All other intervals are given by irrational numbers based on the twelfth root of two, not nice numbers that can be written as a ratio of two small whole numbers. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

For more than one hundred years, scholars have written about the illusory nature of the Emancipation Proclamation. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“I thought she might have written or something.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Can you use this one?” she asked eagerly, showing me a book written—I didn’t know till later—in Chinese. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inside the box, a note, written in ink, lay on top of a small object wrapped in tissue paper. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

“Phone book. I called every name. His cousins, his business partners, people I’d never heard of. He’d written to everyone. Every single person. Some let me see their letters. Others didn’t.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was a beautifully written story, but, more important, it was a story about the black urban experience. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

“But in your language it would be something like ‘It is written.’ The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Tonight, we will put both to the test. Each of your family names has been written on a piece of parchment and placed inside this basket.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

One was the enigmatic Voynich Manuscript, written in a language no one could read. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Ever since she’d written in my autograph book, I was afraid that goodness was what she really wanted out of me. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I attempted to account for scenes and characters, to tell why certain scenes were written in certain ways, I’d be stretching facts in order to be pleasantly intelligible. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The impersonality of the written word made it the easiest means of exchange. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He remembered the contents, which in truth he rattled off very glibly when put to the test One letter was written from Vera Cruz and the other from the City of Mexico. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

They are not in themselves ‘testimony’, equivalent to words spoken or texts written; but when we find them in the Bible, as it were orchestrated by God, they become the equivalent of testimony. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

On it was my name written in large black letters. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

“You mean something like invisible messages written in lemon juice or a map hidden in one of the pictures showing where to find treasure?” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

His letter had been addressed to the offices of Outside in Chicago; because I had written the McCandless piece, it was forwarded to me. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

That somebody may have you written across the pages of some magazine as a buffoon and a clown has got to play upon your psyche as to how you perform, how hard you’ll push. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

It was as if text-messaging shorthand as used on mobile phones were to shape the way language was written in books. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

The battle-scarred blade had a word written upon it that he could not make out. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

So to deal with all those variables, I’d written out everything I was going to say on note cards. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another is full of old datebooks, the appointments filling the days written in some sort of shorthand in Marco’s neat, delicate handwriting. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Because he had once written a book, a dry treatise on melancholy, he felt the world should ever after make special allowances for him. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

In her diary on June 28, next to where she had already written “G. holidays”—George was scheduled to come home from school—she wrote, “Death.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He never would’ve written down anything that could be used as evidence. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

A most unsavory namesake, in my opinion, but that is what Lord Ashton has written here. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

“Because it’s written all over both of us.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not only did they use counting boards, they used tally stlcks to record loans: a money value was written along the stick’s side, and it was split in two. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

I’m calling you as soon as I send this, but I know you like to have these things written down. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The lives of the white people all around us were written about in that paper. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

And then, separated from the rest of the scribbles by a few blank pages, like he’d wanted to remember these things specifically, were short one- or two-sentence declarations, marked with the dates they’d been written. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I said again, gesturing toward the ticket, “It is written there.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It turned out that the person who had written this letter was Eliot Rosewater, Billy’s friend in the veterans’ hospital near Lake Placid. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My dear fellah,” cried Pellinore, getting excited again, “it’s not where the stone is, what, that Tm trying to tell you, but what is written on it, what, where it is.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as Ken had written his question, Toby grabbed the folded paper, and, stepping up to the new altar, he started right in being the priest of the oracle. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pauses in the conversation are not awkward, though they struggle to find the same rhythm in speaking that was already present in their written exchanges, often switching from one language to another. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

His wife has written to him from the little home in Poland where she lives, telling him that she has saved up enough money to pay for the fare and is coming to see him. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I unfold it and read aloud the words—written in familiar handwriting. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Aunty Ifeoma had written the works department about the pipes, but, of course, it would take ages before anybody did anything about them. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“You must have written a million words by now,” said Malcolm X. “Probably,” I said. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

After her letter to me, I’d written her back describing how life in the U.S. was different, but nice. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

I read a monologue from Julius Caesar and performed a short hip-hop play about the redemption of a former child soldier that I had written with Esther’s encouragement. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

She gave me an A on the written report, saying she liked my tongue-in-cheek approach to criticism, but warned me to clean up the language and watch my run-on sentences. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I must have had it written all over my face, because he grabbed the baseball cap off Tree’s head and pushed it over his own, eyes still on me. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

They also found a letter Holmes had written to the pharmacist in his drugstore. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

But what made the story remarkable, since it was written in 1932, was that it predicted the widespread use of burning jellied gasoline on human beings. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were from Henry David Thoreau’s famous essay, “Civil Disobedience,” written in 1849. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

They’d even written fake ransom notes asking for millions of dollars and then, just to be silly, millions of dollars’ worth of succotash. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Ellis had a piece of paper that he’d written his points on, but he kept it crumpled. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Some had prices written in marker on the covers, like the library had gotten rid of them in a clearance sale. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

In the first column of the grid below, the word “staff” is written. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Every other week Mr. Kleiman brings me a couple of books written for girls my age. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

It was enshrined in the county library, where the 235-page history that had been written about Permian football was more detailed than any of the histories about the town itself. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Letters to his supporters had to be written. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, I can see because they have names written right next to them. But it still looks like lines.” Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

September 27—1 should have written this down right away, because it’s important to make this record complete. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

A first step is to recognize that Of Natural Magic is a book written over a period of more than thirty years. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Her first thought was to pick a young teenager's romance of the kind that is written for fifteen-year-old schoolgirls, but for some reason she found herself instinctively walking past that particular shelf. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

Notebooks lay scattered in all corners, and I saw his translations written on the open pages. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“All men come into the world in the same way. We are born in pain, for it is written, ‘In pain shall ye bring forth children.’ The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Inside was a short letter written in lilac ink on slate-gray paper. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

And underneath each picture, I’ve written our names in my neatest handwriting. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Jahrling, meanwhile, picked up a sheet of waterproof paper on which he had written down the results of his tests. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This is my daughter, Elaine. How do you do? And this is Sir Lancelot Dulac. How do you do? All written in the stones.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The message was also written in flyers, tossed into the streets. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

And there was one strip, faded and smoke-smudged by time, which had been written by one of the men who had founded the Company and who was long since dead. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the note, Rocco had written, I loved you before I knew you. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

In April, Melissa called me one day at home to let me know about a snarky column written by Maureen Dowd of the New York Times. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

According to David J. Meltzer, a Southern Methodist University archaeologist who has written extensively about the history of his field, the bureau’s founders were determined to set the new disciplines on a proper scientific footing. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

My only regret was that I hadn’t written down my obituary, but I figured Miss Volker would do a good one. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Inside was a file card, written in green Biro. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

On the paper one name is written over and over and over: Zola Zola Zola Zola Zola Zola. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

It surprised him, that she could use the word “virtue” without the slightest irony, as was done in the badly written articles in the women’s section of the weekend newspapers. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Berrange then revealed that it was a statement that Professor Murray himself had written in the 1930s. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Straight means to play the rhythms as written. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

If the audible version were written out in musical notation it would read like this, with all its ‘dots’ gone. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

But not because Papi's eyes have disappointment written all over them. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“Big helix with several chains,” she had written in her notes, “phosphates on the outside.” The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

The time is come, I fear, when I must open that parcel, and know what is written. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

In his mind he took out the letter he had just written to Miss Perumal, crumpled it up, and threw it away. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I was excited to tell them about the email from Mr. Browne, and the note I had written to Auggie. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“What do you say about that? My Prudence’s name, written over and over. ’Tis a spell, that’s what it is! The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

As quickly as I can, I trace the letter, trying to capture the precise hand in which it was written. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Once, I looked up from my place on the steps and she was sitting at the top, elbows on knees, face cupped in her hands, listening to Papi recite a poem he’d written. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“He may have written the words,” said Scruffy. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The text was written in columns perpendicular to the long axis of the scroll. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

I was stunned to see what I had written. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the ideas are written in and people are sketched. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

For the family magazines he had written “The Death of Rex” and “Children, the Hope of the World.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Brave Orchid had written about them in her letters, and Moon Orchid tried to match them up with the descriptions. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Nobody’s ever written a story about me before.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

When she went back and told Charles of her failure, he sent a letter to his cousin Fox, who had visited Malvern before and had written to Charles describing the grave. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her handwriting was neat, and I could read what she’d written: Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I’d written down details about her class, like what time it ended and what building it was held in. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Many Cherokees gradually began to use this written form of their language. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

Across the middle of the cake, in yellow frosting, something was written. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Aureliano had finished classifying the alphabet of the parchments, so that when Melquíades asked him if he had discovered the language in which they had been written he did not hesitate to answer. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

He had written scholarly articles on the history of various diseases, often focusing on their connection to poverty. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

It was written in a slanting, feminine, convent-school hand, but the signature underneath was their father’s. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could have written it myself, or recited it to her from memory, adding ten dollars just to be safe. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other boys nodded, hope written on their wet faces, their long hair down in their eyes. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was clear that someone else—probably Johanna—had written the statement and that he had been compelled to read it to defuse the situation. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

There has been little written on the end of alchemy, yet an activity which was respectable in the eyes of Boyle and Newton had become entirely disreputable by the 1720s. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I quickly discovered that Ralph Waldo Emerson had indeed written lots of letters that had been published. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“Francie, about a year ago he gave me that card all written out and two dollars. He said, “When Francie graduates, send her some flowers for me—in case I forget.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s written here,” I said, holding it up. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

The paper my name was written on was surely gone now, crumpled up in a wastebasket or fed through a paper shredder. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

In about 1809 a Cherokee man named Sequoyah developed a written form of the Cherokee language. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. I mean. I’ve been written into my favorite story since Hamilton. Am I taller?” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

I happened to have it with me, in my suitcase, so I got it out and copied down the poems that were written on it. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

The Oxyrhynchus hymn, written in Ancient Greek, dates from the late third century, making it nearly two thousand years old. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

“The museum has written to wardens and prison directors all over Germany.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

She had even written Take some of Ferns money as her answer to a homework question about not having enough money to buy two bags of popcorn. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Anonymously written, the story charged that Woolf admitted he had been told not to win by too much, to “make it look close” and “make a race of it.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of them Freud had written together with Josef Breuer, a Viennese physician; others he had written alone. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

The bus was like one we’d seen in San Francisco painted with daisies, peace signs, and Flower Power written in groovy colors. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

All of them were wearing white uniforms, with a different colored X marked on each of their backs and a number written in black above it. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

In large scrawled letters on the blank side of a cardboard beer coaster, it’s written. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Even the rational numbers—the set of numbers that can be written as a/b for integers a and b—were countable. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

I feel like a book laid wide open, where my story is written in plain words for her to read. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Way before, Ms. Jen and me had written all of these word and math problems down on a deck of index cards. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

So not only was it written up ahead of time, but it got a big write-up afterwards. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I pick up the paper and read the quote I’d written so I wouldn’t forget it. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“But no, those words come from a poem written by the esteemed poet and linguist Master Lumumba. Do you know what they mean?” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

And seeing what he’d written had the same effect as before, brought the words home to him. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then she showed Kyle and Akimi the rumpled sheet of paper where she had written down five book titles for all ten authors. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

"This paper was written by a student advanced in his years," continues Herr Meins. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

In the left-hand corner, on the line marked memo, she'd written, "Pet Burning." Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

My father handed her Gabriel’s favorite T-shirt, a black one with pink floyd written across the chest. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Then, when he’d picked out a nice mysterious quotation, he’d sneaked back to Egypt at night with a flashlight and written it on the back of the paper. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

According to Rees, the number of light-years to the edge of this larger, unseen universe would be written not "with ten zeroes, not even with a hundred, but with millions." A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

I bet she wishes she had written an escape clause into the prenup. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

He’d written all the facts and numbers in the center of the board, but he’d also painted a border of smiling eggs to add an “artistic design element.” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Then he took the letter she had written and slipped it into one of the many pockets of his robe. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The July 6 memo was written in a style that her colleagues think of as quintessential Terryl: deeply passionate but somehow dispassionate enough, and just to the point. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Seven took her notebook from her rucksack and opened it to the page where she’d written down their timeline. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

I look down at the words I’ve written, feeling the yearning pull of them, like a fishhook in my stomach. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Before the meet, some reporters had shared that they’d already written the story of me winning, and that if I lost, they’d have to pull the piece and craft a new story. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Below that, on her wrist, she had two sets of initials written in black script inside an anatomical heart. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

But history is written by the victors, and Glorious Revolution sounds so much better than Invasion if you want to keep the populace happy. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

I’ve replayed the day over and over in my head so many times and have written down every single detail, but I still can’t find the foreshadowing. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

But the written word is a recent invention that has left no trace in our genome and must be laboriously acquired throughout childhood and beyond. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

On the way back from the doctor’s office, my mom asked me if I’d written back to Dante. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

And someone had written it hastily, that was for sure. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Dylan reaches inside and pulls out a black box with Duboise written in silver across the top. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Indeed, the book was not really by Boyle at all, since it was written by Papin. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

First, there is the claim that history must be written without benefit of hindsight. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

If Robert Louis Stevenson had written a sentence like that in Treasure Island, no one would have ever read the book, I thought. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

In Room 205, the morning journal assignment was written in neat script on the board. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

The next day she laid the affair before Mr. Brocklehurst, who said that Mrs. Reed must be written to, as she was my natural guardian. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Something other than a hand had written those words. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Harry was on the point of unfolding his letter, which was written on the same heavy parchment as the envelope, when it was jerked sharply out of his hand by Uncle Vernon. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

If you’re written off as angry or emotional, doesn’t that just cause more of the same? Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“It’s not just a new prize—it’s also a short poem written in 1841 by the great American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

This notation can be confusing, though, and in some music the pickups and repeats are written in a way that avoids these broken-up measures. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

It’s strange how you give the people you love so much power over you, I had written in my journal. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Jesse had written about football, which he really hated, but he had enough brains to know that if he said drawing, everyone would laugh at him. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

She was the only one, outside my family, that I ever showed Allie's baseball mitt to, with all the poems written on it. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Then she turned to the pages where the family names were written in a long column with places to the right for dates of birth, marriage, and death. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

The voice sounded mechanical, the voice of a person reciting something written. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

This book has therefore been deliberately written in opposition to certain conventions which have become established in ‘these postmodern days’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

A special hymn was written for the occasion. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The news of the day, meanwhile, was being written in a ribbon of lights on a building to Billy’s back. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was doubt written on it, then wonder and hatred mixed, and then conviction. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The man’s name—John Singer—was engraved in the center, and beneath this, written in ink with the same elaborate precision as the engraving, there was a brief message. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

A name was written on a scrap of fabric affixed to the crown —James. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

All along, Enrique’s mother has written very little; she is barely literate and embarrassed by it. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“Excuse me, but Our Town is quite possibly the best play ever written about the totality of the human experience.” The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

Of course, this book was written in Gnommish, the fairy language, and would be of no use to any human. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

I watched her come—watched with the strangest anticipation; as though some word of doom were to be written on her disk. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

It is written that the old shall keep to the comfort of their beds! second priest: It’s a bad habit, beloved friend, this wandering about at night when monsters prowl. third priest: Senility. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fay hadn’t written a line since signing in an hour and a half ago. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There, running vertically down the side of her palm, was her phone number written in neat block letters in dark blue pen. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Inside was what Kurnakov described as a “neatly written report” outlining the basic scientific principles of the atomic bomb. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Your father, like you, was a tortured soul, Rahim Khan had written. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Walt had in fact visited Fairbanks during the start-up of the receiving station and had written some of the software crucial to its operation. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’s written them out, my words and hers, which Dad spelled out for me after I fell asleep. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

But this fear evaporates when we understand that our life stories and the history of the world were written by the same hand.” The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

They seemed written by a younger, more passionate Jorge, a man she never knew well. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cas unzipped the side pocket of her bag and pulled out the note she’d written dozens of times over the last few months before tearing each of those earlier versions into little shreds. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“She had searched for years, written letters back and forth,” says Auntie Ying. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like Galileo, Kepler believed that the book of nature is written in the language of geometry. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Cilia collected a basketful of notes that the British officers had written Miss Lavinia. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The town written on the back of the black Mary picture. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Good prose is never written by a committee. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Miep sent us a raisin bread with “Happy Pentecost” written on top. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I opened it, and found a single sheet of note-paper inside, with a few words written in an unfamiliar hand. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

When I finally took the exam for my driver’s license, I got a hundred percent on the written section but barely passed the driving test. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Having something written, or printed, means that what you thought was happening really did happen. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

As I stand at the edge of the shore, I catch glimpses of their flags, the words written across their canoes—some are written in another language, the same language they must be singing in. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

He could’ve written a “left of center” ticket, a moving violation that would have laid the matter to rest. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I’ve written it to explain certain changes I want made in my last will and testament. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a lowered voice, Byrne explained that he had just been sent a copy of a memo written by one of the Watergate prosecutors to Assistant Attorney General Petersen. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

You have to follow every rule that's ever been written, plus a few that have always remained unspoken. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

As for herself, she had already written the letter to Aunt Consuelo. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

And there they were, the scissors, right on top of an extra large brown envelope with my brother’s name written over the top. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“Give it 1 year and really make a go of it. Make 1 friend. Do 1 thing outside of these walls. Read 1 book not written by an economist or a mathematician.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He stared at the words his daughter had written on the paper. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The earliest pieces were all probably written down by his father, and perhaps improved in the process. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

