A few years earlier, we won the release of Phillip Shaw, who was fourteen when he was improperly convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment without parole in Missouri. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

If a given crew won its preliminary race on August 12, it would proceed directly to the medal round, and have a precious day off. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Is this how you won the district competition, Jake? By cheating?” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

I entered one of his stories in the library’s short-story contest, and I can’t wait to find out if he won. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Luckily, I won my third match and progressed to the finals the next day. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

The prosecutor, noting that Elizebeth had “made an unusual impression on the jury,” wrote that they couldn’t have won the case without her. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Your brother entered one of Daddy’s stories in a contest, and it won second place!” Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

The Battle of Chancellorsville was a fight that, by any normal measure, ought to have been won by the Union army in a rout. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“You know why you won fights as an initiate?” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I get crushed most of the time, but I have won a few. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

He was brave in the war, I’m sure, for he won a Purple Heart. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Louie won so many wristwatches, the traditional laurel of track, that he began handing them out all over town. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

“So Ruby Willow won. And she got twenty. Thousand. Dollars.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

The point of each sentence is that Buster’s dog won. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

So SJ and I won our division of the state debate tournament. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

When I went back to training at Bannon’s at the end of that week, the girls in the gym were super excited that one of their own had won Worlds. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Though he was only sixteen and had never even trained at the distance, he won by fifty yards. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

Two years later, in June 2012, we won a constitutional ban on mandatory life-without-parole sentences imposed on children convicted of homicides. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Ever since his team had won the Lemoncello Library game, everybody was constantly trying to trip them up with riddles and puzzles. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

To listen to the coaches, it was hard to believe Permian had won the game, much less by a 35-7 score. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So, Sergio won this big award? I’m really proud of him, you know. Just because I don’t live here doesn’t mean I’m not proud of him.” Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

People who didn’t know nothing about no ball were up in my face saying how good it was that Latimer had won. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

If he did, he would've won because my legs were barely working, but he wouldn't test me, not after what had happened at lunch. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Men, women, and children throughout the neighborhood were still celebrating their beloved Boston Red Sox, who, led by Babe Ruth, had won the World Series on October 14, 1918. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

If the suitor’s horses won, she would be his; if her father’s won, the suitor must pay with his life for his defeat. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Last year, we used to have contests at lunch, and I always won. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

A woman who won all social battles with presence and a conviction of the legitimacy of her authority. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“We won the battle,” he said, shaking my foot affectionately, the way one shakes the hand of a friend. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

It doesn’t look as detailed as that eagle you drew that won first prize. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the eleven-year-old boy who won first prize playing a tricky violin song that sounded like a busy bee. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was no surprise that I won, because I’d been hitting threes since I was a freshman—I used my legs to shoot like Paul had taught me. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

They won their game last week, so they’re going to state on Thanksgiving Day. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

After what seemed like weeks, I went back to school, by which time the elections had been won, the breakfasts ceased, and my classmates had found someone else to tease. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

He tried to push away the ache of it all—the horrors of the battle they’d just won. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The papers suggested that perhaps it was Beauregard who, by managing to save the remnants of his army, had won something approaching a victory. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

She and her political supporters went to the states where women had won the right to vote, and they campaigned against Democrats—Democrats, even those who supported suffrage. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

She didn’t dare show her pickles, but she wanted some reflected glory in case the gooseberry pie won. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mohammed wasn’t even twenty, and he’d won a race starting in Saida and ending in Beirut, a distance of twenty-six miles. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

And he made a home run, and his team won the state championship. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Even Drew didn’t seem to care if we won or lost. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

“It’s like we won a battle, you know?” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I put my face against his head and I said, You won, Perrito. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

In six years, Seabiscuit had won thirty-three races and set thirteen track records at eight tracks over six distances. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then there’s Alyssa’s little brother, who stood up for me back at the gate, so I think I’ve already won him over. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

In a wave of strikes in Western Pennsylvania, box makers, steelworkers, laundrywomen, and machinists all won higher pay. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

Carol Moseley Braun also won decisively, becoming the first African American woman ever to hold a Senate seat. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He believed that when Harrison at last won his fifth two-year term—ideally in the upcoming April 1891 election, but perhaps not until the next, in 1893—he would reward Prendergast with a job. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Big amounts and small, though I’ve only ever won a little. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dear Diary, We just won an award from the American Jewish Committee, called the Micah Award, for fighting injustice in our society. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“You’ve had your go. You saved four. Ron saved five. Ron’s Keeper, he won it fair and square. Get out of my way.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Later we played volleyball against another squad and won. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Goldman’s rule won hands down in two directions: it was a whopping 70 percent better than the old method at recognizing the patients who weren’t actually having a heart attack. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Sally often came back from the market without meat or vegetable, and we all fell to eating Dr. Trefusis’s diet: biscuits and whatever broth could be won from the bone. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Further, he claimed that he had not won the World Championship in Iceland in 1972; he already was the World Champion: His title was stolen, he said, by the Russians. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Majidi is on the attack! The shot clock is winding down, the game is tied up, he’s on a fast streak to the hoop, and BANG! He’s won the game for the Boston Celtics!” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

“Well, why’d you throw it out? I won it just for you.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

They had won the battle and turned the tide of the war, but each of them felt cold inside. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Since me and Ma won the race, Emma’s always let the sin of envy choke her heart. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

But they had not yet overthrown the siege, nor won the Gate. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

The whole class breaks out clapping, as if Sammy has already won. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

His powerful “I have a dream” speech at the 1963 March on Washington, delivered from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, won the admiration of people around the world. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could have easily won a fourth term had he wanted it, but he didn’t. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“I hear Garula met him, when his boy won in the Cage.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Claude is not so little anymore. Even I can see his family gets more than the others: more meat, more electricity, more butter. I know how such prizes are won.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He had won races in Syria, Lebanon, and Italy. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

On the other hand, he didn’t want people saying he and his friends won because Mr. Lemoncello had tossed them an extra clue. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

By the time they reached the thirtieth game, Bobby had won nine games and Spassky five. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

In her third season, Luma’s team went undefeated and won their year-end tournament. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

But the opposition had still won, and unlike most African losers, Banda agreed to leave quietly and not start a war. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

“We don’t have the right deck for Old Maid and, unfortunately for you, I excel at Go Fish. I won the Go Fish tournament in fifth grade.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The Test was fairly simple: they were each given a sparring partner, and if they won their duel, they needn’t worry about being eliminated. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Anyone who took the time to think about things would realize that things like the prom, school spirit, and who won the football game are utterly insignificant in the larger scheme of things. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I won sixty dollars, and Shorty and I had a ball with it. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Malik’s won a couple of awards for his short films. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Bilbo guessed that this was the very ring that he had found, and as he had won the game, it was already his by right. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I hugged Akhi, almost collapsing into his arms, happy to have won and happy to see my mom’s and sister’s faces in the crowd cheering. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

A young girl gives her a gift, her own lucky coin, which the girl has carried in her shoe every time she’s won a race. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

That freedom was won at a hard price and if it requires a hard price to retain it... we are able . . . and quite willing to pay it. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“If you let Gaea drive our camps apart,” Annabeth said, “the giants have already won. They’ll destroy the Romans, the Greeks, the gods, the whole mortal world.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The press portrayed her as a star, making it sound as if she had won the case on her own. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He won every game, yet she hardly noticed. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Naomi had shown it to them on Christmas Day when she’d told them the story of how it’d been a prize for a dance-off that their mother had won on her birthday. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

They entered all the contests, availed themselves of all the discounts that were advertised and had, on two occasions, won a T-shirt and a thermos flask that Baby Kochamma kept locked away in her cupboard. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just as the Candidate had predicted, the Socialists, in alliance with the other parties of the left, won the Presidential election. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Until Biafra won, the vandals would no longer dictate the terms of her life. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

African Americans, largely excluded from this new industry, found themselves confronting new economic challenges even as they won basic civil rights. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

She “takes on all the toil and worry of the painter’s life and is so willing to pose, I believe I’ll be a better artist with her than if I had won Kee Vos.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“At one time or another,” he declared, “Washington crews have won the highest honors in America. They have not, however, participated in the Olympic Games. That’s our objective.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Tyler won a statewide contest with that lens. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

When the secret ballots were counted, Emily won by a single vote, there being exactly one more girl than boy in the sixth grade. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

If residents won their battle with the slumlord Greenberg, these other landlords would likely have to fix up their houses, too. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I didn't realize how much I had feared that we would lose until we finally won. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

If the Ionian spirit had won, I think we—a different “we,” of course—might by now be venturing to the stars. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I ran out of the forest, I kept the Scoreboard up in the corner of my display so I’d know immediately if Art3mis won her Joust match and obtained the key. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

It was neck and neck between Shady Howard and the boy Jinx until the youngster won out, taking home the 1918 victory quilt for a bid of $25.75. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Ho ho. Gus Levy, detective. Don’t make me laugh. You probably wrote that letter one day after you won at the track and felt good. I knew it would end like this.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Duke, though he never won the high political office he often sought, proved himself a master of information abuse. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Then he strutted off as if he and those square knees of his had won again. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Kevin, a couple of months ago everybody stood and cheered in the auditorium when she won the oratorical contest.” Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

“I won this last year. I was the . . . what was it, Mama?” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Of course. I figured he’d find that marble, so I had to dump the others. I sure hated to, though. I won most of them in a game with a lion tamer.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

He had won because winners won and everyone else just went home. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The first school to win fourteen bouts won the meet. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“My daughter won an award for English and her friend got the highest GPA in the ninth grade,” Mr. Doyle brags. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

And for him it was different—the more he won, the unhappier he became. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I start thinking: if I won the Excelsior Award, I could have a plaque right next to one of Mom’s. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

I’d been in the middle of dreaming that I’d won the title of All-Time Greatest Scientist after discovering the first wormhole. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

He knew that every year the team had a chance of going to State and had won the whole shooting match four times since 1964. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Bulls had won the Piedmont League pennant a few years back, and while they hadn’t yet repeated that feat, several promising new players had been recruited that year. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

He even tried to pet her, but Frightful was not to be won. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

So far, no one had won the Test. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She’d won the lottery, she said, and she believed someone was trying to kill her because white folks had been coming around asking questions about her life in Clover and her family, especially Henrietta. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Luke’s body slumped, and even though Toby knew he’d won, he still stormed out of the restaurant, already in the car with the engine running when Luke and the twins came outside. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

In 1927 he was assigned to ride more horses, and once in a while he won. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

"His Grace has prohibited all feasting until such time as the war is won." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The Cold War was over, and America, in the eyes of its leaders and in the view of millions of people around the world, had won. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

And the first person to reach sixty won the game—except they didn’t call it sixty. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“You don’t think the pageant’s a little racist? I mean, in the whole history of the pageant, an African-American girl has only won once — Sherry Sparks.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Zeus made him give them back, and he won Apollo’s forgiveness by presenting him with the lyre which he had just invented, making it out of a tortoise’s shell. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

"You have no right to a braid, you have won no victories yet." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He’d now won an unprecedented nineteen straight games against the strongest players in the world. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

That day it felt like we won something. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

When asked why Fischer hadn’t won, Pal Benko, still smarting over his fight with Bobby, replied: “He simply wasn’t the best player.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Not in the sense of a Net Sports team, but in the sense that I’d be happy for them if they won, and they’d be happy for me if I won. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“I won many times and was so lucky the others teased that I had learned the trick of a clever thief,” she said. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked a little bit like one of my idols, Shawn Johnson, who had won the 2006 US Junior National All-Around Championship with a score that was higher than all her senior-level competitors. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

—Well, the game was over ’bout nine- thirty and we was till in a good mood ’cause we won big—by something like forty points, so we was gonna celebrate. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since there was no way to verify the data’s authenticity, the bidding stayed low, and I won the auction for a few thousand credits. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

First there was Tyson moving into the Poseidon cabin, giggling to himself every fifteen seconds and saying, “Percy is my brother?” like he'd just won the lottery. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

And she won a scholarship to take a six-week summer course at the Chicago Conservatory of Music. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

Still, I thought I might have a little chance when Dad got home that evening and let out the great news: Hoodhood and Associates had won the Baker Sporting Emporium contract! The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

He raced tentatively, and with the winds buffeting him through the homestretch, won by a modest margin over his stablemate Exhibit. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Merle Grady took Felicia to a casino and rubbed her hips eagerly every time he won. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

They didn’t want Josiah to know that the old horse had won, because Josiah always said that if they couldn’t make the horse behave, then they had no business riding it. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Frank Fernandez had hit the only home run in the second inning, so we’d missed it—which was a big deal since it won the game. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

And then, even though they’d done a terrible job the first time, Pickett Engineering won the new contract—apparently by bribing state officials. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“I even won the very first Miss Newark Teen Pageant,” Mama says, cracking a weak smile. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Eventually, she helped file a class- action lawsuit that won a lot of money for the victims. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Grace looked around the room, at the blue ribbons won for...something sporty, probably. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Hanako, surprised, said, “Well, I know Japan lost and the United States won.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

She’d get all their clues, and even if they all won together, Mr. Lemoncello would definitely make her the real star of his TV commercials. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

He finished with a score of 7–3, tied for second place, a point behind first prize, and he won $59, which he pocketed without revealing his windfall to his mother. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

But Hitler’s superior Aryan-race theories were shattered by a young African-American college student named Jesse Owens, who won an unprecedented four gold medals in track events. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“He said he’d taken a pledge with some friends to stick it out until they won.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

But at this test of whose it was really, my father won: Angie was dismissed. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Lesage had won a King's Scholarship to Eton, the only boy from the school ever to have done so, his name was painted in gold leaf on the Honours Board. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

“Karen Gievers has several kids who won very large verdicts but are virtually homeless because they couldn’t collect,” Gay said. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

In her place, she thought, she’d rather not be forced to talk, and tact won out. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Poe won a short story contest and the prize was publication in a local paper. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I’ve won the writing prize twice, and I would have this week, too, but I decided to leave some i’s undotted. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We feasted, we laughed, we played games, lost and won, we told the best stories. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

We had kids who had set academic records, and published books, and won every conceivable prize and honor. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

He saw his quest for her in chess terms: “I have been in lost positions before...worse than this, and I won!” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

But Grandma is right, if 1 don’t go back, they will think they have won. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The judges have already decided, but we won’t know who won until later, after the youth musicians play. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The thought came to me that we had won, and maybe they wouldn’t have been there if we had lost. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Since he won the Sixty-fifth Hunger Games when he was only fourteen, he’s still one of the youngest victors. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Team USA’s men and women won twelve medals overall, making 2013 a very good year for our country. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

One night, Lourdes won six hundred dollars at the roulette table. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could also see that the rodent farm would never be a reality, so he decided that he had better hasten things along before some clever fellow won the heiress. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Colin won all six rounds, leaving him ready for the finals. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

“And later that night I could’ve won the Silver Star for valor.” The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Last year Dad entered the eagle I drew in a grown-up art show and it won first prize. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

El’s mom had won a set of airline tickets at work, and she immediately offered the second ticket to Lucy. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

If our recipe won that TV spot, it would have meant tons of orders for her mom’s catering business. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

June totally won, which was so not fair because Mr. Taylor is about a foot taller than Hannah. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

We were headed home—home being the strange-familiar city of Washington, D.C., with its white marble and clashing ideologies, with everything that still needed to be fought and won. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Chris won a bunch of points right out of the gate, but the guy was methodically testing him, probing for his weakness. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Augurs said whoever won two Trials first would become Emperor. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Even conservative track pundits were beginning to think that Louie might be the one to shatter precedent, and after Louie won every race in his senior season, their confidence was strengthened. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

My heart was pounding, as if Kim had announced that my family won a lottery and she was about to reveal how much. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I know you left early, and I wanted to tell you in case you haven’t heard already—you and Rishi won first place.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

We were the first heroes to return alive to Half-Blood Hill since Luke, so of course everybody treated us as if wed won some reality-TV contest. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

By the end of the game, I’d been so lost in my head daydreaming about dates with Gregor that I had no idea who won. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

“I can’t believe you won!” moaned Mike, who wasn’t used to losing anything. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

“I wrote something about oceans and the balance of nature— I don’t honestly remember what I said—but I won first prize: a trip for six to the new downtown aquarium. All expenses paid. Stupendous!” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

His work has won him an Oscar, a bunch of Emmys, and some other awards that I don’t pay much attention to. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

“Anatsou prefers his tricks, but...but he supposes the human girl’s logic is sound. She has won Anatsou’s game, and so...” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Charlie jumps up and down like he’s just won a million dollars. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Bodega smiled as if he had won another small battle. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

The way it keeps on beating, the way it survives in spite of how it’s been destroyed—it has won. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

It was where Richard Nixon practiced in the years before he won the presidency in 1968. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

