I carefully considered the escape plan and concluded that it was premature, and the likelihood of its failure was unacceptably high. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We won’t practice with the Snitch yet,” said Wood, carefully shutting it back inside the crate, “it’s too dark, we might lose it. Let’s try you out with a few of these.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

I watched her carefully and imitated her walk, and when I did I found that I was no longer lost in the enormous landscape of hills and sky. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

First, however, he prepared himself carefully to meet the animal’s spirit. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

He hands me his pocketknife, and I carefully slice it open. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

I carefully lowered myself until my feet rested on this ledge, then reached up to close the window behind me. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He asked carefully, as if afraid of giving offense. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I had thought carefully about whether anything in Newjack could conceivably endanger my fellow officers before I included it in the book, and no officer has yet complained to me about those revelations. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

I stand carefully and bend down to pick up the envelope. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

She will rely on others, on these strange animals who study her so carefully. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

He bent down and carefully set his lute into its case. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Nhamo had to guard the picture carefully because the paper was tempting to termites. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He crossed the garden in what felt like only two strides and threw his arms around the old man as carefully as he could. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Hornet carefully cut open the envelope with her penknife. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

The Nuremberg Rally of 1934 was itself an anthem to power and a carefully designed tool for further concentrating and advancing it. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He put the grain away carefully in the granary, then he rose. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watched as he carefully positioned the record on the turntable and gently placed the needle on it. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

He peered carefully at the slim frail woman who stood so resolutely out on the porch. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

‘As yet I have been unable to decide just what is the wisest course,’ he said carefully. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Would you come over and look at it carefully? Tell me what you think?” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

The last words were spoken carefully, as if they held special significance. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He showed Robin how to hold the sharp tool and how carefully he must work so that it wouldn’t go through the wood entirely. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

She came close to him, stepping carefully over the bird-spattered floor, and brushed away the flies buzzing at her face. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

He walked across the room and dusted the car off carefully. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Uhmma asks carefully, If it is not for a job, could you not wait until after we get back? A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

She walks with the grace and stiffness of an old lady, stepping deliberately and carefully across the stony road. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

She spoke carefully, pausing here and there to make sure Renee was getting all her important information. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Not doggily, but carefully, in case she swatted me into the nettles. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

After the incident with Brooke, I felt as though I had broken through a wall—one I had carefully constructed over many years. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

He listened very carefully, and replied in a rather formal way. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Styx carefully placed the lunch box in the spot where the motor had been, to complete the trade. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Rubio holds the beeping atmospheric reader and carefully starts walking the perimeter of the lake. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

She smoothed it carefully over the arm of her chair and held it up, moving her lips as she read. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

It was a grimy three-story brick building with a carefully tended football field in front. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

She carefully prepares the drinks, whiskey on the rocks for the men, vodka and soda for Sherrie. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s useless to us now but I put it back carefully inside the front cover of the book. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

He carefully oudined the evolution of the ANC’s policy, putting things simply and clearly, and his former positions as teacher and chief imparted an added gravity and authority to his words. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She opened and closed her mouth very carefully, and she began to eat soft foods that required little chewing. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Every few months Fadi would accompany his mother and Noor to a carefully chosen location arranged by a bookseller whose renowned shop had been raided and shut down. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

He went over things carefully and conscientiously in his mind. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

“Now you two listen carefully to me. Its clear to everybody that your parents are absolutely wonderful people who love you very much and think about you all the time.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Reek picked his way between them carefully, following the remnants of the log-and-plank road that Robb Stark’s vanguard had laid down across the soft ground to speed the passage of his host. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Stepping carefully over the tufts of dusty brown hair, he sat down at my desk. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I found the painted Masonite board and a box of plastic pieces in the lounge; we balanced the board carefully on the cell’s food slot, near the floor. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Two weeks for two people,” Shay said carefully. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Apa opens the door and walks inside, carefully holding a blanket. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Indeed, the index demonstrated a systematic determination to link ideas with their original authors wherever possible, and in the text and the index Barozzi even carefully labels one comment ‘the scholium of Francesco Barozzi’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

She’d carefully folded the test and slipped it into the pages of the book Mr. Lawrence had lent to her, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

She set the pail of milk down carefully and gazed up at the bank behind the golpata trees. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

“But listen carefully. If I have a daughter, I keep her in another state from him. Understand?” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I mean literally throwing, not carefully placing, the way she usually did. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

These were small and lean, and they paced back and forth in the trees, watching her carefully. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

After her supper, after the oil lamps had been lit, Kira examined it carefully. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

To be sure, though, Rat checked once more, very carefully, then he reported back to Fossie. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Eleanor,” Dr. Montague called, “turn around very carefully and come slowly down the steps. Move very, very slowly, Eleanor. Hold on to the railing all the time. Now turn and come down.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Biff unrolled his shirt-sleeves, and then folded them up carefully again. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Alba examined it carefully, finding no resemblance to the image of her dreams. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Jonas,” The Giver told him, “I know that you read your training instructions very carefully. Don’t you remember that you are allowed to ask anyone anything?” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

I opened my jacket and carefully drew out the flower. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Gently, carefully, with a stroking softness that was nearly pity, Beowulf put his hands about Her neck, and strangled Her. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

He felt the line carefully with his right hand and noticed his hand was bleeding. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

She worked very carefully because she didn’t dare damage the panga. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Very carefully he inserted the needle into the bottle and began to fill the syringe with a clear liquid. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

The courtyard where the wedding was to take place had to be carefully swept and a ceremonial fire readied. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Her arms stretched in front of her as if she were blind, Violet made her way across the stage, stepping carefully around pieces of furniture and startled actors. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

His words were carefully chosen, but the implication was clear: America’s monopoly over the atomic bomb was over. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Very carefully she unscrewed the top from the tube and, spreading her knees, shook out a gelatine capsule. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The message explained that the letter had been drafted carefully, thoughtfully, and that a copy would be sent to my parents. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I carefully slip the last vial of toxin inside, next to the rolled-up baseball card I found on the wall in the seed vault. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I blew on the paper, folded it carefully into a pocket, and collected my two silver talents. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

When it was time for recess Hazel got up slowly and carefully put on her outdoor things and filed out in an orderly fashion with the rest of her class. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Wang Lung allowed nothing to be bought and sold after the winter came except what he said, and he husbanded carefully all that they had. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Conferences dragged, producers got inspirations that had to carefully get shot down, directors needed their egos soothed. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Every morning, Allen made sure the small Bible he’d been given in basic training was in his left-hand pocket, carefully wrapped in plastic to stay dry. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Alfred folded the list carefully and slipped it into a pocket. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instantly, silently, he was at my side, taking my hands carefully in his. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Paley wrote about natural history, arguing that if you examined specimens carefully, you could see how beautifully they were created, how perfect they were in their adaptations. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then she carefully opened another box and pulled out what looked to be five or six dead foxes with open beady eyes, limp paws, and fluffy tails. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the older fishermen, Andrei Vasilyevich, stepped carefully away from the river, watching the man on the horse with wide eyes. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Putting one foot carefully before the other, he went down the hall, down the stairs, then through another hall to the kitchen and paused. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

She paused again, and for a moment she seemed to be inspecting us carefully through narrowed eyes. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stand by the door for a second, drinks and bags balanced carefully in my arms. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

He carefully pushed them back into their original shape and put them on. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Then he carefully hid what he had written, for fear it might be discovered. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to proceed carefully, as if I had no idea what to expect. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He went back to his old thought experiment and began to study it carefully, this time with the help of real tanks, real blocks of wood and pieces of marble. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Ophie carried a tray of champagne flutes very carefully, holding the silver tray with both hands as the Carutherses’ various cousins each took a flute, exclaiming over having champagne. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Examining her eyes very carefully, she decided that she, too, was beautiful. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

She covered the babies carefully, then she and Johnny went to bed too. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It sat down carefully in front of her, avoiding its own torn canvas in the middle of the floor, folding its great muscular legs and draping its arms in loose lines. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Min used a pair of special wooden tongs to carry out the still-hot vases one by one, and placed them carefully into the cart, where Tree-ear had prepared a bed of straw. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Harry planned his excursion carefully, because he had been caught out of bed and out-of-bounds by Filch the caretaker in the middle of the night once before, and had no desire to repeat the experience. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Ron examined an odd sort of pale blancmange closely, then moved it carefully a few inches to his right, so that it would be clearly visible from the Ravenclaw table. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

She takes her hand away, shaking her head as she pulls her gloves off and carefully puts them in a trash can by the door. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

The cat listened carefully, although sometimes he lost patience with the tutoring and began to bite at the tantalizingly moving pen. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

They examined the club carefully, while his holiness told them how a good one should be made. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

She asks for a glass of champagne and looks carefully at the wine list. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

As Calder held the flashlight, Petra rewrapped the painting carefully in the long strip of velvet, and then took off her sweater and tied it securely around the bundle. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

I folded the letter and put it carefully back into its envelope. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turned through the pages carefully, scanning the margins. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Chamberlain hopped down along the line, telling men to keep good cover, pile rocks higher, fire slowly and carefully, take their time. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Park peeled off the paper carefully and looked at the book. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“Stuff and bother,” Luna muttered, carefully taking another step. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Celia cuts the deck in three without waiting for Isobel to instruct her, holding the edges of the cards carefully as she places each pile in a row across the table. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

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

With his foot he carefully pushed it open. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

The guest knew that this was right, but he could not understand why his feet were so dirty after he had washed them so carefully. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Rafe widened his eyes at her, then walked over and carefully put his hands on her shoulders. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The room had been cleaned, the bed carefully made and covered with its green-and-brown spread, and on the desk were my school books arranged in a neat pile. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Listen to me very carefully, little boy,” he said, breathing out foul steam with every word. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

When I passed Dad my stack of carefully wrapped boxes, he protested that he needed and wanted nothing. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Jinjoo wrapped the remaining six carefully with the cloth and tied them up into a little sack. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Now there wasn’t a sound, and the carefully cleaned room looked as if it had never been inhabited. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

They all have beautiful lips, carefully outlined in red and polished to a shine. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

“We’ll have to come back here for a picnic soon,” Theodora said, following carefully up the path, which went steadily uphill. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

This time, I carefully stepped between the holes and made my way around the cottage, looking for whatever wanted to be found. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

The old man placed Edward carefully on a crate, positioning him so that he was sitting up and could look out at the sea. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

She took my hand carefully and led me through the door into the living room of the hotel suite. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

She held the pebbles carefully in her lap, and her candy heart wrapped carefully in her handkerchief until she got home and could put it away to keep always. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Indeed, if you looked carefully, all the chaotic and complex phenomena of the world were the result of highly organized natural laws. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

His shoulders turn inward with shyness and he watches the others carefully, as if he’s gauging what his own response should be. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I scooped a spoonful of beans carefully into my mouth, holding the spoon with my toes. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“I’ll be sure to tell the baron of your generosity,” my father said carefully as the mayor lay the pennies into his hand. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

A good zoo is a place of carefully worked-out coincidence: exactly where an animal says to us, “Stay out!” with its urine or other secretion, we say to it, “Stay in!” with our barriers. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He walked slowly and carefully, pausing now and then to listen. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

I put the first edition of Jane Eyre back on the shelf, and slid all three books in carefully because I guess it was all-fired important. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The stew was mighty tempting, though, and I carefully backed off the porch. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the hazy heat Tata Ndu paused to take off his hat, turn it carefully in his hands, then replace it above the high dome of his forehead. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Back at the table, Vanessa carefully placed each drinking glass in exactly the same position. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Then we sat in the shade of the álamos of the river and peeled the tunas very carefully because even on their skin they have fuzz spots that make your fingers and tongue itch. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Amari led them slowly and carefully through a maze of oak and elm and maple trees. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry wondered why he hadn’t spotted him at once, as Hagrid was so large, but standing up carefully, he saw that Hagrid had been leaning low, talking to Professor Moody. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Good morning, Hazel,” she said, carefully articulating each word. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Silvertongue unfolded the paper as carefully as if he feared his fingers might wipe away the words. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He still looked pale as he folded the paper on his lap, creased it carefully in half, and set it on the table next to his chair. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

There was no chattering or singing among them here, and they moved about over the huge black camera slowly and carefully in their scarlet space suits. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

She looked at it as if for the first time, studying the wallpaper pattern carefully on the top half before allowing her eyes to fall to the numbered grid on the bottom. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

They were fed tough bread crawling with weevils—only enough to keep them alive—and had to ration fresh water carefully since they never knew when they might have it next. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I reached for the glass and bottle, and carefully, on my knees, with bent head, crawled to the farthest wall Cobwebs touched my face with the softness of moths. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

He folded the poem carefully and put it back in his pocket. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Miss Honey looked carefully at the tiny girl with dark hair and a round serious face sitting in the second row. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

Robin carefully removed them from the shark’s womb and laid them on top of a cooler for a closer view. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

I watch for a moment, relieved to see that while she moves carefully, she’s not limping obviously. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The five all watched her curiously as she carefully cleaned a corner, blew on it to help it dry, folded up her coat, and set it there. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Thank you,” I reply as I place the box carefully beside me. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He had felt his carefully constructed exterior crumbling when she spoke to the court so insultingly about his father. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Joel had explained that the pens were arranged very carefully. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Jacqueline said nothing as she carefully walked around the women who sat like statues in different corners of the cell. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

He carefully jogged down the steps at the end of the stage. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

The passageway between the houses was like a pathway with stones carefully placed on each side of the walkway. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

When he thought he was in the right spot, he stopped and held out the knife again, feeling forward carefully. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It didn’t have to pause and carefully fit any flesh-on-skeleton mass through the gap, but flowed out with the ease of a ghost, which was what it was. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Hey!” she said as he carefully extracted and slowly examined Smith’s possessions. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said fasting messed up his carefully balanced diet of simply grilled chicken breasts and staring at his abs in the mirror. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I was moving carefully, so as not to slip on the ice, when I passed the doors of the Longhorn Saloon. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had already made it to the top floor, and I joined in with the group cleaning out my family’s old flat, carefully avoiding Mr. Tatarka’s apartment. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

For oats, he ladled out carefully measured portions of a fine white variety grown in the Sacramento Valley. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kyril Montana took the pack and carefully tore off the wrapper. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pull it out carefully and make myself a space on the floor. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, here goes,” said Harry, and he raised the little bottle and took a carefully measured gulp. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I watch her carefully, one hand still gripping the zipper in case I need to pull it up quickly. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“You should come,” she said, but he did not respond, as he carefully snapped the bracelet around her wrist, and told her he had checked the water in her car. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

But Robbie was hurt at the unjust accusation, so he seated himself carefully and shook his head ponderously from side to side. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

“Well,” said Milo, who had thought about this problem very carefully ever since leaving Dictionopolis. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

I print the phrase carefully, copying it down from inside my head, from inside my closet. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

They are asking questions, looking carefully around the laundromat. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

This is the nature of the tracker jacker venom, so carefully created to target the place where fear lives in your brain. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The rituals were very complicated and the correct order of processions, chants, prostrations, sprinklings with holy water and sacrificial offerings had to be carefully written down so that they wouldn’t be forgotten. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

