| 单词 | work at |
| 例句 | It’s funny the way some'guys think they can just come out and play ball and don’t work at it. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z I don’t see any white folks, just all kinds of colored people, some rushing past bringing books in, some bringing books out, some working at the front desk. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z —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 “That’s not the point. I love working at the Idle Hour. Anna and Richard count on me. It’s part of my life, and I won’t let you take that away from me, too.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z She could feel his hand working at his belt, at the drawstring of her trousers. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z I wish he knew enough about farms to work at the feedstore. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z My uncle’s daughter had married a man who worked at a bank in the capital. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Fannie worked at one of two sweatshops owned and operated by the Marx & Haas Clothing Co., the largest clothing manufacturer in St. Louis. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z I worked at the store a month to buy them. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z An employee had said in a magazine interview that you were qualified to work at Henka Games only if you could withstand the scrutiny of his piercing stare while giving him a presentation. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He had worked at the dam for about a year when his time at secondary school came to an end in May 1999. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z But she didn’t know who he was, other than someone who worked at Bayside Press. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Pesza worked at the electrical company outside the ghetto, and from time to time, she, too, brought back bread or a potato or two. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z She worked at this task all day, pausing only to wipe her forehead of the beads of moisture that sprang from the hard work she was doing. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z 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 I wasn’t too gassed about working at a bank, just because it seemed like it would be boring as hell, sitting behind that thick glass counting other people’s money all day. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z For the first time he was seeing Min’s work at close range. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z But if she didn’t intuitively get that I didn’t really want to work at a store where I couldn’t even fit into the clothes, then I didn’t want to bother explaining it to her. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Now, his father was a healthy man, although he was old, who had not worked at all for five years now and thus could not be counted on for very much. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z I realized I knew absolutely nothing about her except that she had worked at Stagecoach Pass since it opened. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Not long after my mother brought him home from the hospital, she returned to work at the factory. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z She dashed into the county courthouse building and found Leon Longbridge working at his desk. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z The portable toilets were available and working at Camp Greyhound while there were no working bathrooms at the Convention Center and Superdome a few blocks away. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Realizing we have to find a way to get more food, Pa somehow arranges for Kim to work at the chiefs house as his errand boy. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I still worked at the print shop, but we didn't get to print what we wanted. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “I’ll put in some extra work at the library this weekend. This is far more important,” Berry said. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “My mother works at Broome Real Estate and Bookmarks. She isn’t home much, but if you have a pen, I’ll give you her number.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z When Martin appeared, introduced by one of her cousins who worked at the shipping company, she had tired of the gossip and long relinquished an interest in happiness. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z And every animal down to the humblest worked at turning the hay and gathering it. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z There was Jack Salter, a neighbor who worked at the federal courthouse. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z Tina pointed to where Mrs. Das was purchasing something from one of the shirtless men who worked at the tea stall. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Young, pretty, unassuming, the sort of girl that always worked at little inns like this: a Nellie. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Although our work at the quarry was meant to show us that we were no different from the other prisoners, the authorities still treated us like the lepers who once populated the island. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 “Etienne works at the movie theater near my home. He sneaks me in because Papa Georges won’t allow me to see any movies.” The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z She must be exhausted, working at the school from the early morning and then coming here when she's finished. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Not wanting attention is part of why I love working at the bookstore. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z 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 “Señor Rodrigo does not care if you talk and work at the same time?” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z So he studied Derek, worked at it as hard as he could. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z All of the fathers worked at the hatchery in a nearby town. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z That meant she didn’t do “menial” work, or any work at all, apparently. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z I understand that the factory is not working at capacity currently, and I did observe that only one of these devices was operating, burning coal and what looked like one of the cutting tables. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Early in the morning, he’d drive from the apartment she was renting in Georgetown to work at the Pentagon. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z I saw how this worked at a newly opened restaurant called the Filling Station. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z In that long-ago time, the people who lived along this course worked at making pottery, and there was wonderful beauty in it. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The rest of the week they worked at the tannery, going there soon after daybreak and not coming back until it was dark. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Two guys who I knew worked at the hank on the corner leaned over their table to join the conversation. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z She worked at a nursing home every day trying to keep her family together, and had a motherly concern about the welfare of her children. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, for a while, it seemed that some triplets did not work at all. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z After working at the clinic for six months, I got a job in Oxford. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z I hear Ms. D. honk, and I left to start work at my new job. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “I don’t know. Maybe she used it as a bookmark or something. Doesn’t Angie work at a hotel?” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z She worked at a grocery store, restocking the Lay’s. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Shanti heads back to Harlem for weekends and holidays, but with both of her parents working at home, she likes studying and sleeping here better. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z She shares an apartment with some other girls who work at the bar. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z At first I argued against it, saying I didn’t like working at our place. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z For one, we don’t have money to buy anything, and two, Lee Lee’s ex works at Target and she doesn’t want to run into him. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z 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 My aunt, of course, is the coolest person in our family and would only work at the kind of restaurant that gets reviewed. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z My mom greets a few people working at the gate. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z In fact, all he had on were the blue jeans he’d worn earlier when he went to work at Flat Face Pizza. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z Anyone who worked at PIH knew that a simple “epi” map—based on what makes people sick and what kills them, and in what numbers and at what ages—could be coded in two colors. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z He went to work at one in the afternoon and Mack would keep his door closed, not even come out of his room, until after his father had left. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Her wiry fitness from hard work at the Smoke hadn’t faded in two weeks, and the operation actually firmed up a new pretty’s muscles, at least for a while. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z “I have a master’s degree. I’m too qualified to work at a register. And for what, seven bucks an hour?” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Teams started work at both ends of my body at the same time. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z I flap the apron out and work at tyin’ it ’round my waist. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Despite the weather, work at Jackson Park progressed. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z It was Pumpkin who earned extra money working at the Lytes’ stable. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z George had been working at a Pier 1 furniture store in Houston before his car accident. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z But tolerance is a project you always have to keep working at. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Mary Gearhart, a small, pleasant woman, worked at a number of restaurants before finding a job in a German hotel in Martinsburg, West Virginia. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z He’d love to work at a research facility one day, and he understood he needed more education to do that. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Miles works at Meijer. I wanted to see if he was there today.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z And I don't need everything to work at top form anymore. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I worked at separating the keys in her typewriter. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Woody thought about White Boy, his boy from the neighborhood, who picked up a job working at a restaurant called Poor Folks. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Beginning that day, every evening, straight from work at the furniture store, I went doing what we Muslims later came to call “fishing.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “Look, you don’t have to work at the ministry. I can appoint you to a board, any board you want, and I will furnish a flat for you wherever you want.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z She had worked at such a feverish pace to produce this monumental book that she was tired. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He was used to having his Wraith around—feeding the crows outside his window, sharpening her knives while he worked at his desk, chastising him with her Suli proverbs. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Since for many years he had worked at Cal Tech on the crystal structures of small organic molecules, I couldn’t kid myself that he did not grasp our problem. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z He thought if he worked at it and practiced he might hit one of the larger rabbits with an arrow or a spear—never the small ones or the squirrels. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z What she is doing is working at the Stratford Shakespearean Festival. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z A young man who had worked at the dye vats in a mill claimed suddenly that a great holy power had come in him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z She was working at the dirt and looking around suspiciously all the time. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Or instead of just working at the office, maybe he would even own the company. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z However, his attention was riveted on a room full of boys working at tables. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It sometimes worked at superstores and giant chains where bored teenaged employees barely paid attention. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Weasley, who worked at the Ministry of Magic, would of course have heard the whole story of what had happened to Aunt Marge. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Just then, Wynn appeared, still wearing his uniform from working at the new Wreck O Mend, an auto repair shop in the SmartMart center. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Some of the kids have uncles in Iraq and lots have family who work at Tinker Air Force Base in Midwest City, Oklahoma. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z He went to do yard work at the big houses where he had gathered weeds behind his father. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z How hard were we going to work at this? Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Buttercup ripped her clothes into patches and ties, and they worked at the wound, caking the blood with mud from the floor of the Fire Swamp, then bandaging and rebandaging over it. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Following her graduate work at the University of Michigan, Hoover had worked at the Weather Bureau for three years. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z She told him of her work at the fish hatchery, after her discharge from the Birthing Center. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z For a long time he worked at the monogram in the center of the platter. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z My dad had regularly received strange calls from work at all hours of the night, but that had stopped after the accident. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Fixing the electricity was the most important job in Ember, and more people worked at it than at anything else. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z They found short work at a sawmill in Bear, then an afternoon pulling stumps at Crossland, finally steady work in Goshen. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The door was closed, and I could hear my father working at his typewriter inside. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z "Don't be so suspicious. He had a son who worked at the warfront. He died of the plague a few years ago." Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z So I worked at a feverish pace, and I braced myself for cancer. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He set to work at once to make a bow and arrows. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 “So, I have to work at the One Drum festival on Sunday, selling the shirts that I, ahh, created.” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z There aren’t any chicks right now because it isn’t the time of year when they get them, but Jane, who works at the paint counter, says they get hundreds every spring, and sometimes ducklings too. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z There had been a super cute guy who worked at the Heart Some economists argue that the apparent paradox rests on an illusion: there is no real “labor shortage,” only a shortage of people willing to work at the wages currently being offered. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z It was more exciting to work at a real bench, to draw the sharp knife along the clean wood; to hear it “snick” as the knife took hold, then slither off into shavings. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z But it was easy to see the widow was restless, and before long she waylaid Grandpa, when he stopped by for his snort, to ask if she could come work at the store. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z There were no customers, and a fat old Vermonter with a naked woman tattooed on his forearm was leaning against the cash register, passing time with a kid who worked at the Mini-Mart next door. