| 单词 | bout |
| 例句 | The farthest candles appeared to be ’bout thirty, thirty-five paces away, and it was dark up that high. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “Another thang bout them Yankees,” said Grandpa, heading for the dining room, “they never heard a-sweetmilk. When I ast for it, the waitress lady brought me some with sugar in it.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “Naw, I didn’t really do nothing much. Well, how ’bout the toilet? Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z Occasionally, Amari suffered mild bouts of dizziness, and she had to ask the others to stop so she could clear her head and catch her breath. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Somebody else said, “Ever hear bout the time he beat Wildcat Lindsay in a fist fight? Funniest fight you ever seen.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “How bout eight. That’s when Miss Walters used to get me in.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “Oh, oh, how ’bout this: How ’bout we get a sticky pad, like the kind you use to catch mice, and you put flies on that. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Even the children who didn’t know what today’s lesson was ’bout sensed something waren’t right and started looking at one the ’nother all nervous and worrisome. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z The whole way home, Baby Girl is asking questions bout them pots. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I approached the bout committee with the warmest smile I could manage. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “Milez lost last night, yet that song so catchy, he got even more folks talking ’bout it. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z That near ’bout took my breath away, those were words of respect! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “Oh dear,” Miss Perumal had said, bursting into a fresh bout of tears. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z “Now it’s your turn, Abbey. How ’bout you let loose of that boy?” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Then, with his pencil poised over the form, Grandpa looked up over his reading glasses and asked, “Son, why ain’t you said nothin’ bout this up to now?” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “Not well. Garvey says his bouts of depression keep getting worse.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Folks are speculating all the time ’bout how much money Mrs. Holton has. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z I had to remind myself not to waste time being nervous and that the bout would be over in an instant. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z His tongue was hanging out from twixt long yellow and brown teeth that were ’bout the size of bear claws. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “I got people all over this kingdom,” he said, “and if I hear one more word ’bout you capturin’ children, I’ll take my ship, and I’ll hunt you down like an animal. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “Ninety-nine more days till you tell Mister Johnny bout me.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I said, “Ma’am, sir, I’m very sorry ’bout what I done.” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “I was born right here in California. My old man had a chicken ranch, ‘bout ten acres. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z If you’d-a put a smock on him and shrunked him down ’bout eight or nine sizes, they was one in the same. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Ernest Lawrence, a Nobel laureate and the intimate friend of statesmen and millionaires, suffered a sudden bout of stage fright at his first meeting with a US president. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “But that’s the thing. I’m ’bout to get off and go home and have a beer and get some sleep, and if I call the police they’ll take their sweet time in coming. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z But finally my legs took to twitching and feeling that they were ’bout to bust out afire. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z It was ’bout this time that the door flewed open and Mr. Chase came busting in toting a broadaxe and dragging a screaming, kicking Johnny Wells behind him. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z But maybe these Canadians was doing something right with this idea ’bout parks, ’cause it sure was soothish and calming to sit there and wait. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “Y’all, I got a very special guest in the house. If you know anything ’bout me, you know one of my favorite rappers of all time is Lawless, rest in peace to my brother. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z And the more days that passed and the more north we got, seemed like Ma’s idea ’bout bumbly bees and ants wasn’t as much a waste of time as I thought at first. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “I wouldn’t let your Pap tell you ’bout the things the cap’n done to Mr. Tanner’s slaves, but believe me, that man ain’t human. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “Biddy, some of them fosters was ’bout like your granny. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Lizabeth keep talking ’bout the doctors give her pills and sometime they help for a while, then they stop working. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z From all the things I’d been hearing ’bout it, Canada’s gonna have me scratching my head more and harder than them chiggers did two year past. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “You remember all them stories I tolt you ’bout my mother and the Ashanti and the monkey and spider stories?” she asked the boy, desperation in her voice. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z "How 'bout a school bus? That good enough for you?" Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z The more bouts you won and the larger the margin you won by, the higher your ranking post-pools. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z But if there was someone who waren’t enthusiastic ’bout his studies more than me it was Cooter Bixby, so for him to be this riled up maybe it was gonna be something after all! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z The sheriff said, “All right, gal. Your carriage awaits. You ’bout to go home; come on.” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “I heard Starr-Starr the witness they been talking ’bout on the news. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Not even the wealth of the Martins could save them from grief: the youngest boy, Lon, survived his bout, as did Sarah, but their mother, who was a faithful nurse to both, did not. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z I bet Miss Fulton makes a mean breakfast with eggs and sausage and gravy….I run out the door zipping my jacket, trying not to think ’bout how empty my belly is. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z All my imaginings ’bout settling Pap’s debt and rustling up this gang that robbed the Tanners started gnawing at me and I was getting more and more excited and worked up. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Or say I was afflicted with Africa like a bout of a rare disease, from which I have not managed a full recovery. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z After the initial bout of bargaining, a dozen men began unloading bolts of cloth, barrels of molasses, and burlap sacks of coffee. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Be brave, sir! Why, but two nights since, one met the duke ’bout midnight in a lane behind Saint Mark’s Church, with the leg of a man upon his shoulder: and he howled fearfully.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I always can tell when you on your way, Old Flapjack get worked up ’bout fifteen minutes ’fore you gets here.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “Shame, girl. I’m talking bout shame. What’s your magic? Why you scared of it?” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z I got ready to leave my room then stopped ’cause I got to thinking ’bout something. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z I must be catching the cap’n’s seventh sense, ’cause something ’bout the way the man looked at us left me feeling unsettled and itchy. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Folks did lots of speculating on where that gun came from, but that was ’bout the anything the Preacher didn’t do a whole lot of talking ’bout. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “You need to see them—starving, ’bout naked, whipped, dragged, bit by dogs...You need to see them.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z I knew I wasn’t going to be up for a long bout of reading, but I still couldn’t bring myself to leave so soon. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I was ’bout this close to giving Cooter’s ma some back talk, but instead I said, “Thank you, ma’am.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z I told him, “My ma and pa ain’t ’bout to let me travel with no circus. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z I hadn’t got much sleep, but it wasn’t jus’ worrying ’bout Ma and Stanky and Pap that had me tossing and kicking, it was thinking ’bout what was gonna happen today. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “Spent? What four thousand dollars you talking ’bout?” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z It was gonna tell ’bout a father getting sick or a brother getting whupped bad or a mother’s children getting sold away. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z I said, “It was writ ’bout a year ago, Mrs. Holton.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Between chills and fever and bouts of nausea, they buried their heads under the covers and laughed silently and bed-shakingly at the remembrance of Papa standing in the water. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z One year, however, I missed a few weeks of school due to a bout of malaria. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z “You wouldn’t know the truth if it stung you on the butt. Now, Jasper, how ’bout you apologize to me and my friend?” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z At the time of the discovery, Rondon was weak from a bout with malaria and near starvation. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z I’m ’bout to get dragged back to slavery by these here slavers! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Somethin’ happened on that vacation that I never told you ’bout. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m thinking how, ’bout a year ago, I was fooling around up on the ridge and come across a dead dog. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z This amused both boys so much that Ralph went on squirting for some minutes, between bouts of laughter. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z “I don’t know, missy. No one’s done lived to tell ’bout it.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z In my four months of being in the League, I’ve never once had a girl ask me, “How bout them Rebs?” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Me and Cooter near ’bout died peeking out of the ditch. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “When we in the wagon and ’bout two mile out from the plantation I starts recognizing where we at and I starts getting antsy as Missy. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z She saw me and smiled and was just ’bout to say hello. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Three hours later, Akhi and I were exchanging high fives because I had gone undefeated in the pool round, winning all six bouts, directly advancing on to the second day of competition. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “I was a Girl Scout. I’m always prepared for my inevitable bouts of hunger.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z I didn’t have to worry ’bout him no more. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “No, ma’am. But I shot the Preacher’s other gun, and it was just ’bout the same.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Each pool had seven fencers, so that meant I would fence six bouts, each to five points. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z They lay there listening, at first with doubt but then with tenor to the description the twins breathed at them between bouts of extreme silence. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z “High school ain’t the end or the beginning. It ain’t even in the middle. You ’bout to do big things, whether they see it or not. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z In time the place was homier than his own room at the Y. “How ’bout a corn muffin?” said Grayson, choosing something easy on his bad teeth and aching gums. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “He fought dirty, Mac. So how ’bout shuttin’ up,” Red said. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z As long as I kept my mouth shut, Robert didn’t care nothing ’bout me. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “I think I heard Miss Hilly say something about that, bout her mama getting skinny.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z We didn’t learn nothing ’bout no family breeding contests, and Mr. Travis commenced handing out lines as punishment and licks as reminders. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z I think bout ground glass, wonder how you grind it But I don’t feel mad at all. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “My mama says that old white woman where she works talked ’bout slapping her and Ma said: ‘Miz Green, if you slaps me, I’ll kill you and go to hell and pay for it!’ Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “Be sure you thank your ma and pa, Elijah. Tell your ma I ’predate her thinking ’bout me. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z I was fidgety ’bout some stuff and wasn’t careful. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “How ’bout throwing me those matches?” he said. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z “Hell no. If it is them, they’re about to witness something, how ’bout that?” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z —Well, the game was over ’bout nine- thirty and we was till in a good mood ’cause we won big—by something like forty points, so we was gonna celebrate. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Everything ’bout my head looked clean and crisp and shiny. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z It doesn’t help that last night’s bout of crying made my eyes swell. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z One time Li’l Man come up from behind and touch me on the leg and I near bout jump out a my work shoes. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “Means when someone brings in the devil when they supposed to just be talkin’ ’bout spiders.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z She start whirling ’round like she Cinderella and babbling ’bout her “princess table.” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z For the first quarter of our bout, Mariel was winning decisively. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “I got something for everybody who wanna come at me ’bout my song.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Slow as Old Flapjack is, if you fell off him you’d have time enough to take a nap afore you had to worry ’bout him stomping on you. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z I tries to see what it is 'cause I'm curious 'bout it and sees her gown catch on the stove and her hand comin' in sight with somethin' in it. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “Listen, son. I don’t know anything ’bout Langston Hughes and I sure don’t know anything ’bout any poems. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z Asked if the bout would be a grudge match, he replied: “In a sense. But not personally between me and Spassky...it’s against the Russians.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He was a historian of boxing lore and could narrate all twenty-six rounds of Jack Johnson’s famous bout in Havana in 1915 when the first black heavyweight champion of the world lost his title. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Alston turned me a-loose and said, “Son, you needs to get to Canada and tell your people ’bout that man what die. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z I think bout ground glass, wonder how you grind it. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z In the years to come, even though he had been ill-humored long before he discovered the moth, Pappachi’s Moth was held responsible for his black moods and sudden bouts of temper. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “I gives him a look like I ain’t ’bout to consider no nonsense such as that. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z I never thought bout that Nettie say somewhere in the bible it say Jesus’ hair was like lamb’s wool, I say. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Though it’s not my first bout of larceny. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z His bout could not last much longer now. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z I stand there scopin’ the scene for a minute and tell him: “How ’bout over there, D? We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Ma and Pa looked at one the ’nother and Pa said, “Well, if they do, we gunn be sure to let you know ’bout it.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z First, Mr. Kleiman, our merry sunshine, had another bout of gastrointestinal hemorrhaging yesterday and will have to stay in bed for at least three weeks. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “Me? I am Fiona O’Reilly. My pa brought me to this place from Ireland when I was just a wee snip of a thing—’bout the age of that cub you be holdin’ on to. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z If you don’t fall asleep firsts you get a chance to think ’bout things when you ride a mule. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “Or maybe they like finger foods. How ’bout some tiny pastelitos? Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “Look,” Bennie said, glaring at Sierra’s reflection in the mirror, “I know you excited ’bout seeing Robbie tonight, but I really don’t think you should be talking to him about everything that’s going on.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z “Sorry ’bout that, Matthew,” Mr. Ray said, tapping a box of cigarettes against his palm. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z He said, “White person? You thinking this here’s ’bout some white person? Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z I couldn’t make heads nor tails out of how Pa knowed not to say nothing ’bout me telling and how Mr. Leroy knowed that that was what I was worrying ’bout! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z She don’t care bout being there on the morning her only child wakes up on the first birthday she remember. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Sometimes I think bout the apples and the dogs, sometimes I don’t. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s fine,” my mother answered, and we both settled into our seats and tried to find a bout to focus our attention on. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Once he got out of the stable he’d head straight down the road afore he cut off into the woods heading for the lake he first took me to ’bout a year ago. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Cooter’s grandma was near ’bout fifty years old and frail and ailing and Mrs. Bixby was afeared of leaving her for even a minute. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z It didn’t sound like there was nothing to worry ’bout...right off. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z So immediately I’d be at it again, “OK ... how ’bout two out of three?” Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z How ’bout you chooses to send a wire to tell ’em folk back home to send you some help?” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z "What you talkin' 'bout? I'm waiting on you to call it out," I explained. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z Pa said, “Morning, y’all. This here’s the Taylors, just come up from Arkansas. Been hearing ’bout us for the longest. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z When he was ’bout twenty paces from us the man turned Emma’s hand a-loose, pulled off his hat, and called to Pa, “Pardon me, sir. The child right? This here really Buxton?” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z It may, however, simply have been another bout of deep blue melancholia, the kind that had assailed him off and on for years. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z In that way, even if most seedlings are killed by a bout of bad weather, some seeds will be left to germinate later. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “You know about us kids. But we don’t know nothing ’bout you. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z Ten years ago, they stole jus’ ’bout four thousand dollars from Mr. Tanner. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Wednesday at breakfast he even offered to take Mama to Atlanta for the day, but she said, “Hoyt Tweedy, I’m not bout to be disrespectful of the dead for just a li’l old seventy-mile trip.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “Big Mav, I’m sorry. I should’ve told you the other day. I did change my mind ’bout killing them dudes though, but now King wants me dead. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z I thought ’bout how my conscience and Ma’s cookie jar snake were pretty much alike. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Pap had said something ’bout cat-hauling and I interrupted and axed what that was. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z I wasn’t ’bout to make however much time I had left living be a slow-moving train wreck. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z The head was huge, just ’bout the size of a five-month-old calf’s head, and was covered with scars. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z He had the look ’bout him of one ’em kittens whose mother had bit holt of the scruff of its neck and was walking ’round with it swaying from one side to the ’nother. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z The sterile hallways of the ICU and the scent of illness caused me bouts of anxiety when we'd visit her, but no matter how bad she looked, she always seemed to make a full recovery. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z “Oh, ’bout fourteen or fifteen if all goes well. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z “I’ve got nothing,” she said, before remembering it was supposed to be a rhyme and adding, “too. How ’bout taking Boo?” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I saw two heads peeking out from ’mongst the green behind the maple ’bout fifty yards off. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z She squishes up her face and says, “Boy, what you know ’bout Africa?” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z Her bout with the malady was short, however. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z “Big Brownie is old and ’bout to die. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Being close to the water and hearing the lake slapping ’gainst the sand was ’bout the peacefulest thing you could think of. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Rondell got this big goofy smile on his face and said: “Excuse me, ma’am. But could I maybe tell you somethin’ ’bout my basketball team real quick? We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z The clap came and went, had a return bout, was counted out. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Leroy said, “Moving too fast? Spencer, I been waiting four years for this, four years! Ain’t nothing fast ’bout none of this. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z They knock again, and I bout jump out a my shoes. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Me: "You want me to blog a bout this?" Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z “Well, she shouldn’t worry herself none ’bout that. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Fair’s fair and it waren’t the littlest bit fair that I was gonna be cut out from all the deciding what to do ’bout this mess I caused. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Absolutely, I was tormented by repeated bouts of What’s the Point? Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Other jockeys suffered bouts of weakness so severe that when boosted into the saddle they would fall right off the other side. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I figure you can think us through near ’bout anything. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z She probably shaking her head in bed last night, reading bout this awful woman who don’t know how to love her own child. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Angel’s face is twisted up like she’s ’bout to laugh, but I don’t even care. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z And it ain’t got nothing as bad a rep-a-tation as a snake; it don’t get nowhere near the ’mount of talking ’bout in the Bible that snakes do. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z But if that was true, how come he made such a fuss ’bout where he wanted our wagon to be took to? The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z I began seeing that Mr. Leroy hadn’t done no planning ’bout this. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z That ain’t to make no excuses ’bout what happened, it’s just telling the truth. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Me and the Preacher wandered ’round the carnival for ’bout another hour. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z We got a call ’bout a jackknifed truck, and I s only about a mile away, so I headed over, and I’d just pulled up. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z “Yeah? Well? Don’t that count? Ain’t that love? You want me to tinkle you under the jaw and forget ’bout diem sores in your mouth? Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Viola says it at the same time I do but there’s nothing funny bout it this time. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z After bout the third month a waiting, we just stopped talking about it. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “Now go tell him that! Tell him I’m talking ’bout killing him!” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z “How 'bout if the cab lets us off around the corner or down the block?” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z The bolts were making the normal-looking white man in the picture with him float off his feet and scramble and scratch at the air like he was ’bout to drift up to the clouds! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z We rolled and rolled whilst talking ’bout the way Ma looked when she opened that sweater! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z These white folk talking ’bout some future, telling me I need to be planning for some future—like I got one! Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z As the rooms, and the terraces, and the pool deck began to fill with partiers, Rowan began to rise from the funk he had been left in after his awful bout with Citra. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Biddy, she got ears ’bout big as her buffalo butt. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “I apologize for not coming these past few nights. I had a dreadful bout of nausea and couldn’t leave my den. I hope I didn’t cause you to worry.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “Well, if you take those three stars of your Eagle and forget ’bout others, you get what we call the Cowherd. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t know I had no particular look on my face; how was you s’pose to look when you was ’bout to get beat down by a gun? The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “Yes, sir, Mr. Travis taught us ’bout that in Sabbath classes. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “I let you know bout dat when de time come. You keep him away fum de house twell I calls you.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t tell me Sheriff Smith never said nothing to you about the trial they’re fixing to have up in Sumner? You know, ’bout that colored boy that got himself kidnapped and killed?” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z “You know she been running her mouth ’bout you, right? The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z “I’m moved in. I’m home to stay,” she say, smiling so big her cheeks ’bout hide her eyes. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “You want me to see ’bout your car for you?” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t know, son, there’s other things to fret ’bout. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z When it came time to fence my first bout in the Palais, the faces of all of the young women who had asked for my autograph that morning flashed before me. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z She told me, “Don’t you cry, boy. Don’t you dare. I ain’t never loved nothing in my life more’n I loves you right at this minute. Ain’t nothing for you to be crying ’bout. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z I ’membered everything Pap tolt me ’bout shooting and looked in the pistol’s cylinders to check the bullets. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z He even start writing his own book, bout being a colored man living and working in Mississippi. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “How ’bout this,” says Mike O, “whoever wins gets everyone else’s tickets.” Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z Minny near bout the best cook in Hinds County, maybe even all a Mississippi. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z R.C. ain’t no saint, not by a long shot, but my boy’s white, and the law got no business worrying him ’bout some black boy floated up in the Tallahatchie.’ Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z “But I know ’bout an apple tree that grew so tall that it took fifty years to cut it down. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I’d be glad to hear her sing ’bout the Itsy-Bitsy Spider. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I didn’t go out on the strip overconfident, because I knew Cecilia would be a tough opponent and I had just proved in my last bout that the underdog can win. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Ma was talking ’bout her own ma and pa, my grand-folks that I never met. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z She cut out all the talking ’bout love and held her baby tight. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “Leroy, this here’s moving too fast! You got to be careful. That’s a lot of money you talking ’bout to buy your family, and money can make folks do some crazy things.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z It was almost a shame the way the cap’n set ’bout searching the thieves’ home. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Back when I was ’bout five or six Ma told me to fetch a bucket and go into the woods behind our home and pick her some blueberries. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “Today I’m on tell you bout a man from outer space.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z First thing that came to mind was Pa telling me that I didn’t never have to worry ’bout no barking dog, that it was barking ’cause it was just as scared as me. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “Yes, ma’am, she told me to ask ’bout you.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “Any kind you want—books with stories and pictures ’bout anything you can think of, I reckon.” Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z “This is our year. Get on in here, TJ, we ’bout to make history!” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “I don’t care bout no peoples in California,” Minny say, staring at that cover. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “Then the tree done the dangdest thing, Pap hit it so hard that it squeals and throws a ball of sparks and fire like it was ’bout to bust out in flame!” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Those who braved the Oak Ridge cafeteria invariably suffered an introductory bout of intestinal distress dubbed “Clinton fever.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Dear Nettie, The first thing I notice bout Mr. is how clean he is. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z To advance from qualifying rounds to quarterfinals, semifinals to the finals, you have to win each bout. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Mr. Waller yelled, “Evening, Eli. Them fish looks too heavy for a boy your size to be toting. You’s ’bout to end up busting something on you that you gunn need one day. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z She laughed and told me some of that growned-folks talk, some of that talk that makes it so’s you ain’t never sure ’bout much of nothing. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z But there was something ’bout that one particular spot that was calling Mrs. Brown and telling her to brush at it with her bare hand. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “Sorry ’bout that,” she says in a sincere voice. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z Ma smiled and said, “Well, she don’t know you too old to be called no baby, do she? We ain’t gunn say nothing to her ’bout it, though. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “I told him I’d have to think it over, have a talk with you. Told him how upset my mother was with him—’bout his dirty looks and mean faces. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Then I remembered how afeared the men were when they told me ’bout the bear-fighting dog. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z She said, “You be careful and hurry back. I hear Leroy done lost his mind and is wandering ’bout. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “No, dear, but he should be back soon. Said Mr. Napoleon sent a dactyl bout something urgent and he had to rush off.” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z But the strangest thing ’bout it was trying to figger out what it was I was hearing. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z This was despite the fact that his Cal Tech grades left much to be desired, even considering his long bout with mononucleosis. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z She frozed up for ’bout one second, then jumped straight out the rocker. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z The driver said, “He ain’t been in his right mind the whole time. Keep on mumbling ’bout someone name of Zephariah.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z She bats John's hand away when a bout of her chronic coughing hits her. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z I said, “But, Ma, how come everybody keeps telling me ’bout what I done to Mr. Douglass that got all the bears and wolfs coming to the Settlement looking for something to eat?” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z After two bouts of Danuta boiling her lower regions in a pot and one vigorous run up and down the stairs, I ask Emilika what time she’s supposed to be at the photography shop. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “But Mamma, they had to be some time when you wasn’t thinkin’ ’bout...” Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z He swore, “Blang it all! This here’s the fourth time I seen him and I still near ’bout jump out my skin when he first come on stage!” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z So on the occasion when he’d say to me, “Abilene, did I ever tell you ’bout the time...?” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z He was forty-two years old and in excellent health, with the exception of a bout of bronchitis that had been diagnosed ten days before. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z “How ’bout some pound cake on the house then? The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z He smiled and said, “You right, boy. That’s ’zactly what they be saying ’bout me, and ooh, Your Honor, I’m guilty of every charge!” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z The bug emerged from dormancy on an irregular basis, producing bouts of acute physical distress and leaving a cyst on his liver. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z She liked the hospital and the routines, but in August 1969, she was sent back home to recover after a bad bout of pancreatitis left her weak and exhausted. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z I near retched when the sheriff said, “All right, boy, what y’all gotta do is keep going due south on this trail ’bout four more mile; you gonna hit a town called River Rouge. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “Hmmm. I live alone now, and you seem nice but you could be a killer”—she joked, but was half-serious—“so how ’bout we drop you off first.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “You and Seven may as well get ready for this butt whooping Cleveland ’bout to give y’all,” says Daddy. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Finally, fearing he was going to make Faizah miss her bout, I interjected, “Is everything okay? It’s the same letter we’ve been using for the last three and half years without any problems.” Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Ma said, “Mama ain’t happy ’bout it but what can she do? Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “I was thinking ’bout getting Old Flapjack and going fishing. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z I knew for sure that I couldn’t tell ’bout Robert. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z March was on them like a bully then, raining and blowing between bouts of snow, and sleet, and hail; and indoors things were no better than out. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s something ’bout the way those half-wit horseflies move on the water that scares the small fish away and drives the big fish berserk! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Whoever scored five points first won the bout. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z He looked like he was fixing to say something, but Miss Duncan-the-first jumped in and said, “What she know ’bout North Caroliney?” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “Well, how ’bout you type and print them, and I’ll cut out the words?” Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z The two fencers had sat down to rest after an exciting bout, and Uncle Dap was blown. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z That sent them into an uproarious bout of laughter, and they slipped past him into the kitchen to finish up that night’s meal. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I cares ’bout you like you’s my own boy, but you always got to give me my respect. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z I wiped my mouth with the back of my hand, said: “How ’bout you just come get us right here?” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z We hung in there most of the match, but had acquired a large deficit going into the seventh bout. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z He had me tell him ’bout it three times. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z I don’t care now ’bout how many questions I ask. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z The cap’n never said nothing ’bout shooting no woman in the back! The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Miss Hilly bout to protest, but then she let out a long sigh. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Either way he’d collect the one hundred and forty-five dollars for the bout. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Ain’t nothing funny bout that. Took me three weeks and twenty-five dollars to get my hair black again.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “Made me a million dollars today. How ’bout you?” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Whilst me and Ma were walking home I was ’bout to bust waiting on her to tell me how I did. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “They ain’t got much choice but to let me do pretty much what I wants to nowadays, since they done ’bout worked me dry,” he said, chuckling. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “Miss Celia, fore I get going here, I need to know. Exactly when you planning on telling Mister Johnny bout me?” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z It began with the betrayal of his flesh: Thirty years after a bout with polio, the symptoms mysteriously flared anew. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z "How 'bout keeping your voice down? I'm simply sitting here--" "I have to go, anyway," I said--boy, was I nervous! The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z But something ’bout all these questions the sheriff was batting ’gainst me felt different. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z I said, “Mr. Leroy, sir, we ran Jingle Boy way too hard! He’s ’bout to die, sir! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “Then how ’bout trusting me to handle it?” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z "You just tell your brother he ought to be careful 'bout who he claims as kinfolks. Some of us don't think so much of his kind of politics." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “Thank you, Eb. Tell your ma and pa I asked ’bout ’em.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “Neb’ mind ’bout all dat cleanin’ round de front yard,” he told her as she straightened up from fixing the bed. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z Biddy get all bright and happy for ’bout a minute. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z But they wasn’t ’bout to give me no shelter from this nightmare. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “But they didn’t tell me nuthin bout that. They just asked if they could cut her up see about that cancer.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z “Cooter,” Pa said, “today your lucky day, son. You’s ’bout to get two shows for the price of one. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Asked me lots 'bout what I thought 'bout things, and 'bout my folks and the kids, and wrote it all down in a book. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I could see how it was a whole lot harder when things were real and you had to worry ’bout shotguns and chains and coughing little babies and crying folks without no clothes. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Adults are always talkin’ ’bout bein’ there when you need them, but then when you decide you do, they be disappeared like dust! Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I expected to find Fern tummy-down, spread out on the bed and fast asleep after a bout of crying. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Unfortunately, patients would often use only enough of these medicines to reduce the symptoms, saving the rest for future bouts of the disease. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Like he don’t really care ’bout nothin’ to do with me. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z He don’t try to do whittling and nothing else together since he near whittled his little finger off that time whilst telling ’bout how hard he use to work in Kentucky. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Since so much depends on a wrestler’s eighth win, he should be expected to fight harder in a crucial bout. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z The championship bout is five days away when the public discovers I have a boyfriend, who maybe doesn't look like Hugh but definitely cooks like him. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z He’ll withdraw for hours or days, and Alex comes to understand this as grief time, little bouts of depression, or times of “too much.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z I got to be thinking ’bout something or else my head’ll pop. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z She knowed right off something was wrong ’cause with that toady-frog added to it, her sweater weighed ’bout five pounds more than the last time she touched it. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z I’d become more consistent in winning my pool matches and a few direct elimination bouts, but nothing to brag about. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z You caint be timid ’bout nothing you do, you got to go at it like you ’specting good things to come out of it. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Wu Tsing’s promise of a house—for becoming the mother of his only son—had disappeared the day Second Wife collapsed from another bout of pretend-suicide. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Don’t know why I got edgy ’bout it. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z If he put up a good show there’d be another preliminary bout for him when a spot became available. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Money ain’t everything, chile. And ain’t none of his money belong to her—she got ’bout as much chance to use his money as you do.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Seeing a real nice girl name Frances and I spec they was gone get married, but he was slow bout things like that. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z But there was relief from these shadowy political bouts. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I now planned my bouts in numbers, and used that to my advantage to stay focused. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z I took a deep breath and pretended I was ’bout to cough. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z So it was Jesse who’d gone on the Web and, between bouts of Quake II, tom through various search engines and relevant Chicago websites. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z De son of a gun laid up in dat house and slept and de lake come moved de house way off somewhere and Motor didn’t know nothin’ ’bout it till de storm wuz ’bout over.” Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z How ’bout if we ride the bus out to the mall and catch a movie? Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “What you so quiet for? I know you got a opinion bout all this.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z The first bout is to five points, the next bout to ten points, and so on. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Were his stomach upsets, heart palpitations, fatigue, and bouts of giddiness symptoms of something that might be fatal? Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z For the second time she sounded like she’d been underwater and had come back up just afore her lungs were ’bout to bust. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z I was feeling fine ’bout graduation coming up. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “I says, ‘I’s sorry, ma’am, I’s just ’bout to bust from not seeing my mama!’ Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z He felt weak and shivery, as though he were recovering from a bad bout of flu; he also felt the beginnings of shame. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z “Massa like to die hisself—couldn’t eat nor sleep. He wouldn’t even look at that baby. Paid no ’tention at all to that chile till he be ’bout six year old. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, Charlie, we can watch it, but how ’bout after you take your bath?” Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z Biddy was ’bout finished with her oatmeal and eyeing the fruit like it drop down from Mars. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Seems like thinking you’re ’bout to get busted in the head with a buzzing stone and not having it happen makes you want to give a good old whoop. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Mr. Winston, who worked in the mill with Mr. Spencer, added, “Now I know ’bout stingy. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Since me and Mr. Leroy were ’bout to take a dangerous trip and he had the Preacher’s fancy pistol in case anything bad happened, I thought maybe I should take something along too. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “Well...with someone who wasn’t your ma. You saying you didn’t know nothing ’bout that?” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Took me bout two minutes to decide you’d go against age and custom both for something big as a house.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I thought about the four of us the night of the accident, on that same expressway, and I noticed that the retainin’ wall was really only ’bout four feet high. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It had been a brief bout of deep sleep. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Though still weak from his bout with hepatitis, he spent some time in the capital trying to share what he’d learned in Vietnam. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z I glanced up at the clock and realized I only had thirty more minutes before my first bout, and I was sitting on the ground feeling like a sloth. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z There were only two reasons that this Sunday was ’bout halfway tolerable. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Each fencer had to fence three bouts, one against each of the members of the other team in the same weapon. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z After their bout with the pirates, they decided to fly the rest of the way to Rome. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Now there wasn’t no doubt, this was ’bout stealing wood! The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “I hope that I’ve just had a simple artists bout of craziness and then a lot of fever” because of the wound. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “I don’t know him. But I know what you tell me ’bout him.” Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Even though this is preseason, shortened bouts, we’re all suited up. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Tug done what I said and I was feeling pretty good ’bout myself for saving Petey. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “Don’t worry bout Miss Leefolt answering. Tell her it’s about my sick sister.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “I remember that contest, but I don’t remember hearing nothing ’bout no colored person winning it.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z And how ’bout you stay the hell out of it, Jupiter? Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z “Jude must be wore out? You don’t care nothin’ ’bout my back, do you?” Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Then I thought ’bout how pesty they are and what they eat. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z It looked to be a whole lot of lollygagging and a walk that should’ve took ’bout a minute to make ended up taking a whole lot longer, but she knowed what she was doing. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z I don’t know why it is, but something ’bout that basket don’t worry the fish too much and I can toss it in over and over and not scare ’em atall. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z We both walked and hunged our heads low as the belly on a fat snake and didn’t talk ’bout nothing. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Lizabeth talk on ’bout a princess would sit with her back straight and on the front of the chair. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t worried a whole bunch ’bout going o’er into Canada. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z At the Olympics, there wasn’t a lot of time between bouts, and I needed every single minute to prepare for my next match. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z He didn’t talk no stuff ’bout no princess. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Our apartment/house ’bout as big as a hummingbird’s nest but it ain’t so bad. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I said, “How ’bout ’stead of using the knife, you tie a rock to the end of the rope and aim so’s it hits him in the butt? The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “I was borned here, chile. I tolt you my mama was a African like you be, but they sold her off when I was ’bout your age.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z My bout with scarlet fever came the summer when I was eight, and I had all but forgotten it. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z The response from the students in the crowd was instantaneous, a raucous bout of yells and cries of anger. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Biddy was plumb full of chat and tole Lizabeth ’bout how she learning to cook. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I couldn’t understand what he was talking ’bout. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z I didn’t know ’bout who Honorable was, but I knew the name. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “Sorry ’bout that,” he said with a shrug. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z They was still so small that they had plenty room to move ’bout. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z But sickle-cell anemia must have seemed the strangest—for it was hereditary, often appeared in fits and starts, and was accompanied by sudden, wrenching bouts of pain in the bones, joints, and chest. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z I was starting to line up my ducks ’bout the cap’n. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z In épée, I had time to feel my opponent out and was able to build my strategy during the bout. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z The library and Langston Hughes ’bout the only thing that kept me going without my mama. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z "You knew 'bout that alarm," grunted Major, hammering down on him. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z I can’t half sleep for him raving bout clubs and clothes and forty- nine brands of beer. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “I brought you in my house, and you ain’t been honest ’bout why you hiding? The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z “Well, run on in and get it, son. We’s just ’bout to leave.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “Your head must be near ’bout ready to explode from all that’s happened in the past few days.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z We sorted them into two piles: one ; bout money and the other about food. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “You played that ratchet hood rat role. You know how much publicity you ’bout to get from this?” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Other bouts—mine included—are about to start. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z She looked back at the door, and afore I could answer, she said, “Now, where them men you was talking ’bout?” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “Tell her ’bout the windows,” called another soldier warming himself by the fire. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z I remembered him jacklegging my fish, I remembered him telling confusing tales to the new-free folks, I remembered him thinking ’bout making me travel with that conjurer, Sir Charles. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z And that in wondering bout the big things and as ting bout the big things, you learn about the little ones, almost by accident. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought ’bout it when I was supposed to be studying and when I was supposed to be doing chores. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z This ain’t no personal thing ’bout you or any other white person. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Look like he was thinking bout hitting her with it. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew a family—the mother wasn’t too quick, though—nursed hers till the boy, I reckon, was near ’bout thirteen. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “If they kill me, at least I be free at last. I ain’t worried ’bout it.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m not sure what to make of this sudden bout of closeness. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Then when he was asked what was the matter in order to start him off, he’d say, “Dis question done ’bout drove me crazy. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z Everytime they open they mouth some kind of plea come out Near bout to broke my sorry heart. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Tee, since when you start talking ’bout ancestors?” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z “I used to keep cash money in there. But not since I read bout somebody breakin’ in a store in Atlanta and cartin’ off the safe to blow up later. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The tears starts fighting their way back in my eyes, but I wasn’t ’bout to let the dimwit and them other men see me cry. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “Son, you got to understand why we got questions ’bout what happened out here. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “See bout the stock. Mr. Henry he say I’m to see bout it.” Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “What I wanna know is what you ’bout to do with that mess?” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z When I was five, I had my first true bout with testing the harsh realities of segregation. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But I don’t care ’bout it no more. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Everything ’bout being on the train was so beautiful and exciting that I couldn’t stand to miss not even one second. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “There’s s’pose to be a park with a statue ’bout half a mile from here. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z He laughed at her and said, “What you won? You ’bout to go back to being a slave. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Eventually, I learned to incorporate recovery methods into my routine that would help reduce fatigue and bouts of exhaustion. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z It didn’t matter what them two was so worked up ’bout, I knowed it was too late and they couldn’t do nothing to stop us. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Before my first bout, I stepped outside the venue for a brief moment alone. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “Yes, sir. Tell Mr. Butler I’m sorry ’bout his accident.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Until the United States cured its “Mississippiitis”—that disease of segregation, violence, and oppression that plagued America like a chronic bout of consumption—the paper declared, it would never merit the position of world leadership. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z He went into a bout of uncontrollable sniggering. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z She had the air of a boxer who’d won a bout: triumphant but bruised. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z He turned the knife so’s he was hanging on to the blade and said, “I’s terrible sorry ’bout this here dagger, sir, but...” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Just when he thought he was getting better, another bout of nausea occurred. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It took him a while to get his footing, but the cap’n wasn’t ’bout to be bluffed down. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z This time, the bouts were held in his hometown of Alma, Michigan. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes it was just a look she shot me across the room, or there were times when she’d give me a high-five to congratulate me on a bout well fought. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z The bouts of progress began to seem like no progress at all; the family braced for them just the same as for the setbacks. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z The first two days’ worth of competition was to whittle those two thousand plus fencers down to a manageable sixty-four when the elimination bouts began. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Lizabeth start talking ’bout I can put coffee on her grocery list. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He would wait until all seven hells were frozen if he could rather than risk another bout of blisters. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The noise commenced again, sounding like someone fishing ’round trying to figure which song they were ’bout to hum. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z His eyes were a scary gray and blue colour, ’bout the same as the sky afore a storm. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z She tell me she know bout the Childs and the Rawleys and all them others that turn me down. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “Easy, now, big boy. Let’s think ’bout this.” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “Doc, this is Bri, my niece. She ’bout to murder this beat you got for her.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z For starters, Mrs. Richardson had had terrible morning sickness, bouts of dizziness and vomiting that didn’t end with the first trimester but continued on unabated—if anything, more vigorously—as the weeks went on. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I ’member thinking ’bout my wife, then I ’member getting lift off my feets and I don’t recall nothing else till a couple days pass. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Citing exhaustion and, later, the effects of a recent and ongoing bout with hepatitis, Knight departed the campus, leaving the students no negotiating partner. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z He told those seven new-free people ’bout what difficult days were ahead. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z In another bout, two men armed only with short swords fought each other until one was laid low—whether dead or not, Aurelia couldn’t tell. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z “How ’bout we go rolling and knock down some pins?” he asks as I click in my seat belt. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z “And you really been thinking again ’bout moving? The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z I know that’s swearing, but compared to what our lesson was gonna be ’bout, swearing didn’t seem like much of a sin no more. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “Nope, unless you can figure out how old ‘ ’bout half grown’ is,” Bill said. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Everyone knowed ’bout her and talked ’bout her ’cause word was that out of the three hundred families here, she was the only one that never had to borrow no money to get her land. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z The children decided we were gonna play abolitionists and slavers when we got to the beach and were arguing ’bout which one each of us would be. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Tho from all the children he got, you’d never know it I never know nothing bout her family. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe I use to be a little fra-gile, but I ain’t been afeared of nonsense nor run off screaming ’bout the littlest things for the longest time. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “Don’t worry your head, Quincy. I know ’bout the Mrs. Judge.” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I tossed these flies at the fishing spot and one of ’em still had enough life in him to fly ’bout a little, but that didn’t last long and he soon plopped into the water. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “The law is for men,” Hildy says, her voice staying calm, like we were standing there talking bout the weather. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Us worry bout God a lot But once us feel loved by God, us do the best us can to please him with what us like. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Way I sees it, Old Scratch gunn owe me big ’cause bright and early tomorrow morn I sure am ’bout to send him back four of his cursed souls and one of his good-for-nothing dogs. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “Tell me, tell me bout the brown wrapping. And the present.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z The little boy, who ’peared to be ’bout five years old, was blubbering and churning his legs up and down like he was still on the run but he waren’t moving nowhere. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “Now... we got to talk bout pay,” I say and my toes start wriggling in my shoes. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “De Lawd will provide. He know Ah done bore de burden in de heat uh de day. Somebody done spoke to me ’bout you long time ago. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z By the time he becomes a teenager, Theo has bouts of melancholy. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I was still having bouts of nausea and now headaches. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Me and Ma have a pretty good disagreement ’bout them clothes ’cause to me they look a powerful lot like a girl’s dress and bonnet. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Well, I want to tell you bout this here stranger, Rucker. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z But when we reach her block, she clears her throat and asks, “You know what you’re going to tell your mama ’bout today?” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z He sings with his eyes shut tight, the way I would see old Koreans praying in the front pews of Minister Cho’s huge church, their fearsome bouts of concentration on display, ferociously willing. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z In his typical denial-of-reality way, he said: “Don’t worry ’bout you mother. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z I waited while Roy Lee leaned on the fence and had a bout of general fidgeting, clearing his throat, squinting, running his hand through his hair, and so forth. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z You complain ’bout house and kitchen and extra bedroom. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z But the one thing ’bout Daddy being gone is I can read all I want right out in the open like at the library. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z She had things she wanted to say and wasn’t ’bout to be stopped. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z I could tell Mr. Leroy was mighty worked up ’bout this. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z It wasn’t that he never worked, because he did work, in short, intense bouts now and then. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z He said, “And I don’t care what happens, sir, I ain’t gonna breathe a word to no one if you teaches us ’bout that. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z It spoiled that one special moment of peace and it made me start thinkin’ ’bout all the pain in my life. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I said, “Yes, ma’am, she goes on and on talking ’bout how she would die happy if she could get just one more look at my sister. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z There was a sort of strangled gasp, a geyser of water, and then a bout of choking coughs. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z “You needs a new one. You bout wore that one out.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z He said, “Pardon me, boss, you wants me to take this sign ’bout that white boy off of here? Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z "Brooks? You go on in the second bout." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah, he died a few years back. Somethin’ crazy ’bout a doctor, and too many meds.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Maybe the growned folks were trying not to scare us when they told stories ’bout folks being chained up, ’cause judging by the way these people looked, I knowed we waren’t getting the whole story. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Their eyes were all on me and they were looking just as scared and confused and surprised ’bout seeing me as I was ’bout seeing them. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z The sheriff turns in his saddle and says, “OK, Little Charlie, tell me one more ’gain ’bout what happened to your pa.” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Everything I ever ’membered ’bout folks hanging someone was running through my head o’er and o’er. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z I felt myself ’bout to yell at that fool, when I see Biddy’s mouth twitch. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z When we get back to the arena, Princess Rhyia is readying herself for her bout. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “O.K., here we go. Buphead, tell him ’bout the final exam.” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “But, Ma! What ’bout all those bears and wolfs? Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “I know I ain’t all that bright. I don’t know much about history, don’t know much biology, but Chino, I know my radio, you know. Ask me, ask me anythin’, anythin’ ’bout my music.