A double helix of DNA can thus be envisioned as a code written with four alphabets—ATGCCCTACGGGCCCATCG...—forever entwined with its mirror-image code. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Whoever wrote that gross thing on her geography book had written on her history book, too. suck me off it said in ugly blue letters. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

The genius had written the numbers on a piece of tape and hung it in plain view— where else—inside his locker. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

“They’re written in language long forgotten. But as you are very young, your constellation should be easy enough to figure out.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

He said it was the best poetry ever written, and that even in French, the language of the arts, there was nothing to compare it to. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew whatever I said would be written down in his mind to deliver with the mail. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

What is agreed upon is that Lawrence understood almost immediately the import of what he had seen, even though Wideroe’s report was written in dense technical German, a language that was largely beyond Ernest’s ken. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I glance over at my door as an envelope slides underneath it, my name written on the front of it. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

I should have written about a prince raised by wolves after he lost his father to the woods or whatever, something less transparent, because teachers always thought everything was a cry for help. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He’d redone it without the word treasure written over the X or any of the other notations. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

His fervor for the written word was an interweaving of solemn respect and gossipy irreverence. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Before the Civil War, eight different plays based on the life of Uncle Tom had been written and produced, without Mrs. Stowe’s consent. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, I found this research proposal she’d written before she died,” I said. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

I had already, through the BTF, written one letter and got no reply. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

In his left hand he was grinding a piece of paper on which the doctor had written the name of a psychiatrist in town. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

They were histories and songs of the Seven Kingdoms, she saw, written in the Common Tongue. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

According to the standard translation of On the Revolutions, Copernicus wrote, ‘Astronomy is written for astronomers’; but he didn’t. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

She wanted to learn how to read music already written down. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

She'd even written a booklet called Ten Bright Ideas to Light Up Your Sales for one of her clients. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

For other instruments, such as guitar59 , it means sliding through all of the possible notes between the two written pitches. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

This seemed like a good place to leave the note he’d written for Reyna, telling her of their route to Epirus. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I wished I could have seen what he had written there, but it wasn’t for my eyes. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

And then Beatrice must have written her note, and paid her cheque, and given the address “Mrs. de Winter, Manderley.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

See I read here what Jonathan have written:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

How many yes/no answers to the various biological questions are written in the language of life? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve written this for you. It’s what I would like to know if I were you. Where my mind has been. I’ve written everything.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

If I had known only one Bigger I would not have written Native Son. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Unlike folk music, it has usually been written recently and belongs to professional musicians, and new popular tunes quickly replace old ones. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

The next morning: We are written in paint. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Brian read thick adventure books, ones written by guys like Zane Grey. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Her uncertainty was written all over her: in her too-wide eyes and trembling lip and the way she held her bloody arm limp against her middle. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

But the rest of the story had got to be written down. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Jess turned the card over, to read the one word Mark had written on the back. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

For all the letters I post to her regularly, Momma hasn't written me in over ten months. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

He himself has no idea how many novels he has written—possibly seventy-five of the things. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Park thought she'd written those awful things on her books herself. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Very few had sticks with something written on them. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Oh, puke,” Mary Anne whispered in Ben’s ear, abandoning her pen and paper since Ben was adamant about refusing to read what she had written. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t read Ancient Greek, but he guessed they were prayers or supplications to the dead, written by pilgrims thousands of years ago. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He had written down his letters to Miss Perumal, and Jackson, having found the letters on the desk, was pounding them with his fist. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

She had five written pages of information and she wanted to use them all. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

They are calling her Swiss, because the word Swiss was written on the small knife they used to cut her umbilical cord. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Jen leaned her head back and stared at the ceiling, as if an answer were written there. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

This March, however, I had written Delbriick that I wanted another Cambridge year. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Because I do, and it must be written all over my face. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

It’s been years since I found her note in the Bible, and who knows how many years earlier that Matilde had written it there. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The name of the vessel was written on the side in tiny white letters that had mostly flaked off. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Then when it’s written down he always believes every word of it,” said another. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

He tried to think of O’Brien, for whom, or to whom, the diary was written, but instead he began thinking of the thing that would happen to him after the Thought Police took him away. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Papa reached into his pocket and unfolded a letter written on white paper. Sarah, Plain and Tall 1985-04-25T00:00:00Z

It precipitated one of the only books attacking postmodern philosophy ever written largely by biologists. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

When there was a novel approach in the classroom, it was geared for a generation indisputably weaned on the fast foods of television and the VCR, not the written word. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The letter, written in a pleasingly legible script, was dated April 28, 1958, at which time the recipient had been imprisoned for approximately two years: Dearest Bro. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

You have written your story with sound grammar and interesting style. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I wondered how many urgent letters Rebecca used to write, and who they were written to. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

There were always two or three meandering speeches, and all of them seemed written by the same verbose, insincere person. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“I need these fixed on the smallest boxes, then the words ‘Chicken Tikka’ written on them.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Now step back and take a look at what you’ve written. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Someone has written a book about the intelligence of animals. Border collies are smartest." The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Haven’t written anything here for a week, as my fingers are starting to get chilblained—so dead cold always. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

There were a lot of rules at Fullbrook, written and otherwise. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Let it be written that henceforth only guild members shall be permitted to name themselves journeymen or masters ... provided the guilds open their rolls to any freedman who can demonstrate the requisite skills.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I toed one of the paper piles on the floor, trying to peek at what was written on it. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She points to a desk in the 2nd row that has a paper with my name written on it. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He brought Howe a stack of documents—some written by Washington just for the deception. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Swiftly, they worked out that the letters were written in two different book ciphers. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I haven’t written in class since I had the fake sling on my arm. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

“There's a name written in some of her books,” Prosper said tonelessly. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

I stepped to the lectern and began delivering the speech I had written in verse. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“If I had the true historical sense,” McMillan recollected, “as soon as I woke up in the morning I would have written down in a notebook: ‘I made a big invention last night.’ Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

They would try to save the entire written wisdom of the Jews of France. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Amaka asked, squinting to see what was written on the bottles. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I read back over the questions she’d written down and added two more. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

"Car number five cost six hundred and thirty-seven pounds and sold for sixteen hundred and forty-nine fifty. You got all those figures written down, son?" Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

The next day I was called to the principal’s office and there was my mom with a list of books written by and about black people. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The skits, written originally by Anne and Ernestine, never varied much, so we could give them without rehearsal. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

But though the words are written by another, they are my words nonetheless. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

In her gloved hands she held a large cream-colored box with foreign words written on top: “Fine English-Tailored Apparel, Tientsin.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

So it went on—a profession older than writing and one that will probably survive when the written word has disappeared. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

A month had passed since it was written and Steam might be wondering if she had gone too far. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was shocked when I looked at the pink notebook Dr. Fiona had given me and saw the questions I had written when I first arrived. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He announced that although the DiAngelos were not in court, they had written a “victims’ impact statement,” which he would read. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

The historian interested in such questions about writing has the advantage that they can often be answered in unique detail by means of the written record itself. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Much like the Gothic architecture that shaped the buildings for which it was written, isorhythm did not last as a tool in the organisation of music. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Adam Sedgwick, Charles’s old geology professor from Cambridge, declared that Vestiges was so uninformed and so inaccurate it could have been written by a woman! Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Singer had written many letters to Antonapoulos, but he had not posted them. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

It is on notebook paper, covering the front and back, written in cursive pencil. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

If she hadn’t written the note, she could have gotten back to the building, taken the elevator up to twelve, and been in their apartment before the electricity went out. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

They might as well have written it on my skin, like they did to the Jews in their camps during the war. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She reaches into her purse and pulls out a small white envelope with Lucinda written on it in happy, shouty colors. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

The thing that was descriptive about it, though, was that he had poems written all over the fingers and the pocket and everywhere. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

We do not talk about the huge checks we have written, for bribes to judges and policemen and prison guards. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“But the human beings,” Tucker went on, “being what human beings are—and who can blame them?— would rather hear pieces written by themselves.” The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And you said we had to get to this settlement? You remember what was written underneath?” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Frederick’s mother shows him the unopened envelope—it is wrinkled, sepia-colored, and old, his name written in small cursive letters— but he shows no interest. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He had written that he wanted to show the sweet peas in his squadron what the Old Corps was like. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Max was her choice, the word was her possession, she had written it with so great a confidence on the fly-leaf of that book. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Sleek and shiny, with a mahogany handle, it had a long tail of neat, straight twigs and Nimbus Two Thousand written in gold near the top. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

All he had written was the word "EARDRUMS." Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

The best antidote to astrology in particular and to pseudoscience in general is, as Carl Sagan has written, real science, whose wonders are as amazing but have the added virtue of probably being real. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He made written allusions to Bursa, and now Desdemona began to worry. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Why had the letter come fifteen years after it had been written? Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Before the book the only thing to read was what came written on a bag of rice. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

She had folded a load of laundry written an email, searched her massive psychology textbook for answers to the final exam questions to see if she had gotten them right. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I kiss him and then take his hand and pass him another story I’ve written out in tiny print. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“It was written about you, not to you. “Have you seen Mrs. Pontellier? The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

She picked up one of the shakily written letters. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I felt a surge of pride as I read my first adult book—and a book about Africa written by an African. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

M.K.—That was what she would have written on everything when she was seventeen years old and very famous. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I’m sorry, she says, I don’t mean that your name will actually be written on anything. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

My eyes scanned down past where Mrs. Rouse had written “Great reading, Albie!” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

He can sing prettily in four tongues, Lord Steffon had written . A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I watched him out the window and wondered what he had written in that letter. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“I would have written the blue fire off to rumor if you hadn’t been here to confirm it.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He has written that Africa was the only continent that produced no history. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were written during the thirties, but much of it would still be up to date - after all, I do not imagine German bombs have altered our countryside so significantly. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Poems and songs and entire novels are written about it. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

I put in long hours at Sidley & Austin, often eating both lunch and dinner at my desk while combating a continuous flow of documents, all of them written in precise and decorous lawyer-language. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

And it hung, this determination, like a heavy jewel between her breasts; it was written in fire on the dark sky of her mind. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

When I looked over, anger was written all over her face. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

There was no written agenda, so there was no way for her and Rowan to know what came next, and Scythe Faraday only explained things as they happened. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

But then, to see your name like that, Faria, written by Papa. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Some of the kids talk about them in their videos, so I started reading them. And once I did, I couldn’t stop, because some of them felt like they were written to me.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Esther came back with transparent packets of pills, on which instructions, but no names, were written in a crabbed handwriting in blue ink. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“So, this is it. Bedroom, bathroom, I’ve got the Wi-Fi password written down, and you have my number. You guys are going on a tour tomorrow, right?” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

When I finished all the Verne books in the library, I became the first in line for any book that arrived written by modern science-fiction writers such as Heinlein, Asimov, van Vogt, Clarke, and Bradbury. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Roza scooped her ancient flowered bag off the belt and trailed the students to a man who held a placard with the name of the university written on it. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

And it was strange because he was calling, “Christopher . . . ? Christopher . . . ?” and I could see my name written out as he was saying it. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

They sat looking out over the hills, thinking of the woman who had written in the notebook. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

One umbrella, pink, had written upon it, “We Serve Valentine Ice-Cream.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

For years, it wasn’t clear who had written the groundbreaking pamphlets. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Transposing at sight means being able to read a part written in one key while playing it in another key. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Underneath the sketch, he’d written: Will you go on a date with me? When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

In the 1970s, no educationist would have predicted the explosion in universal written communication caused by the personal computer, the internet and the key-pad of the mobile phone. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z

He has ringmaster written all over him, from the scarlet coat and white jodhpurs to the top hat and waxed curled moustache. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I took the book and read its title, written in gold gilt on a black bar imprinted on the front cover. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

An Essay on the Principle of Population was written by the economist Thomas Robert Malthus in 1798. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The promised letter of thanks from Mr. Collins arrived on Tuesday, addressed to their father, and written with all the solemnity of gratitude which a twelvemonth’s abode in the family might have prompted. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

From that point on all their stories were to be written at home on the subject of their choice. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

She had written “Good progress” at the bottom of it. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Once, he had carried Robin to another part of the monastery, and showed him where records of everyday living were written and poems and psalteries copied. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

I wanted to tell Mom to go away, to leave me alone, but I pretended to be a good kid instead, the way Dad would have written it. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Mabel Perry It made me sad that Mama had written to Peewee to say that she loved me. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Officer Moore looks down, like an answer is written on his hands. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

As one of her great-aunts had written about her when she was a little girl, she possessed “so much affection in her nature as will secure her from selfishness.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had written to her just before he sailed for America. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

However, it made no difference, for it was inconceivable that they could ever meet indoors or exchange any kind of written communication. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

My class went through the routine of settling down, scraping chairs, dusting desks, copying the new term timetable written on the board. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

For example, most operas were written to be popular, middle-class entertainments, and artists such as Liszt and Paganini enjoyed rock-star-like fame and popularity in their day. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Federick had wanted to pay for the timber with something called a cheque, which, it seemed, was a piece of paper with a promise to pay written upon it. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

I either need to write a new song or find a song that I’ve already written. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“I have written orders for him to secure your passage back to Ch’ulp’o by sea,” he said. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Wacquant has written extensively about the cyclical nature of racial caste in America. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

So far, he hasn't written anything down, because I've told him the same thing I've told everyone else: I can't remember my name, address, phone number, or the names of my parents. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The left side had a column written by Mr. Donnelly, with the strange tide “Thoughts on an Imaginary Porcelain Plate.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our earliest written information about Japan comes from Chinese chronicles, because China developed literacy long before it spread from China to either Korea or Japan. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Dasch's handkerchief held the names of the saboteurs' contacts in America, written in invisible ink. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

Not long before, I had written to Coetsee pressing him for a meeting to discuss talks between the ANC and the government. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

If not, these words I have written in response to the ones you sent me should mean quite a lot. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

It was just as if it had been written yesterday. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I had a speech that had been written for me in Freetown, but I decided to speak from my heart, instead. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Mami had the hospital number written on the scratch pad she kept by the phone. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

A tall white guy sits in one of our kitchen chairs facing away from me—DETECTIVE written in big yellow letters across the back of his dark blue jacket. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

The game program provided you with a simple written description of your surroundings, then asked what you wanted to do next. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Small letters were written across the skin in thin black ink. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Starkey sought to discover this and other lost secrets by careful study of the alchemical texts, which were written, as he acknowledged, in a deliberately impenetrable language. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

It didn't help that Guiteau had written down his intent to make his “friend Arthur President.” Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Brave Orchid had written about a boy whose oddity it was to stick pencil stubs in his ears. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one had ever written down findings and drawn conclusions. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Two notes are enharmonic if they sound the same on a piano but are named and written differently. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Now, what were the names of books written by H. L. Mencken? Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Liza knew about it, and Olive, and Dessie had written to Tom. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He returns with his carefully written notes and a short stack of handwritten leaflets. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

I had written that Kwang took no profits and made no interest, that he just redistributed funds at the end of every week, like any ggeh. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It is here written, ‘Seven entered Meereen to sign the peace accords and witness the celebratory games at the Pit of Daznak. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Swift had written this squib by 1697, and by the time it appeared the conflict it satirized appeared to be over. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

It would have to be quite entertainingly written, however, since, though there’s happily a small army of readers interested in verbal niceties, relatively few are interested in similar but often more important numerical nuances. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Underneath the paperweight lion was a picture of the two tortoises and next to the typewriter was a pile of densely written paper and an apple with one bite taken out of it. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then Finn saw what Chess had written in the search box on his computer: “Andrew Greystone obituary.” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“We’ve never been written up in a newspaper before either,” I reminded him. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I mean, they want to get people on top of the mountain because, once again, they’re going to be written about, and they’re going to be judged. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

She boarded, flipped down a seat, and took from her purse the address Lina had written out. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

In the script, the dialogue is written with some exclamation points, but Bobby has stopped playing it with bombast. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Inside the back cover of one, something had been written in a child’s handwriting. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first is an ordinary school copybook with twenty pages, written in a child’s delicate calligraphy. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fortunately, a porter—he gestured toward a young inmate cleaning the children’s play area—had written a love letter for him in Spanish. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Someone had written beside him Dr. Jonathan Wick in elegant, old-fashioned script. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

The poem “Barren Woman” was written by a woman who committed suicide, and I’m pretty sure of it—her name was Sylvia Plath. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

His story was written to expose the war in Bosnia and its similarity to the Holocaust. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

He crawled around the television, putting on his brown horn-rimmed glasses to read tags, then taking them off to see what was written on the back of the cabinet. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t leave the classroom until I’d written “I will not tell lies in class” twenty-five times on the blackboard. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the note progressed, his handwriting shrank, until it seemed like something extruded rather than written. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

A day before the hearing, I was told that my attorney would be arriving the following day and I would be free to give him my written statement. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The two most important things a written piece of music needs to tell you about a note are its pitch — how high or low it is — and its duration — how long it lasts. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

“It’s not the easiest story to read, the way it’s written and all. Like that first line: ‘I contracted an intimacy with a Mr. William Legrand.’ Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Mother made a frame with cardboard, glue, and thread, and Nasser’s photograph, with this sentence written underneath, was the only picture in our home. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

I was reminded of a story I had read at the Boniface Estate when I was looking for things written about rats. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Each morning I make my way along a narrowing precipice of written words. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She has never written thirteen pages about anything in her life. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