One night when I was eleven or twelve years old, I locked myself in the bathroom and carefully regarded my reflection in the mirror over the sink. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

After that, I carefully print all I know about the plant. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Slowly, carefully, a young gorilla begins to venture farther and farther away from the safety of his mother’s arms. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

There was a sand bar not far from the rocks, and stepping carefully on the bottom, which was full of holes, I slowly made my way toward it. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I then went over the corrections carefully to make sure I understood them. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

“Doha, I want you to listen carefully,” his father said. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

A few days later, the sequined headpiece reappears—mended carefully with pink thread—and so Rosie looks glamorous as she charms the crowd in the menagerie. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

After Shin’s mother and brother were executed, Hong began to watch Shin carefully. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

He always thought over each question carefully, even the most foolish question from the youngest student. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Will and Lyra followed the stream into the wood, walking carefully, saying little, until they were in the very center. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Placing my candle carefully, I danced and whirled around my room. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

The slippery, light green leaves had fibrous stalks that did not become tender from cooking and so had to be carefully plucked out. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

She carefully wiped her fingers on a damp flannel and switched the radio off. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

I sat carefully on the top of the desk and said, “Thanks. Can I use this telephone?” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Smiling, carefully holding his coffee cup and saucer, Father Mike asked,“So, Tessie, how are things at home?” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Mom waved and carefully scooted her house slippers up the walk. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

She carefully tended it, and weeks later, a huge, delicately patterned gray-and-white moth emerged from the pupa, the biggest she had ever seen. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Josh steps under Michael before I can stop him and I watch as Michael falls into his arms diagonally and Josh puts him upright and sets him carefully on the ground. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took his handkerchief out of his pocket and carefully unfolded it. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

It’s been hard to watch as carefully built, compassionate policies have been rolled back, as we’ve alienated some of our closest allies and left vulnerable members of our society exposed and dehumanized. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Arm unfolded a map of Harare and studied it carefully. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

During the previous winter I had become rather seriously ill with one of those carefully named difficulties which are the whispers of approaching age. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He thought about how carefully the secret had been kept. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

With the Sneakoscope Hermione had given Harry for his birthday set carefully upon the table in the tent, Harry and Hermione spent the rest of the day sharing the role of lookout. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He looked carefully at the smooth rock shoulder toward the cave to see that there was no trace of passage, and last he climbed up and crept into the cave beside Juana. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

Papa Thibaut has got a delivery van of his own for the farm, but it and his driver are so carefully regulated that they don’t dare use them for Resistance activity. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

When the old man fell silent, Capricorn carefully pulled the sleeve of his jacket down over his wrist and brushed a speck of fluff off his arm. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Your mother was the best, like a pro,” says Auntie An-mei while slowly sorting her tiles, considering each piece carefully. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I took a sip he carefully slipped a brass and copper shell into the chamber of his deer rifle and pushed the bolt forward and over. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I carefully look up to my left, like I am weighing what he has told me, and slowly I look back at him. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

I followed her as she moved around carefully, without big, heavy footsteps. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

I kept my head lowered but watched Captain Hardcastle very carefully. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even the sex—carefully scheduled for her most fertile days—had begun to feel like a chore. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

His advisors begged him to at least speak somewhere he could have the podium to himself to carefully lay out his thoughts and feelings. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

“Maybe just us three,” Nick says, carefully, eyes shifting downward. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

I glance up from my itinerary, laughing as I carefully fold it and put it into my back pocket. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Calder staggered across the Castiglione’s backyard, tried to step carefully in Fred’s footprints so as not to leave a trail, and climbed the tree. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

But I wanted to see it shatter—my reward for all this work—so I got up and carefully shuffled toward the edge until I could glimpse the floor of the gloomy chamber below. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I carefully pulled the blanket tautly over the three of us. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Setting the lamp down carefully on the floor, he looked along the bottom shelf for an interesting- looking book. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Outside, they carefully spread the embroidery on the ground. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Bod walked back up the stairs carefully yet quickly. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

He was feeling Will’s right hand carefully with his free one. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tía sighs and slips out of the jeans carefully so she doesn’t get scratched. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

She had washed carefully in the clear stream water and had cleaned her nails with a sharp twig. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ben paused as if considering his next words very carefully. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

During the next few days everyone watched carefully for any signs of the sickness. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Finally, when the sun cast blue shadows through the trees, she carefully made her way to the fig tree. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He swept the area, carefully studying every spot before he dared take another step, his head swiveling up and down, side to side, like some kind of robotic scavenger unit. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He closed the door very carefully behind them and found the garden brilliantly lit by the clearest full moon there’d been for months. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Across from him, a girl carefully used her foot to push a folded piece of paper along the floor until it reached the desk of the girl in front of her. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

All the rest of the way to the clinic, and all the way home again, we drove slowly and carefully. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Below the mark of our tribe I carefully made the sign which meant that I was still unmarried. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Feeling incredibly generous, Jinjoo ordered two hotteok, and wrapped the second one in paper and carefully placed it into her deep pants pocket. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Glasses of warm milk awaited each of them, which Mr. Barrett had placed carefully down after making sure he had an accurate head count. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He counted to ten and I listened carefully; then he asked me to count alone and I did. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She answered carefully: “Your vision is not the same as a fortune foretold by a traveling mystic. It is not a prediction of the future, Taisin.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Then slowly, carefully, she took the glove off, put it on her other hand, and reached up farther for the next handhold. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

We were warned that we could be targets, and for weeks we carefully hauled our mail packages to the federal courthouse for X-ray screenings before opening them. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

She was not permitted to weave yet, though she had always watched carefully how it was done and thought that she could have, if they needed her. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stepped carefully into the hallway and past another open door. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Even more troubling was something Kermit found while walking near the campsite—two freshly cut branches, laid carefully side by side, in plain view. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

He dipped the quill pen carefully in the ink and handed it to the child. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

I held the clothes carefully, making sure the folded edges were even. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He dried it out carefully and packed it away in the metal chest. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No one can help you with this, Danny. It is between you and your father. But think carefully of what you will say to him and of what his questions will be.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

She poured the water carefully over the blanket, and his hand immediately felt worse, more tender altogether. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Then he dragged out a mattress and laid it over the hatch and from inside he pulled it up over the plywood and carefully lowered the door so that the mattress covered it completely. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

We give them a questionnaire, like the Big Five Inventory, carefully designed to elicit telling responses. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

The man returned with a carefully folded copy of the newspaper. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He kisses me between the eyebrows, and on the tip of my nose, and then carefully fits his mouth to mine. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I removed my glasses and tucked the white hat carefully beneath my arm and walked away. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mother didn’t want to tear the fragile tissue, so she cut the bag away slowly, carefully, until the leg was visible. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Dimple stepped carefully around him, alert for any lunging. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

We gave each one a number, then stored it carefully away. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

I carefully refolded the paper in my lap and then looked at him. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Over the next four months, they removed more than 3,000 tons of sand and soil, carefully inserting steel rings into the tunnel as they dug beneath Berlin's streets. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

He left in a shirt that he had hung carefully up to dry the night before, that was not white, and that Mrs. Cobb probably would not approve of. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

“Our position right now is excellent. Reinforcements like yourself keep arriving, and we have more than enough time to plan our entire strategy carefully. Our immediate goal,” he said, “is right here.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

For instance, on one show I filled a spoon carefully with water. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cordelia comes through a door at the far end of the room, walking carefully, as if balancing, or lame. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I did this slowly and carefully, because I was pretty sure it contained a detailed description of everything I was about to face. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

So I very carefully picked up his keys from the coffee table and tiptoed through the living room and out the door. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

She turned back toward the palace and took a deep breath to steady herself, and then she walked carefully through the crowd of carriages and up the steps toward the grand, open doors. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

They would be watching me twice as carefully now, anyway, after Alice’s vision. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

They carefully chose the day of the attack. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Bolton turned a few more pages with his finger, then closed the book and placed it carefully in the fire. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

They carried the boat right to the edge of the water and set it down carefully, its front end pointing downstream. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The big yellow horse carefully moved over to give him room in the stall, nickered a little. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He chewed the jerky as carefully as the mare chewed the grass, pushing against cords of gristle with his tongue, feeling the slippery fibers give way between his teeth. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I notice that the edge of my tunic sleeve is wrinkled, and I smooth it carefully. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

As they climbed carefully around her, Mrs. Norris turned her lamplike eyes on them, but didn’t do anything. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“I know they have a long and troubled history, like everyone else over here,” Liyana said, equally carefully. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

As carefully as he could, he lifted her. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

We went to the car, which P. D. carefully and ostentatiously pretended to unlock. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

"You been to the masjid lately?" asked Daoud as he worked his way carefully around the edge of a window. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

It’s true what they tell you about not signing anything without reading it carefully. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

We stare, our eyes on an even plane, like we are holding something carefully between us. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

“If it’s loaded,” he explained sorrowfully, shoving the gun carefully back into its holster, “it can go off. Hang it back on the wall where it belongs, Mr. Cordova. Please, huh? Nobody wants violence.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the birds were ready to roast, Mama packed them close together along with wild onion bulbs and then pressed rich, streambed muck carefully around them. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

He was looking carefully at the robe, sliding his hand across the fabric. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Brother Ugo was looking at him more carefully now, as though seeing something for the first time. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

At Devon the open ground among the buildings had been given carefully English names—the Center Common, the Far Common, the Fields, and the Fields Beyond. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

As mentioned in Chapter 2, however, it should be carefully distinguished from the gambler’s fallacy, to which it bears a superficial resemblance. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Diana carefully picked up her bags and headed downstairs and out the door. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Upon entering the theater, he had carefully buttoned the two earflaps to the top of his cap, and now the strident score of the musical assaulted his naked ears from a variety of speakers. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Olanna did not look at Odenigbo; she carefully focused on one of the men carrying a pile of cement blocks, his thin naked back coated in sweat. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

At the foot of the four-poster, the seat of a Chippendale sofa had been so carefully straightened that sitting down would have seemed a desecration. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“What do you mean—” “Listen carefully,” I say, lowering my voice. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Hall carefully copied a line of poetry into his letter. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

His achievements are carefully excluded or, when they demand attention, they are handled with the greatest care to avoid the impression that anything good the individual Negro does is typical of his race. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She squatted down next to a sapling and said, “You see here: how this leaf is broken, and if you look carefully, you can see the smudge of a hoofprint.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

They moved slowly and carefully in their suits, as if they were wreck divers operating in deep water. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I asked, carefully shuffling past Ayanna and over to High John. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Alexander forged on with the interview, but the discussion he had planned so carefully had broken down completely. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked carefully at the other people in line. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Alex had searched carefully at first and then frantically all Wednesday and Thursday. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

As Kushal checked the cub carefully from head to tail, one of the rangers radioed a message while the other sat in front of the computer. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

He spat on it carefully, and it loosened. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She seems to be studying the fiddleheads very carefully. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Now he saw the use of them, and he intended to study them carefully for his future escape. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

In some cases, he cannot even distinguish what language they are inscribed in, though each has “Le Cirque des Rêves” written carefully along the edge of the paper. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I have to balance it carefully to walk. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was a northerner, with black curls that verged on womanish, an effect he tempered with his carefully tended beard. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I carefully turned the fragile pages of the sketchbook with my toes, and stopped on a sketch of a tarantula. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He had to weave his way carefully in the crowds to keep from being jostled. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

She felt for the braid now and coiled it carefully around her hand. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

From a jar of fleas before him, the celebrated experimenter Van Dumholtz carefully removes a single flea, gently pulls off its back legs, and in a loud voice commands it to jump. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bayona would ask his carefully worded question, and more than once a nurse appeared with a stack of patient folders. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

They were at the breakfast table, Mrs. Eberhardt carefully clipping articles and photographs from the morning newspaper. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

NO REFUNDS—but she carefully avoided looking at the corners of the room because she knew that clumps of moldy newspapers would be stuffed beneath pipes and grime and things long rotten. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He watched the other carefully to see how he would take that. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He carefully wiped at his running nose with his wet polka-dot tie. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Later, when he visited his father at his clock shop, Hugo watched him carefully, and then when he grew restless he made little mechanical animals out of the extra bits and pieces lying around. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

I stepped over the ferns and sat carefully, making sure my jacket was between the damp seat and my clothes wherever they touched, and leaned my hooded head back against the living tree. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He broke a branch and carefully swept the footprints where they had turned from the roadway. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

If they stopped talking and listened carefully, I worried they could hear my heart banging in my chest. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The man, who looked to be in his early fifties, took the paper and put on his glasses before studying the paper carefully. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

When he gave Kainene the article, she read it carefully, with her eyes narrowed, and afterward told him, “Very fierce.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The garment was a clumsy thing, a long loose shapeless sheet that had to be wound around her hips and under an arm and over a shoulder, its dangling fringes carefully layered and displayed. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She had dressed carefully, in dark jeans and the black Charlie Chaplin T-shirt her mom had given her for her birthday. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Anatole carefully wiped my eyes with the tail of his shirt. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked about him carefully, on the landing and up the first flight of stairs. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

I watched as he carefully removed the wrapping. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Alfred Lanning lit his cigar carefully, but the tips of his fingers were trembling slightly. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Hands-on cyclotron operators, a species of which Bethe was not a member, understood that there were so many imponderables about how the machine worked that empirical experience still trumped even the most carefully polished theory. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Oriana looks us over carefully, as though she expects to find something amiss. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

After arranging them carefully, he dipped a pen and looked expectantly at Kvothe. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Look again, the prosecutor said, go over all the faces carefully. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He laid the shard carefully on a flat stone. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Heavy, bulky, and fragile, with banks of switches carefully wired together, Purple was not a natural traveler. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Then very carefully she put on the dress and stepped into the pumps. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Her own dress is carefully selected, off-the-rack J. Crew, white lace, girl-next-door. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I carefully slip the treasured book into my bag and, after a second thought, add the notebook filled with my lyrics too. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

I carefully put the pen back in its place, pretended to wipe away all my prints, and followed Spoon out. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

He bent down carefully, as if the floor beneath him could shift at any moment, picked up our ravaged piggy bank, and turned it over in his hands. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Bewildered, Scoob returns to the live-in part and, quietly, carefully checks every place of concealment he can see: cabinets, drawers, anything that opens. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

Their sharp eyes carefully took in the more polished, urbane stance of Carlisle, who, flanked by Emmett and Jasper, stepped guardedly forward to meet them. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

She watched him carefully unfold each tight crease and flatten the paper on a stone. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

And Lee carefully packed the bones, femurs, and tibias really straight, skull in the middle, with pelvis and clavicle surrounding it and ribs curving on either side. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No,” I said as he placed the blazing twig carefully against the teepee. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I popped the screen out of the window and set it carefully against the wall. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Gradually she assembled data from her friends at school, carefully spacing her questions weeks apart so as not to arouse suspicion. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

I carefully marked where the churning waters eddied into a pool. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the little notebook she carries around, Molly has carefully recorded her time: four hours one day, two the next. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Mother peeled the egg and we divided it, crumbling it carefully from hand to mouth while the others watched us closely, as if expecting immediate results. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I just step around her and carefully float my green robe down the hall to my room, and I shut my door. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

