other side of the fence, so he smiles winningly and says through his teeth, “Let’s get it over with.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

On the way home she says, “You better not have let me win. ” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She had a strong voice despite her small frame, and she spoke with “rare force and effectiveness,” winning the class orator prize. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Or maybe he’d decided he couldn’t win this fight, so he was going to pretend it never happened and Leah was beneath his notice. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

That day, about noon, the owners of the other winning teams and I were called for a conference with the head judge. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

This would be my first year in the coveted starting lineup on the varsity team, and I was really looking forward to contributing tangible wins for the team. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

But the builder would not count his winnings before they were in his hands. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

“Fadi,” said Noor, her voice an octave lower, “I know you’re an excellent photographer. You know all the tricks Dad taught you, but don’t be too disappointed if you don’t win.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

We almost let an eleven-point lead slide through our fingers, but in a valiant last-minute effort, Mariel pulled us back for the win. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

The one thing I was good at was winning scholarships and prizes, and that era was coming to an end. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

We live against each other, spying on one another for Pol Pot, hoping to win favors from Met Bong. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I loved that they were happy for my win, but it was a lot being the center of so much attention. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

To win the Cherokees to their side, British authorities provided weaponry and money, while separatist representatives threatened the towns with complete destruction if they did not remain neutral. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

He’s after more than just winning in a fight. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

"When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die. There is no middle ground." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Washington had yet to show they could win a two-thousand-meter sprint. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

But the rub is that there are two ways he can win and only one way you can win. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

These undercover judges will decide who wins the Excelsior, which will be awarded at another all-school assembly on March fifteenth. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

“The bombing halt undercut one of my most effective campaign issues,” he later explained, “the inability of the Democratic leadership to win a permanent peace.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Now, don’t get me wrong. You probably have a better chance at winning than anyone else. But...” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

But for all that to happen, Haley needed a winning idea—and fast. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

The tide of the war might be turning, but there were many battles ahead to win, and victory would require perseverance. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

They took it all very seriously When Charles wasn’t winning, he would yell, “Bang your bones!” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She just didn’t know we were on the same side, fighting for the good guys to win. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This is when Gus always insists on finding the prisoner, even though that keeps you from winning the game, and the only way to actually free the prisoner is to win the game.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Howard’s hand shot up every time, but I knew for sure I was never going to win any Bible bucks. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Given that he wasn’t winning, or even running passably well, it’s very difficult to defend it. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

"It'll be a friendly game. And Alfred will pick the winning look. Any wagers?" The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I was confused: Should I try to win against the voice out there? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one wants to go to a festival to do calculations of mass and volume, except maybe Roli, who did, in fact, win last year. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“Of course were winning. Were awesome at this.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

The final night, even with my own bobble on beam and a not-quite-vertical handstand on bars, I came away with my fourth-straight National Championship win. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“I’ve heard strange rumors about my daughter. Things I might have once laughed at. She’ll do everything she can to keep you from winning this. Don’t expect anything less.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Well, you win be one soon enough, won’t you?” asked the old man, impatiently. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t thank me, Ibtihaj, until you win. Until then, your life is going to be harder than it’s ever been before.” Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

She weighed the theory purse on her palm and said, in a bright, stunned whisper, “I think you win.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

She didn’t want to tell me that I wouldn’t be able to keep up and had no chance of winning. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

“I just want to win a stupid little scholarship!” The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly I’m picturing myself with lighter, clearer skin, onstage in my pageant gown, ready to win it all. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

It isn't going to win any awards, but it has a lot going for it. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Mental health advocates and lawyers succeeded in winning a series of Supreme Court cases that forced states to transfer institutional residents to community programs. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“I guess we’ve evolved to just winning in the toy and electronics market,” I said. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s not the kind he likes, where there are multiple ways to win. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

‘You are a stern lord and resolute,’ she said; ‘and thus do men win renown.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

He’s much faster than she is, so I’m sure Molly will not win today. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

‘When we win this war, I’m going to make sure all the gods get recognized.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

They made a great team, winning six in a row before they came up against Benji and Henry. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

We take bus rides whenever Lloyd wins some ends, or if either one of us gets some money or we just get bored. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, she lean out the win< Low and say, Sofia, you only got the rest of the day. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

A month of good behavior wins you an invitation to a pizza or nacho party. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“This is better than winning,” he whispered to someone with that wonderful shark’s grin. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You have to work for the win,” she said, “even if it hurts.” Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

As long as Woolf intended to win, there would have been nothing wrong with minimizing his winning margin. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

They packed their clothes and a few boatbuilding tools, used their winnings from their races to book passage in steerage to Halifax, aboard the steamship Tunisian, and set sail from Liverpool. 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 child’s play, winning this fortune. Now, if all of you will excuse me, my bride and I need to go home for our wedding night.” The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

There’s Just Dance, which Dylan usually wins, and I wouldn’t be surprised if Arthur has moves. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

To conquer Spassky and become World Champion, he’d always needed to collect 12½ points, and a win would get him to that magic number. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Because even though I was sick, I still wanted to win. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“The article is all about the team winning the competition, but yours is the only picture they used. Interesting.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

The performance will have to be really good, she says, in order to win the hearts of these rich foreigners. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d assumed that Bisguier would either win or draw his own game, and if so, Bobby would have at least a tie for first place. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The food smelled delicious, yet I did not want to give Gay the satisfaction of winning—although I did not know why I felt that way. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“I’ll tell you what. I’ll let you toss for the privilege. You win, you get your wish. I win, I get mine.” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her intuition told her that as long as that man existed, no one could win Blanca’s love. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If perfection were possible, which type would reign? Moral perfection? Mental perfection? Would the smarter man win, or the stronger? The dark-skinned or light-skinned? Would the winner be the most beautiful?” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

“I shall wear no Crowns and win no glory. I shall live and die at my post.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I win the first battle, but Helene rebounds in the second, nearly taking my head off with the swiftness of her attack. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“I promise you. I’m going to win that contest, and we will be rich as Croesus.” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

“Well...goodness knows, I’d like to see us win the Cup at last...but all the same, Potter...I’d be happier if a teacher were present. I’ll ask Madam Hooch to oversee your training sessions.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“If she finds out we’re trying to win the twelfth game, even though there isn’t any prize...” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

I promise to remember him and, if I can, do something to help his family and Rue's, if I win. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“How can you become Emperor if that s the way you think? How can you win the Trials if—” “I don’t want to win the Trials,” I say. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

That seems odd, but hunger wins out over curiosity and I load up my plate with breakfast before I join them. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Toby felt the oddest sensation then, as though every emotion he’d ever had—happiness, sadness, worry, surprise—was colliding inside his body, battling to see which one of them might win. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“But, Dad,” said Fadi, “you don’t understand. I wasted fifty dollars and didn’t win the tickets to India.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

“You win. I’ll leave, do a bit of hunting. I am, after all, a creature of the night. Meantime, you get to work.” Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Mustafa finally managed to win him over to American food, and the two have shared a couple of late-night pizzas over the past few weeks. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

He will help you place the other boys with noble lords, where they can serve as pages and squires and win their knighthoods. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“You would never win. They would always call your ranking a result of my favoritism rather than your skill.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He was sure that he was going to win, and felt confident enough to agree, laughingly, to cancel part of Deydey’s debt. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

A fan came up to him, gave him a long hug, and thanked him for a “wonderful, wonderful win.” Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The thoughts merged into the Beiderman and their brownstone and her basement, and Isa felt so lonely and lost that she didn’t know how their mission to win him over could possibly succeed. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Where the press fell short, Howard and the Buick management filled in by papering the city with full-page ads and brochures trumpeting every win. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

You can cut my locks off, but if I win the bet you have to walk around with no pants on and no underwear tomorrow in school during lunch. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

“You’re so nice. If it’s not me, I hope you win.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

He had to have been the baby the singer had in her stomach that made her not able to win the contest. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I win the first game, I let him win the second: I still haven’t discovered what the terms are, what I will be able to ask for, in exchange. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wizards speak truth, and it was true that all the mastery of Names that Ged had toiled to win that year was the mere start of what he must go on learning all his life. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

“I just know she’s going to win a blue ribbon with that Spotted Poland China of hers.” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stanton had assumed that the American Equal Rights Association would be dedicated to winning universal suffrage—voting rights for all. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

This was the year the team was winning. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

This was a game he planned to win. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

“But why? You’re so talented, Dimple. Even if you don’t win this one contest, you’re going to go on to do amazing things. This app is going to change lives.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

"No, I'm about to show y'all how to win. That is, if you can shut up and listen. Especially you, Krystal, seeing as though you run the slowest leg." Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Garfield was confident that he had taken the majority in enough states to win decisively in the Electoral College. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I challenge you. Single combat, three battles. You win, I keep the bodyguards. You lose, you call them off.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Although I struck my head rather painfully against the cart, I cried pleasantly from the floor, “You win, sir.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tristran looked at her with pleading eyes, but Yvaine shook her head: this was his fight to win, and he would fight it better if she were not there. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Johnson was convinced the battlefield was not where he had been unable to win the war. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

I decided against it, though, since, unless one has a large bankroll, the rate at which one wins money is too slow to be worth the time and intense concentration required. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no money to win in this rodeo, and nothing to lose, either, since a contestant paid no entry fee. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Grayson continued, “‘The winning piece for the entire state is awarded a cash prize of twenty-five dollars and publication of the story.’” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The second man was a newspaper editor from the small town of Marion, Ohio, who was at that moment a week away from winning election to the Ohio state senate. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Since we’ve already established that I like winning, I’ve gotten into this idiotic thing where I try to get Rae’s attention and make her smile just for the sake of knowing I can. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

They clambered out of the City of Seattle, onto the floating dock, and reenacted a universal ritual of winning crews: the dunking of the coxswain. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“If you win,” she said, “you can burn this, too.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Merlyn had made suggestions about the way to win it, but, as these involved an ambush with secret aid from abroad, they had had to be kept dark. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not stringing you along. Look, it’s like you said. You talk to the police, everybody loses. You wait till Monday, everybody wins.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

World War II wasn’t over, and she had more code-breaking battles to win. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

But the risk of being able to win over anyone, he found himself thinking, was that you might pick the wrong people. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

As I realize he helped me win the battle to go to the dance, and not dress like my mom, I’m not convinced that I want to go yet. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Even if we didn’t end up winning, we were making progress that mattered. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

So, swimming in fedock-deep slop and conceding as many as twenty-four pounds to his adversaries, Seabiscuit finished third, snapping his historic win streak. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I want to win the competition, and it’s on TV, so yeah...” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

But the Bulldogs were undefeated with a four and zero record and had stunned the Rebels the previous week in a 35-21 win. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Whether or not Odessa again will win a state title, we can’t say,” said the commemorative booklet. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Did you see any of us winning that last game? I thought the cockroach book was Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, because they eat Cockroach Clusters at Honeydukes.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Smith had avoided Rosemont earlier in the season not because he feared Seabiscuit would lose, but because he feared his horse would win, prompting the racing secretary to assign him heavy weight for the hundred-grander. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Much good sense was talked and the tone of the meeting was that of creatures who were determined to win at all costs. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“It’s not whether you win or lose,” I said. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Smith then shipped him down to Cincinnati’s River Downs, where the horse narrowly missed winning two more minor stakes. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They stick a hundred- dollar fine on you for killing a gator. I’m telling you,” he laughed sourly, “they got all the loopholes plugged. There ain’t a way you can win in this state.” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

You win some, you lose some, said Mitchell Sanders, and sometimes you settle for a rain check. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted Pa to win the fuss going on in the kitchen because he was my pa. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

For the first time in life Reba tried to win things. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

One wonders, then, why he didn’t fight for the win against Shipman and win the title outright. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“No, Jaime, the ones who always win are going to win again,” Clara had replied, for she had seen it in the cards and her common sense had confirmed it. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I was on last year’s team, and we lost by only a few points, so it’s real exciting to win this time. I’m very proud of our team.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Millions will die in this final battle, but the army assures me we can win. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

After Seabiscuit’s extraordinarily easy win in Tijuana, the Bay Meadows racing secretary had proposed assigning him 136 pounds, but Howard had intercepted him and charmed 3 pounds off of his horse’s impost. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because I’ve never wanted them to win a competition so much in my whole, entire life! Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