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z In return for his money, he received many privileges: he wore clothes meant for white prisoners, ate their diet, and did no jail work at all. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Let’s say this guy who bought the DVD player worked at a shoe store. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z One day we were working at the lime quarry when the commanding officer came to observe us, accompanied by a gendeman whom we at first did not recognize. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Half the time the spring didn't work at all. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z He worked at a stubborn spot on the counter but I caught him catching a glimpse of me. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “To work at night with Mother,” she said flatly. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The girls I had known had been hard and calculating, those who had worked at the hotel and those whom I had met at school. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z About a week after Badenhorst arrived, we were working at the quarry one morning when, without introduction or fanfare, Badenhorst and his driver pulled up in the commander’s car. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I told you I worked at an ad agency, didn’t I? Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z His mother worked at what was called piecework—doing applique at home. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Parents of Truman students work at warehouses and call centers, and some supplement their incomes with shifts at fast-food restaurants. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z JetBlue now has four hundred reservation agents, like Dolly, working at home in the Salt Lake City area, taking reservations —in between babysitting, exercising, writing novels, and cooking dinner. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z “My father used to own a shop in this village. And my shop will live up to his motto—‘The best work at the best prices.’ Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z She got a job working at the stables, teaching the young kids to ride. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z I work at banging the license plate flat again, scribble down Another of those terrible times, and add it to the wall of my room, which is already covered in notes just like this. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “I’m so proud you gonna work at last,” Mrs. Reilly said emotionally and kissed her son somewhere in his damp moustache. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She and staff attorney Kristen Nelson, a Harvard Law grad who had worked at the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia, the nation's premier public defender office, met with Marsha repeatedly. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He kept on working at it and daily under his skillful fingers it grew more beautiful. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z My mother wears expensive high heels all day while she works, even though she works at home. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z The two of them talk for an hour and by the time they finish, Mrs. Olsen has promised to accept Negroes to apply for work at her bakery. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Upon completing his graduate work at the University of Chicago, Venkatesh was awarded a three-year stay at Harvard’s Society of Fellows. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z 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 ordered the builder of the Electricity Building to double his workforce and to put the men to work at night under electric lights. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z We were working at the laundry when a delivery boy came from the Rexall drugstore around the corner. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z That’s why I was happy I was working at the Dollar Store in Irvington: I was less likely to be seen there. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z She works at the ticketing counter for a big airline at Philadelphia International Airport. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z How could someone who worked at Daffodil Manor be so glamorous, so beautiful? Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z “If we lived here, I’d work at the Fillmore,” Matthew said. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z In the meantime, there’s school and working at the salvage yard, and friends, like Jack. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z She'd make new friends and land her first job, working at a snack bar. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z On the first Monday in May 1903, black waiters arrived to begin work at a popular lunch counter only to be told to go home, as the manager had abruptly declared them “incompetent.” A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “I have to leave for work at five.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z Little has changed for Peralta, a cook who has worked at menial jobs in the United States for fifteen years. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z He just stood there, watching her back as she worked at dishes in the sink. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “They used to work at a soul food restaurant up there, so I know a little something about it.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z My mother had her friend Mr. Jonathan—who worked at Legal Aid down at the courthouse—get us a lawyer to give us some advice. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z “But we don’t mind having to work at it. In fact, that’s what we want; it’s what we came for. Dale’s going to stay on there and work while the children finish school.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z “And no work at all next weekend. Have a happy holiday, yo.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z Vasudeva had taken over all the work at the ferry and Siddhartha, in order to be with his son, the work in the hut and the fields. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z He got a job as a security guard working at one of the buildings on Wall Street. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Besides, she says, he’s back at work at Rank’s Flour Mills and please God this job will last a while with the war on and the English desperate for flour. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z He had abandoned his work at the scales and was now cutting out lines on the mirror. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “You can still work at Jimmy’s,” I said. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z 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 When guests weren’t present, Dad worked at improving our table manners. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z Mia had, since starting to work at the Richardsons’, noted the peculiar dynamic between Izzy and the rest of her family, especially her mother. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Thousands more found good-paying work at manufacturing plants with names redolent of an era of sweat and muscle—Vulcanized Rubber and Plastics, Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing, Rohm and Haas, General Motors. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z In that same letter, he said his dad worked at a paper mill. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “To stall Rufus. If I really work at it, I think I can get him to let you off tonight. That will give you a start.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z I wasn’t great at this—and I’d probably have to work at it for the rest of my life—but I tried. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z "The cook who works at the house where your father once worked contacted us some time ago," Thatha explains. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z “Or anyway I’m not having enough. I’m working too hard for what I’m getting, and I don’t have to work at all.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Mama became acquainted with a kindhearted white woman who worked at the Parisian Shoe Store in downtown Birmingham. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He would see her on the porch working at the sewing machine, which she had learned to operate with admirable skill, and he would not even speak to her. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z For my father or uncle, working at comparable jobs when they were my age, such sensations were to be feared. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z We was still in those times when we was good enough to work at somebody’s house, but not good enough to enter through the front door. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z My father was often away in those early years, working at different jobs to support the family, including a job in customs and immigration at the port. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z In the afternoon we worked at the dining table typing letters and stuffing them into envelopes. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z She was not often at home when I came by—she continued working at MIT, as Morrie wished—and I was surprised this morning to see her. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z And I worked at other jobs, small jobs—clerking, typing, cashiering. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z After stints in North Carolina, New York, Florida, Virginia, California, and a handful of other states, he returned home to southern Maryland and started work at a job that would change his life. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z “Oh, he’s cool. I like him. Mama works at Aunt Cushie’s. Ray learned to cook real good from his parents. They’re both chefs.” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z When she worked at the famous circus, Stella had to balance on a pedestal for her most difficult trick. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z Harold Urey, a Berkeley chemistry PhD working at Columbia, had set out to identify a heavy isotope of hydrogen that had been postulated by Raymond Birge, among others. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z We both have fathers who work at the university. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Did you offer to pay him in pants now that you work at a pants factory?” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Because Mom was working at E Motions six days a week now, I never missed a class. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z But my mother must have been around my age and still working at the apothecary shop with her parents. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “You're not driving yet, so you don’t exactly need a parking spot. And it’s hard to give you a bonus when you’re not even working at the mill.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z She no longer worked at the uniform factory. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z He drifted back into the singing-waiter business and from that time on never worked at any other job. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I hadn’t even asked if Granger had won the last JV game or if he’d heard back from that girl he liked who worked at the Central Square Starbucks. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z I think she feels guilty that she works morning shifts and sometimes has to work at night and doesn’t get to see us. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z He was smoking, too, but he wasn’t working at it as hard as Mr. Kowalski was. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Mary made common cause with the black employees working at Langley and at other places in the industry. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Mrs. Grayson, so patient, had let Stella work at her own pace, but still she’d struggled with putting it all together. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I declared the day’s work at an end. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z I think Jessica is too beautiful to be working at a dreary clinic with rubber balls and rusty gym equipment. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Unlike my father, Uncle worked only one job, and Auntie didn’t work at all. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z I worked at the cafe all spring and in June I was called for temporary duty in the post office. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I attended lectures at LSE and worked at the university library to get by. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z In the early days of living here, she went from working at a local Sizzler to becoming a nanny. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z He didn’t live in Montgomery either; all he did was work at that automobile factory and sneak off places— nobody knew where—and hang around Tommy’s Barbershop. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z She was beginning to suspect Raven must be an adult who worked at a computer all day, because she always seemed to be there. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z During the night, she assured herself that Johnny was working at the school. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She worked at a fast-food restaurant, rising to assistant manager but never making much more than minimum wage. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Except for winning Dorothy, which still remained my unsolvable puzzle, I figured I could do pretty much anything I wanted to do if only I worked at it hard enough. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Once the third aunt who worked at the laundry ran out and bought us bags of candy to hold over our noses; my mother was dismembering skunk on the chopping block. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Jolly Roger, for one, began climbing up to the attic window of the track cook’s house to try to catch Seabiscuit working at night. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He was a shoemaker who worked at an exclusive shoe factory at Fifty - third and Fifth Avenue—H. Bendel’s. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He figured if he worked at it—and Lord, had he worked—he could be the fastest runner in the fifth grade when school opened up. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z It happened because the work at Los Alamos was proving even more difficult than Oppenheimer had expected. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z After working at Gertrude’s Pets, me and Winn-Dixie would go over to the Herman W. Block Memorial Library and talk to Miss Franny Block and listen to her tell us a story. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z I do know she’s a senior, her parents are attorneys, and she works at a bookstore. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z He was lying on his side with his knees tucked tight to his chest as if he was already working at not freezing to death. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z It was this waitress at the hotel he worked at as a busboy the last summer at Cape Cod. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Then, after several minutes of careful thought, she flipped open her address book and dialed her friend Michael, who worked at the New York Times. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z We had to be careful not to speak Korean to every Asian person who arrived, and because I was Korean I was regularly stationed to work at the greeting desk. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “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 “I was thinking I could get a job. Maybe work at the hardware store, since Dad doesn’t want to.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Fifteen minutes’ work at her kitchen table and the photograph from her own passport had produced something she hoped would pass for genuine. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He had been working at the mill more than eighteen years—it was all he knew how to do. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z The Fellerings had brought a case of instruments, and they set to work at once. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Papa would be home because he went to work at five a.m. and came home early, by three. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Even though paraffin on his arms always worked at the gambling dens, his heart had still been hammering as he faced her. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “It’s one operation, Robert. They have to do all the work at the same time.” Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z Ernest, however, had never been one to talk about his work at home. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Also, the more we thought about DNA chemistry, the more unlikely seemed the possibility that even Linus could pick off the structure in total ignorance of the work at King’s. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z And sure you hear that sometimes here, men are men after all, but more of the time the Noise is songs or it’s prayers or it’s directed to the work at hand. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z I went to work at my teaching job, then hopped on a train to Manhattan to work out at the foundation. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z If the phone was not working at all, they told her, she would have gotten something like a busy signal, a particular sound to indicate that the lines were down. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z In the spring of 1933, as Hermann Muller began his work at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute in Berlin, he watched Nazi “applied biology” swing into action. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z 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 Three cooks in white clothing worked at the big stoves, putting beans, rice, and enchiladas onto plates that dark-haired waitresses in bright-red dresses picked up at a counter. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z Too late, thought Edward as Bryce climbed the pole and worked at the wires that were tied around his wrists. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z Every morning, I waited eagerly for 7:00 AM, when friends like Yma, who worked at the hospital, and nurses from the children’s hospital would come and help me pass the hours. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z And remember, my dad works at city hall. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z “Say, can I ask you something? Are you really at home? I read that JetBlue agents just work at home.” The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z Setting worms to work at the base of the com plants. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Before I started to work in the museum, Louis and his wife Mary took Gillian, another girl who worked at the museum, and me on an expedition. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Beryl was back to work at the mill in Ladderal the next day. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Five mornings a week I work at the Newark Shopping Center movie theater, cleaning the bathrooms and the theaters. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Can you believe he's even gonna try working in the stockroom at the store she works at? When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z He’d worked at a hatchery before I was born, but the work at that hatchery was seasonal, and once I was born, he needed to make more money. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “Actually, I work at the bank and I saw your father just this afternoon,” said a man, smiling at Jonas. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z We started a program for college graduates to work at EJI as Justice Fellows. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z After so much work it is no work at all. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He worked at a record store and was going to U. of D. Law School, nights. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I knew I wasn’t raised to drink every day, to work at a gas station, and to get killed fooling around with people like Herman and his gas station knuckleheads. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z She adds, “I can tell how much work went into it, because it didn’t seem like work at all.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z After a tedious day at the quarry, one did not much feel like working at a stand- up desk. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I think that any city’s police will tell you that very rarely do they find one type who will work at another time. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Leavitt worked at the Harvard College Observatory as a computer, as they were known. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z People rush home to seek relief from the heat, have lunch, take cold showers, and nap before returning to work at 2 P.M. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad was working at the mine all day, so I didn’t get to hear his opinion on what was happening. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z 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 “We’ll have to work at night—but even so...There’s just no cover at all. It’s wide open.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z “I’ve been volunteered to work at the food bank on Saturday afternoons. Want to volunteer with me?” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z A few miners lived along the street, but most of the grown-ups didn’t work at all. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z That’s for people with money, like the folks who work at the Prudential building. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z He and En Enrique’s Journey rique both work at the same mechanic’s shop, but the uncle never offers him a lift in his car to their job. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z “I used to work at the waffle place just up the boulevard from there.” Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He returned with my mother and found work in a food factory; on weekends he did domestic work at beach cottages and rentals. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Most mill children went to school just two or three years, then dropped out to work at the spindles. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Morris says that guards who have worked at the museum for a year have seen everything; those who have worked there for six months have seen half of everything. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 I can see her work at something close to a smile. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z After my last class, I picked up the books and binders I needed from my locker and walked to the public library to study before going to work at five o’clock. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z “You have awfully hairy legs, Charlotte,” said Wilbur, as the spider busily worked at her task. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z Otto worked at concealing the power cables in the grass and dirt. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “And as easy as this, we have a sympathetic link that will work at thirty to thirty-five percent.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I once worked at an art supply house that sold paints to artists. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z It came in the form of a smile working at the firm corners of my father’s mouth. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Why would being a Muslim prevent me from doing the work at a law firm? Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Ms. Sandnes received her master’s degree in social work, became a licensed counselor, and still works at The Children’s Home as the counseling services manager. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z And after the half-hour lesson would come the reward, when we would work at a model of a glider, imitating the pictures and schematics in the books. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 Worked in various American factories before returning to Germany and working at Volkswagen. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z Anyway, I was pumped about starting work at the restaurant. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z A year later, when I was well enough to work at a tortilla factory, a machine tore two fingertips off my left hand. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z His father, who worked at a natural gas plant for Gulf as a shift supervisor, had not gone to the game that day. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Everyone was let off from work at twelve o’clock to practice for the Singing. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “I would have thought you’d know that, working at the Ministry!” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z His father sounded like a man who worked at inspiring fear. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Someone from my family has always worked at this school because we honor and cherish its history.’ The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z Actual experience we both catch on rite now, if we like to work at it. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Papá and Mamá worked at an apple cannery at night and left Roberto to take care of Trampita and me while they were gone. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z “Sorry to eat and run, but I’ve got to work at four and I need to do some stuff at home first.” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z So yes—Molly has begun to view her work at Vivian’s in a different light. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z But Uncle Cent and the other Goupil directors feel he would benefit from more time working at the branch in The Hague, learning still more about the business. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Lately she’s begun to work at the main desk, greeting the regular patrons by name as they walk through the doors, filling out forms for interlibrary loans. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Most days I work at the store, I sweep, dust, and wipe off the mirrors and counters. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Those few Philadelphians he encountered shunned him, just as they shunned the black nurses, gravediggers, carters of the dead, doctors, bloodletters, and anyone who worked at or even visited Bush Hill. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z While I was working at that, Alice decided to make a smokehouse, and before I knew it, she had me tapping and stacking stones again. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “Patience is the way. It takes a lifetime to create beauty. But one must keep working at it. To add beauty to the world—goodness too—these things are of importance.” Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z “Remember how tired you used to look some evenings when you got home from working at the restaurant?” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z I daydreamed constantly about working at Zimmerman’s that summer to save me the embarrassment of the stupid uniform, but I knew Mr. Zimmerman didn’t hire people under seventeen. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z “Naturally he was nervous,” Groves recalled, “although his mind was working at its usual extraordinary efficiency.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z When I began work at the bank I knew that much of their suffering would be ameliorated. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z But if Joey was right, growing up didn’t just happen to you—you had to work at it. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I think she's running with some man works at the shipyards, anyways. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Bykovski, in a baggy one-piece coverall, was working at a lathe. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z I plan by January to have my GED, and then start working at the post office. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I had to do some of his work at the timber yard to cover for him too. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z That night, as the Apollo 11 spacecraft continued on its journey back to Earth, Uncle D came home from school and work at the mill. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Men working at the Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building heard the shriek of failed steel and ran for cover. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Jody was working at the Coop that summer and taking a lunchtime course in sociology. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z “Why are they taking us? Is it really because Papa works at the university? That doesn’t make sense.” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z But she didn’t know who he was, other than someone who worked at Bayside Press. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Unless...maybe it was someone else who had worked at Daffodil Manor? Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z I had heard that Bob was working at one of the hotels in town. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z While working at the law firm brought me into regular contact with whites for the first time, the university introduced me to a group of whites my own age. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z And as I’m watching her lips, working at decoding her words, she adds, “I was a little worried.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Frankie asked, when I told him about my work at the burial society. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Women shined shoes, worked at the shipyard, and staffed the offices at military installations. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z The classic dark colors of those who worked at the Medica made her pale complexion seem even more so. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Her friend, who works at a clothing store, says she has cash. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z He didn’t want her to work at the school. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Okay, I get off work at six. Applebee’s. Might have to multitask, though, because I’m trying to finish a story—don’t take it personally okay he’s calling I have to go thanks love you bye.” Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Shortly after we started working at the quarry, we were joined in Section B by a number of other prominent political prisoners. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The sight of coverall-clad women working at filling stations throughout the area became so common they no longer turned heads. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z “June—you wouldn’t catch her keeping house for white people. She went to work at a colored funeral home, dressing the bodies and doing their hair.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She worked at her dishpan for a while in silence; then she walked over and poked him a little with the toe of her shoe. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z I might take him up on it after I’ve finished my work at the lab—if there is time. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z "You are a surpassing clever boy when you work at it, Bran. Have you ever thought that you might wear a maester's chain? There is no limit to what you might learn." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Sometimes after, or even during a run, he will rage, throw himself against the walls of the maze, or curl up and refuse to work at all. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z When I get back to Captain Smith’s cabin, the carpenter John Laydon is sitting out front with his tools, working at making a small wooden chest. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Once or twice when their internet was down, Mom had had to go work at the library or Starbucks to have Wi-Fi. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z After the war ended, the Japanese and Italian prisoners of war interned at the Greenbrier went home, but Howard Vaughan stayed on, continuing his summer work at the grand hotel alongside Joshua Coleman. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z They arranged for me to work at the bank as a tea boy. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z We were instructed to take off our clothes and give them to Siberian men working at the door. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z When he's not working at the gallery, he shows Theo around the city. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z In the beginning, my work at the firm was quite rudimentary. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She was beginning to suspect Raven must be an adult who worked at a computer all day, because she always seemed to be there. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “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 He worked at the store, so he had to do what he was told. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z When Melissa is getting ready to leave work at six, I tell her I’m quitting, possibly the next day. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The upper town was a rambling extension of the city below, a sprawling collection of shops, markets, and inns that served the guards and staff who worked at the Ice Court as well as visitors. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z To sustain her being in love, she often worked at herself in the mirror, guessing at the colors and shapes that would interest him, changing them frequently in order to hit on the right combination. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z My mom had just gotten off work at Rite Aid. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Dad started work at Arizona State College, and Mom stayed home and started having babies. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z She wasted four whole years with him—from the age of eighteen, when she started working at the office, to the day she died. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I have mentioned that one of the things that Branwell and I have always had in common is that both of our fathers work at the university. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z When Beto wasn’t reading for classes or working at the pharmacy where he’d gotten a job as a clerk, he wrote. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z They are working at a construction site, and Kyle is playing a character who is concerned about his immigration status. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z He was speaking in an auditorium in Mountain View, California, answering questions about his life from people who worked at Google. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z He liked working at the superintendent’s place, liked being close to the school, liked how Mr. Crane always paid him fair. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z I only work at the shop on Tuesdays and Thursdays, but I know I’m doing such an awesome job that pretty soon Rock’s gonna want me there every day. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z When Mrs. Torrance nodded, she added, “My new cell phone, since my old one doesn’t work at all. Who else had a broken phone after Friday?” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Maddie was not actually put to work at a Radar screen in one of the direction finding stations, though Maidsend did have one; she was still in the radio room. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z By the fourth day of working at Daffodil Manor, Ophie knew that she would never, ever have a good day again. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Kunthi’s two eldest sons were among the first in the village to start work at the tannery, and between them they brought home more than a man’s wages. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z The veterans continued to work at a furious pace to raise more funds and shepherd the project through the governmental agencies that still had to approve the design. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z “The more you work at it, the better you get.” Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z 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 “I’m tired of it and mean to go to work at something right off.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z “I have to be at work at three.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z It had scarred over, but the stretched skin felt like it was still working at keeping things together. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z David’s mom worked at the bookbindery and had helped get the two of us jobs there. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z We get back to the work at hand, all of us practiced in our assigned tasks. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z “I work at the deli counter. Have to give people their succulent, chemical-ridden salami and whatnot.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z If tomorrow I worked at some kind of factory, it would go differently for me. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He figured that to keep the lights on, the house warm, he needed to work at breakneck speed. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z She worked at Bayview Medical Center as a unit secretary in order to supplement the grant that was helping her pay for school. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Regardless of this gain, nearly all the women still worked at the behest of an engineer. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z “I saved up most of my money from working at the bookstore on campus,” she says as she sips her milkshake. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z My only plans now are to work at Brown's until my debts are repaid. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z It took me a moment to remember that he was speaking of three span ago when he banned me from my work at the Fishery due to Wilem’s meddling. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Yeah. Seems cool. They build stuff and work at all the school shows and stuff.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z 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 Mrs. Lynch, who worked at the bookstore, was standing in the doorway. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z That all assumes I can get the lander's radio working at all. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z But he felt so out of place there—like a white man working at Afro Sheen headquarters, he liked to say—that he quit. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z He was dressed in his coveralls and working at his job. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The reason I couldn’t quit was that working at Smart Aid as your first job had long been a hallowed family tradition. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z My sister Viola was working at an electronics factory on Long Island. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z “That black boy. The one Mr. Crane always has working at the school.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z In the game that night, he was a human mage, a wizard; in the real world, he worked at a motorcycle repair shop in Indiana. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “He’s this guy who works at the community center I take Mr. Ram to. Used to take him to.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Obligations with respect to the Supply Corps: Residents must be prepared to help with office work at all times. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z 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 Whenever she had a free hour she stole away to work at the drills Syrio had taught her, moving barefoot over the fallen leaves, slashing at branches and whacking down leaves. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Some lady who works at Good Sam with my mother called her a few minutes ago and told her that they had just brought in some kids from Hazelwood— basketball players, she thinks. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He realized, of course, that he’d worked at forty houses, at least, and couldn’t remember every plant in every yard. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z People working at the Grand Central Post Office grow used to strange remarks. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z He continues to try and steer the car to Overlook Road, but I keep telling him that I get off work at eight and that he’ll have to wait. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Now, while I work at my art, Bob sleeps on Not-Tag. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z It was miraculous that the phone line at the Claiborne house was working at all. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Solange promised to talk to a few friends she had who worked at various embassies. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z By the second, we were working at balancing chemical equations. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Still, working at their café and remaining a part of their lives is more than good enough. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Then I got an offer to work at Perry Pontiac, which I gladly accepted. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z He worked at his pace and I just followed. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, if you had, you would have seen the bears working at getting into cars as they drove slowly by on the park highway, getting the food the people in the cars had for them.” This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He’d been unable to get away from his work at Los Alamos. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z But now that school was starting, we’d agreed I could work at night. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z I had met her when she had gone to work at H. M. Basner as a replacement for an Afrikaans-speaking secretary, Miss Koch, who had refused to take my dictation. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Small chance his father would come across him—he was at work at the plastic shop. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “And if you leave without an honorable discharge,” the clerk had said, “not only will you never work at the Concord Corporation again, but no other mill in Lowell will ever engage you.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z “But what I could use some help on is the Trivia Contest. I’ve been working at it for twenty-five years and never even come close to a ringer.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z I wonder if the hotel Ms. Gruwell works at is as nice? The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Ms. Ofrah is already in the conference room along with some people who work at the DA’s office. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z After that, I paid more attention to what I was doing and worked at a pace to last all day. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “If we lived here, I’d work at the Fillmore,” Matthew said. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Ever since Roberto started working at Main Street Elementary School, Mr. Sims told him that he could take the school Christmas tree home on the day the school closed for the holidays. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z To earn $600, he has to work at least ten hours a day, six days a week, and that does not happen every week. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z “My mom works at a nursing home,” I tell him to try to save him even if his blushing may be the most adorable thing ever. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z The news hit me in Geneva, where I had stopped for several days to talk with the Swiss phage worker Jean Weigle, who was just back from a winter of work at Cal Tech. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z “I go to work at five o’clock tonight. Lucky will come for me in a few minutes. He’s just gone to the cleaners to get his jacket. I’ll eat at the café.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z If it weren't for the Bog your parents would have no work at all, and you would starve. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z 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 It was a Thursday, which meant his mother didn’t work at the hospital until the night shift. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z It was while working at the hotel that she met a young black man, George Myers. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z On Tuesdays Wednesdays, and Saturdays, I worked at a convenience store called Handy Stop, which is located right beside I-40. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z The criminal always work at one crime—that is the true criminal who seems predestinate to crime, and who will of none other. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z I requested the approval of my plans to transfer to Cambridge so that I might work at Perutz’ lab and learn how to do crystallographic research. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z I was homesick for the lush green hillsides of my valley, so Yma, who worked at the hospital, had arranged a trip to the Birmingham Botanical Gardens. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The machines worked at first, and the volunteers seemed to know what they were doing...that is, until the first machine started to smoke. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “Of course I do. But not too much. We don’t have too much English work at our yeshiva.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z He was then working at Howard University as a research librarian in the Moorland- Spingarn Research Center, one of the largest collections of Africana in the world. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z On the afternoon of April 18, 1775, a young boy who worked at a livery stable in Boston overheard one British army officer say to another something about “hell to pay tomorrow.” The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The old families, whose grandfathers and fathers worked at the Ford plant, were fleeing the neighborhood as if it was the second coming of the black plague. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z As though the Germans had been trying to do in only a few years what the Americans had worked at for nearly two hundred. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z He worked at a desk in a room piled with cotton cloth at the back of the factory. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z His daughter was working at the same office as my daughter. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z They arranged to meet the next night after work at the Farmington office. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z I received grants and loans to cover most of the tuition, which was steep, and I’d saved a little money while working at The Phoenix. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z According to the media, there are more than 2,000 people working at Star City, and 30 percent of those jobs are critical to the space agency. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z But I come here a lot, and I know the guy who's working at the security desk today. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Other times, when he felt as if he were sitting at the bottom of a dry well, looking up at the sky, it didn’t work at all. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z 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 Billy Buck worked at the hair rope in the evenings before the fireplace. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z I put my eyes down and worked at what was left of my meat loaf. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z That summer, Adam was working at the center part-time while going to community college, where he was studying business. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Father worked at his desk in the living room, keeping his head down. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z “Señor Fidencio’s grandson. He studies in a school to be a mechanic and works at night as a dishwasher in a café.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z Alice called today to find out when I am coming back to work at the lab. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z But of course the question I ask is different: So why work at all if you have so much money? Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Since the baby couldn’t be left alone, Katie started her work at five in the morning, doing the other two houses first. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I tried to picture him, working at his laptop in our sunny kitchen, but the image was spoilt by encroachments from his new life. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Her work at Langley had enabled her to make good on her promise to her children and their futures. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z But Ashton—who’s the superhero whose dad works at Key Food? Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z When he wasn’t working at his main hatchery, he worked at a different one in another town. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Some women were even allowed to do all their work at home. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z In January 1951, she was quickly called up to work at Fort Monroe as a clerk typist. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z The engineer liked to believe that his work at Magnetic Propulsion Laboratories was useful, even though it had always appeared pointless. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z I think its far back... a long time ago when I first started working at Donner’s Bakery. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z “Your cause is doomed, my dear. I saw that as soon as I began to work at your camp. There is no way you can hold back the might of Kronos.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z This time Neylan’s target was Melvin Calvin, a future Nobel laureate who had worked at the Metallurgical Lab in Chicago and then moved to Berkeley to research peacetime applications of medical radioisotopes with John Lawrence. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “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 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 I guess it’s ironic that Apá works at a candy factory. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Then with his sharp jack-knife he worked at them, cutting the edges of the large one into little peaks and towers, with a large star carved on the very tallest point. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Joyce was still living and working at the judge’s house, and hating the job more with each passing day. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z One morning, after a month of G working at the place, we were hanging out on the wall, and G came out in his slippers and his socks. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z He stepped back, perhaps to admire his work at a comfortable distance. 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 worked at a film studio that made documentary films. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z She did her graduate work at NYU, and for three weeks the four of us stayed in the city and socialized with her former teachers and classmates—novelists, playwrights, screenwriters, poets. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “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 Mostly they report the same facts and allegations as earlier in the day, trying to talk to girls who work at the club, hounding its owner as he gets into a car. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z After all this time of working at her house, there was a comfort in knowing that I was connected to her stories. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Most of my friends were in grad school or had found great jobs already, working at prestigious firms like Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z And each of the side panels declared: “The best work at the best prices.” Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z "You already have sales experience working at the luggage store." Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z While Levi Sr. headed off to work at his job as a painter at Langley Field, Mary doted on her son at home. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Two weeks into his work at Grand Coulee, Joe discovered that among the many college boys who had converged on Grand Coulee seeking work that summer there were two from the Washington shell house. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He worked at the radio, tested it, fiddled some more. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Yohan’s father worked at the city government office, so he would know. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z April 13—Still didn’t go back to work at the bakery. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z If those teachers knew I was working at the desk, they would be more careful. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z When I began working at the institute, I recalled my adolescent dream of wanting to be a medical research worker. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Then they worked at it just as fast as they could, but they didn’t get it finished till just as the sun went down, Saturday night. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z But in fact it had been seven years, or eight, or nine: the summer she worked at the Stratford Shakespearean Festival, the summer of Josef. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Technically, apprentices were supposed to start their work at age twelve and gradually matriculate into higher roles, but Kamau—ever charming, ever likable—had appealed to Father Olufemi. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z She came to work at the start of the summer term in June, and they had gone out together a couple of times even before Bran had to leave for Florida. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z On the way home, I asked Celina Aunty, “Can I go back there again? Maybe work at the school?” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Doreen was still working at the Waffle House and couldn’t find a person to pick up her shift, so Luke brought the boys, nothing but toddlers back then. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Zeitoun designed an addition that will give all the children their own rooms, and will allow Kathy to work at home. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z It's June 22, 1941, a hot summer day, and the boys meet after work at the community swimming pool at Ohlsdorf. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z “A phase of embryonal development. It’s a little boring, I'm afraid, unless you are fascinated by fish. I work at the Hatchery.” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Thinking I still worked at Small’s, Reginald had gone there, and the bartenders had directed him to Sammy, who put him up. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z He had been one of the laborers who worked at the dig. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Besides working at the foundry, he was a young stringer for the Atlanta Constitution Tri-Weekly. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Inside a woman is working at a typewriter. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “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 “What you up to, Joe? You know I work at night.” Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Although our apparently commonsense notions work well when dealing with things like apples, or planets that travel comparatively slowly, they don’t work at all for things moving at or near the speed of light. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z About how, since we only had an apartment, he'd spent all his spare time working at the local community garden, and how it had been named after him. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z After we were married, I worked at a service-station near Kansas City. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z “You have to understand, Grandma is a very proud woman. A very smart woman. She had a really hard time working at Ford when she graduated.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z “Our work at school was much neglected as all we could think about were the Games,” said Henry Metelmann. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z He said that he studied undergraduate work at some college in the West that doesn’t give grades, which I thought was peculiar, but Bill said it was the best education he ever got. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z One to hold Hector and his diaper bag on the afternoons when my mom works at the Pizza Pit. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z Someone has counted thirty Nobel Laureates who have worked at the MBL at one time or another. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The man who worked at the bank gave Mother his jacket. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z “It’s not a date, Mother. I’m just working at the Mission with Ethan until I find my own community project.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z He is going back to Paris to work at Goupil’s for six weeks. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Flushed with our success, Justice and I boasted of our cleverness to a friend of ours whom we knew from home, who was also working at the mines. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The front door to the laboratory was open, but many others remained closed, like Anne Wythe Hall, a dormitory for single white women working at Langley. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Aunt Bushy had, as expected, left school after Standard Six and was now working at a garment factory on the outskirts of Alexandra. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “Duh. I work at a kitchen supply store—how much money do you think I make?” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z “Emissary Kim is a very busy man. I do not wish to disturb him when he could view the work at his convenience.” A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Barack had originally planned to spend the months leading up to our wedding finishing his book and working at his new law firm, but he’d ended up putting most of it on an abrupt hold. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Two days later, working at the clinic, beginning to feel calmer, he was approached by a former TB patient, a young woman with a baby. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z I worked at the Wilmington News Journal and quit. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z She’s the one who worked at the bakery for an afternoon. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I giggled a little when I found out the librarian I’d accused of being a Communist five years ago still worked at the library. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z And she was working at the warehouse when the swastikas appeared there. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Instead, each day after he finished work at the Pentagon, Bull went to the coach of every Little League team in Arlington, Virginia, and asked them if they were short any players. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z A poor student, C.P. had quit school in the eighth grade and had gone to work at a service station, washing and greasing cars. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z How many great problems have gone unsolved because men didn’t know enough, or have enough faith in the creative process and in themselves, to let go for the whole mind to work at it? Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z In January, when he stopped working at his carrel in the library, he set up his desk there deliberately, partly because the room soothed him, and partly because it was a place Shoba avoided. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z “Nobody sent me. I just moved here. I work at the Fabric Barn with Holly Paine,” I stammered. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z “You good-for-nothing! You were only hired because your brother works at the desk!” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The idea of leaving one’s family at home and driving an hour to work at a factory to get paid by the hour struck Generose as a weird quirk of American society. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z He wondered if his talents had failed him, if he had, in trying to compensate for months of undertraining, thrown too much work at his horse at once. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I figured since I was now working at a funeral home, a suit would be a better look than jeans and Nikes. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z There were many questions in his mind about what he had seen and known, and he worked at research when he got back, identifying die game and berries. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z Maudie was an orphan who lived with two maiden aunts who worked at home. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “What do you think, Bernie? Could he really get people to stop working at my place? Would he have the guts to burn my hay?” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Growing up, she’d worked at a grocery store in West Baltimore owned by an older black couple, Herb and Puddin Johnson. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z 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 Lately, the meetings is more about civil rights than keeping the streets clean and who gone work at the clothing exchange. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I was still working at the tailor shop in Kraków, hoping that would save me from the Deportations. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z They didn’t make any of us work at Dachau. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z “Look at you, working at a hotel like some low-class person. I thought you wanted to be a professional.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z That seems like a long time of working at something, since the medical definition of infertility is twelve months of well-timed physical union without any results. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z He attacked the food with his knife and fork, working at it vigorously, shoveling it into his mouth. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z "You know I work at a restaurant, right?" How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He’s been assigned to work at the Goupil branch in Brussels, Belgium. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z When it was time to quit work at the end of the day, Papá kept on picking for another ten or fifteen minutes even though he did not receive pay for the extra time. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Colonel Tony Johnson, Nancy’s commanding officer when she had worked at usamriid, remembered her competence in a space suit and wanted to get her back. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She looked up, surprised, then returned to the work at hand. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z It wasn’t to me that she was apologizing, I knew; it was to everyone who worked at the sanctuary. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z She is friendly with the other women who work at the library, most of them also with grown children. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Marina also worked at answering her steady stream of fan mail. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Dorothy Vaughan arrived in Newport News on a Thursday and started work at the Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory the following Monday. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z When I was little and I first went to school, my main teacher was called Julie, because Siobhan hadn’t started working at the school then. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Lottie Freeman, who work at the governor’s mansion where they get all the big papers, told me she saw it in the Living section a the New York Times. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I knew that deep in her heart, she was the proudest of all mothers because of my work at school. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z He wore them every day to work at the administrative offices where he was in charge of meticulous recordkeeping. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z “I might be crossing soon. I can’t work at the fruit store forever. There’s nothing for me here. I’m sick of this place.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z 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 As far as he knows, his brother is working at Goupil’s, living with De Haan, keeping company with him and other artists. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z If you flunk out of law school, you have to go to work at your father’s insurance company. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Then, at eight, we’re promptly at our desks, and while our father works at the other end of the house, our mother teaches us. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z We worked at our dusty tasks beneath the summer sun; later, we played for tavern dances. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z He never went back to work at the Garden, but that girl, the bossy one, never ratted him out, either. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z When he wasn’t poaching fish or stealing booze, Joe worked at any kind of legitimate work he could find. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “There’s a man who works at the Coast Guard station, a civilian named Billy Babcock. He’s got a major gamblin’ problem, you understand? Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z I’m wondering if he should really be so eager to work at a school where the angry parents of the a cappella kids hounded the old music director into an early retirement. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z Our dads used to work at the same company. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z Before he got ready for bed Hugo took out the mechanical man and looked through all the little parts he’d stolen since he started working at the booth. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z George pulled out her vocabulary assignment and began to work at the table while Mom went to the kitchen to start making dinner. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z “I haven’t thought about it. Keep working at the lumberyard I guess.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z The preacher was sitting in the living room, working at the little foldout table. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z “While the two of us work at the dump, you two can get more beads,” Arul said. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z And after Punkin' was placed in an institution, Mary had put in long hours working at the Duke University switchboard, a tedious job that paid low wages. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z I’m black because I work at the Limerick Gas Works shoveling coal and coke into the furnaces. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z At first, he had worked at that jacked-up grocery store on Frederick Douglass Boulevard and 127th, but he soon left that and started working at this barbershop that used to be on St. Nick Av’. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Andrew Peckleman, the boy with the Olympic-sized goggle glasses who worked at the motel, came into the lobby when she was about halfway done. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z We could probably get a printer to donate or work at cost, too.Then we sell ad space. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z So he quit work at the lumber company and opened a diner he named Clive’s. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z For one thing, Mrs. Chung had been working at a cleaners over on the other side of town, and April hadn’t heard anything about a change. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z He sold the business to one of the many transplants who’d come to South Carolina for a fresh start and Sam now worked at one of the saloons, the Drift. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z To support her family, Fannie went to work at the garment factory. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z Or maybe, since he dropped out of state college and started working at Pagoda Pizza, he’s more like eighteen. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Sure it had its advantages, like the salary, the security, and, with seniority, the schedule: Starting work at dawn, Kingsley had afternoons free to work on his land and rebuild his log cabin. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The woman worked at a sandwich shop and had never traveled more than fifty miles from her home in Greensboro. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Although she was a nurse, she never worked at her profession while we were with her. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z In the mid-1960s, with “dreams of working at NASA,” greater numbers of black college students found their way to Langley. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z And that she was grown and had to work at Woolworth’s. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z She was glad, because she had never liked the idea of my working at that noprestige job. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Jacob worked at the other end of the attic, experimenting with a virus that infected E. coli. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z “The docks. If we work at the docks, we can make money and keep an eye out for her people.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z I’d overhear the reporters at The Welch Daily News make jokes to one another about the highfalutin writers who worked at those papers. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, his patients needed him, and he continued to work at the hospital. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She was wearing her security-guard uniform, about to head off to work at the courts. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z She was working at her bench, with dozens of photographs strewn around her, and a book full of notes and equations on her desk. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z The bailiff wore his coat and held his lunchbox in his hand; he’d been on his way out, he explained; the judge was still working at his desk. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Eddie who had worked at La Ida pretty regularly was accumulating a cellar of some promise. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 Five days a week, she leaves us to work at an office back in Brownsville. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z It was in the lowest spirits that he taxied across to his work at the Conditioning Centre. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Howard worked at Clovis for four years, each time staffing the field crews with a mix of sunburned locals in boots and jeans and well-tailored Ivy League college students on vacation. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The same dude is working at the register and gives us a look when we dump the candy on the counter. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z He worked at the camp’s cement factory, located several miles away in the far southeast of the camp. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z He wanted to keep working at Sears to save as much money as possible. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z I also worked at a land developers’ association. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Since January he’d been working at home, trying to complete the final chapters of his dissertation on agrarian revolts in India. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Ohmae’s company even has contracts with more than seventy thousand housewives, some of them specialists in medical or legal terminologies, to do data-entry work at home. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z The word came from John Slater, MIT’s physics chairman, who was passing on thirdhand information from a National Research Fellow in his laboratory, who heard it from a friend at Harvard working at Raytheon part-time. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z John had recently been assigned to work at our local steam plant. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z He’s working at a company that pushes everyone to paint excessively fast. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z “Well, I work at the local NBC station,” said an Indian woman off stage left, her hand in the air. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I still think we could have done something, she and I, if I could have afforded to work at Wal-Mart a little longer. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z A few days later he began working at the tannery, and before long Thambi, my second son, had joined him. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Now they both work at Super Discount Fabric on Roosevelt Avenue, a street crowded with immigrants like us looking for cheap things. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z For fifteen years, my dad had been working at that diner. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z He spoke of his school days—parties he had gone to—jobs he had worked at—he told her he was twenty-two—how he had come to enlist at twenty-one. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “I concede those points. “Yet her work at the weaving shed is competent. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 She’s glued down maybe four buttons while the rest of us have worked at full speed. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z “How a girl who worked at the Night Zoo as a beastkeeper suddenly has an interest in helping you find the most dangerous beast in the entire region?” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z He worked at the flagstone the girl had used. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z He worked at the very end of the store. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z I couldn’t see myself hanging around Wilmington working at a 7-Eleven, gigging in a pop band that played the VEW and other seedy country joints, which is what I was doing. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z When I asked him if I could work at the barbershop, Jermaine, who had just finished flipping a pancake, flung on me all of a sudden. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z "They told me he works at the same place your father and I worked." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Within Hildegard’s lifetime a group of younger composers working at Notre-Dame in Paris had become known for their radical approach to harmony. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Amil started grumbling about school and how he wished he was a grown-up and could work at the hospital like Papa instead. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z After finishing high school, Dandy went to work at a lumber mill, knowing that if he stayed in Georgetown, his options would never widen. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z A few days later I was at work at the glass factory and the foreman, a German man, came over to me and told me I had a phone call. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of us worked at the lumber mill. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z If we had more skilled farmers and hunters, and if we all worked at farming and hunting, we might be able to produce enough food to get us through the winter. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z When she told him she was a patient aide at Baltimore City Hospital, he said, “Really? I work at the National Cancer Institute.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Mom worked at the jewelry counter and was home after school. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z And even though I trusted him, did I really want to work at the funeral home with him? The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “You’ve never acknowledged me as a real mother. I have to work at my life with my husband now,” she tells Enrique. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Bragging about a drink named after her, to somehow justify working at an oyster place instead of following her acting dreams. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Only the nurslings did not work at picking up the potatoes and placing them in the barrels. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Three afternoons a week and two Saturdays a month, she works at the public library, just as Sonia had done when she was in high school. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Roberto gave up eating baloney sandwiches when he got a part-time job working at noon at Velva’s Freeze, a hamburger and ice cream store located on Broadway, a few blocks from the high school. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Always elegantly dressed, he would meander across the room, stopping to chat with men working at different stations. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Decorum can be seen as the ethos appeal working at the level of the language itself. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Together each summer, Mama Lessie and I worked at the vacation Bible schools in Granddaddy’s two churches, as well as other churches that had only occasional guest pastors and no full-time pastors. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “Pearl is working at the college level already. But I can’t afford private school.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z It was one Saturday, a day that I had surprisingly not been put on the schedule to work at the store, that my mother called home and I answered. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z “This my first job working domestic. I u$e to work at the Old Lady Home serving lunch. Fore it move out to Flowood.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Another is a blind man who says he once worked at the INS. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z She took a careful breath and worked at draining the distress from her face. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z He brought the construction kit of the Spanish galleon model, and worked at it in here. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z “He started out doing odd jobs, working a sewing machine, things like that,” remembers Bill Atkinson, now an accomplished climber and guide, who also worked at Alp Sports at the time. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z “Keeping herself in rent and hamburgers, I guess. That’s what I’m doing working at a warehouse.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z He had been working at a gas station in Fremont and had the day off. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “Charlie’s working at the house with my dad, and he asked me to get him his tools, but I don’t know where they are and I thought you might help?” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z “Mr. Reilly. The big man with the green cap who used to work at Levy Pants.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “That’s a difficult curse to work at the best of times, but with a broken wand —” Hagrid was bustling around making them tea. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z The one important phase of training began one day after weeks of really hard work at the “shape recognition” that I mentioned before. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z 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 Wintergreen was a snide little punk who enjoyed working at cross-purposes. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z They stayed in El Paso with Apá’s distant cousin and worked at a restaurant until they were able to save enough money to take the bus to Chicago. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Sitting on the front porch every day after school, working at it again at night when his schoolwork was finished, he patiently and painstakingly taught himself to play each instrument proficiently. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z 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 “You know our people have no other work at Christmas than to go from house to house,” Aunty Ifeoma said. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Lawrence planned to place Lomanitz in charge of the electromagnetic separation work at Berkeley, but the security men had other ideas. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z For a while, I worked at a canning factory where we packaged chiles and salsa. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Evenings, after a long day working at the Winn-Dixie, she restocked the boat’s small refrigerator, fixed dinner, and washed dishes in the brackish water of the bayou. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z The school is closed for winter break, so we had to work at one of our houses. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I cringed at the thought of becoming a gravedigger, but it was better than searching for work at Chicago’s sweatshops and slaughterhouses. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “Are you still working at the store?” she asked me. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z The days until the first task seemed to slip by as though someone had fixed the clocks to work at double speed. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Since they had neither the words nor the eyeballs for such access, they decided to work at it the old- fashioned way: with an axe. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z 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 Dad worked at the resort through the summer and into the fall. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “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 He was required by Army regulations to show up for work at eight o’clock in the morning, but he usually drifted in around ten o’clock, and then worked until all hours of the night. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Mathematician Doris Cohen, a native New Yorker who started working at the laboratory in the late 1930s, was for many years the NACA’s lone female author. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z With Westerberg in stir, there was no work at the grain elevator for McCandless, so on October 23, sooner than he might have under different circumstances, the boy left town and resumed a nomadic existence. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I entered the immaculate little shop, redolent of freshly sawn pine and oak, and found him working at a shrieking band saw. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z I said “no way” to working at our house. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “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 To find a means to ensure real control over cheaper drugs, Jim enlisted the help of an ally at WHO, a young man who had worked at PIH. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z The original plan was to go to school from eight forty-five to noon, then work at the bank from one to five thirty, as a part of the work-study program. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z His mom still worked at the nursing home, and she was going to school at night. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z When Papá and I got home from work at six o’clock, Mamá had already heated water in a pot for my bath. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z I'm sure John hated working at the steam plant, but at least he got to leave the house and take his mind off things for a while. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z I guess there are a lot of Giants fans working at that store. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z One day the woman who worked at the store Mr. Becker owned in War stopped by. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z After working at the quarry, I would then sleep until dinner, and the process would begin again. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I was glad he was our bodega owner and not the guy who worked at the one on 62nd Street. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z He could feel the threadmaster’s breath in his ear as he worked at tightening the thread. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z Mama said that the Jews had never looked on Jesus as anything but a troublesome Yiddish boy who would not work at the carpentry trade, marry, settle down and raise a family. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “I said he could resist it, not that it didn’t work at all,” she says. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z When I started working at Miss Walters’ eight years ago, all Miss Hilly talked about was how she and Johnny were going to get married someday. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Mrs. Merriam looked at me, then went back to whatever she’d been working at to let me know that I wasn’t worthy of Her Majesty’s attention. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z This was the world of serious work at last, where he would get a chance to do something useful. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z My father talked about my work at school. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z She then tried to get work at a jam factory, but she couldn’t, so she went to a rubber factory instead. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z My wife, Margot, is of course asked all the time how she put up with me working at prison, how the household endured it. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Mackenzie sat at a table, puffing peacefully on a pipe, and working at the minute, intricate rigging of a model schooner, while his wife read Three Men in a Boat aloud to him. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I worked at the knot, but my fingers were too wet. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z In the middle of one night in 1975, some African rebels from Zaire crossed the lake in a motorboat and captured four of the students who were working at Gombe. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z It was because my father needed to work at this hatchery so he could support us better. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z He ceased to work at his tooth and sat still, assimilating the possibilities of irresponsible authority. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z “This is a restraining order forbidding you from working at T. J. Raney High School.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z "My work at the top of the intelligence service satisfied me," he said. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Out of sheer boredom I have come up with names for the musicians I imagine performing each of the Muzak melodies I am forced to listen to every time I work at Awkworth & Ames. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z Both Granddaddy and Mama Lessie taught me some rock-solid church organizational skills that proved good training for my work at Sixteenth Street Baptist Church. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Still working at the Boys and Girls Club. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z She and Dad fell in love as college students, working at the performing-arts camp. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z 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 As she walked about the yellowing hillsides or worked at easy tasks, her lips were curled in a perpetual fatuous smile. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z “Dad, this is Willowdean. We go to school together. She works at Harpy’s, too.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “I did some work at the docks in Juneau. At any rate, if it can make a polar bear smell good, just think what it can do for you.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “My mother works at home, like my father. She makes greeting cards and buttons like this.” Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z Otherwise, I would don overalls and begin working at one of the factories ringing Alexandra. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Last Friday, she didn’t go into work at all. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Miss Maestas gave me a crayon and some paper and I sat in the corner and worked at copying my name over and over. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z She could work at the laundry from 6:30 a.m. until midnight, shifting a baby from an ironing table to a shelf between packages, to the display window, where the ghosts tapped on the glass. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z After becoming a registered nurse, Adams was assigned to work at Fort Ord, in California. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z The driver looks up into his mirror and says, "My sister? She works at Sears out in Rockford. Good company, y'know? Good benefits." Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She had worked at an elementary school in Maryland for over thirty years, first as a math teacher, then as a librarian. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Throughout the years, Dasch held various waiter jobs, working at very expensive restaurants and luxury resorts in New York City and Long Island. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z She sat on the grass with her hands on her knees and her head bent forward and worked at taking in great gulps of air. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z And so, talking to herself, the spider worked at her difficult task. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z The work at home was exhausting, and for Anthony taking a break from her reform work was agonizing. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Youths go to class, attend vocational programs, work at on-site jobs, take part in cognitive-behavioral counseling groups. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z He works at home doing tech stuff when he wants. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z By the time I was born, my father worked at ‘clean’ jobs. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He understood why Aron could not work at home in an atmosphere not conducive to hard clean thought. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Fewer than 5 percent of the neighborhood’s adults had a college degree; barely one in three adult men worked at all. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z He was working at the Dancing Trout that summer; for Pacheco the florist. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He was in his early twenties, unmarried, and working at a nearby cafe. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z That would have killed me, so I continued to hustle, working at the school and I also picked up a second job coaching the fencing team at Columbia High School. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z I assumed everyone who worked at the sanctuary had escaped or been killed. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z They could save the white men much work at stowing the cargo. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z It was easy to forget when you worked at Sing Sing that all the in-mates there were, essentially, missing from someplace else. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “In September I start work at animal control.” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The narrator, a famed marine biologist named Pierre Aronnax, works at the same museum as her father! All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Mom’s worked at her Oakland job for seven months. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z Henry does Web stuff from the barn they converted into a home office and Willow works at a nearby hospital. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z In fact, he knew that his very presence in a maximum-security prison likely proved his guilt in the minds of all who worked at the facility. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Rather than stay safely away, Farmer bribed his way back in, to continue his work at the Mirebalais hospital. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z He was married to a British woman, lived in a British home, worked at a British job, traveled on a British passport, said “exercise” to refer to a mental rather than a physical activity. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “She works at the candy store in Grand Central Station. At least, she used to.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z I was freelancing then, working at home, and just keeping up with the few book cover assignments I’d taken on was a major effort. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z And she said nothing but she worked at her cooking and at the washing at the pool even in the winter when the water was stiff with ice to be broken. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Jim’s devotion to the military service made it easy for him to understand Katherine’s strong commitment to her work at Langley. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z It was her habit in the summer to work at picking strawberries in order to bring home extra money. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z We work at this all our lives, and collectively we give it life, but we do not exert the least control over language, not as individuals or committees or academies or governments. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Remember, I told you I met her? I did some work at her house.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z “Bats go to work at night. They ‘see’ in the dark using a special skill called echolocation. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z That’s at least a year of working at the Chili Bowl. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “Look, we don’t want to upset you. We don’t mean to criticize. We’re really just offering to help. You’ve been working at it so hard the last few days, and you seem...frustrated.” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “I got to be at work at one,” Armpit reminded him. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z She didn’t return to work at the ferry docks, because she wanted to be a stay-at-home mother. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z She didn’t necessarily love working at the Night Zoo, but it was the only home she’d ever known, the only life she’d ever known. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z “My friend’s cousin works at the Center Theater on Main Street, and he says they have a new popcorn machine and velvet seats.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah,” said Ton-Ton, but something seemed to be working at the back of his mind. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She and Carol Lee might work at the Waffle House this summer. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z “Yeah, you no longer look like you work at an airport!” Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z “It’s never too late to find a summer job working at the mall, Will.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z 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 Talking and discussing issues were the only things that made the work at the quarry tolerable. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Hans falls asleep right away, exhausted from his day's work at the shipyards. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z He floored the accelerator, but the Gremlin’s engine was already working at capacity. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z From childhood on he was a hard worker, if anyone would tell him what to work at, and once told he was indefatigable. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Ms. Patterson and Ms. Minerva had worked at the same school for over thirty years. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Mr. Grasso worked at construction sites, where he probably earned no more than thirty dollars a week. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z She took a beat to compose herself, then summoned me over to confide that she was leaving in a week to work at a “real law office.” Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z It’s been nice, working at Jimmy’s with you guys, eating whatever I want and not having anyone look at me funny or lecture me.” When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z I earned a little better weekly pay check working at the Gar Wood factory in Detroit, where big garbage truck bodies were made. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Ones who looked like they just got off work at a bank or some business. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z People came and went, working at various jobs, arguing loudly. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I went to the outdoor pump and worked at it hard for about five minutes but still no water. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z In the evenings I work at the Movies 10 movie theater in Stanton. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Maybe she was still a college student, working at the library for the summer. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z “Yeah, it’s a rough place,” an instructor who’d recently worked at Sing Sing told our class. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “I received some news. My brother works at the Pentagon, you see...” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z “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 But they may work at decided cross-purposes to what they are designed for. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “It seem like he pulled a boo-boo when he was working at Levy Pants.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Major Major strode with dignity to the rear of the orderly room without glancing at any of the clerks and typists working at the desks and filing cabinets. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z My own family would be living in the same cheap apartment building as the other Japanese who worked at the hatchery. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z From his volunteer work at a youth basketball league here in Dearborn to his goal of becoming a doctor and bringing quality medical care to poor neighborhoods, Kamal embodied the very best of America. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Uhmma sat drinking tea with the woman who worked at the grill. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z “I think one of them works at a meat company. He said he could get me a job if I want to stay longer.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Dad works at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, and in some ways, it’s my second home. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z “You just have to keep working at it, keep practicing. I believe in you.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z I blurted out, worried my sister might have told my former coach that I was working at the Dollar Store. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z He went to Mr. Sharpe and worked at tying the wet handkerchief around that reprehensible man’s head as a gag. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Clay- tor s demanding, rapid-fire instruction had laid the foundation both for the content of the work at hand and for its intensity. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z So one day I was working at the bank when an American man came in with his family and a group of students. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z For people who take in washing and work as cooks, who pick cotton and work at the hot dye vats of the factories. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The next week we initiated our first go-slow strike on the island: we would work at less than half the speed we had before to protest the excessive and unfair demands. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They worked at night, in rain, in stifling heat. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z He's seldom home anymore, since he also works at the MützenFabrik, a factory that makes stiff military hats, the kind with the visor in front. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z He had traveled to that far-flung forest and retrieved the diadem from its hiding place, perhaps as soon as he left Hogwarts, before he even started work at Borgin and Burkes. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z My grandfather was a kind and gentle man who made a very modest living working at a printing press. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z When Rashid Uncle comes home after working at his furniture business and going to the market, he sits at the table and carves. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z But it's no work at all to hold him. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The Prince had worked at this for many years, ever since a wounded tigress had surprised him from a tree limb while he was tracking her. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z She looked up more of his works at the library and read “The Pomegranate Trees” out loud to Poppy. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z He did not risk so much as a glance in search of Gebu, but shortly after Pai had set him working at his first task, he saw Gebu emerging from the scroll room. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z “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 Quietly, some laboratory employees complained about the “New York communist people” and the “practically impossible New York Jews” recruited to work at Langley. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Ignoring isn’t the same as ignorance, you have to work at it. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z C. P. Ellis was working at his gas station when the news of King’s death came over the radio. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z "What do you think? He wanted me to make sure you were okay. Why d'you think I moved in with you? You think I like working at the deli? Promises were made, cuz." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z The carnival is spread out across the expansive church lawn, and parents and friends work at a dozen booths. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z I hadn’t started working at the club yet. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “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 Mark immediately followed Alec’s example and worked at his own noose, finally getting it loose. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z His father, who’s originally from Italy, works at the Italian embassy, which is why Carla and I have always thought Mrs. Brown is more patient with Oscar than with the rest of us “natives.” Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z On July 30,1952, at the height of the Defiance Campaign, I was at work at my then law firm of H. M. Basner when the police arrived with a warrant for my arrest. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I got back to work at my desk. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z She talked about her work at the university lab, the research with the orchids and potential breakthroughs, and she smiled and things were good. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z She was mixing me up with someone else who worked at Wal-Mart, she explained, someone who had been in just a few days ago. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z On New Year’s Eve, I got called in to work at the Charcoaler. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z 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 Terryl said she wanted to take the children there for Christmas, to work at the orphanage, to teach them to give back. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Now she’s a paralegal, except she works at a really small law office where she has to be the receptionist and the secretary too. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z These were things you worked at not noticing until you were safe on the other side. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Paige was on a high dose, and during her shift working at a gourmet grocery store, she started bleeding from her eyes and nose. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z It worked at least as well as Ptolemy’s spheres in explaining the apparent motion of the planets. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “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 “The pressures you been under, if it works at all, it’ll be a miracle.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “I am. He works at the shoeshine stand,” his father said. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “You wouldn’t believe how many people, even people who work at the Ministry, can’t do a decent Shield Charm,” said George. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Her father worked as a housepainter, and her mother worked at home caring for the family. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z I worked at a pace that knew no hours, no limits. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I dropped him off at home on my way to work at the gas company. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z He put aside my percentage and gave the rest to Pasqual when he came to work at night. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z “Colton’s working at the track. Want to ride over and say hi?” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Eventually we pieced it together, though: He worked at the airport. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z He hardly got any sleep because at the end of the day, after taking care of the clocks and working at the booth, he would stay up until dawn working on the automaton. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z Cook, who worked at the elementary school attended by Mrs. Colbey's children, eventually instructed one of the school cafeteria workers to call the police about the absent infant. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z They worked at it every minute of their playtime. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes he worked at night after being at school in the day. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Our father was working at the Spreckles Sugar Factory, five miles from town and could not get off, or perhaps didn’t want to, for fear he could not stand the strain. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z 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 “I work at a lumberyard and I imagine stuff while I work. What did your parents think about you becoming a writer?” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Tracy worked at Jubilee on that fifteen-dollar-a-week salary on and off for the next year and a half. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z He must confess that it was he who had carried the gold away, time after time, every ten or fifteen days of all the months he had worked at the shop. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z “Now I know why you work at home,” she said. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z The teachers give us different things to do, and we work at our own pace. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Lynda was there, working at her desk, but the rest of the staff was off for the weekend. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “Don’t you have any English work at all?” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Then Colonel Jaax put her to work at the bleed table with Captain Haines, and presently she began drawing blood from unconscious monkeys. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He tracked down Caroline Klausmann, who was now working at the Swiss Hotel on Clark Street. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I was seeing a very angry Paul Farmer, who didn’t seem much like the Paul Farmer who worked at the Brigham. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z "But what if you were offered an opportunity to finish your work at some other college," he said, his eyes widening behind his glasses. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z So, one day, she was working at this diner where she worked, and this truck driver asked her on a date. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z This continued until ninth grade, when Dad, who’d known Professor Christie from when he’d worked at the music store, asked if she might be willing to offer me private lessons. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “He also works at some pizza restaurant most nights after practice. He said he was working last night. But again, I don’t really know what transpired between you two after you left here.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z Did laudable work at Floyd's Foods; rarely missed spots while mopping; was up for night manager. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z I work at night, when Sarah is asleep, or in the early morning. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z He works at it, oversees his herd and adds to it. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z In order to make money from the casino, you had to work at the casino. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z If my mother would work at cleaning his house and washing his family’s clothing, he could arrange to pay our rent. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The first day Francie worked at the Bureau one of the sisters said to her, “You have a Brooklyn accent.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z A first-time visitor might wonder if Olmsted’s men had done any work at all. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Marigold knew this much of the story already—her mother had always been extremely proud of her work at the museum. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z So, I stayed on and kept working at the mill. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Seems like everybody who does have a job works at the auto-parts factory on the corner of Broad and Market. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “You told me you would be working at a mushroom farm, but I didn’t think you’d be doing this.” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z So instead, I'll do something that wouldn't work at all on Earth: throw them outside. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Montag said, “It's only a step from not going to work today to not working tomorrow, to not working at the firehouse ever again.” Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z But after the Assignments, after childhood, people worked at their assigned jobs. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Even volunteer work at a hospital would snap you out of your apathy, and it would probably be non-taxing on your valve and other things. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Charlie spent winter break working at the Mall Cinema, where he apparently let all the hot girls sneak in without paying. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Uncle Clyde came to work at one of the Ford car factories, on the assembly line where they made parts for the machines the army used in the war. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z 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 Though Babi worked at Silo, Kabul’s gigantic bread factory, where he labored amid the heat and the humming machinery stoking the massive ovens and mill grains all day, he was a university-educated man. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Instead Andrew asked, “How about work at the highway? Has it opened up?” Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t think so. She said she worked at a horrible night-club and that everyone there thought that some creepy guy kidnapped her and sold her overseas into white slavery. But really she escaped.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z My other friend works at a lumberyard to make money to buy books. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z My father left every morning at six to head to work at the factory, and returned by seven PM. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “Because Papa works at the university,” I replied. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z He was working at the table behind the window. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z This ancient refuse became ammunition in a long-running academic battle between Harvard botanist Paul C. Mangelsdorf and George Beadle, a geneticist who worked at Stanford, Caltech, and the University of Chicago. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z We steal both my ma’s and Ritchie’s barbecues, I ring up and book a jumping castle, and we borrow one of those karaoke machines from one of Marv’s mates who works at the pub. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z His father worked at the Fairfield Works, a steel mill in Birmingham. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z She had come to Arizona from Texas when she was only a teenager and had been working at the park since forever. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Grandpa used to work at a small import/export company until he retired a few years ago. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Year after year they plant corn, paint houses, fix cars or work at seasonal jobs and live off welfare in the off-seasons. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Mom was down working at the pants factory, so I just hung around with the farrier. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z She found temp work at legal agencies, keeping alive that distant dream of going to law school. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Confronted with an intractable problem, he was prepared to work at it harder and longer than most people and to be more receptive to unorthodox explanations. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z “I needed a cooking job since the restaurant I worked at closed,” he said, and paused his chopping again, holding the knife still above the sliced chilies. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z My mom works at the hospital, so I’ve been in enough of them to know what it feels like when you’re inside of one. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z While luxury stores, miraculous finance companies, exotic restaurants, and import business were flourishing, the unemployed lined up outside factory gates waiting for a chance to work at the minimum wage. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Polly had learned that Cato, the oldest slave on the plantation, always seemed to know everything that went on while managing to do very little work at all. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Stone told me that when he had worked at Green Haven, among the inmates had been a father, his grandfather, and his son. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I still worked at the mill, whenever the demand was up. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Justice protested against going home, saying that we simply wanted to work at the mine, and that we could make decisions for ourselves. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “I work at Nsukka University and I have traveled throughout the Eastern region. I’m writing a book about the area. And my fiancée is from Umunnachi, not too far from you.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “What school, you mean? I dunno if I will. Prob’ly if I get an apprenticeship...Maybe my dad would like me just to work at the Trout.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z “I didn't either. And I was willful and full of mischief, same as you. But Seer made me work at it because he cared about me so much.” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Dimly, Emma heard Chess mutter, “Let’s see if it works at all, first.” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z 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 In that split second I thought about the days when my mom used to work at the Grand Central candy shop. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “And he works at this and that afternoons and evenings. Sometimes he earns as much as five dollars a week outside of school.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z A few weeks ago, though, I overheard her and Apá talking, and it turns out that Olga had accumulated a few thousand dollars in life insurance while she was working at the doctor’s office. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “For Fatima—she's a child who works at the estate. I’m teaching her to read.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z L.V. was a trucker, but with the oil bust, jobs had become increasingly dif-ficult to find and he barely worked at all. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z We no longer even went through the motions of working at the quarry; we simply talked among ourselves. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Joe found work at Paydirt, a speakeasy night job that lets him see the City do its unbelievable sky and run around with Violet in afternoon daylight. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 To reestablish his links to the black community after graduation, he accepted a scholarship from the Urban League to pursue a master’s degree in social work at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z The soldierwives would too, for they belonged to the ■* army of servants who would work at the birthday dinner. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Pants that come up to his chest, a red jacket, black patent-leather slippers and horn-rimmed glasses—that’s how he looks when he’s at work at the little table, always studying and never progressing. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z A Langley engineer in the old style, Pearson had graduated from Worcester Polytechnic in Massachusetts and started work at the lab in 1930. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z I did not know that so many people worked at the Ballard Paper Mill. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Dad finally shelled out for central air-conditioning, now that he worked at home, and it was too easy to stay inside and comfortable rather than go and help Charlie wire the tree house. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z At home he lived with his mother, who worked at a service station convenience store as a clerk. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z For probably the hundredth time in less than a week I had to remind myself that working at this school served a purpose besides a paycheck. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z For me, that means working at Daffodil Manor. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z |
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