"You try to sound cynical, but I see through you. I know, I listened very carefully to what you had to say. You were enormously moved. Your emotions were touched." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pressed the leaf against his cheek until the cool went out of it, and then he rolled it carefully. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Surprised to see him, she carved carefully for hours and finally she let him out. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tried to catch his eye, but he carefully avoided looking at her. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

“I said ‘pleasant people’, you know,” and Meg carefully tied up her shoe as she spoke, so that no one saw her face. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

She definitely considered it an honor for one of her lovies to get to go to high school with Theodore, and she carefully considered who was most deserving. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

I put the gunnysacks in the Jeep, and Dad carefully lays Shiloh down. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dazed with grief, Leo and the others carefully loaded the Athena Parthenos into the hold, using the ship’s hydraulic winches with an assist from Frank Zhang, part-time elephant. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Before Lupita and Salvador entered the alley, they looked carefully up and down to make sure that no one else was there. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

She carefully put down her work and trotted off to the laboratories. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He began at Mike’s table again, carefully putting one drop of water in each of the four squares. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Johnny did not see Dove standing on a stool, reaching far back and carefully taking out a cracked crucible. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

As she picked hers up, she looked carefully around. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

He had discarded many more pages than he had laid aside, collecting those few pages very carefully, as if the words themselves might slip off the paper. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Their solution was a small "collar" that could be attached to the cable—but it would have to be placed carefully, and by hand. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

They carefully observed the foliage of trees in order to discover fruits, beehives and bird nests. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had thought carefully about a plausible excuse and, after much thought, had come up with a topic that no one would have questions about. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

His eyes met mine carefully, and I said, “Well, how is he, sir?” in a calm voice which, the moment after I had spoken, alarmed me unreasonably. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This is a quality establishment,” Zack replies, carefully stirring in the sugar with a long spoon. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Though the Standard carefully avoided all mention of Harriet Tubman's name, it was a recognized fact in Abolitionist circles that she was responsible for the panic. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she hops down from her ball and skips over to Rosie, who climbs rather more carefully down from hers. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Jinx carefully emptied black powder from his pockets into a large can. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

The only thing they would actually pack carefully into boxes, at the last possible moment, were their two computers, along with monitors, hard drives, scanners, subwoofers, and printers. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He poured carefully from his metal container into hers. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I’ve been experimenting with making letters out of different kinds of dough. I stand the letters up in the cupcake batter and carefully cover them with more batter.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Now free to do as he pleased, the murderer killed them one by one, each time carefully collecting the discharged shell. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

He rose carefully and was pleased to find his head wasn’t spinning. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

I hear it in my mind and place the name carefully to her face. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“It doesn’t make me happy to hold back the sounds,” she began softly, “for if we listen to them carefully they can sometimes tell us things far better than words.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

He looked at Frank carefully, as if making a decision. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

She’d stack them up to make the highest tower, carefully adding blocks one by one. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

He oiled the clock and listened to it carefully. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

She carefully snuck out of bed so she wouldn’t wake her siblings, only to find her mother in a frenzy. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Less than a minute later, Constance, accompanied by Winifred the otter, Ambrose Spike and a few others, padded carefully along the top of the wall, taking great pains not to be seen. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He listened carefully to every word Britten said and to the tone of voice in which the men asked their questions, for he wanted to know if any of them suspected him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He brought his handkerchief out of his pocket to ream the sweat, carefully, out of one eye socket and then the other. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she turned and walked over to the blackboard and carefully wiped out all the chalk writing. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

She goes back to reading the list, this time more carefully, moving her finger down each item. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

She watched carefully for an opening, and when the old man’s back was turned, she made a wild dive for the table. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He detected that the date initially typed on the document had said “June,” and that someone had then carefully rubbed out the u and the e. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

He examined her face carefully, as if he had to do so to make sure she was well. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The fire in the little parlor was bright, and Theodora sat down beside the coffee tray while Luke brought brandy from the cupboard where he had carefully set it away the night before. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

The boy nodded, as if stealing were the most natural plan in the world, and carefully put the orchid in his pants pocket. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Aunty Ifeoma asked me to join them in the garden, to carefully pick out leaves that had started to wilt on the croton plants. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He shoved aside an old armchair and lowered Ron carefully onto the lower berth of a bunk bed. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Thomas had returned to his own quarters to work, and Kira too with extra lamps lighted by the tender, had settled to her task, stitching carefully throughout the afternoon. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They planted their fields carefully and all about their new plants they built fences made out of sticks and pieces of thorn tree. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

He picked up a cheese knife from the counter and carefully ran his thumb along the edge and laid the knife down. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were behaving as quietly and were as obedient to their leaders as those who had been so carefully picked for this work of destruction. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gulped air, carefully, not wanting to move a muscle. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She couldn't look down at her own body but carefully moved her hands to rest there on what had been her own taut, swollen belly. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

A round-faced man carefully examined the documents and asked for my birth certificate. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

George Blake's career as the KGB's most successful deep-penetration agent was wrapped in such carefully orchestrated deceptions. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Rupa managed to tie the milky vest to the end of the stick and then carefully pushed it deeper into the hollow until it was within the cub’s reach. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

In his matchbox Chester Cricket had listened carefully. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Judith had been carefully hoarding a small store of linens since childhood, adding one cherished bit from time to time, and her loom and needle had worked busily. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Robin put on his warmest under tunic and carefully put away the little harp and all the parts and tools so that they would be safe. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

“Listen carefully to what I am about to tell you.” Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s too small to be a full serving,” she says carefully. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

I am a man who trusts a society that is carefully ordered by figures of authority. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, he and his moles were carefully monitoring the earth in the Abbey grounds. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

It's made from bone, she realized, running a thumb carefully along its pale white edge. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I worked carefully and methodically, using everything my father had taught me and a lot of things I now was able to teach myself. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Harry and Ron opened the door of the bathroom carefully, checked that the coast was clear, and set off. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Then she took it out and looked at it, turning it slowly and carefully. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

He took a silver key from his pocket and unlocked the chain around the golden monkey’s feet and hands, and carefully avoided touching even the tip of one golden hair. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Once he realized that, he studied each potential neighbor carefully. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

Though I feel like crying from relief, I keep my face carefully bland and slide another pin into her silken hair. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Katherine listened carefully to everything the engineers said, strained for snippets of conversation, and devoured Aviation Week like a kid reading the funny papers. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

She then folded the wig and placed it into her own rucksack carefully. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

But I still went carefully, and my heart clenched when I hit something. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Okay, now listen very carefully,” the sawed-off shotgun continued. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I moved carefully all the next day so as not to do anything or have anything happen to me that would make me go back to two hundred and seven again. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

There they dropped their gear and clumsily pitched their tent, dug holes, and buried the plastic bags, carefully indicating each spot with a little pile of stones. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grandpa always counted my furs carefully and marked something down on a piece of paper. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sat up, banged her head, cursed, felt around, and got up more carefully. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I reach for one of her bags carefully, so our fingers don't touch. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I examined the grouping carefully and realized, with a startled laugh, that I recognized the golden-haired man. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I walked carefully, concentrating on each step so as not to fall, the head priest guiding me with his steady hands. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

I carefully and soberly explained the nature of my talks with the government. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The escape instructions, prepared carefully by his MI6 handlers, had been sealed into the hardcover binding of a book. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

He asked me for lights for his cigarettes, and when my matches ran low, he showed me how to tear them carefully up the middle, making two matches out of one. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked again at the man, who was listening carefully. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

I watch Mazen's face carefully to see if he recognizes my brother's name, but he gives nothing away. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He bent down, removed the thorns carefully, and turned round. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

They listen carefully, crane their necks to see, take notes while I blush. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The traces of their jaws had looked like tiny bullet holes, and Mo had gotten out his book block, carefully fixed the pages back together, then, as he put it, gave them a new dress. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Neel trod carefully and kept the light on the ground around their feet. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

Should she run fast over this dangerous bridge, or go carefully slow? A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Mikhail hastily smoothed his curly black hair, tangled from having been under the cowl, and approached the princess carefully. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

I watched carefully, but none of the others took up Arthur’s cue. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hotel’s position was explained to me carefully. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

In Manny’s ring talk it meant that the guy was being groomed, that he had been carefully brought along and given only fights he was expected to win. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jackson locks it carefully, even though we all know the Spencers ain't never coming back. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Eventually someone from each of the big groups stands and approaches Johanna, picking their way carefully over the roots of the big tree. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I scoop Finway carefully out into a jar with one third of the water he already knows, so he won’t be shocked by the temperature change. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Ever since the second coup some weeks ago, when the Igbo soldiers were killed, he had struggled to understand what was happening, read the newspapers more carefully, listened more closely to Master and his guests. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She ripped off the top sheet, folded it, folded it again, and then carefully ripped the paper along the first fold, and then along the second fold. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

In order to affect the future profoundly, a time traveler would probably have to intervene in a number of carefully chosen events, to change the weave of history. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah,” said Peach, dodging a scrub pine and picking his way carefully on the rock. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

This expansion of the known world was carefully recorded by cartographers, and it brought about the first great triumph of experience over philosophical theory. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Zeitoun thinks of the simple greatness of the canoe, of the advantages of moving quietly, of listening carefully. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

He had no idea how to steal a sound, even the smallest one, for the Soundkeeper always had at least one eye carefully focused on him. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Malvonne resealed the letter carefully and thought she would add another penny stamp in case that would help get it to Panama faster. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Reuven, I want you to listen carefully to what I will tell you now.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Drive carefully,” he said, “you may have a winner in the car. That set her off howling. “ Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Crazy Horse spread out his men, instructing them to stay low and to aim carefully. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

After a few seconds, I peeked carefully around. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I carefully taped it into my journal for added inspiration. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

He and Ginny got into her mother’s car; then he carefully backed it out of the driveway while everyone waved good-bye. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

The clothes she ironed so carefully this morning are now rumpled, and her face shows how tired she feels. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

I carefully shade Barb’s hair, leaning back to look at the drawing I did of her holding a pitchfork. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Hannah saw suitcases and carpetbags, some carefully packed and some with their contents spilling out. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I think,” he says carefully, “that it’s Marcus trying to feel more important than he is.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

She put the butter and eggs carefully in a hollow log and climbed a tree from which she could see the whole of the field. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The saddlebags bulged with provisions, and the white mare also carried a number of spears, bows, and arrows—short and heavy, as were all the weapons of the Fair Folk, but carefully and sturdily crafted. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

A moment later, the bee flew out of my flowers again, and I carefully retrieved the bouquet. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

She carefully rips the naked English guy out of my sketchbook, thankfully not noticing the drawing beneath it, and carries him with her over to the bed and sits down. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

She sat across the Rec table from him and carefully opened the steaming package. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Apparently he is pleased at my self-control, for he now sets my leg carefully in splints and says: “To-morrow you’ll be off home.” All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we don’t hear noises anymore, Lucinda turns the knob carefully, and we tiptoe out into the hall. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

After we ate, Timothy carefully cleaned his knife and put it into the tin box, which he lashed high on the same tree that held our water keg. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She slipped carefully out of her shoes and then bobbed up in the air like a balloon. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Here you must stop and look carefully ahead and slightly up, for the next hold. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Because these were pieces, I carefully recorded each entry using an ink I'd made from the crushed bodies of ticks and mosquitoes. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Reilly screamed wildly, bursting into crazy, loud tears that didn’t subside until the frightened Mr. Robichaux took her maroon head and placed it carefully on his shoulder. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom watches him carefully for a while, her eyes half closed and the same partial smile stapled to her face as a disguise. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Suddenly all the memories, so carefully suppressed in his new life, came flooding back. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Winnie watched, scarcely breathing, he moved the pile carefully to one side, pebble by pebble. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

He carefully removes my other Not-Timb, slips his left Nike on, and ties it too. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The interviewer is a middle-aged woman with gentle eyes who asks me questions and listens carefully to my responses, taking notes on a pad of paper. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Josiah wrote in the little spiral notebook he carried in his shirt pocket; he tore out the blue-lined page and folded it carefully. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

"Little did I know," he said, "that one of my rescuers' wives was carefully feeding the Alsatians with potato crisps to divert their attention from the car." Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“So listen carefully ... if you really want to destroy my house, Joseph, I guess this will be your last chance. Go ahead. Burn everything down to the ground till there’s nothing left but ash.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He paused, as if choosing his words carefully. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

He arranged the things on the dashboard very carefully. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She carefully moved a half-dozen panels one by one, making a new stack beside the first one until she uncovered the faded one the woman had tapped. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

She would turn the pages carefully, running her finger over the black lines on flimsy paper, mouthing the words to herself, until she found the one she wanted. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

The waiter carefully takes the money and goes away without speaking. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I picked up a clay ashtray in the shape of a lilypad, with the veinings carefully drawn in yellow on a murky green ground. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

The new control measures undertaken in 1949 were carefully planned and few people would have supposed any harm could result. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

I forgot how carefully I had concealed those injuries. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

That seemed to make sense, so the seven men lifted the young lieutenant up and stretched him out carefully on the hood of a parked car, still pinning each struggling part of him down. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Hearing his polite words made me feel less sad and I answered him slowly and carefully. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Valley’s mother wiped a tear carefully with a black handkerchief, and her father looked like he always did: uninterested. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

She sat down carefully, as she always did. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She stood up carefully so as not to awaken the children, and walked quietly through the short tunnel to the living room. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

But Violet knew at once what had happened, and made her way carefully to where she remembered the lights had been. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

Jake turned the globe again and pressed his blunt, grimy thumb on a carefully selected spot. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

As always, Barack was absorbing every bit of news carefully, going about his regular business while quietly developing his own thoughts about it all. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He looked at her carefully, but he was no match for the bland and vacuous docility Lyra could command when she wanted to; and finally he nodded and went back to his newspaper. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“W. F.” warned everyone to prepare carefully before venturing out of doors and suggested that “Vinegar of the Four Thieves” be used liberally. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

I carefully pulled the wire back and inspected it. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

She wasn't a large woman, but there was something commanding about her presence—I couldn't help but watch her as she moved carefully through the doorway toward the metal detector. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Kainene dusted herself down carefully, but the ground was wet and the mud had stuck to her clothes; her blue dress looked designed with chocolate-colored smudges. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

If we examine this carefully, we shall see that he was more merciful than the Florentine people, who allowed the destruction of Pistoia in order to avoid being considered cruel. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

His crayon was almost gone, and he had to hold it carefully to use it at all. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s high and wide, carefully built to keep us in and others out. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

He set the ingredients on the desk, carefully avoiding the snake’s mouth. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“You know what would he fun,” Violet said carefully, “is if you changed your lines around, just a little.” The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

Together we kneel and she carefully touches each stone. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

He had brought her here late on a damp morning, carefully wiping the moisture from the bench and helping her to sit comfortably. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

When we dutifully arrived with the papers, she would pore over them carefully, searching—“Okay... okay... here it is!”—grabbing the little form and filling it out. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here and there I saw several attractive young women but carefully avoided giving them more than a glance. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

She listened to the low voice through the canvas and then moved carefully to the open flap that overlooked the lake. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

They carefully trimmed the lawn around the gnomes, of which they eventually found fifteen. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

