Grandma came by as usual before Mom and Dad left for work. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

The Marxists worked from within the communal divides, never challenging them, never appearing not to. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

After Grandpa went back to work just before Christmas, Aunt Loma had the gall to go ask him herself to raise Camp’s pay. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“This wight worked as an oral surgeon. It wouldn’t surprise me to learn that the skull he’s posing with belonged to one of his peculiar victims.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Later she would learn that Pauline’s studio was upstairs, that she never hung anything because when she wasn’t working, she wanted the white space. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Or do you have skills to offer, as I’m sure you do—” “I don’t work for the government.” Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“When a man’s kidneys stop working altogether, there is no way for him to live. He needed medical attention two years ago. Too late now.” Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

We worked from sunrise till dusk, five or maybe six days a week. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In light of Hurd’s portrait, Revere’s work as a silversmith hardly explains these attributes and actions, natural as they seem. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would see my patience and my hard work. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

A similar image appeared to work well for another product: a popular brand of mustard. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

She pulled his arm in front of her face and eyeballed his extensive tattoo work. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Day after day we work, seven days a week. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The work had been too hard for him, and he had started to go for help when he collapsed. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

During the summer of 1848, at the age of sixteen, James went to work on his older cousin's boat on the canal that connected Cleveland and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Thanks for coming to visit me after work, by the way.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Throwing down an absurd card only works when you’re ironic, not medicated. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

He recognized their faces in the moonlight—Gupta’s foreman, Viju’s father, and one of the bricklayers who had been working on the site. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

He worked as a janitor at a one-room school- house not far from the Stanford campus, and throughout the day, Cowell would sneak away from his job and play the school piano. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

My marathon work hours notwithstanding, I liked to socialize. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“No one is going anywhere. We’re going to stay at home and go to work, and Maya will go to school like everything is normal.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Only it didn’t work out like that, obviously, and I didn’t notice in time. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Jennifer rolled her eyes, but a blush worked its way up her neck. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Her mother wore shorts and a tank top as she worked the pedal of a sewing machine with her bare foot. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

The instant Johnny went to work, Dove as usual lay back on the hay. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You and the other newbies are working hard. I bet you were definitely going to finish at least fifth.” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“Mrs. Newman is making us work on a business flyer next. I never knew art could be boring.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

They walked to the gate and found the gold sign worked in its grille. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

It was only one day at lunch, when I saw her hard at work on some kind of list, that I understood why she cared so much. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Hobbits can work like bees when the mood and the need comes on them. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

It definitely isn’t anything like the apartment that Emmett and George lived in while they were working in New York City. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

No, instead I drive past where he’s been working lately, at a new subdivision out close to Glory Road. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Less than a week after she gave birth, she was out hunting the streets for work. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The same soft smile she’d give me when she got home from work. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

“We might be able to work that to our advantage. Come on.” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

I even slept at the firehouse with him because he worked twenty-four-hour shifts. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

My Company were upon the decks, surveying the shore, which prospect was infested with rebels at their work. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Oh, I work myself to the bone, keeping this business open seven days a week and the weekends. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have to go back to work tomorrow.” Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Arul must have realized what a slog it was for me, because every now and then, he called out, “Nice work.” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

He worked with the shop teacher to figure out how to support the thing, and they drew a plan together. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Then he mumbled to himself as he went to work picking at his skin. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I enjoyed my solitude, and besides I had a lot of work on my hands. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I believed equally in both, so I volunteered for Vietnam, delaying my dream of working on spaceflight. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Through Hall and Fuchs, Kurchatov learned that a gun assembly bomb with plutonium would not work. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the things I liked about Reginald was that when I left him to go away “working,” Reginald asked me no questions. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I can’t possibly work on the boat until this is finished,” she explained to Mother. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rhodri is the man who works for Father, helping him do heating maintenance and boiler repair. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll be there for a while, if things don’t work out for you here.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Just...I mean, who knows if they’d even give us money for that, you know? It’s just a picture. You need a ride to work?” Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I had no idea how Lettie found out that my family worked root—probably that local girl who whispered in Lettie’s ear told her my uncle was a witch doctor. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He had been delivering an old print from one of the science labs to the guy with the big eyebrows, who was a publicity man working for the university. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

He said, “I guess I’m a lazy man. And my father didn’t help me when he left me enough to get along on without working.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She could work a telegraph machine like nobody’s business. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

But my mother understood that my father was working to give us a better life and we had to be patient while he saved the money for us to join him. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

‘Yes,’ Kekrops said, ‘that plan could work. If I do not kill you first.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“If it’s still raw, it will take longer to work its way into your system. Which is good, as the effects will be spread out over a longer period of time.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Then he says, "Of course. You're right. Sorry, Bobby. We'll work with this, and see where it leads us. Quite right, son. Have to keep your word." Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t step out because Dray’s words working with the cops are like a giant brick wall that’s been placed in front of me. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He threatened the Manufactures contractor with the same fate if he did not increase the pace of his work. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Did you think I remembered all the names and ranks of everybody Maddie ever worked with? Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

No matter how hard the job assigned to her, she could always pause for a moment in her work and watch the slow drift of the clouds overhead, study the swift flight of the birds. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A crime—it is all in the day’s work to you, eh?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

If anyone asked, he was to say he got his tanned skin from working outside. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Jackson starts to work on the lock, glancing up at me, his expression nearly unreadable in the dark. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

It ain’t that I’m working any more than I did when I was at Miss Preston’s; it’s that the sheriff don’t feed us enough. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

They’re coming home from work or picking up their kids or getting out of a taxi or going grocery shopping. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“A hundred pounds a point if you get them in. A hundred hours working for me if you don’t. What do you say?” Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

I leave them to work out the details. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

By the time the school bell ranged, Cooter had me so worked up that I was looking like I was sitting on a hot stove too! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

I was still in awe of all that he and I had accomplished working together for only one year. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Prosper Thou the work of our hands, we beg Thee: Prosper Thou it. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

This was a distressing thing to admit, given how hard I’d worked and how in debt I was. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Let the government worry about that, I thought, and started to work on the unopened buckets. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

They would make me work in the fields and feed me bread and water. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I mean, sure, I talk to my laptop sometimes when it’s not working, but it’s never spoken back. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Another evening Florah asked, “Why are you looking for work, Mama?” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You work six days a week from ten to three. If you come in regular, who knows? You might get a little raise.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Which is pretty hard to do when you have lungs that barely work. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

After several weeks, they had worked out solutions for a third of the possible settings. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Johnny had never worked steadily but there had been the unexpected Saturday or Sunday night job with the three dollars it brought in. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first officers to respond had been working undercover, thus the “hippie” clothes. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

A work of art likewise suggests much more than it states. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I loved him because he made it plain, never mystical or esoteric, because his science was not rooted in the actions of spooks and mystery gods but in the work of the physical world. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

He’s trying to figure things out, work out where to go from here. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

All his efforts, at school and at work, were for nothing. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

He was pretty sure theirs mostly came from books, hard work, and old-fashioned studying. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

The actual work was being done at a factory in the Southeast—the Oak Ridge plant, though Fuchs didn’t know that detail yet. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

"That's him, that's the partner. Didn't I tell you he was around here somewhere? They always work in pairs. It's the oldest trick in the book." Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

They are like military without uniform, to do dirty work. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

So they were hungry now and would stay that way until Max brought food after work tomorrow. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He hated allocating jobs, he wished he never had to depend on other people to perform some of the services necessary in his work. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You work too hard,” Finny said, sitting opposite me at the table where we read. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stayed in the South and worked for a few years to save some money, then packed up, headed to Illinois, and proposed to Mary Richardson, the love of his life. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It was heavily plagiarized from a work written thirty years earlier by the Oneida Community’s founder. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Frank was working to publish his father’s letters, as well as reminiscences he culled from the autobiography Charles had written. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the meaningfulness of her life was in her work. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was all very hard work, but Hanako loved it because her father’s ambition rubbed off on her. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

They were working men, with steel and asbestos in their lungs and years’ worth of hard labor under their calluses and cracked fingernails. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I sleep for an hour, then work again. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Call me when you’re ready to come home, but if it’s after I go to work, take a cab.” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

In their new homes, the families Luma worked with are once again settling into new lives. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Max even stands on a chair and hangs Helena over one end while she squeals, a technique that works better than I would have thought. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

By the time his breathing was normal again, he had worked out that bathing these injuries would have to wait. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Well,” said Jon, “sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. Let’s give her a few more days. She seems to have adjusted.” Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Lee, whose identity was confirmed by South Korean intelligence officials, worked for three years along the China-North Korea border. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

His mother works at the Bucks County Courier Times, feeding advertising supplements into a “big giant machine” that inserts them into the newspapers that get delivered to homes. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Except for Peaches, of course, but you could see she was needing to work at being miserable. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

One cold morning in mid-December, Richard and I are working with the embers that are all that is left of our cabin’s fire, trying to bring them to flame. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

I was way too old for the toy but baked one cake to show Gay how it worked. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

I work out, too, in my normal life and take a certain macho pride in the Vs of sweat that form on my T-shirt after ten minutes or more on the StairMaster. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

On July 1, after a week of working out and relaxing in Poughkeepsie, the boys packed up their possessions, loaded the Husky Clipper onto a baggage car, and headed for the 1936 U.S. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

With all the hard feelings between the two boats, Joe had never had much to do with McMillin, but now, watching him at work, he felt a surge of affinity for the boy. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

As we worked, cane juice would run down a trough into a barrel. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

On a trip to Chicago in 1893, short, round fireball Ida Wells got to know tall, debonair, easygoing Ferdinand Barnett as they worked together on a pamphlet calling out racial inequities. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

And it had nothing to do with Toby’s perverted idea of how the world works. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Their work boots and crew cuts said military to her, but they had no familiar identifying markers — no berets, no camouflage or flag emblems. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Men in the village sometimes traded work with each other. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

“This will not work, Flora Belle,” said her mother. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

I declared the day’s work at an end. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I worked at the store a month to buy them. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

On Monday, April 17, Emma wrote in her little diary that Charles did some work and went into the orchard with her twice. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I acquired the complete works of Marx and Engels, Lenin, Stalin, Mao Tse-tung, and others and probed into the philosophy of dialectical and historical materialism. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I don’t need to work to keep his attention; he seems like he would never leave. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“If you ask me, that program doesn’t work one bit,” Mr. Mac, the science teacher, says. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I guess you could call them slaves. A lot of work has to be done by people with normal intelligence.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gradually, Tree-ear learned that his master had a reputation for slow work, slow and expensive. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Take care of business and work and stop using your brain. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Why had I worked so hard to survive if it was always going to end like this? Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

I looked out the window to discourage him from talking; it didn’t work. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Well, that got my mother all worked up, antsy like the cushion she was sitting on got hot. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

He said it was great and really refreshing, and that it was just the kind of thing to promote team interface, and to get everyone to work out their stop/go hierarchies. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ang Dorje had been working well beyond the call of duty for six long weeks. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Stanton regularly wrote for the Lily, a women’s temperance movement newspaper published by Amelia Bloomer, who worked as the deputy postmistress of Seneca Falls. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

So her search for work—which was shock number two—was intense. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll leave you to it, then. Lots of work to do.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

They would stop work and go around completely demoralized. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had been working in the beet fields all day. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

“He left for work,” Mom said and told me to come sit with her. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

In another pocket he carried a sketch of the island bridge, which Reynie had spent most of two class periods working on from memory. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

So, on Sunday afternoon, Papa would drive me back to work. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The card allows noncitizens the opportunity to work in the United States, and it also enables them to acquire a Social Security number. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

“When I finish my work on the survey,” Nat said, “I’ll have a hundred and thirty-five dollars. Could I invest that much in a venture, and have room for it?” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had worked and waited a long hot month, and now, standing up, he turned at last and faced the direction from which he had come. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though Mother looked exhausted, nothing would do for her but to get dressed and go to work. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The girls went out with torches in their hands, swift at their work of bedmaking; returning they whispered at the lord Odysseus’ shoulder: “Sir, you may come; your bed has been prepared.” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You can't tell anyone about it. Not ever. It's not just my life at risk. There are others—" “Are you working for the Empire, Darin? Are you working for the Martials?" An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“No one’s really going to give me work as a landscape gardener. I don’t want to teach, or go in for the civil service. And medicine interests me...” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

My fear was that neither of those plans would work. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is my way of reminding her that if she doesn’t leave now, she will be late for work. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Someone must verify that work is actually being done.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“The music is a nice touch, Virginia,” she said, “but I thought you didn’t know how to work the stereo.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Matthew, if you work here, you’ll never be able to eat here again,” he finally joked. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Lily came in from work and listened quietly to the rest of Mrs. Baylor’s secondhand account. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

They didn’t know, until they arrived, that they needed work permits, which they couldn't obtain. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

He let Fadi come with him to work the following weekend, and when he’d finished his shift at six a.m., they’d strolled through the city, eating chocolate doughnuts, joking, and—best of all—taking pictures. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

“It’ll work out. I know it. I’m here if you need me. Listen to your gut. Okay?” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

In Paris, Kissinger and Tho worked out a peace deal—essentially the same deal they had agreed to in October. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Let me describe what his work looks like. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The attitude of the party leader prevailed and Left Front, for which I had worked so long, was voted out of existence. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

No absences, no tardinesses, and my academic work was among the best of the year. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe you should take your shirt off. Isn’t that why you work out so much?” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Jack wasn’t at work today,” my dad said in this slow, speculative sort of tone. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Now, under Lewis Strauss, it had become even more security-obsessed than the colonels and generals the scientists had worked with during the war, in purposeful if somewhat prickly companionability. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

The girls also worked as substitute labor so that female factory workers could take a four-week vacation. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Nobody on the island worked on the Sabbath. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We need to work out a few things,” Mom says. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

She only started working at the school when I was twelve. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Twice honored with the Hero of the Soviet Union award, Svetlana worked as a flight engineer. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

I never worked up the nerve to actually ask her out or walk her home or anything that bold. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

One of the warders then reported to Kellerman that Andrew Masondo and I had not been working, and we were to be charged with malingering and insubordination. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Too many times, Allen had seen up close how racism worked in the army. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

On the platform are men in work caps, women in worn cotton dresses, weary grandmothers embracing grandchildren who were babies before the war. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

It took a few minutes, but we finally got things worked out. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Whether Thales’ conclusion was correct is not as important as his approach: The world was not made by the gods, but instead was the work of material forces interacting in Nature. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She went to school late so she could see him come down the stairs on his way to work. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“He wouldn’t take her to work on the wall. What does he want?” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

I would like to stay around for the speaking in tongues, should it occur, but the mosquitoes, worked into a frenzy by all this talk of His blood, are launching a full-scale attack. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Everyone comes to work all dressed up,’ she reported at night. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She remembered the cave in Resurrection Bay where she’d worked to raise Alcyoneus—the oppressive sense of malice and the constant boom, boom, boom, like Gaea’s heartbeat. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Well, there’s plenty of work going,” Hildy says, standing and taking up her plate. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Jamison comes every day to look at my work. And I have you just down the corridor.” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unlike Pa, Ma was never used to hard work or labor. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thomas goes to work on him, and after a while, the other soldier in the room has to join him to hold the spy in place. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

She picked up her screwdriver and went back to working on her printer. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The young people work in little teams under the banner of the company whose phone support they are providing. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

There was no shortage of women seeking work, for the fair had drawn legions of them to Chicago. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

She is exhausted and spent, in the same way she is after her day’s work is done, her sixteen miles on the road. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Walter McMillian, like Tom Robinson, grew up in one of several poor black settlements outside of Monroeville, where he worked the fields with his family before he was old enough to attend school. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

But it wouldn’t work if she was mad at me. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Now I decided to put my “talent” to work. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

I led my dogs to it Holding onto their collars with one hand, I worked a rusty barbed wire backwards and forwards against a staple until it broke. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not only had they earned this break from work, but there was no question that they really needed it. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Peralta came back to work about two weeks later, he was fired. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

“No, Axel, Dr. Martin is at work,” Molly says. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“I have worked many years in the cane field. Money? No.” Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pale and shaky, he moved about the laundry working as hard as any of us; but after a while he began to get snappish again, and to sneer at things. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

He worked at the radio, tested it, fiddled some more. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

But the next time I called him his brother was all right—the doctor had changed his pills, Danny said, and that seemed to work. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Once upon a time white folks had owned colored folks and forced them to work until their fingers bled. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

At one point, I remember, one of the farmers looked up and shaded his eyes, staring across the field at us, then after a time he wiped his forehead and went back to work. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

His undershirt is so plastered into his wounds I have to cut it away with my knife and drench him again to work it loose. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

They worked up some language, and C. J. carried the letter by hand to the office of General Philip Russell. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The political empowerment of the working class, Galton believed, would just provoke their genetic empowerment: they would produce bushels of children, dominate the gene pool, and drag the nation toward profound mediocrity. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