He keeps his winnings in screw-top Crown preserving jars, donated by my mother, which he fines up on his desk. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The cars also came to sad ends; the joyous celebration after the first Skaggs Springs economy run came to a tearful halt when the winning car spontaneously burst into flames and burned to the ground. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I started to untie Old Dan but, taking a closer look at him, I could see he could never win a beauty contest. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

And even if you didn’t win those, everyone left with water bottles, cell phone cases, hoodies, and Wilfrido’s book about real estate. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Helmuth wasn’t the only one who realized that the fever was winning. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Their hope was radiating, exploding into possibility: Obama could actually win this thing. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“We just needed someplace to throw our victory party after we win.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

"Triple feature, be fun. Jelly says if the monster don't win tonight he's gonna tear the movie house down." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s fine. I accept. If you win the game, you get the chance to knock my brains out with one blow of your sledgehammer.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Dasch convinced him that he had returned to help Germany win the war. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

"I'm not likely to win it at this point." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“I’m so glad it looked okay. I really want to win that money.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

When he looked back at me, I flicked my eyebrows up to say, I win. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Because of their combined debate record for the season—eight wins, one loss, one tie—Justyce and SJ are the final pair in their division to present their argument. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Only in some chimookoman things, his cabin for instance, and his ability to play and win the white man’s game of chess with the trader, did he take secret pride. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Nothing like winning a fight when it seems like you’re in for a real licking. Something for your lollipops.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Seein’ them up there really made us want to win tonight—it made us not want to give up. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sophomores leapt out to a one-length lead and never looked back, pulling away decisively at the halfway mark and cruising to a seemingly effortless win. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“But they can beat me and get away with it. I cannot win against them.” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘She’d want one side or the other to win so she could declare a victor. She’d literally be fighting with herself.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

"Your rulers have condemned you to the massacres, miseries, and privations of a war they can never hope to win," the leaflet says. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

"I mean, the worst that could happen is you decide to clean up the street. So either way...everybody wins." Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

“I’ve got to win some medals if I’m going to make bird colonel. This could make or break my career.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each pair would play a shortened set, where the first boy to win four games with a two-game advantage would win the set. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Finally, Graves, realizing he could not win, gave the order to leave. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’d win, and serve the king, and then vanish into nothing, and think no more of castles or kings or assassins. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

It is deeply satisfying to win a prize in front of a lot of people. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Guards could win admission to college if they caught an inmate trying to escape—an incentive system that ambitious guards seized upon. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“It’s personal,” he said finally, feeling like a loser, knowing he couldn’t win. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

If only his father knew that he hadn’t just ventured to find a champion to win gold, but also to get out—to get away from him, for as long as he could manage. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

And I don’t think she let me win either. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

"Let me fight him, Mother. I know I can win." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

His pursuit to win a state championship became a ruthless obsession, say those who worked for him, for he knew that any-thing less would not be enough. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or maybe they could start their rock band up again and win a Grammy Award. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

"Good. Learn to use your ears more and your mouth less, or your reign will be shorter than I am. Wanton brutality is no way to win your people's love ... or your queen's." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I wanted to win the tournament, to walk away from the streets I had been raised in with my head high, a winner. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Trying to win extra food rations, children told teachers and guards what their neighbors were eating, wearing, and saying. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Once I got a taste of winning, I could admit I liked the feeling, and it became a part of my being. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Officials on the bridge dropped a white flag to signify a win for the white blades of Washington. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Smith kept the horse in the small pond of Detroit, where Seabiscuit followed the Governor’s Handicap win with an impressive score in the Hendrie Handicap. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you learned enough secrets, you could win the war. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“But there’s one thousand nine hundred and seventy-five dollars to win,” said Louisiana. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

Some fear that Potter might resort to the Dark Arts in his desperation to win the tournament, the third task of which takes place this evening. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Now if you don’t win the golden cup,” I said, “I won’t be mad because I know you will do your best.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I may not win anything in orbit, but I still have made my mark upon the Earth. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

But I figure if I spend as much time around her as possible without crossing into creep territory, I’ll eventually win her over. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

He thought: I am going to gallop by him and win as I please. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If we win, can we have more ice cream?” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

It was beyond anyone’s wildest imagination to think I could win the biggest international meet of the season, especially my first time, so Mom felt safe shaking on our deal. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“How can you win out with a person like Sissy,” thought Katie. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

By winning, Bobby not only extracted the first drop of his opponent’s blood, he ensured that the wound would not soon close up. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Nobody cares about some colored girl winning a tennis match in England,” Marion said. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

They were greedy for plunder and booty and pleased to be on what they were sure would be the winning side. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

So it must have rubbed him the wrong way to see Elizebeth winning battles against smugglers and gangsters in the 1920s and 1930s. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I nevertheless felt a great sense of accomplishment and satisfaction: I had been engaged in a just cause and had the strength to fight for it and win. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Well, I had expenses. So I ended up with nothing. Okay? Are you happy? You win." The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

If it matches what you called, you win. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I say, “We have a competition to win.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, losing in rugby is more fun than winning. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

There are loud groans of losing, the cheer of a win. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Many a winning lottery ticket holder, upon receiving the news, has spent the entire afternoon methodically sharpening pencils; for all we know some are sharpening still, their winnings yet unclaimed. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

“Well, I certainly expect you to win your first match after all this hard work!” said Slughorn. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

An old weatherworker of the Vale, seeking to win the boy as prentice, had taught him several charms. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

The Los Angeles Daily News began a running poll on who would win. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a more perfect world, perhaps, everything would have worked out as Quentin hoped and we would have all gotten scholarships because of our win. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

If its attorneys do not outsmart you, they will outwork you, and if they can’t outwork you, they’ll win through sheer intimidation. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“He’ll probably win if I don’t fall off,” he told them before a major race. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Union leaders John Fitzpatrick and William Z. Foster were galvanized by the golden opportunity for a big union win if they could just bring all the workers together before the bosses divided them. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Richard and I have our own secret plan for the money, if Mom wins it. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

No one thought he had a chance of winning the election. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

What would I put up with if I could win a powerful noble’s patronage? The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Reverend Jackson had made a respectable run for the presidency, winning about a dozen primaries before ceding the nomination to Michael Dukakis. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. It just feels like I can’t win sometimes.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

From here, on the other side, the truth wins. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Most of the Library Olympians were thrilled to hear that they’d be picking up an all-expenses-paid college scholarship even without winning the most medals. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

“I’ve already stopped reading. Please keep your proper books and leave me with the books I like. And by the way, I still win when we play Scrabble, Mr. Read Proper Books.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He doubted he had the strength left to win, but, before he could attack them, Will let out a piercing taxicab whistle. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

That afternoon we were scheduled to play the winning team of another neighborhood league, a team with a reputation for wild, offensive slugging and poor fielding. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“How can I? The science fair will do more to determine who wins the Excelsior Award than anything else this term!” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

“Just getting to know him, that’s all. Thank you for doing the dishes, Moss. It is very kind of you, and is the best way to ‘win me over.’” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I remembered I had wanted to listen to a Tchaikovsky symphony on Sunday night, the night of the ball game which I had been so certain we would win. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Or what it would take to win it. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

In math class he made a pie chart of the winningest World Cup jersey numbers of the past fifty years. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

No one starts a movie and immediately wants to see the credits rolling, so when this is over, I hope he looks back on this and considers it a win. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

They were tight, and they didn’t think they were going to win. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

If each player acquired nine wins, the match would be considered a draw, and the prize money would be shared equally, but Fischer would retain his title as undisputed Chess Champion of the World. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

With three different dice, you have three chances to win, and furthermore you’ll sometimes win more than $1, while that is your maximum loss. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

And it wasn’t going to end like I’d always thought it would, with some noble, worthy gunter finding the egg and winning the prize. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

It looked less and less likely that one of the three men could win, and some delegates began looking for a compromise candidate. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

You didn’t get all Excellents on your report card every year, and win the chess championships too, without being really smart. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

When encouraging Johnny to try training for a marathon, or when I failed to win the reading prize in seventh grade. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Quote: “It doesn’t matter if you win or lose if two good teams are playing.” Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe when I’m losing I cheat sometimes—hide a card under my leg or something—but most of the time I just win. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tire difference between a winning streak and a losing streak Now, Josh is not with us again, so somebody’s gonna have to step up in the low post. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

Then I leave the building, and it isn’t until I’m halfway across the field that I realize I didn’t win. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Mark saw a man bull-rushing a tree, slamming himself into the trunk over and over, as if he thought eventually he’d win some battle and knock the thing down. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

In order for the Republican agenda to win, the Federalist agenda needed to fail. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

But deep inside I knew I wasn’t going to win. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

At first impression, it appeared that Fischer, overly eager to gain the psychological momentum of winning the first game, had overextended himself. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“You know what? I reckon you could win this tournament, Harry, I’m serious.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Sir, might we assume that the prize for winning your brand-new game will be even better than a laptop computer?” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

“My husband thinks his support of this one will help win him the election.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Why do you want to win the science fair?” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

As tensions intensified between the Spanish in Florida and the southern British colonies, both the Spanish and the British sought to win over the Cherokee Nation as an ally. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe one of the many secrets regarding Death-Cast is they decide who dies, like some lottery no one wants to win. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

This was my debut as a junior elite gymnast, and somehow I’d managed to win gold right out the gate! Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The heir who wins the windfall will be the one who finds the FOURTH. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

They played a few more rounds, and Ivy ended up winning. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“How about a side bet? Whoever earns the most homework passes or gets to three first wins.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t until June that Hillary acknowledged that she lacked the delegate count to win. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Ulbrickson heaped praise on all three crews and ended by saying, to cheers, “With support like this we’ll win at Poughkeepsie and then it will be on to Berlin and the Olympics.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

"Maybe if you—" "No chance. Mr. Donatelli said even if I win big, it's all over," said Alfred. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two thousand, eight hundred and eighty-eight minutes since the moment his chance to win the competition had evaporated. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Commenting on his win afterward, Bobby said: “I could have played better.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Favoured to win the tournament, they held several doubles records, and watching them play was as exciting as watching a match of singles. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But if you win, you get everything,” Percy said. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

All I had thought about combat was that I would never die, that our side would win, and that we would all go home somehow satisfied. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though he was down with pneumonia, Martinez somehow managed both to live through the afternoon and to win the race before wheezing his way back to the hospital. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Romans called her Victoria, but same difference. Everybody loved her. Who doesn’t like to win? Not sure why we would have to subdue her.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“Look, you have a good chance of winning. People know you. Junior Scandals made you famous!” Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

“Well, I’m going to go find her,” said Louisiana, “because I desperately need to win the contest and earn the money and stay out of the county home.” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

In effect, Jay’s Treaty was a repudiation of the Franco-American alliance of 1778, which had been so instrumental in gaining French military assistance for the winning of the American Revolution. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

They must build her a great temple near the town and so win back the favor of her heart. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

But, Dad, in this case winning was everything, he thought. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Other documents covered the years after France’s defeat, as Eisenhower worked with the government of South Vietnam to delay and undermine elections they knew Ho Chi Minh would win. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I freed my hand and didn't draw blood, so I call that a win. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had no chance of winning the Stars and Stripes, and everyone in his camp knew it. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It sounded kind of like student-council elections at Bethlehem High, where whoever has the biggest click of friends, they win. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Harry doubted whether any of them, even Wood, wanted to win as much as he did. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“I win at being the worst at killing myself. I’m a champion, an American hero. USA! USA! USA!” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

But first we had to fence, and only one of us could win—and that was going to be me. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

If he wanted to be rich and famous, they said, he must keep winning. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t disappointed: not only did the Dodgers win, but he was treated to a spectacle courtesy of Jackie Robinson. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It was midseason; Massari had run up ten wins in his first eleven matches, and he seemed headed for a strong performance in the state tournament. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

We set it down in the wooden wagon Ali built Hassan last win­ter for his birthday, pretend it’s a giant steel cage. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I win ride post, mate, so that the candle bum.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You deserve to win. Your tatting’s the best.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Then they simply overpowered the older boys in the last mile to pull away and win by a convincing length and a half. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, I wanted to win the contest more than ever. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The book also contends that Boyle developed a novel technique for winning support by turning readers into virtual witnesses: virtual witnessing is important, but Boyle was hardly a pioneer in this respect either. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Then gravely he said, “Don’t ever go to war. Even if you win, the battle is never over inside you.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Simple. Each of you loses his or her library card and adds it to the discard bowl for our next lucky contestants to try and win.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