And after she won, if she ever wanted to escape her servitude to the king...well, now she had a way out. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Thumbing through copies of each edition, Bobby made a mental note of which openings being played around the world won more games than others and which seemed too unorthodox. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He says: "I won twenty thousand dollars. I'm using it to go to college." Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Shortly after Marsha arrived at Tutwiler, we won the release of Diane Jones, who had been wrongly convicted and sentenced to die in prison for a crime she had not committed. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Finally, at eight thirty the next morning, an aide came in with an update: “ABC just declared you the winner! You got it. You’ve won.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I wonder if he ever won a merit badge for being Most Annoying. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Fifths of a second ticked off with precision in his head; Woolf timed his horses’ rallies so precisely that he regularly won races with heart- stopping, last-second dives. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

We won, in part because of me, again, because I did what I was supposed to do. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

“I won, Fulcher. You couldn’t even see from way back there.” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Must have thought they’d won and wanted to catch themselves a prize.” The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Handing me a small silver cup, he said, “Congratulations, son. It was justly won.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She won for her essay titled “Salt: Enhancing Lives One Breath at a Time,” which focused on using salt water to help the breathing of young cystic fibrosis patients. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Our team won the first four games in pretty easy fashion. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

They had raced among themselves so often that it did not make much difference who won. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

The dragon had won, and Joaquin was just a pile of broken bones and ash on the scorched ground, out of time and out of lives. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

And I had won a few individual medals at World Cups throughout the season, helping both my domestic and world rankings. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

And how come she didn't feel like she'd won anything at all? The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

We’ve only won once, but we won it by beating them. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“You should, sir! You must! I shall write about it, when the battle’s lost and won.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

And in a way they had, for right away they began entering him in quiz competitions, which Sticky won easily. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps Odenigbo had spoken to her about how serious their relationship was, and their planning to have a child had finally won Mama over. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

To that point Bobby hadn’t won a game in the tournament, but he’d drawn three, and he seemed to be getting stronger each round, learning from the other masters as he played. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

College teams from five states competed in the first indoor track meet of the season, but the big event, the mile run, was won by a high-school senior. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

When the whistle blew three times to signal the end of the game, the Under Thirteens had won, 5-1. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Sleep came slowly, fought against the last bit of anger and self pity and finally won, and David closed his eyes. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I won over a goodly number of fighters, I built up my army enough to attack fiefdoms and to pursue the enemies I had seen in the water gourd. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The American gymnasts, famously nicknamed the Fierce Five, had just won artistic team gold at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, ahead of the gymnastics powerhouse nations of Russia, Romania, and China. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Winning was easy and addictive; the more she won, the more she felt she couldn’t risk failing. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

At the age of eleven, the twins won scholarships to a boarding school called Saint Hilda’s near the north coast. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

After the Neikirch game, he won one, lost one, and drew one. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

As spring turned to summer, Dad’s resolve turned to denial—he acted as if the argument were over and he had won. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“And signal to Zero that he’s won? No. If his entire plan is just a threat against me, then I’ll be relieved.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I thought of An Yi’s mother, Teacher Wei, who had won so many Model Teacher awards because of her dedication to her work. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you think I would turn my back now, when the prize is nearly won?” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Close, yes,” said Pollard almost inaudibly, “but you won.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

During the match, whenever he won a point, whether through hitting a winner or through an error by his opponent, the minority of black spectators rent the stadium with clapping and cheering. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I also have Fatima. She is a treasure greater than anything else I have won.” The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not wanting her to think I was some shallow idiot, I impulsively blurted out what I’d always dreamed of doing if I won. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Yet he wasn't prepared for what greeted him as soon as he won the election. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

She offered to buy it for four thousand North Korean won, which was worth about four dollars at black-market exchange rates. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

It’s possible that such qualities were indispensable in the generation that won the war. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Thanks to their guns, horses, and steel blades, the foreigners won every battle, even with Tlaxcala’s huge numerical advantage. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Why, your aunt, honey. Your daddy’s sister. That pretty Jean Lickfold that won the ladies’ golf tournament out at the club last year.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The inmates celebrated when Barack Obama won, but their enthusiasm faded quickly. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“But my dear boy,” he cried out, “that means you’ve won!” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

Today his wife and Jimmy Hoo agreed to eat with their only customer on the promise that he would help them with their clues and not take a share of the inheritance if they won. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were having a whistling contest, and Dedd had just won with a piercing trill. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I knew in my last round that I had won before they told me,” she says. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

We won the right to be free citizens. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

He had built the Spanish cedar shell in which Washington had won. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“My team won. You happy now, Silas? Is that what you needed to know? Fine, now you know. Now get out of my life!” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

But football games were not won with noble role models and the cotton candy that college presidents liked to spin out for the media. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

And, having fought their wars, they had always won their glory, hadn’t they? The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

I had traveled and given speeches and won awards. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Father said Lumumba’s party won thirty-five of a hundredy-some-odd seats in the new parliament, mainly because of his natural animal magnetism. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I only think the Austrians will not stop when they have won a victory. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

I had read many Westerns, of course, doing research, and had even written several, had indeed won the Spur Award from the Western Writers of America three times for Western novels. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He had noted that Faramir seemed to refer to Elves with reverence, and this even more than his courtesy, and his food and wine, had won Sam’s respect and quieted his suspicions. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The sixteen-year-old boy who won the second Quarter Quell must have had people he loved — family, friends, a sweetheart maybe—that he fought to get back to. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“I went to my grandma’s yesterday. She won one of those exercise video game systems at bingo last weekend. My dad set it up for her and we all played with it.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

The more bouts you won and the larger the margin you won by, the higher your ranking post-pools. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“The mayor just announced your float won first place.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Could he have established a won game, even at the point just before it was drawn? Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

In particular, I remembered a final match that my team, which consisted of Junior and some friends, won. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

A couple of weeks later, at a meet in Germany, my team again won gold, and I placed first in vault, beam, and floor, taking silver in the all-around behind Kyla Ross. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

But he is won over, too, when Himmelstoss tells us that he is taking the place of the sergeant-cook who has gone on leave. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Last year, she refused to let me accept the scholarship I won to art school in Manhattan. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you think we’d have ended up like this if only one of us had won?” he asks, glancing around at the other victors. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I had been home barely a week when one of my friends burst into class one day and announced that I’d won another prize. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Percy began to realize that every battle he’d ever won had only been a temporary victory. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He hooked on to a touring show of the musical Academy that went to Seoul and won South Korea’s version of a Tony for best play. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

He had never won so much as a point for Gryffindor before. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

We each won a game and then, in excitement, because I was ahead in the third, I bumped the board and tipped it over. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The god won, of course, and punished Marsyas by flaying him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“One did come back. The last boy from our island who won, in fact.” Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

At the grammar school ceremony several weeks after, her eyes were brighter than the trophy I’d won. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

But even as we practiced and fought and won cases, we always knew that no matter how well we pursued our careers as attorneys, we could never become a prosecutor, a magistrate, a judge. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lieutenants received the loudest hosannas, for the veterans knew these contests were won and lost through the lips of these lieutenants. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The two dueled for the first half of the game, but Bobby clearly had the advantage after that and he won on the thirty-ninth move. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

But there were other considerations: whom he was racing against, and where, and what the consequences might be if he won. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every year, I competed in the draughts competition, and some years, I won the grand prize, which was usually a candy bar. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She filled in with: "You won! Didn't you hear about it?" Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

In the end, I won four medals at Worlds—two gold for all-around and floor, silver for vault, and bronze for balance beam. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Whoever was wearing the most stickers at the end of the night won a prize. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

At the next tournament, I won again, but it was my mother who wore the triumphant grin. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I didn't even ask if you won your fight." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

We would race to see who could open the most nuts the fastest, but it didn’t matter who won, because we all would have some of Mama’s pecan pie after dinner. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

She hopped through a game ardently wishing someone were playing with her as she was sure she won with less hops than any other little girl in the world. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

We trained as a team, we won and lost as a team. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“A medal-league table was set up every day in most newspapers, which showed the points every team had reached....For us youngsters, it was a nail-biting experience to the very last day. We had won!” Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know which one made me angrier, but somehow they had both won. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once the lab won the AEC’s blessing, it became clear that the two scientists actually had very little in common. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Months later, Carrel won a Nobel Prize for his blood-vessel- suturing technique and his contributions to organ transplantation, and he became an instant celebrity. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Charlotte also won a gold medal for music. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Ann was as busy as ever, particularly since fewer concessions were won in her domain of housing than in any other area. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

But somehow, after throwing a fit in the starting gate and being left flat-footed at the bell, the colt won his race that day. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

With the domestication of animals and edible plants, people won a decisive victory in this battle, assuring our survival on this planet. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had promised to send up the champagne only if the horse won, but “it was so close,” he said, “I thought I’d send it up anyway.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was also a very good swimmer and had won a gold medal at the 1932 Olympics in Los Angeles. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

While wars could be won or lost, no ruling class could be completely irresponsible. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“Jaja of Opobo was no saint, anyway. He sold his people into slavery, and besides, the British won in the end. So much for the defiance.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He had won a great victory that day, all the greater for being bloodless. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

A group of Nigro’s protégés won the first match with a score of 5–3; the score of the second match has been lost or forgotten. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

None of our father’s other apprentices ever won Father’s approval like Piers. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

But to make up for that irremediable power, which was exasperating even for him, he had a cordiality that won the immediate confidence of others and a stupendous capacity for work. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

I draw Abby, gasping joyfully, like she just won the jackpot. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Above his head hung the cage of King George, the scraggly green parrot won in a card game. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gary won the first heat easily and had plenty of breath left to boss the organizing of the second. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

I felt I had won a small battle that day. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Dominion won by fear and secured by fear was still sweeter than any that could be got another way. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

In return, Guiteau expected to be rewarded with a political job when Garfield won the election. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

In October, Team USA took top honors in the women’s artistic competition, and I won my second all-around World Championship title. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He won every race he contested in the 1939 school season. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

In matches between two supposedly corrupt wrestlers, the wrestler who was on the bubble won about 80 percent of the time. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

“Well, you know what happened next. I won the duel. I won the wand.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

But knowing we won fair and square because we were the better team isn’t the least bit comforting. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, my father's team won, so computers it is. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

In the end, Hillary Clinton won nearly three million more votes than her opponent, but Trump had captured the Electoral College thanks to fewer than eighty thousand votes spread across Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Michigan. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

"One lap means there and back! She could have won!" You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

There was one more woman than there were men, so Athena won. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn't want any of it—it was all blood money; Baba would have never thrown me a party like that if I hadn’t won the tournament. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He looked like a boy playing tops who has just won everybody’s tobacco tags. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

This stoicism, this Henrylike dedication to my studies and general contempt for the things of this world, won me admiration from all sides, particularly from Henry himself. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

—I felt proud, but I also felt a little guilty because I never coulda won that position from him. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although his face was indistinct in the gathering gloom, every line of his body looked as if he knew he’d won. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

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

When Morgan won an essay contest at school, Don came home with a present for her. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Life is to be lived, not controlled; and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it was not his code: he had won! Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

It was three days ago that Harvey had won two hundred francs from me shaking poker dice in the New York Bar. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

I’d apply for prestigious national fellowships and tell friends that the reason I won was because I was a minority. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the winner of the second board he also won a Russian car, the Moskvich. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

In the end, Kamen won his lawsuit and $7,500 in damages. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Poe won a short story contest and the prize was publication in a local paper. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Surprisingly, neither Germany nor Italy—the two crews, other than the British, about whom Ulbrickson was most concerned—had won their preliminary heats. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t until he stepped out of the sea, hearing shrieks of surprise and the chanting of his name, that he realized he’d won. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

They are remembering while they whisper the carnival dolls they won and the Baltimore boats they never sailed on. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

They said they was gonna be right there with me, especially if I won all them pesos. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

"His massive figure, commanding, self-confident manner, and magnificent bursts of fiery eloquence, won and held the attention of his audience from the moment he opened his lips." Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“So basically,” Scrap says, “you won the popular vote ’cause everybody loved you in the Ring, but you still lost the election since he the one getting fame?” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

She had the air of a boxer who’d won a bout: triumphant but bruised. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

And with that, Washington won the race but lost Tom Bolles. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

But not much money was bet and he had won it quite easily since he had broken the confidence of the negro from Cienfuegos in the first match. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each breath she took was like a war won against the steely fist that was trying to squeeze the air from her lungs. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

When it came time to go to university, my aunt, the academic twin, won what was called a Centenary Scholarship. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

At the Meetings Snowball often won over the majority by his brilliant speeches, but Napoleon was better at canvassing support for himself in between times. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Polyneices won her over to his side by bribing her with the wonderful necklace that had been the wedding gift of his ancestress Harmonia, and she made her husband go to the war. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was not only that the man who won was honored; the man who was defeated was held to be dishonored. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still paralyzed, his eyes staring unblinkingly, Harry gazed in terror upon four strangers: It seemed the Death Eaters had won the fight below. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Stephanie jumps up and down and claps her hands like she just won the lottery. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

If Pollard won the hundred-grander, Yummy promised to sneak him a swig of bow-wow wine in the winner’s circle. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Arden Jones is an African American foil fencer who won individual silver at the national championship, but wasn’t able to lead the USA team to glory at the International Grand Prix. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“I asked him if he wanted to know what word she won on.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

His weight, thanks to a glandular disorder and 50-pound tumors, swung from a comparatively petite 400 pounds to 540 pounds, packed mostly in a monstrous quaking belly that won him the nickname “Ten Ton” Irwin. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the second half of the tournament Bobby won five games straight, and it was certain that he’d be among the prizewinners. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone started clapping, and Dad jumped up and raised the waiter’s hand above his head as if he’d won first prize. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

If they won their next match, against Hufflepuff, they would overtake Slytherin in the House Championship for the first time in seven years. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

I now won many of my matches for the school team with ease, and black players of every level and age in Alexandra became regular victims of my strong net game. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He caught my leg and there was a brief wrestling match on the turf which he won. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I even got a lovely big bronze medal from the Egyptian Photographic Society in Cairo, and I still have the photograph that won it. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was happy, as if he had won some duel. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

He gave it to me after he won a better one the next year. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

The point you were trying to make— Buster’s dog won!—is missing. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

But watching them suddenly struggle against even the J V boys, they just didn’t look like the crew that had won with such astonishing ease at Poughkeepsie. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Yeay!” we shrieked, as if she had just answered the question that won the jackpot. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Had they not won the biggest tree in the neighborhood? A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The three Greystone kids always raced each other home when they got off the school bus, and Finn always won. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“He might even get a new pair of shoes with the dollar he just won. That is, if this gentleman will give Ned his rightful winnings.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

In October Dad won a contract to build industrial granaries in Malad City, the dusty farm town on the other side of Buck’s Peak. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I was notified that I had won a year’s subscription to Life magazine as a result of the essay I had written on the book I would most like to see in Cinemascope. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Bobby won the match, but only three games have been made public: Bobby won one, and there were two draws. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Times, on Prime Time Live, and won a lot of awards, and every other minute there was a phone call. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Then he made his eyes go crossed, which was his favorite way of teasing me, but I didn’t care, I knew who had won this time! The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

It almost feels like I won a big contest. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The narration is one of the prime areas of a speech in which you are able to spin, and framing the terms of the debate is half the battle won. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

If the night creatures won, then there would be darkness all the time on the earth. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jews had won over half of Germany’s Nobel Prizes. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The giants toasted each other with golden goblets as if they’d just won an important fight. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

In the end, his fatigue won over his desire to Therapist me. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The confusing thing was, I weighed the same as I’d weighed in Italy and Germany when I won gold. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The men swapped stories of their lives and remembrances of battles won and lost. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

We won 33 percent of the vote in the western Cape, which was won by the National Party, which did extremely well among Coloured voters. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But since I won her, I get to pick her name.” Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t even hear my name because everyone in seventh period started cheering, and I had to ask someone who won. I was sure it was Julie.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

“Jockey Harry Richards outrode Jack Pollard at the wire, otherwise Seabiscuit, streaking along in midstretch with a length lead, must surely have won,” he wrote in the Los Angeles Times. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother is on TV flying around in blue fairy dust, waving a magical wand in a cute sparkly outfit’ ” The magic of Disneyland had won Fern over to Vonetta’s side. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thick-tongued and groggy, he won the race by a nose but couldn’t repeat the weight-loss performance and retired from the saddle not much later. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few years later, when Robbie won his scholarship to the local grammar, Jack Tallis took the first step in an enduring patronage by paying for the uniform and textbooks. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He won the knowledge of the Runes, too, by suffering. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pete had won a scholarship to the University of Southern California, where he had become one of the nation’s top ten college milers. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

She had really and truly won the Lemonade War. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

She admired, too, the charm with which he managed each transaction and how he won the business even of elderly customers loyal to the absent Mrs. Holton. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I won almost two whole talents before they stopped inviting me back to their games. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Some are shouting for a replay, that we hadn’t won this round at all. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

But Thalia and I won the prize for bad luck. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Accustomed as they were to months of careful courtship, they were not likely to be won over with a smile and a handshake, either. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He had won his position not only by strength in his prime, but also by level-headedness and a certain self-contained detachment, quite unlike the impulsive behavior of most rabbits. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Somehow the name America had stuck in my mind since the day Ali won the boxing match. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