The easiest way to get in trouble, everyone said, was to arrive at work late or call in sick too often. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was so embarrassed she didn’t venture outside for the rest of the day, and when Dad got home after work, he found the Warm Morning cold. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The doctor, who knew that grief had to work itself out, patted him on his head and left quietly. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Trepid said, “Okay, okay. Here’s a little more salary. That ought to cover another day’s work. The rest will come if this produces any results.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

I watched my uncle, already knowing his tactics wouldn’t work. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

And, she wondered darkly, how could their power possibly still work when magic itself was gone? Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

It is a warm winter day, as warm as a spring day in England, and around the fort, men are outside, working on everything from repairing wattle and daub walls to shucking corn. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

George’s mother, vacuuming on the other side of the living room, hopefully watched her son work on his school scrapbook. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I worked with the Republicans once,” I said. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fannie reported that her younger daughters attended school that year, that she was a widow and mother of four, and that she worked as a seamstress. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t fully done, but hopefully close enough to work. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

From that moment forward, Loo was a lot of work. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

They’re not actually trying to make anything work; they’re just staying in the same house together making each other more and more miserable. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I had done the unthinkable, not once, but twice, by interrupting him at his work. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Her hair looked even crazier than it had this morning—more frizzy than curly, like she was working on a big red Afro. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

The officials at the school were accommodating, however, and instead of chastising him for his sometimes shoddy work, they awarded him a gold medal for becoming the youngest grandmaster in history. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Earlier in the day Dad and I had spoken with Ms. Campbell about how the interview was going to work. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Following work performed in Germany by others, he discovered that the bacterium came in two strains. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

But it was also one of Mom’s rules to bring them to work with her. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

If they were all punk rockers with pink Mohawks and multiple piercings—maybe with one chess club geek thrown in—he could make that work. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

So once again I had a choice to make: Should I work toward my dream of one day competing in the Olympics? Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“It doesn’t work like that. It’s not yours to take over.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“You know, you don’t have to be out here—we’ve got plenty of staff who can do the grunt work for you.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“I mean, I don’t mind it, in theory. I just don’t know if they ever work.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

All right but it’s bedtime now and we need a good sleep before working on it. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nobody but Flider would have dared to suggest that such cooperation turned Churchill or Roosevelt into Communists or Communist tools, or that Britain and America were working to bring about a Communist world. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

This farm was hard work; I was whittled down at least two sizes what with all the chores and hauling and carrying. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

And it worked, through “black,” “orange,” “purple,” and especially “white.” Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

And he was finally working toward letting his theory out into the world. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wearing the watch to work was out of the question, of course. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Dad was in the United Auto Workers at work so seniority was real important in our house. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I arrange a ride to work from Matt Lewis—my Vocab partner. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Might as well starve striking than working,” some said. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

The line I rehearsed in the truck is not going to work on her. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Then he said, “Hana, I’m sorry to ask, but can he work?” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

After a night’s work, Joe silently delivered the fruit jars full of the good stuff to the fence posts of his own discreetly cultivated clients. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

If there had been housemaids here, during the morning, they had finished their work by now and gone downstairs. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He yielded as before, and very soon the two wicked women arrived, with their plot carefully worked out. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So what about Grams’s funeral? I mean, I know you were there to work, but, were you there!” she asked. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Look, I been working all afternoon and I’m hot and dirty and sweaty. Can’t a person just take a shower without going through the third degree?” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

In short order everybody agreed to work under one umbrella—PIH. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

I’m also working away at my shorthand, which I enjoy. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“I wanted my design to work with the land, to make something with the site, not to fight it or dominate it.” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

“Good work, Carter,” Coach called out to me at the end of the period. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Mirrored in her face were the same deeply etched lines of work and worry that marked his own face. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

But Mom would do that backbreaking job and then go straight to work at the factory the next morning. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“A gang of men chained together and made to work.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

It hung over a pair of working man’s breeches that were cut off below his knee. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would work the Shear first, and Shawn knew it. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Surely in Hartford, or perhaps even here in Wethersfield, she would find willing buyers, even though she had not yet worked out a plan for approaching them. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

At the moment, we talk twice a week outside of work. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

I had heard this all before, how hard he had worked, how much the missionary Reverend Sisters and priests had taught him, things he would never have learned from his idol- worshiping father, my Papa-Nnukwu. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

There were the Picketts, Nelson, who’d played tackle for Georgia Tech and now worked for Parke-Davis, the pharmaceutical company, and his wife, Bonnie, who was always reading the miraculous tales in Guideposts. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I struggled to find the words to tell Dad that just because I wanted to work for Dr. von Braun, it didn’t mean I was against him. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He decided to work on a new edition of his Journal of Researches, putting in some more hints about his species view. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I lived in New Orleans, I worked for a time at the Louisiana Five-and-Dime. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The captain saw a ship breaker, tattooed with work stamps and scarred with hard labor. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Besides all the people working on tour, there were record company executives, friends of record company executives, children of lawyers, brothers-in-law of security personnel. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

“You’re a girl. Girls stay home and help their mothers. Boys earn money and work with their fathers. That’s just the way it is.” Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

All my life, I had been just too busy working to go to school. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You saw what he wrote on the wall! He found — in my office — he knows I’m a — I’m a —” Filch’s face worked horribly. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

He had to start at the top and work his way down, and with sympathetic friends in Washington, losing money was no simple matter. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

During her pregnancy, and until shortly before she had left her baby, Bebe had worked at a restaurant where one of the cooks had been arrested for dealing heroin. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He was twenty-five and had already been working on the tea estates for six years. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kay says, “I think maybe that scripture is not only about the harvest, but the work it takes to get a harvest, and the patience it takes to wait.” Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

After that, everyone worked faster, especially when Mr. Sir was watching them. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

“It will all work out. Let Kaz do what he does best.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“I decided then and there that I would work with him.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Bertus is not the only one being forced to work in Germany. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

It’s like I could work out my feelings on the basketball court. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’ll never be strong enough again to work in a mill thirteen, fourteen hours a day. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Every now and then Ted pops in to watch with me, pausing the video to underscore a particularly dramatic moment: “See how she’s working around the vase? That’s an accident waiting to happen. ” Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Compliments of Mama Santoni. She heard you had to work two shifts.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“You come where I work and he goes to the house. Did you plan that?” Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

“We are prisoners. It is obvious the emperor does not keep many. He prefers to send them to work or have them killed.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

“What!” said Mrs. Weston, “have not you finished it yet? you would not earn a very good livelihood as a working silversmith at this rate.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

“Theoretically, we could add another layer and increase the density here if we need to, but let’s test S’meggs and see if that works.” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She had thought that she could offer the man something in exchange for information, but it seemed that all he cared about was his work in front of him, which Ophie couldn’t even see. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“Spoiled! I’ll work her harder than she ever worked in her life, and give you a fine cook into the bargain.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

With fingers that shook, I worked the entrails back into the wound. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I asked the Preacher if you were still a slave if you didn’t mind working for someone and didn’t have nowhere else to go. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Mama and Baachan would need two of the boxes for work in the fields the next day, so she stuffed the three boxes as full as possible and put them into a basket. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

As an agent, Pa worked undercover and posed as a civilian to gather information for the government. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even if I work full-time all summer and with the money I’ve already saved, I won’t have enough to live on in New York for three months, let alone pay for school. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

“I mean, we get all the movies that go to theaters. We have a screening room, and we...just pay for them or whatever. I actually don’t know how it works.” Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

There was another brief silence, during which I finally worked up the courage to speak to Morrow directly. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

This isn’t going to work, she thought miserably. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

"Looks like he's going to work instead of staying home like his wife wanted." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“Do you think their farm will get better off with more children out working in the fields?” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t be so naïve. Of course I’ll lose work. There are still a lot of racists out there.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

It occurs to her that maybe Terry’s reluctance to take on this project has as much to do with avoiding this kind of maudlin moment as avoiding the work itself. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

The pretty heroine would have to get on piece work in the factory; her sensitive brother would have to go out peddling papers. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were probably already working from a prioritized list of possibilities, entering them as fast as Sorrento could type. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

We wouldn’t have class for the next week so that we could go to the library or the computer lab to work on our projects. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Look, Moose, you want to help your sister and that’s admirable. But I can’t help you with this. Your parents will work something out. Now, run along.” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

A year before the accident, when Mother had first heard of muscle testing and energy work, she’d dismissed both as wishful thinking. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“I can tell how hard you worked on it.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Her mother spent several hours every day working—though at first Moody had not realized this was what she was doing. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Oh! rang out across the field, the slaves set to work husking the corn, racing with each other, to see who could husk the most in the shortest possible time. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally she went into the bathroom and took off her corset, which she always wore, even on the days when she had a lot of work. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t wait to see my teacher’s welcoming smile, open to the next page in a book, or start marking a clean work sheet with a sharpened pencil. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“My mother has been learning how to make clay pots since she retired from her neuroscience work. The metallic sculptures are my father’s, welded together with leftover computer parts from his repair shop.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Wimpy has been trying to work it so that Mami and I can board that plane at the last minute. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

But I take the work I’m doing very seriously, always. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Their first item of business involved Arthur Devlin, hat in hand, negotiating new working codes and payment arrangements for the mine workers in exchange for access to the vein running under the town’s land. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

The freedom of the summer raced with my footsteps as I worked my way through the sweaty, swarming mob of kids. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. I either work at Aw Shucks forever or Troy asks me to marry him and I have babies,” she says, laughing at herself. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Mariam sat in the far corner by herself, working on her heels with a pumice stone, insulated by a wall of steam from the passing shapes. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Everyone was so focused on what they were working on that nobody noticed me walk into the kitchen. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

She said she would work very hard to learn to draw better, and hoped we would not be very impatient with her. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

“If you don’t like it, just give it back. We put a lot of work into that, you know.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Wrigley continued to work his way down the hallway, one door at a time, prying splinters of wood from the Yale locks and gathering them in his calloused palm. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want to work in Lagos. I want to work in the university, and I want to live with him.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Biddy, she come out in the world, even in the dark when I was late from work. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

We were taught that Allah executes justice by working upon the five senses of those who rebel against His Messenger, or against His troth. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

That afternoon when Fatima's parents came home from work, they were ready to ask about her first walk home but noticed her hobbling. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

“And the women wouldn’t try to stop them, would they? No matter how long and hard they worked? No matter if they were risking their lives?” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted university presidents to encourage students to work to improve the condition of disadvantaged Americans. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Spaulding, like the majority of the black elite in Durham—and throughout the nation—didn’t challenge the system of white domination so much as attempt to work within it. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

He was strangely unintimidated by how much work there was to be done. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“Well, ain’t no work to do today, son, so you all dressed up with nowhere to go.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

When we moved to Dallas in 1928, I was working for the railroad. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No kidding! I guess we need to work a little harder, huh, Jak? Loo is a total disaster!” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

H ere the work of the coming week was planned out and resolutions were put forward and debated. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

By 1942, however, we knew that the Germans were working feverishly to find a way to add atomic energy to all the other engines of war with which they hoped to enslave the world. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

After Sunday school, on our way to the fellowship hall, Howard slapped me on the back and said, “Good job, Charlie. I told you that pineapple trick would work.” Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“Did Nat ever tell you about the time he worked problems on a powder keg?” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only, sometimes when I plowed him and he decided quitting time had come, he’d stop work right then. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pulled up the two emails I’d ripped from Mrs. Marks’s hard drive, the ones Arachnomorph sent her from an unknowable origin, and I got to work. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

The wood is expensive and it’s difficult to work with. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

They must be working a completely different angle. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

He worked with animals too and, having studied in France, he even dabbled in the new practice of embalming bodies before they were buried. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had it all worked out so it wouldn’t look fishy. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The excuse works, mostly because everyone knows that Katherine and I don’t really get on well. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

That same night, I start work on my secret project. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I knew she was going on and on to try to distract me from worrying, and even though I could see right through her, it kind of worked. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The men made short work of King George. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had only ever worked in greenhouse one before — greenhouse three housed far more interesting and dangerous plants. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

The ultimate in drainage work was reserved for the creation of the celadon glaze. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

“If we work all day in the hot sun,” said Jorge, “what happens to our bodies?” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was crafty: dulling men’s wariness, or working on their fears, as served the occasion. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

For a while Dad’s counting concentration trick works. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

In the early days of the US, some of the “Founding Fathers” worked as surveyors or speculators. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Dr. Cullen is a brilliant surgeon who could probably work in any hospital in the world, make ten times the salary he gets here,” he continued, getting louder. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He’s working in his uncle Anthony’s pub twelve hours a day, twenty-five shillings a week and every day soup and a sandwich. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Time assumes another dimension now—work and absorption in the search for an answer. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

In the spring the boy went to the fields to work. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would wonder why I had stressed over that research paper I’d written at Duke on the economic effects of Reconstruction if working at the Dollar Store was to be my life’s work. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

The artifice required to shape a major work of history or philosophy was not in him. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Private companies are working on different ideas, ranging from space tourism to mining on asteroids. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

It infiltrated Xerox machines and worked its way inside personal computers and inside the cushions of chairs and fingered down into the floor drains until it touched pools of lingering bleach in the water traps. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

After work she would walk to the nearest night station to be picked up and driven to a drop-off point nearer her home. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

It was dangerous work, too, as poisonous snakes and scorpions hid in the grass. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I worked because work was sensible and responsive. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She worked downstairs as usual from seven in the morning until ten at night, but she walked very slowly and brown circles were beneath her eyes. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He was even less talkative than usual, but finally, as we walked down a deserted alley, he said, "Be sure you complete your work today. We've lost our lodgings." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

The 5 men from the prison bus worked silently and willingly alongside us, anxious to help. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

We don’t know much about how these men felt when they were first told they were going to work in a women’s regiment. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Me and Viola watch as the workers start returning to their trees and their baskets and their whatevers, some eyes still on us but most people getting back to work. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

He was working his way toward their table, grinning at everybody, sneaking food off plates, and pointing at campers: “Hey! Call me!” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He had been working hard for thirty years and, bad as it was for him in some ways, camp did allow him time to dabble with hobbies he would never have found time for otherwise. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s working on it, Elizabeth. I promise,” Mom says. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Even on weekend mornings, I have to leave early to work the breakfast shift at the hotel. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

While we was in the wagon, I worked hard not to let Papa think that I felt anything but good about leaving. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There must be something wrong with a work of art if it takes an expert to appreciate it.” History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had been one of the laborers who worked at the dig. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Black men worked as butlers in the homes of the rich, shining shoes, polishing silverware, serving guests at parties. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I relied on Wolfie to procure reading material for me and I fear that I took over his life, infringing on both his work and pleasure. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He collected scrap metal, made clay pots, and worked in a convenience store. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

I started telling people in school that I wanted to work on a newspaper. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The old grannies my mom hired to look after me while she was at work? Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“We had to make Chiron think the camp wasn’t safe for you, so he would start you on your quest. We had to confirm his fears that Hades was after you. And it worked.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

He worked in a soft job in the prison’s school. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

But my work there ended up being the reason I was taken. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I stayed after to work on a project. Can I eat upstairs? I’m buried with homework.” Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

“I hope this works out,” he was murmuring, flitting around, getting ready. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I try to smile, like I’m confident it will work this time, despite the idea she explained over the phone. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Of course my mom was already at work, so I walked out the door with my water bottle filled with O.J. and vodka and went to school like it was an everyday thing. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Nhamo was used to hard work, but she had always depended on others for help. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Today, the sky was so blue, Piper didn’t see how it could work. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“What could we have worked out with his likes?” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he has been getting counseling too and we’re working through his hurt so he can get to Closure. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

They both could hold a grudge like it was a life work. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

He was putting himself through college by working at anything and everything that came his way—mowing lawns, delivering newspapers, sweeping floors. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Before dusk, Blue Bill, a spunky tiercel with an unusually dark beak, called to his parents, and a snip of liver started his system working. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

“Well, it wasn’t exactly your own work, was it?” she said stiffly. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Being confined allowed Cole more time for school- work, but also more time to think about being alone. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

“You’ll work with Nigel today, he’s our youngest,” he said, gesturing towards a man with a pale doughy body, spiky dark hair, and an almost cherubic face. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

This time Scooter told us about the day they worked in a carnival sideshow, with Ollie as the “World’s Biggest Sea Worm!” Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

At present, when few human beings even have enough to eat, this problem is obviously not urgent, and it might not have become so, even if no artificial processes of destruction had been at work. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I picked it up to see how the pencil worked, but I couldn’t figure it out. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

It would be really stupid if I got killed in Baltimore working on this of all assignments. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“And even though we both love poetry and theater, we weren’t getting the support for the kind of creative and activist work we wanted to do.” Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

“Get to work, Mary Anne,” he yelled upstairs. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He directs plays and found a girlfriend at his work. A beautiful actress from one of his productions. My mom decided we needed to get away from California and my father...so here we are.” Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

He was glad to do her hatchet work—and afraid not to. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“And I hope it teaches you a lesson! No more detective work, or I’ll write to Mum!” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

But work as fast as she could, when she and Judith finished their task there was time for only a flying visit. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