It was a scroll of parchment with Harry’s name written upon it in familiar thin, slanting writing. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Three turned and looked at Ultima with surprise written in their eyes. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had been doodling on a sheet of paper, stick figures, and “Father Amadi” written over and over again. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Besides, a good idea sometimes deserved to be written down twice. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

This is the first time I’ve ever seen them written down. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I just wanted to go downstairs and find whatever he’d written for me. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

He was pointing now to a page, to its densely written text. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The death of Bellarmine left Galileo without a friendly witness to the crucial events of 1616, although he still had Bellarmine’s written statement. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

As Caltech astrophysicist Kip S. Thorne has written: "The speed of light turned out to be the same in all directions and at all seasons." A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

From behind me, a boy calls out before she’s even written two letters down. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

On it there’s a microphone, a complicated-looking remote, and a thick book that has Song Menu written on the cover in three languages. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

And most native societies in what is now the United States and Canada did not have the written languages, monumental architecture, or wide-ranging aesthetic traditions of their neighbors to the south. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The truth was there in front of them all the time, written on the children's faces. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

‘Do you wish me to read the essay I have written?’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The cacophony of voices faded to a dull hum as she began to read what she’d written. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

It had got to be written down, it had got to be confessed. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

As he starts to fall asleep he realizes that he still has not written his fax to Fuad, and he feels guilty. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Ammu had corrected the spelling mistakes, and below the essay had written: If I am Talking to somebody you may interrupt me only if it is very urgent. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

In his Defence, Adams had written three volumes of relentless and seemingly endless prose to show that political power invariably rested in the hands of a few prominent individuals and families. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Pattie remembered the note that Willow had written the first day she met her social worker at the nail salon. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

The attorney offered letters written by Guiteau that demonstrated his erratic and often irrational behavior, starting from childhood. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I gave the polite one-word answers that would have been written down in a script about some other kid. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Five weeks later, on December 20—381 days after the boycott had started—two federal marshals arrived at the federal courthouse and served written notices on city officials that Montgomery’s buses had to be integrated. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

The Cranes Conquer America was written at the top in Emily’s eight-year-old scrawl, back when she was into putting smiley faces inside her e’s, o’s, and o’s. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I had written several more posts on my blog—mostly stuff about the park, school, tarantulas, and how I do things without arms. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“I know my name is written in the Book of Life,” he said. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

While newspapers were still barred from printing my picture or any words I had ever said or written, the Post’s campaign ignited a public discussion of our release. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the Count did not come in, I have written here.... Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

The words is written out real neat and straight and strong. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

The envelope was thick and heavy, made of yellowish parchment, and the address was written in emerald-green ink. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Some of the Post-its are in his handwriting, but others have been written by friends. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

A book about rockets and space travel written in 1948, a retractable fountain pen, a bottle of dark red ink that looked like blood, and a star chart. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

And my own name, written over and over and over. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

And this column was written by Marilyn vos Savant and in the magazine it said that she had the highest IQ in the world in the Guinness Book of World Records Hall of Fame. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I can tell immediately if a book is written by a real person or a lifeless program. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“The element uranium may be turned into a new and important source of energy in the immediate future,” Einstein had written. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Benton Sage, having written only one page in four days, celebrated Christmas morning by watching a rerun of The Wonder Years and eating a candy bar. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

They went from floor to ceiling, and they seemed to me to contain everything of importance that had ever been written on any subject in the world. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

The letter was unsigned, but most of the players suspected it had been written by one of the coaches. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was trying to remember what I had written. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

“I’ll cure you, Tally. I promise. I just need written consent.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

At the same time, politicians were growing increasingly softer on crime—“for fear of sounding racist,” as the economist Gary Becker has written, “since African-Americans and Hispanics commit a disproportionate share of felonies.” Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Let me say that anyone who considers the discourse written above will see how either hatred or contempt has been the cause of the downfall of these previously mentioned emperors. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

She had written Proposal Pending on a piece of paper and taped it to the end of a shoe box full of foil and fishing line. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

The second movement, a more lively one as written by Signor Tartini, somewhat a dance, I played like the kicking of a turtleheaded spawn in a woman’s womb. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Though I know I'm reading what she thought of as private, I lean in to see what she's written. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I smiled at the P.S. written at the bottom of the letter. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Write down half the stuff you say and it would be a better poem than I’ve ever written.” Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

He unfolded it and read an opinion that he had written—before the trial began. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

He handed Amaka a piece of paper and told her he had written some suitably boring names on it, that she had only to choose one and he would leave. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Someone had written my name on the side in black marker so it would be easy to find. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

I thought of the dusty box of them I’d found in her room, written by my grandfather. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

But God felt very far away, and I already had a stack of letters to God that I’d written ever since I was four years old. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

After it was written, it could be translated. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The paper Jutta has written on seems little more than tissue in his gigantic paws. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

They thought he had major-college talent written all over him, but Ivory didn’t. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

A family of Tories in Milton wished to move into Boston and had written Colonel Smith about this move. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Did you know that this is officially the longest email I've ever written? Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

King pushed his written speech aside, gripped the lectern with both hands, and gave his country seventeen of the most memorable minutes in its history. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Others seem to have performed the experiment entirely independently, on the basis only of written descriptions—Henry Power, for example. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I talk about the notebooks of poetry I keep, the stories about Soledad I’ve written. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he came out and asked for the details of the beautiful new structure I had written Delbriick about. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

There was one question per card, just like hers, but these were written, not typed. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then she opened her rosewood box wherein were the letters her husband had written to her in courtship and since. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

They began secretly collecting them, and Mac had the idea of constructing a false bottom to the box and placing in it a tiny written message. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the sweet innocence of the world was written there in the lines of her young face. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Thank you for the good wishes, I have never been happier in my life, he'd written. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

It sounds crazy, but I still found it hard to believe she was gone, and half expected that her death wasn’t really written down in the Bible. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

And this, even more wonderful and mysterious, is also true: when I read it, when I read what Julie’s written, she is instantly alive again, whole and undamaged. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Several other prominent American revolutionaries also talked as if they were actors in a historical drama whose script had already been written by the gods. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t believe the same man had written those two verses. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But in the end, Professor Steinberg had written such a powerful letter of recommendation that there was little left for me to do. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Instead, she handed me a card with the name of the pharmacy I always went to in Salcedo; her own name was written on the back. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I carried the note pad in my shirt pocket and, while I worked in the fields, memorized the information I had written in it. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I felt he had something important to tell me, and whatever it was might just be written on his face. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

And then he hesitates before adding something that wasn’t written on the card. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Inside I found a name written on a slip of paper. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad’s hand touched a knob that had “Start” written on it, but before he turned it he pulled his hand back and said, “First, however . . We all screamed. “ The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had written to the wrong person; the militant and courageous broadside had been delivered before the wrong audience. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had Catholic school written all over her. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

It had shaken her to see her own first name being written like that by an invisible hand. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

Science is written in the language of mathematics, as Galileo realized. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

He wrote and wrote without stopping, filling sheet after sheet of paper, tearing up what he'd written, beginning again, putting one sheet aside and starting another, frowning, crumpling up the paper—and starting once more. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

When Harris, jotting down conditions of the game that would have to be written into the contract, heard that, she blanched a bit. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d quickly written up a piece about harvest and dutifully sent that in. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

She pulled from the center console a CD with “Joy Division/New Order” written on it in black Sharpie. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Guides to English grammar were written as pedagogical steppingstones to mastery of Latin grammar, and they tried to shoehorn English constructions into the categories designed for Latin. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Underneath this picture Aunt Cilla had written in her lacy handwriting: Mother, Father. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is one page, written in Hilly’s fat, curly pen: Hilly Holbrook introduces the Home Help Sanitation Initiative. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Before that, she and I had constantly written letters to each other. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I was having difficulty understanding material I had written only days before. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

My mother had written to family and friends, asking them to help her however they could. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“Biddy,” said I, “I think you might have written to me about these sad matters.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Had it simply been lost in the sixteen years that had elapsed since it had been written, or had it been taken by whoever had searched the room? Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

One poem in particular, written before the storm, intrigued Ivy so much that she read it twice. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Florent opened to a dog-eared page where Joseph had underlined a sentence and written the translation in the margin. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“You can’t tell me you done forgot her name. Is you going to look on her face, too? Is her name written in the Book of Life?” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Lurz asked, running his finger down a list of names written in careful script next to page numbers. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

She is waiting eagerly to see what I have written this morning, I know, as it has not been explained to her what I actually did last night to warrant such vicious punishment. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

There is no written record that Lawrence replied to the overture, although around the same time, he registered a private opinion of the federation—and of scientific activism in general—in a letter to Weaver. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

In his own hand he wrote a number of pages, and when he felt that he had written everything he had to say, he lay down on Clara’s bed. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Articles, telegrams and many mailings went out over my signature—some of which I'd written, but most not. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every day the Sisters of the Star entered her room and cleared away the maps that she had drawn and the words that she had written without ever bothering to read them. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

It had been written by a poet who had lived in Brooklyn, gone to the Brooklyn public schools and, as a young man, had edited The Brooklyn Eagle. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

In one way, this became the most dangerous music ever written, because, despite being motivated by a devotion to self-denial and compassion, it undoubtedly inspired hatred. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

As Adam Freedman points out in his book on legalese, “What distinguishes legal boilerplate is its combination of archaic terminology and frenzied verbosity, as though it were written by a medieval scribe on crack.” The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Now I remembered that Shan-shan had written a da-zi-bao after their house had been searched, formally breaking relations with his mother. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thank Willy and Annie for their very nice notes, which told me a great many things I wished to hear; they are very nicely written. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a law, see—not written anywhere exactly, but just as good as something written. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

A piece of paper large enough to have all the zeroes in a googolplex written out explicitly could not be stuffed into the known universe. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were also concerned that I was using George as a conduit to communicate with Oliver in Lusaka, and assumed that the written statement would contain sensitive information. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next napkin is written in a spiral, in tiny letters. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Everything is written in the Soul of the World, and there it will stay forever.” The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How could I have written all that without anybody seeing me?” The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

A bill was written asking for approval of citizenship for Bobby Fischer, and an Extraordinary Session of Parliament was called for Saturday, March 21, 2005. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Now — very carefully — ” Finally it was completely written, Prudence, in quite respectable letters, without a single blot. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Another rider, name unknown, lost the other Washington letter, in which the general had written to a dentist in Philadelphia. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had been the old army’s leading authority on the rifle; he had written a manual. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

As she ate, she read what she had just written. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Vowel sounds were not written out in Ancient Hebrew, so the accents and markings around the text indicated correct pronunciation and instructions for chanting. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

When the host asked me about my body, her face faded from the screen, and was replaced by a scroll of words, written by me earlier that week. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

And he knew that if he’d written or called me, Mom and Dad would find out where he was, fly out there, and try to bring him home.” Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had written many popular German plays and poems in his time, and had married a famous German actress named Resi North. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had written the full text of the cabin boy’s clue on the inside of the notebook’s front cover. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

She carried a book on famous classical architecture, written in Ancient Greek, to read when she got bored, and a long bronze knife, hidden in her shirt sleeve. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

She wished she had saved every scrap, every note he had written to her. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked again at the word she had written, then erased it with her own toes, stamped the sand firm, and tossed the stick into a pile of glistening kelp nearby. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The man coughed again, then said, “Is it not written that we must bear witness?” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I smiled back at him and for a second I almost felt guilty about how I’d written the receipt. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I have written over it. As one of Oppenheimer’s students put it: “Everyone sort of regarded him, very affectionately, as being sort of nuts.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the course of eighteen months Bruno published six books in London, all of them written in Italian. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Even with me being up at school, Constantine would’ve written to me about them. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“I am suspicious of written orders since that affair at Sharpsburg.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Mo took the book from Meggie’s hands, ran his eyes over the lines Fenoglio had added, and in a firm voice read to the end of what the old man had written. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Thought to have been written in 159 a.d., the twenty-one columns of glyphs were the first Olmec text long enough to permit linguists to decipher the language. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

She was just glancing at the paper it was written on but most of the time she was looking dead into Mack’s eyes. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, when I’m bored, I can’t help but think what my life would be like if I hadn’t written the book. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

There, underneath the words Author Victoria Valence, was a photo of V. The woman without any words had written millions of them. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

And she would tell him stories, the ones written in books, the ones that Grandfather told. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

Each had their name written near their head. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

I had time to notice that Mengele had not written down their numbers. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Published in 1971, it may be the most influential book ever written about the Amazon. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

He added something to what he’d already written and ripped off the corner where the writing was. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

At night she found them written out in stars in the clear cold sky. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

An Indian text written the same year that Rome fell—476 AD—shows the influence of Greek, Egyptian, and Babylonian mathematics, brought by Alexander as he penetrated Indian lands. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Kelley hated to see tags with a black cross mark written on them. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Over the years, her son had written her only sporadically, quick notes jotted down, it seemed to Celia, between his lectures. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the longest morning of my life, I printed out all the letters I’d written, signed them and started delivering them face to face, like a man, like a soldier. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Several years ago, I was going through my family heirlooms when I came across a manuscript that was assumed to be a novel written by my great-great-great-grandfather. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Although Native historians and scholars have written at length about how events in US history have impacted Indigenous peoples, their perspectives are not often included in history courses. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll bring the coffee to you. I’ve got some dirty stories written by a French queen. They might be too—” “You bring ’em with the coffee,” she said. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

One of my baby photos smiles back at me, permanently etched on his arm with Something to live for, something to die for written beneath it. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

When she put up the post, written after a visit to Ranyinudo’s office, about the governments demolishing of hawkers’ shacks, an anonymous commenter wrote, This is like poetry. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

It had been a long time coming, born in the city’s beginnings, written in the countless daily interactions of ordinary citizens and city leaders. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

And then stretching to yawn, but not yawning, he asked me if I knew that he too had written to Yale. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Poppy had written “indefinitely” on the length of their visit when he filled out the papers on the plane. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Each book has a scrap of duct tape on the spine with a year written on it. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Every assignment was completed, every page was read, every paper was written and ready to be turned in. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thousands upon thousands of names were written on it. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

When the letter was written, the gaoler frowned at it suspiciously. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

There are three emails waiting from your mom, all written in the subject lines. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

She titled her farewell speech “The Solitude of Self” and called it “the best thing I have ever written.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

She remembered this as she listened to me reciting lyrics like I’d written them myself. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

In secret notes written only for himself, he confessed that he found the “feeling of being ‘has-been’ unendurable,” and that he had “suicidal thoughts.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

It is the first time I’ve ever written to the person whose life I’ve occupied, and it feels both strange and comfortable, knowing that Rhiannon will be the reader of these words. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“That book wasn’t even written until a century after slavery was abolished.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

There it was written out for me to see as plain as if I were reading it in a book. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can’t help but admire the structural linguists who have carved out for themselves a linguistic discipline based on the deterioration of written communication. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

She was kind as she could be, but she’d always looked at me like there was something indescribably sad written across my forehead, like she wanted to come over and scrub it off. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

So prior to putting him in the white tube, they asked him to sit in a small, windowless office, and take a written test. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Trevor asked, as if my thoughts were written all over my face. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Dad gazed inside his cone as if answers might be written there. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Some of them promised to come; some offered their talismans—a branch from a peach tree, a Christian cross, a red paper with good words written on it. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nobody in our family had ever been written up in the Atlanta papers. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

And when he saw it written, saw it spelled out, he realized how ridiculous it was to think hate, live hate, be hate. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

After you have all those things written into my will, I’ll sign the new version. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had written a post about inner cities—“Why Are the Dankest, Drabbest Parts of American Cities Full of American Blacks?”—and he told her to include details about government policy and redistricting. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I have her instructions written on the receipt.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Subconsciously she has written it with the censor in mind, hoping to convey the idea that the Smith family is really a well-ordered unit: “Please do not judge us all by Perry.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

The prophecy was written like a poem, in four parts. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The back has Clyde Alexander—1952 written in the top right corner, and what looks like an image of Texas cut from a map. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

“But something happened. The next day he read what he’d written and went into one of his dark moods. Claimed the whole thing was the worst idea he’d ever had.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“You will have two minutes, Bridgette, to name four books written by each of our authors.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

He had written to each of his three surviving sons as well, to help them remember the father who had bought them names with his fingertips. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“He was going to show you a message. It’s all written out in snake-script, all the blue snakes. I can’t read it. Can you?” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe she shouldn’t have gone up for the doll but should have written a story about it instead. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her gown is white, covered in what to Bailey looks like looping black embroidery, but as he walks closer he sees that the black marks are actually words written across the fabric. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“She is with us still, but to be honest we have already lost her,” her father has written. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The letters at the top were written in this careful, slow hand, but some of the ones at the back of the pile were in shaky writing. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Even though they were interned, the Japanese created a community in the camp, so Mas was able to bring everything Jeanne had written to life. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Well, it’s a long list. But the path was written in the omens, and there was no way I could go wrong,” he said to himself. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He spoke to a spot over my head and nearer to the wall, like this was a story that was written in the space between us. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“I’m guessing you don’t want the word boring written across your back in white letters.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

That it had been written in the soil of Romania long before I was born. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He had written nothing since, so far as I knew, except his weekly sermons. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

And in the margin, written by someone centuries ago, was the explanation: For sacrifices to the ridderak: using the victim’s blood, mark the area around it accordingly. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