And we pledge ourselves to strive together, sparing nothing of our strength and courage, until the democratic changes here set out have been won. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” Heisenberg sighed, “but it would have been so good if we had won.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Khalid almost always won our race just to show he could, but then most times he’d let me watch whatever I wanted anyway. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

“It gave me a big thrill,” he remembered, despite not having won it for exceptional play. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The boy who won the cookie said, “Nice spinning, Twinkle Toes.” One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Boghetti hung up, he shouted, “We have won! There will be no finals!” The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

I won thirty dollars in the football pool. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

If Gryffindor won, they would move up into second place in the House Championship. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

He’d won significant majorities among blacks, whites, and Latinos; men and women; rich and poor; urban, suburban, and rural. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He had won melees before,- the fire sword frightened the mounts of the other riders, and nothing frightened Thoros. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

As a freshman, he won a lead role in Truman Drama’s rendition of Parade. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

I gave a little speech and then my answers to their questions, hardly caring whether I won or not. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

When he finally stood up, reporters crowded around him and he said, simply, “Well, they made it close. But they won.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The Spencer women have never won beauty pageants. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

Occasionally the sophomores won, but usually they lost. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Candace decided she was going to run too, so she won it. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

He knew he was letting whatever advantage he might have won leak away again, playing back into Hooper's hands. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

“So which was it, a boat or a bird? Who won?” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

The few strikes these weak unions dared to attempt won no concessions, and usually resulted in the dismissal of strikers and their nonstriking family members. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I do hope you are not doing this because my player won the last challenge.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I threw up afterward, but I did eat ten and I won first prize—five boxes of Finkles to take home with me. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I’d like to thank everyone who believed in us and our egg,” she said, addressing an invisible audience as if she’d won some grand award and inexplicably putting on a fake British accent. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

For the time being, however, the critics won. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

We won her freedom after establishing that she had had a tubal ligation five years prior to her arrest, which made it biologically impossible for her to conceive, let alone give birth to, a child. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Yet over time, he’d won a few incremental victories, and this seemed to encourage him. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

It was not perhaps the most honorable course, but it showed good sense; whoever won the Iron Throne, the Swanns intended tq survive. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Shady won it in last night’s poker game. Want to take it for a spin?” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

The last few times Cecilia and I had fenced, I had won, but she was very good. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

If he was able to finish it out in the hall, he won. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

And at some period within about five to six years it’s likely that each will have won ten lunches in a row. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But I won a blue ribbon at the county fair for this strudel!” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

It went three periods, and Luke won by a single point. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Whatever the contest had been out front, I knew Momma had won. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d won the all-around by almost four points, yet I knew it hadn’t been my greatest performance. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Thankfully, Lana’s nursing instincts won out and she took the reins of the conversation. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

This year, they won their fifth game before Christmas. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

The female sperm, like tortoises, won the race. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Of course. She won the Kids Bake Challenge!” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Aech and I had made absurd lists of things we would do and buy if we won the prize. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Roosevelt won the election, and soon after, William McKinley tapped him to run as his vice president. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

Cases are won on closing arguments only on television, not in a real courtroom. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had won something and lost something in the same instant. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had won the states of Pennsylvania and Ohio. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“James, come on. Are you still mad? You’ve won a homework pass now.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He’d sent in Harmony Grove to name a new park over in England and it won him a five-hundret-dollar prize, but over on this side a-the ocean, folks thought it sounded tacky and countrified.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“I am delighted that Gryffindor won the match, but this is getting ridiculous! Percy, I expected better of you!” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

And once, I had won so much I stood on the beach in the moonlight skipping silver quarters across the calm water as the little waves pawed the shore. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Ginger learned to bark Arf! on cue and quickly won the hearts of the entire cast as well as Mrs. Reynolds. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

I ate it anyway and tried to decide once again whether I had won or lost. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Annabeth and I agreed that if we won, the prize of no chores for the rest of the month would be split between our two cabins. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Can’t you bleeding well listen to what I say? I tell you no number ending in seven ain’t won for over fourteen months!” 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

If we won the science fair, that would show him, wouldn’t it? October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“And sad, too. I remember when the mayor was first starting out. He has always been foolish, but not always wicked. I’m sorry to know that the worst side of him has won out.” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“You know too much, vixen. You and your son played a dangerous game. Nobody outsmarts Cluny. I’ve won, and you have both lost.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Up to now reason has always won the battle, but will my emotions get the upper hand? The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Venice had won the political battle with Rome and Sarpi’s influence in the Republic was stronger than ever. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

Why is he acting like I won the Brain Olympics just because I answered a question? Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

The rest of the victories would be won on my own, slow and without shortcuts. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Doing so, they felt, would result in a crowd of several thousand waiting outside and a possible riot depending on who won the flip and who lost it. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

No sooner had I won my right to the school grounds than a new dread arose. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The final question was the same one that Mr. Ryan had asked him in the hallway on Friday: Who won the Battle of Lake Erie? Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Hudson River region, which included Maxwell Middle School, had won three out of the past four years. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Leslie continued to join the boys at recess, and every day she won. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

I won all of the debates at school, and I wanted to help people like Papa had; being a lawyer seemed like a good fit. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her sacrifice would be both to the old gods and her secret new one—surely some powerful being would be won over by her deed! Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

His skills negated the handicap; he once won on a horse carrying fifteen pounds more than his impost. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s dark skinned, about six feet tall, and one of his arms ends in a stump because he lost his hand in the Games he won thirty years ago. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“No, but I believe there was no honor in stabbing her in the back after she’d won.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Somehow I had won a round in a bizarre mental contest. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Where were you the moment the Bronchos won the championship? Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My cauldron has been won back from the river,” he said, with a curious glance at Taran. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

A large, middle-aged man, he long ago won my admiration by offering equal job opportunities to members of any race, choosing according to their qualifications and future potentialities. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Justice won a scholarship to the University of Kentucky law school in Lexington, Price went with her, to graduate school in family studies. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Alex has always suspected the soulful brown eyes and perfectly groomed stubble and dramatic cheekbones won back any votes Luna lost by being both Latino and openly gay. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Even if it’s the best number in the world—and here he is smiling like he won the lottery. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Many years later, Bobby indicated that during those speed games Petrosian’s style of play had bored him “to death,” and that was why he’d wound up losing more than he won. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

In Lyra’s heart, revulsion struggled with compassion, and compassion won. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

"When I see what honesty and honor have won you, I understand why." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Lady Marya had won clear too, and a good thing; the fire was spreading over Queen Alysanne and her foes faster than he would have believed possible. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“I almost won the Silver Star,” he would have said. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wants to feel victorious, like she faced that freaking tunnel and won. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I wanted to tell her that I was getting better, because that was supposed to be the narrative of illness: It was a hurdle you jumped over, or a battle you won. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“That’s right, after I won the Golden Gloves no one couldn’t tell me I wasn’t going to be middleweight champ within two, three years tops.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Grandfather had won that chess set in a card game with a ship’s captain from Siam. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She won by very convincingly portraying herself as weak and helpless so that she would be ignored. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I bought a chance from a little kid just the other day. They beautiful rosaries. A lady I know won the outboard motor the sisters was raffling last year.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or maybe people will sit around and speak German, because the Germans will have won. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Every night we watch the old recaps of the Games that the remaining victors won. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Just as Clara had predicted, those who always win won the elections, but by such a small margin that the entire country was put on notice. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The school with the little crowns won round two with seventy-nine points. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Manny had worked his corner that night, had kept yelling at him to “show strong,” and he had won. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Tigers won the league championship that spring. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

The number five won but did not pay anything. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“He won, Isaiah? Daddy won?” she asks, sounding as excited as me. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

It’s like you’ve finally won the lottery of peace and quiet and then you rip that winning ticket to shreds and dump a bucket of angry, screaming monkeys on your head. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

When he had done that, he knew he had won, for he could end now at any time. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Elated—perhaps in part because he had won his January bet with Lawrence that the chain reaction would be going by the end of that year— Compton called Conant in Cambridge. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Southern state court judges and all-white juries were all too willing to rule in favor of “defamed” local officials, and state authorities had won millions of dollars in judgments this way. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Over its history, Permian had won an awful lot of games it should have lost. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He must, indeed, have been that Voivode Dracula who won his name against the Turk, over the great river on the very frontier of Turkey-land. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

The sophomores, on the other hand, had won by the narrowest of margins, and they had caused their coach a good deal of heartburn while he waited for the official results. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Some men won and then stayed long enough to lose their winnings. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He grew up under the clouds, won glory of men till all his enemies sitting around him heard across the whaleroads his demands and gave him tribute. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah? Who won the Battle of Lake Erie?” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Plus, he’s won Teacher of the Year more times than Brazil has won the World Cup. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I’ve been won to the side of schoolteachers and nurses, and lost all allegiance to plastic explosives. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the end, Jak won the beesting contest, with sixteen stingers extracted, including one on the tip of his nose. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“I know exactly which picture you’re talking about. Your mom used to have it in a frame. She gave me the tickets as a surprise for my birthday. The Celtics won, too. It was amazing.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

If Lavinia was to be won Aeneas could not count on any help from his future father-in-law. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t even asked if Granger had won the last JV game or if he’d heard back from that girl he liked who worked at the Central Square Starbucks. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

The contest with the Russian grandmaster was not a formal match, but consisted of speed games, and Petrosian won the majority. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She never won her father’s approval, but with his death, she was at last free of his disapproval. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Thanks. I won her in a chariot race.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Thomas had claimed that I’d already won, because in spite of my second-place reign, I kept showing up and doing what I loved. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Then I understood that he had won, and my father had lost. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when she won this ridiculous competition, when she was free...she could buy all the clothes she wanted. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Next, a junior who has won leads in previous plays reads a part from Rabbit Hole. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Even countries that had won the war, such as Britain and France, had crippling debts. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Well, you really put in a full day. Who won?” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He pressed his advantage because he saw that Mr. Prud’homme was pleased, won over in spite of himself. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

They organized themselves as if for war, determined not to let the economic sabotage spoil what they had won. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. van D. can be won over by talking openly to her and admitting when you’re wrong. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Before the day is done you may have won more, much more. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Also, playing for higher stakes than he could afford in some rather steep bridge games with his New York connections, he had held cards and won several hundred dollars. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

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

I hadn’t been keeping count, but Sohrab announced we won, by three goals. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Face triumphant, he hoists her hand up in the air like it’s a trophy that he’s won. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The plan succeeded, and Garfield won his first political office. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

It was hard to tell who was really winning—partly because sometimes both rides churned to have won the same battle. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gallant Sir had won more than $23,000 that day, and Pollard’s cut was the biggest payday of his life. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He met Arthur at Dover and fought a battle to prevent the landing. It was a bad engagement, half on sea and half on land, but the king woo. He won to land.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gold has its uses, but wars are won with iron. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“The year From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler won the Newbery Medal for excellence in children’s literature. Another clue you completely missed, Charles.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

On the night of the game, after they’d won, Coach Dub shook Reggie’s hand, then leaned in and told him to leave his daughter alone. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

It turned out the Cowboys had won the Super Bowl last year, so they were the best team in the league. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Fischer won with amazing ease,” bleated Chess Review. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Fischer, playing brilliantly with the black pieces the next day, won his first game ever against the Russian, a former World Champion. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

When I met with Horchow, he explained to me how he won the rights to revive the Gershwin musical Girl Crazy as Crazy for You. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

On that point, he won the assent of Bush. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Welles’s exceptional voice also won him roles on radio dramas—work that paid much better than those in the theatre. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

“You won. I guess this is my concession ride.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tanisha slaps me a high five like I just won a championship basketball game. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The initiative won majority support in every county in the state. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Hosie wasn’t big as me, but whenever we had a fight—about once a week—he usually won. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I scanned my room for inspiration and spotted my collection of sports trophies won over the years, usually for good sportsmanship, as I was never the best player, or even very athletic. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

When we consider the advantages that Spaniards derived from horses, steel weapons, and armor against foot soldiers without metal, it should no longer surprise us that Spaniards consistently won battles against enormous odds. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Cain was clear enough: Whoever killed the girl won the Trial. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

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

One Sunday morning the entire world awoke to a tennis miracle: Arthur Ashe had won Wimbledon! Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps he does, perhaps he does. But it would be a much bigger ‘bird’s wing on my hat’ if you won that scholarship. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

ZZZzzzzz In the hallway after class you see The Mac grinning like he’s just won the lottery, in a neon green T-shirt that says: Similes are like metaphors. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

War Admiral had already won the Horse of the Year title without having to meet Seabiscuit. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the end of the meet, the scoreboard showed that our team had once again taken gold—and I’d won the all-around for the third time. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He told her how he hated the golden bird, the trophy his father had won one year for shooting the most pigeons. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Then there’s Johanna Mason, the only living female victor from 7, who won a few years back by pretending she was a weakling. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

That independence won Walter some measure of respect and admiration, but it also cultivated contempt and suspicion, especially outside of Monroeville's black community. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

It’s slightly more than they can comfortably afford, but they are won over by the maroon awning, the part-time doorman, the lobby paved with pumpkin-colored tiles. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I got in a fight with a mountain,” he said, “and the mountain won.” The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

That night I won the right to the streets of Memphis. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was obvious that he intended to roll back every privilege we had won over the years. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Neel would either join Ajay or travel all the way to Kolkata to enroll in St. James SecondaryBoarding School—if he won the scholarship, that is. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

Vladimir Nabokov never won a Nobel Vladimir Nabokov never won an Prize. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Charles won the toss and picked the rail. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

One more or less appalled New York writer that year noted that “if Stanford had not been using a clumsily-built Western shell they might have won.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

You may find it hard to believe, but I became so good at it that I won both the junior and the senior school fives in the same year when I was fifteen. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of course I won, because I was lighter and it hadn’t been a zillion years since I had gone on a swing. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Even if the Americans won, some people would never be able to get back what they had lost. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

“James, come on. Are you still mad? You’ve won a homework pass now.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“It’s only the fifth hole. You haven’t won yet. And I’m actually ahead of you!” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

“We couldn’t have won without you,” Connor said as he buttoned up his coat. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Minutes later the official results were announced: Ky Ebright and California had won their third consecutive national varsity title, by one-third of a second. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The Tangerine Middle School War Eagles have won seven games in a row, and I have played in all seven games. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was the first major civil rights victory won through widespread public protests. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Knife Grinder leaned back, pleased, as if he'd won a bet. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

He came again better equipped for his work; and won. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Your father finally won you over, I see,” my mother said, laughing. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

A civil war had to be won first, hundreds of thousands of lives lost, and then—only then—were slaves across the South set free. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

On our way home, we were slapping each other’s hands and pumping our fists in the air, as if we’d won a boxing match. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“But it’s how I won it that caused this whole problem I’ve got,” she continues. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

You know, when I won the World Championship in 1972, the United States had an image of a football country, a baseball country, but nobody thought of it as an intellectual country. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

And then we played regular chess and I was better at that but he still won. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I saw that you guys won last night.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

They are won by crews, and great crews are carefully balanced blends of both physical abilities and personality types. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Blessed with a certain magic at this point, the Cowboys won on a touchdown pass in the final three seconds, 22-18. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

If the Allies had taken that advice, the Axis would have won the war. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I had recently won third place in a poster contest for a race-car show. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Once again he won the chess match and laid the ball in for a nineteen-yard touchdown. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I guess you two got the parking spots I won,” I said. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The word won hits me, and my stomach churns with the implication of it. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“My sun- and-stars would have won it for you if only you had waited.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Neither one of us won the solo spot that year. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

They won the lottery with each other, they liked to say. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

The family completely ignored my mom’s request and chattered among themselves about what would happen if Wilfrido won the vote. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I want to tell the fish it won. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I could still give the money I won to Daddy to help with the rent. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“One thing about it, I’ve been associated with state championship teams. In eighty-four we won a state championship and in eighty-five we played for it. God dang, guys, there’s nothin’ else like it. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ran over and hugged her, feeling like at least this battle was half won, even if the rest of my life was a mess. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

The bagels had begun as a casual gesture: a boss treating his employees whenever they won a research contract. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Both sides won: the city was bigger than a continent and the people more numerous than an entire race. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

“The Plain Dealer is the real paper. The Sun Press is just local stuff: city council meetings and zoning boards and who won the science fair.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It’s Saturday, and Mom, Jude, and I are in the city at the museum’s rooftop café because Mom won the argument and we’re both going to apply to CSA in a year. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I shall fight the Government side by side with you, inch by inch, and mile by mile, until victory is won. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

One day Hrothgar made up his mind to build a great hall with some of the spoils he had won in war. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He won it, if you really think there was a Gallic War ...” Caesar, from the first, had been the one historical figure Phineas refused absolutely to believe in. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

They went through the motions of the contest on Friday, but when it was over and Leslie had won again, everyone sort of knew without saying so that it was the end of the races. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

King went on to promise the students the “full weight” of support of the SCLC, and exhorted them to keep on fighting until the war on segregation was won. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The gods of Egypt struggled with the gods of conscience, and Egypt won. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Apparently, we won the game, and there’s a victory party at big Mery’s place. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