“So do we let them win by not showing up?” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

“If we give in and get depressed, then the swastikas win. This is how we fight back.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“It wasn’t bravery. I let my mother die. I cooperated with Gaea too long. I almost let her win.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Hence they must have inexorable explanations, ones more basic than mere details concerning who happened to win some battle or develop some invention on one occasion a few thousand years ago. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The only thing I did not understand was what if everyone visualized himself winning the race? Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Who frightened off every person I thought might try to hurt you or prevent you from winning the tournament? Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“If Melody Brooks can win the first round, then my questions must not be difficult enough! We’re all going to rally to win the competition!” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“Thanks. I just hope he’s alive. I’ve invested two whole span trying to win him over.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He was psychically injured from not winning the tournament, and he couldn’t eradicate the sting of his four bitter losses—robberies, he called them—to Tal. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It was just another challenge to be met, another challenge to win. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

She’s smiling like she just discovered the cure for polio, the way she’s worked out a plan to win Miss Hilly over. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He knew he should be trying to win over the Beiderman, but how would the upstairs neighbor even know that it was him writing the note anyway? The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Whenever he was ill with the fever, or once when he fell from a tree, his mother would rub his body with okwuma, all the while muttering, “We shall defeat them, they will not win.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“It was clever of you,” he said slowly, “to win the battle.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many crews, even winning crews, never really find it. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

They agree that the first to win six such flips will be awarded $100. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Numbers alone do not win a war. You have not seen them. Half of them are dead on their feet.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I was more upset about accepting everyone’s money and not having anything to show for it than not winning the prize. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

I think about my cousin Carla winning her eraser in the shape of the Dominican Republic at the children’s recitation contest last year. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

It had been years since she had won an argument with Cara, and she wasn’t going to win this one. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

Losses that he’d experienced in tournaments created a fierce determination to win. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He always encouraged Father Benedict to call and win that person back into the fold; nothing but mortal sin would keep a person away from communion two Sundays in a row. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

To blacks, Dallas Carter was being persecuted by whites who did not want to witness a black school with black players and black fans go to State and win it. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t much of a race, but it was a win nonetheless. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll tell you what. If I win, you have to build me a tower.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He is the kid who wins perfect attendance records, who helps the staff chase down bugs in the computer files of report cards. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

When she wins, he applauds her, and he applauds Sophie, too. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“If you die, they win. We cannot let that happen.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“All right, you win! You want to know everything,” I said, holding up the ring. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Even though I was now competing in local and state meets against gymnasts who were much older and taller than me, I was starting to win medals regularly. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

"Your son has won a few battles. I shall win the war. The Lannisters can wait my pleasure." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He stood next to the winning picture and whistled in appreciation. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

The idea of the organ was a last desperate attempt to win the hand of Cousin Antonieta after more conventional means of courting her had failed. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

If gunters around the world don’t join forces to stop the Sixers, they will reach the egg and win the contest. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The door pushed open and there stood Perilee, wearing that winning smile of hers despite red-rimmed and tired eyes. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

They earned the opportunity by first winning an in-house competition at Truman. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

They shared everything—from Stella’s worries about school, to how to win at hopscotch, to Carolyn’s sorrow when her baby sister, Wilma, had died three months ago. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

‘Yes, of course! Two and two. The last demigod standing wins. The others will die gloriously.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I wish the Republic would hurry up and win this war already so that for once we might actually get a whole month of nonstop electricity. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“How am I going to win against cheaters?” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would run in two more minor races, winning both, then go on to become one of the breed’s great sires. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s improvement, there’s constant improvement. Gandhi proved it’s the only weapon that can win against violence.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was one of the few times I actually felt good about winning the Games. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Experts expected that Petrosian would follow his conservative style and try to achieve a draw, to break Fischer’s winning streak. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“The team that makes its free throws when everyone is tired and strung out is the team that wins its games.” All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

No matter how clever Scholar uprisings have been, in the end it comes down to steel against steel, and in that battle, the Martials always win. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The other half of the time, a 5 will turn up on die D, in which case die C will win one-third of the time. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It couldn’t be because she thought she had any chance of winning. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The thought of abandoning my team and sabotaging their chances at a win... Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

This was my first lesson about gambling: if you see somebody winning all the time, he isn’t gambling, he’s cheating. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you do the job right, it will win the war.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once she's got hold of it, her appetite wins out and she takes a huge mouthful. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

There was sports news about the recreation department basketball season, with the total wins and losses so far for each of the fifth-grade teams. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

After winning third all-around and first on floor at Nationals, I was super excited to end the season as the US Challenge Pre-Elite All-Around Champion for 2010. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Even had his dad up at the school, complaining to Coach O. The answer they got was the same as it had always been in the wrestling room: work harder and win. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

But Ulbrickson was left staring at a cold, hard fact: Ebright just seemed to have an uncanny knack for winning the ones that mattered most. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He had absolutely no intention of sharing his winnings with a thug from W.P.O. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

I will win the money, and Mom and I will fly to New Mexico. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The verbs are the same, but he definitely wins the prize when it comes to nouns and objects. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

She didn’t need to win the race to prove she was better—she was better without any kind of validation that the king could give her! Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“That’s not true. Lots of people like you. Wait and see. You can win.” In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

Keeley and his cronies went on to win the game and the grand prize. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

The Allies were finally winning the war—but Hitler could still turn it around by winning the race for the atomic bomb. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

War’s an auction where whoever can pay the most in damage and still be standing wins. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Bo stares holes into my forehead as he sets sandwiches beneath the heat lamps or covers sandwich wrappers in unnecessary stickers, something that always wins a smile from me. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I really want to get on the show so I can win the prize money, and have my very own published cookbook. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

"I don't like it any better than you do. But we have to win this thing. So man up." An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I had used a low-cut sarong to win the contest. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ms. Connors did not win a lacrosse scholarship by being demure or hesitant. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

After the match, Fischer explained that he hadn’t been playing for draws but realized that his three-point lead was enough to win the title, as long as he could prevent Spassky from winning a game. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He boxes with them in the living room, and every single time he lets them win. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“I could only think,” said he, beginning to blush, “I could only think that I—that we—that he—that he wanted me to win them for a reason.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Abby bet me a water ice that my mom will win. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

The grand prize winner, Filbert Dewbury from Calvert High School, stood as proud as a peacock next to his winning shot. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Then he beamed—a big, winning beam—and stuck them in his pocket and walked on. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Before the meet, some reporters had shared that they’d already written the story of me winning, and that if I lost, they’d have to pull the piece and craft a new story. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Five died, one dies: enough. You will not win my hoard by killing them.” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

His winning average of 19 percent ranked him in a tie for sixteenth among fully employed riders. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I mean she’s a good partner and is helping us win.” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Not even winning or losing when we played games. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

As I passed from one set of dogs to another, I couldn’t help but wonder if I had a chance to win. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Plutarch seems to win—Finnick’s pale but nodding his head by the end of it. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Nonetheless, because he was a military man and knew how to win the people over and to secure himself against the nobility, he succeeded in waging war against them for many years. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

But the crickets always win, long after the frogs stop croaking and the owl has found its way home. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

It was his job to win it, no matter what. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Plus, you pretty much decimated their chances of winning, so, you know. Thank you.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

All you have to do is play the game—and win!’ Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Some of the Mormon kids, intent on saving Jesse, brought him notes from their bishops and copies of the Book of Mormon to try to win him over. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

If he touched her, he couldn’t talk to her, if he loved her he couldn't leave, if he spoke he couldn't listen, if he fought he couldn’t win. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She and I usually celebrate numbers winnings, and if this is going to be my last ride, I’ll at least go out in style. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you don’t like some fellow in the boat, Joe, you have to learn to like him. It has to matter to you whether he wins the race, not just whether you do.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Which means I have to win the next Trial and Helene has to win the Fourth. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Sara, you want to win that competition and get your mom on TV, right? This is our big chance to tell people about her business. And don’t you want your parents to take you seriously?” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

The two squadrons were locked in an intense competition to win the trophy signifying supremacy among the other squadrons at Ravenel Air Base. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s probably the second son of a second son, trying to win renown in the arena. Red Queen 2015-02-10T00:00:00Z

When I ask how he knows, he says, “True love always wins,” which sounds corny, but I hope he’s right. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What do we get if we win?” someone shouts. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“Because this time the other side is going to win.” The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

"But that don't mean we can't win if we stay connected." Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

I did want to get good marks in school, but they were never of major importance to me, except in the sense of “winning” the best grade in a subject. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

They finished the regular season with a record of eight wins and a tie and number-six ranking in the state. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Only one person can be the first to find the egg and win the prize,” he said. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

"As the will says, Object of the game: to win." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I meant to hire the Golden Company myself, to win me easterly Rock.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He’s the kind of guy you have to have on a soccer team in order to win. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“After you win that scholarship,” she said firmly. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

This was surely a cynical attempt to win forgiveness for what could never be forgiven. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

When we move out of hearing, Johanna mutters, “I think winning the Games was easier.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Some men won and then stayed long enough to lose their winnings. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

From what I heard from guys from other outfits I thought we were winning, too, but that it was going to be a long time before it was over. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

My contributions to our winning record did nothing to stem the abuse. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

You feel it’s a battle you will never win...and yet you fight it day after day, and it wears you down. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Ellsberg asked the man which side he would like to see win. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“We’re playing Phonetic, and I’m winning this time,” I say confidently, though I have no chance of winning. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

When she played with him, he would laugh and say, “You don’t win by hitting the ball with anger o!” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Boobie played sparingly the following week in a 48—2 win over Dallas Jesuit that upped Permian’s record to six and one. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only seven states had not yet voted on the issue, and most of these were in the Deep South, where the suffragists knew they didn’t stand a chance of winning. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

But it all depended on the other mother’s needing to gloat, needing not only to win but to show that she had won. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Dill was about to win the game when Lydia casually reached out and flicked it onto the floor, scattering the pegs. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

What would be the point, when she was so close to winning? Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“I sent in yours. A couple of photos of your paintings. Adam, I think you really have a chance at winning this thing.” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Militants within the organization saw the election as an opportunity to install a new, more activist leadership—one which would reenergize a movement that had stalled after winning most of the battles against legalized segregation. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

But somehow our team stays with them and I’m praying that us winning with me not even playing is not my last lucky event. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although no trap was good enough to win, the cause became known. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could tell he was getting tired of being the young One and losing every game except when we felt sorry for him and let him win. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The winning ticket in these two states would collect a large number of votes in the Electoral College. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I remember how sick I was the day Peeta and I accepted congratulations there for winning the Games. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

If he judges it correctly, he can save ground and win a race. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Papa was like a Fulani nomad —although he did not have their spare, tall body—as he swung his belt at Mama, Jaja, and me, muttering that the devil would not win. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, when he was wrestling, it was never about causing pain—only winning. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

If we are going to win this fight against genetic damage, we will need to make sacrifices. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

He shows her his name on the plaque from their state championship lacrosse win. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“I’m dedicating this game to you, mi amor. I’m going to win.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let’s see if you still hear yapping when I win this competition.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Dukakis forces in Texas had thought they could win the state on the basis of the economy. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

His win percentage had dropped into the single digits. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Similar to how I’d initially felt about Barack's candidacy, plenty of black folks couldn't bring themselves to believe that my husband had a real chance of winning. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Bobby received $1,000 for his tournament win—and the Fischer family’s pocketbook bulged further when Bobby’s maternal grandfather, Jacob Wender, passed away, leaving $14,000 of his estate to Regina. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I was going to try to win him over. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

“Maybe I might win the lottery,” he said. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I didn’t go out on the strip overconfident, because I knew Cecilia would be a tough opponent and I had just proved in my last bout that the underdog can win. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

For each Junior Championship win he was awarded a typewriter, as well as a trophy and a parchment certificate with his name imprinted. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I hated to think what had happened to them, but I kind of doubted they’d been allowed to go home with their bingo winnings. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The veterans had expected a big, prestigious design firm or architecture firm to win the contest, one headed by an experienced male. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Zach was smarter than I was, and I was never going to win this argument using just my mouth. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