A nation that drew its audacity from the quintessentially American belief that success is open to anyone willing to work for it was disillusioned by seemingly intractable poverty. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And when the Lord chooses an angel to do his work, you never know what they going to come back looking like.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

The women in our culture are known for working incredibly hard, juggling so many things—raising the children, working on the farm, harvesting, fetching and chopping firewood, and then cooking dinner for the men. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“So if hoverboards need metal, how do they work on the river?” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“Percy and I were in the vicinity — working, you know — and he couldn’t resist dropping in and seeing you all.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“You are a very young man, a very young man indeed, to be in charge of the work entrusted to you,” Burnham said. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“Now I have to call every local business and tell them about this scout. Stop him before he does his dirty work.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

“Me too! I was bom on a farm. And now I work in the fields with my family.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

But all the bright theories so rarely worked. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He asked Mr. Loomis, as soon as the door was shut, if he would like to come and work with him in the secret laboratory. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Despite the rain the pace of work increased. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“No, none of those keys worked. We found it stuck in a book in a box.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She just wanted to do her work and go home. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Mama didn’t work outside the house when I first arrived in New York, but that changed from time to time. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

It was not made by Saruman, but by the Men of Númenor long ago; and it is very tall and has many secrets; yet it looks not to be a work of craft. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“You gotta look up. You know what I mean? I got a dangerous line of work.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you remember Mr. Remora? The book specialist who works for Mr. Griswold?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

An old banana peel would work, but I’ve eaten them all. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

He gloats and hums as he works, slicing through my forehead and into the mind behind it. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

“What are you doing not getting yourselves to work?” he shouted. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

That took some mental gymnastics to work out. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He believed firmly that every illness had a cure and that all he had to do to discover it was to work harder. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

I rented a bulldozer and cleared four acres of the small—if ancient—black spruce and set to work. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

It was important to him that his children experience the hard work of farming, and the family spent the summer and school holidays there. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He was working on a small wine cup. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

I wanted to see her work, but she wouldn’t let me. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

After being laid off from his job at a marketing company in 2003, he now works in an insurance company’s software and systems department. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

While you work for their benefit they are completely yours, offering you their blood, their property, their lives, and their sons, as I said above, when the need to do so is far away. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

I knew I didn’t have one, but Willy might, so I crept through our room while he still slept and tried to find something that might work. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Cal knew his brother and could handle him by keeping him off balance, but this only worked up to a certain point. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Every year Roberto and I missed months of school to help Papá and Mamá work in the fields. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

“I would let you use mine but I am working with it and it is risky,” Iloba said. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Well, I guess he really had to work hard to find it,” she says. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Sirens and whistles go off all over the city when the men finish work at half-past five. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

We sat in the yellowish quiet for a while and worked without talking. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He says it's a rare but documented phenomenon, and works like local thun-derstorms. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

The reason for this was that the toothpaste factory, the place where Mr. Bucket worked, suddenly went bust and had to close down. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

But Charles would not put work aside unless he had to. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My fingers are bloody burning like a mother. See if it’s working.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I asked her a month after she had been working. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tells Uncle Pa go back to bed, that he has to go to work in the morning not like some from the North that she won’t mention. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He wished so much that Jomo had come to work today. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“You have awfully hairy legs, Charlotte,” said Wilbur, as the spider busily worked at her task. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

I always can tell when you on your way, Old Flapjack get worked up ’bout fifteen minutes ’fore you gets here.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

She had friends aplenty and work to do from dawn till dusk. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The farm being worked by the Jews of the Przemyśl ghetto once belonged to a Jew. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Lawes’s children knew the inside of the prison from movies they watched there, and the inmates who worked in his house as cooks, cleaners, and handymen knew his family. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

During the day he called her every hour, it seemed, from work, or from his cell phone. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Now that I’m half a day at work, it’s better. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

They leave me alone in the room with laundry I’ll never have to worry about washing and summer course work I’ll never have to finish—or start. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He turns it so she can see the way the workings extend through the entirety of the cage, stretching in all directions. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“No clue. We have work to do, though.” Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

I come back with the requested items, and she’s already at work on the box, slicing through it with an X-ACTO knife. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Isn’t that the guy you work with?” she whispered. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The camp worked on me in a much different way. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Evenings, after work, she visited across the street, where Francisco lived with his parents and brother. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“It’s already complete. I have no idea how, but Jeanine made it so it could work on its own.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“Ain’t that the little girl that works at the same place with you?” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

A dying woman in a cot surrounded by strangers was sorrowful, but a dying woman surrounded by her children, her handiwork, the home where she worked so hard, left me in tears. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Noble men, working tirelessly to help a new generation of lawbreakers,” said Fred solemnly. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Why did you turn stubborn and stop handing in work, then?” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He walked away, and I continued working as if nothing had happened. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

“Shamika used to help a lot when the two of us got scheduled to work at the same time.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

It took time away from her work on the boat. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Didn’t I tell you your parents would work it out?” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

To work their sugar fields, Dutch and Portuguese plantation owners had first tried to enslave the native Amerindians, but unrest and escape attempts grew so high that the practice was finally outlawed. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

This new phase included doing secretarial work for my dad’s contracting company. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

As Professor Ross Miller notes in his book American Apocalypse: The Great Fire and the Myth of Chicago: “Subsequent ‘antifire’ legislation disproportionately penalized the working poor who owned their own wooden homes. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Totally. By the way, do you have any samples of your comics? Like, your old work or anything?” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“We managed to make ends meet before I worked for Gupta, didn’t we?” Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

Some of us have to get up in the morning for work. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

When everyone was back at the table, Mrs. Richardson began the delicate work of turning the conversation by degrees. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Not bad work for a persistent twelve-year-old, but still not enough. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

In their shed they found the ponies; sturdy little beasts of the kind loved by hobbits, not speedy, but good for a long day’s work. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

They had softened but were still those of one who had worked the fields. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

They were committed to being partners in everything, in work as well as love. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He wrote the last few words with a smile, for the bull terrier had Mrs. Oakes completely in thrall and worked his advantage to the full. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He worked seven days a week, every week. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“That gives you one whole night to work on your sorry excuse for a resume.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I might have stuck myself on the mountaintop working hard all summer if it hadn’t been for her.” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now the electric lights worked only in first class, and even then sporadically. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, though, Charles would just wear himself out with work. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one noticed; they worked for a public radio station, in the fund-raising department, and were surrounded by people who spent all day on the phone, soliciting pledges. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Your teachers seem nice. But it sounds like you’ll have a lot of work,” Baba says on the way home. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“This is why we set rules about the personal-slash-professional lines at the outset of the relationship. It works for us.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

My version will work just like the old one but—get this—it'll be wearing a pair of sunglasses! Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Like I said, it’s a game we play. It works just like the name says.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

He was a visual artist, as well, and his work was exhibited in museums, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Sitting there, her hands deep in the forbidden pleasure of her hair, she noticed she had not removed her heavy work shoes. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

But as time goes by, the soldiers make them work longer hours and allow them to return to Ro Leap once every three months. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She moved in with a family of six in Tyrell and worked at anything to be with Joe whenever she could. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The most compelling explanation is that all those early lynchings worked. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

She worked with me, helping to teach me some words. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He has always hoped to teach in a university rather than work for a corporation. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“The one she doesn’t use for work. And maybe the letter’s on that. Or we can use that computer to get to the cloud, where she might have saved it.” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He said, “Mars, my man! Good work out there.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometime in her teens a friend of Cecilia’s father who worked in the Victoria and Albert Museum had come to examine the vase and declared it sound. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

It suddenly occurred to me why it hadn’t worked. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

My classmates’ parents worked at Electric Boat, the Navy and the Coast Guard. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I got to be at work at one,” Armpit reminded him. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

When the last bell rang, Ryan asked permission to work on the maze at home because he still hadn’t figured out how to make the partitions stand up. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

My innovation in connection with the filing system must remain secret for the moment, for it is rather revolutionary, and I shall have to see how it works out. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’d meant the letter to show him how well she was doing—how she was learning and studying as well as working, but the black stain ruined it. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

He and his colleague Charles Sumner Tainter went to work in Bell's Washington laboratory, using their own ideas and input from other scientists whom they had contacted by letter and telegram. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He had been working on the chemistry of nucleic acids in Copenhagen—“a complete flop,” as he would later describe it—but Wilkins’s photograph entranced him. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

That left me two space suits to work with. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

His hands went to work before his mind knew what he was doing. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

For six weeks in Los Angeles during that turbulent summer, the American writer William Faulkner worked frantically to turn Battle Cry into a screenplay. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

I went to the front of the laundry and worked so hard that I impolitely did not take notice of her leaving. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

They'd hacked branches off trees to make a litter for him, but it was slow, hard work carrying him along, and he whimpered every time they jounced him "We have to yield," he said. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

When he had finished the first hot dog, Ignatius prepared and consumed another, contemplating other kindnesses that might postpone his having to go to work again. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

At night he worked downstairs while she slept, and during the morning she managed the restaurant alone. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He showed up a few minutes later, after working an overnight shift at UPS and catching a quick nap. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

That does not count as math, because one does not have to understand how it works or what it means in order to think that it looks sort of beautiful. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

They organized work forces to construct large irrigation systems for agriculture and to enclose large ponds for fish production. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Sam liked the spectacle of the human animal up close, as well as his access to the workings of the town, once the drink loosened tongues. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The death of Sula Peace was the best news folks up in the Bottom had had since the promise of work at the tunnel. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

It worked, but the river curved almost constantly, moving through small swamps and beneath overhanging trees so thick it seemed to be a jungle, and he was constantly fighting the raft. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

I sighed sometimes, watching Barack pull the same dark suit out of his closet and head off to work without even needing a comb. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The effect of radioactivity on health was hardly unknown—not least because of widespread press coverage of the poisoning of working women at U.S. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“That’s the way respect works. No talking back. Remember what I said. You two better be perfect.” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I think she finds it bizarrely satisfying to see Brandon getting so worked up. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Down in the valley, the Cyclopes work crew cheered as the temple roof was set in place. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

In math, Mrs. Verne selected a group of students who had shown Excellence and Promise to work together on Advanced Algebra. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

They’d had to learn to work together to accomplish their goals, something that had served Katherine and the rest of the women well in their careers. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

She had been working for as long as she could remember: Even when she was in college, raising her two kids on her own. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I figured there was only one hardware store—Hope Springs Hardware, where Holly’s nephew Colton worked. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

I did work some, maybe on a ship for a few days or weeks. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It worked for me and I just let them figure out the numbers. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

What consumed him in this period mostly was something new: his first purely commercial venture, built around his first invention totally unconnected with the work of the Rad Lab. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Ignoring his fever and still worried about his father, Kermit worked with the camaradas to get the canoes down the rapids. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

Abbey and I slipped out of the kitchen and parked ourselves in front of the television, which still wasn’t working. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Mom had stopped volunteering with the community theater and started working at an accounting office. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

It would be little comfort to Cantor that his work was the foundation of a whole new branch of mathematics: set theory. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

I hope Carlos gets paid well for all the work he does here. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

As Lord of Northhome, he didn't need to soil his hands with work. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

We were not able to talk as freely during Van Rensburg’s tenure as we had been before, but we were able to talk nonetheless while we worked. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let’s get to work. Open your books to chapter eight.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

For two full days we worked to make more than two hundred suckers. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Soft piano or violin concertos with orchestral accompaniments work well. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

"Iris 2 only risks one life. Rich Purnell risks all six of them. I know Rich Purnell is more likely to work, but I don't think it's six times more likely." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

At age twenty-four, after working with Akhi for only a year, I had done what most people would assume was impossible. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

While I shoveled I tried to think what everybody else working had that I didn’t have. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“I’ve heard that things work differently in the Great Wood. That people get lost, even if they have a map. That magic goes awry there; rituals go bad. That sort of thing.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Some work apartments only, others houses only, others stores only, or warehouses; still others will go after only safes or strongboxes. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Reggie, a boy working on a math assignment, kept his head down and slid farther away from them, almost like he didn’t hear Chip’s greeting. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

As he worked, he inadvertently flipped the switch on when the flashlight was pointing at Luxa and Henry. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

They find they enjoy resolving other people’s issues via suggestion more than doing all the work themselves. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Welcome,” he said, leaning to shake my hand, and in his voice I heard the enthusiasm and condescension of a man accustomed to working with adolescents. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

It was truly a splendid structure, and Yossarian throbbed with a mighty sense of accomplishment each time he gazed at it and reflected that none of the work that had gone into it was his. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He tested her strength, still, and kept her working at it, but he had not spoken of the climbing out for many months. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“I know. Dad and I don’t have the heart to replace him, though. He’s worked here for sixty years. How could we do that?” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“I and him used to hang around together. He just didn’t get much work and then he got to drinking. It’s kind of tough on you divin’ and drinkin’. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Mancuso works hard. He’s got a hard road at the precinct.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shin was fifteen and working alongside thousands of prisoners. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“But Grandpa, what sort of people are they that work in there?” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Wow! look at all those nice houses, Granny! They’re so big! Do many white people live and work there too?” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But after work is done there is hope for progress.” Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

But I had promised my father I’d look into serious work first, a career, and I drove to the campus to see what was being offered. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

My employee ID was verified and I was automatically logged into my work account on the IOI intranet. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

It took a few weeks, working on and off, in between patrolling the bars. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“They do, however, claim that we are not cultivated and refined to the same extent. To remove this impression, the thought and work of this bureau has been mostly bent from the start.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“He said there was a man in Albuquerque who also worked at Los Alamos and who was ready to furnish me with information.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beatrice didn’t know how to use the bus system in Atlanta, but a fellow Liberian offered to show her the way from Wyncrest to the bus stop on her first day of work. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

One was the designation of the Radiation Laboratory as an independent unit of the university, to ensure the “continuity and stability of the work.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I knew how genetics worked—even normal identical twins didn’t look as identical as Theo’s brothers. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Mom worked with my dad on the letters—she’s a legal secretary, and she gets straight to the point. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Next to me, Kim wipes his forehead and continues his work in silence. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The girls are new to the city, and they deserve to see something nice after all the hard work.” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“He is not dead he lives for you for us—and for everyone, in the work he has left behind.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Located minutes from downtown San Francisco, a baseball’s throw from where the San Francisco Giants play, it is a gleaming example of a new dedication to understanding the workings of the human brain. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Can someone please explain to me what happened onstage? The rudeness to a fellow band member? Sacrificing all of our hard work, in front of all the parents and the entire grade?” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

She worked for another half an hour and then returned her books and the alethiometer to the desk. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The seven mysterious proteins that, assembled together, make up the Ebola-virus particle, work as a relentless machine, a molecular shark, and they consume the body as the virus makes copies of itself. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I worked on them last night, after we came home. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

This is no work of literature, like Pepys’ diary, but a much more telegraphic record of day-to-day facts. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

They say a thing that’s broke can always be fixed, if you work at it. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Dawson, the grandson of a slave, went to work instead of school. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was good being back at school with friends and lots of work to occupy my mind. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Once you get settled come on back to the kitchen and I’ll fix you up some breakfast before we get to work.” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Men like me were working on the shore. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then if the fisherman was in a bad temper he would box Shasta's ears and tell him to attend to his work. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Now that I don’t have Ella looking over my shoulder, I can work anyplace I want. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This was no work of ours,” she said. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Before either of them could express their fury that Harry had come top of the class by not doing any work, however, the bell rang. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Some woman from her work had a litter of kittens she was trying to get rid of, and my mom ended up with two. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I wake up in love, and work my skin to darkness under the equatorial sun. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were various collections of Poe’s work on the table, along with other mysteries and scary stories. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Stamp out any thought among your men that they are getting shells from the enemy. Far from it. My work is absolutely first, then comes the broadening of the rowing game.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The pay is low, the hours are bad, and the work is really hard. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I almost ask her what normal people do but I suppose that would not work for me anyway. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were political realities there, then and now, that precluded blind faith, that discouraged one from thinking that everything, always, would work out fairly and equitably. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

He had worked out a method of doing Freud, he said, and seemed to be going all right, so far. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

For the rest of the day, throughout his meeting and as he struggles, afterward, to get back to work, he thinks of her. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I mean, I’m no artist, but it could work, right?” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“It isn’t Nigeria, but it’s close. I know celebrities can be flighty but she seems to be doing good work.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The company and commission worked out a truce. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“Break your swords. How long you think before someone swoops into your paradise and makes short work of you? No defenses.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“Happy ever after” only works out in stories, not in life—leastwise, not happy the way you think it should be. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

For instance, he was working on a technology to burn coal more efficiently, so that even the lowest-grade coal could be mined and sold. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The albino hissed again, extra work, extra work, all the time. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The Zeppelin banked to the left, and roared away in a wide arc before making again for the group of bears working swiftly beside the apparatus. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Shackleton turned away and ordered the men to resume their backbreaking, futile work. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

He knows how to dress so he looks really sharp without looking like he worked at it, and he’s got a gravelly sounding voice that makes my friends get all kinds of silly. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