By daylight they took sniper fire, at night they were mortared, but it was not battle, it was just the endless march, village to village, without purpose, nothing won or lost. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the battle, my head says, is already won. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had never won an argument with my father, and I never would. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

In spite of the mixed reception, War Admiral won. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He changed into the warmer clothes and carried the rice in his backpack to a Gilju merchant, who bought it for six thousand won, about six dollars. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

But the foreman had identical scaffolds built for all the men on the job, and even suggested that Dad send the original to the Mechanics Institute, where it won a prize. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

She crossed her arms, knowing she had won. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Thanks. I mean, it doesn’t matter to me, but it would make Ginny really happy if Coo won.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Lyme, the tribute from District 2, who won her Hunger Games over a generation ago. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Zeitoun could either find and pay $75,000, and if he eventually won his case he would be refunded the full amount. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“One of those girls on your mom’s committee came by, and well, my mama won back in ’77. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The manager must be held back, calmed down, convinced, and finally won over. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

He began playing speed chess in rotation with both, in a hallway on the first floor of the club, and won every game. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

By dinnertime the whole campus knew I had won, and I received congratulations from every member of the staff I encountered. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

The war pushed on, and the Nazis won victory after victory. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

That year, I also won a Princeton Prize in Race Relations due to my photo exhibit and leadership at school. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The day after I won an important regional tournament, the window encased a fresh sheet cake with whipped- cream frosting and red script saying, “Congratulations, Waverly Jong, Chinatown Chess Champion.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

When a policyholder died, Spaulding placed advertisements trumpeting the delivery of the Mutual check as if the person had won the lottery. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I know Peeta and I won, but a disproportionate amount of time is spent on us, right from the beginning. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Then I pulled up the Scoreboard, just to check it one last time and reassure myself that nothing had changed and that the Sixers still hadn’t won. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

But little by little, he won her over. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Junior Championship, which he won for the second year in a row. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Even if Siraj was right, that I was “in the lead” because I won the science fair, that lead has vanished. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

She’s so happy, we may as well have won the game already. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“My fellow women are jealous, but is it my fault that their sons have empty brains and my own son won the white people’s scholarship?” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“You and Brer were trying to figure out how to build a Story Box when the monsters came. They were attracted by the stories you had won from Nyame, and they captured Brer.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I was mightily relieved that she hadn’t won; she was bordering on unbearable as it was. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Then, in December 1941, Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, and it was like Turner Station had won the lottery: the demand for steel skyrocketed, as did the need for workers. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

At the thirtieth second Milkman knew he had won. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Any other day of my life I could have won a fibbing contest hands down, and that, that is what I came up with: the pathetic truth. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ask Uhmma, What would you do if we won the lottery? A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Shanti had been setting goals since she was four and won her preschool’s finger painting contest. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

"He won more often than the others. I think that's how he sent me here. A couple decades of winning at small-stakes poker." We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

It was the only fight with my brother I ever won. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

In 1962, Watson, Crick, and Wilkins won the Nobel Prize for their discovery. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

It’s the one we took in his bedroom where I’m wearing his glasses and he’s squinting and we’re smiling because we won some happiness before I lost him. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Remembering what Ollivander had told them of the secret workings of wands, Harry thought he knew what Hermione’s problem was: She had not won the walnut wand’s allegiance by taking it personally from Bellatrix. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

But there wouldn’t of been more joy on his face if he’d just won a fist fight or made a hundred dollars on a land deal. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

When she began to notice him, he lured her toward his motherless young, but she was not easily won. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

The best squadron in each wing won a yellow pennant on a pole that was utterly worthless. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Every Christmas there was a lottery and an employee won two chickens. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Pollard’s strategy, Woolf’s cunning, and Smith’s training had given Seabiscuit a chance in a race he otherwise could not have won. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe they had bought cups and medallions and pretended they’d won them. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

In tenth grade, he won a part in Blood Brothers, a musical about fraternal twins separated at birth. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

He told Alexander about his promise to Pollard: If he won, Yummy would sneak it to him. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Knicks won, but we didn’t stick around to watch the second half of the game. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

She studies me a moment, then says, “We lost to Mount Vernon by six points. They swept the four hundred and won the four-by-four-hundred. It lost us the meet.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

I thought it was great when Jackie won the Rookie of the Year award. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The twenty-four teachers had won a contest held by the St. Louis Republic that entitled them to a free stay at the fair at the newspaper’s expense. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

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

His heroes were always good, always won, and were always boys. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Naturally it’s afraid that, in pursuing your dream, you might lose everything you’ve won.” The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’d won the 1938 Bendix Air Race flying a fighter plane from Los Angeles to Cleveland, and later in life she would become the first woman to break the sound barrier. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

“She won team bronze in the 2016 Rio Olympics,” adds Coach. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

If only He liked laughing more, they might have won more time. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Charles and Emma played backgammon every night, and they kept track of who won and who lost. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They won but we did this,” she said, and realized how odd it felt to say they won, to voice a defeat she did not believe. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Don’t think I didn’t notice you changing the subject. For the record, I won the office pool on how long it’d take you to cause an international incident.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“And another thing! I saw that toy airplane he won in a card game, and mark my words— you will never get in it. Never!” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Afterward she said, “At first he may have wanted to see you, but I won him over. When he bid me good-bye, he said our conversation would stay in his memory forever.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

But my chicken salad done won the day. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

They clutched each other in front of the television when Barack Obama won the Iowa caucuses. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“So we’ve only won the half of it yet,” he shouted to us. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, it was not only childish defiance and her recent very unexpected and hard won self-confidence which led her to this demand. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s hard to believe someone as disreputable as the Lady Lillian won the heart of the prince.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“What would you do if you won?” she suddenly asked. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Mom told me she had entered my name in a raffle at a fair, and I’d won a helicopter ride. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I heard Kronos taunting me from the depths of Tartarus: Polyphemus sits blindly in his cave, young hero, believing he has won a great victory. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

In March 2012, President Obama nominated him to be president of the World Bank, a post to which he won election three months later. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

"I played with Sam Westing—chess. Hour after hour I sat staring down at that chessboard. He lectured me, he insulted me, and he won every game." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Robb was sixteen a few days past . . . a man grown, and a king. He's won every battle he's fought. The last word we had from him, he had taken the Crag from the Westerlings." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The story of how I went twelve rounds with an evil spirit and won. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“Don’t tell them we won. Say they lost because of forfeit due to injury.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“You got that turned around in your mind. He won in Sausage and Headcheese. Don’t I look more like a pie baker than him?” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Our school won in field hockey and volleyball, then the other school won basketball. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

The struggle was over, but I was not sure who had won. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s my gift from Mars. A battle can be won before it’s ever fought by choosing the right ground.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

At the end of the all-around finals, when I saw on the scoreboard that I’d won the gold—that I was the 2013 Artistic Gymnastics World Champion—I couldn’t take it in. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Look at these two sentences: Buster’s bulldog, which had one white ear, won best in show. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Just hearing that from you, Ladybird, well, it’s like I’ve already won.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“Your flow was absolutely ridiculous. I’m still in awe that you came up with that rhyme scheme on the spot. You should’ve won, hands down.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

But for me, my dad was dead, so the frigging wackos won. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Look, look what I won. Isn’t it exciting?” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

In ancient Rome, the gladiators who won the most were the ones who were left-handed. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He won the first prize of ten dollars. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

By conversion or conquest, Islam, the religion of Muhammad, won over nearly all the lands of the ancient world: Egypt, Persia, India, and the Christian Mediterranean. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

Israel won that election by a slim margin of 38 votes out of 4,010 cast. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

“You were right,” Siunek says, like Max has won a bet. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Wanting to change the conversation, I said, “Grandpa, we won that bet fair and square, but they took my money anyway.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

In statements that did not surprise those who knew her well, she said, “It is incredible to me that any woman should consider the fight for full equality won. It has just begun.” 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

“You see, Jane, the battle is fought and the victory won.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Years later, after President Madison had died and Paul Jennings had won his freedom, the ex-president’s wife was broke and living in poverty. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“I won awards for my work on the school newspaper. And I’m a member of the National Honor Society.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

But in the end, the Haitians won because of the fire of their cause. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

We stayed ahead for the rest of the game and my team won. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

But a black woman gets out from the passenger side, just as Layla walks in and shouts, “Yes! We won! Give us our money!” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

It didn’t matter who won the argument ’cause the car started rocking me to sleep. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were two dozen tightly rolled, never-used silk umbrellas in that closet; prizes she had won. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pride won out, and I decided to tell the truth and let them laugh if they wanted to. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tendai listened coldly to a description of his swimming prizes and the badges he won in the Scouts. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

And then he heard a voice from somewhere in the small crowd say: "He won twenty thousand dollars, man! And I was right behind him in line. Unreal." Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

He won the job and stayed for twenty years. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, it’s second place, but yeah, he won!” Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Ever since Kyle and his teammates had won the escape game, every day had felt that way. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

When you played a game you won, in the same way as when you sat down to a meal you ate it. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to be Jasmine at first but June’s voice is higher, so she won. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Better not let that door close for good, now,” the man said, clearly confident that he’d already won the battle. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He always won and half the time I could never get any sorta fire at all. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Then we have won back what we had before,” said Boxer. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Aly had also won silver on floor, and Maddie had taken silver on bars, making us the most decorated American Olympic gymnastics team. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

She worried that easing up on their demands during the war would cause women to lose ground and forfeit the modest gains they had won. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“But—but they won that last battle. You said so,” Jimmy protested. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

“You mean to tell me that I won the battle, am clearly the better rapper, and yet he’s getting all the buzz?” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

With that victory, the team had won all its games. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“And anyway, this game is a repeat and you already know who won,” from Britain. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

My opponent, a white South African who grew up near Port Elizabeth, was used to playing under windy conditions and he won the match in straight sets. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, he won it back with the help of roasted lizards. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

It won a design of the decade award from the Industrial Designers Society of America. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

The Soviet Union won by one point over the Rest of the World: 20½–19½, and the Russians were shaken by their near defeat. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Mkentane’s depiction of Lincoln was stately and formal, and his recitation of one of the greatest of all speeches, the Gettysburg Address, won a standing ovation. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We won!” yelled Ron, bounding into sight and brandishing the silver Cup at Harry. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

On the track, where he won races as prestigious as the 1896 Belmont Stakes, Hastings deliberately rammed and attempted to maul his competitors. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

And from the way he kisses me—easing his bruised hand around my body and pulling me in close, almost swallowing me with his whole self—I know that I've won this game. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Robert Baratheon won the Iron Throne without the benefit of dragons. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She won the United States Feminine Aerobatic Championship three years in a row. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I won one, and you have, let me count....Oh, that’s right—none!” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

No matter what happened after that, I had won. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The basketball season had started well—they had won their first couple of games. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Have you heard what glory young Orestes won when he cut down that two-faced man, Aigisthos, for killing his illustrious father? The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Soviet Union won the race to be first in space on October 4, 1957, when Sputnik I was launched. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

She kangaroo-hopped and waved her fists above her head like she had won a prize fight. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

“I thought if we won,” I said, “I would use the prize money to fly my mom to New Mexico. If we could get there, and she could see these flowers...” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

In his senior year, the football team won the city championship, beating Frankford High, the Public League representative. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Who won that award for their writing or their art. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Production of the film adaptation brought Gregory Peck to town for the infamous courtroom scenes; his performance won him an Academy Award. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He told the principal that Louie craved attention but had never won it in the form of praise, so he sought it in the form of punishment. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

“But the flag was gone. If you hadn’t butted in, we would’ve won.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

And she looks right at The Taker, right at him, because he hasn’t won. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

My operating the crane was one of a hundred disputes between Dad and Shawn that Shawn won that summer. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

If Chester had to chirp three times, it was understood he had won the game. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ewell reported that Johnson was being compelled to fall back from the trenches he had won the night before. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had screaming nightmares and won fist fights with Huple’s cat. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

It is clear that she more often allows herself to be won over by impetuous men than by those who proceed coldly. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, and you won an honorable mention, while Audrey and I didn’t win anything.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

It was a dazzling insight, and it won Bohr the 1922 Nobel Prize in physics, the year after Einstein received his. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Yes. He won the right to knock in my skull with a sledge.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

I teamed up with a white South African junior player from Cape Town in doubles; we won our first-round match and lost in three sets in the second. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Earlier that day she had won her first chess game from the master. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our attorneys had objected to our having to come to court in prison garb and we had won the right to wear our own clothes. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She retold the story of how Estella won the dress by dancing until four in the morning. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Most people wouldn’t take their bows till after they’d won a blue ribbon, but Grandma wasn’t most people. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

But though she hadn’t lost by any means, Celaena couldn’t stand—absolutely could not stand—the feeling that she hadn’t really won anything at all. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

By early January they had won the tenth, and people began to notice that there was still a zero in the loss column. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

While in the car, he also played hundreds of games with his fellow team members, and with the exception of his games against Whitaker, he usually won. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

By the end of the roll call, James Abram Garfield had won enough votes to become the Republican Party's nominee, beating out Grant, Blaine, and Sherman. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

When I told her we’d won, she gave me a big happy grin and sent a runner to tell Mr. Turner. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Neeley wouldn’t say who won but he had the other boy’s basket besides his own. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Without you, I wouldn’t have won them,” I said. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Odessa High won the state championship that year, which became one of those events that was remembered in the psyche of the town forever, as indelible as Neil Armstrong landing on the moon. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Are you telling me that because he was disqualified, I won?” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

My mom first said that to me when I was in the second grade and my best friend won the Mini Princess Contest at the New York State Fair. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

He said, “The ax won! It’s always that way!” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

The gardener did everything Clara told him to do and won eighty pesos in an illegal numbers game that was held behind a coal store. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The Russians have won. The Russians have won!” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Did this mean she could live with his candidacy and would consent to live with him if he won the election? Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

When they got to the bus stop, Beatrice hooked up with one of her soccer teammates and they started talking about the previous night’s game, which Beatrice had won with a penalty kick. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She did not call him by his name, she called him “dim,” “my husband,” with the proud tone of someone who had won a prize, tossing her braided, reddish gold-dyed hair. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Ladies and gentlemen of the Congo,” he said, “who have fought for the independence won today, I salute you!” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

As far as they were concerned, we had won. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I won the contest! I get to shoot the million dollar shot!” The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

She started sending notes congratulating me and EJI whenever we won a death penalty appeal. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He asked the physician if he had won the fifth race. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The spacks released their woman-killing germ and that was it for my ma and then the war started and was won and that was it for pretty much the rest of New World. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Everyone was elated with this turn of events, most of all Colonel Cathcart, who was convinced he had won a feather in his cap. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Hazel tried to settle her stomach by thinking of pleasant things—the euphoria she’d felt last night when they’d won the war games, riding Hannibal into the enemy keep, Frank’s sudden transformation into a leader. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I was not sure whether I had won or lost. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

He won the race; but there is a story that Hippodamia had more to do with the victory than Poseidon’s horses. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not gonna guard you, Dad. I won,” Ben said, his voice almost breaking. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He advanced to the B group and played tournaments within that section until he eventually won and was promoted to the A-Reserves. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Not with Pyce. That man doesn’t negotiate when he’s already won. So I told Arensman to head into the storm. I don’t know why he agreed. The sea was already high.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I see that the future of the human race is a battleground that Stephen has won a point and my father has lost one. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps somebody had won some bet or other. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then Mr. Tushman came back to the podium to present the medals for academic excellence, and Jack was right: Ximena Chin won the gold medal for “overall academic excellence in the fifth grade.” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Who ever got through the squares with the least number of hops won the game. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the end, however, he won her back and they spent some happy years together. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bobby gave a twelve-board simultaneous exhibition against members of the club and won ten and drew two—“just for fun, not for money,” he was quick to explain. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The students and parents have rushed onto the floor and my teammates are celebrating like we’ve already won the state championship. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dome had won first prize at a school fair about fifteen years ago. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

At least he had won the chess game. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she made it to the final match, even kids in other classes were shouting “Go, Emily!” and everyone went berserk when she won. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Don’t give me that. You look like you won the lottery or something.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

“Beat him down and killed him, even after everyone said he’d already won. Beat him bloody, left him with his head cracked open.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Those who’d fought and won were dicing in a comer, laughing as only men who have just faced death and lived can laugh. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

At first, Omakayas tried to think she had won, that she had outwitted Old Tallow and made her impatient, as even the wariest animals often failed to do. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

I can tell that he has heard enough and that I’ve won. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was Mapper’s turn to concede the point, but he did so as if he’d somehow won the whole argument. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Saturday night, the team won the state basketball tournament, and Coop was named MVP. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

And then, if she won, she’d go about finding this evil. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I cringed a little at the position of power I’d been granted, and all because I had won at the genetic lottery that had determined my sex. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I mean it, Yossarian. This is not World War One. You must never forget that we’re at war with aggressors who would not let either one of us live if they won.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He has won the Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award, among other honors, for his novel Native Speaker, and was selected by the New Yorker as one of the twenty best American writers under forty. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t clear whether they were glad or not that he had won, only that they had seen something to set them off. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