If they win this game, they actually have a shot at being crowned champions. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Just curious: How did you manage to win Miss Michigan?” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

But if the not-so-tough guy happens to have a gun, he stands a good chance of winning. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Years later, a friend’s offhand mention that Bobby probably had every expectation of winning his first game against a chess master elicited a strident rebuke: “Of course not!” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I shout, and then hold my breath as she edges ahead and wins the race. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

"And playing cards with his friends all day, like it was their job or something, saying it kept his mind sharp when really it was about drinking whiskey and having company, right? And winning money?" We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Goldy had said that there were going to be winners and losers, off the court as well as on, and I knew I didn’t know what winning off the court was. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“In spite of remarkable intervening circumstances,” I said, “if Rachel ever gets back to Bethlehem for a high school reunion she will win the prize for ‘Changed the Least.”’ The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The person whose prisoner died quickest would win the contest. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

You could win in checkers like that, sometimes. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

And the victory put the Under Thirteen Fugees within striking distance of first place, if they could keep winning. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

People had savagely ripped into Gaines then, as if the seven and two record the team compiled was the same as not winning a single game. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had prayed in San Angelo for a win. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I'm going to. Going to win for both of us now," I promise. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Thank you, Mayor. Now I’d like to take my winnings and donate them to the Downtown Revitalization Fund. And I’d like to thank my business partner, Jubilee Johnson, for all her help and inspiring ideas.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

And it was the varsity race that he most wanted to win. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The weather was getting colder and wetter, the nights darker, but no amount of mud, wind, or rain could tarnish Harry’s wonderful vision of finally winning the huge, silver Quidditch Cup. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

There is no way of winning comic books. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I named him Vincent, which sounds like “win cent,” the sound of making money, because I was beginning to think we did not have enough. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

She couldn't use Megan's money to try to win the bet. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

After a few commercials, an announcer wearing a black and white suit with a bow tie at his neck comes on to say the winning numbers. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

The reverend has been impatient to win the souls of the natives for Christ. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

But my time in Summerland has most definitely changed that, and I am willing to pretend to be just about anything in order to win my freedom from this place. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Cornell fans rushed up the hill to the town’s principal bookie and demanded, and were paid, their winnings. 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 strategy for winning arguments, respect from others, and eventually, though neither of us knew it at the time, chess games. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

It's not like I was going to win the Games anyway. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

In a moment of youthful bravado, though, he declared in an interview that he was counting on winning. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“All right, bleeding skies. It was just a joke. Of course I’ll fight to win. I’m not planning to die, that’s for sure. But what about you? Don’t you want to become Empress?” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I don’t know what makes a chicken win a ribbon or not. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

“We could take them straight to Otrera. Might win her favor that way.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“My Patron Historic was a great woman. She coined the term ‘radioactivity,’ and was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize, back when such things were awarded.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Rummaging in my pocket, I fished out the coupon I’d gotten for winning an essay contest before winter break and handed it over. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Dancing was what would win the first place prize. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Because, of course, she was sure her side would win. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Martin, do you remember winning the award at school?” she asked. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

It felt like winning at quell, only much better. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know where the finish line was, but I was determined to win. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Levi Jackson was the “first colored boy in history” to win the peninsulas soap box derby. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

It might be the clever thing to do, but cleverness did not win victories; the bright combinations rarely worked. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The object of the game was to win, and she wanted to win. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

You remember that Arthur wanted to catch his knights young, to train them for the Round Table, and that he had noticed Lancelot at the feast, because he was winning most of the games. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fact that I was the son of the sea god was not going to win me any points with Mr. Crabby. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The win at the County Science Fair made us a little more famous. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s called the principle of favorability. When you play cards the first time, you are almost sure to win. Beginner’s luck.” The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tea Cake wasn’t doing a bit more harm trying to win hisself a little money than they was always doing with their lying tongues. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

“Principle is sure to win—injustice and evil have no power back of them for power belongs to good,” Paul wrote in a letter to her sister, explaining the campaign. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Somebody was about to win big; somebody was about to lose big. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

My sister tries to fight him, but she never wins. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

And I remembered, too, that the definition of surrender isn’t to give up, but to go over to the winning side. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t actually need to win her heart. She's not my true love,” said Bod. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Not once since my first Worlds win in 2013 had any competitor’s name been above mine in an all-around meet. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Royal Brougham, despite his earlier gloomy assessment, had already announced his personal prognostication: Washington to win, Cornell in second, California third. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

If we win the war, that’s when Plutarch will take his bow. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Three hours later, Akhi and I were exchanging high fives because I had gone undefeated in the pool round, winning all six bouts, directly advancing on to the second day of competition. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I tried to win back my mother, pointing to ask her about a small park, a bird flying above us, a long electric streetcar that passed us sounding its horn. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we warmed up, all I kept saying to myself was “We have to win, we came too far and worked too hard not to.” The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Capitalizing on his sudden popularity, Louie ran for class president and won, borrowing the speech that Pete had used to win his class presidency at Compton. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

“I can be like the year’s supply of steak sauce they give you when you don't win the sports car.” The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

Tonight’s our celebration night, and they’ll expect me to be just as excited about our win. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

What I do say is, "It's just . . . if we didn't win . . . I wanted Thresh to. Because he let me go. And because of Rue." The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

When we win and it’s time to shake hands, the few reporters in the building rush Boy21 and ask him questions about who he is and where he came from. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

That kind of thing you would just naturally be expected to do on your own, without getting paid for it or winning any medals of honor. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

THEN, when we got to the dorms, and I reached for the car door handle, she goes, "So congrats again on winning the tournament." Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“We only need to win two more medals and we’re the champions!” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

He needed a win, as did the country. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Reporters asked Petrosian whether the match would last the full twelve games, the maximum that would be required if every game were drawn, with no wins or losses. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

On the night after Woolf won a top stakes race, the owner of the winning horse called to invite him to a postrace soiree with the moneyed set. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’ll never win any awards for kindness, but she certainly is gutsy. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

On June 5, hours after winning the California primary, Robert Kennedy was killed by an assassin in Los Angeles. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

By the fury with which they strove to win, they were honoring each other and celebrating each other’s gifts. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tommy refused to be snubbed and, cupping his ear to the carton, shouted, “What’s that? No kidding! You’re crazy about me. Inside that answer machine all those brainy cells are rooting for me to win.” In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

He was methodically capable of eking out a win from a seemingly hopeless and delicate position. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Which means that if l win the next Trial and if she wins the final Trial, she could force me to remain Blood Shrike against my will. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Just thinking about all of the people who were cheering for me and praying for a win made me cry even harder. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“If we win, who would be in charge of the government?” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

And now the waving at the window, already trying to win the crowd. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“But there’s no way I’m going to win anything,” I said. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Wouldn’t a good captain have brushed B-Cubed off and assured her team that they had everything they needed to win? Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

She tells me about education courses in college in which professors advised future teachers that they had to win respect from students before they showed much of their own humanity. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

In Boston, however, Holmes had discovered that she possessed other winning attributes. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The university’s football team had historically been a winning proposition, with an astonishing accomplishment to its credit—a record sixty-three consecutive games without a defeat between 1907 and 1917. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He surged ahead, easily winning every remaining point. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

All that luck sat in my stomach, tight and full and good, and with all that goodness inside me, I knew I would win this competition. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

But if I ever managed to break the curse, in a month or in twenty years, I would find him and win him over again if he was still free. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Richie,” he had said before he went to sleep, “when you get to Vietnam, I hope you guys win.” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the participant’s view is that winning is an unpredictable achievement, a personal triumph. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The Lord had said to David that when he heard the wind moving in the tops of the cedar trees, he would know that the Lord was fighting on his side and he would win. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

In London he had been far too old to run: now, he ran at a speed which would have made him certain to win the hundred yards’ race at any Prep school in England. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

The adversarial system means that lawyers want to win, and the better they are at winning, the more they get paid. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

He thought that because of his newfound prominence he would win the presidency. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I understand that if Thresh wins, he'll have to go back and face a district that has already broken all the rules to thank me, and he is breaking the rules to thank me, too. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Miss Erma Thorndike wins first place in the Miss Corn Cob contest. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Hollywood Park general manager Jack Mackenzie tried to make an end run around Smith, running up to Howard’s box in hopes of winning his word that Seabiscuit was sound and would start. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It has turned out that it’s Johnson in the White House—and black votes were a major factor in his winning as decisively as he wanted to. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s a way,” he said with a mysterious grin, “for you to take part in the qualifying rounds. And if you win, you could find yourself facing Stan Smith in the first round.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“When all of this is over, no matter which one of us wins, I will not let you go so easily. Agreed?” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

"When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die," she whispered. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He once said: “It’s not if you win or lose against Bobby Fischer; it’s if you survive.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Gramps thinks she should patent the recipe and sell it because she uses it on her orchids, which are always winning awards. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

After that beauty pageant win and then the acid attack, her face had been all over the news. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Anyway, Kelsey’s idea wins and we spend the next hour copying pictures of dolphins out of wildlife magazines and writing: Freedom for One, Freedom for All! The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

In a strange way, even though he is still a prisoner, Captain Smith seems to be winning the battle. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

The Helsing technique is just as hard as it looks, but Dylan is pretty confident we’ll win our duels with just the basics. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

He needed a PR win—not at home, where the reoccupation of the Rhineland had been immensely popular—but in London and Paris and New York. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

If you are playing Rock, Paper, Scissors, you can never be sure who will win. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

That was a stupid-butt thing to do, but I was so happy to win it didn’t make a bit of difference. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Trying to win approval for your Outside-You is a drag, Jason. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

He was expected to win a medal at the Olympics but didn’t. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“You could double the number of troops and that would keep things quieter—until they left. You could use nuclear weapons and kill all the people. I wouldn’t call that a win.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

There he worked with great vigor, and, although many resented his nonstop conversation, there was a war to win and he was quite helpful in producing ingenious magnetic mines. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

“People in the city would get fully charged orbs that will last longer. Everyone wins, and no one needs to find out about it.” A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

The earliest recorded contest took place at Chalds in around 700 bc, the poet Hesiod proudly penning a few lines in celebration of his winning a solo singing class there. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

When the field caught him, Seabiscuit bounced away again, winning by three lengths under a stranglehold. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Try your luck! Step right up! Answer a simple riddle and win a wind-flower!" Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

He lay dreaming that he was throwing baseballs at a cloth cat and winning a genuine Navajo blanket. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

He held a book close to his eyes, then wagged it like a winning lottery ticket. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The season didn’t stop with the win over Odessa High. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Evan never bothered to look at the mail, but Jessie was always entering contests and expecting to win, so she flipped through the letters right away. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

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

As with everything else he attempted, he had to fight tooth and nail to win a seat in the stern of one of Al Ulbrickson’s boats. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

With a streak of wins and a bright new turquoise-blue car in my driveway, I was riding high. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

A new cereal, Shredded Wheat, seemed unlikely to succeed—“shredded doormat,” some called it—but a new beer did well, winning the exposition’s top beer award. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The pie in my hands would win first prize since nobody but Grandma would take a chance with gooseberries. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Already trying to win my mother over,” Javier said, grinning from ear to ear. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“It’s not like I’m going to win the thing,” I tell her. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

When she gets back up, it reminds me of that bit in Chariots of Fire when Eric Liddell falls over and runs past everyone to win. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Mount Suribachi was just the southern tip of Iwo Jima, but capturing it meant that we were on our way to winning. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had high energy in my first match, like I knew I had to get a jump on my opponent in order to stay in contention to win. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

The next year, Taylor won first place, and they became the first sibling pair to ever win, let alone back-to-back. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Seven always goes with rock or paper, so I easily win. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I suddenly remembered my childhood fantasy that, should I ever win a lottery, I would buy a grand piano for my mother. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I assessed my goals, analyzed my outcomes, counted my wins. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

And if we can’t even catch him, how are we going to win the war? Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The push to go to Berlin in 1936, and to win gold there, was to begin that night. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Estimate how many pieces of candy corn are in this jar and win it all. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Lazlo had seen how it gave the others a spark of life, to play a game of sorts, to have something to win. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I don’t know if she’s talking about the candles or the dinner, but it’s a win either way. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Kids from wealthier Districts, where winning is a huge honor, who've been trained their whole lives for this. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Then let’s play a game. If we win, you don’t burn a single book.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