My name’s written in scrawl, and I wonder what it could possibly be. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The fleets set their courses by maps and written sailing directions prepared by previous expeditions. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

No. He answered his own question aloud, and took from his pocket the heavy pages he had cut from the Bible, all written over with the names of his genealogy. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next morning there was a note written on the window, “Don’t go away,” which meant something, but it didn’t mean “I want to see you again.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“You got me in trouble, boy. I might get written up. If you aren’t dumb, then you must need a lesson.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“It’s not the easiest story to read, the way it’s written and all. Like that first line: ‘I contracted an intimacy with a Mr. William Legrand.’ Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

For Skiff, she had written, It was an old one that no one missed for weeks. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

It’s the only paper written in casual printing rather than the formal cursive of a school assignment, and the handwriting is tiny. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I’ve already written a speech as part of my bar mitzvah. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

It was strange to see them written down like a poem, each name on its own line, and each word speaking an immensity. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

On the other hand, I had gotten to know such a woman while doing research for a magazine article I’d written about a hatchet murderer. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frowning, he held it up, catching the moonlight in order to read the words written on the fabric. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Emma was not asking Charles to believe in everything as it was written in the Bible. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I read through the other texts: We are written in paint. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

On the ace he had written, “Let’s see you storm through as the best in the deck. If the joker does not appeal to you, throw it away and keep this for good luck. Pete.” Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

It was some history I had never before read, written in the Latin tongue. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“He needs to see a vet,” Dad says, concern written all over his face. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

He had written it in Sanskrit, which was his mother tongue, and he had encoded the even lines in the private cipher of the Emperor Augustus and the odd ones in a Lacedemonian military code. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“People like having stuff, and stuff is good for people,” said Thomas C. O’Guinn, a professor of advertising at the University of Illinois who has written textbooks on marketing and consumption. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

On occasion he had even been entrusted with the rectification of the Times leading articles, which were written entirely in Newspeak. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I would write a chapter over the weekend, and when I went home for the week, Gram would read what I had written and write the next chapter, until we finished the whole story together. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

And now that I've written a book who knows, I might even read a few. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s written in the book in my head,” said Louisiana. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

He must have written it as soon as he got back to Boston. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

This devastating and largely correct physical analysis was written in Wallace’s eighty-fourth year. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The classic manuals, written by starchy Englishmen and rock- ribbed Yankees, try to take all the fun out of writing, grimly adjuring the writer to avoid offbeat words, figures of speech, and playful alliteration. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Your tag is your name written with spray paint however you want it wherever you want it to be. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Phalanxifor had introduced a measure of ambiguity to my cancer story, but I was different from Augustus: My final chapter was written upon diagnosis. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

The last few miles, while she was sleeping, I’d written her a little note. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

But there it was, written on paper, a huge SOS. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

They came after much planning, many letters written to and from, to make sure and know how and how much and where. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She said, without turning her head, to me, “I hear you’re doing very good school work, Marguerite, but that it’s all written. The teachers report that they have trouble getting you to talk in class.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The parchment was written in the Common Tongue. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Guilt was written in every pore of his black skin. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chubs hadn’t written anything because he didn’t think he had to. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“All those bits of paper you see out there stuck between the stones are things May has written down—all the heavy feelings she carries around. It seems like the only thing that helps her.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The school got out a magazine at the end of the year in which the best story written in composition class from each grade was published. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Breaking his own privacy rules, Bobby even included a PO box number that he could be written to in care of so that the reader could order “additional copies.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

An Angel with a Happy Face, from Meggi for Mo. She had written her name herself, although back then she always left the “e” off the end. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

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

She would have M.K. written in red on her handkerchiefs and underclothes. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“I can make nothing of such a hand as that; almost without lines: besides, what is in a palm? Destiny is not written there.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

If she’s a supervisor, I could be written up for what I said, but even worse is what I thought. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had never written a diary before and didn’t know how to begin, so the BBC correspondent said he would help me. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

After all, every known written account of the Inka was set down after the conquest, a century or more after Pachakuti's rise. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The old kind of class novel—about striving and trying to move up by learning the upper-class code—is still being written. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

The two composers did meet once, an encounter brokered by the kindly Antonio Salieri, and we have it word for word since Beethoven, being deaf, had to have the conversation written down. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Shannon moved to the sink and I saw the word “Juicy” written across her rear. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Even with the mask on, Chaol could see the happiness written across her face. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He was pushed against a nearby wall on which height markers had been written by hand, from five to seven feet. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I helped Charley sort over the garbage, but there was no other written material, only the containers of prepared foods. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

But this time, Marcus had written with black ink instead of blue. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

In 1907, or so it has sometimes been written, Albert Einstein saw a workman fall off a roof and began to think about gravity. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

It was written in pencil on the desk blotter: “The little girl on the plane/ Who turned her doll’s head around/ To look at me.” Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

NOTE: If you have been looking at the harmonic series above closely, you may have noticed that some notes that are written to give the same interval have different frequency ratios. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

“The contents are probably written in marking pencil or worse.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the summer of 1988, about six months before the Soviets withdrew from Afghanistan, I finished my first novel, a father-son story set in Kabul, written mostly with the typewriter the general had given me. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Probably because it’s exactly the kind of thing Gram would have written. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

It's written in his eyes how scared he is. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

But then I wondered about something as I glanced over at my sister sitting cross-legged on the floor, rereading what her friends had written in her yearbook. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Master Nkrumah, the author of the journal, had written it with beautiful penmanship, notably making the first and last letters of the word slightly larger. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

And Ben came with momentum, driven by fear as he entered the kitchen as a footsoldier bound by the rites of a perverted chivalry written into the family’s history. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Peeta had his personal comments written on a card, but he doesn’t pull it out. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was written by a former American who had risen high in the German Ministry of Propaganda. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d like you eleven men to vote by secret written ballot. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

A guitar44 player, given a piece written in A flat for keyboard, will often prefer to play it in A or G, since the fingerings for chords in those keys are easier. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

“But.. .who exactly would do this? The white women we’ve written about... they wouldn’t hurt us. Would they?” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He had written the words so that he could repeat them! Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said he was written up in Scientific American magazine in the January, 1949, issue, and anybody could check it out. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

So even if she had written the news of my mother’s death in English, I wouldn’t have had the heart to read it. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought Mr. Birkway was going to be mad at Phoebe for what she had written about his sister. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

On the front was his photo, with dummies, and a little note written to Emma. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

She did not want to read the terrible things written about her, but she did not dare refuse. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

A fifth-grade student in Oakland recently came home from school and gaily told her mother that her super-nice teacher had written the answers to the state exam right there on the chalkboard. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

And Wang Lung answered proudly, “My sons are both good scholars and they can each tell when a letter is wrongly written, and whether the wood or the water radical is right.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

The Commandments were written on the tarred wall in great white letters that could be read thirty yards away. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Besides the national anthem, I never knew so many songs were written about America. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

“My advice to you is, write it and write it fast. The march is in August. You should have it written by New Year’s.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

It was only two pages, written in black ballpoint. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

Every lifeform on Earth has a different set of instructions, written out in essentially the same language. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ben’s written the other town’s name underneath, but–well, whatever. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Harry Minowitz made out like he was reading on his card, but she could see nothing was written on it. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Relief swooped through the crowd like the news of a snowstorm on the morning when a report not yet written was due. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

The book is filled with diary entries written by the pioneers themselves during their time on the trail, and even though a lot of it is flat-out horrifying, I can’t stop reading it. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

He'd written me this note asking me to stop by and say good-by before vacation started, on account of I wasn't coming back. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

As her new stepsisters climbed out of the carriage, Ana, who was twelve — “just your age; she will make a wonderful playmate for you,” her father had written hopefully — complained of hunger. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eaves has written down all the jobs in his union diary but hasn’t yet found the number when a different sergeant shouts: “On the lineup!” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He drew a map to his school on the back of a grocery list written in Hebrew from his pocket. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Over the three years since Benton Sage had died, Cabot had continued his study of the Book of Enoch, and had even written four research papers on the topic. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

He had written a lot about the rocket his heroes were voyaging in, but nothing on how it worked. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

John Roberts took charge of the presents, calling out the names written on the cards. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The one that she'd simply written her own address—which was his address—on. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

I’m sorry mom, she made me hecka mad, said another—written by a girl who had just gotten suspended for fighting. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Children can draw simple shapes and textures to express sounds and compositions that they’ve invented, or can read the work of another child who has written in this type of notation. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

He puts the obituaries under a column he calls “Death Notices,” so of course they are written in a deadly dull and unexciting way, although I would never tell him that. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

There is only that moment, and the incredible certainty that everything under the sun has been written by one hand only. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

At night, I searched my magic book for illustrations of Char or anything written by him. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Myrna’s habit of writing to editors rather than friends was always reflected in her salutation: Sirs: What is this strange, frightening letter that you have written me, Ignatius? A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wells had written one previous book — Little Altars Everywhere — which had been a minor cult hit in and around her hometown of Seattle. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The witty, clever lad that Lord Steffon had written of never reached Storm's End; the boy they found was someone else, broken in body and mind, hardly capable of speech, much less of wit. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Our lawyer tells us that we have the right to make our educational choices known to the principal and that you are not allowed to tell anyone we have written you this letter. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

As it happens, Oresme’s text was never published, and cannot have circulated widely because it was written in French. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I ended by saying I felt certain that was the text of the Talmud manuscript the commentator had had before him when he had written his commentary. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

But there was one book, written by a famous scientist, that had a chapter about rats. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Seeing my name written out on the second note was also pretty creepy, because I was still trying to pretend the notes weren’t really meant for me. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

And I’d just written some pretty bad stuff about him in my journal. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

That name, written by hand in a fat old book, is it. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

When one of the maids, a skinny little thing, brought their supper Fenoglio hid the written sheets he had kept beneath the covers of his bed. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Alice and Nellie had written to their mother repeatedly while in Holmes’s custody and had given the letters to Holmes with the expectation that he would mail them. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

There seemed to me something intrinsically public about written words. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

From then on, whenever the teacher left the room or simply wasn’t looking, Palmer erased what he had just written. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Theo had not actually written the article on the local hero, but he had sharpened pencils for the reporter who did. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a large, square, very worn piece of parchment with nothing written on it. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I would have written it while he looked, but his clear, elegant script intimidated me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The hymn is written in the key of E flat. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

I started writing about the trip over, remembered that I had already written about that, and started again. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She revealed to them the contents of the letter their son had written to her daughter. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I don’t ever actually say anything, but I pay attention and do the written parts. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Puzzlement was written on the faces of the four captains who had overheard the orders. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I’ve written about these confused feelings in my diary, too, but this is one confusion that doesn’t get any clearer by writing about it. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

“Exactly. What you know is written down now. We’ll look it up later in those books you just told me about. You are no longer useful, my little Weed.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

When we were born we were blank pieces of paper; nothing had been written yet. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

All three had written long, abject articles in the Times, analyzing the reasons for their defection and promising to make amends. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Two parts for different performers written on the same staff — If the parts have the same rhythm, they may be written as block chords. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

“The seasons don’t stop. This river doesn’t stop. Vultures will keep flying in circles. The lives of the people we love won’t stop. Time keeps unspooling. Stories keep getting written.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Ned said he didn’t get caught, so he must have written it somewhere he wasn’t supposed to. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I found the bouquet of pink baby roses and an envelope with Cam written on it over on the oak buffet my dad had refinished. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

Inside I found a name written on a slip of paper. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her name was written on the front in boyish print. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

She had written it to her grandparents on Sunday, October 14, the same day her mother, along with Dessie and the baby, had checked into Geis’s Hotel. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He saw it then, written all over him: pity. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He’d sent me a couple of texts, but I hadn’t written back. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Heat the paper, and the writing will appear, looking as if it were written in brown ink. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every single event documented here may never have happened had you, Alex, not written my name on that list. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

“Béene,” he whispered, “for everything that has ever come into my mind, there is already a book written about it.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

And so I have written it whilst we wait their return, and Mrs. Harker has written with her typewriter all since she brought the MS. to us. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

I check to see if he’s written me lately. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Among the new circumstances were the ways that treaties were written and viewed. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

I wondered whether he himself might have written that letter. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the note was written two weeks ago. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

I quickly grab the rolled-up Post-it note from inside, unfurling it to see a message written in Stella’s neat handwriting. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

She knows we’re best friends, and also that the blog post was written with Meg and Mr. Morrison in mind. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

On it was written a love note to her husband, an unhappy, haunted man. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

His written work was difficult to follow and employed a private form of notation that many found incomprehensible. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Will the reader please take into consideration that this story was written before the writer’s fury had cooled? The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

It was a worn square of paper with a date written on it in big letters. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Do you then not think this is a divine book written by the inky finger of God?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Same as last week’s—all blank, except at the top, where Mrs. Rouse had written, “What happened to all your great reading?” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

I must have written to God twenty-five times about that restroom thing, and still He hadn't changed it. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I felt flushed when I read what she’d written, and then I read it again and again until I was dizzy with it. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

"One paper stands out from the rest. It is written by a young man who has the gift of interpretation." The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

It was written on her face, though, a canyon of disapproval folded between her eyes. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

When it’s important to make the distinction, use oral when you mean “spoken,” written when you mean “written.” Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother always sent us postcards of the cities she had gone to, so I never had to ask where she was—it was written there for us to see. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The girl must have written this sentence hundreds of times by now. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The student version had the answers in the back, but this one had them written out step-by-step. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Miss Love had written her about “a stylish cloak that is inexpensive but will look elegant on you.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Here again I found the tally agreeing exactly; the carriers’ men were able to supplement the paucity of the written words with a few details. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Seven had tried to congratulate her in person, but Poppy had run off before she got a chance to and, when she’d sent her a message on the way home, Poppy hadn’t written back. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Not because I wanted the school to know I'd written it, but because I wanted Tiny to know. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

It was written elegantly with shaded letters, and it was well and carefully drawn and witnessed by the cook. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Dr. Eastman had written that there was no third baby. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

The number 1 was easy to write: T. Unfortunately, 60 was also written as T; the only difference was that T was in the second position rather than the first. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

It should be obvious that he was not right about this: no one, I trust, would want to read an account of slavery written by someone incapable of passing judgement. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

She wore the same white T-shirt with god is love written on the front. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I turned off my lamp and moved aside the limp curtains, thinking of Ned and looking for the big orange harvest moon he’d written of. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Estella had even written the date of the contest on the dress’s label. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her features were clear-cut enough to justify the poems written to her in London and even here in Boston, comparing her to a classic goddess. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Above the coconuts was the band’s name written over an eighties-looking checkered pattern. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Not only will they look different when written on a staff, but they will have different functions within a key and different relationships with the other notes of a piece of music. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

She herself had written a tale in which a humble woodcutter saved a princess from drowning and ended by marrying her. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Then she had written her own name on the board, crossed out the man, and written person over it. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

He had written it down at last, but it made no difference. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

These—oral culture, written culture, the culture of print—these have always been considered the great epochs of man. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was written by one of my favorite authors, Linda Sue Park. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

But she had noticed how fast he learned the very first day when she gave him oral and written tests while Master waited outside the airless room. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Most of what Lissa had written I already knew or had guessed. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Well, they aren’t exactly keeping it a secret. Hickock’s written checks from one side of town to the other. Using his own name.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had written it there one September afternoon in Mrs. Granger’s room after school. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each girl thought that this had been written about her. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

He said that he had written it himself. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Those who passed the written test took an oral exam that was rigged to disqualify even the most highly educated blacks. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

The words on the cards are written in English. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Have you ever seen any of these ?” Major Major looked with a blank expression at copies of personal correspondence from the hospital on which the censoring officer had written “Washington Irving” or “Irving Washington.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He knows letters have been written on his behalf, asking for clemency. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

Mama had written, in her delicate handwriting, the name of each baby daughter across the bottom of those photographs. Number the Stars 2011-05-02T00:00:00Z

I read the entry two or three times, scarcely able to believe what Lissa had written. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

There was something written at the feet of the queen. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

In one of his rare curt letters, Lord Balon had written of his youngest brother going down in a storm, and turning holy when he washed up safe on shore. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Octavian, of whom I have written, and William Williams, another servant of the College of Lucidity in the days of our ascendancy, set forth seven days ago with a foraging detail navigating the Rappahannock River. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

He started to write Dostoevski’s name under the inscription, but saw—with fright that ran through his whole body—that what he had written was almost entirely illegible. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

The poetry had come from Browning as well as being written by her. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Kaltain gestured to the girl, poorly hidden distaste written across her beautiful face. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

At about the same time, the eyes on the wall acquired a new expression, and in every one of those staring rounds I saw written, DON’T GO HOME. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

I say, holding up an index card with the word aberration written on it. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

The paper had been written by one of the British scientists working with Oppenheimer. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I skimmed the introduction, which was written by some lawyer guy. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Will had been just a baby when that letter was written. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother spotted the name she had written on her application pinned to a headboard, and the annoyance she felt at not arriving early enough for first choice disappeared. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Celia sits with a notebook and pen, attempting to decipher the system the book is written in. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

It also held a tiny paper with a message: another of Finn’s crooked hearts with the smallest of words written below, “Kids=safe.” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Also, I want to let you know that after seeing “Little Tomato” written on the top of the letter, I remembered something. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Their name was written on every suitcase in script, and the F and the Y had very long tails. I like long tails.” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