The men had been working all year in the city to support the family, so this was their vacation, more or less. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

They were crowded with fishermen working their boats. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Back to work! And keep your questions to yourself hereafter.” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

And then, the next afternoon, right after school, she calls the QFC, where The Taker works. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I held up my hands, swollen from the heat, cracked by water and hard work. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Jeffrey was my partner, which—believe it or not—worked out great because he let me do whatever I wanted. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

Even without Sass the work would be hard, yet Raji and I would be there together. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s a sore spot with every scriv who lasts more than two days working in the Archives,” she said. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

We restocked the coolers, but by the time we got back to the beach another hawker team was working our territory. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t sense anything about the workings of a machine. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

"My counselor here says we should be able to make it work. With loans and financial aid and scholarships. She says as long as I do well, we should be able to figure it out." We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She broke it in three pieces, and she worked each one carefully. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

For writing exercises, students were instructed to explain how they had failed to work hard and follow rules. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Besides working, Armpit was also taking two classes in summer school. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

When everyone else leaves for the day, Vincent stays and works, copying the forms with “angelic patience.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“Maybe you would not object to my coming by another day and seeing if your work is going well?” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I’d get work as a scullery maid, or move into the orphanage and do laundry. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My husband’s aunt says that you visit the prison at her direction, bringing tablescraps not good enough for pigs. She declared that forgiving and caring for the enemy is doing the Lord’s work.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mom’s eyes slowly work over to me. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Sometimes Robin told them tales, or sang songs, but he spent most of the time in the chamber where he slept, working on the Saxon harp. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

Bianca dug what was going down and you could see her face working like something was trying to get out. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps this latter finding should not have been so surprising: after all, Lawrence himself was still thoroughly preoccupied with his other work—namely, the construction of the 184-inch cyclotron on the hillside above the university. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Over the long haul things would have a way of working themselves out toward an essentially good position. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

She was a Quaker, like so many of the Caucasians who came in to teach and do volunteer work. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before Seven leaves for work, he comes to my room in his Best Buy polo and khakis and hugs me. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I do not tell the Ghost that I thought she worked for Madoc. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“It was obvious,” Teller said later, “that Oppenheimer did not want to support further weapons work in any way.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a strangeness about their movement that she couldn’t quite work out. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Not in Louisiana: There, sugar was god, and work was the only religion. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

Heads bent, mouths fanning straight pins, hem-covered oxfords working unseen treadles, they continued production. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Hey, Dad? I’m off to get the toolbox. You recall the toolbox? Man needs tools to work. Screwdrivers and hammers and stuff. Plenty of tools there, you want to help,” and so on. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

They were going to work themselves into top physical condition first and then worry about refining technique later. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He mostly remembered the workings of the world—but emptied of specifics, faces, names. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Now I’ve always known how to work, but I admit, it took a little while for my excitement to pass so that I could work at a proper pace. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Felix Chavez, a courtly Puerto Rican from Brooklyn, had worked as assistant to a building’s super. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Emma wanted so badly to figure out how the tunnel worked. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

After a while I got up and went to my desk, but I couldn’t work, either. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

For two summers, he worked on corn hybrids at the famous Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory on Long Island, New York. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

If Dad had caught me with a book when I was supposed to be working, I’d have skittered, but Tyler was steady. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

If you keep up the good work, kid brother, who knows, I may even be promoted.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked like somebody who worked in an office. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

She told him of her work at the fish hatchery, after her discharge from the Birthing Center. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

After some prodding by Dad, the motion on allotting work finally was introduced and passed. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Besides all his interest in medicine and drugs, he liked to work with machinery. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were crumpling their napkins, looking at their watches, preparing to return to work. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I knew how to work on a congregation until the last dime was surrendered—it was not very hard to do—and I knew where the money for “the Lord’s work” went. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

“By Columbus Day, our afternoon meetings were something of a habit. I usually came after she put the baby down for a nap. You see, I don’t start work until four-thirty.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t think that being grounded also included working in the ground. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Why do you think I’m so tired? I’ve been working all kinds of hours to get everything in. But at least we’ve found her now.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was heavy work, and boring; there was nothing to it but swinging my pickax again and again, breaking off big chunks of salt that another prisoner shoveled into a donkey cart. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Arnold worked on the screened-in porch, sitting peacefully at his round picnic table drinking his sweet hippie tea and making money while he tap-tap-tapped on his keyboard. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

His presentation fell mostly on deaf ears, until a young Dutchman, who worked for a nonprofit company in Holland called International Dispensary Association, grew frustrated at the impasse. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

He also put himself through school, which meant working odd jobs as a waiter and a bus driver to pay his rent and his tuition. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

I’d worn a patch on my other eye to make the lazy one work but that didn’t do anything either. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

We lived in a little shotgun house, one room for the three of us, worked in the oil business, and then started my own. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have work until five, but I can meet after then.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Among much else, Einstein’s theory explained how radiation worked: how a lump of uranium could throw out constant streams of high-level energy without melting away like an ice cube. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Later.—Oh, it did me good to see the way that these brave men worked. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Most white people believed African Americans lacked the proper motivation to work, prompting the provisional Southern legislatures to adopt the notorious black codes. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

In the work’s only avant-garde touch, a thick wire extended from Miss Baker’s head, at the top of which hovered the object of wonder: a hummingbird. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“It’s okay if it hurts,” I said, “but are you still in your body after things stop working? Do you know that you’ve died?” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Why should someone read my work when all the classic works were available and all of them were better than anything that I could ever produce? Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

And, ideally, it would have some buildings already in place, so scientists could move right in and get to work. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

From his bachelor’s apartment in the Faculty Club, McMillan burbled incessantly about his work. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

They had another romantic tour planned, but at the last moment Ellsberg found out he couldn’t get leave from work. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Her children were restless and tired, and she worked as fast as she could to fix the dinner. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A glance toward the observation pavilion at the edge of the practice ground reveals why we’re being worked like rented girls. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

He drew pictures, constructed models, built full-size prototypes—and not one of them worked. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

George was dressed and he lay on the floor doing his number work. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The ironsmith did not so much as look up from his work, but the knight chuckled darkly. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“He’s working an extra shift,” Big Ma said. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Dad was downstairs, packing up my lunch and getting ready for work, and I had to tiptoe very quietly toward their room, so he wouldn’t stop me in my tracks and turn me right around. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I’m constantly reminded of the meaning of hard work. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

For this work, W. A. Fowler, one of his collaborators, received a Nobel Prize. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. You work good,” Nailer said as he yanked a fresh eel from another bucket and handed it across to her. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

After a breakfast of rationed airline pretzels and four sips each from the rescued water bottles, the girls worked on their opening dance number. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

He’s just working on summoning up courage until she talks herself into submission. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“George, I know you’re tired. But President Lincoln, he didn’t free us to be lazy and no good. He freed us to work hard and improve ourselves.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It doesn’t work too well, hardly much sense in bothering. Because it wears off. Naturally, if you’re walking on it, it would do that. However, it will hide your tracks for a while.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

The boys saluted me, and we went to work. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I wondered, for the first time in my life, if life was worth all the work it took to live. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“We need to work on you,” she said. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

With hard work White built it into a hugely profitable enterprise, but he didn’t like spending money on himself. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

His galley was a marvel of compactness but every item in it had been the result of months of thought and work. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t like feeling depressed. I work my way out of it.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Marshall’s reply came back: “Tell Groves to take care of his own dirty work.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Me? Ah, you know me ... I always work. A little here, a little there. I still have my fish, but I’ve been helping your uncle more, too. And Barbara.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Each day, too, Robin grew stronger, and could work longer before resting. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

Even at night, the wrecks glowed with work, people laboring by torchlight as they continued the steady job of disassembly. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Let me know if the afternoon will work. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“You said you wanted to help me. That you weren’t working for Wick. If you mean it, Nydia, then this is what I need. If not, fine. I’ll find the church on my own.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

“I can work for the rest of today,” the boy answered. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think it likely that many of our diseases work in this way. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

So North probably saw not a working model, or even a maquette, but a drawing—hence his insistence that he had only seen it in model. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Many people worked only in winter, harvesting the sugarcane. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was slow work but I liked the machine. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“A teacher at your school,” he said, “might work for Buddy Ray.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

But he was holding the shovel in one hand so it didn’t quite work. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

When the magnetic field is working, these rays are safely herded away from the Earth’s surface and into two zones in near space called the Van Allen belts. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

A bicycle would be handy but you’d have to be working a year for the price of it. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He had bothered Pa and Uncle Henry when they were hard at work. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then after they got married again, he would be at work at a bank till really late. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“I see your father is well versed in the works of Herman Melville.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

The opiate worked itself off towards dusk, and she waked naturally; she looked a different being from what she had been before the operation. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

The fireplace actually works; this is one part of the house that has been finished. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He took out his calculator and got to work. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

I’m dressed in sweats with the extra material of the right leg pinned up, and I’ve just demonstrated “fall safety” to a physical therapist I haven’t worked with before, when my mother appears. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

On that day his work clothes would be washed. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

In order to increase his salary he works through the night. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“No, Trevor! That’s not how the Devil works. This is part of God’s plan, and if He wanted us here then He had a reason...” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

In such a scheme, William was an oddity—a man who already did desk work but found it too stressful. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Inge dedicated her life to working for peace and preserving the memory of her brother Hans and sister Sophie. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

While working his way through the thicket, Roy grabbed a dead branch off the ground. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shazam!’s been teaching Mr. Ram this handshake for almost two months now, ever since he started working here, but Mr. Ram still can’t get it. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

In the distance when it is a fine day and my sight is not too dim, I can see the building where my son works. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

LaToya leaves to get Mama, who she says is working the afternoon shift in the library. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“I catch you wasting my money again, you’ll be working without a lunch break or not working at all. You understand me, boy?” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

The Ainu were conquered, rounded up into reserves, forced to work for trading posts, driven off land desired by Japanese farmers, and killed when they revolted. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

This work of destruction jarred with what was in our hearts. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t concentrate at work, he said, and he had received taunts and insults from strangers. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

“He didn’t say. But we are happy to have you here, and we can find you work. If you are not squeamish. If you treat the dead with respect.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

They worked on white farms and in white businesses, something that was looked down upon by the more established Xhosa tribes. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I saw her lips working and then tears came down her plump cheeks. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

The craft work—no, they would not get that But it was a major job, and the government seemed to favor opening up employment to black workers. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“You do me a deep disservice, good lady. This gentleman is called Shadow. He is working for me, yes, but on your behalf. Shadow, may I introduce you to the lovely Miss Zorya Vechernyaya.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

This was the way it used to work. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Those who were failures, near death, didn’t like working, bad with money, or cheap politicians were specifically not welcome, the same pamphlet said. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Weaving and metalwork were valued as works of art. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

It’s not complicated like Daddy and King’s, but it works for us. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

His shift had failed to meet the day’s production quota and was required to do bitter humiliation work. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Dad couldn’t get the spotlight working, so he started cussing and pounding on it with the heel of his hand. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

The river worked against her: thousands of weeping voices whispering in her ears, getting inside her brain. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Lawrence was working full-time on the railroad and living in a house filled with children, Zakariyya was still in jail, and times had gotten tough for Sonny, who was now busy selling drugs. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

His name was Ronnie, and he’d passed by the house one day, looking for a place that might have a working phone. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

With most girls, you kind of work opposite them, circling, side-stepping, leading. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Jones said he used to work at City College before we moved in,” Hyacinth said. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I wonder if this was what it was like for Oppenheimer and his team of scientists when they were working on the bomb. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

Ophelia worked on gathering data, which meant walking from village to village, sometimes with Farmer, other times with local youths he’d recruited. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

However, with the first deer to work on, the rest of the season passed quickly. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

At work, at school, even when I had to go near the scoreboard. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

A major escalator transaction works up a powerful thirst. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Work had already begun for the day, work that would continue without her when she left them all to this miserable fate. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Finally, when it is obvious that none of her talking is working, the woman implies that force is an alternative. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

As soon as Deydey was better, he and Fishtail worked side by side constructing the grave houses for their loved ones. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Leave me now. Tend to your own preparations. You will have your spectacle. And I...I will work in darkness.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I don’t finish my side work or pick up my credit card tips, if any, at the cash register or, of course, ask Joy’s permission to go. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

In that way she learned that midwifery was as much about hard work and good sense and comfrey tonic as spells and magic. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Newspapers reported that Olmsted also was present, but in fact he was in Asheville, North Carolina, continuing his work on Vanderbilt’s estate. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, but it’s such a distraction. And if it doesn’t work out, then it was a waste of time.” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

First, he began work on his steam engine around the same time as Savery began work on his, so no later than 1698. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

We passed village fields where people were at work in the rain and mud. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

“My mom invented it, but Poseidon created horses out of the crests of waves. So they had to work together to make it complete.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Then the door would clang shut, and he would sit back down to work, seeing nothing — spinning halos, that was, spots of light, shapes — until his eyes readjusted. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

"They told me he works at the same place your father and I worked." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

She was really worked up as she paced back and forth and swung her arms around like a windmill. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

What was the point of having a younger sister if you couldn’t make her do your dirty work, after all? Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“You’re not going to mope around the kitchen without being put to work. See those kidneys on the counter? Cook them up for the cats.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

To many evangelical Christians, the reason for their increasing worldly success and cultural influence is obvious: God’s will at work. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

“They want me to work with them,” said Mother once Jonas had returned us to the shack. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

A course calculated for a specific launch date will work only for that date. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Who knows how long Min will want me to work? A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Mr. Lawson doesn’t think I need to come here as often, or stay and work through my exercises as long. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Kids I was trying to protect. And I didn’t think her plan would work, to come back here. I didn’t know what to do.” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

But nothing was badly damaged, and the camaradas continued to work hard. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

The quilt ladies were still working as I marched by real quick down to the kitchen. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Really you are just going to hang out in the park until she leaves for work. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

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

‘I’ve five more years to go. No matter how good my work may be, I have to mark it with your grandpa’s old pellets and “L’s.”’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everybody’s head down, working and breathing and thinking their thoughts and helping the people around ’em. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Why would any Indian risk going off to work in sugar? Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

In the case of a blind sip test, first impressions don’t work because colas aren’t supposed to be sipped blind. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

She told him about the people she had met since she began to work with her father, how they were all the same. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

As they cleared their plates, tossed their crumpled napkins into the waste container, and smoothed their uniforms in preparation for another day of work, each worker did one other routine, quick thing. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

They repeatedly raised the issue of welfare, subtly framing it as a contest between hardworking, blue-collar whites and poor blacks who refused to work. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

He worked there almost every day for the next three years, and often slept there, too. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

But once he figured out that the hands had to work off the control that moved like a dragonfly, he was able to figure out the others. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Liam worked silently, his light eyes focused on the task at hand. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“How can we go anywhere, when all we do is work?” said the grouchy woman. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

It invited me to come to the vicarage to discuss my work at three o'clock on Sunday. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Then, working with increasing sureness, he looked down and used both hands. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

“We could live in our old house and you could work at Sam Jensen Electric like you have my whole life.” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, when the people had finished their work in the fields, the birds flew down and ate as much grain as they could manage. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

“All right. One gold piece. Leave that. But do not bother me with money when there is work that needs beginning.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

What are some ways to work with the specialists to benefit the student’s learning experience? Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

After several minutes the heater started to work, and blessed warmth filled the car. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Now, as he left work to meet her at the medical center, he felt like he was the sick one. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

They had him working the crew, so they let him eat good. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Clary was always kind to her, and working with the plants took Lina’s mind off her grief. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She had only gotten a tiny bit more information—that no one else was working there when Clara did—but it was enough to know she was on the right track. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

By a strange quirk of fate, this ambitious choral composer found himself working in the one building in the world which, by dint of its architecture, was responsible for a new style of choral music. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Tucker was supposed to be training me to work nights. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“Besides,” she continued, “I’m working on something. I don’t know what yet. But something. I need you to not get kicked out of school so you can help.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The Relocation Rules we’d come up with only seemed to work if we thought about no one but ourselves. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

But then I pictured my father up north in New Jersey begging for work, and the devastated look on my mother’s face, and I hardened my heart. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Life was all pattern and discipline; and the beauty of discipline is when it works. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a grin and a mock obeisance, Heqet began to arrange logs in the firing box, and Ranofer used his moment of leisure to watch the work going on around him. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

An hour has passed since Amar and Christina separated from us near the Hancock building, which means he probably knows that the serum virus didn’t work. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

This made sense in many ways: the labor of working a field that required a lot of plowing was shared, as was the harvest from a fertile field. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

Katherine Goble’s genuine comfort with the white men she worked with allowed her to be herself with them, no mask required. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

If they were doing an assignment together, Scott always figured out how to divide it so he had less work to do. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, but if you wanted, could you work for someone else?” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“He has all the right principles: dedication, hard work, perseverance, never giving up. He’s dogged; he’s persistent.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She got sick of my dad working in the same job for basically the same pay. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