“And she says you’re distracted all the time. And you ordered a lot of clothes. And shoes. And she almost beat you at some game that you always win.” Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I want to spin on my Air Maxes and haul my butt back to my regular life—back to the practice field and my epic teammates and a state championship to win. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

She could win land battles, air battles, water battles, outer space battles too, probably. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

If Sticky cared, they said, he would try harder to win, since only by winning would he bring wealth and happiness to the family. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

By two noses in two runnings of the race he and his wife most wanted to win, Howard had lost $182,150, and Seabiscuit had been denied the title of history’s greatest money winner. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could only hope that James would be satisfied with winning the game, that beating Edward would be enough. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

There was a picture of Vanessa accepting the outstanding community citizen award—the youngest person to ever win it. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

But I should’ve let him win that night, so his feet wouldn’t have smelled so bad. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Tyler, trying to win back her attention, asked Lauren’s opinion on a CD he held. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t like she wasn’t fulfilling Elena’s command to win, either—she would have fought this hard to become the King’s Champion anyway. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

There would be other parties to celebrate other wins in the years to come, but none would ever feel as intense to me as that first Worlds Party. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

If I want my freedom, I have to win the next Trial. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Wouldn’t want her mad at me,” I laugh, and we join our winning girls in pogoing around. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

But even still, I wouldn’t have anyone to celebrate my win with from the Duke team anyway. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“Maybe ’cause you don’t always have to win a pageant to wear a crown.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Now it is winning out in the supermarket too. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I’m treasurer of the science club and this year is the year I will win the science fair. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

But when facts entered the game everything changed because there is no arguing with the facts: they always win. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

But what I am thinking about right now is who wins. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

I’d win an individual round every now and then, but not very often. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

He makes clear what it will take to win a role. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Whatever the reason, the Howards, especially Marcela, hung their hearts on winning the big race. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why not do one of those drag pageants, win money that way?” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I can’t see the winning band and I don’t remember them. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Bobby himself had given the Church more than $60,000 from his Icelandic winnings, and ultimately his tithe would be close to $100,000. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe they’re the ones who win all the money on TV. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

What Belew had talked about the week before, how there was nothing else like winning a state championship, wasn’t something abstract now, but something they could feel. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

"You win. Best swallow it in one big gulp so it doesn't touch the sides." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

"Robert fought a war to win her back. He killed Rhaegar on the Trident with his hammer, but Lyanna died and he never got her back at all." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Well, I wouldn’t count on Coo winning,” Armpit cautioned. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

I did not mean to win when I threw the penny into the air. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

He killed time by mailing blown-up match race photographs to reporters and taking out ads celebrating the win. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

For Father, the Kingdom of the Lord is an uncomplicated place, where tall, handsome boys fight on the side that always wins. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We’ll go and see what kind of store he has. Maybe it will give us clues about what he plans to do with the lot if he wins.” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“Somewhere inside, the First and Second Cohorts are keeping their banners. Our job is to get inside and capture them without getting slaughtered. We do that, we win.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Fifteen years past, when they had ridden forth to win a throne, the Lord of Storm's End had been clean-shaven, cleareyed, and muscled like a maiden's fantasy. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I didn’t win every field-day footrace back in elementary school for nothing. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Frank came with me and we settled in for what I’d decided was going to be a winning day. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Even if I had to fence against one of them in competition, I didn’t suspend my desire to win. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

To me it seemed like a message from God, telling us that however bad things may seem, in the end, goodness will win. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Didn’t Mednis have a win against you? Why did he accept the draw? He could have made the time limit.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“When you win by cheating, it always comes back to bite you.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Greatness blends mind and body—not by winning against an opponent, but by focusing on your mind guiding the blade. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The winning vocalist and instrumentalist would be invited to appear as soloists with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra during its popular summer season at the stadium. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

We have one week left to win the fight for our Fifi's heart and mind. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Does the butcher king believe a pair of pretty slippers will win my hand? A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

That's it, that has to be it: The heir who wins the windfall will be the one who finds the fourth! The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I ever tell you I was quarterback my senior year? Threw the winning pass against Athens High in the semis. Matt was quarterback too.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

We shouldn’t be trying to survive, we should be trying to win. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

They wanted men with specific skill sets and experience to help Hitler win the war. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

She would jump for the remote and turn up the TV volume until it was too hard to tell what was louder, who wanted to win the noise battle more. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Actually, you can win only by taking cards from the blue decks, which offer a nice steady diet of $50 payouts and modest penalties. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“Because I brought nail polish so we can paint our names on the back of the turtles. That way, you’ll know for sure that it was mine when it wins.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not that I’m winning any Oscars, but good enough. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Or she could fall asleep, and maybe fight nightmares—and maybe win—and hurry the day on its way. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Maybe when we all got back to the World and everybody thought we were heroes for winning it, then it would seem right from there. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Zero wins and 30 losses over the last three seasons. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So, just based on first day impressions, who do you guys think is going to win Insomnia Con?” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

"And if the great of Qarth would give me gifts, Xaro, let them give me ships and swords to win back what is rightfully mine." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“He won’t be able to win without that special tutor, and I can’t afford to hire him! There’s no other way.” Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

Unlikely to win the battle on its merits, Edison devoted considerable resources to trying to discredit AC in the realm of public relations: AC, he and his supporters asserted, was much more lethal than DC. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The night Bobby Kennedy died, he had just won the California Democratic primary, which meant he had a strong chance to win the party’s presidential nomination. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Not that a gentleman like you, so well set up as you, can’t win ’em off of his own game; but money shall back you! Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Harry’s euphoria at finally winning the Quidditch Cup .lasted at least a week. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Outside the Darwins’ home, strikers trying to win support shouted to passersby, “Remember, you are brothers!” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I let him win two games to make him happy, but I took seven games, just so he wouldn’t forget I was the older sister. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Playing nine against eleven was not the way to win soccer games. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

A couple of weeks before Christmas, I was back in court for the fourth time trying to win the release of the two men. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“I’m great at that! I always win at charades! ” The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The stakes could be higher in some games than others, but Bull played them all to win. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I know, I know — it’s not quite as good as winning Witch Weekly’s Most- Charming-Smile Award five times in a row, as I have — but it’s a start, Harry, it’s a start.” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

“Since I became his son’s Champion. So perhaps you ought to devote some additional resources to solving these murders, before I win this absurd competition just because I’m the last one left alive.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Some of the time they do. I guess we’ll never see ’em win the Series, though.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

We had to play with seriousness and think of nothing else but adding to our happiness through winning. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The room remained silent, and Mr. Quisling said,“Mr. Lee, your cipher has survived the week. Congratulations on winning your first homework pass.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

We’re in those special seats for kids who win the big awards. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

If she could figure out one more puzzle, she’d win this game and, once again, be tied for first place. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

What’s at stake and how big a deal it would be to win...which just reminds me of our loss to the Stockwood Sharks. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

In Manny’s ring talk it meant that the guy was being groomed, that he had been carefully brought along and given only fights he was expected to win. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Like, you could run for class president right now and win, if you were into all that stuff." Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Burnham was a talented artist and architect in his own right, but his greatest strength lay in his ability to win clients and execute Root’s elegant designs. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“If all you think about are the scouts, all you think about is yourself. Then we don’t win. Then nobody wins.” All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

So the 7-7 wrestler, based on past outcomes, was expected to win just less than half the time. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Al stands next to me, but I’m too focused on the new fight to look at him, or congratulate him on winning, assuming that’s what he wants. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The light is dim and artificial and kept to the same level all the time, but even so, the circadian rhythms win out and a nighttime hush has fallen over the place. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

See, I told Coach that if Lu and Ghost had to run, then so did I. That as a newbie, we also have to win and lose together, hold each other up. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

“Um, yes it is. Did I mention I want to win?” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

She couldn't remember why it had been so important to win in the first place. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

My chance of winning was so small there was no point in arguing over who wrote the better poem. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Literally everything. I really don’t like the dog idea. I don’t think it’s very creative, and I don’t think it will be good enough to win any prizes.” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

A Pyrrhic victory is one where you win, but the cost of winning is so high that it would’ve been better if you'd never bothered with the war in the first place. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

But in snooker there are other ways to win points, as Alex knew only too well. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

“You tried, but you didn’t win. It’s over.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I had my own reason to win, didn’t I? October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Big Creek kept winning, and the people in charge of high-school football up in Charleston kept saying it didn’t matter—there was no way we were going to be state champs. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Haymitch takes the role of the interviewer and I try to answer his questions in a winning fashion. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Frigg said, “Who among you wants to win my good graces by going to Hel? Perhaps she will let Balder return to this world. Even Hel could not be so cruel as to keep him...” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

“That’s why I let her win, son”—he totally ignored her—“because, truth is, I’m scared of her.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I sure hope Mama and her lawyer win in court today. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

I’m winning my case, but if I’m going to suck all the marrow out of this bone, I need to hear them say the words. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

He knew Mr. Lemoncello was about to congratulate him for defying the odds and winning the game. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

“The Pope wants the Austrians to win the war,” the major said. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

But there was no denying that Jefferson had mortgaged his honor to win an election. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Did you know seventy-eight percent of the winners of the talent show have also gone on to win Insomnia Con?” she said, pausing the laptop to adjust her headband. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Lefty’s pockets bulged with winnings, and the men insisted he couldn’t leave without giving them a chance to win some of it back. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The role of a coach was to win, because this was high school football and this was Odessa. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

That, and Mom always saying what else was going to happen, if we win big this week. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Dan, you don’t have a ‘win’ option,” Kissinger said when they met to review the paper. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Once I put my mask on, my mind switched over to one thing, and that was winning. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

With Pollard standing on his back, pulling him in, he flew down the lane to win by seven lengths, smashing the track record. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Looks like you definitely hit the jackpot. It’s time to share some of your winnings with me.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Not as much as who might win this fight. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Coach reads to us from The Art of War: A winning strategy is not about planning, he says. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

“Okay, try this one: How many American League pennants did the Yankees win under Casey Stengel?” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Why was it useless to try to win any one’s favour? Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

The time difference isn't winning me any friends, either. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Arthur Ashe was favoured to win his first-round match against Sherwood Stewart, a bearded, lanky American from Goose Creek, Texas. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Byrd’s father, who had also been a powerful state politician, had helped fellow Virginian Woodrow Wilson win the White House in 1912. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

This sounds like an old argument that Kenn has never succeeded in winning, and it occurs to me that this probably isn’t the first time Hideo’s life has been threatened. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I was the last gymnast to perform, and though I didn’t know it at the time, I only needed 13.833 to win. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I win everything I try to win and lots of things I don’t even try to win.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Is this going to be the one that wins the Nobel Prize?” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

My all-time record was five wins and one hundred and twelve losses. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

He announced our expected time of return on Saturday and suggested that everyone be on hand to meet us, win or lose. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

“Tickets to the zoo! And the water park! Even if none of us win the reading log competition, can we make a pact to do stuff like this over the summer?” The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know why the rebels don’t just surrender. They cannot win.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And I feel like my chances at winning are very good because I come from a show-business background.” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

I tell her that I do not think a history of the Pledge of Allegiance or an analysis of the First Amendment is going to win many votes. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

He still wanted his teammates to score and win the game. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Younger people than me are on TV and getting paid and winning scholarships and getting their lives in order. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“We didn’t win over the Beiderman,” Isa said, “but this made me realize that home is much more than a place.” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Didn’t he know that what the army really needed was a chance to win a battle? George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet if Ron played as he had done in the last few practices, their chances of winning were very slim... Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

By early in the second half we took the lead and went on to win easily. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

“Calm down. We might win, but we might not.” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He says he’ll never go over there and help England win a war. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The first group to capture all the members of the other group would win. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Trinity is one of the schools that has a chance to win the title this year,” he said. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“America,” he said, “will lose the war. And Italy will win it.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

She refused to sign the letter and encouraged Stanton not to “complicate or compromise” their efforts to win suffrage. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Bobby proposed a new approach whereby a match would consist of an unlimited number of games, and the first player who scored ten wins would be named the winner. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone is staring, still laughing from Mayumi's win, waiting for me to make my way to the stage. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