Lacey prepares a grocery list for each of us, written in small letters on the backs of receipts she found in her purse. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

In shaky permanent marker, someone had written The Buckeye on the tape. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He pointed at her book, where she'd written How Soon Is Now? in tall green letters. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

There were only four words written on it, each one capitalized. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Gods save me, some previous tenant had written on the wall in something that looked suspiciously like blood, the blue is calling. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Kitty Now, that letter seemed strange at first because it was written to Mack but it was never sent to him. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The more books I read, the more I became confident that I could read anything written in English and understand it—as long as I had a dictionary. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Has Dr. Thurmer written to your parents yet?" old Spencer asked me. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

The topic, “Personal Reactions,” was written on the board in Ms. Udell’s careful print. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

The Russians may or may not have been able to read the wordy message, written in English, from their moving car. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

This book was written by Mr. Manzi to explain physics to college girls, and if it worked on us he would try to have it published. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Several years ago, I was going through my family heirlooms when I came across a manuscript that was assumed to be a novel written by my great-great-great-grandfather. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“So, I think this paper, which the Old Man of the Moon said he borrowed,” the king said, “this written line torn from the Book of Fortune is ‘the borrowed line’ you seek.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think anything was written on the May page,” he says. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

This family saga is extremely well written, but the parts dealing with war, writers and the emancipation of women aren’t very good. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The written alphabet that was developed for Maskoke in the 1800s uses letters that look like those in the English alphabet, but some represent different sounds. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, they settled on a novel written more than forty years earlier. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

It was never written down or spoken, but it was a deal nonetheless. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. Has he written more than one?” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

We push messages under each other’s doors, written in the cryptic language of the aliens, which is filled with x’s and Z’s and must be decoded. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“She wrote it, you know. She’s written three of Brent’s songs. But this one is her best.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

“That bird was a personal friend of Miss Wren’s. It was hundreds of years old. It was written about in the Tales. And now it’s dead.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

At the top, way up in the margin, she had written her name and address. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Next in order come the Homeric Hymns, poems written to honor various gods. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The orders to go forward with the repairs are written in stone.” Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

"What are you doing, keeping written records of the girl you've been illegally hiding?" Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Marcos spent two weeks assembling the contents according to an instruction manual written in English, which he was able to decipher thanks to his invincible imagination and a small dictionary. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

On it, Tiller had written, “The maples are blazing rubies.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Probably it was because they seldom had enough to eat You can read even nowadays a poem written by one of them, which is known as the Vision of Mac Conglinne. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ammu had drawn a wavy line down the length of the page with a red pen and written Margin?And joint handwriting in future, please! The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was something written on each one, but he was too far away to read them. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I didn’t recognize the baby, so I glanced at what my aunt had written underneath the first picture: Dee holding Amanda, three months old. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

We obviously have no written records from the age of foragers, and the archaeological evidence consists mainly of fossilised bones and stone tools. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Indeed, Demetrius’s faith in the power of the written word seems to have been absolute. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

When he unfolds it, I can tell the address that’s written there has been traced over several times to never fade. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The man's wearing warm-up pants and a white T-shirt with Brooklyn written across the chest. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“That was our mistake, comrade. For we know now—it is all written down in the secret documents that we have found— that in reality he was trying to lure us to our doom.” Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Instead, exercises and even songs can be written out using just the D, R, and M, etc., with the rhythm notated about it. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

The letter was written in English, which Mameh didn’t read or speak, hut I read it for her. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The day before, as she’d cried, Miranda had believed she would never forget anything — not even the way her name looked written in Bengali. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

For the line was only made of one word, written over and over again. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

To make sure that all written records agree with the orthodoxy of the moment is merely a mechanical act. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

He had written a critical review of The Origin in the Quarterly Review, using some arguments supplied to him by Owen. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those were the words written at the top of the first page. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Another officer must have remarked on it to him, she wrote, because when she came back on duty, the next day he was “irate” that she had written it down. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She kept coming back to the pages her mother had written about love, but they were confusing. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Plenty of marches have been written that don't have a trio section, and the development section of a sonata movement can take unexpected turns. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

As Werfel combed the carpets to make sure the fringes all lay flat, he dreamed of the histories that could be written with the union of elfin and goblin knowledge. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

I had often written things for Mami, like addresses on envelopes she sent to Tata in New York, or notes for my teachers, which I wrote and she signed. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

It's written right in the Thirteen Articles of Faith. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

It had been Cyrillic, the script that Russian and Ukrainian were written in. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I have only written down six names when Jenna’s father knocks on the door and asks her to come downstairs. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

For example, the entire guilt theme that runs through Native Son was woven in after the first draft was written. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

So on Monday, she started with Otis Bottom, who read like he had written the thing himself. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I try my best to answer the questions written on the Smart Board. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Beneath that he had written, “I am sorry to say that our gooseberry died at three o’clock this morning.” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

As for the Ainu, their distinctive appearance has resulted in more being written about the origins and relationships than about any other single people on earth. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was quieter there, and they had to get his discoveries written down. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Holly said nothing, but agreement was written all over her face. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Underneath the figures he’s written his own name, and Ma, and Baba. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“It ain’t written down anywhere how to respond to a thing like that. I tole Dee, I said, ‘You needed to get away for a while, and then you come back.’ Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Dear Lucy, I saw your mother the other day and she told me that you’d written me several letters to apologize for how things had ended between us. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Its catchy tune is in 4/4 time - that is, it has a steady marching pulse of four principal beats per bar - and it would be written or printed out thus. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

In preparation for the interview, Ginzburg had read Elias Canetti’s classic work Auto-da-Fé, written eight years before Bobby was born. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

There was the letter^ written on rice paper, fast fading after all these years, as brittle as old leaves in winter. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

As I scanned over what I had written, the letters blurred into an inky smear. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Maybe he can tell us what languages they’re written in, and whether you can use them in later classes.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to avoid looking at the faces surrounding me; I could not bear the expression of fear and anguish written on them, as they realised that yes, I was leaving. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were the first to publish the English translation of The Communist Manifesto, written by German philosophers Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Her logic was a combination of half-truths and cliches, her worldview a compound of misconceptions deriving from a history of our nation as written from the perspective of a subway tunnel. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The document known as the Declaration of Independence was written into being, and to this day, one of the most oft-quoted lines of said document is what you see there on the board. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“And at this date my letter was written, but two hours and a half afore my death, written with mine own hand, and so subscribed with part of my heart’s blood. Gawaine of Orkney.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t written much during basic training, but now I wanted to, and I really wasn’t sure why. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Even though she hasn’t written you very much, I’ve called her a few times. She always sounds grateful for the news,” Gay said, “but she keeps asking when she can talk to you.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

The “peculiar accomplishment” of Alfred Loomis, it would later be written, was “being a public figure without letting the public in on it.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

It was a strange letter, written in a tense and rigid hand: Forgive me, my daughter. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had his question already written on one of the cards he carried about with him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The Arabic is not written properly but the message is clear. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

He was also receiving daily written intelligence briefings, suddenly privy to the nation’s heavier secrets—the classified threats, quiet alliances, and covert operations about which the public remained largely unaware. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

In the early days of the British Museum, prospective visitors had to make a written application and undergo a brief interview to determine if they were fit to be admitted at all. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

On one side was written a poem, a sonnet. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the top, I type “Hideout Messages” and… Below that, I list everyone I know that could’ve written them. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Her name, Rosaleen Daise, was written twenty-five times at least down the page in large, careful cursive, like the first paper you turn in when school starts. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe this is The Wicked Wizard War-related, and he’s opening up a freshly written sex scene to inspire us. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Notes with a close relationship have frequencies that can be written as a ratiol2 of two small whole numbers; the smaller the numbers, the more closely related the notes are. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Mama had written, in her delicate handwriting, the name of each baby daughter across the bottom of those photogrpahs. Number the Stars 1989-04-24T00:00:00Z

“Blood brother,” said a message written in pink paint on the side of a shattered grocery store. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She read what I’d written, I was certain of it, and then looked right at my hiding place. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

It took no time to put together two letters which Stranger had written and discarded. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

At noon Lupita got the letter she had written, nervously put in the cash she and Salvador had agreed to send, sealed it, and handed it to Concha along with four dollars for the registration. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

I have all my research written up in cool charts and graphics. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

Was nothing written about him in a book? The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was written on yellow legal pad paper. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Its leather binding and marbled edges proclaimed to all the world that it was about as dull a book as could ever have been written by any one human being. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

His newest book, Monster Truck, is written especially for the child with machinery on their mind. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over the whole mess, he had written in pencil Unknown. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chronicler had written most of this out before he realized that Kvothe had probably not intended him to. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“My name is Miss Crofts,” she had written. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Didn’t I realize that he and several other faculty members had already written letters on my behalf to various schools? Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were the kind of numbers Uncle Holt would have written in red ink. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

This catalogue is supposed to be a collective effort, but in fact Jody has written most of it, because she has the knack. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He’d written his remarks over the course of a couple of weeks, working on them in between Illinois senate votes. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Our archaeological knowledge of China’s emerging cities and states then becomes supplemented by written accounts of China’s first dynasties, going back to the Xia Dynasty, which arose around 2000 B.C. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

That act of burial felt good, like it meant something, but by that point I had memorized every word she had written me anyway. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

Using the alphabet he’d written on the board, Mr. Quisling drew a hash mark under a letter for each time it appeared in James’s message. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Opening his desk, he looked at a pile of articles he had once written with an eye on the magazine market. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I opened my laptop, I saw that Drew had written, but so had someone else: my sister. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He holds the assignment that I did for Mrs. Hall where we had to describe ourselves, the one with “Why?” written over and over on it. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Then he carefully hid what he had written, for fear it might be discovered. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stared at the letter and saw written: Hattiesburg, November 14. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was written on Mr. Browne’s chalkboard when we walked into English class for the last time: MR. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

He could just barely see the lines of the Maze written on the second page through the page resting on top. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

There were scraps of paper on which he had written his evil ideas in an illegible scrawl, lying in messy piles on top of the copy of Nuptial Law he had taken away from Klaus. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

Were there any that were jettisoned before the final ten were written in stone? Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

And already the book was being written for me. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Not only because I’ve never written anything before, but also because it seems to me that later on neither I nor anyone else will be interested in the musings of a thirteen-year-old schoolgirl. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Clyde retorted impudently, “you’re not a teacher. Besides, there are textbooks where it’s so written.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she had written to Perry to tell him precisely that. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s not like it’s been written down for you, dude. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

In no sense—no mechanical sense, at any rate—did the words and sentences look as though they had been written by a child. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

“And it’s not about stereotypical girl topics written in sappy, cliché ways.” Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

The only places I’d seen within a stone’s throw from Shady’s place were the cemetery and that broken-down shack of a house with perdition written on the gate. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

More precisely, these ratios had to be written in the form a/b, where a and b were nice, neat counting numbers like 1, 2, or 47. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Articles in the magazine were, as the title implies, written plainly and seemed as much political as religious. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

‘There’s something written on his T-shirt,’ Kat said, peering through the glass. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could see in my mind every word, every number, every rule, I had written in my note pad. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, this type of written music is so ubiquitous that it is called common notation. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

The only thing that’s weird is a brief note written next to his interview score: Attention. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Someone had taped a scrap of paper to the opposite wall, with "#1" written on it in pencil. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“The manual must have been written in hieroglyphics.” The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I guessed that the crude, scribbly letters had probably been written by a little boy. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wondering why I had written nearly ninety titles, but not one single book. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

There is no answer at his office or at his apartment and so she tries the number she has written down for Maxine. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Was an idea only an idea if it could be written down? Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She read what I’d written to you about her and it hurt her feelings. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, I don’t believe you. You’ve got good ol’ boy written over every square inch of that body.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

That is the power of the written word. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I know, I know, it’s been nine days and I haven’t written a word. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Whenever I told one of the stories we’d written, all the charmed folk would gather around to listen as I read, from my perch on Throne Rock. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Dahlgren did not appear—to do so would be to violate her own argument that women should not participate in public forums—but she offered a written statement titled “Protest against Woman Suffrage.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

The book has a plain ivory cover, a title written in French. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was written in a large, childish scrawl. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The domed ceiling of the enormous hall was covered with delicate hand paintings and Latin phrases written in decorative script. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Apparently your father thought it would be a brilliant idea to have an article written about himself. He sent the reporter here to ‘interview’ you.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

No one had written them down and handed them to us. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Which apparently was written by a group of terribly advanced monks who sort of advocated this really incredible method of praying.” Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Since the season written about in Outcasts United, Coach Luma has continued to expand her programs for the Fugees in amazing ways. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

“And it had our home address written on the bottom.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

He let the pages slip past his fingers to the fly leaf where was written with a broad carpenter’s pencil, “Sam’l Hamilton.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She had one hundred and eighteen pages of her book written. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

For example, the notes with frequency ratios of 9:8 and 10:9 and 11:10 are all written as whole steps. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Figure 1.10: These scores show the same notes written in treble and in bass clef. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

I mean, I'm constantly forgetting my email password, so I have it written down in a notebook. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He handed me a scrap of paper with a cell number written on it. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

These three fellows are the absolute bedrock of written and spoken persuasion. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

But that was not what Perry really believed; he believed what he’d written Don Cullivan, with whom he now corresponded regularly: his crime was “unforgivable,” and he fully expected to “climbs those thirteen steps.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

The words filling the page were written in the same blue handwriting from the front of the envelope, except the print wasn’t as neat. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

"Oh. My. Sweet. Holy. God," I say, because Tiny Dancer is this musical, written by Tiny. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

Many bear Mr. Barris’s stamps and initials, but there are other diagrams written in different hands that Chandresh does not recognize. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The music stopped and the guests gathered in the main hall where a small, innocent priest, adorned with the vestments of high mass, read the complicated sermon he had written exalting confused and impracticable virtues. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Mark Munro of the MIT Technology Review has written, “Our future prosperity is not going to come from buying more stuff, but from doing more for each other.” 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Sinita claimed that someone else had written it for him because Trujillo hardly knew how to scratch out his own name. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Papers were scattered all about the room, because recently he had written many short notices and distributed them through the town. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I had prepared a written list of instructions for my friends in case I broke with Marburg, and I had sealed the document in an envelope and hidden it in my backpack. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moorland held archives, papers, collections, and virtually any book ever written by or about black people. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Every one of the various parting gifts had labels, written out personally by Bilbo, and several had some point, or some joke. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I scanned the letter, written in Hamlet’s familiar hand. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Though it’s been ages since I’ve written to you about the squabbles, there’s still no change. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Now tell me why we have no papers, no printed materials written by this great artist about his lifework? Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Though he learned to speak a fluent, somewhat eccentric English, his written command of the language was mediocre at best. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Then play what you have written, noticing where you were correct and where you made mistakes. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

The young woman began deliberately to write on a pad of paper, and he could not restrain himself from twisting around to see immediately what was being written about his friend. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Gilbert had read everything that had ever been written on the magnet. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

She had written books under those names and plenty of others. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“What is written always comes to pass,” she whispered. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

That first week, we simply laughed about the poems the other people had written and read. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Now the judge remembered; her mother had written her about the tragedy. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stared at the words so long that they started looking unfamiliar, like something written in an entirely different language. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The most popular repertoire they sing is mostly European, written in the 18th and 19th centuries. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

And then, when she had finished, she began her letters, five, six, seven perhaps to be answered, all written in that same curious, slanting hand I knew so well. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

But I have not got to that bit yet, and now von Linden is just arriving, and I will have to translate what I have written today for him myself, since Engel is not here. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

She’d written her address and “Come play with me” on a gum wrapper. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think it would be great to have written one of those songs. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Rambling treatises on the role of government in America with all the Gs written backward, paragraphs translated from English to Spanish, tables of his elementary school classmates’ strengths and weaknesses. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Funny how I didn’t think any of this was peculiar at the time, when it was behaviour with “Proto Stickler” written all over it. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z

When her sister got married, Theresa heard about it in a long, poetic letter, beautifully written. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“When I wrote that letter,” replied Darcy, “I believed myself perfectly calm and cool, but I am since convinced that it was written in a dreadful bitterness of spirit.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

I thought about the letters I’d written every day to my parents. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Geyer caught a train to Detroit, the city where Alice had written the last of the letters in the tin box. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Everyone knew the dictator’s wife hadn’t written a word of it, but the audience clapped politely. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I also took written mental tests and had interviews with psychiatrists. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, a strange white man had come to her house, written up the statement, and forced her to sign it, even though none of it was true. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

She has written “William Carlos Williams” and “Emily Dickinson” on the board. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

“Class, please remember to include a title whenever you prepare an oral or written report. Now, please go on, Nicholas,” and she smiled and nodded at him. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were two copies, the words exactly alike, though they had been written by different hands. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Instead I just did well on my written work, passing tests with high grades and handing in assignments done in perfect English. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead I get a letter, written in pencil on a page tom from a loose-leaf notebook. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mentor was standing near the window, looking at the board on which the test questions had been written. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Occasionally he sends me a note across the aisle, written in very black pencil. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He told us that this was written on the tombstone of some Egyptian guy that died thousands of years ago. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

And if I were closer it would be because I chose to be, not because of destiny written in DNA. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Books were written about us and we were invited to speak at special events. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dill ran his fingers over what Travis had written—it seemed like years ago. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

For Little feather, Nurse Evelyn had written: The mark by which I would know that you are hers. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

He had read a history of the Civil War and the author had written about the men being “cut down by fire.” The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