He needed the extra work—it’s not like they handed out jobs on street corners—and his bookie scared him more than Clyde did. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Her phone does not work,” Ma corrected me, passing Daddy the hot sauce. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Independently of all this, my sister Ella had been steadily working to get me transferred to the Norfolk, Massachusetts, Prison Colony, which was an experimental rehabilitation jail. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Further investigation unearthed evidence that Smith had secretly worked Seabiscuit twice at Bay Meadows. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The challenge then becomes timing the electrical impulses so they energize the gap at the very moment the particles cross, which means generating them from an oscillator working at a fixed frequency. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

It was not until fifty years later that Harris, working as a social worker and still living in Chicago, finally told his story. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

"Cas, don't 'how was work' me. Why are you in a cab? And excuse me, sir, no offense, but who are you?" she asked. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“I guess, um...I guess we can try to make it work or something.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Must be a Wheelright & Carpenter product—they cost more, but look what good work they do. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

“What you feed Miss Walters at bridge club today? I worked all morning making that fool a caramel cake and then she wouldn’t eat a crumb.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He chuckled and kissed me good night Maud patted my cheek and told me I had to work on my pronunciation a little, but all in all. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

I wonder how the whole Jesus thing works if we’re on a different planet on the opposite side of the galaxy in another solar system. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

When she had put the newsstand in order, she pulled out her knitting and began to work furiously. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I think I messed up the amounts, though. Didn’t they want an hour? When I doubled the recipe, I didn’t do enough. I don’t think it’ll work over forty minutes.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“It didn’t work. They had to put them back before they froze.” Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

‘Besides, I don’t want you to work. How would I look to other men if you, a woman I owned, were to start working?’ Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was Russell Dieter, an ex-Marine aircraft mechanic who had been working as a production welder and, since his divorce, living on the family farm, midstate. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

By far the largest group of blacks was working class, a layer of society Drake sometimes referred to as the Respectables. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“I like working. I like helping people and having a purpose. My son may be a millionaire, but I’m not.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, when the mirrors work, it’s not a problem. Look.” Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

It helped to break down global regionalism, created a more seamless global commercial network, and made it simple and almost free to move digitized labor—service jobs and knowledge work—to lower-cost countries. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

They are subtle and complex and surprisingly common, and what happened on Wheeler Avenue is a powerful example of how mind reading works—and how it sometimes goes terribly awry. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

They imply philosophical claims which are difficult, perhaps impossible, to defend, yet in practice they work well. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

More people worked making clothes in New York than at anything else, and more clothes were manufactured in New York than in any other city in the world. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Running a farm is terrible hard work—plowing and hoeing and milking cows and such and being out in the fields all by yourself with nobody to talk to all day long. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I try to soften my voice, but it doesn’t work. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

My whole family ain’t never been afraid of no hard work.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he told me about his upcoming work day, I fished under the neck of my shirt and brought out the silver chain that he’d given me for my fourteenth birthday. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

For someone who knew the system and had the right code books, it wasn’t too hard to work backward and decode the radio message. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I try to warn them, but my voice doesn’t work. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

To find ways to accelerate the work, Burnham called the eastern architects to Chicago. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I guess he doesn’t believe I will Get It and sometimes I’m not so sure either but Mrs. Brook is confident so I’m going to keep working on my finesse. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We work together. And if we...do this...it might complicate things.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The doctors kept working, and there was nothing I could do to help her. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Trapane would see Jason off to the school bus and would watch Jaime at home until Nancy came back from work that evening. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Milo looked at him with reproof and turned back to his work. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Soon, they knew, following the president’s lead into space might mean choosing between the place that had given them a community and the passion for the work that gave their life meaning. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

To this he added some pulverized, dried grass, worked almost into flour, and when it was all together, he gently used his finger to make a hole in the middle. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, I worked it in so I could see the sharp point of the spiral through the glass neck at the bottom of the cork. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Eddie who had worked at La Ida pretty regularly was accumulating a cellar of some promise. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still others worked at entrapment, luring the boys into dark corners or the girls into tight spots in isolated passageways. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even throwing them into the oceans does not work a change, for the water freezes around them, and in the ice floes they come back on the shores. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d retired by then—he was seventy- two—but he did odd jobs and worked on heating systems with his brother Walter. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

That may sound like a bad idea, because surely having two officers work together makes more sense. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

She sobbed out that he ’as lucky to be dead; now he didn’t have to work all day after coughin’ all night, and didn’t have to worry bout gittin’ enough vittles. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Almost immediately, he was corralled by an acquaintance of mine, a beautiful and high-powered woman who worked in finance. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“When I got into a fight at school, I got grounded. How did you work Arnie’s out of it?” George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

He answers me with a song about no work, all the places he try, all the jobs that come to nothing. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Uncle decided to finish building a house we had been working on since I came to live with him. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

They’d eloped on the Northern Pacific to Seattle—she remembered eating breakfast in the dining car—where he worked for two years in a Harbor Island foundry and for one loading lumber on the waterfront. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“They took me from my family, cut my hair, beat me every time they felt like it, and sent me to work for the mayor when I was eighteen.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“He could be an insurance salesman and still be the same type of guy. I can see him coming home from work, kicking a door down, and shouting, ‘Stand by for an insurance salesman!’ The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was not another working boy in Boston who was out swimming in the middle of the afternoon. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, he’s twenty-seven. A lot older than me. He works on the farm with my dad and grandpa.” Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

Men work as bricklayers; women clean houses in wealthy neighborhoods. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

I picked up the envelope and rubbed my thumb across the seal, but all of a sudden, my fingers stopped working and I froze in place. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

I’d get to Friday and need to work to remember how Monday and Tuesday had gone. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I can see how it worked: The citrus packers walked from those lime green cement-block houses into that packing plant—that huge and magnificent structure. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s an awkwardness that comes with just about any formally arranged meeting, but in my experience it’s something you need to consciously work your way past. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

This type of pickup work automatically put you in the lowest class. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

We kept our heads down concentrating on our work. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Cooking is women’s work, same as sewing. Act like a man, Robbie. Go outside and get your hands dirty. You don’t start toughening up, I might have to drown that cat of yours.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“And who will employ us,” said Nathan sadly, “at our age! Such heavy work would in any event be beyond us.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were a lot of entertainers and musicians who came through there and many times I heard them remark to the boss, “Rocky, you’re taking a chance having this underage white girl working here.” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So, Carla. In your professional opinion, do you really think the pills are working?” Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The sexers worked for twelve hours in a row, and then they slept while a new batch of eggs warmed. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

In residence there for at least sixteen years, Eratosthenes worked his way into the educational establishment, building the reputation that would earn him an invitation to Egypt. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

I walked Isaac to a seat in the Circle of Trust then slowly worked my way around the Literal Heart. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Five days a week, she leaves us to work at an office back in Brownsville. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

A few months after Mom had started working as a teacher, Brian and I passed by the Green Lantern. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Dr. Pickett began his work some thirty-five years ago in the apple orchards of the Annapolis Valley in Nova Scotia, once one of the most concentrated fruit-growing areas in Canada. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Their place was only six blocks from where I worked as a copywriter for a small ad agency, so two or three times a week I would drop by after work. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Not the watch,” said the man, “Seabiscuit’s work. How fast did he go?” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

You will worry while you are at your work. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Virgil studied his own hands as they worked away at the peel on a clementine. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

She says hello to Mrs. Carnes and asks, “How does this work? Do I need my library card?” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Listen, honey, I know you and Abby had some kind of argument. You two will work it out. I don’t want to get in the middle.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Wood took up Loomis’s proposal to work in the developing field of ultrasonics, which involved sound waves with frequencies inaudible to humans. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

If it is true that “no man is an island,” the same can be said of works of art. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My Lord”—his arms were spread open wide before the congregation—“your Lord, works in mysterious ways.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

She started talking to Dad about something that happened at work, and I stopped paying attention. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

She always smells like dogs and seems to work every day. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

His profession worked to extend life while secretly hoping for an increase in the deceased. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

It was not the brightest, most cheerful apartment, but it was warm and close to work. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“I guess you work in those towers, in one of those cubicles. Cubicleville.” Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought of their husbands, desperately seeking day labor in the city, trying to find any work that they could. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Outsiders might disdain the lab’s focus on radioisotope hunting, but filling in the roster of isotopes throughout the periodic table was important work. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

She has become too weak to work in the laundry. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I keep my eyes down as I work, but I start thinking about secrets and how the trouble with them is that they become lies. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Lord Balon had let no word of the hosting escape the Iron Islands, and Theon's bloody work along the Stony Shore would be put down to sea raiders out for plunder. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He had spoken with delight, but Vasudeva just smiled radiantly at him and nodded his agreement He stroked Siddhartha’s shoulder and returned to his work. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the tradition of hard work is maintained whatever the fortune or lack of it. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

We talked while we worked, mostly because we had things to say but also because it calmed the horses. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

He looks up from his work and then over at us. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I saw how this worked at a newly opened restaurant called the Filling Station. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Washington had learned that colonists in the area recently had been killed and scalped, probably by Indians working for the French. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

It worked just like a stove-top espresso machine: the pressure of steam in a chamber from which there was only one exit drove the water in the container upwards and out. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

But the arrangement is about the work, and Vincent still hopes Gauguin’s influence will improve his painting. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

We worked diligently, but since we were both studying law at the time, we were discussing what we had read the night before. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’d put in extra hours to make up for the time she’d be taking off, working until two or three on the nights she closed and arriving at nine to open the next morning. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

But now there was other work to do, he wrote. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Suddenly she would be there, standing in the thick pines beside the river, watching him as he worked. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

What Dr. Gazzaley and his team want to do is not merely understand how the brain works when confronted with a demand to widen attention. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

In the evenings we rushed home after work, hoping to see them. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

He had composed letters, worked on progress reports, looked up information on this machine. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

With just nine hundred Jews in the village, this meant every able-bodied adult male had to work. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

Outside the largest of the concrete sheds the great bear was working, and Lyra stood by the open gate to watch. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

It was a lot of hard work, especially with Alexia in our group, but Mr. Terupt took care of her. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

But I was instructed to work after dinner. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, but I have a special class second period where I get help with my work.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

“My lord, I... my work is here, the books ...” ' “... will be here when you return to us.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“I think,” begins Mama, spreading butter on slices of bread, “I think I’m ready to go back to work.” Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

They figured once she got wrapped up in the pageant work, she’d forget all about the bass and the band and her journalistic aspirations. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

He saw a better future in factory work than in his family's trade of blacksmithing. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

She passed through a street that smelled of linens and soaps, one full of strung-up meats and animal hides, and yet another filled with artisans and pottery work. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Momma gets some gloves and garbage bags from the truck, passes them to me and my brothers, and tells us to get to work. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

It was not their fault they could find no work. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

My mother had been working in Baltimore for the past five years, and I considered Baltimore home, so I knew about Johns Hopkins. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Every student at the Academy spent several hours each day working in the kitchens or the library, cleaning the practice hall or sweeping the corridors. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

When his mother became ill in the mid-1970s and had to stop working, he took good care of her. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

When the lights went on in the morning, she had a few minutes before Poppy wakened to work at the puzzle. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t have to work hard, or watch what I said, or rack my brain trying to figure out what she was thinking. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

But we were working right up to the last minute on our float. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, please call her parents this evening, and I’ll be sure to talk to them as well. I am going to work on this problem right now.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Poncelet’s mathematics was the culmination of the work begun by the artists and architects of the fifteenth century, like Filippo Brunelleschi and Leonardo da Vinci, who discovered how to draw realistically—in perspective. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

My personal dread derived from the obvious fact that it’s not only the software writers and computer geeks who get empowered to collaborate on work in a flat world. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

She put the whole works in the toe of a stocking, pushed the wad into a rubber overshoe, and stood it with its fellow in the back of her closet. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The problem with all this was that his work inside the command module changed completely, depending on whether he was hunter or hunted, whether he had to go high or low. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

But on this hot August day in Ravenel, South Carolina, under the blaze of a terrible sun, Ben thought that he had a great equalizer working for him, called youth. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her enthusiasm for the work, even the parts that others considered drudgery, was irrepressible. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

More commonly it was left to me to figure out such essentials as who was in charge, who was good to work with, who could take a joke. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

No, that wouldn't work, she always wanted to lean over him and put her face on to his, she would find out if she came into the room at all. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

She had willed and worked her way to her performance by reminding herself that theater was what she did not fail at—it was where she excelled. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

The eight teams were assigned work desks in the rotunda. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

I didn’t anticipate it being a possibility that Raven would be put to work, because I wasn’t planning to hide any copies of The Gold-Bug until right before the game began.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“I’m su’prised you would be that silly, Jeth. With so much spring work to do, you don’t have the time to get sick over smokin’.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

That’s all we ask the rest of the world to do.—Step back, and let us work.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

We were all trying to work through our own challenges. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I start working my brain with all that I can. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

The brush factory where I had worked in the ghetto had been relocated to Płaszów, and I was assigned to the twelve-hour night shift. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

After work I take the precaution of a shower and put on my purple dress. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I know he works in a factory, but if he could be anything in the world, what would it be, you know? Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Have I been working you too hard? You want a reward? You want to stream tonight’s brand-new episode of Dog Squad?” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“She was saying she and her dad got invited to dinner at a coworker’s house, and when I asked where her dad worked, and she named your mom’s hospital, we put two and two together.” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

When told of King’s suggestion, the NAACP’s Thurgood Marshall allegedly snapped, “I don’t approve of using children to do men’s work.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

As she worked she saw five puppies in it. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

We even showed her how it would give her peace of mind to do her work without us bothering her. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay. Fine. I’ve seen you in action, working the bus line.” Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

When the pain dropped a notch and I could breathe again, I pulled the blanket to my chest and waited for Armand’s pills to work. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

‘You are getting good at knowing what works for you, aren’t you?” Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

“I work at the university in Nsukka and I am on my way there. My houseboy is there. I have to get my manuscript and some personal belongings.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“It’s one operation, Robert. They have to do all the work at the same time.” Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Growing up in Marshall, I did like everybody else: worked all day and slept all night. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone who lived and worked on the farm was in attendance, as well as the families from the neighboring colored farms. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

He worked after school until the sun went down and all day Saturday and Sunday and came home with his arms and face scratched from the brush he’d cleared. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

But today was Theden, that meant that if I ate dinner quickly, I had nearly an hour between Elxa Dal’s class and my work in the Fishery. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I help out at the different tables and talk to people, but after being there almost an hour, I’m getting the picture that there’s not enough work to go around. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

One pup had worked its way almost out through the hole. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You tricked us into doing your dirty work.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He had no qualifications to recommend him, but there was at least a chance he could hire onto a merchant convoy and work his way there. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

It would be wonderful to understand how the anthill communication system works. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

As though the farmer has fled in the middle of his work. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The results helped convince Oppenheimer that a plutonium implosion bomb might work. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Life at Castle Black followed certain patterns; the mornings were for swordplay, the afternoons for work. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

As the two thieves descended the fire escape, I called down to them, “If you want to find honest work, go to Hull House on Halsted Street. They’ll be able to help you.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

What enemy was at work on the other side of the hedge? Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

For that song to be popular you have to know how to do the whip and the nae nae; new music works at parties only if people know how to dance to it. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The first and most boring part is about a place called Mesopotamia, so it’s taking some work on my part to look interested. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

After a few moments she asked with a slight smile, “Teenie work you too much?” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I passed a line of miners walking to work, Mr. Dubonnet hailed me down. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

She’s worked with a lady who can make a drawing so realistic it looks like a photo, and with a guy who can speak any language after hearing it only a few times. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

But she had signed with the corporation for a full year of work. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

I wonder if they’re working on their books, Esteban finding the English words for his dad as he writes what he sees. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

And he was glad he hadn’t worked up the nerve to ask her, not after seeing the color that Duke Perrington’s face turned upon discovering the pair. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Those who stayed in Chicago, setting up house and looking for work, found that only the lowest jobs were open to blacks. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I finally worked up the courage to turn around and look behind me. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

We worked and traveled for many years to create awareness about people like us. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

The working class belonged to the AFL-CIO, voted Democratic, and did not take cruises to the Caribbean. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Nevertheless, working for half pay must have disheartened her. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He thought he was a big deal around town, but he was kind of sinister and lived and worked out of a tiny office in the moldy basement of the Community Center. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Eudora Green, when she broke her hip, went on your list, up walking in a week. Isaiah fell off the cotton truck, on your prayer list that night, back to work the next day.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“Maybe you don’t understand how these things work. The harbors belong to the city, and we have as much right to them as anyone. We’ve all got a living to make.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

It didn’t work out that way; we never fit in at all. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The truth is, I needed to stall for a while if my plan was going to work tonight. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Rather than squabbling over sites, he lectured, the different factions needed to recognize that for the exposition to succeed, everyone had to work together, no matter which location the directors selected. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Dr. Sussman was also an amateur photographer, and he captured some portraits of Bobby that worked their way into the Fischer oeuvre years later. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t really know much about Father’s work. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“We will do the lower-end work, and they will do the things that require critical judgment and experience, close to the market.” The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