An athlete who gets caught cheating is generally condemned, but most fans at least appreciate his motive: he wanted so badly to win that he bent the rules. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

We had all read dozens of accounts of parties favored to win who came in second. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kyle waited, giving a little voice deep inside his head time to remind him that every chance to win is also a chance to lose. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Although the winning of the cups and the money was a big event in my life, it didn’t change my hunting any. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You have a good long sleep. Try and think about something else for a while . . . think about what you’re going to buy with your winnings!” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“It’s always about winning with you, isn’t it? It’s only worth doing if there’s a ribbon in it.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

If he was going to play, he was going to play to win. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“So winning that money is more important to you than me?” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“And maybe to win this new game we need to play the old one.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

He needed to earn almost fifty-three dollars to win the bet. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to win a fight with her. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

“Will this quest into the Labyrinth help me win her back?” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

The minor officials with whom I was able to win an audience thought me mad. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one was going to win or lose after all. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had lost to the Rebels and instead of winning the district championship and guaranteeing themselves a trip to the playoffs, there might be only one game left in the season. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Don't. I don't want you to; because if you forget there'll be trouble. You're mistaken, don't you see you're outnumbered? You need allies to win . . ." "That there is sense. Black allies. Yellow and brown allies!" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

"She asked me to try really hard to win." The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“And I trust you. You will win, as many times as it takes.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

It helped that I was starting to rack up some wins in gymnastics meets, where most of my teammates had muscles too. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

"Mr. Donatelli's no gangster. Last night he made Willie Streeter stop 'cause he had a cut eye, and he made Spoon quit 'cause he was getting hit too much. And Spoon was winning fights." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, that’s him. His name is Joseph Powdermilk. He’s a professional boxer, a prizefighter. His next fight is Saturday night and if he wins I get half his winnings.” Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

She knew that he cared about the kids as much as any coach could within a system that demanded winning at virtually any cost. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was that, the knowing that we would win, and the excitement that overcame the being scared. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘If he wins back to the caves, he will pass your count again,’ laughed Aragorn. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Baxter is clasped tightly between the man’s legs, like the winning grip of a wrestling match. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The alpha male usually wins his position not because he is physically stronger, but because he leads a large and stable coalition. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the end, though the rank and file wanted to keep on fighting, union leader Donnelly knew they could not win. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I lift my chin a bit higher, put on my most winning smile, and wave with my free hand. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“We’re over that hurdle. I don’t think anything is going to be as bad as losing, and I don’t see any way of winning.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Trying to find two new teammates for our Quiz Bowl team. Last year we came in third. This year we’re going to win! ¡Comerme un pan!” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Next round, my winnings are up to twenty. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t remember ever winning an argument with him. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

I was running for my life, the train nipping at my heels, but I was winning the race! Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

"He wins the kingdom by flattery, just as the Bible warns us," he says, clicking off the radio. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

“And remember, it’s not whether you win or lose, it’s how you play the game. So be sure to read the instructions—so you’ll know how to play the game.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Outside of the Soviet Union, where chess masters were comfortably supported by the state, no chess player could survive on his tournament winnings. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Personally, I wanted to win more than I had ever wanted anything before. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Aside from Ian’s birthday card, there was no way to win the game, and no real goal. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Max wins twice, but in the third game, I corner the white van while she drives off a bridge and falls into the river. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It would probably hurt her chances of winning, actually. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Being accustomed to fighting with the aid of the Swiss, the French cavalry felt they could not win without them. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Hmmm. So you mean if I want a shot at winning the pageant, all I gotta do is rat you out to your dad?” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He rowed as hard in a losing cause as in a winning one. 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 then that I realized that winning wasn’t going to come easily; I never wanted to see that look of disappointment on my mother’s face again. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I could get them both busted for attacking me...for breaking my camera...for ruining my chance to win the competition. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

And so, concerning these weaker powers, the invader has no trouble whatsoever in winning them over, since all of them will immediately and willingly become part of the state he has acquired. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

She would be okay because we would win and I would save her. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Linton became good, earning first chair in a jazz ensemble in junior high school and then high school, and winning scholarship opportunities to play music in college. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“I know Robert can’t win,” she told Dad at the time. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

I would score and take the lead, and then she would follow up aggressively winning a point. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

He cared for Citra, but enough to surrender his life and let her win? Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

So even if I don’t win, I’ll show up to Mama’s big fancy house in the country and show her my trophy. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

So to avoid the guilt, I would spend half my time sneakily cheating so that Jeffrey would win over and over. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Who was winning—the white people’s team or the colored people’s team? The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

A charge might win them free, but it seemed to Ed-dard Stark that they had a surer, safer tactic. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

For the rest of the night, I push thoughts of the card away, and Marv wins three games in a row. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

He’s still convinced that I’m going to win the Excelsior because I won the science fair. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

“When you open the window,” said Akimi, “just shout, ‘I found the way out!’ and we win.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

If one went slightly faster, one could even get back before the race and place a bet on it in the sure knowledge that one would win. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I add, hoping to win a smile for using a spelling word. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

We just returned from Christmas vacation, and I just got a call congratulating the Freedom Writers for winning the Spirit of Anne Frank Award. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

But I hoped that he would win the battle, and I stood there and did not move. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Senate, winning 70 percent of the vote statewide, the largest margin in Illinois history and the biggest landslide of any Senate race in the country that year. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

How the next day we win the election by a landslide. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

Pipe dreams, he thought to himself, even while he was telling her about his dream winnings. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He does not care which side wins,” the interpreter said. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Brandon was a decent opponent but I still bested him, scoring the final winning point. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

This was my chance, the chance for the freedom I always should have had, the chance to escape from my stepfamily, the chance to win Char back. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

She ended up winning the next challenge and made it to the finale against Frankie. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

I had been free fencing with my teammate and gotten really into it when I scored my last winning point. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Certainly Pascal knew which way to wager, even though he gave up mathematics to win his bet. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Glasses, T-shirt, and gym shorts for the win. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

The superpower conflict seemed to take a sudden, more ominous turn: a kind of calculated standoff, in which "winning" now depended on guessing correctly at the enemy's strength and intentions. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“You look good, sportsfans. Your hair’s sticking up in the back but otherwise you win the Commandant’s Cup. Where’s Mary Anne?” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The chance of Big Rose winning scared me. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

The Associated Press, making its predictions for the season, had picked Permian to win it all. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sorry isn’t ever going to win the race, Ibtihaj,” my mother said. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I took this to be Allah’s message confirming to me that Cassius Clay was going to win. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The water is almost to Mark’s upper thighs, and he knows the current is about to win the battle against all of them. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“I’ll even give you a clue….It’s an Atari game, released as part of a contest. It contained several puzzles, and if you solved them, you could win a prize. Sound familiar?” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He knew if he entered the contest he had a good chance of winning. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

“I mean the other day, when you were on the phone with him. Did you win the argument with words?” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Despite having to deal with my anxiety issues, in the two years since making the US National Women’s Saber Team, I was doing more winning than losing. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“So if we find the books, we’d win the twelfth medal.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

You could never win against such a will. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“I’m not worried. Zero worry on Team Bianca, the winning team,” Valley was saying, when a voice made them look up in unison. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

And then his breath kept getting faster and faster like maybe in his mind he was somewhere winning a race. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

It was the last game of the year, and you were supposed to commit suicide or something if old Pencey didn't win. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

She is still in the red sun visor and tennis whites she wore leading her fitness class at the Forum Gym and winning at doubles afterward. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

“No, I think I have everything. I shall be very comfortable here. You have made the room so charming,”—this last a final crawling sop to win her approval. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I never win awards, except the ones they give out for perfect attendance. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

She kept hoping that Paul would resume the argument with Billy and win it, or at least convince Mr. or Mrs. Fitzgibbon that they should let her go. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Almost alone among politicians of the South, Mayor Hartsfield has not sunk to the level of winning votes at the Negro’s expense. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

You move around the board and ask yes-or-no questions, and the first pair of pants to be reunited with its owner wins. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

They might not be talking, but she still wanted James to win his bet with Maddie. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Aron was not able to collect his winnings for nearly a month, but he won six days later. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

We watched Mr. Morrison win the game by capturing Lissa’s last king. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Prince Cardan’s got all the power. There’s no winning against him. No matter how brave or clever or even cruel you are, Jude. End this, before you get really hurt.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Luma had no doubt who would win the scrimmage, but she wanted to see how the Fifteens would react to the challenge. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Her silences left him feeling helpless and eager to win back her attention. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I am. Ged, you won entrance to Roke by saying your name. Now you may win your freedom of it by saying mine.” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

He liked that he didn’t need to depend on anyone else to win a match. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“My victory prize for winning the Third Trial.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“If I lose, I will. But if I win, you’ll just have to wonder if I really have it or not.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t you just use your powers to win the lottery or make money grow on trees instead of stealing food?” Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

In the long run, as we know, the liberal values of the Declaration did indeed win out. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

The boys finally had a plan to win the challenge. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Years later, Lilienthal was still shaking his head over Bobby’s recollection of his famous win over Capablanca more than a half century before. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Truly high-level artificing such as sympathy clocks or gear- wins were still beyond my reach, but I knew that it was just a matter of time. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I told him again, “Yes, Excellency! We will win the game.” Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

As it became clear that Reggie planned to win this game, Coach Turner tried to argue a couple of the umpire’s calls. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Talking to the New York Times, he claimed flat out, “California has a chance, but I think Washington will win.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Most former slaves voted for the Republicans, Lincoln’s party, with some Black men winning election to political office. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

In general, I felt as if I couldn’t win, that no amount of faith or hard work would push me past my detractors and their attempts to invalidate me. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Strength is not just a tool for winning, it is necessary for survival. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He held out a package, a gift, like he thought it was enough to win me over. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

We were clearly the front-runners to win the award, but the center was in a precarious position—how would we get the Freedom Writers to New York? The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

And I need to stay focused on reading, if I want to win those tickets to the zoo. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

LeAlan: Every week, there’s a big card game at Lloyd’s house, and most of the time he wins. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But if he did win, and he did get ten million free and clear, he would buy his mom a house. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I am proud to serve Lord Gwydion, and there is a chance to win much honor, more than by washing pigs and weeding gardens!” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

He had to win that trip, and that required the best picture possible. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

“It’s not something that shows up in the stats in the newspaper. It’s not something people will remember. But it helped win the game.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

And being grounded at his house was like winning the Price Is Right Showcase compared to what would happen if Eleanor got caught. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I left the meal early to return to my hotel room in time to prepare, win or lose, for Barack’s speech later that night. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Would the Miss America pageant even let a black girl win? Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Now frowning, now smiling a secret smile, Turtle acted the part of every brilliant lawyer she had seen on television who was about to win an impossible case. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s most likely robbing the bank as a payback on the world for winning the ugliness prize at his local fete three years running. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Kyle pretended to laugh, but deep down, he knew the truth: No matter how hard he tried, he would never be able to win every single game he played for the rest of his life. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Andy stuck his head inside the door of their mess tent, flashed his most winning smile, and inquired, “Hi, there. Is anybody home?” Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

He looked at the girl and said, “You know, Claude, I'm going to save my money and my winnings, and I’m going to visit Mrs. Frankweiler again.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You make your face like hers. Like you’re about to hex someone. They want to see you upset. Don’t let these butt-toads win.” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“If you win, and prove yourself both skilled and trustworthy, my father has sworn to grant you your freedom. And, while you’re his Champion, you’ll receive a considerable salary.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

It has become painfully evident that the winning of a State Championship is not a high priority of every member of this team. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Games and sports aren't about taking part or even about winning. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

The Shavepate felt it would win her support against the Sons of the Harpy. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

You have to fight like you believe you can win. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Yesterday they had been two to one, meaning I would have had to risk two pennies for the chance to win one. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“It’s just . Peeta. I’m afraid if we do win, the rebels will execute him as a traitor.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Two wins, after I showed I would kick just about anywhere. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Anonymously written, the story charged that Woolf admitted he had been told not to win by too much, to “make it look close” and “make a race of it.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Technically, you know I m still winning, right? Twenty to eighteen.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Winner takes all! I win, we all go free. You win, we die. Swear upon the River Styx.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

One thing I had learned for sure: You could not win when it came to class Insecta, order Lepidoptera. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