What the coach didn’t say was that if we won and got into the Tournament of Champions the first team we would have to face was Carver, the defending champs. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

It would take nearly a half century after US independence was won to accomplish what Jefferson had hoped for: the forcible removal of the Cherokee Nation to “beyond the Mississippi.” An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

“And you’re always so sharp in AP English with all your comments and questions, and Maddie just about burst with pride when you won that essay competition. You see what I’m saying?” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

At school she had been captain of the hockey team and had won the gymnastics trophy two years running. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“How’s it being married?” he might ask, and he’d nod at whatever she answered with, and he would not say a word about how he’d almost won the Silver Star for valor. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Turtle began with the purple-waves story, went on to the whisperings, the bedded-down corpse, the dropped peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and her mother's cross, and ended with the twenty-four dollars she had won. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We’re going to use all of the moolah we just won to feed everyone on the planet. We’re going to make the world a better place, right?” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

On my last weekend at the yard, we actually won the second prize. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

A girl I knew had just won a prize for a short story about her adventures among the pygmies in Africa. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Jazz looked at me, crunched on the ice in her mouth, and smiled, because she knew she had won without even saying anything back. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“Okay, that’s not one hundred percent true, but sort of. I mean, I’d won everything else. It was the one thing I couldn’t seem to conquer. I just felt like ... I don’t know.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

It’s cheating to buy them; they have to be won. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Uncle Leang and Uncle Heang say that since the Khmer Rouge have won the war, the soldiers removed the old village chief and replaced him with a Khmer Rouge cadre. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I replied: ‘They will continue to come until our cause is won, and I must make them do all the good they can.’ Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

It is seldom accepted as an inevitable outcome of the struggle won by survivors and deserves respect if not enthusiastic acceptance. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

At issue were his violation of the sanctions, the fifteen years of back taxes he owed, and the taxes he potentially owed on the millions he’d just won. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It was a point of pride for me that almost every year in primary school, I won the trophy for first place at the end of the term. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“I guess we were jealous that you won the contest.” The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

So when they reached the checkout Will was excited and happy because they’d nearly won. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was an undergraduate at Delhi University during the euphoria of 1957, when the Communists won the State Assembly elections and Nehru invited them to form a government. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Leale wanted, most of all, to catch a glimpse of the famous general who had won the Civil War. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The judges ruled that it was Lash, not Zamperini, who had won. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

Standing in my very own living room, I feel like I’ve just won the pageant. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

We had thousands of thumb wars, and I won every single one, even the ones I was trying to lose. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

When riding for their contract stables, bug boys received nothing from the purses their horses won. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had routed a force fifty times larger than his own, won the greatest ransom ever seen, and vanquished a cultural tradition that had lasted five millennia—all without suffering a single casualty. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Two days after Fischer won the championship, a lavish banquet was held in his honor at Laugardalshöll. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Raymie was not surprised—she was only happy—when Louisiana won the contest and was crowned Little Miss Central Florida Tire. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

I won the first game, let him win the next one, and lost the next five fair and square. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

These particles were named quarks by the Caltech physicist Murray Gell-Mann, who won the Nobel Prize in 1969 for his work on them. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

American intelligence agents in Southeast Asia reported to Washington that a national election would almost certainly be won by Ho Chi Minh. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Charlotte’s cousin won. She wrapped the fish up, then she ate him when she got good and ready. Spiders have to eat, the same as the rest of us.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Carlotta’s frustration apparently boiled over two days later when I won bronze on beam—ahead of Vanessa at fourth and Carlotta at fifth—and gold on floor, again edging out Vanessa, who took silver. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“We won! We won!” was all I could say. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Because no battle is ever won he said. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’d won the competition fair and square, and she still believed in her design 100 percent. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

It was April who won the straw drawing this time, and she thought quite a while before she decided on a question. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s no story. I won the art award last year. She was mad about that.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

I knew it was mean, but I felt as if I had won a little victory over Margaret Cadaver. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Within seconds he was stabbing out moves, trying combinations, seeking won endings, and rattling off variations, his fingers barely able to keep pace with his thoughts. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

To get a sense of how daunting that figure was, the value of the Centenary scholarship my aunt won was probably as much as the sum of my grandparents’ annual salaries. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Now that it’s over, now that I know the battle has been won, I want to go my own way, to follow the path that seems right to me. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“There’s no dead end in Norvelt, not today! Take those five library cards, Team Kyle! You won them fair and square!” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

I don’t think we ever won anything, but we sometimes came third or fourth in the jumping. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Glimmering beneath is the Augur-forged shirt Hel won in the Trial of Cunning. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Of all the kids in America, you won that stupid contest?” The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

The first time they raced to the ceiling and back, Coach Swieteck won by four seconds. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

In the regional academic decathlon, a contest pitting teams of students from various local schools against each other, Odessa High had won four straight times. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She won her soccer team’s Golden Boot award for scoring the most goals. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

“You guys won first place. Congratulations. You’ve got a thousand dollars to put toward the development of your app. It’s a step in the right direction.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Hideo had made sure that I would be drafted onto a team, but now it would be up to me to make sure my team won each round. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Yet the compression brings a compensating benefit: long-term comparisons of regions yield insights that cannot be won from short-term studies of single societies. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Ken and Toby won and got to be the high priests of Anubis. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He won a lot and lost a few and the coach of Permian then, Gene Mayfield, finally told him that he’d be off the team if there was one more fight. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Lightning shook the world. We threw many rocks. The Titans and the monsters almost won. Now they are getting strong again. Kampe said so.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I won the first one, and Sonny won the second, hence why Malik’s salty butt is resorting to dirty tactics. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

His teacher had gone home to the gated Bowi- won village. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

But in actuality, the wrestler on the bubble won almost eight out often matches against his 8-6 opponent. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

The prize was almost within its grasp; the goal for which its thousands of boys had died or suffered the agony of prison camps was almost won. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

The trainees won twenty-nine of thirty races, a feat that may be unequaled at any level of the sport. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Marie Curie won a Nobel for her work on radiation.” The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

Mam wants to know if I won the sweepstakes and I tell her people give me tips. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Nice going, pal. You won fair and square.” In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

He was overjoyed that he’d pulled himself out of the abyss in which he’d found himself in the tournament’s first half, but devastated that he hadn’t won first prize. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Aided by an eidetic memory, he was the last non-lawyer to argue a case before the United States Supreme Court—a case he won. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

When Mother had said Alice would be safer in the woods with me than out on the mean streets, she had won. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

And if they won an additional ten million, Benji would give that over too. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

The biggest problem, on the boat and in the car, was Martha’s two canaries, which she had won for making the best recitation in Sunday school. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

The doctors holding that the fever had been imported won out simply because there were more of them. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

David Nelson died of natural causes a year after we won relief. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

It was an absolute fact that America had won the war, yet some people in camp did not believe it. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

If Gryffindor won, Harry knew that the whole House would forget that they had criticized him and swear that they had always known it was a great team. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Meyers won on nearly every race but disliked to give tips because it brought down the prices. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Because he won t be coming with us.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The Commander’s Wife looks down at the baby as if it’s a bouquet of flowers: something she’s won, a tribute. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Isolated victories can be won—even a string of victories—but in the absence of a fundamental shift in public consciousness, the system as a whole will remain intact. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Her dad had won it for her at the county fair the year before the divorce. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

For the longest time, for years after he should have known better, Will really believed he had won. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

The pain was worth it, though, because all the kids won and toppled the grown-ups. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Again, no one was sure who had won. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Vanderbilt gave him a reasonable starting proposal: He would make the Pimlico Special, the prestigious stakes race that War Admiral had won in 1937, into a two-horse event. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Woundwort had won almost every fight of his life by using his weight. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whoever scored five points first won the bout. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“When I was little, every time my mom took out money, I used to think we’d won the jackpot,” says Abby. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

“He’s just won a medal. If he wants to receive it without any clothes on, what the hell business is it of yours?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Felix, Max, nice job. Rotate off. Let's change it around,” Coach Murphy yelled to them, even though they'd won the matchup. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Fischer, with a weak smile, looked somewhat embarrassed, as if to say, “I really should have won this tournament, and I can’t blame the Russians this time. It was me...all alone.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Then I heard Bilbo’s strange story of how he had “won” it, and I could not believe it. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He didn’t care if they won or lost. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

If Bobby had won that game, he would have been the tournament’s clear winner, a half point ahead of Bisguier. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Listening to the talk as she went about her work, Arya had learned that Robb had won some great victory in the west. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Last year, when Roli won the state science fair, we had a special dinner there. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“Hilly, you just won Minny Jackson’s pie! Congratulations,” says the woman to her left. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Shouldn’t we direct scarce resources to battles that are more easily won, such as affirmative action? The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

His thesis, “AIDS and Accusation,” won a prize and was published as a book by a university press. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

We have inherited many attitudes from our recent ancestors who wrestled this continent as Jacob wrestled the angel, and the pioneers won. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You said Alexander’s student won the last challenge, what happened to him?” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

And I had to wonder: With the outcome never in doubt, what had we won? Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was in this state of mind that I received another letter: I had won a visiting fellowship to Harvard. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

We aimed to take home gold, and we thought “the Final Five” would sound better if we had already won the biggest medal of our careers. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

It had almost never lost a game it should have won, but this was one of them. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Well, when the town was finally built nobody really cared for the name of Westmoreland Homesteads and so there was a contest to name the town—and who do you think won the contest? Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“But they put the picture of the man who won second prize in. He won a war bond. He was white.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tyrion had done what he could to buy their continued loyalty, promising Bronn and a dozen of his best men lands and knighthoods when the battle was won. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

First and foremost, there was the stunning ease with which the freshmen had won at Poughkeepsie in June. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“You didn’t back me up, so she won.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

We called ourselves the Keepsies because we won so many other kids’ marbles. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Louie had won by more than a quarter of a mile. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

I was the champion of the Maryvale sports day every single year, and my mother won the moms’ trophy every single year. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

In her previous bid she had won a district seat with a nucleus of support from the Southside minority community. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She won scholarships to Vassar and Barnard, but instead she chose a school of hippies with no future, delicate men with women’s lips and a dissembling in their eyes. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Supreme Court, and we ultimately won a favorable ruling. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

If he didn’t come to America, our team never would have won the championship. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“So what if the Ohio kids won two medals today? There are eight more games left to play. This thing is far from over.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

A published minority student, I won a kind of celebrity. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

We had won other games, but beating Hunter in their fine gym felt good. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

We challenged her conviction and sentence and ultimately won her release. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Hmm, what’d you miss... A celebrity did drugs. Politicians disagreed. A different celebrity wore a bikini that revealed a bodily imperfection. A team won a sporting event, but another team lost.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Because he had an arm that won games. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

If they won their next game against the Concorde Fire, they were going to the finals. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Bowen Marsh rubbed at the scar he had won at the Bridge of Skulls. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Recently crews from California had even won Olympic gold twice. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

His sister won, of course; and at the end they dug up some stones they’d buried the day before. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

We played two games of chess, and I won both of them easily. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If I won, the money could go into my college fund.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

She was large and vigorous, impatient with Willie, who had to be told things more than once, but, as the days wore on, won over by Lyddie’s hard work and quiet ways. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

If they got the door opened before he finished the verse, they won. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He is survived by his wife, Dr. Crystal Stanley-Bell, and his twin sons, Joshua and Jordan, who recently won their first county championship. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

It was a frightful monster and the contest was severe, but in the end the god’s unerring arrows won the victory. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rass had lived in the fear and mercy of the Lord since the early nineteenth century, when Joshua Thomas, “The Parson of the Islands,” won every man, woman, and child of us to Methodism. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Poe won a short story contest and the prize was publication in a local paper. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

"No army has ever won Russia, not even Frederick the Great or Napoleon." The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

At midnight it was announced that the left had won. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

But did that mean the humans had won the war? Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

In his next five games, Bobby won three and drew two; one of the draws was with twentyseven-year-old Arthur Bisguier, the defending United States Open Champion and one of the strongest players in the nation. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Kansas voters did not face a choice between voting rights for black men or white women; both groups could have won the right to vote. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“What would be good... What would be good would be if Mr. Curtain won the Nobel Peace Prize!” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Poe won a short story contest and the prize was publication in a local paper. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Kid, how do you think it would look if the boss won all the prizes?” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

At age ten, he won the conservatory’s prestigious gold medal before going on to the Paris Conservatory, where he studied under Joseph Massart and Leo Delibes. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

They had been won in battle or traded in negotiations between villages and tribes. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Turning to my father, he said, “Did you know the two big walker hounds have won four gold cups?” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

"He had a fight with a top contender, an Italian kid, and lost. The next day, in the papers, the contender said he won because he sang along with opera." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other father only stands there with obscene pride, as if it was he who’d just run his stomach out and won the race. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Nevertheless, they had won, so on the blackboard in the shell house the next day he finally listed the sophomore boat as the first varsity boat for the first time. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

All the pride Americans had felt in the Big Science that had won World War II was draining away at the spectacle of multimillion-dollar rockets exploding in flight. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

And that is the story of how my father fought twelve men and won. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

When I won the city, county, and state spelling competitions organized for black students, Mr. Wesley publicly expressed a special pride in me. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

But if I’ve won the prize trip again, I’m going to push for what I want. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the one-armed man slid the throwing axe back through his belt, Reek knew he had won. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

But my ability won me a wife of rich family. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Jus’ try an’ slip the rope ’round his sting, so he won’ hurt any o’ the others!” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

In early April, Jayme won the junior division of the state competition, making her eligible to compete in Washington, D.C., on National History Day that summer. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

If she won, Rowan was certain she would glean him. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

In other words, if Anthony won at the Supreme Court, women across the United States would win the right to vote without waiting for Congress or the states to give them that right. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

I had little time to wonder if I had won or not, for the standard questions reminded me of the necessity for dexterous lying. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one really cared who won or lost; we were just having fun to help people in need. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

There were still caves and isolated emplacements holding out, but the battle had been won. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I won—he grudgingly admitted that I had won by skill and not by cheating. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

New wars started even before the old ones were won. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

I argued both cases in March of that year and waited anxiously until we won a favorable ruling. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

It was only very slowly that the first won out over the second in the claim to the definite article. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

That was the first prize—and it was won by some young chap who’s apparently a bit of a whiz kid when it comes to computers. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Is the person who won in twenty-five in here?” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was no better than I was, no matter who won all the contests. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

A week later, the Americans battled the British in Princeton, New Jersey—and won. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

Poe won a short story contest and the prize was publication in a local paper. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Why, thank you, Holly. I was in the local paper once. I won a competition. Miss Sugar Beet Fair Nineteen Ninety-Nine.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

His personal charisma and innovative strategies won many battles, but as early as the fall of 1965 Fuller had already realized the need for a new organization, one less hamstrung by federal and local bureaucracies. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Eagerly, he played him a series of blitz games at one second a move, and Bobby won about a third of them. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The rebels had annoyed them with fire from the Roxbury lines; some contretemps had begun amidst the warehouses of the Neck; and, no ground won or lost, two had died. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I can tell I’ve almost won when my mom murmurs, “I wonder where you can buy fake Social Security numbers?” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

There is a certain engaging irony therefore that when he won the Nobel Prize in 1908, it was in chemistry, not physics. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

"Gods, how did we come to this? You here, and me killed by a pig. We won a throne together . . ." I failed you, Robert, Ned thought. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Atlanta is ours and fairly won,” was Sherman’s message to Mr. Lincoln, and that, coupled with the news from Mobile, sent the North into paeans of thanksgiving. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stone Fox was using the money he won from racing to simply buy the land back. Stone Fox 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dante won two out of the three sets. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

And when we held an election for speaker, I won! Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

On March 23 it won by an astonishing seven lengths in one race and a commanding three or four in a second. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He said quickly, “You won a victory, General.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

One year his father had won a pig in a shooting match and raised it to a hog. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was not until she reached Canada that she learned that Old Abe Lincoln had won the election in November. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He still had not forgotten the stunning manner in which the sophomores had won the freshman title in Poughkeepsie the year before. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“We got this,” I promise, and when Mustafa throws down the card I was hoping for, I know we won by getting all the sets and crushing our opponents in the most humiliating way. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Finger Lakes had never won the state championship. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Bill Clinton won overwhelmingly in Illinois and across the country, moving President Bush out of office after only one term. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

There were two different judges and courtrooms involved, but we felt if we won release for one it might then become easier to win release for the other. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Of course he won the video game. But he doesn’t know diddly about the Dewey decimal system. That’s why I beat him in the book reshelving game.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Paralleling my mom’s insistence that I attend Riverdale because John F. Kennedy had once gone to school there, she was won over to Valley Forge when she heard that General Norman Schwarzkopf was a graduate. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t tell if either one of us had won, really. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

She felt breathless and dizzy and sick inside, but she had won. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Bobby won his first two games but as the tournament wore on he lost to some players and drew with several others well below his caliber. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Both women were thrilled when the article won a Reader’s Digest contest. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