She wore one red glove and one blue glove, and had written Go! on one cheek and Red Pandas! on the other cheek, in support of our mascot. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He held it out and stared at the name written upon it. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Several hours later, the doctors released a written summary of the results to the press. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Maybe during this game night, I can figure out who may have written the note. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

The first written record of Greece is the Iliad. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had written that nearly two months ago, the night we were taken. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

I wandered over to see what the children of Terrell Elementary had written. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

I can go to school, I had written in my journal that very afternoon. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

On the page that was open, she’d written, “Wet snow is hard. Light snow is soft.” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

It’s well written, and Draco has some bite to him, which is refreshing. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Singer read what he had written and the spots of color drained from his cheekbones instantly. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Two were written on fine vellum and made out by name. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The game night will give me the chance to get to know the other kids better and figure out who could’ve written the poem. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Xenocrates showed me something he said Scythe Faraday wrote. It was his handwriting, but I don’t know how he could have written it.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

When left thus, I used to spend the time in writing in the spaces left in Master Thomas’s copy-book, copying what he had written. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 1845-05-01T00:00:00Z

Lincoln once said that America was founded on a proposition that was written by Jefferson in 1776. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

With earliest day, I was up: I had my advertisement written, enclosed, and directed before the bell rang to rouse the school; it ran thus:— Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

In the days Before, I would have written something—a short story or a blog post or just random thoughts. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

That’s when the one with the freshman beanie said he had heard a couple of guys in the men’s room talking about how Shakespeare’s plays were really written by a lady. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

He had it in mind, though, to dig out the letter Hatsue had written him from Manzanar and read it again after all these years in the spirit of an indulgence. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I took out my journal and flipped open to the page where I’d written down the details of Professor Thomas’s class. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

He read every word written about Seabiscuit and wrote long letters to reporters. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Toby had already written in the answers to four of the problems, even showing his work. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“That letter was written six months ago, a few days before I left for Peshawar,” Rahim Khan said. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The checks were written in the squat, neat print of Momma’s manager, Wynn. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Whatever was written on the paper, it must have some kind of political meaning. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“Our middle grades’ entry,” Mrs. Grayson continued, “was written by Carolyn Malone. She wrote about the loss of her baby sister. Her essay is very brave.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I didn’t even have a bedroom in California anymore; in October, my mother had written to say that she had sold the furniture and turned it into a sewing room. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

A single blip written into the software and every single piece of information in the Stormbreaker software could be destroyed at any time. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

This latter, written by a local minister, was “aimed at those Christians who were afraid not to read any printed word about Jesus.” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I see by a blue light in the corner that no one bothered to erase the rankings that are written there—Uriah’s name is still at the top. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Of those, possibly none would pass the written and oral exams. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

The 5 x 109 bits of information in our encyclopaedia of life—in the nucleus of each of our cells—if written out in, say, English, would fill a thousand volumes. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The original cipher was written at the top of the page. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Patrolman Mancuso felt sorry for the guy and felt obliged to read what he had written. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had written to his wife that he had made a breakthrough discovery about Vermeer’s work and was then silenced before he could share it. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

I was afraid some teacher would catch me rubbing it off and would think I'd written it. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

In her first year of operation she had produced two volumes of poetry, written by men known mainly for their violent tempers. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

The faction manifestos were written after the factions formed. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Reread my paper on the Algemon-Gordon Effect and even though I know I wrote it, I keep feeling it was written by someone else. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

In the examples above, the sharps and flats are written next to the notes. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

The next morning a brown envelope arrived at the Gazette offices addressed to Judy Morgan, and below her name was written “Frindle Story.” Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The top sheet, which was written in my dad’s handwriting, was a tally of the total unpaid amount to date: $27,000. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

With the check written but not yet signed, he swiveled back in his desk chair and seemed to ponder. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

The walls were covered with crayon artwork on construction paper and school papers with gold star stickers and “Nice job!” written at the top. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

And as soon as I’d written the first couple of sentences, I reread them and they sounded so pathetic and lost that I just tore the page from my notebook and threw it away. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He does not even think Surely Judith didn’t write him about that letter or It was Clytie who sent him word somehow that Charles has written her. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was so stunned that I didn't know how to respond, but the answer was written all over my face. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Mirjam must have written it to Amalia in class one day, but was forced into hiding before she could send it. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

"Every letter written,” said a medieval abbot, "is a wound inflicted on the devil.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I would have written you, myself, if I could put down in words everything I want to say to you. A sea of ink would not be enough.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He had written a science fiction novel called The Lazarus Door, which was wildly popular. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Davos was a slight man, his low birth written plain upon a common face. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The words were written with the same pink paint which had brightened the set for Cinderella. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I contemplated leaving Wilson after a teacher printed and then distributed a letter I’d written to Spielberg’s secretary thanking her for helping with my spring field trip to the Museum of Tolerance. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I think maybe I’m missing some kind of self-preservation alarm in my head because this has cautionary tale written all over it. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Of course this aria would be written by someone with this name, the very utterance of which slays me—the trilled rr and knife-blade-between-the-teeth ss in his name. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Dvorak’s “Humoresque” was one of the most beautiful pieces ever written! The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I would smile and put the folded paper in my pocket, pretending that the blank paper was a special note she had written to me. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Or had been when the letter was written—she checked the date—three weeks earlier. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“Have you written to Parliament? They need the specifics of our difficulties.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of proof, Bacon introduced the concept of interpretation; where before scholars had written about interpreting books, now Bacon introduced the idea of ‘the interpretation of nature’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

That the word had been written by a man confessing to an image in his mind, confiding a lonely preoccupation, disgusted her profoundly. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

In her pocket she had a bottle of sugar water and on its red-framed label she had written, “Drink me.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

You can appeal, as above, to the written or universal law in support or against a given contract. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

But she held on tightly to William Spiver, and she listened as her mother read the poem that Ulysses had written. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

It was tied up with string, and in grease pencil across the front was written: -Vri. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“Throughout history,” he explained in the Library Olympics welcome packet, “too many books have been burned by people who didn’t like what was written inside them.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

A few expensive-looking books written in English looked untouched, their covers shiny, full of words and pictures waiting to be discovered. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

They gave her written exams in Spanish to see whether she could write a sentence, whether she could write a paragraph, whether she could do certain math problems. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“He said that the poems happen to be written by the only great poet of the century. He said I should’ve bought a translation or something. Or learned the language, if you please.” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

In China, a person’s character was believed written in her face; a prospective bride’s picture was studied under good light. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you want a written affidavit, feces face?” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had received pages and pages of messages, words she said she had merely written down. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

There they stood, the church members, with joyous astonishment written on their faces, whispering among themselves. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It was written for people like you. For families like yours.” A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Two of the Cuban burglars had been carrying notebooks in which the name Howard Hunt was written. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

On written lessons she cracked such questions as ‘Name eight famous contemporaries of Doctor Johnson,’ and ‘Quote ten lines from “The Vicar of Wakefield.’” The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He has already given up trying to crack the code: he has written out the numbers, gridded them, added, multiplied; nothing has come of it. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Yet such a flow of blood must be a natural wonder that physicians have surely witnessed and philosophers written of. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

She had a draft saved—she’d written it after her shower, but hadn’t had the courage to send it yet. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The mood out of which a story was written was the most alien thing conceivable to them. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Was her name written down there, and what were the notes beside it? The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t making a lot of money, but I realized that my ability to handle any written material gave me a versatility that many of my friends looking for jobs did not have. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

It has my daddy’s name written in big, wiggly letters on the front of the envelope. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

Just so were the names of kings always written, with an oval line about them. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

I know her name ’cause it’s written in big script on the whiteboard. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you see? Even fates written in the Book of Fortune can be changed. How can anything be impossible?” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

These clumsies may be fine in conversation, but written English isn’t ready for them yet. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Probably Julius’s mother couldn’t, either, but with luck she would show it to Julius, for whom the message had been written. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

It was postmarked New York and was written hastily, in the red pen he used for correcting our Greek. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

In the absence of written records, researchers have developed techniques for teasing out evidence of the past. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

In a half dozen others were papers, some written on, others sealed, some with line after line of careful script crossed out with thick colored lines. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

You can get the creeps, I tell you, reading what a dead man has just written. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

You had to know Old English and the History of the English Language and a representative selection of all that had been written from Beowulf to the present day. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“They’re worthless to your son. Tribal schools don’t use these books, for they are written in French, German, Arabic, Hindu and Chinese, languages which I, too, can’t read.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The thing that was written on the paper might be a threat, a summons, an order to commit suicide, a trap of some description. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Next to each one was a word written in big blocky letters. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

As Johnny read, McGarrity pretended that it was his little girl who had written the story. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still others were written in languages from the past and from other places. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

All I can make out are the words English Class written on the brown-bag book cover. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

There are no recorded Memories, but to my surprise, the gift receipt tells me that it was sent from Tremaine, with a single line written on the card. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Their formulas were written out in J. N. Davidson’s little book The Biochemistry of Nucleic Acids, a copy of which I kept in Clare. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

The difference in weight would be written off as trash, which defied precise weighing, or laid to a fault in the scales. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

If a person weighted herself down before jumping, as Imogen had written she planned to do, there was no telling how long it might take before a body was found. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Shortly before his death, Justice Thurgood Marshall felt compelled to remind his colleagues that there is, in fact, “no drug exception” written into the text of the Constitution. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Laura Friendly had announced the gift, but she hadn’t written them a check. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was written in neat script and was dated November 27, 1931. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

It was written across his face every time he smiled at her. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Charles had written about this very idea in his notebooks before the wedding—“Belief allied to instinct.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

His smile would get wider, his teeth bigger, and every year the estimated heights of his climbs—written in ink at the bottom of the Polaroids, along with the date—got higher. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

This last entry was written in red ink and decorated with a border of green-ink stars; the anthologist wished to emphasize its “personal significance.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“To learn more,” said Audubon, “be sure to read Bird Songs, Warbles, and Whistles written by Dr. Diana Victoria Garcia, with classic illustrations by raoz.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

No princes had lived in those wretched hovels, no red-robed bishops, only farmers and laborers whose stories no one had written down, and now they were lost, buried under wild thyme and fast-growing spurge. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

One of them said that it would be a nice time to bury the novel, now that a Virginian, one hundred years after Appomattox, had written Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

They contained small boxes of Japanese candy, packets of biscuits, cans of stew, as well as lots of pamphlets written in Japanese. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was enough time for him to have written something, at least. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

It had taken her several tries to get the letters of her name to resemble the sample letters in the book, and even then she wasn’t sure if she’d written Mira or Mara. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Panic must be written all over my face, because Anna purses her lips. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

And on them, written in fluorescent paint, a prophecy. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

About a week subsequently to the incidents above narrated, Miss Temple, who had written to Mr. Lloyd, received his answer: it appeared that what he said went to corroborate my account. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Some crumpled note with a vital piece of information conveniently written out for me to find? The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I had never written a poem in my life. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

To the Psi number that had been written on their canvas toes in permanent marker. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Not for nothing was it written: “He that believeth will not make haste.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

A year ago, I might have written about something silly, like ghosts, which I don’t even believe in, and even if I did, ghosts would not be at the top of my list. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No! But this stupid article should’ve given me the stupid answer but the stupid writer didn’t write what he should’ve written.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

If written out in English, say, that information would fill some twenty million volumes, as many as in the world’s largest libraries. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s been written anonymously,” I say, “but with Hilly around, there’s still a good chance people will know it was me.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

One straightforward means of going about this is simply to read a few pages of a well- written book during odd spare moments one may have. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

The majority opinion was written by Lewis Strauss, who spared no effort to paint Oppenheimer as a weak-minded perjurer whose behavior had materially undermined national security. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

My note is written with such false cheerfulness I can barely stand to lick the flap of the envelope. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The manual was written by a British Royal Navy commander. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The conventions of written prose represent a similar standardization. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

I thought of Rahim Khan and the little note of support he had written me after he’d read my first story. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Ms. Smith has us do grammar exercises with sentences we’ve written in our journals. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

A verbal promise behind closed doors, even a statement written on paper—these could easily evaporate after the war. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

An article written exclusively for the Saturday Evening Post after the bombing captured the president’s reaction this way: “President Kennedy, echoing the national temper, said he felt a ‘deep sense of outrage and grief.’” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

On each was written “Dear Mr. Tuffett. They look like mine,” and signed by every girl in the school from the ninth grade upward. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“With invisible ink he could have just written the code on the front,” Reynie said. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

A major was giving a lecture on military precedence: Howard could not be relieved except by written order or by Meade in person. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knows important people have written letters on his behalf, people like his attorney and his senior district Hitler Youth leader and even Hugo, asking for clemency. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

But, above all, I learned that these things are all so simple that they could be written on the surface of an emerald.” The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was written by a man who did not exist. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. I just feel like we’re missing something there. Not only is that the first clue, it’s the only one that’s written to look like a clue,” Candice said. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Then I took out the note that I had written the night before. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

After that, Nurse Evelyn had written, Someday, I hope to take that train north to look for you. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

It is possible he read it when he was in Venice in 1580/81—but of course only if it had been written by then, of which we cannot be confident. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Like the others she had written him, he kept it always. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though they have the exact address, written on a slip of folded paper in Moushumi’s evening bag, it leads them only to a suite of offices in a town house. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

None of these are written on her face, none of these can be read on her body. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

From that point on, I demanded a signed and written statement from a prisoner before I agreed to take up his case. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were tested, found to be broken beyond repair, written up as damaged freight and tossed, and then I went Dumpster diving. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

It included an essay Wallace had written called “On the Tendency of Varieties to Depart Indefinitely from the Original Type.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I get my cards ready—I’ve written everything out in fat block letters so Richard can read them from a distance. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

He was said to have written the constitution for Greeks living in Italy. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

The last thing we see are some words written directly on the reel. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

It’s lucky I didn’t have anything against Mama written down. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can believe there are postcards written by prisoners at work camps, who think they will be fine until they are dead. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He has written cat on the board and we talk about the sounds. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Scratched out in such a way he had at first thought it was a mere decoration on the elaborately written page, there was another name. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Outside, something new: Long Live the Führer has been written on the building across the street in white paint, still wet, and now I'll see it every time I leave work. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Who had really left the flowers on the grave, and written the inscription in Gram’s copy of The World at the End of the Tunnel. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

My name is written in her fancy writing on the front. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“It’s pronounced just like it’s written,” I added. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

But there’s no name written on the box—and no return address that I can see. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

After I’d been meeting with Professor Steinberg for a month, I wrote an essay comparing Edmund Burke with Publius, the persona under which James Madison, Alexander Hamilton and John Jay had written The Federalist Papers. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Etienne’s written out a list of local birds on the first three pages. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

But the plant was actually named as I have written—with the abbreviation and the numeral as well—like Sputnik 2. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

It had been written for six people, but even though he was very talented, Chester could do only one part. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s only written his name and some calculations under the 1st problem. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Armpit pointed out what was written on the back of each ticket, but X-Ray wasn’t concerned. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Books that were of God—books written by the Mormon prophets or the Founding Fathers—were not to be studied so much as cherished, like a thing perfect in itself. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

It sounded like a fairy tale when Ellen told it later to your grandmother, only it was a fairy tale written for and acted by a fashionable ladies’ club. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew there could not be any minister, but the marriage ceremony was all written out in the back of the hymnal. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“After all this time? The letter was written”—Lettie did the calculating in her head—“eighteen years ago. And I don’t see how this map is going to help us.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

There were entire passages written in German, dated like journal entries. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Although he did not date them, the order in which he had written the letters was obvious. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

And beneath this, a single word had been written, in a hand Harry recognized as Hermione’s. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

He drew a diagram, complete with pointing arrows, horde positions, lines of attack and defense, together with written instructions. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Charles had not written anything about human evolution, but there it was. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

“Our schoolbooks are so old, my science textbook says there are still nine planets. They’re so old, I found my mother’s name written in one from when she was a kid.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“The first time I was alone in your apartment, I looked in your address book to see if you’d written me in. I think we’d known each other two weeks.” Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Back home, the only restaurants that get written up are those that violate health codes. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

And then, on the first page, marked by a red ribbon, I notice something written, lightly, in pencil, and a phone number underneath it. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is my third one and you still haven’t written back. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

She handed it to me and I saw written on the cover in big, black letters, “The Watsons Go to Birmingham—1963.” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s written in the old hand,” said Methuselah, “but I can read it clear enough.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Yet if I had been Beatrice, and had a brother, and the brother married, surely one would have said something, expressed an opinion, written two words? Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“It was written about you, not to you. ‘Have you seen Mrs. Pontellier? The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z

He doubted that she had ever written him anything at all, except for the generic Love, Kainene, on his birthday cards. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She read what Mr. Guareschi had written and slowly placed the letter in the top drawer of her desk. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

A note would have suggested someone else had written it—another spy on the island—but a page from a private journal pointed only to Milligan himself. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

He’d written it over many days in varying degrees of consciousness. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

A story that has to be memorised and spoken out loud is necessarily less complex than a novel that can be written down and unfolds over a greater length of time. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

The consensus was that personality was primarily determined by environment, each child a blank slate to be written on. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He will never satisfy his curiosity, never finish the hundred best novels ever written, never be the great man he might have been. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