After the game ended, the trophy commemorating the win was held aloft, a golden football mounted on a pedestal. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Throwing Luke a nod when he looked up to Toby after a win. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The racetrackers were soon calling the winner’s circle “Howard’s Half Acre,” and Barn 38 was the track’s runaway leader in wins. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the end, Cleopatra—daring, clever, smart, rich, determined, and rash—wins. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

The president told us, “Good luck! I hope you win!” Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of course if you had to choose an audience for illicit love based on the people you’d least like to have hanging around, Piper and Isaac would win hands down. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How many pesos you think they gonna give you if you win, man?” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“I wanted to play. I wanted to win.” The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Each of the losing crews would have to race in a repechage, a re-rowing, on August 13 and would need to win that heat to advance to the medal race the following day. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

This father was a good man, a kind gentle man, perhaps a pious man, perhaps a holy man—but all these were not qualities which could win the boy. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We can't win against that many shamblers. That man is a monster. He and his boys are going to send us all to die.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“I also reminded him that winning a college scholarship isn’t the only reason we’re playing these games.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, well, he wins all our arguments. Just like the ones I have with you.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

His traveling companion, Charles Kalme, repeated his win of the previous year and was crowned the champion once again. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want candy—I want to win!” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

On the other hand, I didn't think media attention would help win the case now pending in the Court of Criminal Appeals. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He didn’t win a Nobel Prize for his work. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

“William’s running for the local senate, Hilly. And he might not win.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I called him and he told me, “I just want to tell you something. I’m not a betting man anymore, but if you are, you bet on Cassius to beat Liston, and you will win.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

William Lombardy, who’d go on to win the World Junior Championship and enter the pantheon as a grandmaster, was six years older than Bobby and at first beat him most of the time. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“What did you win the Olympics for?” asks Gat. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry Coo didn’t win,” Tatiana said to him after class. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

No one runs against him, of course, and he wins automatically. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Beyond the idea of winning, which was important to me, I liked the physical aspects of playing ball. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

“I wouldn’t mind winning,” Kojo muttered after Mr. Lyons was gone. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

It was impossible for me to win against the Headmaster. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

He held a book close to his eyes, then wagged it like a winning lottery ticket. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

And that wins respect so you can say yes next time. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Could this precocious Brooklyn boy not just become a Candidate but possibly win the tournament? Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly with a single bound he leaped into the room, winning a way past us before any of us could raise a hand to stay him. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

"Even men like Toad. You won't win any honors killing him." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Ishmael remembered following his father one afternoon as he roamed the grounds of the Strawberry Festival in search of photographs and winning quotes. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I don’t care who wins anymore. I just want it to be over.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was likely that multiple candidates would run in the primary, which meant that Barack would only need to command a plurality of the vote to win the Democratic nomination. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

By the time she hit middle school, she’d won just about everything there was to win — science fair, debate team, gymnastics, soccer, synchronized Tae Kwon Do. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

And he had just taught me a lesson: that shifgrethor can be played on the level of ethics, and that the expert player will win. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

There had to be a way to win Dorothy, some strategy, some ploy. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Bobby then drew with Samuel Reshevsky, who was the defending champion, in an extremely intense game—and the fourteen-year-old was on fire after that, at one point amassing five wins in a row. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She knows she only has me to win over so she’d gotten right to work. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

But even though Mariela has been one of his stalwarts, she seems disengaged and in no shape to rise to the occasion and win a part. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

There were umpires everywhere, men who said who was winning or losing the theoretical battle, who was alive and who was dead. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, I wished I’d been able to get through the entire routine without a mistake, but who falls on beam at the Olympics and still wins a medal? Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“But—didn’t I win the exercise? I got it first.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

To advance from qualifying rounds to quarterfinals, semifinals to the finals, you have to win each bout. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I took an extra moment to thank Allah for allowing me to reach this moment, but also to help me find the strength and courage to win the matches still ahead of me. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“It’s hard to thank you when I know you’d let Will and his Mercer buddies beat me up if I wasn’t going to help you win tomorrow.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

“Well, I have enough nerves right now. I must be on my way to win the gold,” I joked, trying to make light of my current situation. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Even if Elena had told her how to win the Test. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Saints, no. Get me a system for winning at Three Man Bramble or Makker’s Wheel. That I’m curious about.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Many had yet to believe that a black man could win in predominantly white areas, which meant they'd often go for the safer bet, the next-best thing. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Byrne may or may not have recognized this for what it was—a brazen attempt to win influence with him. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The Great Hall was normally decorated with the winning House’s colors for the Leaving Feast. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

If the herring had to be caught and eaten, he wanted Froggie to win. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

That was when I realized that we weren’t going to win this battle—that we could not win. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Everywhere I looked, articles in magazines, newspapers, and online were declaring me America’s best hope to win five gold medals in Rio. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He looked up at the Savage with another of those winning smiles of his. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This is true, we always know how to win. So now you know what is inside you, almost all good stuff from Taiyuan.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

California fans rushed up the hill and demanded their winnings from the same bookie, who again paid out. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

For two tributes to have a shot at winning, our "romance" must be so popular with the audience that condemning it would jeopardize the success of the Games. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Right now we don’t even have enough guys to field a team. But any wins we do get, they’re for you guys who are leaving.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

You spin round and round, fighting the chemical-induced thickness of the air, and hurl the plate, certain you’re about to win a gold medal. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Only Mr. Loomis wanted to be in it, and only he could win it. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

They still needed him to get over the bar and win. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“This is a hell of a way to win the next election, then!” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The sisters loved Ignatius. He was such a darling child. He used to win all them little holy pictures for knowing his catechism.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had wanted the swordsman to win because it wasn’t fair. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Permian scored three touchdowns in the second half to defeat Port Arthur Jefferson 28-19 and win its third state championship in one of the great upsets in modern Texas high school history. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once I decided ice cream was the winning ingredient for the contest, I blocked out every other thought. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Once, M. Yoshoto glanced over at me for some reason, and I flashed him an excessively winning smile. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Both of Bobby’s wins were hard fought and went to fifty moves before his opponent resigned. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted Big Ma to win because she didn’t punish me for getting myself in detention. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

“One force does, certainly,” she said, “but I’m not sure about the other. We must hope the Africans win.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Let’s see ... a Galleon on Ireland to win?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

A perfect place for a winning lottery ticket. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Ernest seemed to be trying to preserve the atmosphere that had helped Big Science win the war. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I picked up my winnings this morning—three hundred dollars. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The races were notable for the lack of clothing worn by the contestants and the serious way in which they went at the task of winning five-dollar gold pieces.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The final regular season football game ended with Big Creek winning big over Tazewell High School, just across the Virginia border. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The probability of your winning is clearly the same no matter what number you choose, so, to make the calculation specific, assume you always pick the number 4. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

In any event, we heard that the firefighters were winning. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If I win, you come with us. If I lose, we'll leave you in jail.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

He can choose his course and fight it through and win.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Once they were in motion, they’d bust their hearts to win. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I hoped its shimmer would help me win gold. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

At Caltech, two physical chemists, Linus Pauling and Robert Corey, had used this technique to solve the structures of several protein fragments—a feat that would win Pauling the Nobel Prize in 1954. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

“We’ll see who wins, your dead man on a stick or the living spirits of Africa!” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you win, you can burn mine, too.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

How dare he think he had to fight badly for her to win this match? Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

If the Beiderman was the only obstacle, Laney knew she could win him over. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I had never thought I would win anyway. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

In the final sixteenth of a mile Pollard seemed as if he was about to pass out again, but he hung on for the win. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The win ensured our team a place in the New England tournament. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Mom gets seven words out of seven every time, and wins the cash bonus. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Multiple eyewitness accounts of this race state that Seabiscuit trailed badly early, then rallied to win. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

As she wiped each piece with a soft cloth, she said, “Next time win more, lose less.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

After reading my winning essay, the public relations people for Casey Family Services asked me to be a presenter at their postadoption services conference and also to address a Senate reception. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Trout—” she said, “if I win, can I take my sister, too?” Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I want to eat donuts, hang out with Sara, and win the recipe contest. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

"Tell me true. If I fell into the hands of your people and yielded myself, what would it win me?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He had always hoped to win honor on the force, but what honor was there in dying of pneumonia in a bus station rest room? A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remember how I promised Prim that I really would try to win and I feel like a ton of coal has dropped on me. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

But as I had gotten to know him better this fight had been easier to win. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Because I’m in the sewers underneath the horse stables. It’s the secret way out of the castle. I’m going to win another game. That’s two for me, Keeley. How many for you?” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Tony had taught me to read when I was four, to win a bet with Shawn, I think. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Quite apart from wanting to win, Harry found that he had fewer nightmares when he was tired out after training. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Dray wins, so we both walk over to where Kasim is holding open the back door. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He also had a way with words, winning a prize in a speech contest. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

It was early in the game, and we were either just barely winning or just barely losing—I don't remember. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

It is a battle against a tireless enemy in which man never actually wins; the most that he can hope for is not to be defeated, she reads, before closing her eyes. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Hardly a pas de deux, there was a seesaw of results: wins for Bobby...draws...wins for Reshevsky. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

His win percentage dropped to a lamentable 6 percent. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He built and ran an intelligence operation that helped him outwit his foe and win the war. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ally. I have three brothers. I am not capable of letting someone win.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Mike Bogo, dejected, later commented, “I don’t care who wins. I just like to bust them bombs.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

She liked him so much from that first meeting that she fixed things so that he would win the accordion in the raffle. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Somebody had conducted a preliminary poll that seemed to suggest maybe he could win. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

We end up winning the game by a single run, all thanks to heavy-hitting Hennessey, who bats Laury in but gets tagged out trying to make her single into a double. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

Spencer promptly gives the right answer, and Grammy falls back with the satisfaction that she has helped him win a couple grand. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

As soon as their youngest daughter could talk, Joshua and Joylette realized that she’d inherited her father’s winning way with people and his mind for math. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

It’s clear to me: no matter how boring I find Mama’s cooking club, I’ll try to win over that girl Elizabeth and make sure the club is a success. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Now he was only four desks away from winning. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

“Look, I don’t mean to pry,” said Anh, “but it seems like winning this competition means more to you than just a camera and a trip on a photo shoot.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

If you are racing to win, you have no thoughts but the body’s thoughts, no goals but the body’s goals. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

I came to every practice on time and to every tournament ready to win. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I’d really thought that my model of a black hole to help visualize how it could “bend” space-time would win first place. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Woolf replied that his seat to the rear of Seabiscuit in several of his winning races had given him a good spot from which to study the horse and he had simply taken the opportunity. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s a winning lottery ticket. New York has to pay.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

And she was good at it, winning many competitions. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

As I was filling out the application, my competitive side kicked in and I was convinced that my students had to win! The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

And, just as you’d think, the winner was Ken, the one guy who really didn’t want to win. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Karpov had qualified to play Bobby by winning his three Candidates matches, during which he’d played forty-six grueling games and only lost three. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“When you finish it, the hero usually wins. But if you kept reading five pages into the next issue and stopped...” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

How is the black man going to get “civil rights” before first he wins his human rights? The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

But winning or losing—it didn't make much difference to him. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes you work the stone, sometimes the stone works you. I think today the rock win.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“You were pretty good in last year’s competition, even though your teammates stank. We’d love to have you try out for our squad. You’d have a much better chance of winning at Sunny Brook.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

At a follow-up meeting in Boston a few weeks later, the women’s rights advocates were distraught to learn that many abolitionists planned to focus only on winning the vote for black men. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“But she had to know she couldn’t win a homework pass with your cipher.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

And you had to win by two points. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“We win call it the Joyous Island,” she said. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. They might say that. Or they might say, ‘You win some, you lose some.’ Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Gerry is the perfect example of “quitters never win” because he quit law school. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Well, we’ve got ten more turns. Right now, the score is Pacific one, Midwest one. All we have to do is win one game and we’re tied for first place.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Do you think we might win? Everyone seemed to love it. I really think we have a chance.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I’d become more consistent in winning my pool matches and a few direct elimination bouts, but nothing to brag about. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Dad told me this morning that he thought I’d win some air medals in either Cuba, the Middle East, or Southeast Asia.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You had a brilliant idea, bidding against each other in the auction. You were very close to winning.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve had to fight for every win, every place at the table, every ounce of respect on my path to world-class athlete. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