And the most telling of all—they’d won Insomnia Con with their stupid frat boy drinking game idea. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

When it won first prize, one of Dad’s other teachers wondered aloud if the son of two lowlife alcoholics like Ted and Erma Walls could have written it himself. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Pasha’s Favorite won the Harare cat show three years running,” the woman went on. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The proposal won him only a stern lecture from Lewis Strauss, who maintained that concerns over fallout were overblown, and therefore a ban was unnecessary. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

You have won a battle but not a war — and that with help on which you cannot count again. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

After Mom won her ten thousand dollars, she played another speed round. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Harry thought hard and decided his feelings when Gryffindor had won the House Championship last year had definitely qualified as very happy. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

He had no idea if four thousand won was a fair price for his stolen rice, but he happily sold it and bought some crackers and cookies. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Spareribs’ big sister won fifty dollars at a movie bank night. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Right out of the box, he won every prize that wasn’t nailed down. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was as a tourney champion that I had won her hand and heart, so I entered other tourneys for her sake, but the magic was gone. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She had won, indeed, but her triumph was full of air. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He’d been knocked down in the last fight but had won on points. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

We played mumble-the-peg or spin tops or play dude on the rock, which I usually won because I could run faster. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The major team match against the Capablanca Chess Club was disappointing for the Americans: though Bobby and Whitaker won their games, the five other Americans lost. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Twig screamed and jumped around, celebrating as if we’d won the Egg Drop Olympics or something. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Clarence Darrow entered the case and in a novel maneuver won for Prendergast a sanity inquest. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“I won it fair and square from the Elkton boys up the street. I got a pair of boots out of it as well. You never seen a couple of stupider boys.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The rest of us had won it at least once—even Hugo, who was six years younger than Harry and L He’d won it three times already. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

Her lips mobile again, she sat next to him in Macon’s Buick, a mink stole Reba had won wrapped around her shoulders over her old black dress. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

A week later, Carter easily won its third playoff game against Lufkin, 31-7. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Thousands of people came to watch. Guess how much the horse won.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Instead, the whole seventh grade sat in the auditorium and watched the same Magic School Bus cartoons over and over, except for the lucky homeroom that won the rock-paper-scissors tournament and escaped to the gym. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Amos won the medal for overall excellence in sports, which I was really happy about because, ever since the nature retreat, I considered Amos to be like one of my best friends in school. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

And they won a lovely blue ribbon and a gold one besides. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Anyway, this kid named Luke won the contest. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

It also helped that he was strikingly good- looking and built like the oarsman he had been, the former stroke oar of a Washington crew that had won national championships in 1924 and 1926. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“We won a place in the science books,” I said. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

The more Sticky won, the more excited his parents grew. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

No matter who won, they would “save,” or split, the purse between them. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d won, but as I shuffled for a new game, I had the distinct suspicion that Hassan had let me win. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

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

“We won’ take Fang, he won’ like it. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

For three years in a row Ded6 has won a trip, the prize for making the most sales of anyone in her company. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally Proteus was won over by his courage and his good fortune, too; he became friends with him and gave him his daughter to marry. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fights are confusing as to who has won. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We won! You won! We won!” shouted Ron, thumping Harry on the back. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

We played several more rounds, until Mom won with fifty points. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Without the collaboration of both the Caucasians and the African Americans they would not have won the battle. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

"I woulda won and you know it, I woulda won that fight, 1 woulda . . ." The manager's face reddened, and it seemed to Alfred that he swallowed down something he was about to say. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

After all, Fidel would never have won over in Cuba if the campesinos there hadn’t fed him, hidden him, lied for him, joined him. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Which was what he yelled whenever he won at anything. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I won the Alexandra Open Tennis Championships for the second time. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was always a special place for me because I’m an athlete, so I was on the teams that won a lot of those awards. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

This was the day he was going to be champion—the best runner of the fourth and fifth grades, and he hadn’t even won his heat. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

If a man had the courage to throw himself into the fullest gallop at the moment of impact, he generally won. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom raises her eyebrows and smirks, like she just won a prize. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Usually she was the sister who knew everything, the one who was in charge, who made up the rules for the games and decided who won or lost. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He burst through, blew past the race leader, and, with his shoe torn open, shins streaming blood, and chest aching, won easily. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

And, in truly yielding, she had won the battle by mistake. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he was careful to make sure that Bobby never knew how much more he might have won. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

In front of them marched Octavian, purple robes over his armour, Imperial gold jewellery glittering on his neck and arms, and a crown of laurels on his head as if he’d already won the battle. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The radio DJ announced the next song; it was like Liam had won the lottery. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The race was for horses that had never won a race worth one thousand lire or more. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

If he won or came in a fast second he'd have his pick of athletic scholarships. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, ma’am, it seems to me I’ve already given a ride to a man who won first in pies,” he said. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Strangely, it reminded him of a ticker-tape parade he’d gone to a few years ago, when the Yankees won the World Series. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

"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

“Amir agha won the tournament and I ran this kite for him. I ran it fairly. This is his kite.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I've been worrying about her lack of protest or questioning about this trip since I won the contest. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

In the blink of an eye, babies appear in carriages, coffins disappear into the ground, wars are won and lost, and children transform, like butterflies, into adults. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

On my way out, I pass the five-foot Stormtrooper cardboard cutout that he won shooting free throws at the town’s Fourth of July festival last summer. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

The next day in school everybody was talking about how I had won the game and everything and how cool I was with it. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Cressen had refused, and in the end he had won. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It’s not enough to say that we have won seven soccer games in a row. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’d seen him square off against Cain before; he’d never won, but he always managed to hold out longer than she would have thought possible. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

If Sarai had, in that moment, presented them with a choice, if she had stood proud and defended her actions, she might have won them to her. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Until the time we took open aim and won, and our summers—if not our lives—became our own. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

The door was open, but he couldn’t see her, could only hear her laughing, a low private laugh as though she had won a bet. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He compounded his heresy by adding that if New York had won the fair, it would not have done as fine a job. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“Which side won the last match, Teddy?” inquired Jo, who persisted in feeling an interest in manly sports despite her nineteen years. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tournament director continued to make calculations, finally looking up and declaring that Bisguier had won. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Europeans won military victories in New England, historians say, partly because they were divided among themselves. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Board of Education had been won by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

We won a decent settlement for Mr. Ruffin's family, so they would at least receive some financial help. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Beowulf was only a young man, but already he had won fame on account of his goodness and daring. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

One day he won and so went double or nothing the next, and lost. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She had left the “scary, screechy” phase of violin playing shortly after that first year, and had even won a couple of violin competitions recently. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He was a beat too late: Bright won by a glimmer. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t a hard choice: my friends won. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Bobby won a series of contests against weaker players, but as he progressed up the tournament ladder, he confronted stiffer opposition and started to lose. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Now the Khmer Rouge has won the war and its government is called “the Angkar.” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wisconsin won by voting for the amendment on June 10,1919, less than a week after Congress had passed it. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

No Washington varsity crew had won one since. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Mom said you won the plane in a card game. Is that true?” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

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 had won the tactical battle with Richards. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Balance was the sixth sense, which she won when she first learned to walk, and now she has the seventh one—knowledge of the world. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the last train had pulled out and the smoke from the last Model T had settled, there was an unearthly quiet, as if death had won out. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

When she finished school, she won admission into a mediocre college of architecture in Delhi. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Last year Dad entered the eagle I drew in a grown-up art show and it won first prize. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

More important, it appeared that he had befriended the Romagna and had won the support of all of its populace once the people began to taste the beneficial results of his rule. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

“It caused a huge blowup on the front lawn, but eventually Evelyn won.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

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

After losing our first game to Wellpinit, we won twelve in a row. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

“We won, though,” said Ron, a grin breaking across his face. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

I won­dered if he fed that bit about the plumbing to all of his couples. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“The South Vietnamese people will assume that we have been sold out by the United States,” he complained to Kissinger, “and that North Vietnam has won the war.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

And mine has a T. rex trying to drink from a water fountain, which hasn’t won a smile out of me since I broke up with Hudson. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Which also sucked, because the more he won, the more he wanted to play. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

A different cowboy came up and said, “You boys won it. The money is yours.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There has never been a third-party movement to match it, not in the number of electoral victories it won, nor in the feeling of class unity across racial lines it engendered. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Finny never permitted himself to realize that when you won they lost. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

But wait a minute, argued Bisguier: Fischer’s first game was won by a forfeit; his opponent didn’t show up, so he didn’t even play the game! Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He fishes in his soup for the last won ton dumpling. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“I won so much stuff that I can’t hold it all! ” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Eddie won the toss, so he's out on his first run right now. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Oh, you mean the ones Marjory Muldauer said she won all by herself?” said a girl in a Wisconsin Badgers baseball cap. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

I stop, out of breath, like I just won a fight against ten dudes. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Poe won a short story contest and the prize was publication in a local paper. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

But when the union vote was held the next week, the union won by one vote. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

But I feel like I’ve won, because he didn’t use a slur. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

When we pulled into Mrs. Droogie’s driveway he was sitting on his tricycle with a superior smirk on his face, as if he had just won a super tricycle road race. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The next year Mohammed won the Capri-to-Naples race again, this time breaking the course record set by Camarero by fifteen minutes. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

It meant he wouldn’t have to share his prize when he won it. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Kendra usually won, but Seth was faster at backstroke and some of the handicapped races. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

His solid, thickset body spoke of fights that he had started and won, and the buck-teeth that gaped through his lips made him seem vaguely dangerous. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

In the twenty-player tournament, he won only three games, drew eleven, and lost the rest. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

And people went crazy in the stands because we won the game. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“You have won him, and you have broken him. What will you do with him next?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the Chicago Bulls put on a clinic and took home the whole kit and kaboodle, it means they won. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

It was like some heartless, survival-based reality TV show, only nobody won any money. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“But I want you to know, if you leave Mister Johnny, then Miss Hilly done won the whole ball game. Then she done beat me, she beat you...” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“The team” just stands there beaming like they’ve all won the Nobel Peace Prize for Musical Theater. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

The audience will be expecting the pair of lovebirds who won the Hunger Games. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

That kind of talk terrified more voters than it won over. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

In addition, no one today remembered why the war had come about or who, if anyone, had won. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

The number of death row prisoners in Alabama for whom we'd won relief reached one hundred. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

"The something-Christos parrot, I like that. And the track star? Has he won any more medals?" The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d prepared them for this next part of the night, explaining that whether Dad won or lost, we were going to have a big noisy celebration in a park. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

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

One time, I took on the whole class and won. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The only thing I could do that kept them talking awhile before they hung up was to tell them I was calling from TV Quiz and that they had won a prize. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Men with rich voices, who were always tall and dark, won the hearts of young women who were always petite and innocent. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

All the soldiers who had fought that day, whether they had won or lost, rode home to Valhalla, the hall of the noble dead. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

"Well, it's true, Lu. I did run in the Olympics. And I won a gold medal." Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“Well, actually, I think she’s thirteen now, but she was twelve when she won the baking show.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

He had won and been proud to win the Galbraith Football Trophy and the Contact Sport Award, and there were two or three other athletic prizes he was sure to get this year or next. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Atahuallpa and his army came to be at Cajamarca because they had just won decisive battles in a civil war that left the Incas divided and vulnerable. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

From his years holding Irwin’s horses for relay races and matches, Smith knew something about one-on-one races: If one horse could steal a commanding early lead, he almost always won. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had won, but they were weary and bleeding. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

“I won the hundred-yard dash even though I was much heavier than the other boys. I made it to the finish in thirteen seconds.” Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“H-H-Hilly won your pie. And she accused me of signing her up for it. Playing some... trick on her.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Ptolemy IV Philopater hazarded the use of native Egyptian troops at Raphia, and won the battle with their help; just a few years later, native mercenaries in Thebes used their hard-won martial skills to revolt. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

Saved a dollar every week for a lotto ticket, but we never won more than twenty. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

When the mock war is over, my eye is blackened and both of my knees are skinned and the gold side has won the second and third battles. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

They had won nine games without me, and they had played to one scoreless tie. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sonny won after punching Malik in the middle of prayer at church. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Billy’s own horse was a stringy cayuse with a hammer head, but he nearly always won first prize at the stock trials. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s how I won. I think he might be easier to beat if he’s playing the stork.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

There’s the store that they burned down when the Bulls won the championship. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gave me that half-smile of his, which had won him a thousand conflicts. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

She might have won first place the last four years, but my runner-up status was nothing to sneeze at. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

More people have won lottery jackpots than flown in space. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

But that did not mean Toussaint had won—he still faced two more powerful foes. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

But I have fought many, many times to stay alive, and I have won that wrestling match every time. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

We could have won games on her cheering alone. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

“You fought the Titans before, and you won, remember?” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

And when the dust settles, America will have won. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Since 1964 it had won four state championships, been to the state finals a record eight times, and made the playoffs fifteen times. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

We sought review in the Alabama Supreme Court and won a new trial based on the trial judge's refusal to exclude people from jury service who were biased and could not be impartial. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He’s won a Pulitzer, a National Book Award and a job consulting on a cable news show. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

But ever after when Johnny came to Sam Adams’s house, he was invited in and the great leader of the gathering rebellion would talk with him in that man-to-man fashion which won so many hearts. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kayak won the San Carlos Handicap, nailing Specify at the wire and breaking the track record. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thinking won out ’cause I was still mighty sore ’bout having only six fish. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

But from the very first people were won instantly to Aron by his beauty and his simplicity. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

They’re holding hands, and she is cheesing that upside-down Y like she just won a huge prize. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

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

That is, a student who opted out of his neighborhood school was more likely to graduate whether or not he actually won the opportunity to go to a new school. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

“You know, if Sergio won anything, it’s partially mine,” Paul continued. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

The state continued trying to execute Mr. Hinton until we won a ruling in the United States Supreme Court in 2015 that required the prosecutors to finally reexamine the evidence. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

"I have won no victories," she tried telling her handmaid when the bell tinkled softly. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Neither of them was quite certain who had won, who had lost. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

A bright child, and driven, he won an academic scholarship to Colorado State University in nearby Fort Collins. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Donleavy was running for election, and assured our parents that if he won we could count on having the only colored paved playing field in that part of Arkansas. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You listen here, if this was a game, I done won it nine time o’er!” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

“I want him to sit down and be quiet. That’s when you know we’ve won—when he sits down and shuts up. Got it?” Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Like when I won the tetherball tournament at recess against Trevor and I wouldn’t have if I hadn’t been there at all. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Soon, though, his hunger won out and he took a huge bite. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

They watched till the end when a golden girl from Texas won the shining crown and took her tearful walk amidst flashing bulbs. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

California had won its heat in 6:07.8; Washington had taken 10 full seconds longer, 6:17.8, to cover the same distance. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He won a homework pass off a lucky guess and he confused me in Scattergories. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

The stakes were huge: Whoever won ten games first would capture the lion’s share of the prize money and secure the “championship.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Now this proposal won them, and it carried. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

It quickly won international acclaim and ran for weeks in London and Paris. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“You were here when the cable went out. I never did find out if the Yankees won. Okay, that’s eighteen hours I owe you for. You got all your tip money?” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Tal won the fourth and final encounter, and with it the tournament. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

A part of her was annoyed to realize he was probably right, but another part was genuinely curious; after a few seconds, the latter won out. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Sergio didn’t need to feel the pain when his own father asked if he had won any money. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Fischer had played resolutely and won what might be described as a comfortable game. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I entered the contest, and with more than four hundred other students participating, I won first place—out of my city, county, and state. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I bet Sammy to a race. First one to the flagpole and back. If I won, I’d get the slice of cake in his bag. If he won, he’d get my ham sandwich.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

One of the Dauntless-born initiates touches Four’s shoulder and asks, “When your team won, where did you put the flag?” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

But some small part of her insisted on asking why she hadn’t won. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I knew now that I had won; she was thinking of other things and the race question had gone out of her mind. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I won the bet. So tomorrow we do things my way.” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“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

"She said she once won a prize for selling the most Girl Scout cookies," said Zero. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Joey won everyone’s money, which gave him the right to determine the consequence. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Soon after she won the national parachuting championship in 1961, she was recruited for the female cosmonaut program. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

“No,” he said, “not all. The King won. We shall win.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he won the big prize at the rifle booth for three bull’s eyes in a row. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Also the only thing I can afford: I have won a scholarship to university, which was no more than expected. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

First the victory must be won, for her children's sake. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“So? You won, didn’t you? I mean barely, but you won.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Bobby won the second game, drew the third game, and won the fourth, and therefore won the match at 2½–1½ . Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe Maggie’s parents had won the lottery and I didn’t know because we hadn’t been talking much. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

A jubilant crowd chanted, “Love has won!” on the steps of the Supreme Court. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I won' dered who comforted her when she heard those bottles knocking together, those ghosts chattering about the things she had done wrong. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Charles fought any boy who challenged or slurred Adam and usually won. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps, he thought, one of the workers had become a father or won something in a raffle. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The good memories I have of these men—of helpless laughter, of bets won and pranks hatched— they are stolen away. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Without being too hyperbolic: Battles were won and lost, and wars, too. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Do you blame me, my lord? Such a prize is not easily won. A nubile girl, I hear, and not hard to look upon. Good hips, good breasts, well made for whelping-children.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I’m pretty sure I could have won, but it was her party, so I tripped on purpose. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I asked him who won, which I thought was a nice question, because it would let him say that he won, and feel proud. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“We won! Four hundred and fifty to a hundred and forty! We won!” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