He was polishing the metal clasp surrounding the snakestone, as gently and as carefully as an archaeologist on a dig, taking off the black and revealing the glittering silver beneath it. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

And he smiled, too, and lit his cigarette, blowing the smoke carefully away from her. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

I only have $8.58 in my pocket, and I still have to get back on the bus or train, so I have to choose carefully. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Sam carefully replaced the scroll in the bin from which Jon had plucked it. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

As he went carefully to bed, Werfel heard muttering in the elf’s room again, just like earlier. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Then, dipping the toweling into the water, carefully she bathed. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The little one...Over his newspaper, Victor carefully peered toward the lion fountain. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

The girl picked up the dish and carried it carefully off to the Ravenclaw table. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I slip off my well-worn boots, tuck them carefully in one corner, and then try on the new shoes. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He put the flashlight in his pocket and stepped carefully in the dark to her side. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

In the darkness she felt the wall with her ungloved hand, trying to find the next holding place; when she had found it, she carefully switched the glove again so she could hold fast. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He wanted to play it carefully until the final tests were finished. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

June shouted May’s name and plowed up the riverbank into the dark, followed by Rosaleen, but August moved slowly now, carefully. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took it out of the nest box really carefully and put it in the fridge like Agnes said to, even though I could hardly wait to scramble it and eat it for breakfast. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

It was forcing them to question views that had been accepted for decades, to look carefully at what they had been taught. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t think of an acceptable response to that, but I filed it carefully away for future study. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Then you can pour in your mixed-up eggs and salsa, and very carefully stir them around until the eggs are cooked. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

That evening, before his parents and Lily arrived at the dwelling, he had held it in his hands and looked at it carefully. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Upon arrival, the package was carefully transported by special convoy to Pasadena. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Having concealed himself, he tapped the map, murmured, “I solemnly swear that I am up to no good,” and scanned it carefully. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Very carefully, she lowers herself off the bench and presses her ear to the floor. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

At home, I pick at my dinner and listen to my parents talk about the Finches in controlled, even voices that have been carefully chosen so as not to upset me. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Be careful with it,” Mama said, and Hanako set it down carefully. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“I can see perfectly well,” said Boo, picking his way carefully through the grass. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Tally made her way carefully through the trees. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I read it over, this time more carefully. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Estha said, “Okay,” and shook his head carefully to preserve his puff. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

They put me down carefully on the stretcher table and wheeled me out of the room and along the corridor. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Keeping low, then, and stepping carefully on the rocky shore, the children made their way toward the bridge. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I kept my tone carefully jovial as I glanced up at him to gauge his reaction. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He took down a small box and opened it carefully on the counter. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then our group reached the clerks who examined each passport and suitcase carefully and nodded to the pilgrim to move on. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother stands up with her mouth twisted and starts to crease the letter carefully between two fingers, as if she’s going to tear it in three. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I felt that if I looked carefully enough, if I held myself still enough, I would be able to see the whole wide world reflected in that shiny blackness. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

And then, barely a week later, a single rogue agent pulled a thread that threatened to unravel Stalin's carefully woven net. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

She took a new needleful of thread, waxed it carefully, threaded her needle with a steady hand, and then observed, with perfect composure— Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

George climbed carefully up the ladder and waited quietly for her cue. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Eunjoo carefully gave them water to drink, and then they napped because of the dust and heat. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

They were tried and memorized and carefully rehearsed. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He held me for a moment, then carefully placed me on the springy ferns. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

She put on the slippers and stepped carefully into the outhouse, then lifted the lid. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The boards that he had crafted so carefully were neatly stacked, but his tools were scattered about, and it looked from the graying clouds as if rain was on the way. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He was a photogenic man, dapper and carefully groomed, with a little man’s largish head. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would then take a sheet of paper, and write across the top of it, in a neat hand, the heading, “Memorandum of Pip’s debts”; with Barnard’s Inn and the date very carefully added. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Nervously, Bernabe punched out the spent shells, reloaded from bullets he held in his gun belt, aimed carefully at the cripple, and fired. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stella carefully held a dipperful to her mother's parched lips, again and again, until Mama fell asleep. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

So Stella peered carefully into the shadows, her only light the flickering remains of the burning house. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The matter was not carefully investigated because Thebes was in sore straits at the time. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jutta makes a log to match a scale that Werner draws on the tuning coil, carefully spelling the name of each city they manage to receive. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

"Answer carefully, young king," the emperor said in a menacing tone, "for your life may depend on your answer. Who is to blame for this empty pot?" When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he invites people back to his studio so he can pose them and draw them more slowly and carefully. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I dart over to the loose board, carefully pull it aside a couple of feet, and then squeeze my way out. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

As they called out their names, he noted them carefully in alphabetical order. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

A red jib was set and the skipper was carefully trying to steer it toward the dock. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

I think carefully before I give her an answer. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stepped across the creek, picking her steps carefully over the mossy rocks, and grabbed a waterlogged stick from the creek bank. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

At Doc’s instruction, we carefully stepped over the dust circle. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

It is a hob who comes forward this time, in a dapper little suit, carefully sewn. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Nevertheless he carefully memorized what was written on it, and some hours later dropped it into the memory hole along with a mass of other papers. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The command was so unusual that our carefully rehearsed and smooth-running machine was thrown off. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Will walked carefully around to the entrance, which faced the lake. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

As they watched, he carefully closed the boarded-up door and went home with his tortoises. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

He carefully climbed into one of the boats and checked it out. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The blade was hot when she wiped it carefully dry with a clean cloth. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I had never felt the comfortable silence we shared as we cleaned the rice, carefully, because the grains were stunted and sometimes looked like the glassy stones. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

The other two watched him carefully; as soon as he was on the ground, they relaxed their tense postures and joined him. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

The old man would count it out carefully, sorting the coins and stacking them up neatly, like with like. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He looked at the tubs of ice cream, all in a row, carefully protected behind a pane of glass. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

Working as fast as he could he carefully placed the dried grass and wood pieces he had tried at first on top of the bark and was gratified to see them take. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she was alone, Ash unbuttoned her dress and pulled it over her head, folding it carefully at the foot of the bed. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She only turned real again when she walked toward me holding the bowl carefully in front of her. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“Listen to me carefully. There are Chilargentine scythes aboard this train disguised as regular passengers. You can’t avoid them, but if you wish to remain out of their clutches, I suggest you come with me.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I went down the steps carefully and walked up the Via Manzoni. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

They cleaned the flesh from Alice’s skull and carefully polished her teeth, then covered her body with canvas. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Finally, the only book left was the Potions book, which he looked at very carefully before speaking. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

So they watched him carefully, made all his decisions, and he became very spoiled. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without putting on her shoes Portia stood at the table and carefully began to pick over the greens. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Matt realized he’d better walk carefully around people who took offense at mere words. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gone were the elegant handmade suits and carefully knotted ties. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m proud of you, Mia,” my mother says, carefully pouring the pancake batter into a large glass bowl. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

First, and very carefully, he started to raise the lower half of the large window. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why, it was War and Peace, a very large book. I raised it up slowly and then I aimed it carefully and I threw it right at that bear and screamed, ‘Be gone!’ Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

The buck lowered his head, and the raccoons carefully placed the rifle upon his antlers. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I scrambled over the white split rail fence and carefully picked my way past the sharpened stakes of the interior fence. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

He picked up Tom’s letter and read it again; then he smoothed it carefully and returned it to the envelope. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

The leeches wriggled slowly between her fingers as she plucked them carefully from the lord's body, their pale bodies moist to the touch and distended with blood. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I read the menu carefully, forgetting that Negroes do not do such things. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pressed the numbers carefully, and was rewarded by the sound of a ringing telephone on the other end. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Every part of the concert was carefully planned and scripted, but Kaira had never said that before. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

The parade of guests into the ballroom was carefully sorted in order of importance. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

So, using the king’s secret door, Minli carefully left the garden and walls of the Inner City. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

“We’ll consider that most carefully when we retire into the parley room, you have my promise.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Natalie breaks her graham cracker sandwiches carefully along the dotted lines, eats half and throws the other half to the birds. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ron looked carefully up the table to check that the rest of the family were all busy talking, then he said very quietly to Harry, “So — have you heard from Sirius lately?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I carried the matryoshka dolls into the guest bedroom, where Radar was carefully stashing Santas into a dresser. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

He had chosen each one so carefully over the years. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

I look carefully, as the train rolls slowly past, for blood on the clothes, but I can’t see any. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I carefully fold the cash into my pocket and pull out my business spiral from my backpack to write down the names of my new clients. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Her eyes seemed to be closed so we approached carefully, to not startle her. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

I held it in my hands and remembered when we had come, how carefully I had set the plates in the cabinet once they were unpacked. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

She followed as they took him into a bedroom and carefully lowered him onto a bed. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Then Singer took his hands from his pockets and wrote carefully on a pad of paper with a silver pencil. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Even so carefully and anonymously phrased, she realized with a jolt who that coworker must be. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

They carefully covered the boxes with sand and seaweed. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

Whenever I received a photograph of Winnie, the children, or the grandchildren, I would carefully paste it in. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, carefully, using the delicate cutting tools she had been given, Kira snipped away the frayed threads. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I nodded, very carefully in view of the dagger so near my chin. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

He carefully worked his shoulder, willing it to get better. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Ruth said nothing for a few seconds while she checked carefully the faces around her. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

"It's just as well. I have something for you to take with you, and it has to be packed very carefully." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

And despite Clement’s radical rhetoric and carefully arranged Soul Brother appearance, Riddick had already heard who the real militant in Durham was, and he watched her working her people for a few more seconds. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

"I mean, choose carefully, because it's gonna last forever and might be seen or heard by aliens," she reminded us. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Slowly, carefully, she told him, “Go get Dr. Hawkins and tell him Mama’s got a snakebite. It’s bad. Then go find Papa—fast. You know where the apple orchard is. Run!” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

And perhaps the cat, who lay above, where Alyce had left him, carefully licking the soft pink pads of his feet. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

We climb out carefully on the opposite bank, take out the packages and put on our boots. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He closed the books and stacked them carefully on top of each other before turning to Jam and holding her by the shoulders. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

He lifted her gently, carefully, and carried her up to his bedroom. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

But it does not, because farmers carefully sort through the seed they will sow in the next season and generally do not choose obvious hybrids. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Lupita had copied it carefully from one of her aunt’s old envelopes. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Sitting at his desk, he carefully peeled off the piece of tape. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

The woman was carefully topping up two plastic cups from a three-quarters empty bottle of Wild Turkey. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

He carefully looked through all the dirt dug up by Zero, as he shoveled it into a wheelbarrow, though he knew he wouldn't find anything. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

After the IV drip, I carefully slide on a pair of bright-blue gloves, making sure to keep my B. cepacia germs far away from anything Stella will touch. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

He listened carefully but could only just hear them. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Ma quickly unzips the side pocket and carefully takes out the sandwich bag. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

She cannot remember what to say, the codes she had carefully memorized. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

They carefully propped her up inside the Nest. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He paced the land off carefully, three hundred paces lengthwise and a hundred and twenty across. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

I carefully pushed the coals to the back of the fireplace and covered them with ashes. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She planned very carefully; she saved her allowance and she chose her companion. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Old-Green-Grasshopper reached out and touched him carefully on the stomach. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

You tuck the card carefully in your pocket. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Nigro noted with proud amusement that his protégé was watching carefully and absorbing everything he could. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Every pot grew some sort of herb, flower, or other plant Babulya carefully cultivated and tended to. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

He watched the pilot carefully, noted everything he did, and realized how lucky he’d been. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

“It is a great deal, but I have counted carefully and I will waste no penny of it. I shall make the cloth dealer give me the last inch to the foot.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

I carefully scanned the fallen leaves around a couple of oaks, hoping to spot one. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The top part was already taking shape—a row of neat block letters, carefully drawn to look like newspaper type. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

They talked about revolution vs. reform and anarchism vs. socialism, and Andrew was struck, as he always had been, by the way Sasha carefully considered things instead of just echoing the opinions of other people. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He pronounced my full name carefully, then playfully ruffled my hair with his free hand. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

She carefully slid the straps over his wings, smoothing his feathers down when she snapped the chest strap. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

I stretch out a hand, carefully, so I can draw it back if I need to. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Nhamo carefully made her way to the animal, looking around for possible rivals. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pull my red scarf out of my bag and carefully drape it over my head, leaving the front of my hair visible, like Malala. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Dr. Barnes sat down at his desk and read every word of the newspaper carefully, nodding and smiling now and then. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m...I’m so sorry you felt left behind,” said Mini carefully. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

They thought the carefully stored bag was probably full of gold; at any rate, they wanted to see what was in it. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stepped carefully to the opening and knocked out the remaining shards with a stick. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was more atlas than map, bound in quilted leather dyed a deep burgundy, each page drawn carefully on what looked like parchment. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I carefully climb back down the ladder and crawl into bed with Malia. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

He made the tiniest shavings, cutting very slowly and carefully, making whatever he thought would be pretty. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

He set it aside, leaning it carefully against the wall. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Simon and Nick’s neighborhood looks like a storybook illustration, with its carefully mowed lawns, painted shutters, and buds on all the dogwoods. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

I straighten up and look carefully into his face. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The back of the room was lined with vending machines, and between those and us were carefully aligned rows of tables and chairs, identified by letters that hung from the ceiling. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was only when they were done eating that Penelope remembered: Her presents for the children were still waiting, carefully stacked under the small Christmas tree of the nursery! The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

“I told you our rabbits were more cunning than the Council. I don’t think you’d really understand this part, however carefully I explained. Have you ever seen a river?” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I approached him, and said the gentlemen were coming; he nodded: then I looked carefully round and listened. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“To be successful, we must carefully test before making such modifications.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

These were carefully phrased to suggest, without saying so outright, that he and Edlefsen had achieved the resonance they had been seeking. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry that your experience with the Ruh has left something to be desired,” I said carefully. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The fine knife came out again and was whetted again just as carefully as it had been the first time. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

She carefully avoided the street in Victoria Island where his club was, and she no longer shopped at the Palms and she imagined him, too, avoiding her part of Ikoyi, keeping away from Jazzhole. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Most of them, unfortunately, don’t realize how carefully you plan that image. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Finally, keeping his hands carefully behind his back he made his way to the toilet bowl and peeped in. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

We all had bathed that evening, and Mrs. Moss had inspected us carefully. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

That made them no less real, no less frightening and dangerous; it just meant he had to protect her even more carefully. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I was always so excited when it began, but then my mind would wander a bit, and I didn’t always listen carefully.” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I step over wood, mud, branches, sticks, carefully. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

He was watching me intently, carefully, but there was humor deep in his eyes. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

This was no wilderness, but manicured groves of red-fringed switchgrass, buckthorn, elm, and black cherry, carefully tended to give the illusion of a wild space. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The gun he laid carefully in his lap. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her black leather sneakers sit a few feet away, next to her carefully folded coat. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