Their tossing and giggling had been free and open then and they began to spend as much time in Guitar’s room when he was at work as Guitar himself did when he was home. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

They became quite popular, which could perhaps be attributed to their down-home personalities, or to the fact they had one of the few working indoor toilets on the street. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

They just stop by on their lunch break or after work to talk with Mr. Malloy. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I’m about to leave them alone when I hear her say, “I want to make progress and keep working hard for our family. For Lou.” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

“The poor people do all the work, and the Guild men just live there for nothing.” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally they stepped back to admire their work. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

He had just been reading the work of the linguist Noam Chomsky. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“No, don't be silly!'! Scipio interrupted impatiently. “But you've been doing detective work for years now. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

When I work up the courage to look at her again, she’s staring across the fire with her eyebrows drawn together. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

We stopped briefly at my house so that I could call my father at work. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

“It’s not my fault that I have a working nose,” I snapped back. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Even though they worked as equals with the men, the women did not receive this sum because, except for widows, they were not considered heads of family. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I want to hold her hand, but I sense it wouldn’t work. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

One took offense at her inclusion of native lore: “The grand defect of the work is the introduction of idle stories related to her by strangers.” The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

"You will rise to the task; it is only necessary that you work hard and follow instructions." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The way Lola tells it, they had relatives who found them farm jobs out in the Central Valley; then during off-seasons they worked in restaurants and hotels and department stores—cleaning, fixing, serving. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

And there are overseers who make sure the people work hard, who live in stone houses in the comers of the fields. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s quiet, absorbing work that helps take my mind off my troubles. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Tuve and Van de GraafF struggled to make it work with the vacuum tubes and other apparatus necessary to produce a focused beam of charged, energetic particles. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

It doesn't work out like that, to say the least. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

That had been two days ago, and ever since then she’d called in sick to work and stayed home, spending every second with Luke. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve worked on them every single day at lunch and after school all fall long. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“But we were outnumbered. The train brings tourists. The blue willows bring hummingbears. Everybody should be happy. Only it doesn’t always work out that way.” Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

The embarrassing truth is that I am just too exhausted to work, especially for eleven hours in a row. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The book was an old work of physical anthropology, and the passage was about the classification of Homo sapiens into different racial strains. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the third day, Monique had to go back to work. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yes, I had an ugly face and no legs, but my brain worked quite well, thank you very much. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

She helped to mount shows of Vincent’s work in the Netherlands and Belgium, and then in Paris. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

His eyes were wide and owlish, his lips working like pale grubs. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Strong boy,” “Handsome just like his daddy,” folks been saying since the day I was born, but I never took a liking to the work Daddy did in the fields. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

Roent pointed a stern finger, and the man turned back to his work. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

For a long time I thought I could live and work in Haiti, carving out a life with you, but now I understand that I can’t. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Cabinets opened fine with a little extra tug, and they could lift Grandma’s biggest, heaviest pot from beneath the counter when they worked together. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t say it works like that,” another man, Louis, said. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

When the piston is driven downwards it pulls on a large beam which works a force pump. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

She tells them she is going to work and send them money, clothes, and toys. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

I was aware from media coverage that in addition to his work in Haiti and seeing patients in Boston, Farmer had begun working internationally in the field of tuberculosis. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Why I never saw fifty dollars until I was twenty-one years old, with all the other boys with the afternoon off and all day Saturday and me working in a store. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then, a cell phone would probably be yet another reason for Mr. Moore to accuse Mamá of neglecting her work. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“The work is so hard, and the results so very, very meagre,” he wrote soon after his arrival. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Thanks for the kind words about my work, and best of luck with your explorations, scientific and otherwise. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“But it’s actually quite good. I’ll fix the mistakes later. Let’s keep working, shall we? We just might complete this order if we both keep going.” Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Stained? What are you—is that why you send others to do your dirty work for you? You won’t touch us normal people?” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Then the baishakunin, whose work was to procure brides, showed them twelve acres of prime mountain land, which, he said, the potential bridegroom intended to purchase upon his return from America. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The Aristotelian tradition also held that one could work out all the laws that govern the universe by pure thought: it was not necessary to check by observation. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a few minutes he approached the table where she was sitting with Kitty; and, while pretending to admire her work said in a whisper, “Go to your father, he wants you in the library.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

Perhaps the spell, though it should affect only his own vision and not the magic at work about them, had no power here. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m your motivation! You get to work alongside the great and creative Elizabeth Shainmark!” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Suddenly I felt even more the weight of hours, days, weeks, and months of work. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Malcolm Henderson, working on the cyclotron in the next room, was used to hearing the X-ray workers shout to make themselves heard over the thrum of the tube’s oscillator. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Of how many other classical works since the Second World War is it possible to make that statement? The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

When we kids came home from school, she’d usually be in her studio working. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I once felt that way about Hudson too and that worked out before it stopped working. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

While his buddies were baking out there, Milton was sitting under a ceiling fan, working out a mathematical proof. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

High Commissioner for Refugees from working along the border with North Korea. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

The Eberts hired professional gardeners and various domestic troubleshooters—plumbers, electricians, and handymen arrived in step vans to do their dirty work—but the Crows always hired neighborhood people. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I don’t know why, man, but I got so hyped I started working harder than I’d ever worked in my entire life. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Recalling his previous work, he began looking for more, driving around ranches, cadging rides in private planes. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Under apartheid, if you were a black man you worked on a farm or in a factory or in a mine. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Local farmers wanted to hang dead crows around the town on public buildings to frighten the others away; ornithologists said that it wouldn’t work, that the living crows would simply eat the dead ones. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

The field work remained the same, but the time passed differently. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Evidently Kendra had not actually worked magic on the island; she had merely collected an ingredient. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

When he’s not helping his parents, he still works on his art, painting weavers and winter landscapes and gardens and views around the village of Nuenen. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

He presumed that the partners wanted him to come work for them, eventually. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Through the end of April and into May, a team of sixteen editors, reporters, and secretaries worked twelve-plus-hour days going through the thousands of pages Sheehan had brought back from Boston. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Brother Luke set Robin down beside him on the oaken bench in his own particular place, where he could spread out the pages of handwritten manuscript on which he was working. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

They formed a committee called “Free Bobby Fischer” and worked with others trying to extricate Fischer from his cell. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I grabbed what was nestled in there and worked it out, tapping tobacco crumbs into my palm so as to not lose the precious flakes. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“There’re signs of deer in this area, maybe something bigger. If we work separately but together we should bring back a nice buck.” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

"He could work in a zoo," said Zigzag. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Back at Winslow’s office, we had coffee as he talked about his work. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

PIH works closely with Harvard Medical School and the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and through their collaborative initiatives, a new generation of doctors and health specialists have chosen careers centered on infectious diseases. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

I would rather die than work with you on this monkey butt of a project, is what I wanted to say. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Momma’s trying to work me to death today, too. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Get it over with today. Then you won’t be thinking about it and brooding over it tonight. You’re professionals. You can work it out just by being mature.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Likewise, my grandfather preferred to spend his mornings working on a modern Greek translation of the “restored” poems of Sappho. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He tries to reassure us but it does not work. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She worked long hours and didn’t make much money, but she made sure her children had food on the table every night. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Dad said he worked with them in placing au pairs and nannies with lots of university families. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, it wouldn’t work. But you better tell ’em anyway, like your mum says. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

But he thought that living in the country might make him lazy, which would be terrible for his work. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Then I came here to work for the Doctorita when I was a little girl.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, I found an art book on the work of Edward Hopper. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

The feds cut a deal with Morrison: in return for getting his arrest warrant for assault quashed, he would work as an informant on the Osage murder cases. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

So they set about their work early, for it was canning time, and who knew but what the wind would come back this time with a cooling rain. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I watch the artist as he goes from student to student, standing behind each one and peering down at their work with a cold hard stare. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Space was an anesthetic; seventy million miles of space numbed you, put memory to sleep, depopulated Earth, erased the past, and allowed these people here to go on with their work. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Humbug whistled gaily at his work, for he was never as happy as when he had a job which required no thinking at all. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

I do not mean that they work at their jobs all day and night but that they have much business in their minds always that does not let them rest. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Printing created a community of astronomers working on common problems with common methods and reaching agreed solutions. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Fern was happy, for she felt that Charlotte’s trick was working and that Wilbur’s life would be saved. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

The air around Nailer was hazed with the black work of shoreline smelters, but out there, beyond the smoke, he could see sails. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“It certainly worked. And it says here, the screening will happen ‘immediately after cake’?” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“The invention worked fine,” Violet said, rubbing her sore shoulder. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

I’m dissatisfied with my job when I should feel lucky having such interesting work. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t work nowhere near as hard as Mr. Leroy, but that don’t matter, I was good and tuckered out. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

It whirs on the floor, in the corner, its blades encased in grille- work. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s an underground movement...to fight Ghohg the Evil One from the inside….That’s why I brought him to you….So you could...work with him...” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

“Just a little tip in case you ever have anything to do with fairies. But I think it works only on the blue kind.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“You are twelve years old, Nate. What are you ‘working out’?” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Sisters and brothers, find a poster to color in. You can work alone or you can work with a partner.” One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jamie was working a wedge of coconut cream, and he didn’t take his eyes off the pie but jerked his chin in the general direction of the dwindling crowd around the dwindling fellowship fire. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

But his paintings become a guide for Vincent as he works to develop his own style of painting. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The palace would send only an expert—a true connoisseur—to handle the task of commissioning work. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

They were accustomed to hardened maximum-security prisoners, and their tools were too severe to work with these men, so many of them guilty of the smallest of crimes—curfew violations, trespassing, public drunkenness. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

He had been dating a woman who also worked at Legal Aid and had been spending a lot of time at her house. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I'll give my dad credit; he never claimed it was to build character or teach me the value of hard work. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

With the money he earned by working at a job God gave him a body strong enough to work with. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

We almost never took our hogs to the pens to work them any more. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hand-to-hand was his specialty, he said; he’d worked in other areas of basic training but generally found his way back to it. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Like the security guard said, though—planning doesn’t always work.” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

I have come to understand better why works of literature—while never intimate, never individually addressed to the reader—are so often among the most personal statements we hear in our lives. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The black yarn seemed to be working out for him, though. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

He has some regret about leaving home, but he hopes to work well. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

By the time Elizebeth and William first saw the letters, British and American officials already knew the broad outline of the plot, and many Indians who had worked with the Germans had been arrested. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“I said he could resist it, not that it didn’t work at all,” she says. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Ma returns to the field, working twelve to fourteen hours a day and leaves Geak behind with Chou. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But her sister Corn Woman worked hard all day sweating in the sun getting sore hands in the corn field. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

A cook was at work in the kitchen, where the breakfast table was piled with junk mail, pill bottles, and tissue packets. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“I feel like I should have known or seen red flags, but when I have a game in the works, I can get...” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

But if the introduction is a complete sentence, especially if it’s a long one, a colon works better. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He married, had two children, and worked as a painter. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Unless...maybe it was someone else who had worked at Daffodil Manor? Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Then Bruno Rossi put him to work experimenting with components of the new plutonium bomb. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You can still work at Jimmy’s,” I said. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

She asked early, she asked often, and she asked penetrating questions about the work. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

“They’ve been working on the choreography for months. I actually knew they were planning this.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

I had him come back in an hour, after I'd finished my work. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

I attended classes without books for a month, then got a job working mornings and evenings for three dollars a week. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had worked so hard to learn how to read and I was seeing lies, all lies. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wilkins and Franklin worked cordially at first, meeting for occasional coffee at the Strand Palace Hotel, but the relationship soon froze into frank, glacial hostility. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Turning from her work, she knew the bear had visited her. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Tater is done for this episode. He can head home. Good work today, guys. And thanks for not chasing any trains, Fred.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

We had to find a way around it, especially when they started putting pressure on Mom at work.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he goes right on working there half the night. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

He had an orneriness year-round, but especially in the summer, when he worked his peach orchards daylight to dusk. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They’ll want to because it makes their work a hell of a lot easier. Be firm.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Allen, who had previously worked in juvenile detention for the Division for Youth, knew from crazy. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And it was working for quite a while before blowing up. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Afterward they sat together, and Charles watched “the clock as the hand travels sadly too fast to half past eleven—Then to my study & work till 2 o’clock luncheon time.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now that Longridge had his conviction to work on he wasted no time. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

This would seem reassuring and tidy, and there are some important disease problems for which it has already been done effectively, demonstrating that the direct, frontal approach does work. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My father works for the second largest real estate company in eastern North Carolina,” or “My father is the most important lawyer in this town.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then, I only had to think back on what happened to my sister and watch Mom bite her lip to realize it didn’t always work that way. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

And this strange woman of his, who worked about, saying nothing, seeming to see nothing, she had first seen the child thus clothed! The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t see Paco. One of the other maids told me. She was doing Mamá’s work. Something has happened! I know it has.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

“They apply to everyone in the class. I make no exceptions. So if you work by these rules and keep your mind on your studies, then you and I will not have any problems.” Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have to go—the phone won’t work in the elevator.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I was working as a camp counselor that summer, and my dad gave me twenty dollars a week for chores I did around the house. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

His light brown face had grown tough with age, cracked but soft, like a pair of well-worn work boots. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“As for ‘good work,’ that remains to be seen. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She was from Florida, and she was, as Katz forever after termed her in a special tone of awe, a piece of work. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

While the conditioner works its magic, we eat the breakfast feast Pop Pop prepared: T-bone steaks, cheese eggs, grits, coffee, and orange juice. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I finished my work for Mr. Turner with all the speed I could, aiding in the extinguishing of candles and the stowing of chairs. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

He was forced to leave the law firm where he worked when he refused on principle to represent a liquor dealer in court. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

I'm not sure I realized how early Lev starts work. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He floored the accelerator, but the Gremlin’s engine was already working at capacity. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She only wants him to work and to be honorable, so that he can hold his head up high. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

I could work for the Dauntless leaders—but they would kill me if they discover what I am. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Dad says, I thought I might get work on some of the farms. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“I would,” Nora says, “but I want to work on my screenplay before I do my homework. I came up with a good idea for a scene today. During gym, actually.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

That’s what she does, she tries to make her work perfect for the Los Angeles Times. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

There wasn’t just a monster on the loose—there were witches working with it—working against them. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“That isn’t how he works, is it? Who are you going to use as a shield today, Potter?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“I still believe it will work,” he said. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Only by being two people could I have worked harder in the service of the Nation of Islam. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was asked for his name, address, age, type of work, etc., and although Bobby claimed that he answered the questions dutifully, there was something suspicious about him, according to the police interrogator. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He decides to walk into the circus, through the courtyard with the bonfire and out the other side, and then attempt to work his way back. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The sequence works by exploiting a weakness in the first of two chords. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Not only was this arrangement bad for the astronaut’s circadian rhythm, but the astronaut who was on duty made enough noise as he went about his work to keep his partner awake. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s time to go back to the sixteenth century and pick up the threads of the developments in astronomy and the mechanical sciences which followed on from the work of Copernicus. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

The competition was terrific, but Henry was accustomed to hard work. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

But he was surprised to find himself looking for it there, of all places, and to find the same order at work in the great and the little. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Now he had met Ulrike, a lean, angular-faced woman with the body of a young man, who worked at an embassy and seemed determined to sulk her way through her Nigerian posting. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

See how it is even now doing its dark work and pulling us apart? Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

So God had brought to its walls the Hebrew host to be His hands to carry out His righteous work. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

About the same time that the Soviets began working on putting another woman in space, they also began talking about a space station, built from separate modules. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

No, they must go to work, not to church. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

“Yes, sir. I am still hoping to find work, though.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Usually she would return home from work just in time to throw something quick together for them. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Ishmael worked, too, for the Etheringtons, who were vigorous summer people from Seattle. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Because Burger was already well known in Osage County, he would work openly with White. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The people shopping, the people working behind the counter, the models in the advertisements—all white. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

No one, from the youngest novice to the prioress, is excused from kitchen work. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Keeping up the appearance of having all your marbles is hard work but important. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Our new masters didn’t seem interested in making us work though. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I have a good spray that works on frizzies,” I tell him. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

The scene was all worked out in her mind. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

On nights he has to stay late at work he simply comes over; Maxine keeps dinner waiting for him, and then they go upstairs to bed. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Before I was born, she worked as an office manager for a doctor in town. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Of course, they were up to the work even without the challenge. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

They were all men working in America, anxious for news of home and family. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

I worked to make my tread sound slow and tired as I walked up the stairs to my room. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Zero is the wrench in the works of both great theories. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

There were too many and I could not work fast enough to save them all. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I appreciate this. It’s good to work with other Asians, you know? You don’t have to explain yourself.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

When it came opposite, working and puffing even on the level, and I saw the engineer pass, I stood up and stepped up close to the passing cars. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

If everything worked the way it was supposed to, Ducky would be free for a layup. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