They won that patronage because they offered new applications of mathematics to the world. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The little kids waited for the tiny, foot-high trees and shrieked in delight when they won one. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whoever won the first time trial after they arrived in Oakland would row as the varsity crew in the Pacific Coast Regatta. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The timekeeper at the finish line later said he had to ask the other kids in the race who’d won because everyone was watching me instead. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

The team with the most points, or who reached Maestro Island first, won. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

There would still be weeks of skirmishing ahead with small groups of enemies still in the hills and jungle, but the battle for Guam was won. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

By one in the morning, the game was over, and Casey won the hundred dollars in the bank. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

We had forks out for them, but Miss Whitlaw won extra points by asking Uncle to teach her how to use chopsticks. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tournament was the same one Arthur Ashe nearly won in 1973. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

After lunch, I won the ring toss game three times in a row, but the guy behind the booth only gave me a prize once. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Not a very intelligent remark when Lion won two firsts at Crufts’ last February,” said Beatrice. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

She looked as though she’d just won herself a gold medal at the Olympic Games. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Dub often said that his boys would have won a championship as well—if there were enough colored high school teams in the state to have an actual tournament. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“He won his Games with wire. Setting up that electrical trap,” says Peeta. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

She reads me the article: ‘“Spaulding Street Elementary’s talented academic team of fifth and sixth graders won the local Whiz Kids quiz competition last night by a score of eighty-six to eighty-five. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

This land had been won for them by angels. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

There were three bunk beds to every room, so me and Jack did rock, paper, scissors for the top bunk and I won. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Captain Smith has a satisfied look on his face, as if his regiment has just won a battle. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Diem claimed to have won a ludicrous 98.2 percent of the vote; in Saigon, he somehow received more votes than there were registered voters. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

This year, for the first time since Haymitch won, the final stop on the tour will be 12, and the Capitol will spring for the festivities. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Those who had always won, accustomed to being in power since time immemorial even though their strength had greatly waned in recent years, spent the weeks before the elections preparing for their triumph. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I hope you won," I said, straining to see her clearly, "and I hope he pays off." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Third year in a row, I won a scholarship to science camp, way on the other side of the state. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

"Well," sneered the soldier, "no one ever won a wound by boasting, eh? Young Wiglaf against the Firedrake! That should be a fight worth watching! When are you going to volunteer?" Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of them wiggled his fingers as people began to vote on who won, which consisted of them shouting out either “Vinnie!” or “Lola!” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

They finished their thousand-page treatise just in time—and it won the prize. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

She also makes an amazing strawberry-rhubarb pie that won a blue ribbon at the county fair a few years back. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I brought up every miserable commendation and award I’d won since the eighth grade. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I had just learned that I’d won a place at Cambridge to study for a PhD when Mother wrote to me. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Usually my father won; he had been playing the game for many years and had the benefit of experience. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

In January, when Fischer found out that Hall had won me away from his team, he was apoplectic. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

If Pilkington and his men would help them, the day might yet be won. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Mission completed, Morgan returned, in a Redcoat uniform, accompanied by six British soldiers—all true deserters, won over to the American army by Morgan. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had won the Republican nomination for the presidency in the spring. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inside the penitentiary, one hundred civilians have won the right to watch Lincoln’s killers die. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually, in 1960, the Congolese won a bloody battle for independence from Belgium. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Haiti was born free; human rights won over property rights. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

Piper wondered how Annabeth ever won an argument with this guy. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Walowick won Mary Wells from Peewee and Peewee wouldn’t give her up. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The song swells, pushes through woods and sky, and they’re singing now as if by some lunatic theory they had won. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fortunately for us all, Coyote helped the day animals by hiding the stone in his paws so that they won that game. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could tell her I won first place—I could make my award sound a lot better than it is. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The speaker’s natural hair was cut as low as a boy’s and her pretty face, wide-foreheaded and fleshless, reminded Ifemelu of the East Africans who always won long-distance races on television. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“It was a jolly battle, and I won it myself, and it was fun.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He won thousands, he threw thousands away, lost money, lost jewels, lost a country house, won again, lost again. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Since we won your...uh, game, do you think we could have our things back?” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I said that defining your terms is half the battle won. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

Smith won so much that he started to make the papers almost daily. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He seemed to dominate the tennis court while he was at Grossinger’s, and other than his games with the resident pro, Fischer usually won all of his matches. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Except for a portable television set, which they couldn’t connect because they had no electricity, Reba won nothing. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

If the animal is anonymous, it’s a that: There’s the dog that won the Frisbee competition. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s one out in the bottom of the last inning, and the game’s tied at five, but in my mind, we’ve already won the game and swept this doubleheader. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

If she managed to get through an entire week without crying, overcoming all the tests Nicolas imposed, she won a prize, which almost always consisted of a motorcycle ride at breakneck speed—an unforgettable experience. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the Yankees won the first two games easily, Tommy made the mistake of saying, “De Bums played like amateurs.” In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

At the picnic that evening, my father won the anchor-throwing contest, his fourth year in a row. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

“He won the first game, but I won the last two. Just barely, though.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Lloyd won some ends, and we just rode to the end of the line. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then, I started thinking, if I stop now, they’ve really won. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

I’d been in the middle of a dream where I’d won the title of All-Time Greatest Scientist after discovering irrefutable evidence of life on Mars. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

The statement received prominent play in newspapers around the country on the morning of the election, which Eisenhower, as expected, won in a landslide. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I shook his hand, and it occurred to me that because he was always eating my dust, the dumb fishcake had never won a real race and probably didn’t know how. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

The truth was, half the girls at school could have easily won his heart. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

In no chess problem since the beginning of the world has black ever won. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

In 2013 we won the bronze medal at World Cups in Italy, Turkey, and Belgium. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

They hadn’t won a game all year, and they had been recently trounced 8-0 by Lake Windsor Middle. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Poe won a short story contest and the prize was publication in a local paper. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

She won a full scholarship by writing an essay on the pressure of writing an essay. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Women in Kansas already had the right to vote in school elections, and many women’s rights leaders thought that there was a real possibility that full suffrage could be won there. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Byrne dared not take the knight; though he would have won an important piece, ultimately it would have led to Bobby’s victory. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you realize you won every gold medal in every Olympic event? No one’s ever done anything like that in history.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was just easier to let my sisters think they’d won. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

And last month she had won the citywide spire-fighting championship for her age group. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

It seemed that when they won, somehow I won, too. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Each clan was bound by an ironclad legal agreement stating that if one clan member won the contest, all members would share the prize. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I said, “Well, at least we won. That’s the important thing.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

At a school fund-raising auction, his parents bid on—and won at a crazy price—a prime parking spot next to the one reserved for Dr. Williams, the headmaster. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Milez, since you won round one, you decide who goes first.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Riding the best horse at the track, Gallant Sir, he won the 1933 Agua Caliente Handicap, one of the world’s most prestigious races. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the first few weeks of his membership, Bobby enrolled in a tournament for C players and won it easily. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Yeah, he did beat me a lot, but I gave him a good fight and even won a couple of races myself. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“So. You game for adventure?” asked the Duke of Westminster, won over by the novel idea. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

It didn’t matter to him who won the war. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

Orr was in Rome, due back that same afternoon from the rest leave he had won by ditching his plane in the waters off Genoa. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Usually, whichever team won first got to be America the following round, since America always defeated Vietnam in the video show. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

"This is your father when he won a singing competition at his school." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

The last time I won anything, it was a spelling bee in second grade. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, if Beatriz hadn’t been so busy being hateful and getting disqualified from the pageant, she probably would have won that award hands down. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

And then, suddenly, the voice on the loudspeaker crackled back to life: “Judges of the finish announce officially that Washington won by six feet.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“It’s really interesting. They won the Supreme Court case in 1954, but the states still fought desegregation. For years in some places.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He laughed at her and said, “What you won? You ’bout to go back to being a slave. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

She felt like vomiting, so great had been her fear, but she had won! A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had to be careful how I showed my feelings: not to let my mother think Second Wife had won me over. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Racing in 1919 and 1920, this immense red animal so devastated his competition that he won by as many as one hundred lengths and set numerous speed records. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Call down to Cardan. Tell him he’s won. Then jump from the tower. After all, being born mortal is like being born already dead.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I won the contest, and the book was published the following season. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Before he could say anything, a voice echoed across the valley: You haven't won. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“The other spiders won’ let me anywhere near their webs now Aragog’s gone. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Bobby won dozens of quick games during that session, not losing one. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The same boat that had been dominant all fall-—the boat built around four of last year’s freshmen—had won by an impressive three lengths in a time of 6:43. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

They had only now to wait until tomorrow and see who won. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“And I’m very glad we won, and I think you did really well, but I need to read this by Monday.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Red Pollard had just won his fourth stakes race in eleven long years in the saddle. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

An instant later, War Admiral pulled himself together and won, regaining the lead in the money-winning race. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

After I won, the Capitol repaired my ear, but I still find myself testing it. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

His boys’ team had won the state championship that year. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

To make a long story short, we won the same rights that the demon citizens had in rebuilding on their old sites. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Daily Mail's full of how Great British guts and Great British leadership won the war. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

“My dad got me some stuff to read about you when I won the competition.” Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Wouldn’t you be happier if you won me, fair and square?” asked Coraline. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

When they won, they did so handily; when they lost, they fell apart completely. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Sometimes Pollux alone is held to be divine, and Castor a mortal who won a kind of half-and-half immortality merely because of his brother’s love. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was a master of the lyre and he won the prize. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

He won an Oscar for his role in In the Heat of the Night and also made “B” movies so bad they went straight to video. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he had miscalculated, for I won the election with an overwhelming majority. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Among those won over was a twenty-four-year-old physics grad student named Richard Feynman. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I won, my mother was proud and happy. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the communities of Packingtown, word went out that the blacks had won. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“You’re the only member of our team who hasn’t won a single medal.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

In the cases where I had actually been counsel for the condemned while I was in Georgia, we'd always won stays of execution. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The way they smiled whenever Mike won a football game or Curtis won the science fair. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

“She won the First Prize for Elocution at the Youth Festival in Trivandrum last week.” The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

If the Rebels won the war then we would be a country; but Father was sure they were going to lose, to I decided not to count us. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“First we need to see everybody’s medals. Including the ones the Midwest team won.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

How can they say that, when I’ve won a special mention for my essay on Temperance, about drunken men having car accidents and freezing to death in snowstorms because the alcohol dilates their capillaries? Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was his business to stick the leaden seals on papal bulls, and, so as to preserve the Secrecy of the Pope, they used to make sure that he could not read a won! The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Last night Lloyd won all the money again. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though the odds still appeared against us, Linus had not yet won his Nobel. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

“They did, they won the last two battles,” Grandpa Nyles said, a serious look on his face. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

It felt as though they had already won the Quidditch Cup; the party went on all day and well into the night. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

And then, when I won, the devil left me by the side of the road.” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

‘He was a prince, won his wife in a chariot race. Supposedly he started the Olympic games in honour of that.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

It was a world where the best men won, and Joy was clearly one of those best men. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

"Fairly so. I performed a few brain surgeries that won me some small attention." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He trotted up to the press box and made the wildly popular announcement that if his horse won, he’d send up a barrel of champagne for the reporters. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Specifically, the prize trip I’ve as good as won again this year. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In 1974, two and a half years after I began tennis, I won my first championship, the Alexandra Open, defeating David in the final. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gus took me fishing and I even won a few Bible bucks in Sunday school. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

The dog that won best in show was Buster’s bulldog. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were homies, and everything was everything between us, but I had won. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Mary Jackson— a former West Computer!—had faced down the brilliant John Becker and won. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

“With riders reversed, Seabiscuit would have won by half a length. Jack Pollard did not go to the whip near the wire until too late. The defeat may be chalked up to Mr. Pollard.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

A graduate of the University of Iowa, he had been a student trainer there on a wrestling team that won the national championship. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Good. Congratulations, Miss Hughes, it seems you have already won.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

In the colt’s eighteenth start, for no explicable reason, he finally won, clocking a sterling time. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

All at once the wrestlers won and turned to each other undecidedly, for now that they held the young lieutenant rigid they did not know what to do with him. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

They had listened to the World Series and really cared who won football games. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Still, he usually won the right to take the first shower because he had to be at school an hour earlier than me. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

We had won a host of small battles that added up to a change in the atmosphere of the island. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Winnie is a resilient person, and within a relatively short time, she had won over the people of the township, including some sympathetic whites in the vicinity. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The runners in front had scored, which meant we had won the game. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Toward the end of counting, when it looks like I’ve actually won, Shay crosses her arms and falls back against her chair. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

I handed my money over, saying, “Well, you won it fair and square.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you won the Irish Sweepstakes and bought a house that needed furniture would you fill it with bits and pieces of rubbish? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Less than two weeks before, Soviet forces had won a fierce battle to free the city from German occupation. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

‘But if you would take my counsel,’ said Éomer in a low voice, ‘you would then return hither, until the war is over, lost or won.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

He is a legend, a general who has won so many battles that no one counts them anymore. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He had to guess your correct age within one year or else you won a teddy bear.” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

We went to a contest on the mainland the spring we were thirteen and might have won except that when the judges realized our chief soloist was not yet in high school, we were disqualified. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knew he had won and he closed his face against showing it. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Groves returned the favor by delivering the keynote at the presentation of Lawrence’s Presidential Medal in 1946, declaring, “We bet a hundred million on him and won.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“Sort of. A couple years ago my mother almost won the lottery. She was off by two numbers.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Thus the chemical war is never won, and all life is caught in its violent crossfire. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Students voted all day Friday and that afternoon the results came in: Paul and I had won. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

We won the game easy but after the game I found Ducky in the bathroom crying. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Further, he felt that the $3.5 million he had won in his match against Spassky was money garnered illegally by Vasiljevic. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Yakov won the first two games, but when it came time to find the Lady at three-card monte, he uncovered a worthless heart. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

If I was the head of the class and won that prize, then we would be even. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Both Franklin and the French officials knew that many of the American soldiers who won the battle had fired French bullets from French guns. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The issue was a state championship, which hadn’t been won by a Dallas school in thirty-eight years. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone hands over their tickets, and I feel like I just won in Vegas. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Jack and I both tried—and failed—to win anything, but we heard Amos won a yellow hippo and gave it to Ximena. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

My dad was won over by my mom's zest for adventure and her independent spirit. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

It will be better for them when we have won this war. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two days later, on Tuesday, August 9, our team did exactly what we had been training for so many years to do: We performed almost flawless routines and won team gold. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t believe it when Dad won the Daily Prophet Draw. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“The Marxists haven’t won by popular vote anywhere in the world,” his confreres replied. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Renly had been a boy of eight when Robert won the throne, but he had grown into a man so like his brother that Ned found it disconcerting. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

There would be time for that later, she told herself, after women had won the right to vote. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

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

They had contests to see who could catch the most fish in ten minutes, and the younger lawyer won with an average of 2.1 fish a minute. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

So powerful did the evidence of Mangelsdorf’s tiny cobs seem that in the 1960s it buried the teosinte hypothesis, even though the latter’s champion, Beadle, had for other research won a Nobel Prize. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t had the heart to tell him that he hadn’t won anything in the Take Your Best Shot contest. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Each day of sunlight was a victory that must be fought and won again the next day. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

July arrived and on Seabiscuit went, back to Empire City, where he won the mile-and-three-sixteenths Butler Handicap while conceding between seven and twenty-two pounds to the rest of the field. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

If Grandma knew who won what at the county fair, she showed no sign. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s just like you said, Emma. We all have our battles. I fought mine, and I won. Now you’re fighting yours. And I’m so proud of you.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“This isn’t another tennis game. This is real life. They won.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The red woman had won her, heart and soul, turning her from the gods of the Seven Kingdoms, both old and new, to worship the one they called the Lord of Light. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

And I—as Minister for Magic— DRACO: A vote you only won because you are his friend. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

The army hadn’t won, but it had at least driven the Taliban into hiding, if not away. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Gryffindor House, meanwhile, largely thanks to their spectacular performance in the Quidditch Cup, had won the House championship for the third year running. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

She had apparently won against the one ghost, but ghost forms are various and many. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The Khmer Rouge lied. They have won the war, and we cannot go back. You must stop thinking we can go back. You have to forget Phnom Penh.” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And after all, Amos ... he died just when he’d won the tournament. He must have been happy.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

No one as young as Bobby had won the United States Open before, and no one had ever held the United States Junior and Open titles concurrently. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

From the sounds within, I’m guessing we won the game tonight. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

I was terribly thirsty, but caution won out and I took only a small drink. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I appeared on the TV game show Concentration in 1968,” he announced, “and won a roomful of furniture and wood paneling for my rumpus room.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