All these years, she had believed that if workers stuck together, they’d win a fair share of the money made by their muscle and sweat. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

But if peace talks undermined Nixon’s chances to win the election, Nixon was prepared to undermine the peace talks. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

High above, my kite was tilting side to side like a pendulum, making that old paper-bird-flapping-its-wings sound I always associated with win­ter mornings in Kabul. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

But I was on a winning streak, and the better my results, the more I wanted to try for even better results. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Everybody was lying around, watching me compete with Big Rose and adding comments about who they thought would win. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Mom asked me if I minded not winning. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

“The name Myron Bolitar is all over the gym. He holds almost every basketball record at the school. Most points, most rebounds, most wins.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

“We won’t patch him up and send him out there to break his heart trying to win.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kayak roared into Santa Anita with guns blazing, staging an overpowering performance to win a handicap prep race, just missing a track record, running with ears up, tail fanned out behind him. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

With no race cameras and only two patrol judges to oversee them, jockeys could—and would— do anything to win. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would see the pitfalls and opportunities develop and run the race in his head until he saw how to win it. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Compton would win the bet, though he never received the cigar. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

The baseball team was in the middle of a winning streak where he’d pitched two no hitters and his fastball was coming in consistently at eighty-nine mph. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Because I’m not just reacting, this is me deciding—Dylan won’t win. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

The Fugees had managed a win earlier in the season against a team that had beaten the Strikers. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

He was about to win, and by winning he would lose. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“You know, like, if an AL team wins, does that mean more Democrats will show up at the polls, or,” JonPaul explained, “will Republican voting habits change if the NL team wins?” Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the aftermath of the game, the players and their families and sports reporters from across the country crammed into the winning team’s locker room. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

There was a decent effort at New York’s Jamaica Race Track, then a modest allowance win at Narragansett Park. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

For one exciting minute, Percy felt like he was winning. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Fitzsimmons handed the jockey his whip, then rode his own horse right past him to win, urging him with nothing but hands and voice. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bobby was almost giddy with delight at notching his first win against one of the strongest players in the world, a former World Champion, the man he’d fantasized about murdering during the 1959 Candidates. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I said, “Honey, if I win it, I’ll give it to no one but you.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her basketball team didn’t win many games without her, and there were whispers at first, but the school keeps on going, as does everything else in Bellmont. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tradition has it that if we win the home game the day of the Winter Ball, everyone pours out onto the ice to congratulate us. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

If Mom wins her first speed round and correctly guesses all the categories in the Winner’s Circle, she’ll win ten thousand dollars. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

How did the farmers win out over the famous warriors? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

As he ran, he could feel the sweat tracing a line down his back, every single drop representing the work he’d been putting in since that very first win years ago. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

We race each other, and Decca wins every time because it makes her happy. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

It seemed as if Cain had slain Abel, seizing his country, after which the men of Abel had sought to win their patrimony again for ever. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

But, no—the man who came into the room was small and slender, really very delicately put together, with a thin face, large, warm eyes, and a most winning smile. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

"And don't forget, if you win, you gotta strut off the track like Mary." Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Attendants linger at the doors of grocery stores and coffee shops, trying to win customers over. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

James and Maddie were both still into the challenge, but Emily figured it was more for the pride of winning their bet than for the homework passes at this point. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Party guests trample ahead, fixing the masks to their faces, each determined to be the first to win the treasure hunt. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“Lost the opener but came back to win the nightcap.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

It was his habit on such occasions to walk among the people, with Gertrude at his side, to win their regard or quiet their fears. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

After the summer session, Katherine decided to leave WVU’s graduate program for a life as a full-time wife and mother, the call of domestic life winning out over career ambition. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

I remember seeing the winning tributes with their mentors and stylists. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

And the week after that his squadron made history by winning the red pennant two weeks in a row! Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

She always tells us she doesn’t care if we win or lose, but I’ve noticed she’s much happier when we win. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

She had faith that this assertive but peaceful protest would help women win the federal suffrage amendment in the shortest time possible. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

For the first quarter of our bout, Mariel was winning decisively. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

A sister who will always win because I am a loser. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

He says the business of throwing pebbles into bowls with the most pebbles winning an election—that was Belgium’s idea of fair play, but to people here it was peculiar. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Among their able captains whom they could have had reason to fear, some did not win, others met with opposition, and others turned their ambition elsewhere. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

"You look like the person who wins in the end. You're so pretty, and so good. You have magic eyes," she whispered. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

The odds were as high as a hundred to one that he’d win. Stone Fox 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m only at Level 28, because usually I’m logged in as an encrypted, anonymous account, and none of my activity or wins get properly recorded. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

We went out to where they posted the numbers and the bell rang to pay off and they put up 18.50 after Japalac to win. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Forgiveness comes only from the gods. What of Ser Lan- cel, who was your cousin and your lord husband’s squire? Did you take him into your bed to win his loyalty as well?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Most people applauded her wins, but there was always someone lurking in the wings who didn’t want to see her succeed. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“Seabiscuit will win the Santa Anita Handicap. He is the best horse. He is fit and he is ready. All I want is a jockey who will obey my orders.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the first time ever, Lefty consulted Desdemona’s dream book, in the hope of calculating a winning number on the abacus of his unconscious. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

As names are read, items are received with the excitement of someone winning a real contest, as if the booty were free and not paid for at three, four, or five times the store value. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Miss Warren was obviously trying to win the Captain Obvious Award. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

I’d put myself in my opponent’s place and decide how I’d try to win if I had the other side; and then I’d figure a way to knock down those points. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“One hundred rupees will not win such a husband, we have no more.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was determined to win the prize money: a hundred dollars! The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

“I think she has a real chance to win. She has all the right qualities,” she says. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

‘How many laurel wreaths have you got? Because I’m gonna win them all.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Then Mrs. Granger stood up abruptly and said, “Then that is all for today, Nicholas. And may the best word win.” Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though his rural, homespun western boys did not win, they came in third, an outcome that shocked the eastern fans and press. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

If we win, we'll each get a house in the part of town reserved for Hunger Games' victors. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

If they lose, you are destroyed; if they win, you end up their prisoner. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

I throw scissors, and Nora throws paper again, so I win. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Eventually, one location wins favor and the whole swarm takes to the air. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t cheat—which everybody thinks I do since I always win all the money—I’m just lucky. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Germans find the documents; the deception wins the war. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

His impression, on its face, was this was a “tryable case,” one he had a reasonable chance of winning. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

John and I came up with a contract stipulating that once the computers arrived the 35 students with the highest grade point average would win a computer when they graduated. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“You know,” he says, “if you try smiling, you might win that thing.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Scout wins, so I head for the dugout. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bailey asks, the curiosity about a tent he hasn’t heard of winning out over the fleeting thought to ask who Celia is, as he does not recall Poppet mentioning the name before. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I tell myself again that if I get killed, his winning will benefit my mother and Prim the most. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

"Yes—you win! It's Armstrong all right. But where the devil did he hide himself? We went over the place with a fine-tooth comb." And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

This is a big deal, because even though Vanessa Williams is the first black woman to win Miss America, Suzette Charles is the first black woman to win Miss New Jersey. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Martin and I both burst out laughing, because Abby definitely wins for melanin. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Which side is winning is a matter of complete indifference to them. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Was it truly just so he could win the competition? Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“I want to win my place,” I tell her. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes I win”—he raked the cards off to the side, close to him—“and sometimes I lose.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I win the first round because I’m me and we get another round going. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

They worked together as one to win the war against ignorance. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

He had never suffered nerves like these; they were way beyond anything he had experienced before a Quidditch match, not even his last one against Slytherin, which had decided who would win the Quidditch Cup. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Anyway, like I said, Dad has never come this close to winning the big countywide holiday a cappella contest, and I’ve never been more excited for him. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

‘He is bold and cunning. Even now he plays a game with peril and wins a throw. Hours of my precious time he has wasted already. Down, snake!’ he said suddenly in a terrible voice. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

His newfound diligence would win him admission to Harvard Medical School. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“This here is love day. Taking this here place gonna be as easy for us as it was for mah Yankees to win the series in ’43.” Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bobby claimed that his system would actually reduce the number of draws, that it would produce games in which the players would take more chances, trying to achieve wins rather than half points. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m taking a winning team to Washington, D.C., this year, class. Are you with me?” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

He wins every game, but I still like trying. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“I cannot, demigod. I do not have a finger gun to win this game.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Or that because they had won the two-mile freshman race last June they could win a four-mile varsity race next June. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

But Ulbrickson knew that, in the end, it wasn’t gods but young men who had to win crew races, and, unlike gods, young men were fallible. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Second, it is not obvious even now that relying on Evidence-Indices was bound to be a winning strategy. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Triumphant music that assures you MacGyver will always win in the end. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boys took turns refereeing, winning, losing, being beaten, twisted and torn, from dropkicks, the flying clothesline, and the ever-impressive flapjack spine crusher. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

“More often than not, people assume that the mamba always will win—he is, after all, large, venomous, and quick.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Of all the contenders, the one who made the greatest progress toward winning Blanca’s hand was the King of the Pressure Cookers. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I got distracted by the noise of the crowd as I felt their desire for me to win. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

These mantras helped me visualize the future, to see myself winning. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“Just having you here with me is enough. I want you to maintain your focus on winning as well. Don’t let these people distract you from winning.” Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“Bullies don’t like to fight, son. They like to win. Being afraid is normal. The only fight you really have to win is the one against the fear. ” Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

For if you win you remain his prisoner, and princes should avoid being left at the discretion of others as much as possible. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

This was no obscure test for a few scholars—winning the prize was considered a great honor. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

School began to reveal itself, therefore, as a child’s game that one could not win, and boys dropped out of school and went to work. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

Assuming we win, we’ll have the Good Morning America appearance on Friday, followed by a trip to the White House. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“I don’t need your help to win an election, Oscar!” she says, hitting the table so hard with her open palm that the dishes rattle. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“There’s no point in fighting if you’re not intending to win. You may go. Leave me to talk with your sister.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

In watching thousands of match races, he learned that in most cases the horse who broke from the start fastest would win. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What if Wilfrido wins tomorrow? What if the whole neighborhood changes?” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“The one who reaches the cup first gets the points. That’s you. I’m telling you, I’m not going to win any races on this leg.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

One of the boys behind him wisecracked, “You just wanted to win this thing so you could be taller than us for once, didn’t you?” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

If you win a bet on a Warcross match, you win game credits called notes. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It was nine p.m. on July 20, 1971, and Bobby Fischer had achieved what no one else had ever accomplished in chess: winning two grandmaster matches without drawing or losing a single game. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

And foremost among the men in the village who exclaimed over his prosperity was his uncle, for his uncle in these days was like a dog who fawns and desires to win favor. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

By the start of February the winning streak had reached sixteen, and there wasn’t an empty seat in the gym. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

"If we want to win, we can't attack in straight lines. We'll leave leaflets everywhere—in telephone booths, mailboxes, apartment houses—for people to read and to pass on, like a chain letter!" The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I remember that contest, but I don’t remember hearing nothing ’bout no colored person winning it.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He surprised everybody by winning the state championship. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Man o’ War had run just twenty-one races—winning twenty—and faced only forty-eight opponents. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

A top seller can win a giant stuffed ram, our school mascot. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

It started early in the morning on the day of the con­test and didn’t end until only the winning kite flew in the sky—I remember one year the tournament outlasted daylight. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She knew better than to say anything herself—either the Pobble would win on her behalf, or she couldn’t go. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“Oh God. Do you think he’s planning some big gesture to win her back?” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Maybe Hassan was the price I had to pay, the lamb I had to slay, to win Baba. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Winning the vote for settler women in the West was one thing; winning it for women in the rest of the nation was something else again. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Oh, by the way: if you think a fake presidency of a fake club is going to help you win the Excelsior Award...” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

I had no real desire to waste my time throwing balls at bottles to win cheap prizes, but Audrey refused to let me spend another Friday night wallowing alone in my room. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Only a fraction of his countrymen would give up their lives to win it, and it was not his ambition to be among them. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“You want to make a bet. Okay. If I win, you come with us.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

There were some Americans who were chess professionals, but none made a living from tournament winnings alone. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z