How many times she must have written to him thus, in how many varied moods. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The greatest poetry in Greece, and among the greatest in the world, was written for Dionysus. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The book itself is heartwarming and beautifully written, a compelling story of friendship and mother-daughter relationships. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A second sheet was added to this letter, evidently days after the first had been written. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now his body was a thin skeleton held together by dry skin, and on his face was written the pain of the curse. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother told me that whole books have been written about it. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your father? You think I look stupid? Everyone knows that stories in books are as old as the hills and were written by people dead and buried long ago.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Or maybe my stupid Abby crush is written plainly all over my face. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Hence Onofre had written a thousand love letters for a thousand lovers, and he had also read those love letters to the persons who received them. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The name Marcus Johnson was written in that same blue handwriting above the prison’s name. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

It still feels to me as if he has just gone into some next chapter, to be written by historians. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he would serenade the oysters of Chesapeake Bay with the hymns the brothers Wesley had written to bring sinners to repentance and praise. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had written on the back of the photo that it was taken two years before, in 1995, which explained why he looked so young. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I can’t decipher the information in the chart; it’s written in shorthand I don’t know. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

There was a card on the table, on which was written:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“They do nothing but thumb their prayer beads and recite a book written in a tongue they don’t even understand.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Two children, with jackets and ribbons and birthdays written down. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

As the needle went into my brother’s arm and he screamed, my mother looked at me with agony written all over her face and assured me, “Next one doesn’t hurt.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The word is written smaller along the bed frame, and again on my pillow. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, the entire book is written in runes from some language that I suspect is either dead or never actually existed. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Once again, we can easily push this question back one step further, by drawing on written histories and archaeological discoveries. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I kiss him and then take his hand and pass him another story I’ve written out in tiny print. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

My search was a play that Mom had written, and she knew the ending when I was at the beginning. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

A perfectionist, he added a note with the sketch: “This MS. work was never intended for publication, and therefore was not written with care.—C.D. 1858.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He did not try any more magic, but simply stood there staring at it intently, as though something extremely interesting was written on it. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The banned books included titles written by Jewish authors as well as authors considered “liberal” by the Nazi Party. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Beethoven’s eighth piano sonata, known as the Pathetique, was written when he was twenty-eight and making a name for himself in Vienna. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

I found no living family members, and as is true for much of history, there exists little written record of poor people’s lives. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

And then I noticed how the words Christopher and Swindon were written. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s a saying from thousands of years ago, written in a language called Latin about a place called Rome,” he explains. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

So Capricorn died, just as Fenoglio had written, and Cockerell disappeared at the same moment his master fell to the ground, and with him more than half the men on the benches. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The best article was written by a New York State officer. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unlike other so-called male pseudohermaphrodites who have been written about in the press, I never felt out of place being a girl. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I wondered if Ben had written this about me, but then I realized that Ben didn’t even know me when he wrote his journal. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

There are four parts: an obstacle course that assesses your physical condition, a written tactics exam, a test of weapons proficiency, and a simulated combat situation in the Block. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

One evening, as he returned from shadowing someone, Victor went past Barbarossa’s shop to put up a sign Ida had written: Salesperson required, experience preferred. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

All of them come from the journals written in the last few months. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

From the written evidence of Newton’s own papers that can be dated, there is nothing about the Moon in the work on gravity he carried out in the plague years. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Mentor stood there. He seemed relieved that Trademaster had written something down for him.” Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Lisa had written a much longer note addressed to 'the Housekeeper', and it was this letter Miss Kenton brought into my pantry on the morning following their disappearance. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“It is written in Chinese. You cannot understand it. That is why you must listen to me. ” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can understand the mood changes and the comments about Margot, Mother and Father as if I’d written them only yesterday, but I can’t imagine writing so openly about other matters. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“I will spare your life,” he said, “only if you promise that nothing is to be written about this on Sir Patrick’s grave. Nothing about the Queen.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was like someone had written over the grocery store door, over each package of food, you are not welcome here. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

This time I rest my head on his shoulder, looking at the words we’ve written and the song we’ve created, and then at the license plate again. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The Boston Temple’s outstanding young Minister Louis X, previously a well-known and rising popular singer called ‘ ‘The Charmer, ’ ’ had written our Nation’s popular first song, titled “White Man’s Heaven is Black Man’s Hell.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yes, the Bible was not written in English, but the Bible came to South Africa in English so to us it’s in English. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

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

The best part about this being the final destination is that the secret to finding this department was written in Ins and Outs. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

The message written in stone from the rock pillars. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Thoughts like these are not written down or uploaded into my Bio Gel. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

There's a green sign on the corner with 74th written on it. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Once upstairs, George settled into her seat and began the assignment written on the board. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

I’ve encountered a geek with newly minted coins from around the world and one who’s written an elaborate digital music script for all of Beethoven’s works. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finch has written numbers beside each one so that there’s a kind of order. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Okay, that is easily the weirdest sentence I have ever written. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She came back to the porch with her bristles sticking out all over her and with dissatisfaction written all over her face. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

I have written my grades for the past term to Caitlin if you may want to see them. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The lovely November sunshine crept into the classroom, shining warmly upon the beautifully written but boring English words on the blackboard. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Let’s hope this children’s book is better written than the ad. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her skin turned to paper, and on it was written all the worries that’d ever crossed her mind and heart. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Explain a moment that changed your worldview, written in recipe format. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

If you have trouble keeping track of the notes, use a piano keyboard, a written chromatic scale, or the chromatic fingerings for your instrument to count half steps. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

She’d tagged a Picasso and written on the Post-it: “his best.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

He still had the words written on the backs of his hands. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

It was written in a hurry, I figured. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

He looks at my days away from work, for which I have written the excuse “woman’s problems.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Next to the door hung the class calendar; he stared at the words written there in big green letters: “ALEX’S BIRTHDAY.” Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

“And you so like him back. It’s written all over your face.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

She rarely read back over what she had written, but she liked to flip the filled pages. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

She wasn’t used to seeing it written out like that. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

We all wanted to know what each passage meant, when it was written, and who wrote it. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“In another work I shall discuss, if time and health permit, the variability of organic beings in a state of nature,” Darwin had written in 1868. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

It was written in one long paragraph, with little punctuation and many spelling errors, and at first I fixated on these grammatical irregularities as a way to mute the text. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Books, on the other hand, provided a dialog between me and the authors who had written them. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

"Well Matilda, I would very much like to hear one of these limericks you say you have written. Could you try to remember one for us?" Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

On the back, in graffiti-style script, Folk had written: The Universal Don. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do I look like a charity to you? You want this article to be written, you need to pay your dues.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Dad kept a written list of things we should pray for—food, money, education, jobs. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

On August 15, about a month earlier, he’d written a memo to all the attorneys in the prosecutor’s office. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Father was pretty sure they would be comforted by the letters we had written during the last two months, for they were full of our successes among the demons, and especially about our new friends. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the FBI records, I found a mention of Anna Sanford, one of the names I had seen in the logbook with the word “dead” written next to it. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

And she really didn't want him to read what she'd written. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

His longings would have been familiar to W. E. B. Du Bois, who, when he was almost exactly Fuller’s age, had written in his diary: I rejoice as a strong man to run a race. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Ivy saw their mailbox, The Aberdeens written in curvy script, dented and on its side near the big oak tree. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Did you hear that, Paula? This young man believes all books were written in the distant past by dead people who picked up the stories from heaven knows where. Plucked straight from the air, maybe?” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

When I passed by the cell again an hour later, he had a page- long letter written out. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

It was probably among the first three or four letters that young Tom had ever written. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many months had passed since the children had written their letters, however. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

As Miss Volker had once said, “Be suspicious of history that is written by the conquerors.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The bit about the top-ten least- favorite foods was cleverly done, and the story about favorite teachers was written in a very positive way. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

Sahara was right; I haven't written a word in six months. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Stories written before space travel but about space travel.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

I refused to believe that my fate was already written for me, even before the Day of Atonement. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Kneeling near the lamp, Ash pulled out volumes on history and trade regulations, old account books, and a small, cloth-bound journal written in a fine hand. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

And, yes, there was a big bag with the beautiful word Cheese-o-mania written in golden script on the front of it. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

Despite their brevity, they are full of information, both because of the nature of written language, and because of the special way Mesoamerican people chose their names. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The play she had written for Leon’s homecoming was her first excursion into drama, and she had found the transition quite effortless. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

One Sunday, she told Dad and me about a book that had just been “written” by a Frenchman who was totally paralyzed, except for his left eye, which he was able to blink. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had picked up some carpet samples at a store on Amsterdam Avenue and written the kids’ names on the backs. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

“Frederick has written lots about you! Look at that hair! Oh, we adore guests.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The Hymn is written objectively, simply, without a touch of affectation. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Compared to the music of his teacher Haydn or to Mozart, it seems much more dramatic and pianistic, almost to the point of theatricality, than anything they had written for the same instrument. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

In the years since Yali and I had that conversation, I have studied and written about other aspects of human evolution, history, and language. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

One day he attends a panel discussion about Indian novels written in English. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He aimed his finger dead at me and said, “And look at him, Mother, this one’s got ‘bed wetter’ written all over him.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

If I really cared so much about facts, I should have written a different kind of book. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

It must have been written on the bottom of the statue. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Campbell was the one who had written the monograph about the shabby behavior of American prisoners of war. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pulled his note out of my pocket much more often than necessary to absorb the two small words he’d written. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

What she posted was nothing I had written. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The founder had written: “The three virtues of the Stranger are to be silent, to be cunning, but above all to be invisible.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Admittedly, it was the worst poem written in the Spanish language. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He knew this, because a few months earlier, he’d written George Gey: I am interested in the racial origin of the person from whom your HeLa cell line was initiated. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

The twins, bless them, sent boxes of cookies their grandmother had made and letters written in alternating inks—black for Charles, red for Camilla. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

If, for example, I had written . . . last Tuesday knight we had a lecture . . ., he would say: ‘Don’t you know how to spell night?’ Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

His “neatly written report” headed east, to Moscow. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

A single word was barely legible on the frame, written by hand in black ink: Kraken. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Back in the darkest of days in 1776, Washington had written, “There is one evil I dread, and that is, their spies.” George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had no idea that the few small articles that had been written about me back home had made it all the way to France. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

One night, when the rest of the prisoners were sleeping, Blake approached the North Korean guardhouse, carrying a note written in Russian, asking for a meeting at the Russian embassy in Pyongyang. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

All marks—signs—written in my best cursive. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Okay, I have all the entries written down,” said Sticky, showing them a thin stack of papers. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Around its mouth was a motto written in Dutch, which Millard, standing next to me, translated: “From the mouths of our elders comes a fountain of wisdom.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Then I go onto the site itself and read the last post, written the day before the party—two opposite takes on the book Julie Plum, Girl Exorcist. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

When I’m a famous pianist, I’ll make sure the name written in fancy script on the program says my full name—Isabella Badia Thornton. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

I had written to him the whole time he was up there. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Van Eck held Kaz’s gaze as if he hoped to find a confession written between his eyes. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Below this Crusade for Moorish Digniti/ was written in an intricate blue script. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled out a bunch of yellow cards and I could see “Watson” was written on the top one of diem. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

It didn't look like Ulysses had written it at all. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

The mermaids had written their phone numbers in waterproof ink on Hazel’s arm so that she could keep in touch. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“How did you—” But then I remember the numbers Finch gave him, written so neatly, so carefully. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Her disappointment is written heavily across her shoulders. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Not a word was written about Aunt Consuelo’s letter, saying that her house was too crowded. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Following the brief group discussion, I handed her my written evaluation, which she quietly skimmed over before raising her hand. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

It was a poem written by the Drunken Genius, Lee the White, who drowned one night when he tried to embrace the moon as it appeared on the lake. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought Little Women was quite possibly the worst book ever written. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

It was written a thousand years ago and is twice the length of Homer’s Odyssey and Iliad combined. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

What made me stare was what was written on the T-shirts. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Much has been written about the ways in which people manage to deny, even to themselves, that extraordinary atrocities, racial oppression, and other forms of human suffering have occurred or are occurring. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

And then I got to the end of the page where the only words written were: Good first effort. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

She even had latrines built in the woods, and she posted signs shaped like little hands with gentlemen and gentlewomen written on them pointing to two thin paths that led away from each other. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

The note was written in a masculine, rather nineteenth-century hand, with Greek e’s. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

But to see it written out like that, stated so plainly by my now-deceased father, it was like a hand squeezing my heart. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

“They have no doubt written letters which Miss W., for her own safety, has withheld.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Following a handwritten arrow at the bottom of the poster and the word over, Ignatius complied and looked at the other side of the poster, where Myrna had written something: Sirs: What is wrong, Ignatius? A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had seen it written once, on the fly-leaf of a book, the letters thin and slanting, curiously pointed, the tail of the M very definite, very long. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

There was an engraving of Shakespeare himself on the title page, and on the opposite page, in faded brown ink, someone had written, This hook belongs to Mabel Hatch. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

This was the shortcoming of Omnictionary: the stuff written by Radar was thorough and extremely helpful; the unedited work of skunk- butt left something to be desired. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I wished Mr. Black had written about him, and risked his life to tell the world about him, and had reminders of him around his apartment. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Without saying anything, she tugged gently at his mane and led him round to the end of the big barn, where the Seven Commandments were written. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

And they were still, as they’d once written on their blog, the biggest bus nerd u will ever meet. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Mesoamerican peoples left behind texts that are slowly giving up their secrets, but in other areas the lack of written languages has left a great silence. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Just then a drop of blood slid down my lip and plopped onto the soft paper where a moment before I had written my name. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

What if either was the reason he had not written—or worse? I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Purists are often offended when they learn that this is how dictionaries are written. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Before I go to sleep, I decide to see if Nathan has written me back. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

When the raven came, bearing a letter marked with Father's own seal, and written in Sansa's hand, the cruel truth seemed no less incredible. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I gave him all the letters I had written to Andrius. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Five times she had written these words now, and still they weren’t enough. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The nun who read what I wrote would have known that what I had written was completely imagined. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had written that “my feeling of longing after our lost treasure makes me feel painfully indifferent to the other children, but I shall get right in my feelings to them before long.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But the way this is written...they didn’t know...they didn’t...Are you trying to tell me that they had no idea I was an Orange until after I got out?” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The same length may be written as a half note and a quarter note tied together. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

There’s a piece of paper on one of the stands that catches my eye—neon orange, with the words “SET LIST” written in black Sharpie. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

But even then, I couldn’t find the words and kept scratching out what I’d written. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Always remember, though, that it is the actual distance in half steps between the notes that determines the type of interval, not whether the notes are written as natural, sharp, or double-sharp. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

I watched as the spoken words were written down to become like caged birds, caught forever by my clever baap. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

It is a common consequence, written about in the medical literature under such titles as “Cognitive Effects of Childhood Leukemia Therapy” and “Disruption of Learning Processes by Chemotherapeutic Agents.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Ivy heard her take a few deep breaths, her fingers drifting over the written words on the page. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I keep wondering what exactly was written on the walls. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

A great many newspaper articles would be written on the subject. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Thomas drilled her again and again from his written pages. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It's enough to come east again, he’d written, but I suspect your future is not here in Arlington. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

The authorities then refused permission for me to give a written statement; I must make an oral one. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s just a book that’s been written on!” said Harry, tugging it out of her grip. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The sheriff claimed that George had confessed to the murders, though no written or signed statement was presented. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Maybe he should not have written brother, but like it or not, that was his position in life. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s got to be written now before John and I mature and repress the whole thing. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

My life was written on paper and preserved on paper—all those bloody scholars scratching their notes and their thoughts and their observations. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

When it won first prize, one of Dad’s other teachers wondered aloud if the son of two lowlife alcoholics like Ted and Erma Walls could have written it himself. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He said my story would appear in newspapers everywhere just as I had written it because it was on the Associated Press wire. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we pulled away, I saw the word hospital written on a sign. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

“Yes, she can,” he said, “if she submits a written request.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

One hint is in an ancient book of sailors’ directions, the Periplus of the Erythrean Sea, written by an anonymous merchant living in Egypt around A.D. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I finished a card for my mom, but I haven’t written anything yet. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

On our front wall someone had written in Afrikaans, “Heks”—“Witch.” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Many of the national reviewers who wrote their opinions of Warriors Don’t Cry mentioned this paragraph as being significant, beautifully written, and haunting. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

In trying to stop him, the officer had broken his dental plate, the inmate complained; and all he’d been trying to swallow anyway, he said, was a written note. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But my lips and I stopped short when I saw this written on the inside front cover: Okay, now you’re probably asking yourself, “Who is Agnes Adams?” The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Another e-mail came from a corporation in Pennsylvania, less formally written, telling her a local professor had identified her as a provocative race blogger and asking if she would lead their annual diversity workshop. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Triads are the chords around which every harmonic, or chordal, journey is structured, in virtually all the Western music written between the early fifteenth century and our own time. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

The above message can be found written on larger-than-life signs staked on every road leading into Alexandra, where I was bom and raised, or for that matter, into any other black ghetto of South Africa. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the textbook of space the place, being written in real time. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

There’s a solution out there with your name written on it. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The andante—the third movement—is his favorite, he explains, because he read once that it was written to evoke the image of a castle in ruins, which he found darkly funny at the time. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The man began filling the order while Felix stared at the ground like there were secret codes written on the sidewalk. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Diallo was innocent, curious, and terrified—and every one of those emotions must have been written all over his face. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