“You’re acting like he won. We got news for you, Witching Hour. He’s done. We tossed him in the creek. Now tell us how to unfreeze time.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I had thought of going to the famous university there, but Mum could not afford to send me unless I won a major scholarship. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Eckert, 36, a dairyman from Harmony Farms, won this year’s Sharpshooter’s trophy as best marksman. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Presently he came across an inner-page story that won his entire attention. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Oppenheimer won the argument by insisting that without a test, “the use of the gadget over enemy territory will have to be done substantially blindly.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he said to me, “You ain’t told us what you want do, when we won. When we has our triumph.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“I won one, and you have, let me count....Oh, that’s right—none!” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The fighting was fierce and long, but in the end Eadgils won. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

Meyers never told his wife what horses he was playing and she won or lost, mostly lost, and talked all the time. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Though Seabiscuit had won the race easily, running the final quarter in a blazing twenty-four seconds flat and obliterating the track record by \\% seconds, he had dragged early in the race. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We haven’t won since Charlie left, but this year’s team is going to be brilliant. You must be good, Harry, Wood was almost skipping when he told us.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

They tossed for first pick, then the one who’d won stared at the group. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the white general election of May 1987, the Nationalists won an overwhelming majority. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That was my kid. First over the wall, won the game for his team. Unless you’re blind, that was an MVP play. You’re not blind, are you?” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The Second Sons might not enjoy the shining reputation of the Golden Company, but they had won some famous victories over the centuries. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He hesitated outside the crowded Great Hall, then ran up the marble staircase; whether Gryffindor had won or lost, the team usually celebrated or commiserated in their own common room. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“He’s the best sexer in Georgia. He won the national competition in Japan before he moved to the States. He can sex twelve hundred chicks an hour with one hundred percent accuracy.” Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought today’s practice was canceled because you won some stupid bet.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I was very pleased with it, but nobody told me whether I had won or not. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

It's the look he would throw his brother when he'd insulted an enemy, or won a battle, or otherwise wished to gloat. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

After we left Johnson’s Restaurant, we went to Funco Land to buy a Nintendo cartridge with the rest of the money Lloyd won. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Doughty grunted agreement, surveying the action taking place at the tables below—dice, cards, Makker’s Wheel, fortunes won and lost, and a delicious slice of all of it came to Rollins. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

With my newfound knowledge of Haymitch’s and Finnick’s treatment, all I can think is: What did the Capitol do to her after she won? Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Poe won a short story contest and the prize was publication in a local paper. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

When she won her first game, she thrust both arms over her head as if she’d just been declared heavyweight champion of the world. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Also a stuffed giraffe that was bigger than her, that Uncle Tony won for her at a carnival. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

It totally won me over at the end. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

That quite won me, Mina, for it was brave and sweet of him, and noble, too, to a rival—wasn’t it?—and he so sad; so I leant over and kissed him. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

I guess the healthy part won, because she pulled the box of Cheerios out of the cupboard. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Among the many honors he’d received were the five Game Designer of the Year awards he’d won back around the turn of the century. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

We eventually won a favorable ruling from a federal judge who overturned his conviction and sentence. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Today is a triumph for freedom as huge as any victory that has ever been won on any battlefield,” Johnson said. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they were sure that they had won, the boys rowed slowly past the grandstands to polite applause. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I was right about the nose and the neck, but Amy won on the chin and the hair color. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Peaches and the girl got into it pretty good and Peaches won the fight. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Would you go back to college if you won the inheritance?" The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

And it occurred to Shadow that Czernobog was going to try to play the same game again, the one that he had just won, that this would be his limitation. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Any concession to British economic and military power, no matter how strategically astute, seemed a betrayal of the very independence won in the Revolution. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t particularly afraid—or maybe curiosity just won out over fear. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Maybe the Preacher had won enough by now to really buy six more slaves out of America! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

This was a guerrilla force, and they were soldiers who had won their stripes in the fire of batde, who cared more about fighting and tactics than dress uniforms and parades. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the twentieth day of the advance when she finally won free of her ankle chains. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Although we have suffered great sacrifices and losses,” Tho said, “and undergone a great deal of hardship, we have won.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Claiming to be an escaped slave, he said he would work as a servant or guide if the British would free him after they won the war. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My cousin got lucky and won some Indian land in the lottery, in the north part of Tennessee. Grows corn.” The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“I searched for his name online. I searched every day for it and it never came up, except in a local paper, next to a photograph. He won a poetry contest.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Then Papa came home early and sat with us and took turns playing chess, and he didn’t even seem mad that Amil won. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Mom acted like I won an Oscar or something. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“He never said, my lord. Only that he won the coin at dice.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

We had won, but it didn’t look like it at all. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Casinos encourage this tendency by making sure that every quarter that’s won in a slot machine causes lights to blink and makes its own little tinkle in the metal tray. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Then Gaea has already won. I’ll tell you this, Percy Jackson. The one who will cause you the most trouble is the one closest to you—the one who hates me most.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

But if the passages of the River should be won, what then? The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

But no one was prouder of me or happier for me than Branwell, and I think he would not have been prouder or happier if he had won himself. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What would you have done if you won the money?” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Thanks for the letter — I’d be glad to take the Norwegian Ridgeback, but it won t be easy getting him here. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“Which would mean Charlotte and Ximena will win everything in the fifth grade, like they won everything in the fourth grade and in the third grade.” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

If only she were baking for this woman, she’d have won the trophy already. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“You mean he’s won a scholarship? How can he have done? He’s never been entered for one.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Out of God’s merciful bosom I had won reprieve. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he grins like he just won the lottery. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Besides, if she had won, if she’d gone the easy way, she wouldn’t have saved Nox. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Competing in black silk shorts that his mother had sewn from the fabric of a skirt, he won an 880-yard race, breaking the school record, coheld by Pete, by more than two seconds. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

She claims that she won and then became frightened. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Want to hear about the Silver Star I almost won?” The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

They ran to put the fire out, since their battle had been won. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

He won over all their followers who were noblemen, making them his own noblemen and giving them huge subsidies; and he honoured them, according to their rank, with military commands and civil appointments. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

“No, not really. I’m fooling you. A blue ribbon is lots better than a white one. Travis and Bunny won the best prize there is.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Lubin had won a gold medal in Berlin, but when he left, he felt only relief. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

The year before, the basketball Electrons had won only five of twenty-six games. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Common sense won out—the maze held even more unknowns than his situation inside. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

But even on the plains the Inka could have won. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I believed her because the day my father taught her how to play chess, she won her first game. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Pascal and Boyle both ‘won’ this argument in so far as they succeeded in casting doubt on the legitimacy of appealing to substances whose existence might be theoretically convenient but could not be demonstrated experimentally. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

It doesn’t cling in all the right places like Miss America’s dress did on the night she won. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He understood that the enemy had won and he probably thought about Miguel. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Space Race began soon after the Allies won World War II. America and the former Soviet Union inherited and made use of German technology, specifically rocket technology. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

They kiss my cheeks and hold my hand and tell me how they won money in the kingdom's lotteries by betting on me to be named the favorite. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Seemingly utterly unconcerned that his essay hadn’t been chosen, Tony asked, “So when do we find out who won?” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Sam Westing used to look like that just before he won a game. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

The haggling that ensued was a blot upon an otherwise pleasant day, but I finally won my point by explaining to the man the dangers of my valve and of my health in general. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He tells me about the cases he’s won.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The British won the war, but they lost many battles,” Jaja said, and my eyes skipped over the rows of text on the page. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

But Hitler had won the game with Jack. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

This chapter focuses on the decades-long dispute over when human beings first came to the Americas—an argument that seemingly has been won by those advocating a more ancient date. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

And I guess most of his boasts were true: he was always bringing home some book in Latin or Greek with an inscription, saying he had won it for some telling point he had scored. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was now at the height of his power, with the Civil War nearly won. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only through hardship, sacrifice and militant action can freedom be won. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t feel too happy about flying so many missions either now that it looks as though we’ve got the war won. I’ll let you know if I hear anything else.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

"You won this round, Alfred, it's one each now. Stick and run, stick and run." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Who can be surprised that the scheme has won the support of many middle-class Americans? Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Dodgers had won, 4 to 3, but Shirley was much too beaten to enjoy the victory. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

This went on a few more times, and suddenly, Glenn Allen had won his first game. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Right now, his focus was on solving the murders of the Champions, and on making sure Celaena won. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“It must be tremendously gratifying to feel that you have won out over very great difficulties,” Mrs. Roosevelt said. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

We knew to stay away from the kitchen, where they argued about politics, the price of ham hocks, whether or not his daughters were uppity, and which horse had won the trifecta. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

At the Jesolo Trophy in Jesolo, Italy, the USA women won team gold, and I won the all-around title, as well as taking first place in vault, beam, and floor exercise. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The Championship you have won is a great personal triumph for you and I am pleased to join countless of your fellow-citizens in extending my heartiest congratulations and best wishes. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Last year, she won a scholarship to Manhattan's Academy of Theater Arts, thanks to a brilliant audition and a raving recommendation from her Ridgeford High drama teacher. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then she put in another nickel and almost won the jackpot. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Heather is sweaty and out of breath, all hyper because her final serve won the game for our side. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

“It was her last practical joke," said Maxim, “the best of them all. And I’m not sure if she hasn’t won, even now." Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

In the car, Dad took out the money he’d won and counted off forty dollars, which he passed to me. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“All that matters is that he won, and we got paid.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He played on no sports team, joined no organization, won no awards, earned no A’s. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

When Jones won the match, the older jockey flipped the board across the room and promptly tackled him. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moreover, Weaver counseled, there would be no point in building a smaller cyclotron now, if everything might be won simply by sitting out a prudent delay. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I won­dered how much longer it would hurt to get up, sit down, roll over in bed. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

We won three games in a row and a whole bag of marbles. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m afraid, Percy, that today has been something of a draw. We didn’t have the strength of numbers to take that ship. Luke was not organized enough to pursue us. Nobody won.” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Major battles of the Revolution, with symbols indicating which were won by American or British forces and which resulted in outcomes that were not so clear, are shown on this map. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know without you the war could never have been won. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

They were arguing over who won a volleyball game. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Confident as they had been, the Washington boys were nevertheless surprised at just how easily they had won. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“We killed them all. Can you believe it? We won. We defeated them.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Paula was sitting next to Ifemelu a short while later when the flash of graphics appeared on the screen: Barack Obama had won the state of Virginia. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He knew the Special’s conditions would appeal to both owners, as both horses had won at Pimlico at the race’s lXe-mile distance. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Letting her handle all the money I won. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The week after Lieutenant Scheisskopf followed Clevinger’s recommendation and let the men elect their own cadet officers, the squadron won the yellow pennant. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The teachers didn't go into much more detail, which is surprising, because that was the year District 12’s very own Haymitch Abernathy won the crown. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mary Elizabeth said it won an award at some big film festival in Europe, and she thought that was impressive. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“She already fought the fire once and won.” The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Epiphany had never before won even the local championship, and there they were, up on stage, ready to compete for the state trophy. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Outside of New York, he even won more electoral votes than he had in 1796. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

So the boy won, to Kira’s delight, and she had company for the journey into the forest. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A state of affairs like this might have been bearable in England, where people like the Pellinores did sometimes turn up, and even won a sort of tolerance from their fellow men. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

World War II was largely fought and won in the skies with airplanes that flew faster and did more things than ever before. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

Even though it was quickly growing dark, curiosity won over caution and I made my way into the hedge. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Even if she won her freedom...even if she lived in peace in the countryside...those scars would always remind her of what she’d endured. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

My mother seemed pleased that the union had won, so I knew how she’d voted. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Therefore, as our third visitor, you have won this charming bonus.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

People in Washington at that point were talking about a short and triumphant war, one that could be fought and won quickly and easily. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

A boy named Frankie won a few of the earlier challenges, so everyone expected him to win the whole competition. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

I drew pictures around the poem and won the contest. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“Well, Crazy Horse was the biggest reason the Lakota and Cheyenne won the battle. December twenty-first, 1866, was the start of winter. The temperature that day was thirty degrees below zero.” In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

They passed a group of goblins who were cackling over a sack of gold that they had undoubtedly won betting on the match, and who seemed quite unperturbed by the trouble at the campsite. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He’s still convinced that I’m going to win the Excelsior because I won the science fair. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

Mike won the first roll with four jacks. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Known for his dazzling crossover, Chuck Bell was the captain of the Italian team that won back-to-back Euroleague championships in the late nineties. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

Lining the rotunda were huge glass cases filled with trophies the school had won over the years: athletics, music competitions, color guard. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Forbidden to make engines of war, Japan made automobiles instead, and won the world. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you see His Majesty’s ships in the harbor? I don’t. I might argue that England has fled and the rebel traitors have won.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man introducing my brother says he needs no introduction, then goes on to list the papers he has written, the awards he has won, the contributions he has made. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He always beat her: she’d never won an argument from him in her life and she did not propose to try now. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

He was a world-renowned “image maker” and had won countless awards. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

“What you look like,” she said, “is Jesse Owens, who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics running like that.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Johnny Longden once won a major race while riding with broken bones in his back and foot. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had probably won our contest because mine had stood a few minutes longer, but hers had been taller than mines before that air vent blew it down. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Cal hadn’t just won it—they’d done so in a near record time of eighteen minutes and fifty-two seconds, despite a stiff crosswind and heavy chop. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

After a few moments of silently debating the merits of letting Valley go into the Cursed Forest alone, Seven’s guilt won out. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

The proof is in this comparison: the students who won the lottery and went to a “better” school did no better than equivalent students who lost the lottery and were left behind. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

So Ulbrickson sent them out one more time, this time in their old shell, the one in which they had won so convincingly at Poughkeepsie, the City of Seattle. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

But now he knew he had won; the voices had been right; he would soon see the last of the mouse warrior. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

In fact, in the first recorded encounter between Sapiens and Neanderthals, the Neanderthals won. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jason glared at her, but Hazel won the staring contest. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I still wonder if I could have won the National Spelling Bee competition if black students had been allowed to compete. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Urn ...” “Your Mandarin is excellent, and you won several speech contests. Is that right?” Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Building his campaign around reforming the city’s political system and better tending to its neglected neighborhoods, Washington won the election by a hair. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

They emphasized their agreement that without the fouling, Seabiscuit would have won anyway. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

We had remained firm, and we had won. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She would have won if she’d taken the easy route—she would have gotten there in half the time it took Cain. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I’d put it back in the cupboard next to that big red bowling plate he’d won a couple of years ago. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Quinton won it after placing second at some international science fair forever ago. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Earlier he’d invited Regina and Bobby to dinner after the conclusion of the game, whenever it was finished, whoever won. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Lu walked in circles with his hands on his head, trying to catch his breath, panting, wheezing out, "Who won? Who won, Coach?" Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

They only won a couple more games the rest of the season and didn’t qualify for the playoffs. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

But I was crying inside, because I learned that a boy whom I had easily defeated on two other occasions had won. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ever since America had won her freedom from England, she had to fight for her rights on the high seas. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t so much that I wanted to tell her that I had won, but instead I wanted to thank her and dedicate the whole night to her. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I guess Mom won, because she’s lipstick-free and wearing a colorful sundress that goes to her knees, one of Grandma’s designs. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“So, Pip! Our friend the Spider,” said Mr. Jaggers, “has played his cards. He has won the pool.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

The head of the department in which he studied was a Professor Kylmer, a very famous man who had once won a Nobel prize. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

At twenty-four he had already won dozens of prestigious tournaments, and had participated in Wimbledon and the U.S. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Groleo had been a most unhappy man since they had broken up his ship to build the siege engines that won Meereen for i her. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

In the end, the Fifteens won the scrimmage 3-1, but not before the Thirteens managed a final blow to the older boys’ pride. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Irwin’s horses almost always won, and Irwin would clean out the locals, pack the horses back on the trains, and leave. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whoever managed to get both feet back on the ground first won. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

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

The next year, 1924, Washington returned, with a young Al Ulbrickson rowing at stroke, and won the varsity race again, decisively this time. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“What was the implication of saying that the majority of South Vietnamese wanted the war to be over no matter who won?” he wondered. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

It took several strokes to regain the place she had lost, and when she got there, the other side had nearly won, for Kate’s ball was the last but one and lay near the stake. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Within moments, Katie and Melissa burst in with fresh news from the campaign’s war room: “We won!” Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Against a former World Champion who was known to be one of the most difficult to defeat, Bobby had won five games, drawn three, and lost one, for a total score of 6½–2½. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Tate made the statement as if he had just won the lottery. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“He never won his staff. He left Roke that same summer, and went to the Island of O to be sorcerer in the Lord's household at O-tokne. I know no more of him than that.” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Tell everyone that she had won the Lemonade War. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

Quinton proudly holds up the trophy he won in the state math competition. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

But John Mark is grinning like I told him he won a million dollars. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

The invitation came as a result of Bobby’s having won the U.S. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He was losing to Tal, but some of his other games won accolades. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z