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z I know it ain’t a child’s place to feel this way ’bout the person that raised you, but I was disappointed in Ma something awful. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “Oh, yeah. I know ’bout your problems,” King says, a laugh bubbling from him. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z “They sure is,” I say and I spec we bout shared us a moment, me and Miss Leefolt, looking out the window at the kids we both love. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I’m so glad you got over that bout of depression you had a couple of months back. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z My wits wandered some, ’bout the time my hands started bleeding. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z She say, ‘Take it. I know you need it,’ and I bout spit in her face. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z He said, “Don’t worry none ’bout her; long afore she get back, these two will be cooling their heels in a cell.” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “The two I’m talking ’bout is your runaway’s babies. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z It’s amazing how during a bout of severe fatigue, your body remembers the countless hours of training and is able to push through. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “Ready?” the referee asks, alerting fencers that the bout will soon begin. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z When sixteen-year-old me, who'd suffered from chronic bouts of unrequited love, looked at them, all I could wonder was, Will I ever be this happy? Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z "Oh, we'll be here close enough to keep an eye on 'em. Don't you worry 'bout that." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “How ’bout we see if we can get every kid in the whole fifth grade to go up and ask Mrs. Granger, ‘Can I borrow a frindle?” Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “But this? This the final straw. Brianna wasn’t acting like that when y’all lived with us. Making vulgar songs and getting suspended. Got everybody in the church talking ’bout her. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z From ’bout a mile off it sounded like one person playing and all you could hear was a steady, regular crack! sound that rolled toward you like it was being carried on the wind. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “The riddle! Didn’t I tell you ’bout the riddle that says where Lucera is?” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Mom opens my book, skims the page for a moment, and then says, “Girl, I don’t know nothing ’bout that. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Great people, my parents, but prone to bouts of crippling sentimentality. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z “Yeah, she taking chemo. She only worried ’bout getting a wig though.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z A terrible storm came around the first of February, bringing with it downed power lines, stranded motorists, and, for me, a bout of hallucinations. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “That boy was generous, wasn’t he? The other day, I was looking at this watch he bought me and got to thinking ’bout it.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z She seent me from ’bout a half mile off and waved her arm twice o’er her head afore she got back to digging out weeds. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z After four days crawled by, talk started up ’bout sending someone to that village in Michigan to see if there was a problem. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “I can’t rightly say that I’m not peeved bout ye blowing up my bridge. Heard the boom all the way back at the farm, oh, yeah.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z After while, there was something ’bout being on the train that made me want to close my eyes and fall off to sleep. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “Thank you, Mrs. Holton. Ma said to tell you she asked ’bout you.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “Did. After they got through with him. Nigel told me ’bout it—how they cut him, beat him. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z “Matter fact, how ’bout you whip up some of that Matt Miller magic sauce to go with it. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z She was taking raggedy fast-fast breaths and ’stead of thinking ’bout where each shot was aimed, she quit thinking ’bout anything but getting as many of them bullets out that pistol quick as she could. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “He never said nothing to me ’bout going north, sir. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z This more ’bout you hankering for your family so much that you ain’t looking at things clear. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z I don’t think any of us had gotten much sleep after we came back from my first bout. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z For a few seconds, the people, the bout fall away. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z When she hanged up, I said, “You worry ’bout that ole lady too much.” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “How ’bout we stay right here,” I say while looking up and down the block for any sign of Mama. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z She ran her hand along my cheek and said in a kind way, “I don’t know what I’m gunn do ’bout that Zephariah! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Since saber fencing is so subjective—the referee ultimately decides every contested point—I didn’t want to give him any added reason not to award points to my sister during her bouts. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z It was with a lot of fear in my heart when, after hours in the fields, a gentle knock at the door caught me just afore I was ’bout asleep. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “Maybe someday I’ll go back to school,” the boy went on, “but for now I’m ’bout as smart as I need to be. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “She don’t know nothing ’bout it, least she ain’t never said nothing.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z "Blueprints, man. Here I got 'bout a hundred pounds of blueprints and I couldn't build nothing!" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I ain’t disputing that I’m a whole lot smarter than most other children who’re near ’bout twelve years old, but I couldn’t for anything see how come a river made so much difference. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Talking 'bout my stammer's nearly as embarrassing as stammering itself, but it's okay with her. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z He said his bout with TB had set him to pondering about mortality and the nature of the cosmos. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z He stops crying as hard and says, “I stole ’bout five Gs from King.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Makes you kinda wonder ’bout his family tree, now don’t it? Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z At the top a the driveway, Miss Hilly and her crazy mama near bout back over me in they car, then yell out all friendly how sorry they is. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z The work of turning Holmes’s building into a hotel proceeded slowly, with the usual bouts of rancor and delay. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Olena was a strong opponent, but I managed to stay in the lead of our bout for the first few points. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z The gun first showed up in his hands ’bout three years ago when I was ’round eight. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z "How 'bout you just give me two bucks?" City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z I don't mean to, I didn't think 'bout it, just start singin'. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well...you know. I don’t wanna talk ’bout that right now.” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Sometimes he’d interrupt a bout and push one fencer to the side so he could demonstrate exactly how an action was done. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “If you’re selling that stuff—” “Mind your business, Starr! Don’t worry ’bout me. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z “You heard the man, get on outta here. Don’t no one want to be hearing none of the mess you talking. We ain’t ’bout to brook your nonsense. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z I’d heard lots of talk ’bout such things, but hadn’t never witnessed it myself. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z As he and his family traveled through Heidelberg, he slipped into a coma, the result apparently of a combined assault of diabetes, colitis, and his foot infection, all worsened by a bout of food poisoning. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Then, if the new-free folks say they want to live in the Settlement, everyone decides where they’ll stay till they get their own place and get comforted ’bout being ’mongst us. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Something ’bout being in the back of the buckboard makes children forget the growned folks are a couple feet away from ’em and lots of things that shouldn’t be told get said. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z When he ’bout got to the alley, I said, “’Scuse me, sir, your wife tolt me to tell you she need some help o’er there.” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z He was looking side to side and all ’round, seeming like he was ’bout to bolt if someone said, “Boo.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “Look at that, you so excited ’bout being in my movie that you jumping for joy! The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I would have to start watching saber bouts more closely as soon as possible. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “Donte, it’s not just about the bout. It’s about leadership, giving respect. Patience and control.” Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Lowering his voice, he said, “Now, Will Tweedy, you ain’t to tell a soul bout all this.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The preliminary bouts were a blur of bodies and punches for Alfred, but he jumped up every time Henry and Jelly did. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Something turrible was ’bout to happen to Ma, but that didn’t mean I had to be ’round to see it. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z I wasn’t ’bout to make the same mistake once ’gain. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Then I said ’em, I said those words that made it so the lesson ’bout familiarity and contempt’ll be fixed in my mind for’s long as I live, even if that’s to fifty. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Thinking won out ’cause I was still mighty sore ’bout having only six fish. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “Ay, tell your pops I need to holla at him soon. Some stuff going down that I need to talk to him ’bout.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z After ’bout a Week Mr. Leroy’s patience ran out and he said, “I’m starting to agree with Henry Polite. Don’t seem like changing some words ’round gunn take all this time. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z The logging village was ’bout five or six times as big as the square in Buxton. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “I ain’t saying I don’t trust your ma, but seeing what she done, having a doubt or two ’bout her intentions seems justified. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z She put her hand on my shoulder and said, “I’m sorry, sweetheart. How ’bout your daddy? Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z The man made a scoffing sound, then had a short bout of racking coughs. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z I thought the cap’n had made a mistake, ’cause whilst this woman did have a eye patch and a scar running ’crost her cheek, he hadn’t said nothing ’bout her skin! The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “You know that whole thing I’m researching ’bout Wick?” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z “When you was out getting ’em shackles, he tolt the sheriff he wasn’t ’bout to let three thousand dollars walk out his life without no fight. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z The first school to win fourteen bouts won the meet. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z I didn’t care nothing ’bout no foreign language. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “If God don’t think no mo’ ’bout ’em then Ah do, they’s a lost ball in de high grass.” Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z “The more you keep them two highwaymen in the dark, the better off you is. You jus’ got the royal treatment and don’t have clue the first ’bout it. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z The Preacher walked off twenty steps and set up five hunks of wood ’bout three feet apart one from the ’nother. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “How ’bout you free these nuts for you and your klan-cestors?” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “No, I have not spoken to my little sister yet. How ’bout getting the hell out of here now?” Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z But not bad enough to talk to him ’bout it. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Grandpap use to tell stories ’bout what they called the Big Blow. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z I already told you what my auntie said ’bout people committin’ suicide. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z A sumo bout is a concentrated flurry of force and speed and leverage, often lasting only a few seconds. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Miss Duncan-the-second studied the little girl then said, “She don’t look like no one I know. Who you talking ’bout?” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “How did the drugs even get in our neighborhood? This is a multibillion-dollar industry we talking ’bout, baby. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Which got me thinking I was soon ’bout to get ripped to shreds by the brothers and sisters of the dog that I’d chunked. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Once they was ’bout twenty-five, thirty yards from us, I spotted the one who had to be Sylvanus. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “Okay, well, how ’bout you meet me in the kitchen at twenty-two hundred hours.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “Well, Cora was with me when we looked in the catalogue ...” “We all know ’bout your linoleum. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z I wasn’t ’bout to do none of what he called “improvising nor improving”; he’d kept drilling in me that things had to go A-B-C and if they did we’d be all right. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z There were voices behind Malcolm, excited and relieved, and he turned to see, but felt a bout of pain and nausea in his head as he did, so brutal it was like being hit again. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z He pulled his daughter to him and said, “What you know ’bout that?” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z I was ’bout to say, “No, sir,” but I figured this was one n’em questions people ask just for the sake of asking it, they don’t really want no answer. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Then she get in her car and go do whatever it is she do when she ain’t nervous bout a couple a colored mens hanging round her house. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “You ain’t really gone tell Mister Johnny bout this, are you, Doctor Tate?” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z But I wake up with this bout of uncertainty. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Though she was still fatigued from her bout with malaria, she impressed everyone with her strength and courage as she dealt with Garfield's precarious condition. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “Make food taste good. Don’t you fret ’bout that. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “Don’t you worry ’bout who I worry ’bout,” Biddy say. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z And if you take those three stars of Lyre and forget ’bout other stars, you get . Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “And what did I say bout listening too close?” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z “How ’bout I just keep yelling and we see which of the papers show up first!” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z And he wasn’t happy jus’ insulting the barber neither; he had something to say ’bout near everyone who went ’head of us. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Like two boxers who had just finished a match that ended in a draw, both knowing they’d fought a classic bout. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z She started going at Pap ’bout how come he ain’t been paying what he was s’pose to and how close us and our animals was to starving and how she shouldn’t-a never married him. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Said it’s bad ’nough that our last name sound like something out of a circus, so she wasn’t ’bout to give her firstborn child no clown’s name. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “Oh mighty King, mouse not have more candynuts. Not know ’bout sword thing, not even have belt now. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z I figured I was gonna have ’bout a hour to eavesdrop on the meeting afore I had to get back to Cooter’s home. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z The only thing I was worried ’bout was Stanky being out on her morning run through the woods. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z I know it probably ain’t right to feel this way ’bout your own ma and pa, but I was sore disappointed in the way they were acting. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Oh, the Test matches that have saved us from ennui, the boxing bouts, even the billiard scores. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Like her father, she also suffered from bouts of insomnia and anxiety. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z She got five children elsewhere and the oldest one ’bout fourteen years old. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Pa said, “You near ’bout caused my heart to jump clean out my chest with all that running. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Will held up the knife, and had to stop as a racking bout of nausea shook him from head to toe. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z She didn’t say nothing ’bout me bringing this on my ownself. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “Girl, I’m ’bout to leave these clothes and you in here if you don’t come on. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Telling ’bout getting beat so bad you ended up buck-nekkid was too embarrassing. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Tobias and his daddy always talk bout money like they still got a lot Old Mr. been selling off the place so that nothing much left but the houses and the fields. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m ’bout to put this rice and peas back in the Frigidaire.” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z A little white stranger boy, near ’bout as old as me, was laughing and carrying on something wild. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z The cap’n didn’t have to worry none ’bout me wanting to stay in the city; this place had already died and was jus’ a rotting corpse. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z And another white man that was picking up a full-growned elephant and holding it over his head like he was ’bout to toss it into the next county! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z I just ’bout said my name then remembered what Sammy had told me ’bout saying “Elijah” ’round here. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z He grabbed both my arms and looked at me hard and said, “You done spent more time with him than near ’bout anyone else. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z After ’bout five or six big gulps of air I pulled my shirt up to see if any bones were poking through. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z I thought ’bout the luck of the Bobos and seent that no matter how good I planned things out, it was probably a sure thing that this was gonna go bad for me real fast. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “Miss Celia got it, called Space Command. A box bout half the size of a bread loaf.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “Or when a preacher starts shoutin’ ’bout the Testament at church. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “I’m glad I talked to you ’bout this. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z He spluttered out, “Why...I...I demand you let me go ’bout doing my legal duty! The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “I don’t know. They cool, though. They ’bout the money like me.” Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z “He left when I was one. He calls a couple times a year, but Hollis never makes me talk to him. I don't know the guy, and I don't really care to. How 'bout you?” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z If I could remain consistent and advance to the second day of competition and win my first few direct elimination bouts, I’d have my first major international result. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z The Preacher commenced waving his arms, really warming into this tale he’s ’bout to spin. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Every crew that crossed her tolt the company over and over that it was ’bout three years overdue from collapsing, but them folk in Charlotte didn’t care. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Amen Dear Nettie, The first thing I notice bout Mr. is how clean he is. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “No rush, I ain’t gunn be baking no more till middle of next week nohow, so take your time. Tell your ma I ax ’bout her.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “She always talking ’bout me,” I finally say. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z I went to Cooter ’bout as close as I could get and said, “Cooter, this here note’s for you.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “A few months back,” Inez told them, “we had ’bout twenty escaped slaves come here from Georgia Colony. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “I didn’t say nothing ’bout you touching it; I said look.” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Cooter said, “And the last word, con-tempt, it looks just ’bout the same as contest, right? Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z The good thing ’bout trailing ’long behind the cap’n is that I wasn’t likely to see nothing that was gonna bring Pap to mind. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z If you ask her what she’s been up to, she’ll be like, “Don’t worry ’bout it,” and move on to something else. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “Lord, have mercy. My heart ’bout broke when I heard. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z “Cat got on the porch this morning, bout give me a cadillac arrest thinking it was Mister Johnny.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Well, next I preached bout the Virgin Birth. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z More and more ’spicions was getting raised ’bout him every day. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z "That there's a heap of building. Where 'bouts?" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Bonnie wasn't much of a shopper, but after a pronounced bout of whining, she decided she wouldn't mind adding to her lifelong angel collection. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Tobias and his daddy always talk bout money like they still got a lot. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Ah see whut it is. You doubted me ’bout de money. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z Plodding ’long behind the cap’n was keeping all ’em worries and thoughts at bay, but it was also giving me a ’preciation ’bout me and Ma’s talk ’bout working in the fields. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Another bout of queasiness churned through Hazel’s gut. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z But once the bout was over, another tidal wave of exhaustion would hit me. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Ms. D. and I talk bidness, and some of it I forget ’bout as soon as she say it, but she write it all down for me to study on. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The mystery of all ’em things going through my mind chased away any thinking ’bout taking a poke at the cap’n’s head. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “He’s sitting here all smug, making cute little jokes about iPods and talkin’ ‘bout how scared he is of losing his job, but is he actually helping?” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z That ended up being the best thing ’bout the whole ferry ride. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z There was nothing except a couple of bumps left over from his last bout of acne. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Which is probably the first step the Devil takes when he’s ’bout to wrestle your soul away from you! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z With a horse, you don’t get to think ’bout nothing but hoping you don’t fall off and get coldcocked by their hoofs. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Pa had a look on his face like someone told him he was ’bout to get shot at sunrise. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “Word spread around the neighborhood, and folks think she’s the witness they been talking ’bout on the news.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z She give it right to me—‘bout this big a piece. I wisht I had that velvet right now.” Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z “So why you tell him ’bout the white boy?” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z “You can’t tell me nothing about that war baby’s father. He’s ’bout criminal. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z I fenced my first six bouts and lost five, so I didn’t even advance to the direct elimination bouts. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z The slingshot lady didn’t look too happy ’bout doing this but she chomped her teeth on her cigar and stood next to me. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z And that in wondering bout the big things and asting bout the big things, you learn about the little ones, almost by accident. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Whatever the exact cause, Galileo suffered from repeated bouts of an arthritic ailment for the rest of his life, which sometimes confined him to bed for several weeks at a time. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z The cap’n sat at the foot of Pap and Ma’s bed and said, “I’m sure sorrowed to hear ’bout Big Charlie’s run-in with that ax. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Long as she was in the room, Cooter was real good at doing everything his ma told him to do and he waren’t ’bout to move his nose out of that corner. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z She sobbed out that he ’as lucky to be dead; now he didn’t have to work all day after coughin’ all night, and didn’t have to worry bout gittin’ enough vittles. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “That’s right. One of them. They never was too crazy ’bout colored folks. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z But once me and the cap’n got back to the hotel and he started planning how we was gonna catch the gang of thieves, I mostly forgot ’bout how rude these Yankees was. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Pa was still humming and Ma and Mrs. Holton were starting in on something the growned folks don’t like talking ’bout much in front of us, ’bout the times they were slaves. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “Don’t want to hear no more ’bout it!” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Then he would lapse into a sullen silence that lasted until his next bout of shouting. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z The most striking change in his personality was his volatility: good news triggered uncontained outbursts of joy, often extinguished only through increasingly acrobatic bouts of physical exercise, while bad news plunged him into inconsolable desolation. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z He was prone to lengthy bouts of depression. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “Yeah, it matters. Why you keeping quiet ’bout it? The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z You could tell Cooter didn’t have no kind of answer, but something ’bout getting your ear twisted must make your mind work real clear. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “The folks who were involved in the hustle need to be careful ’bout what they say or even think ’bout doing.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z “I guess I’m ’bout near pure as you, Cap’n,” the woman said, causing Bull to throw his head back and holler with laughter. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t want hear nothing more ’bout your dreams. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z They had had the usual bouts with childhood illness, including the recent scarlet fever, but nothing out of the ordinary. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “But they ’bout to get a big surprise; justice sleeps but not for long and one day when it wake up, all sins is atoned for.” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “And we gets to talking and I seen he’s mighty upset ’bout something.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z For as old as they were, the kids didn’t often lapse into bouts of nostalgia. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Folks complain every morning ’bout how many got to share it and people taking too long to do their business and how some folks got nasty habits. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z There was still one half of a head peeking at us ’bout three feet off the ground. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Sometimes I think bout the apples and the dogs, sometimes I don’t Look like to me only a fool would want you to talk in a way that feel peculiar to your mind. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He was one of those guys who has just come through a bout of adolescent acne into a scarred, masculine, bad-boy face. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z She was starting to look just ’bout like a regular woman, but a regular woman that was afeared and had four arms. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Normally, she would have been involved in these preparations, but they happened to coincide with her two-day writing bout and the beginnings of the front-of-house construction. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Now, looking back, my mom thinks my grandmother went through bouts of clinical depression. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z They done ‘heard’ ’bout you just what they hope done happened.” Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z I swored it and I proofed it wasn’t no bluff, but now ain’t no more need for that dagger, ain’t no more need to be thinking ’bout the dirt what all over it. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z I believed the Preacher when he told me what I got was a gift from the Lord, but that didn’t mean I didn’t have no doubts ’bout it from time to time. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z The sheriff grabbed my arm again and said, “This ain’t ’bout no wood stealing, boy. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “I want to get the rest of the garden clear of these weeds. Sun’s ’bout to go down.” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I warent ’bout to miss the chance to get this off my chest so I started halfway running and halfway walking to keep up with him. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Right before the bout started I recited a quick prayer. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z I wanted to fence my bout and execute my plans precisely. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Before I went off for my first bout, Akhi reminded me to be confident and remember the game plan, and that’s exactly what I did. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z I was jus’ ’bout to turn Spangler back down the road when something I heard made my insides melt and run down in my stomach. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “I’m talkin’ ’bout 18 and 95 when I set in that house five days with you and Pearl and Plum and three beets, you snake-eyed ungrateful hussy. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z But sometime Biddy be singing ’bout somebody cornin’ ’round a mountain and she cleaning like a fool, but she happy. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “What choice? How ’bout you chooses staying alive? The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z It give me lots of time to think ’bout what I was gonna do next.” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z I opened the “dead” fly pouch and picked out ’bout four of’em that had a good amount of juices leaked out and I tossed ’em right into the spot near the cattails. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z He say he ain’t ’bout to run from no one, ’specially not in his own country. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “Tell your ma and pa I axed ’bout ’em too.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Before I had much of a chance to think on it, something ’bout me tolt her I was trouble and she squozed the bag to her chest and done a quick look ’round. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z He didn’t have to worry ’bout gettin’ into college, because the chance wasn’t there. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She scoop a egg up and near bout drop it cause she getting the palsy. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I guess I felt then, at that time—and although I been sorry since—just 'bout like that fellow did down in Birmingham. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Olly begins dancing lightly on his feet, shaking out his arms and wrists like a boxer preparing for a bout. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z When I got to the sawmill, Mr. Leroy and Mr. Polite were sitting next to a fresh-cut hunk of wood ’bout four foot long and one foot wide. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z It was one of the Settlement’s rules that all our houses had to look just ’bout the same on the outside. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Since this letter was addressed to Mrs. Holton, it probably had some bad news ’bout her husband. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Despite his bouts of drunkenness, the young husband is well-meaning. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “I got to go. You giving me the heart palpitations talking bout this.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “Couple months later, ’bout October, I think it was.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The first step would be to isolate the bouts in question: those fought on a tournament’s final day between a wrestler on the bubble and a wrestler who has already secured his eighth win. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z The lady’s husband was pretty upset when he heard ’bout it. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z She take it real serious, the unwrapping, letting me tell the story bout how it ain’t the color a the wrapping that count, it’s what we is inside. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Ma and Pa would think throwing money away was worst than taking it for doing someone a favour, so I didn’t have nothing to worry ’bout! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “She was a plumb fool bout roses,” he said softly. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z He reported that he had recovered from his recent bouts of illness and now felt “fit as a fiddle.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z One the things you got to love ’bout A-mur-ic-a is that we’s got laws that protects all sorts of folks from getting hurt by other folks. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z And whether from its fumes or from the blighting of our hopes, my husband began to suffer again from rheumatism, and at the same time the old bouts of fever began. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z He always ’peared to be gigantic when he was tearing strips offen someone’s back or barking orders from atop his horse or when he was getting whispered ’bout in folks’ gossip. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z You ’bout to give him five, six years’ worth of money. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Finally, I sat there with my face in my palms, covered in tears, replaying each bout and rehashing where I could have done things differently. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z He waved his paws, pleading for the joking to stop, as he rolled about on the floor, exploding from bouts of giggling to fits of laughter. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “Whatever. It’s the truth. Rappers nowadays only care ’bout money, hoes, and clothes.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z As with every other tournament I’d been to, we started with the pool rounds and then progressed to direct elimination bouts. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z I knew I done wasted my time worryin’ ’bout Biddy and being scared of boys. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Once I found out who was in my first pool and what strip I’d be fencing on for my first bout, I found a seat and sat down and tried to calm my nerves. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “I need to tell you something, Miss Skeeter. Something bout that—” “You cannot wear dungarees to Kennington’s,” Mother says from the doorway. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Jimmy’s face showed up in the last hole on the right in the bottom row and ’bout half the crowd shouted, “Six!” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “Gal, where you from? I done told you ’bout callin’ me ‘ma’am’ and ‘miss.’ Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Soon’s it let me go I forgot all that nonsense ’bout mice and cats and I tried to light out for the trees. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “Well, do you or don’t you? You sound a li’l unsure ’bout that.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z “Terribly sorry bout that,” a voice called out in a thick Irish accent. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z In fact, before the Geek Club, Jesse had some ugly bouts with gangs and drugs, and several run-ins with local cops. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z And I was thinking ’bout Pap and how the cap’n had made it so that he was tore up by nightmares from watching a baby get cat-hauled. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z I know it had something to do with her lying ’bout her baby loving me so much, something that both of us knowed waren’t true, but I still couldn’t cipher what it meant. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Ma said, “All I could say was, ‘But, Mama, I waren’t thinking ’bout it like that. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Biddy up and tell Ms. D. ’bout how I’m cooking for Lizabeth first pop out the box. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z When our turn in the next amateur bouts came up, all of my brothers and sisters were 24 there watching, along with just about everyone else I knew in town. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z She had serious bouts of shingles and diverticulitis, and she became painfully thin. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “She didn’t even cry when kids teased her ’bout Willard after the note.” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z Ma leaned the jar at me but just as I was ’bout to reach in, she pulled it back and said, “Now, ’Lijah, you know better than that. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z They said ’bout the only way to get a white man away from his gun and holster was to take it off of him whilst he was at rest in his coffin. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z I get sick and tired of you two always talkin’ ’bout Rob! Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I was so relieved when we got to the river and Mr. Norak smiled and said, “I thought there was something ’bout you and all ’em questions, boy. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Only Langston I’m worried ’bout is the one sitting here in front of me.” Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z I still have bad dreams ’bout that night, but I’m learnin’ to live with it. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Daddy found out and fussed nearly all day ’bout being wasteful. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z So I went down to see Mr. Buchanan, the boss man, and I tole him 'bout it and he give me a note to the sheriff and tole me to take it to him. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z |
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