I lift my feet carefully, but it seems overdone. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Some of the MPs stood by the vehicle holding their guns tightly and carefully eyeing us. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I watch her hands shape another hamburger and know I’d better choose my next words carefully. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I nibble carefully around the edges of a triangular watermelon slice. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Very carefully, he edged out of the room and behind the statue of the one-eyed witch. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Longstreet watched the old man clear his face and stiffen his back and place the hat carefully, formally on his head. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miles and Jesse lifted the man in the yellow suit and carried him carefully into the house, but Tuck stood staring, and Winnie could guess what he was thinking. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Opening to a clean page she carefully wrote the child’s name on the first line. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

The airport guards checked through their suitcases and backpacks extremely carefully. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

What followed was as carefully produced as a ballet. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Matt could plan his move carefully, perhaps even take Maria with him.The sick fears of the previous night had vanished, and he felt like a king: Matt the Conqueror. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She handed me the letter and watched as I opened the envelope carefully and unfolded the paper inside. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Behind them in the dunes, the supplies were carefully packed and ready to go. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I studied the people and saw the worry carved into their faces like a carefully designed mask. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

The mark was too perfect, almost as if someone had stenciled it carefully. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I stop the blood with the hem of my T-shirt and sort more carefully through the cards. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He did not mind writing garden club features, school board reports, horse show notices, golden anniversary announcements—he pruned them as carefully as he pruned his hedges, rounding them toward perfection. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He waved his antennae carefully, considering the notice, assuring himself of his new senses, planting Ins feet squarely in the insect world as if to brace himself in it. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Handsome One grabbed a piece of Tica’s hair in his beak and preened it slowly, carefully. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Her thick black hair was pulled back into a carefully curled ponytail that bounced when she walked. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He turned and went back indoors so the smoke would not soak into his carefully ironed shirt. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I spent several hours on the typing, destroying copy after copy until I had completed one that was immaculate, carefully phrased and most respectful. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked at Madame carefully, but she seemed to sense my scrutiny and she turned back to Tommy. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

With his eyes focused on the road, Apa says in a weary voice, Read those forms carefully. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

What are we doing here among the hangers? she wanted to know; but instead, responded carefully — “Whatever we can”—and when Helen didn’t say what that was, thought hard. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Writing an important email to a colleague at the office in New York, or a carefully worded break-up message to his girlfriend. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kimberly asked Ifemelu questions about her experience with children, listening carefully as though what she wanted to hear was what might be left unsaid. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

For some unknowable reason, the six had carefully left their canoes and lowered themselves fully dressed into the cold water of the lake, where they had peacefully perished. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

There are no red marks on my carefully chosen words and sentences and quotes from books on Chantal’s shelves and from the internet. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Don’t bat an eyelash,” she whispered, and carefully lifted my hand to the wood handle of wire and blade. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Slowly, carefully, she told him, “I will never call you an old toad again, esteemed guest.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Scruggs had carefully timed it to include Veterans Day, observed annually on November 11. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

But she was walking on her own before long, one foot carefully in front of the other, and I looked at Arturo and smiled. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

My plan had been to take my time, maybe become part of a couple with someone I chose carefully. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

What a wonderful feeling to pick something up, hold it for a moment, feel its contour, run her hand over its surface and then replace it carefully. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stood at the foot of the bed and watched him carefully arrange things in his suitcases. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Kondrachev would approach carefully, and "in his grey, soft felt hat and smart grey raincoat he seemed almost part of the fog," Blake remarked. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

He pushed away a pile of papers and very carefully laid the protected sheet on his desk. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Hidden behind the organ, I carefully pulled the lid from the small wooden box and removed the top layer of straw. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

They looked quickly through the stack and then carefully placed them in a box at the front of the room. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly Neel’s eye fell on the beautiful chair and desk Baba had built so carefully, and an idea leaped into his mind. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

I carefully touch my toes onto the floor which is hard and cold. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pry it open carefully because the box is really old, the cardboard soft under my fingers. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

What did ships have to do with lawn mowers, and why would he go to the trouble to write this sentence down and then carefully hide it underneath the seat? Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Regina Fischer bought a copy and read it carefully; the book was found in Bobby’s library years later, but whether he ever read it is unknown. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Silently she took off her salwar kameez and put on the boy’s clothes, tucking her braid carefully under the cap. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

His weakness was that he never wrote down what was ordered or even listened very carefully. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only then did she pick up the pieces of Henrietta’s cervix— forceps in one hand, scalpel in the other—and carefully slice them into one-millimeter squares. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

He moved in slow motion, dragging himself up to the pencil sharpener and carefully slipping in his pencil and then grinding away forever. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once I was dressed in my new maintenance-tech threads, I carefully removed the flash drive from its expansion slot and pocketed it. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Daddy and her carefully stepped over one of my small towers and slid down onto our living room couch. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

The three girls moved to a mound of palm fronds, carefully removing them to reveal a rickety wooden trebuchet made of bamboo and counterweighted with coconuts. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Mini carefully stepped between two of the pools. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Hopefully not, I thought as Señora Oralia and I hooked arms and walked carefully down the stairs. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

He opened his mother’s bedroom door carefully, as if she might still be there. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

"Do you think I'm going to go the way of Rogers and the rest of them? Not me! I'm watching out for myself pretty carefully, I can tell you." And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

As Lillian wandered about the empty rooms of the house carefully making mental notes about furniture placement and room arrangement, Colonel Meecham herded his children to the front porch for a morale check. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

To allay it, I shall to-day search entire ship carefully from stem to stern. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

I pause for a moment, carefully crafting the words in my head. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Listen carefully now. Only other Grans or Uncles can use an ave without being hurt; if you need to use it, you must be ready for the consequences.” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Carefully, very carefully, I climbed from the tent and put on the flashlight, which cast a distressingly feeble beam. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

He takes his horse into one and wipes her down carefully. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

In grocery stores, he carefully pocketed canned ravioli, which they split five ways, Zalmai getting the lion’s share. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

He grabbed the back of my head and carefully pulled my forehead closer to his, so that our eyebrows were touching. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Setting the cardboard box down, he carefully began brushing the loose soil away from the toad. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

He stepped onto her carefully, his weight taking her by surprise. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

She felt as if she had left her pearls lying loose for too long and it was time to gather them and guard them more carefully. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He spoke slowly and methodically, choosing his words carefully. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then she slips down her shorts, stepping carefully out of them and straightening up. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

She carefully folded the tapestry over the door, just in case someone came in. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

But she saw him look carefully at her, at her thin gray hair, her stooped shoulders and gnarled hands, and knew that he could not comprehend yet how she had become what she now was. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I prop them carefully up on the shelf. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

There is a big bonfire under the kettle, and the sap boils, and Grandpa watches it carefully. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

She listened carefully as I spoke and asked plenty of questions. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

She carefully selects an almost dainty-looking number with a cruel, curved blade. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

She tiptoed carefully through the next room, past English, History, Psychology, and Pets. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Alfred moved carefully down the snow- slick stoop, and around the side. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

At five thirty in the morning, he carefully put the originals back in the binders, and carried everything out to his car. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Tyler pours the orange liquid into a glass and begins to drink, carefully, delicately, because his front teeth are still loose, still trying to jump out of his mouth. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

And he lifted her out of the SUV just as carefully when we got to the hospital. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

“Keep this object carefully,” he tells her and leaves. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Stanley jammed the shovel into the bottom edge of his hole, and carefully began to dig a tunnel underneath the metal object. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I carefully tiptoe inside, fumbling with the knot on the string to untie the balloon. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

They first had to carefully weigh all the difficulties and risks, though Miep was ready to set off immediately with me in tow. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

With terrible deliberateness Kvothe lifted a blank sheet and lay it carefully in front of the stunned scribe. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He placed the carefully tied box on the car seat and got in behind the wheel. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

As we go through the movements for what has got to be the hundredth time—God’s honest truth—I watch Miss Duncan walking carefully around us, just out of range of our one-two-three-slashing. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Alex reaches down into the front of his dress shirt and finds the chain with his fingers, pulls it out carefully. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

One by one, the travelers came out again onto the top of the peach and gazed carefully around. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

Rutherford had carefully specified that he was thinking in terms of “the means at present at our disposal.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

She was referring to the carefully measured dosages of vitamins that all the Vessels dutifully took each morning. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Basta picked it up carefully, holding it together like a sack, went over to Meggie, and stopped in front of her. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Virgil sat down and perched his backpack carefully on his lap. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

The sabotage targets had been carefully selected to pinpoint areas that, when attacked, would create bottlenecks in the American war industry. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

I went to Tenorio’s side and carefully picked up Ultima’s owl. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mom took the flute, and the other business owners watched carefully. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Kingshaw closed the door carefully behind him, and then began to run. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

So she set aside the box and the books, and carefully put everything else back in the garbage bag. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

She spread out the tablecloth and laid it, carefully, over the top of the well. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

The hare looked carefully at the lion, knowing that what he was about to say was dangerous for him. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

He waited, listening carefully, but not a sound reached him save the gurgling of the hot water as it drained away. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The mother of the little girl and boy looked into their cups carefully. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

Aiming carefully, Mary Anne flicked them on her father’s neck. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She got up and carefully handed a heavy parcel to Prosper: the lion wing, wrapped in a blanket and tied cup with a leather strap. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

He carefully explained that Pyongyang, located about fifty miles south of Camp 14, was the capital of North Korea, the city where all the country’s powerful people lived. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Doon turned so that his back was to the river, and he eased himself carefully over the rocks, feeling for the first rung with his foot. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I take one more look at my drawing from the yoga room earlier, carefully evaluating it as I pull it down off the wall. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Not, however, to go to bed: on the contrary, I began and dressed myself carefully. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

They all listen carefully and agree right away, but I make each person stop for a second, and I ask, “Are you sure?” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He laid the machete carefully on the ground and threw his arms in wide circles to loosen them out. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He measured Tree-ear’s feet carefully and plaited several layers of straw for the thick, sturdy soles. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

“Now,” Matty told the frog, “don’t be scared. I’m going to spread you out a bit and then carefully cut that dead leg away. It’s the best thing for you.” Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

When you can’t breathe, listening carefully to what people are saying isn’t exactly a priority. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

He looked carefully at Harry, his eyes lingering on the scar that stood out, livid, on Harry’s forehead. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

There were twigs on the ground, and large stones, but he avoided these carefully and was soon only a short distance away from his quarry. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Kino walked carefully in a wheel rut, and Juana followed in his path. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kate very carefully untied the red ribbon and unrolled the tube. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The journey to Cathair would take a little over a week, and every mile of it was carefully scripted. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

She balanced the milk bottles in her arms and stepped carefully down the stairs into the cave-cellar. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Clancy said carefully, then turned the volume of the radio all the way down. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Then, sniffling, I carefully climb down the bunk bed ladder and look for a tissue, before remembering that we haven’t unpacked all of those supplies yet. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

As carefully as he could, he lifted Koffi to her feet. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Wild movements only hurt your cause, so move slowly and carefully until you’re free again. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He examined Lupita closely, scanning her carefully from head to toe. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Then she places all the books next to me, very carefully, like they are precious rubies she is entrusting to me. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

You fill them carefully, taking all precautions, double-checking. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Far be it from me to even approach untangling that hellhole of a mind,” he said, carefully. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Wide, flat stones showed her the way across the streambed, and she stepped across carefully to avoid falling into the water. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He watched Amala carefully; she did not look pregnant, still slender and flat-bellied, and he hoped that the medicine had not worked after all. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The white Reverend Sisters stood with arms folded, or lightly touching the glass rosary beads that dangled at their waists, carefully watching to see that every student s lips moved. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then, with ritual significance, he looked mournfully into the clay mug that sat in front of him and carefully turned it upside down on the bar. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

A Gulf & Western infrared Eye-View Monitor was set up just off to the left, carefully calibrated to track the fovea movements of each subject. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hand Clap carefully wiped his sticky fingers on his tunic sleeve. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I chose the wood for his fire very carefully, the greenest, dampest logs in the entire woodpile, guaranteed to smolder and sputter without giving off any heat and even less light. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

All donations were carefully recorded in a ledger by the committee and put to use. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Medics have already surrounded the three wounded soldiers, and I know they’ll be placed carefully in the medic truck and taken back to headquarters. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The infinite must be approached very carefully, but it can be mastered, with the help of zero. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

David and I spent most of our days going to the prison, taking with us packages of food carefully prepared and wrapped by my mother. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

He studied me and then carefully laid the paper down on the footstool. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

So we made a show of good spirits, and after carefully observing the town and the tents, we descended into the valley and entered Cajamarca. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

At once, he stepped off the gravel on to the lawn, and walked carefully around the edge, until he was within a few yards of him. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

I would have to watch her carefully to capture the essence of her loneliness and pain. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama sat carefully at the edge of a cane chair. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

So I carefully chose the good cows, the ones that we thought were friendly, and I licked the sweat off their noses. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jody oiled the hoofs and kept them carefully trimmed so they would not crack. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I go along, carefully resetting each snare, I know I can never quite replicate his eye for balance, his instinct for where the prey will cross the path. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Light brown hair, long and straight, carefully pulled away from her face and delicate neck. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

They braided their back hair in long braids and then they did the braids up carefully in big knots. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ship’s doctor checked each one of them carefully, applying salves to their many wounds and giving medicine to those who appeared to be sickly. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Minli carefully reached for a cup; the fragrant aroma was too tempting to let pass. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

She brought him lots of maple-flavored water, stroked his forehead carefully, soothingly. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Then she carefully hooked the hat back on to the peg with the walking-stick. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

Chase tucked the book carefully inside his coat. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“How did you—” But then I remember the numbers Finch gave him, written so neatly, so carefully. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The Federal Aviation Agency’s safety officer assured the public that “the planes are carefully supervised” and “are authorized to fly low.” Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

He returned with a bottle of bourbon and glasses and he carefully poured two generous jiggers of it. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wander through the aisles of carefully pruned plants, looking but not touching, because I have learned the hard way how deadly these beauties can be. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Yossarian came in carefully on his second bomb run because he was brave then. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He carefully dried it off as much as possible and gently ran his hand along the cover. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Listen carefully, Tally. Do you really think that this is the first time we’ve been told about David? Or the Smoke? Or found some scrawled directions about how to get there?” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Under his arm he carried his suit and shirt, carefully folded so that they would stay fresh. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

He picked up the plate and carefully began to take the foil off. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

There were crude charcoal sketches on pieces of whitewashed plaster, carefully transplanted into a frame. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I was beginning to see, though, that wielded carefully the light was more powerful than that. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Tree held the base while Zheegwon carefully made his way up, testing each rung with his rubber boot before putting weight on it. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

He reached out a hand and held it carefully over the location of the cold. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

His bells she laid aside carefully, one by one. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I ate my first jelly bean slowly and carefully. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

They buy sugar flowers and do not eat them, wrapping them in paper instead and carefully bringing them home. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Very carefully, I lowered myself over the edge of the bed and wormed my way underneath the mattress. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Beto’s sheet caught on the scarecrow’s pointing finger, and he blushed as he tugged it carefully off. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

We had been told to take the Host carefully in our tongue and swallow it immediately. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked carefully on my arm, but there was no cut. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he carefully set his bag on one of the sinks and unzipped it. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I pulled my backpack off and carefully took out each egg contraption. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He carefully wrote in a Puzzle Power magazine. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Quackenbush, I heard, had two possible appointments to the Military Academy, with carefully prepared positions in V-12 and dentistry school to fall back on if necessary. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