It doesn’t have the structural elegance of the work of later handbooks, and it’s written to instruct rather than to impress. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

The original cipher was written at the top of the page. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The facts were right there waiting for me, hidden in old books written by people who weren’t afraid to be honest. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

In the swirls he’d written names and painted what looked like animals: a large cat, tropical birds, an elephant. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

All this political reading made me think the island was ripe for an all-out race riot and political revolution just like the Haiti Graham Greene had written about in The Comedians. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

I don't want to have to think about secret rooms or letters written in code or the fact that we were down to having only one parent, and now she's gone, too. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Again, no one had seen the words being written. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

And instead of just containing her thoughts and impressions, they are all written to someone. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

She’s always leaving me messages, usually not on paper but in the mud, written in pine needles, or scratched on a leaf. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then there was Ari’s Cakes, with its pretty, pale-blue awning and a wooden sign above it with the store’s name written in white script. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

I have talked to gods, loved women, and written songs that make the minstrels weep. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He’d also written to Mom, and whatever he said must have convinced her, because she took it up with Dad as soon as he got home from work. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

In terms of musical material, it is important to assess the sonic aspects as well as the written. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

I could have written a science paper on the experience. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Only to look down into the open suitcases, at the neatly folded black and gold uniforms, and see the labels on the handles, C. J. N. Kingshaw, Drummond's School, written in Mr Hooper’s handwriting. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Some of the dialogue as written is so harsh as to be almost violent, so the editing makes a difference. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

It was then that I noticed something that a good detective would have noticed at the very beginning: the word “Black” was written on the back of the envelope. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Vanessa, I’ve written you letters for years explaining, begging for your forgiveness over and over again. I didn’t mean for things to turn out this way.” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Mr. Mancini bows his head, as if he doesn’t want Mami to see the bad news written all over his face. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Inside the front cover her mother’s name was written, and it was dated years before Ash had been born. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the truth is I haven’t written in it much after all, because there isn’t much to write about. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I looked around at everyone, trying to hide the embarrassment that was already written on my face. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Park had already written his parents a note: Mom and Dad, I had to help Eleanor. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Genie had all kinds of questions that he’d written but hadn’t actually asked. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I looked at the wall where all our birthdays were written on cake-slice cutouts. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

There was, instead, a blackboard, covered with words and numbers written in white chalk. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I think we need something more than just a written report,” Jonah says, tapping his pencil on the plastic desk to some inner beat. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

“No, Captain. The Council is not about to hold off for some kidnapping Mud Man. It’s just not going to happen. I have my orders, and believe me they’re written in stone.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

But the notes of the two scales will have different names, the scales will look very different when written, and musicians may think of them as being different. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

See—right there in the corner she had written “For my beautiful Galadriel, I will always love you.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

This visible evidence of political centralization that the kofun provide reinforces the accounts of Kofun era Japanese emperors written down much later in Japanese and Korean chronicles. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Ignatius would not be tossed into a mental clinic while, legally, he was still innocent of having written the letter. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The kids followed his directions, and sure enough, a door at the end of the second-floor hallway had a piece of paper with “ART HISTORY” written on it in fat marker. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The artificial threatening letters—artificial since they were unreal, written only to be produced as evidence. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then, exactly a year ago, Hogwarts had written to Harry, and the whole story had come out. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

However, it seems to have been written with a view to publication. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I would say I’d gotten mad, written a letter to my father filled with crazy stories, then caught a boat to the mainland and run away. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

In the last letter Ralph was ever to receive from his parents, his father had written, Your mother asks that you please listen this one time. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when I click on the Sent folder, there it is: I have written to him, he just hasn’t replied. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Overjoyed, she ran down the hill, rushed breathlessly into her father’s office, and placed her prize, a book written in Greek, on the table. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

I shook my head and buried myself into my knees, because I couldn’t stand to see the apologies written in my parents’ eyes. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He paused and then said he wanted the parties to submit written briefs arguing what ruling he should make. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

On it are written the keys to top-secret coded Confederate messages that link him with Jefferson Davis’s office in Richmond and with the million-dollar gold fund in Montreal. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Nevertheless he carefully memorized what was written on it, and some hours later dropped it into the memory hole along with a mass of other papers. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Underneath this, Ben had written, “Salamander sitting on her hair.” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

The Great Six made certain of that, our daily lessons filled with the importance of the spoken and written English word. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I trace the writing with my fingers, thinking that I could have written the very same thing about Gram. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Most terrifying of all, the Station Inspector had written a note to Hugo’s uncle and attached it to the latest paycheck, asking for a face-to-face meeting. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

JonJon hadn’t written very frequently at first: it seems he started shortly after returning from his military service, but there are weeks—and sometimes months—between the first handful of entries. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

First, planes flew over dropping millions of warning leaflets, written in Japanese. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Returning from the lavatory later, he found the word “RAT” written on the side of his lathe. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

No sunbathing, no singing, no lovers strolling the ramparts in the evenings—such rules are not written down, but they may as well be. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He had written, in chilling terms in 1929, about the probable coming of a master race, “a race physically strong, mentally alert and morally sound; a race not to be imposed upon.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I have written much about the woods, being in the woods, being in nature, as it was for me a very real kind of sanctuary—a safe place. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

And underneath that, he’s written his phone number. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Only hundreds of years later were they finally written down. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

This time last year, I would have spoken up and agreed with them and then written a scathing blog post about high school gossip. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Anywhere but standing outside this stupid café with its staring customers and badly written cardboard sign. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

You haven’t written to me yet, so I know that you are probably still angry with me. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“It doesn’t have to make sense. They just have to be words more beautiful than have ever yet been written.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

In the absence of written records, the evidence of those prehistoric replacements must be sought in the archaeological record or inferred from linguistic evidence. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The next page is written in blue ink. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“So in Macbeth, when he wasn’t trying to find names that sound alike, what did he want to express in words more beautiful than had ever yet been written?” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

She looks worried about what will happen when the women of Jackson read what we’ve written about them. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Mama said that since it wasn’t written on, Francie could save it for next year and mail it to someone. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Officer Delinko, you’re back on the road, effective immediately. In addition, the sergeant has written a letter commending the outstanding job you did in capturing our suspect. This will become part of your permanent file.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, its top officials insisted in 1958 that William turn over any such documents in his possession—even the ones that he himself had written. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The letter was written in English, even though I had written in French. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

I had a copy of the speech, and I figured I could read the words Princesse had written. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He did not tell her that he had written nothing good so far, that the ideas in his head had not yet coalesced into character and setting and theme. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Love stories aren’t written for girls who could do what I just did to my brother, for girls with black hearts. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

But I’ve written a really good report and I’m not going to let an idiot teacher jerk me around like this. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Their names are like names in a footnote, or names written in spidery brown ink in the fronts of Bibles. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was smiling as he read; Kainene had never written anything like this to him before. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Almost all of the things written on the subject were editorials, not exposes,” Kennedy would later explain. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

The pain, which is written on her face, would fell the stoutest soldier, but she does not complain. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The poem was originally written in German but I have it only in translation. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

In his “M” notebook, where he had written about his pre-proposal anxiety attack, he now analyzed jealousy. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

His face has “Uncle” written all over it. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Liz had me read part of the notes I had written up. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was sweltering hot, especially in the large classroom where they did their written papers. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

But written music is very useful, for many of the same reasons that written words are useful. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

But the person who had written the book knew no more about fire than Doon. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

For it is written— second priest: Please do come in with us, beloved friend. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve written short stories in my mind, chuckling at my own humor, saddened or stimulated by structure or content. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

That is one whole poem written by a doctor named William C. Williams. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without written music, this would be too difficult. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Malcolm X had written on the reverse side, “One hundred years after the Civil War, and these chimpanzees get more recognition, respect and freedom in America than our people do. Bro. Malcolm X. ” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hadn't he discovered a list in her address book written just weeks before she died? Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“Maybe I should”—Gat took my hands, turned them over to look at the words written on the backs—“I should live for today and not be agitating all the time.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Look closely at the chords you have written and see if you can notice something surprising about them. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

The Fugitive Slave Law was no longer a great many incomprehensible words written down on the country’s lawbooks. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps the letter was in the wrong envelope and it had been written before Mother had died. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I had written on nearly all the windows in the neighborhood when a woman stopped me and drove me home. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Arthur did so; he sent a full refund to each customer who canceled, and a personal note written in a cordial style. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

If you had written back, maybe you would have told me something that could have saved you. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Ancient 8-, 16-, and 32-bit classics written in the previous century. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

It was the anonymous letter, which burned so quickly that as it flamed I hurriedly unfolded another: It was that slip upon which Jack had written my Brotherhood name. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I might have believed the arrest if you hadn’t written about that “automobile accident.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dude was staring right at the sentences I’d just written about him, right? We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I had not written my speech with only the delegates in mind. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He looks as if he would have often written to her;—she will still be getting mail from him—To-morrow, in a week’s time—perhaps even a stray letter a month hence. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

And on the table was the chalkboard, on which was written, in Greek, “Good morning, sis.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The agony was written too plainly across Robert's face; he could not hurt him more. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I want to be sure that on a moment’s notice, I can erase what I’ve written. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

I looked for evidence she had been there: footprints or something written in the dirt or some memento. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Dead must of been written all over my face, because I didn’t have to say a word except how and when. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Now I have had to humiliate myself by writing to the editor of The New Democracy to tell him that the pamphlet, although challenging, was written by the wrong people. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Charles wrote a PS: “Since this written our Baby has become suddenly most ill the doctor can only say there is yet some hope.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once a man has seen a dragon in flight, let him stay at home and tend his garden in content, someone had written once, for this wide world has no greater wonder. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He gave her one of the firm’s cards with his full name, Benjamin Franklin Blake, written in the corner. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile back at Maer, referring to all the scientific work she thought her future husband was doing, Emma had written to Aunt Jessie, “I am so glad he is a busy man.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Siddhartha looked at the roll, on which a sales agreement was written, and began to read the contents. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I know you’ve written to Wylan every week since he left your household, begging him to return. Those are not the actions of a man who doesn’t care for his only son and heir.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Express riders were often Sons of Liberty who, under cover of darkness, carried messages written in code or invisible ink. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though different than NP is disliked by a slim majority of the AHD Usage Panel, it has long been common in carefully written prose. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Lines, surely, from one of her books, one she had read lately, or one she had written. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Some of them were letters written in Hindi. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Even the prints that are clearly Mr. Barris’s work have been written over. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“No one’s ever written a book like this,” she say, finally whispering, finally starting to understand, I guess. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He’s scratched out her phone number and the addresses he’d written down for her at Oxford and in Maine. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was greatly hampered by his lack of book knowledge and of the knowledge of the meaning of characters written upon a paper with a camel’s hair brush and ink. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

It was written in an old scribe’s hand, spidery and hard to follow. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Any number can be written as a string of zeros and ones; to Leibniz, this was the creation ex nihilo, the creation of the universe out of nothing more than God/1 and void/0. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

I hoped it would be years before she looked in that Bible and saw how Miss Love had written herself into the family. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

She pictures her father missing a tooth, lost after a recent fall, her mother has written, on the stairs. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

And so they continued; by the end, Raymie had written a letter of complaint for Isabelle, detailing how the Golden Glen janitor played the wrong kind of music on the common-room piano. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

It was written very clearly in the rules. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

He had written only two words: It’s hatching. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

The note is written on blue-green construction paper in perfectly straight print—not a hint of slant. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Figure 1.47: When multiple simultaneous rhythms are written on the same staff, rests may be used to clarify individual rhythms, even if another rhythm contains notes at that point. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

In fact, all the articles he had written for the Voice added up—Bloom suddenly felt—to a mistake on his part. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Explain a moment that changed your worldview, written in recipe format. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“This kid,” I had written then, “is definitely not going home soon.” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once she had written to Jeanette MacDonald and had got a typewritten letter back saying that if ever she came out to Hollywood she could come by and swim in her swimming pool. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He wonders how many times he has written his old name, at the tops of how many tests and quizzes, how many homework assignments, how many yearbook inscriptions to friends. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She signed the letter: Beoov, Ivette But it was the three words, written in large letters at the very bottom of the page, that sent a chill down my spine. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

He published a short memoir of Vincent soon after his death, and he published the letters that Vincent had written to him. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

There was a list on white paper, stuck to the wall with yellowed Scotch tape that my grandmother—my mother’s mother—had written years ago. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

For the past eight months, all we’ve thought about is just getting it written. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Ravi walked in last, guilt written all over his criminal face. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

On the map, a big part of it was covered with the contour lines that show mountains, and across these were written the words, “Thorn Mountains National Forest.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

And he understood suddenly the words of Christ, where it was written: “Many are called but few are chosen.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Jake was looking at me too, pity written across his honest face. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Mr. Quisling accepted the bouquet of strips, extending one to look at the letters written on it. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Our close friend Elizabeth Alexander, the poet who’d written a poem for Barack's first inauguration, spoke to the class, which meant that Barack and I got to sit back and just feel. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Park had written her a letter all about it. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Each child in the class wore a round circle of blue construction paper on which was written in magic marker: Gr. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Reverend Salles has written to tell him that Vincent “has withdrawn into absolute muteness, hides himself under his bedcovers and sometimes cries without uttering a word.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Burger remained quiet while he watched Quirin remove the note that Dasch had written to him before leaving for Washington, DC. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

The man introducing my brother says he needs no introduction, then goes on to list the papers he has written, the awards he has won, the contributions he has made. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Music is easier to study and share if it is written down. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Around the rim strange words were written, and though she could not read them, their shapes were beautiful, as light as flying birds. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mathew Carey went around town noting carefully what was happening and would later turn these observations into a written history of the epidemic. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

They asked me lots of questions, trying to see if they could catch me saying something that conflicted with my written autobiography. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The small restaurant was covered in ivy, and Evanora’s Tea Room was written in gold flourishes on one giant, exposed window. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

While I was in Kakuma, I had written letters to the International Red Cross, asking for help in finding my family. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Any gift ought to be appreciated, of course, and thank-you notes promptly written, but still—early presents meant there would be that much less to open under the tree on Christmas morning. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

"The line was one word written over and over again, many times." Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

The defense lawyer had filed no written pleadings and uttered no more than twelve transcript lines at sentencing. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Every day,” he said, “for years, Brother Malcolm has written a letter from prison to me. And I have written to him as often as I could.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Between them was a narrow space, and there upon a floor of polished stone, written with strange signs, a man might stand five hundred feet above the plain. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Because I had written Blue from my secret account this morning. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Here is the tune "Row, Row, Row Your Boat," written in G major and also in D major. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Charlotte had written the word RADIANT, and Wilbur really looked radiant as he stood in the golden sunlight. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

His story, written his way, with the ending he always expected. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

A banner written in English and Vietnamese is carried behind them. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

I know it’s going to be long and dopey, because every letter I’ve written to you has been long and dopey. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

“She went to her final sleep most tranquilly, most sweetly at twelve o’clock today’ Dr. Gully had written up the cause of death as a “Bilious Fever with typhoid character!’ Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Plus, a hell of a lot more ideas that I haven’t written down. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

About how, after Gram died, I started one last story, and how I opened the journal one day to find someone else had written in it, too. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I told her that I’d never written a story for anybody, but that it seemed like exactly the right time to get down to it. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

The only thing I was sure of was that it was written with style. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

The invention of writing makes a convenient landmark, for the absence of written records is surely one of the key differences between prehistoric and historic societies. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the sentence is written, Dad was only a boy! Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The name written on it was penned in bold black ink. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Rogers first learned about HeLa cells after seeing “Helen Lane Lives!” written over a urinal in a medical school bathroom. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I check my little black book, but I haven’t written anything down since midday yesterday: notes about Kamal—age, ethnicity, conviction for domestic violence. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was very glad I hadn’t written anything. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

“The number to call back is written right on it, and it’s on your sheet too, if you need people to call back. If someone calls for you, don’t worry, someone’ll find you.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

There were canvas sacks of com—some to be ground for home use, some sold outright to pay for the coffee and sugar, nails, axe-handle, and tobacco that Jenny had written on a list. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Waters, a journalist by profession, had written two books on the variation, both of which he presented to Bobby—eventually, he’d teach the boy the intricacies of the game and become a lifelong friend. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

A bunch of the other fishing guides had written to the Coast Guard, saying Dad ought to be given one more chance with his captain’s license. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Francie couldn’t understand the French but she gathered that the play was written around the actress’s amputated leg. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the most vivid descriptions of the Great Molasses Flood would be written by the Boston Post. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Looking more closely, she saw the shoemaker’s name written on the insides, in gold lettering that had all but faded: something and sons, it said. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Even as the words he’d written rolled onto the Teleprompter, Johnson’s closest aides didn’t know if he was going to read them. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I’d written more than sixty pieces for Outside over the previous fifteen years, and seldom had the travel budget for any of these assignments exceeded two or three thousand dollars. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

I think it’s written in the constitution somewhere, like a law passed down from Moses. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

I left with a dread of being punished for not having written it down. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

The doctor already has written: Vincent's mental state has gotten worse. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Until the day I saw the picture of him, holding his newborn girl, looking down at her and smiling, and beneath he’d written: So this is what all the fuss is about! The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He is terrified, of course, and his terror is written all over his face. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

He remembered how his mother had written to Mr. Lemoncello’s Imagination Factory when he and his brothers needed a fresh set of clue cards for the Indoor-Outdoor Scavenger Hunt. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z