For the next 15 minutes, Mr. Stoker lectures us on being honest and working hard and having principles. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t you quit blabbering and get to work?” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had work to do, and as she worked, she hummed an old show tune. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Better yet, he has a few set pieces about Corduroy Greg because he used to work for him, too, and hates the guy. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

When the Painter finally glanced away from his work, he saw the magistrate and his men rushing toward him, their swords drawn. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

“I really don’t want to work with Cha-Cha. She is such an unsavory schemer.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

In the morning, once we are at work, I wait by the front door of the salon for Jairo. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“I think I should buy you a spot of supper. I’m afraid my friend here has some work that needs doing.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

But it wasn’t the work of the meerkats. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

For Rush, and for other doctors as well, this was simply a sign that the treatment was indeed working. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Now I must return to my work and leave you to your wanderings.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

For the laws of economics to work, the “players” need to be well informed about their options. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry, how can you get any work done in this chaos? Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

“And, Lolly,” Tuttle said, “though we appreciate your offer to work off the cost of the Legos, that won’t be necessary either. Focus on your schoolwork instead.” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Whenever he worked the room like this, Park got embarrassed for him. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Late that night we were still at work, cleaning the fish, hulling the rice, separating the grain from the husk. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

All that afternoon Stuart worked on the canoe, adjusting ballast, filling seams, and getting everything shipshape for the morrow. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

At roughly the same time we finished working at the quarry, one of the warders had the idea of converting our courtyard into a tennis court. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the system only works as long as fossil fuel energy is cheap. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

He had worked on government orders, camera lenses, and microscopes, earning twenty-five dollars a week. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

My mother didn’t want to work in a factory. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

It’s pretty, but more so is a working water mill right across the road. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Listen, Chris, can you hear me? Just overnight. I found a neurologist, a nerve doctor, who works on problems like yours." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Out of all the years he could think of no work of lasting value. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

We couldn’t be calling out like vendors working the cheap seats. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later that afternoon, the siblings worked on their Acts of Kindness projects. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

His son, Lenin, had moved to Delhi, where he worked as a services contractor for foreign embassies. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Chant, chill. There’s plenty of money to go around—we’ll make it work,” Donna says, tightening the straps of her new bra. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Me and Pap had rode out miles afore he spotted the maple he said would be perfect for finishing the cabinet we’d been working on for months for Mr. Dalton. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

Instead of continuing to work on our research projects, he pops in a documentary about World War II, which we’ve already covered. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

His mom had worked out with Nick what he could say and what he couldn’t say. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So much work...It must have been beautiful.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Had it worked out so he brought up one case a day to keep the government happy. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aunt Ivy used to say, “A man just works from sun to sun. A woman’s work is never done.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

I go out to the athletic field every morning before I head off for work, and she’s there. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

She was good at anything that involved her hands, and she preferred the jobs where she did not have to work with customers, where she could be alone and thinking, to waitressing, secretarying, salesclerking. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“If you want that device to work, perhaps you should try a musical invocation.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Him again. Well, I heard he’s a good science teacher,” he said with a smirk, “but we’re in English now. You people need to get on with today’s work.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

“Do you want to come over after school next week? We could work on our project or think of more names for you if you want.” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“We could go back down the way I came up,” Diana said, trying not to look at Kaitlin s injuries as they worked. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“There’s a scene where George is about to lose his temper,” says Warren Jones, who worked with Klin on the experiment. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

He nodded the head solemnly and vanished for the second time, to return on all fours in a few moments with a learned volume, the only secular work in his possession. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

For years, she had understood what that would take, and had worked hard to get there. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cafe and the barbershop was whites only, but I knew a boy that worked in the cafe. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I was mostly at work, but I was there when I needed to be. Junior, do you remember when I had to visit your principal at the high school?” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watch the whole thing in motion—everybody busy; hundreds of kids banding together, working side by side to accomplish a single, worthwhile goal. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Burger had lived in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for many years working as a machinist. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

I’d rather you say, ‘I’m going to work. Be a good student.’ Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

“My friends, we must do this one at a time,” he said, and that seemed to work. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

It’s worked that way for me ever since then. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

That’s when I notice a tear slowly working its way down Momma’s cheek. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Possibly it was the work of just one person with a grudge—or a mission. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It said, “I am fine. I got a job working as a clerk in a store. ” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ll have to miss a week of school because I’ll be there from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., but I’ll be able to make up part of the work while I’m in there. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I ask, “What’s the purpose of this patrol? Beyond showing me how things work, I mean.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

She leaned forward, eyes brimming with what she was about to say: “I work so hard,” she said. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The door latch rattled again, and this time the hook just kept on rattling until it worked its way out of the loop and fell hanging. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

Is he simply working the Lover Boy angle he initiated at the interview? The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“You don’t always have to work so hard to convince me how cool you are,” I said, standing up, grabbing my goggles and cap. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

Walking and ducking in and out of the bushes between Flint and Owosso was a lot more work than I thought it was. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

When they’d finished their work, they set off marching along the road through fields of corn to the train station, singing as they went. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

So I stood there in the “sewing room” in my socks and underwear doing the on-off routine with my pants while hot Annie pinned and her hot mother worked the sewing machine. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

A study he’d been working on for four years could any day be accepted into Nature, perhaps the most prestigious journal in his field. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I replied, “Mr. Dussel, I do take my work seriously. I can’t study next door in the afternoons, and I would appreciate it if you would reconsider my request! ” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Johnny didn’t have the patience for raising children, so when Eliza died, he took them all back to Clover, Virginia, where his family still farmed the tobacco fields their ancestors had worked as slaves. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

But like I said, I’ve found a way to make it work for me. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Then there would be no work of art and his remark would not even strike us as an interesting bit of conversation. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn't deserve reconciliation or love in that moment, but that's how mercy works. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

At the end of the year the nuns organized an exhibition and a party, and the dreadful works of art were sold for charity. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t know it was extra work, spending time with me,” said Ben. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Get him in the fields, put him to work,” Granddad was saying. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Only three minutes earlier, it was working fine. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was more jolly and cheerful than usual, and it is quite evident that last night’s work has helped to take some of the brooding weight off his mind. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

All of August I worked in the fields and orchards. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wearily the women set to work to clear the table, while Matthew raked up the fire in the hearth. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Like millions of Americans caught in the Great Depression, she found herself adrift in the early 1930s, working odd jobs and searching for a sense of purpose. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Ang Dorje became an able student and achieved the equivalent of an eighth-grade education before quitting to go back to work in the mountaineering and trekking industry. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

If my daughter were in heaven could she still watch the baby while I work in my manioc? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

And obviously we need to work on friendship skills in the fifth grade as a whole. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hotel while waiting for my sentencing, I worked over my face in the mirror. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

How many days could he work from dawn until midnight without getting sick? Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

When she used to come home from school she felt good and was ready to start working on the music. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

From there, he could begin to work on a solution that would keep the lights of Ember burning. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Baba Joseph, perhaps noticing, set her to work feeding a young calf that was learning to do without its mother’s milk. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It will be the working base for an action program designed to eliminate the political oppression, the economic exploitation, and the social degradation suffered daily by twenty-two million Afro-Americans.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

With the backpack-pushing and the assignment-ripping and all the general childishness that occurred between me and Miles, it only took him a month to banish me to work in the concession stand with Theo. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I was working out of a casual labor agency—we regulars called it a slave market. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

If I came back a little later, Aunt Xi-wen and the others would be at work sweeping their assigned parts of the alley. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Had they been true miracles or simply the work of talented Grisha? Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Oh—don’t get me wrong. They’re good boys, or I wouldn’t have ’em working for me. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“Why, because he’s Mexican? Actually, we were working at the mayor’s house. Maybe you think I got stoned with the mayor?” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Since his wife had read the letter from Abelman, her mind must have been working ov er the matter from every angle. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shin had come to Torrance with the understanding that he would help LiNK by working with its volunteers and speaking at its events. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

I could tell by the way he was pouting that Byron was going to try and get out of doing his share of the work. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hanako had paid the neighbor her entire savings of twenty-seven dollars, earned through working at the restaurant when she was six and seven years old. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I turned around and saw Pasqual, Louis and Benny—who’d started working for us a week before and was fast becoming indispensable—and their wives. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

That year, Chinese New Year fell on a Thursday, so I got off work early to help my mother shop. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Abruptly, he calmed down and sent me back to work as if nothing had happened. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to focus on the inflation hole, but that didn’t work, either. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

She mentions the paint I spilled last night while I was working, but I don’t hear all of what she says because her voice has trailed off and is muffled behind the closed door. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Dicey had worked slowly, dragging out the chore, but Sammy didn’t see any sense in this. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a little gap in the crowd and we worked our way to the rail to see what it was all about. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could say they lived back in the hills with their momma and their momma couldn’t come in because she was working the farm. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the morning, before she readies herself for work, Maria Isabel bathes her daughter with buckets of water and plaits her hair into two braids. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

I could feel my heart rate starting to slow, and then it raced again as I heard him ask me, “You work in public relations, is that correct? Huntingdon Whitely?” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was assigned to a listening post, and later he worked for the Ministry of Propaganda. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

We were in deeply wooded nowheresville, and Uncle Darnell, our only hope of getting a ride, was long gone to work and then to school. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

But they worked there cooking, serving, and cleaning up. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She grew increasingly restless not doing “public work.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

He thanked the men for their day’s work, told them to get a good night’s rest. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dell went to night classes and after three more years got a certification for adolescent counseling, and that put him on the path to work in education. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

The exposition work was still far behind schedule and a major source of worry, but Olmsted’s health and the pressure of other work had forced him from Chicago. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

While Hitler attacked his enemies, Shin said Kim worked his own people to death in places like Camp 14. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

When she got to the front, she leaned forward with her elbows on the counter and whispered, “Lizzie, can you meet me after you’re through with work? I’ll wait for you right outside the door.” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

In a murder mystery novel someone has to work out who the murderer is and then catch them. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

As for the work under his own department, Olmsted was disappointed. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Wilkins was plowing methodically through his work in the early 1950s when he was interrupted by an unwelcome force. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

He probably hadn’t traveled much more than seven or eight miles, but there was still a whole day before his grandfather would get home from work and even suspect he was gone. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

She had intended the money to pay for gatherings of Vermeer scholars to work on attribution and on the crime. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I have been setting my sights too high. I cannot survive this type of work. I suspect that something like a newspaper route would be rather agreeable.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’d come straight from work, still in her uniform, her apron stained with ketchup and potato soup. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

This might mean working with broad categories of Chinese, Indian or West African music, or narrow sub-cultures such as hip-hop music, Motown sound from the 1960s, or even the sound of an individual singer. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

“Well, it’s done, anyway. Now it’s time for a rest, Son. You’ve worked hard.” Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

Nok's father and Mark were working together to organize an election the next month. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“Mom and Dad are working. I don’t know where Abby is.” Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

“My sister—” “A scientists work, cadet, is determined by two things. His interests and the interests of his time. Do you understand?” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Chess, you go ahead and start eating. Emma and I will go back upstairs and work on her hair together.” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

"The work I do does not permit me to travel the streets amid a column of knights. So when I leave the castle, I adopt more suitable guises, and thus live to serve you longer." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

At Hamlet's death, my work was done; I had copied the rest on my previous visit. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Frank, who isn’t in his baseball hat and dirty work clothes. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“They work fine just the way they are. If you need the brakes, squeeze these.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Before Arthur had started his life’s work, a man accusing the Queen of anything would have been executed out of hand. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without the forty-five-minute commute, I can picture myself working two jobs and still having the time to shower between them. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another fact that doesn’t exactly brighten up our days is that Mr. van Maaren, the man who works in the warehouse, is getting suspicious about the Annex. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“I know how protection circles work, Jay. I watched you all. My question is,” she said, squinting at her brother, “will it help if Deputy Collins shows up here? Or are you expecting some haints?” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“The Manzanar runs” became a condition of life, and you only hoped that when you rushed to the latrine, one would be in working order. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

The work was designed by Michelangelo but done by someone else. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I smiled at Twig, but I felt a twisting in my stomach—like my hypothesis was wrong and the world didn’t work quite like I thought it did. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“I know, but you don’t go looking for them. You try to work things out every other way you can think of first. Even with the spiders. And Ripred,” said Gregor. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

When I’d been working at the museum for nine months, I had saved up enough money to give Mum a surprise—I sent her a check that would pay for her to visit me. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t you come and work for me at the sports shop?” he said one Saturday afternoon as he was driving me to the black bus stop following a tennis lesson. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And this would be your home base. Where I work. We could see each other at least one week a year, more depending on the package your mom chooses.” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Pure luck, apparently After that it was back to work and home to the Doorman in the early hours of morning. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Any observer can work out precisely what time and position any other observer will assign to an event, provided he knows the other observer’s relative velocity. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I feel the lungs that have been doing their work quietly inside the hospital. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

The fact that he’d previously lied about their coupling, and hadn’t done the spiritual work to put it behind him, ruled out his participation in the mission. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

She wanted three times the work done in the same amount of time. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I told how hard Grandpa had been working to have my dogs entered, and how he had already paid my entry fee. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

My left leg was so short, it didn’t even have a working knee. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

But the night before he left, his mother, visiting from Montana to say good-bye, took him to JCPenney and bought him a Grateful Dead tie and some brown work shoes. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What did you bring me? Look at these skeletons! How do you expect these walking dead to work?” Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I work mornings and evenings for three dollars a week,” I said. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Papa is working hard at the clinic and I don’t think we will be poor forever. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“What can one person alone accomplish? Well there’s not enough of ‘round-table work’ here. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

—Look, I went to college—night school for six years—while I worked at various jobs during the day to make ends meet. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Good thing about that New Orleans heat was that work stopped early, about middle of the afternoon. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The elevator didn’t work and all the windows were broken. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

From then on, whenever she asked me to work on weekends, I said yes. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“I’ll promise to be honest, and to work hard, and to listen to what everyone has to say,” she lists, as if she’s already thought about her answer. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

I’ll get to go to debutante balls and dinner parties, but the best part will be volunteering for local organizations that work with children. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“She made our school sound dirty, and Mr. Costa works hard.” Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know how the mechanics of it work. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“Some of the kids I work with are doing a poetry slam to raise money for juvenile justice care packages. You...uhh...” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

In Cambodia, if the father is busy with work and the mother is busy with babies and shopping, the responsibility of disciplining and punishing the younger siblings often falls on the oldest child. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Amid so much turmoil it was understandable that the work of a young and handsome doctor would go unnoticed. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“I get that the spotter plane sees the shark in the water and the fisherman tags the shark with a harpoon, but can you tell me how the tags work?” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

“Would you like me to show you how that works?” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

The waiters were turning back to their work. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

It had required at least two rolls of double-sided tape for the work of art to take up one massive wall of my bedroom. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

“Are you going to wear your inspection shoes or your work shoes, Dad?” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The masked demons you speak of in your dreams of the white kitchen threaten to undo all that we’ve worked for,” the captain says, “and our journey will be for naught.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I've hardly slept, and the last thing I want to do is work. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“He works at a candy factory all day, then comes home, watches TV, and eventually goes to sleep. Seems pretty sad to me.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Maybe the timing will work out,” his mom said. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

The men continued to work heedlessly in a miasma of radioactive emissions, including neutrons, which Lawrence recognized as especially active on human tissue. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

The tummy medicine tasted like liquid candy canes without sugar, but it worked. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Baba worked late and Mama had a ton of catering orders. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I even sent her a text at work to remind her about it. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

The window, however, lets in lots of light, and I’ll be able to see just fine when I work. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Kapo launched into a lengthy explanation of the importance of this work, warning us that anyone who proved to be lazy would be held accountable. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the last wall of the tenement—one of the buildings he had worked in— and at any moment the wall threatened to collapse. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Then for the next eleven years, I tried to work up the nerve to talk to you." The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He had tried to communicate that the national interest did not lie in simply continuing atomic bomb work, and even suggested banning atomic weapons by international convention “just like poison gases after the last war.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

After graduate work at Penn State and the University of Chicago, he was hired as a Harvard professor at age twenty-five. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

“You should talk to your dad. Seriously. Sometimes we have to remind our parents that we understand how the world works.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Girl, you are no fun anymore. All you want to do is work, work, work.” Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though we do not have to work, we are given a ration of rice and salt and sometimes fish. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We told him to sneak around it and try to figure out how it works. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

“I can’t. I worked too hard to build what I have.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

And as they hustle around for work, they have been constantly reminded of the one thing that stands out on their resumes: the education that ended with a high school diploma. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

When I rang his doorbell the next day after work, he looked surprised. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I was thinking, with Christmas coming, maybe I could work there and earn money,” I tell her. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I’d agreed to launch it close to the mine because I didn’t really think our rockets were going to work. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He knows these things because he once worked in insurance. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

But Baba didn’t speak as he strode back to his work. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

She even induced Winston to mortgage yet another of his evenings by enrolling himself for the part-time munition work which was done voluntarily by zealous Party members. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“That was no big deal. I don’t like it when things don’t work right.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