He carefully wrote in a Puzzle Power magazine. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

She spoke slowly and carefully, swallowing to hide her dread. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Very slowly and very carefully, Harry got to his feet and set off again as fast as he could without making too much noise, hurrying through the darkness back toward Hogwarts. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

But I found myself thinking carefully now before I said anything to him. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

When it was nearly time for Kelly’s first lines, she stepped up the ladder, carefully holding her extra limbs in her hands. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Prosper carefully lifted the lid, but Mosca hurriedly pushed it back down. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

I spend the next hour pinning edge to edge as carefully as I can, but each time I put a completed one down she grabs it, inspects it hastily, and flings it back at me. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

He reigned supreme for half a century and his early offerings, Nabucco included, had plots carefully chosen to whip up the Italian people’s desire for self-government, the movement known as the Risorgimento. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

I scooped her up, blankets and all, and carefully made my way down to the ground. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Mom gave me a disapproving look and I retreated back to the living room, carefully positioning myself to where I could still see what was going on. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“You kept yourself pretty niche,” I answer, carefully now. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The tapestry was odd, old, and not very carefully preserved. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He looked at the duck carefully, then rubbed his forehead on it. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

You take a Band-Aid from inside your jeans pocket, where there is never a shortage of them, and you carefully reapply the bandage. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“What about you other men?” asked Spender carefully. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he got to the top, he carefully walked to the middle of a plank that was laid across the trailer and emptied the cotton sack. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

He carefully measured his breathing and his heartbeat and found them to be the same—exactly—as they had been since he’d started to keep track of them. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

Con watched her carefully, noting the practiced way she handled the bandages, her touch light and quick. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

In their own different ways, all the radicals in the post-Wagner meltdown - Mahler, Debussy, Strauss and Stravinsky - were dismantling the previous system of musical organisation, whereby ideas carefully unfolded, one developing into the next. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

I came to my feet, stretching carefully so as not to aggravate my wound. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I've looked into this carefully, Stevens, and I'm letting you know my conclusion.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Harry,” I said, choosing my words carefully while he fiddled with my ribbon, “do you think...do you think I could be a schoolteacher?” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Baby was watching Odenigbo carefully, as though urging both him and the car on with her eyes. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

From his carefully constructed hide in the wood three hundred metres away, Darwin Bonaparte, the Feely Corporation’s most expert big game photographer had watched the whole proceedings. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

It included survival tips such as: • Always read instructions carefully. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Watching Sherm tuck the slip of paper into his wallet so carefully, Bridge felt even worse. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

He took the albums from the shelves, the three photo albums Olanna so carefully put together, and ran out to the car. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Grunting, the adzukulu carefully lowered the coffin with ropes, into the smaller compartment. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

I start up the ladder carrying the slop bucket carefully. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

He opened the entrance carefully and listened, but he couldn’t hear a sound. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

She turned away from the smug and glowing Mary Ann and climbed the stairs to her room, holding Ulysses gently, carefully in her arms. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

I reach into the box, carefully lift it up. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The meeting ended with a promise from the party leader to read the charges carefully and render a verdict as to whether Swann should be placed on trial or not. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I can’t tell you how much we appreciate this,” Violet said, carefully. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

From this he carefully unfolded a narrow ladder that made Bridge think of a tongue reaching out to taste the floor. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

He wiped his mouth, wiping his upturned gray mustache carefully. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

He knows she’s somewhere in front of him, but he wasn’t listening carefully enough to tell if she’s to the right or to the left. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

I followed, carefully counting out three smooth beans and letting them fall into each hole and patting dirt on top. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The liquid trickled into her mouth, and she swallowed carefully. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He wrote very carefully on a slip of paper, Are you Democrat or Republican? and passed the paper across the table. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Grinning, Amarante produced the food stamp book and, while Nick looked on incredulously, painstakingly tore out four one-dollar stamps which he laid carefully on the counter. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The two walked carefully, and they avoided the center of the town where some sleeper in a doorway might see them pass. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

The captain got eagerly, carefully down on one knee, looking into her sweet young face. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted this one to be better, so I cut the skins carefully and sewed them with great care. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mary and the other black employees at Langley tended the new recruits as carefully and lovingly as if they were a garden. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

The marble underfoot was cold and slick, and Cersei had to step carefully for fear of slipping. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I lift it carefully into the air to admire the exquisite balance, the elegant design, and the curve of the limbs that somehow suggests the wings of a bird extended in flight. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

He needs to be fed and blessed, to be given some gold and silver, to be patted on the back after feedings and held carefully behind the neck. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I look up and catch my mom watching me carefully from the doorway. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

When Cole finished eating, he washed dishes and carefully folded the at.oow, which he had used as a tablecloth. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

He had it all carefully prepared in his mind. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I lifted the pot and tipped it carefully, the rocket candy pouring out. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Eleanor pulled out the drain and carefully picked up her dirty clothes. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

He spread the blankets he was carrying on the floor, and while Asta carefully lifted the sleeping Pan away, he bent and picked up the child, feeling a little surprised at her solidity. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

They searched the house carefully from attic to cellars, but without result. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

From it the bells were carefully hoisted and fastened into place. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction 1973-09-19T00:00:00Z

He carefully strategized its safekeeping and after much deliberation the twenty-seven crates were secretly shipped to the castle museum in Königsberg. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Her eyes opened wide, she searched my face carefully and then she smiled. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I carefully peeled the wrapper away, and a key made of polished green stone was revealed inside. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The players protected their clues more carefully now. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

He slid the earphones on my head again carefully. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Tam Lin was always coming up with facts he got out of the nature books he read so slowly and carefully. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were funny and unusual, carefully crafted, all different styles. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The ambiguity in Woman Holding a Balance serves to heighten our interest and pleasure, while the carefully organized composition expresses the artist’s underlying concept with singular clarity. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I carefully unwrapped the chain, then winced as I saw the damage underneath. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

She did not want him to stop, but she had imagined this differently, assumed they would make a carefully planned ceremony of it. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Some were carefully constructed scenes; one or two had attempted something artistic: a silhouette of a girl backlit by an enormous movie screen; a close-up of a tangled telephone cord wrapped around a receiver. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

As he found each piece, he lifted it carefully, every nerve in his body aware of his missing fingers, and slipped it into the sheath. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

She listened carefully, and then inched her way along till she was as close as she could get to the speakers. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

If she listened carefully, Amari could figure out bits and pieces of the conversation between the captain and his crew. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I go over to the window and carefully lift one corner of the drawn blind. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

I slowly shook my head and spoke carefully so she would understand. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Dread crawls up from my stomach as I look more carefully. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

She put on her jacket with the fake-fur collar and cuffs—she had sewn carefully trimmed pieces of an old Dalmatian costume onto a yellow sweater. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

He carefully straightened his long legs under his desk, then tensed his back and stretched his arms, tilting his head slowly from side to side. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

Remains of houses and sewn clothing testify to a greatly improved ability to survive in cold climates, and remains of jewelry and carefully buried skeletons indicate revolutionary aesthetic and spiritual developments. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“And you,” said the mayor, turning to the assistant guard and shaking a thick finger at him, “watch visitors much ... more ... carefully.” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then, dwarfed by the size of Ammu’s comb that was too big for him, he reconstructed his puff carefully. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You remember what Mrs. Sharpe said about people not looking carefully enough at what is around them?” Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Perfectly pressed, each petal carefully displayed on the ivory paper, their radiant colors dancing even in the weak candlelight. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Milo placed the telescope carefully in the glove compartment, and reached up to shake Alec by the hand. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

He looked carefully up and down the street; no one was in sight. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Lupita peeked carefully around the corner of the boxcar door into the brown eyes of a stocky man wearing blue coveralls and a high-crowned blue cap. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

She wrote carefully on the paper: I’m going to find you. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

The day was warm and Edmond was outdoors, sitting carefully upright on a lawn chair in the white garden, his eyes half closed. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

One was wearing a soccer uniform, shirt neatly tucked in, socks pulled up to her knees, like a peewee soccer player who had been carefully dressed by her mother. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

I tried to hold the strands carefully, not wanting to drop any on the ground. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Ba glanced carefully at the fish and then at Ma, but both seemed ignorant of the other, and neither looked at him. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

He opened the paper, which wasn’t paper but some sort of dried animal skin, and saw that “The Prophecy of Gray” had been carefully written upon it. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

In the Abbey kitchens, Cornflower carefully wrapped Matthias’s food in fresh dock leaves. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He carefully took the little bundle in his mouth and held it there on top of his tongue. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

She carefully comes to a stop beside me and my chair. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Tally took the river down the mountain carefully, the extra weight swaying below her like a ball and chain around both ankles. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I try as carefully and as quietly as possible to scrape the rice kernels that cling like drowning victims to the sides of the bowl. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

I see Franz the glocken boy pick up a dead mouse and gently tuck it inside a wall hole and then carefully place thick, green leaves over the opening. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

I went on thinking for a few seconds, then said: “Tommy, think back carefully. You said she got angry...” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then he went to his box shelf and laid the magazine carefully in. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

He watched the shadows carefully, checking up and down the wood-hauling road that came down the broken shale ridge and intersected the Acoma road. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

As her mother plucked the purple berries, Stella coaxed a half-dozen more figs from the tree and placed them carefully into Mama’s basket. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Harry followed his gaze up the carefully tended front path and felt his heart sink. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

His cigarette had gone out, and he laid it carefully on the edge of the table. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

She regards it carefully before slipping it into her bag, as though she is not entirely sure it is real. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

After a moment, Kingshaw moved forward a bit farther, pushing the branches aside carefully with his hands, not knowing what he was going to see. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

“You know, 1 should have let Sheriff Dean arrest both of you for tampering with a medicinal product and endangering the public health. My elixirs are carefully synthesized compounds of potentially dangerous elements.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

As the sun sank lower and touched the edge of the cloud belt on the horizon, Hazel came out from under the branches and looked carefully round the lower slope. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She set the tray down carefully beside the bed and walked slowly to the window. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

But now, for the first time, I fully understood why Timothy had so carefully trained me to move around the island, and the reef . The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anyway, he was curious and listened carefully when I told him about our problems and my ideas for solving them. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

When the game was over he would shut off the radio and fix his spectacles carefully in place by curling their stems behind his ears. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Just before she reaches the circle of supplies that have been littered around the pyramid, she stops, searches the ground, and carefully places her feet on a spot. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I cursed myself for being a fool in agreeing to come with my father and began watching carefully his every move. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grandma India ever so carefully scrubbed off the globe. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I lifted up the bedsheet, looked under it, then tucked it carefully back into place. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I place my hand carefully on the table. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He stood motionless, one hand covering his mouth as I eased my way carefully into my shirt. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She was dimly aware of voices above her, of hands carefully washing the bleeding, sliced skin on her back, of cooling salves being applied. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was the conversation Jule wanted to have, but she knew she had to tread carefully. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He carefully placed Paula back in her box and then squatted down on the blanket next to Victor again. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her stepsister sounded carefully nonchalant about it, and Ash did not press her for further details. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I gunned my deafening engine to life, ignoring the heads that turned in my direction, and backed carefully into a place in the line of cars that were waiting to exit the parking lot. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Nathan snuck closer to it, carefully placing his feet and trying not to make noise with his sandals. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Only now, far after the fact, do I recognize how carefully Ben prepared me for what was to come at the University. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

After a pause the girl said carefully, “I didn’t bring mine with me. I assumed I’d find one here.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

She was putting her face in his chest and beginning to cry, and without saying more, they turned and walked off the dock together, the crowd carefully not touching them. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

She carefully returned the clover to her book, hugged her father-in-law-to-be for the first time ever, and started making sandwiches. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

As he describes it: To carefully study the organization and sequence of this, the approach must be naturalistic or ethological. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Great uncles were being resurrected from the family Bible and studied carefully. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Coulter placed the beaker carefully on a low rock and knelt beside the sleeping Lyra. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

She took a deep breath, tore the edge carefully with a fingernail, and slid out a folded sheet of paper. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The old woman listened carefully and immediately went off to tell the chief what the bird had said to her. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

With the eggs carefully tucked in my basket, I moved on to Mr. Owens’s stall. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I came back he looked at me carefully, and then said:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Borrowed it, Professor Dumbledore, sir,” said the giant, climbing carefully off the motorcycle as he spoke. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

He refolded it carefully and put it back into his wallet. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

You go carefully through the book and look for an I and underline it. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

But that revulsion got put away somewhere, and she studied us carefully, squinting in the setting sun. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom and I carefully help Eden sit up. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

At that, he carefully peeled my arms off his uniform and guided me down, so we were sitting on the step, facing Mom’s maroon sedan. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

But today I listened carefully to the bulletin. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Just as quickly, I turn back, carefully placing my hands on the altar, willing them not to tremble. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

The quiet urban scene was a carefully staged KGB setup. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

We all trooped back to it and examined it more carefully. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Minli carefully reached for a cup; the fragrant aroma was too tempting to let pass. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

He touched each button carefully between thumb and forefinger, starting at her waist. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The town had been abandoned years ago but they walked the littered streets carefully, the boy holding on to his hand. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

She read it carefully and then turned it over and read the other side. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

When it’s my turn, I fill my plate with rice, shami kabob, lentils, and butter chicken, skipping the cauliflower and salad, and pile the naan high before carefully carrying it downstairs to the basement. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

My dad held the book carefully afraid to damage it. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

When he reached the driveway, he looked about the street carefully. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

O’Brien took his wife slowly, carefully, through the worst streets he could find until he finally pulled up in front of Mother Fletcher’s place. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Seeing that Omakayas was all right, Old Tallow carefully put the girl down. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Jay’s was crumpled but still carefully set aside. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

On the sideline, he unzipped his backpack carefully, as though it contained something fragile and precious, which in a way it did: a single black oversized sneaker. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

I open the van door and carefully step down. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

She poured some on one of the rags which she had carefully dampened just as Mrs. Nevins always did and proceeded to clean the never-used dining room with its dark, heavy table and six chairs. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

He took his dinner off the stove where she had carefully covered it and which she had admonished us not to bother. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I carefully set them down as quietly as I could. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He carefully unfolded his large cloth napkin and laid it across his lap, then looked up as though awaiting our judgment. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She read it through twice, and looked carefully at the class photograph. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moving carefully, the innkeeper took one of the long, smooth legs and tried to break it with both hands like a stick. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

But I realise now just how much of what occurred later came out of our time at Hailsham, and that’s why I want first to go over these earlier memories quite carefully. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thornton was himself bruised and battered, and he went carefully over Buck’s body, when he had been brought around, finding three broken ribs. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z

He asked carefully, “Do you think it’s a matter of great urgency?” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I explained the Mishnah carefully, showed why there was a contradiction, then read from the commentaries of Rashi and the Tosafists, both of which are printed on the same page as the Talmud text. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Clayton listened as carefully as he could while his parents spoke on the phone. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Putting the stool under his left arm, he carried the heavy pail carefully, so none of the milk would slop out. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Jule bought hair color in a grocery store and streaked it on carefully with a toothbrush. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Then he regarded me carefully and said: 'Now I got it. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

He thanked Singer several times for the night’s lodging, moving his lips carefully so that he was sure to be understood. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Day by day, Galileo watched this change carefully. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

One of the commonest forms of tree-blindness consists of a failure to look carefully at each branch of a coordination. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Cole picked his way carefully in the dark. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

She took the needle holder and forceps, watching his face carefully to make sure the knot was both tight enough and not too tight. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

I also have to confess that I've been looking extra carefully at people's T-shirts at school to see if someone might be wearing an Elliott Smith shirt. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

If we look carefully at the bottom of the frame, we see that it is actually lower on the right than on the left, where it lies just below her hand. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now Sherm stacked sugar packets on the tabletop, carefully shaking each one first to make it lie flat. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Man, how long did your ancient ancestor work on this project down here?” remarked Kojo, admiring the carefully crafted corridor of stone. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

He took a pink towel down from a big stack and expertly Velcroed it around Eleanor's neck, carefully lifting out her hair. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

In actuality, the pogrom—the massacre and brutal treatment of helpless people—had been carefully planned, organized, and carried out by the Nazi government, namely by Joseph Goebbels, the minister of propaganda. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Most people find that a song of more moderate difficulty allows them to showcase their talent,” he said carefully. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

When he was behind a tree he stood carefully and took stock. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Now, Madame, I want you to think carefully before you answer this question. Have you, since you were on this train, seen anyone that you recognized?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the rest of the lunch hour I very carefully kept my eyes at my own table. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Justin carefully peeled back the sides of the earthworm to reveal the gray gizzard, the glistening reproductive parts, like miniature white beans fresh from the can. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I did this by depressing the brake pedal very carefully and very slowly. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I feel like I’m going to have a heart attack watching Mrs. V carefully open the edges of the box. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

So now Eleanor waited until almost everybody else had changed and left the locker room, and then she carefully examined her books for anything suspicious. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Now, in her carefully spun dreams, she was reunited with her true mother. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I looked carefully over the door first, inside and out, then the walls with their brass hooks — how could they have overlooked the hooks? The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Trepid smiled as he carefully undid the pouch and poured the gems into the salesman’s hand. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

He emptied his pocket of the stones and set them carefully on the rim of the well. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Like the realists, we must insist that it is not so difficult to tell good science from bad, as long as you agree that knowledge should be carefully and systematically tested against experience. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Must treat her carefully, because she is fragile and might break if expected to do the same as everyone else. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Brannon, now bound to play out whatever mad charade that Odum wished, dutifully and with utmost gravity began to consume his cigar after he had carefully extinguished it in his water glass. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He turned and walked very carefully to the sink. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Em carefully tore a marshmallow into two pieces and handed one to Tab. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

That, Alice told me about later—how he demanded that everything used on me be clean, how he insisted on the deep ugly wound in my side—the scratch—being carefully cleaned and bandaged. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

His dad was listening carefully, nodding and frowning. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

So carefully is he listening he does not see the one-mile marker with Vienna carved vertically in the stone. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when applied carefully and discreetly, document and handwriting analysis could be helpful. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

His hair is carefully combed back, and he looks taller than usual in a flawless, tasseled captain’s uniform. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“Who will make the journey?” asked Tock, who had been listening very carefully to the Humbug’s description. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

She moved carefully—the burn on her back still hurt if she turned too suddenly. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

My socks balled up on the hardwood floor made a greater statement than any of their hokey claptrap with the carefully matted frames and big curly signatures in the lower left-hand corners. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

She removed the spear from Matt’s grasp and handed it carefully to the Carver. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

You and Kutti watched as the boys carefully separated our rubbish into piles: cardboard, metal, plastic, glass. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

He cut carefully and cleanly, never misstepping, building arguments that were irrefutable, even if erroneous or morally repugnant. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Polycarp Okuku sat on a rock with his gun across his knees, gazing at me with a carefully neutral expression on his face. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The twins, puzzled, looked at each Other; while Piggy, reassured by the cessation of violence, stood up carefully. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Then, very, very carefully and all, I went inside and closed the door. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Early one morning, Ramo said he had just seen Captain Orlov carefully trimming his beard so that it looked the way it did when he first came. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the blossoms are crumpled now, but I prop them up as carefully as I can and gently pat down dirt around them. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

He found a pair of scissors at last and began cutting carefully through Snowden’s coveralls high up above the wound, just below the groin. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Setting down his lilies carefully on the grass, he ran to the tree. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The second step was to read all the questions and answers carefully. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Prior to coming to sabotage school, Dasch was always "hungry like the dickens," and he made sure to carefully divvy up his bread ration and carry it with him. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

As she carefully searched the ground she began to think about seal camp. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she put the letter carefully back in its envelope and looked across the table to me. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

As carefully as she can, Marie-Laure crawls to the piano bench and eases herself up. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Pa skinned it for them carefully, and into the large end he thrust a sharpened stick. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

During his daytime naps, I'd wait for my mom to take a shower, and then I'd carefully scoop him out of his crib so I could cradle him in my arms. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

I imagine those who wash our clothing and bedding then carefully drape it over magueys to dry. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

In her cell, she stripped to the skin and dressed herself carefully, in two layers of smallclothes, warm stockings, and her cleanest tunic. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Nokomis bent over and looked very carefully at the cache to make certain that it was properly packed. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Mr. Matney weighed it carefully—more than four hundred pounds!—and then counted out the twenty-two dollars and fifty cents he figured he owed us. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The microwave beeps, and I watch for a minute as he carefully presses the s’mores together. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

They keep their tasks and names very carefully separated. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Now he was hurrying carefully, stepping from root-tangle of ivy to stone to earth, confident that this was his graveyard. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

To me, he had always been there on the edge of village life, like a watchful jaguar to be tiptoed around carefully. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Looking at it carefully, she decided it had to be some kind of PERSON. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watched as Maribel got off, walking down the steps like a deer carefully picking its way down the side of a mountain. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

They were soon replaced by the sounds of footsteps and shaking leaves as the robot carefully walked along the beaver dam with a gosling on her shoulder and a freshly cut tree in her hands. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Dr. Cajazeira carefully cleaned and dressed Roosevelt’s bloody wound before the expedition got back in the canoes and headed down the river. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

“That’s too long. She’s Mary from now on. Heat that soup from last night and put it in the china tureen and, Mary, I want you to carry it carefully.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a look that seemed to Amari to combine disgust as well as desire, he proceeded to examine each of the women slaves very carefully. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The clothes inside his suitcase were wet, too, and his books were damp, so he carefully placed everything in front of the fire. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Malcolm put the acorn into the inside breast pocket of his jacket and then sat down very carefully. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

And with his carefully chosen clothes, surely he had to shop somewhere? Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

But sitting in the audience as Dr. King spoke that day, I acknowledged a truth that I had known for some time but had carefully avoided: it wasn’t about money; it was about skin color. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He gathered up the tiny shavings of lead and saved them carefully, to melt again the next time he made bullets. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he folds it carefully and places it back in the drawer. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Before heading home, he took his shoe off, carefully wiped it down, and placed it in his backpack before slipping on his flip-flops and starting the two-mile walk back home. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

I carefully arranged the straw over the swan and slid the top of the small crate back into place. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Malcolm took the soggy bundle and carefully separated what was to be thrown away and what was to be washed. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

He forgot that he was trying to eat carefully and took a loud slurp of his milk. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

The doctors listened carefully and then expressed their agreement with Farmer—some, like the girl’s father, eagerly and gratefully. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“It’s not that it’s a secret,” she said carefully. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

But he appeared to know nothing of it, and listened long and carefully with what seemed to me great interest. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look on at how carefully Hideo fries meat, chops vegetables, and sets rice in the steamer. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Well, of course, Maniac knew that most if not all of that was blarney, and, just to make sure, he watched the ball extra carefully. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the vortex of the struggle, when one is constantly reacting to changing circumstances, one rarely has the chance to carefully consider all the ramifications of one’s decisions or policies. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He keeps his elbows carefully tucked into his sides and out of Alex’s space. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He was short and chubby, quite young, his hair carefully slicked back. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

I kept one hand touching the wall as I walked carefully around to each of the views. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“You look like the effigy of a young knight asleep on his tomb,” she said, carefully tracing the well-cut profile defined against the dark stone. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

I'm halfway done with my room when Mom yells up the back stairs at me, "Bobby? Think carefully—did you send any e-mails or AOL messages since Wednesday?" Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knelt down, and felt about carefully on the floor. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

She edged over to the wall and picked up the paper, loosening the wad carefully. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He looked through the whole thing, very carefully, front and back. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

It was no longer a complete mystery; mathematicians could extract some information about 0/0 if they approached it very carefully. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“Yes, I denied knowing him. I was afraid”— again I choose my words carefully—“of displeasing El Jefe.” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s an exquisite piece,” the cashier says, carefully lifting it off the bust. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Topside again, he stripped down and carefully bathed his whole body. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Afraid I might stumble in my woozy state, I stepped carefully out of the car and shut the door behind me without looking back. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

She grinned, made a mental note to be quicker, and walked carefully along the rabbit trail. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stares at me, too close, too carefully, like he is reading every breath and shrug from me as well. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

I carefully drew a handmade chessboard and pinned it to the wall next to my bed, where at night I would stare for hours at imaginary battles. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry hesitated for a moment, then pulled his scarf from around his face and, ignoring Ron’s gasp, carefully covered the necklace in it and picked it up. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

They had it market-tested before four hundred carefully selected viewers at a theater in Hollywood. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

She watched as he carefully laid the staff across the table. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They provided precise ionization data, spelled out their theory on how positrons emitted by the bombarded atoms transmuted into gamma rays, and carefully avoided any speculation about the significance of the new phenomenon. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Now I have to think this through, carefully, even though I may be doomed to another misunderstanding. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a loose noodle stuck to the side of the bowl and she carefully pinches it, dangling it above her face before letting it drop into her mouth. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

“Now, I don’t want him dead,” she said carefully. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

She didn’t know exactly how to interpret Badwa's words and chose her own carefully. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

But he was very carefully avoiding me, and I knew enough to stay away from him. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

She placed it carefully inside the envelope and tucked the envelope inside her satchel. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I had to watch each step I took very carefully, avoiding roots below and branches above, and I soon fell behind. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The steps were crooked and some of them broken, but he went up carefully, and when he arrived at the second-floor window, he climbed through and quickly disappeared inside. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

She held the paddle in both hands and stirred carefully, because if the pumpkin burned there wouldn’t be any pumpkin pies. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Minli packed up her things and, carefully holding the bowl in her hand, walked in the direction of the needle, past Fruitless Mountain. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

They pull off my sweater and carefully unbutton my blouse. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

For four days in February 1962, Donovan shuttled between West Berlin and East Berlin, carrying messages between the two sides and carefully negotiating the terms of release. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

He revived the famous Maxwell brothers who found a vein of gold and hid the traces of it so carefully that they could never find it again. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

He opened the drawer and pulled out the blue mechanical mouse, which he unwrapped carefully. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

It rose, hovering at the doorframe, before carefully folding itself inside. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Luke carefully slid the door shut behind him and straightened the blinds so he and Jen would be totally hidden. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as he was sure, Balthamos hauled the body out of the stream and laid it carefully on the grass, folding the priest’s hands over his breast and closing his eyes. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

It occupies so much space in her house she must step carefully around it in the dark. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is carefully designed and proportioned, and yet it flows with graceful ease. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

After a long look to make sure the boy wouldn’t hurt himself, he stepped carefully back to his chair. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Marly moved carefully over the floor, holding the cup with both hands. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

He concentrated on one step at a time, carefully raising and setting down each foot. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

He carefully rang up Jessie’s order on the cash register, took her money, then handed her the change. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“What? A Mexican’s trying to join the DAR? Somebody got caught reading the New American Dictionary ?” Mother sighs, says, “Fine,” and moves the gearshift carefully into Drive. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Rocky read each page of the pamphlet carefully. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

A long, thin adobe nail had been carefully hammered through its heart. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

With that, carefully unwinding, the men got into their pickups, started their engines, and slowly pulled away from the corral. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of my carefully planned persuasion flew out of my head. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He held her carefully as he stepped into the living-room. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Then I would carefully dig out the plant, taking care not to let the steel of the shovel touch the tender roots. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Prosper carefully lifted the tortoise off the sand that Victor had poured into the bottom of the box; “She looks a bit parched.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

He would carry the boxes so carefully out to the living room. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Then the mob of cheering Romans carried him around the Pomerian Line, carefully avoiding Terminus’s borders, and escorted him back home to Camp Jupiter. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Some of the rooms were occupied by sleeping old men—he peeked carefully into each one—but most were empty, rooms that belonged to members of the order still enjoying the festivities. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He realized how little they said to each other, how carefully they avoided being alone together. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The Childcare specialists were trained very carefully in the discipline methods: a quick smack across the hands for a bit of minor misbehavior; three sharper smacks on the bare legs for a second offense. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

They walked carefully up the path from the kitchen to the big house and entered through the back door. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I text my mom and ask her how to brew it and then follow her instructions carefully. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

In fact, all of Washington’s conservative message was immensely popular with whites, and not by coincidence, for his every public utterance was carefully crafted to appeal to two audiences. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The frail white nymph, from whom water cascaded far more successfully than it did from the beefy Triton, carefully placed the pieces by the vase. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Your father means that you used a very generalized word, so meaningless that it’s become almost obsolete,” his mother explained carefully. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Girls who spent the last five minutes of class carefully applying rouge and lipstick to their faces because the teacher had run out of things to say. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well,” Mike paused, carefully reassessing the situation as he watched our camaraderie. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Ube whistled to himself as he tracked his finger down a row of them, read the flickering screens carefully, then pulled three drawers open, reaching into them to pull out thin bundles of paper. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The time had come for the assembly and as he walked into the concealing splendors of the sunlight he went carefully over the points of his speech. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Dark blue pony beads hung down a swatch of fringe, and Fishtail touched them carefully and lovingly as he stepped quietly along. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Then I lit the bit of candle Mandy had smuggled to me, placing it carefully out of the breeze. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Even as Luke stepped carefully around the pieces of metal littering the ground, he was surprised by the ferocity of the job. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He shifts his small body carefully so as not to crease his Sunday clothes. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

In actuality, it was carefully tested with focus groups by the White House press team and fed directly to People. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Like actors on a stage, new CIA agents posted to the Soviet Union played carefully crafted roles. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

So carefully I arise and move to a place where I can nearly be alone. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, in July, a finished panel was trucked up from Tennessee and carefully put in place. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

They had sat with him on the curb while he got his breath back, Mark’s hand resting carefully on his shoulder as his heart slowly returned to a normal pace. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He walked toward the dragon, favoring his right leg, slowly and carefully. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

You must listen carefully, because the rules are to be kept and any breaking of them will be punished.’ Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lots of people wrote to the magazine to say that Marilyn vos Savant was wrong, even when she explained very carefully why she was right. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I unrolled my silverware, picked up my fork, and carefully speared a ravioli. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I choose every word carefully and make sure I pronounce them well. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

And he stood up so carefully, so gently, that the canoe didn’t rock or move an inch, and he took the paddle and climbed out. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Then, moving to hand the Book to Prudence, he realized that it was too heavy for her to hold and laid it carefully on the table beside her. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