After all that work, it seemed only fair that Tyson would ride shotgun with me, though I knew the horses wouldn’t like it, and Tyson’s extra weight would slow us down. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

He noticed the other boys were absorbed in their work too. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Suppose we organize some kind of a cooperative. For Japanese people coming back from the camps. We will design a housing project, and all the men looking for work will build houses.” Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lights cigarette after cigarette; he hardly stops working. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Well, boats aren’t meant for beaches, so let’s work on getting her back in the water.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Yossarian attended the educational sessions because he wanted to find out why so many people were working so hard to kill him. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Lying sleepless on the floor one night, he watched as a roommate, a transport worker named Kang Chul Min, who was in his late twenties, got up and began mending his work trousers. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

He was a tall man with a horseshoe of white hair around his pate and the stoop that came from years of field work. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“I refuse to accept your resignation, Hagrid, and I expect you back at work on Monday,” he said. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

After many weeks, she had an idea that worked. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He dropped it on the track in front of us as we bent and stretched, getting ready for the usual "Technique Tuesday" routine work. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

She burned herself a dozen times as she worked with Umma in the kitchens. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I work on consuming my hot turkey sandwich. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m very sorry about your daughter. Another of my sexers lost a child once, and he didn’t wreck my car. You won’t be returning to work in my hatchery.” Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, I started working my leg back and forward, trying to create enough room to swing it out. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

And even the most painstaking piece of craft does not deserve to be called a work of art unless it involves a leap of the imagination. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He, like virtually all the others, worked in more than one field: he published on monetary reform as well as astronomy. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I need a real job, not just work around the house. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought we might try to work with some watercolors today,” he said. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Finnick and I stand with our weapons poised while he works the spile in, but no threat appears. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“It ought to be good,” he replied, “it has been the work of many generations.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

She’s sitting at the kitchen table wearing her work clothes and checking a camera lens. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

As I began working my way toward the docks, I heard Abbey call out, “Be careful, Noah!” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

In the next several months she was to conclude her stay by writing up her work for publication. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

She got a house of her own or worked successfully at blackmail or married a rich man. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Slowly and carefully she worked her way through the tangled mass. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they told him, “We are amazed at the good work God is doing here,” Richard wanted to ask why God had allowed the war to happen in the first place. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

So instead of feeling sorry for myself every minute of the day, I work. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He sat in the outer room and read the papers, and the Editor and Publisher and I worked hard for two hours. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

I know it pained him greatly to see my mom working when he could not. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Will work to become knowledgeable in areas of their current job responsibility and put efforts in trying to communicate effectively. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Luis and his crew had probably worked all night in the groves. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Mary also cultivated allies among the white women she worked with. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

I thought thieves were worthless, too lazy to work for what they wanted. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is a promise that if I salute the flag like a good American, all these integration problems will be worked out eventually. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had never approved of his work with the Klan, not because of any moral problems with the organization, but simply because it took time that she felt C.P. should have spent with his family. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

When I think of all the work Dad put into our house it’s pretty sad. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

And the boys moved off to torment someone else until they were found, slapped, and sent to work. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I worked hard today and they praised me, only to start picking on me again five minutes later. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

When they—you—send me a specific question to answer, I work on that, taking time out of my five hours. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I would have felt guilty if I didn’t give maximum effort, considering how hard my parents worked for us. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

The work of most of the women, like that of the Friden, Marchant, or Monroe computing machines they used, was anonymous. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

He had never been so moved by a work of visual art. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Hideo has indeed hired a few hackers in the past—to help him work out bugs inside Warcross—but they were way more experienced, and probably with no criminal records. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Every morning, Jack rose at five A.M. and reported for work, never knowing where he would be assigned that day. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

When he wasn’t training officers, he worked as a CO at Coxsackie, which he called “Gladiator School,” or “the Whack.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were three old TV sets too, but they looked like they didn’t even work. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Immie always left him cash for the previous week’s work on the kitchen counter. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The film kept talking about growth spurts and acne problems caused by working in the forges, and proper flipper hygiene, and finally it was over. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Get up, go to school, go to work... How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I cup both hands around my ear and place it against the door—does this actually work? I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Part-time work was meant to give me more freedom, but mostly it left me feeling as if I were only half doing everything, that all the lines in my life had been blurred. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

"Here's how it works, Mr. Wing. I'm going to ask you a question, and you're going to give me an answer. Let's start with an easy one. How old are you?" Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Once I've got a groove, the work requires less effort but is almost more than I can handle. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“That afternoon. We did some work on my car, and had a bowl of chili at the West Side Cafe. It must have been around three.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Five nights a week the working people of the Pantheon quarter danced there. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

“I’m just wondering if there would be any conflict with your, um, lifestyle choices that might interfere with the work we do here.” Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

She must’ve been working hard for years to convince herself that both her parents were completely insane, Sierra realized. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

“The winds from the west will be too strong for us to work on the surface now.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Clustered in the left corner of the room stood twenty or so black men, all wearing work coats and dungarees, a few sharpening their outfits with newsboy caps or brimmed hats. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

In many parts of Latin America there is a resentment, abundantly justified, of U.S. workers with big budgets swooping in to profit from the work of poor local scholars. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

All the other workers have spent their lives working in fields, and their hands move quickly, automatically. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Below her blazes the route she has worked out on the map for herself, north of the city through the mountains to the coast. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

His newest schedule was to work for ten to twelve hours, then eat and sleep a few hours at the hatchery, and then get up and work six hours. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

You’re going to ask how the “invincible” thing worked: if I magically dodged every weapon, or if the weapons hit me and just didn’t harm me. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Those who do step out of line often face little unexplained punishments, such as having their schedules or their work assignments unilaterally changed. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know how it works because I seen it done once by a wise man in Uppsala, and that’s the only time I ever saw one before. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

This whole blending in like an eager beaver is working better than I thought. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Sally would ask me to be her partner, and I’d do all the work. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry about that. Are you doing the work?” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Grandma’s friends had thrown her a shower at work, because they knew that with four young kids moving in, she might need some help getting up to speed. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

When it came to the home-for-dinner dilemma, I installed new boundaries, ones that worked better for me and the girls. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Or perhaps he means it’s closed because of the work. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

In the 1930s and early 1940s, President Franklin D. Roosevelt began to roll out the New Deal—a massive public works and investment program designed to lift the nation out of a severe depression. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

At the same time, my mother started moving up at the real-estate company she worked for, taking on more responsibilities and earning a better salary. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The Englishman was fascinated with the part about the progress achieved at the crystal shop after the boy began working there. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

After that, he worked as a food preparer at a mall in Baltimore. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Before that an older woman, Mrs. Linden, greeted him when he came home each afternoon, sipping coffee from a thermos and working on crossword puzzles while Eliot played on his own. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

All these small creatures are working — working in sun and rain, during the hours of darkness, even when winter’s grip has damped down the fires of life to mere embers. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

I wanted to scream at him to hurry up, but I knew that wouldn’t work. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

He ate alone at the end of the table, then returned to Gryffindor Tower, thinking of all the extra work on Summoning Charms that he had to do. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

She hadn’t returned to the Great Library since—and wondered how many of those invaluable works had been ordered destroyed by the King of Adarlan when he outlawed magic. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“You can forget it if you’re trying to make me laugh. It’s not working.” Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

But there is also, I think, a significant advantage to how secretly the unconscious does its work. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

American universities, already beginning to enjoy the fruits of collaboration with big business, duly put this relationship to work. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Still, the idea that there is a current of brutality in corrections work is hard to deny. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rashid looked down at the braiding Diana was working on and the stretcher he and Tad were creating and smiled. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

They helped Jade Dragon with her work, and whenever they flew in the sky she was overwhelmed with love and pride. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

His mother would rise from her work grinding meal and walk around to the side of the house that faced the road. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve done some modeling work. For Sherman’s Shoes in Old Town.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

“Clearly, you have a great deal of work ahead of you.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Demand for labor was high, and Johannesburg became a magnet for Africans from the countryside seeking work. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He don’t like working,” said her aunt, scornfully. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

That might have worked fine except I racked my balls against the windowsill, which hurt so bad that I groaned, which was a pretty sizable mistake. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Families were separated and left behind everything they had worked for their whole lives. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Paradoxically, intensifiers like very, highly, and extremely also work like hedges. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“About your mark: You haven’t turned in work this term. I should have failed you. But at the last moment, I decided to pass you so that you could graduate with your class.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only working searchlights seem to be at the back of the camp. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Granddaddy had been working for years on a way to distill pecans into liquor. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

We worked on our knees, pulling the carrots out of the ground after they were loosened by a tractor-plow. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

“But I want it in writing that after I do twenty hours’ work for you, Shiloh belongs to me.” Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pay from Roberto’s part-time janitorial job and our earnings working in the fields on weekends were not enough to get us through. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Beside a mountain stream, O’Dell and I worked at a clear place, picking and shoveling rich, black West Virginia loam into the truck. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Worst of all, it was by far the fastest mile the horse had worked since coming to Belmont. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before Thomas knew it he was back at work, pulling up weeds again, counting down the minutes until he’d be done with the Gardens. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Without valuables of our own, my family's only hope to fend off starvation was work, since work meant food, maybe soup at lunchtime and sometimes a small chunk of bread to take home. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

He said I could live with him for a few months and work at the In-N-Out Burger across the street. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The sun would soon be sinking into a dusky evening, like it, too, had been working all day. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The tarpaulin was tom in several places, some tears evidently the work of Richard Parker’s claws. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“The coal yard has been hard. Men are dropping with their shovels in their hands, and Max doesn’t eat enough for the work. I think the camp will be worse.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Well, that concept is critical to the "Mark Watney doesn't die" project I'm working on. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I don’t think we’ll even be able to find someone willing to work with us—willing to work with me. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

They did not even call what she did “work,” or “art,” which in their minds would have been just as bad. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

We can readily understand Michelangelo’s discomfort, for Titian has rephrased his sculpture in utterly sensuous terms through the painterly application of sonorous color that is characteristic of his work. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Reverend Hunt begins to explain again, but Captain Smith finds us boys sitting idle and tells Reverend Hunt he needs us to come work in the gardens. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

What was worst of all was that the work was by no means purely mechanical. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

When she leaves work every afternoon, he pleads in a tiny voice for her to stay—or at least to take him with her. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

If Mama thought she could work evenings and go to high school in the day, why couldn’t she go to college that way? A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Have you been doing your work and keeping yourself out of trouble?” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think she likes watching the reaction when she says she works in the city. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

A similar point may be made about the work of Ibn al-Haytham. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

They couldn’t have children, and Gil’s legal work had long included volunteer advocacy for kids in the foster care system. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Everyone was either at work or, for all I knew, lying dead on the kitchen floor. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“I am. Oh, it doesn’t work any more. It doesn’t work!” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“How do you know what works for girls? Or maybe you’ve looked these over with Ruth. Sorry, not thinking.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And you forgot to take the lid off. Do you know, I was more than ten days working at that lid? Be more careful in the future.” Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Working the bank up and down, and not finding the trail, she swam across the river and worked the other side. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Matt hadn’t worked out the exact relationship between El Viejo and El Patron before. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He criticizes Vincent’s dark palette and describes to him the work of some painters he’s seeing in Paris. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Each time I glanced at him, I felt that old instinct at work in me, tensing my muscles, preparing me to take flight. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

This is the Doppler effect, and it works with light, too. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Same as in Marshall, children, unless they were very young, worked too. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

If they pleased the superintendent or one of the foremen, they could expect less work and more food. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

He held senior-level jobs and earned good money, but he wasn’t always recognized for his best work. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

He told the people in front of the broken machines to get in line behind the people at the machines that were still working. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I started to work in phases a little bit. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

McGarrity waited a few days until the children got used to working for him. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The admissions people were friendly and gave me stacks of information, which I leafed through all night at work. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

She still had on her hijab and her work clothes, dark, long, loose pants and a brown cotton tunic top. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“Could you please tell a different story? Perhaps one less intimately related to the inner workings of the digestive system?” George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

When Descartes produced his study of the rainbow he had to start from scratch, despite the fact that he was very largely simply repeating the work both of Theodoric and of al-Farisi. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Our death penalty work had also taken a hopeful turn. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Someone told me it takes weeks and weeks putting something like that together. Months even. People sometimes work all night on them, over and over, until they’re just right.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The preacher was sitting in the living room, working at the little foldout table. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

He was already thinking about the day’s work ahead, and even at seven-thirty he felt behind. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Because of the gnawing feeling that no matter how hard they work their efforts will yield nothing, that what they build up in one year will be torn down in one day by others. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

It no longer amused her that while she went to work, the flat remained in the same filthy mess that she had left it in. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had never had guests before, and they went to work like darling elves, sweeping, mopping, cooking, baking—making mattresses of straw and burlap bags, setting tables, putting party favors at each place. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, this is supposed to work,” he said. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

All I knew was that my parents were at work, and it was my job to give her some pills. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

No one, not even the fishermen, was at work today. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

As we got closer to Montauk, she seemed to grow younger, years of worry and work disappearing from her face. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

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

Under her guidance, we learned which lotions to start off with, and what worked best for various weather conditions and times of day. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Hands on my knees to make the joints work right. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

All their own wealth and good fortune seemed to them as nothing compared with Psyche’s, and their envious anger so worked in them that they came finally to plotting how to ruin her. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The memories of the hard work in the rice fields, her father’s careworn hands, the plain rice in the dinner bowls, and Ma’s sighs washed upon her like the splashes of water from the lake. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh. Fifty bucks. Can you work with that?” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

To my surprise, he revealed that with the help of his assistant Wilson he had quietly been duplicating some of Rosy’s and Gosling’s X-ray work. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

I sulked and felt sorry for myself all the time I worked with the meat. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d read how the revolution wanted the working class to save their money. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

As they entered some of the rats looked up, some waved and smiled, but all quickly turned back to the work they were doing, as if they were in a hurry. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Assuming Leo lived long enough, assuming his crazy secret plan worked, his destiny was with somebody else, on an island that no man ever found twice. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

My father talked about my work at school. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

As the days passed, the system which Lion had suggested worked well. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Maybe one day I would go to America and work in the movies. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

The next day after Bible school, Wishbone and I were sitting out front while Gus worked in the garden. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Nobody bats their eye when she scoots by on her hands and goes on down to her field or the river to wash clothes with the other ladies that work down there every day. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her skin skittered at the use of that word, Pet’s word, but Redemption was right, the work was hunting. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

It seemed like more ice cream would cost more money, but apparently that’s not how the world of ice cream worked. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

The rats had finished digging the new hole, and all twenty of them were working near the house. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

She set to work gathering a huge load of dry sticks, dead branches torn off during the winter by heavy snow and ice. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

At once the zalif gave a call of alarm, and everyone in earshot stopped work and sped to the center of the settlement, calling the young ones. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He tried again, a wider circle, and that time it worked. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Darin nodded, but later that night, I caught him working on it in our room. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“When a man puts in work, he wants to know it will bloom.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

He knelt beside the first of these and looked through into a large white-tiled room, a laboratory with complicated glass and steel equipment laid out over work surfaces. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Even the prints that are clearly Mr. Barris’s work have been written over. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Because he worked so slowly, he made far fewer pieces than the other potters, and consequently had to sell each of them at a higher price. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

I think of Mr. Gideon's vaccine for a moment, but there’s no way that thing works. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

He’s sitting in a seat that he took next to me to watch me work. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“It just slipped my mind—I had a lot of pickups today A lot of work in the city. I’ll get it tomorrow, all right?” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

This time, with more air, and knowing what he was trying to do, he found the wheel quickly and then took his time working it. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

My mother worked with crazy teenagers in juvenile detention centers and prisons. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

But now I'm spilling the emotions I work so hard to keep bottled. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Summerland is a town in Kansas. Nice place, bit of a work in progress, like most frontier towns. And I get the feeling you’re going to get to see it firsthand.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Grandma was shocked because she had worked for the Nichols family and could easily identify him. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Olanna stared at the rice grains on the ground and wondered how her mother could have worked herself up like this over them and if her mother really believed her own outrage. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

‘Yes, once they understand the workings of this society. But how do you propose to tell them?’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Me and Moms and Derek are like real family; so is Pops when he’s acting right, which means when he’s working. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

After my mom had to race back to work, I found Calista’s phone number on the list of emergency contacts on the bulletin board in the kitchen. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

He went into the kitchen, sat down, and watched Neeley working. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wes’s mother, Mary, works in medical technology, specializing in elder care. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I had better get to work—though I have bought my extra week, I now have only half as much time each day for writing. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

All the same, solitary bucks—if they can find no existing holes to make use of—will sometimes scratch out short tunnels for shelter, although it is not work that they tackle at all seriously. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the morning she would watch him go down the front steps to work and then follow along a half a block behind him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Robin and I were sitting outside on the lawn swing behind the house where she and her aunt worked. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hope Reverend Hunt is not too disappointed that his first time trying to convert a Virginia native to Christianity did not work out. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

He sets to work pruning the deadwood like a sculptor. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z