I wiped my hands on my pants and carefully removed the note pad from my shirt pocket and took it to the Carcachita and left it there. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Be serious. You must have done something heroic either before or after. Remember carefully.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

His glossy beaver hat and white gloves were laid carefully on a chair near the door. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

The effect is so carefully calculated that the artist must have wanted to guide our eye to the painting in the background. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘I could at any rate; and you could too, if you kept your head and followed me carefully.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“Be that as it may,” I say carefully, “if the truth serum works on you, you will be convicted.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Once they had examined the yarrow stalks and the book, they folded the cloth over them carefully and put them with the book into her rucksack. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Slowly, carefully, the boys approached the scene of suspended destruction, where things that were crushed, thrown, or knocked over took their sweet time hitting the ground. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“I’m not hurting her,” Osh said as he carefully cut what he needed. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

She knocks the fire from her cigarette, pinches the tip and lays the butt carefully into, the ashtray. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

A quarter of a mile farther on the young dog looked carefully around before dropping his rabbit. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

"But whatever happens, and I say it again, we must tread carefully from now on. I have not forgotten that strange and distant glimmer on your face after you tipped over the last glass." Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

So very slowly and very carefully, I raised up the book I was reading.” Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

I carefully pressed the thorns off their stems with my forefinger and thumb before laying them on the cradle of her shirt. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The air is carefully filtered so that it is free of dust, and every item of equipment must be carefully cleaned before it is allowed to enter. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stood with my back to the wall, remembering too much of another time, as I watched her rub carefully under the chin and in the folds at the backs of the elbows and knees. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I must carefully track your reactions,” he explained. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I could make a small hole, in the mattress, slide it carefully in. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

The judge wound up his watch carefully and placed it by the bed. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

She takes the blanket off my bed, folds it carefully, and puts it on my desk chair. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a single chair in the room, carefully positioned in the precise place that Dragons tone occupied off the coast of Westerns, and raised up to give a good view of the tabletop. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

When she had registered with the Immigration and Naturalization Service upon filing her green card application, Luma had been fingerprinted; her fingers were placed on an ink pad and carefully rolled over the card beneath. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

She carefully got to her feet and saw that high above the shore, the land was bursting with trees and grasses and flowers. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Hana and Hadia get an idea to change the carefully organized composition of the loot bags, to add some pizzazz to the whole thing. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

But this thing was so big he would have to take time and think it over carefully. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The boy went back to the comer where he had been studying and pulled out a thick book carefully covered in brown paper. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Papa was holding me with one wide hand, pouring the water carefully with the other. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

The flat rock was stuck to the seaweed, and she pried it loose carefully. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Old men and women walked carefully along the slick sidewalks. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She said carefully, “It is intelligent. There is a purpose to this creature—or this presence. I don’t know what it is. But it seems...it wants something. It seems malicious.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Cady stood on her toes at the counter and pried the suitcase open carefully, wondering what about a piece of old luggage could possibly have made the Owner so furious. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

He watched her carefully whenever she went outside, to see if she would bury anything, so he could unearth it as soon as she went back indoors. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Soldiers, wearing crisp uniforms with shiny buttons and carefully polished shoes, were lined up in neat rows, saluting him. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

He was starting on a new model, in the room with the dolls, drawing it out very carefully on graph paper, first, to see whether it could work. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Piggy sat down carefully on the sand and began to polish his glass. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

But like you, I was made carefully, by a God who loved what He saw. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Her tiny dress of good blue wool was embroidered with white beads and ribbons, and her new makazins were carefully sewn. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

He said that he was giving me only the highlights, because he felt that his carefully kept diary might be turned into another book. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

This means that the initial state of the universe must have been very carefully chosen indeed if the hot big bang model was correct right back to the beginning of time. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I sat on his lap and told him what he wished to know; and carefully, nodding, he transcribed my answers for study, comment, and future publication. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Well, ask yourself: Do people ever move away from you slowly as you enter a room? Do they glance at each other ever so carefully as they back away?” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Father Masego is no longer looking at my parents, but watching me carefully. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

This time I carefully inspected every inch of that chest. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Each of their names was carefully recorded in account books. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

I carefully hold a box on my lap. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

And I was carefully taught elaborate formulas of polite greeting and parting. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I carefully stash each of my three new power-ups into my inventory, locked up behind multiple shells. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

When the undertaker came back with the deed, Katie, remembering something her mother had said fourteen years ago read it slowly and carefully. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He put the sled out onto the street, then went into the building and carried out Bri, placing her carefully on the sled so she never got wet. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

“May I?” he asks before carefully touching the fabric of her skirt. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I watch her lips carefully to make sure I understand. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t see anything but darkness, so she lit the match, carefully using it to peer under the dresser. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

If I climb carefully, I can wedge my feet between the supports and the crossbars and stay secure. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Kilvin lifted one comer of it carefully with a bandaged hand and I recognized it as the charred remains of my cloak. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Not as bad as I thought,” she said as she swallowed carefully. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

She began to time her walks, carefully finishing in the lab and cleaning up there so that she could leave work and stroll during shift-change time. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Chuck stopped stuffing his face for a second and looked at Thomas carefully. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Pine needles covered the floor in thick patterns; someone had carefully arranged the yellow, green, and brown pine needles according to age. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stopped, looking carefully right and left, and I memorized him as he was now. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

We were seven trainees in that year’s group and each one of us was being carefully prepared to uphold the majesty of the Shell Company in one or another remote tropical country. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked it over carefully, then put it on the counter. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Stella pushed three chairs close together while Carolyn carefully placed the catalog on the table. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Inside the briefcase he had notebooks, each one in a plastic bag, and he took one out now with a pencil and began to write carefully. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

She waited until the moon rose before she went home, but though she looked carefully around her, she met no one on her walk back to Quinn House. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Guys,” she said, placing it on the table and unfolding it carefully. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

‘Listen carefully. I want you to mix a dream which you will blow into the Queen of England’s bedroom when she is asleep. And this is how it will go.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He moved each foot carefully because the sound of rocks rolling down and dry branches breaking would echo in the canyon, and if they were close enough, they would know he was getting away. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I told him I would answer his questions as carefully as possible. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She listened carefully and said, “You never know. He might find him.” A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I carefully fill in the oval next to the number 10 for Uhmma. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Most refuse dealing with the racketeers but carefully, carefully. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Vonetta froze, then backed away from the antenna, carefully and dramatically, her arms outstretched in the leaning V shape of the left and right antennae until she sat down. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

She balanced the hatchet on her finger as she walked, carefully keeping herself under it while her feet guided her through the scrub and tripping roots. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

I made every gear myself, carefully cut every brass disk, and fashioned every last bit of machinery with my own hands. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

The Girl leans back and carefully lies down. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

He counted down from three, and they began to turn the winch, carefully matching each other’s pace, eyes on the weakened link. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She carefully left enough of her father's original hair tonic in the bottle so that when she gave it a good shake the whole thing still looked reasonably purple. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

The men aren’t shaving carefully and the women never remove their boots. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Adam backed away, but carefully, as one backs away from a snake. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Watching them, Gabe found that he could make tiny veers into each of the boys as they bent over the paddle, carving carefully. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The wine had forced a passage through all the carefully built barriers and defenses and deceptions, and she didn’t care. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I carefully refolded it, slipped the stupid letter back into its envelope, and quickly returned it to its place in the jewelry box. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Flossie gazed, holding her glass carefully so that none of the champagne spilled. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat carefully so as not to pop any stitches. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked at him carefully, but it was hard to tell if he’d just spoken with mischievous affection or else a kind of disgust. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

My friend saw the priest from our mess going by in the street, walking carefully in the slush, and pounded on the window to attract his attention. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

He spoke carefully, as if he wasn’t sure of the language. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

We crawled carefully under the wire and fed the horse the apples. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d never seen him so completely freed of that carefully cultivated facade. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Chandresh follows in the wake of the knife, pulling the blade from the board carefully but with a fair amount of force. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I lodged my pack against the barn wall and carefully reclined on it. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Slowly and carefully over the next few weeks, Matt explored his new domain. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could hear his claws as he moved carefully over the floor of the attic, and then his gold-fringed black face appeared in the opening. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

After a moment of indecision, I got up and followed them, moving carefully from tree to tree. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I looked at the tires carefully, looking for cuts or stone bruises. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

It was quiet there, and clean; the inmates were carefully controlled, and there wasn’t much for a CO to do. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

You lined up every surviving participant and interviewed them as carefully as you could. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

I set the plate carefully on the counter and turn to face her. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

At the shed door Jonathan tied the rope to a post and, with a quick glance back over his shoulder, carefully opened the door. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Determined to discourage uninvited rodents, Curly carefully baited the rattraps with peanut butter and placed them at strategic locations along the outside walls of the trailer. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stepped carefully to avoid tripping on the gown’s long hem and opened the door. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

It was important for a person to act carefully, for every action, Hatsue explained, had consequences for the soul’s future. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

But this seems unreasonable: modern libraries, after all, keep records of duplicate volumes, and their ancient counterpart was no less carefully cataloged. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

I grabbed a handful of snow from outside the door and carefully mixed in ashes from the barrel. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Matt carefully pushed them aside for Maria, and they found themselves on the edge of the hovercraft landing field. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watched carefully all that we left behind. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took it carefully and gave Mamá a hug. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

They unloaded the cows one by one, looking them over carefully. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I came across his name while I was researching,” she said carefully. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He had time to notice quite carefully what sort of an arrow it was, and how it had driven three inches into the solid wood. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He put the two pails of water carefully on the ground. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Delia took off the apron and folded it carefully so nothing would spill out of its pockets. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

And in between these noises, if I listened very carefully and stood completely still, I could hear a tiny whining noise inside my ears and the air going in and out of my nose. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He listened carefully, his head tipped to one side. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“I know. It sounds like a superstitious game. And it probably is. But you’re right about Charles Fort. He makes you look carefully at stuff you might have ignored before.” Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

He broke them all, lined the pieces up carefully, and sat there, elbows on the desk, hands covering his face, breathing heavily. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, I blew my nose and wiped it very carefully.” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Then, with a sigh, a kind of moan, I start very carefully down the cliffs that lead to the fens and moors and Hrothgar’s hall. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the back, beneath the farthest eave, Joseph found three cartons marked simply with the letter B. They were filled with men’s clothing, some covered in dirt and mud, all carefully folded. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Olanna turned and looked carefully at Baby’s face, to search for clairvoyance, a sign that Baby knew Kainene was coming back. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Omakayas helped her grandmother carefully push the bark aside, then the two peeled it away strip by strip. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

As Baba moored the nauka, Neel climbed carefully out, still cradling the cub. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

He circumnavigated the boat carefully, checking the mooring lines on each cleat as he went, kneeling to look at them closely. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Knowledge is a thing that one cannot have enough of. It is the fruit of wisdom, to be eaten carefully and digested fully, unlike that lunch you are bolting down, little friend.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Then he lowered his head carefully under her chin and held it there, something he had only ever done with me before. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t see the barrier to this trap, because it had been carefully built around a curve in the bank where the animals could not see it until after they had gone through the opening. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Slowly, carefully, I turn my head to peek over my shoulder. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

Behind her, she heard her grandmother untie the line and lower herself carefully from the ladder to the boat. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

He carefully places the diamond ring on her finger. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Withdrawing it carefully, she put it on the ground in front of them. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I carefully finger paint the words on its body, concealing them from view. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

But if a democracy could best be expressed by a multiparty system then I would examine that carefully. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The former was on his knees; the latter was sitting on a beautiful chaise, his hands folded carefully in his lap. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

On the breast of her coat, a mustard-yellow star has been carefully stitched. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I needed to think about what I’d say next, carefully lining up my words like rows of even masonry, so that there could be no misunderstandings. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Earlier, he’d collected flat stones from the creek and piled them carefully near a birch grove. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Light from the Sun reaches us across the intervening empty space, but no matter how carefully we listen, we do not hear the crackle of sunspots or the thunder of the solar flares. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I take up the wounded leg carefully, then he gives a jump and I take the knee of the sound leg also under my arm. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the front door, he set the package down carefully and patted all his pockets for his house keys. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

With a thumping heart, I carefully slipped the dress over my head and shimmied it down, tugging at the bottom with my toes. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I type very carefully and push the button to make the machine speak. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Tara asks, running a finger along the line of cabinets fitted with long thin shelves, each one piled with carefully ordered papers. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Although these settlements were permanent, winter and summer alike, they often were not tightly knit entities, with houses and fields in carefully demarcated clusters. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

They crossed the hall, walking very carefully for fear of holes in the floor or of anything lying about that they might trip over. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

He stepped carefully over the children and returned to the other room. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

After listening carefully for the sound of dogs or hunters and hearing nothing but the burping of bullfrogs, Amari signaled that they should ease out of the mire. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He watched himself carefully and in the dim light recorded, “The sensation of fear is accompanied by troubled beating of heart, sweat, trembling of muscles.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

They walked carefully through the field, the shushrooms quieting their steps. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

I need to say what I want, carefully. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

He's got my blanket carefully folded into a suit box with the controller all reassembled, set to take to the lab in the morning. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You bet they communicate. And the next time they do come, you can be sure they’ll case the place carefully. We were lucky. These rats hadn’t been bothered for years. They’d grown careless.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Construction workers carefully guide a panel of the Wall into place. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

He pondered the blanket and carefully set down a blade of grass. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He asked me to go over the difficulties I had found in the various commentaries, and I repeated them carefully. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Then listen carefully. You’ll have to remember this. Go to Paddington Station—” With a sort of military precision that astonished him, she outlined the route that he was to follow. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Gently, carefully, she peels scorched and smoking cloth from my raw skin. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

There are many things you can do—things that will teach you to observe carefully and begin to understand more and more about the true nature of nonhuman animals. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

At last she came to the place where Taisin had fallen, and the ground was less steep here, so Kaede turned over onto her backside and carefully scooted down to her. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I moved closer, stepping carefully to make as little sound as possible. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Yes, daddy,” the boy said, crouching over his pad and carefully writing. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

She picked up one foot and set it carefully onto the ice, and then the other. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

I intended to arrive at the White House with a carefully thought-out strategy and a strong team backing me. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He was about to drop the rock to the ground when Edwin reached out, took the heavy stone, and set it down carefully. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

She warmed the pale white beeswax over a candle, poured it carefully, and watched as the eunuch stamped each letter with the direwolf of House Stark. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She carefully examines the clothes on her bed. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

I descended, minding carefully where I went, for the stairs were dark, being only lit by loopholes in the heavy masonry. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Tommen’s rule is bolstered by all of the alliances that my lord father built so carefully, but soon enough she will destroy them, every one. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Joseph thought of all the carefully folded clay- spattered clothes he’d seen boxed up in the attic and the mud-covered shoes in Albert’s room. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“I certainly will. Sit down beside me on the bed, my dear, and listen carefully.” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

Dustfinger put his hand into her glass prison and carefully took the little creature out. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He took the notebook from me and carefully turned the pages. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the sling is finished, I carefully load Helene into it. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Kaz took a handkerchief from his coat pocket and carefully wiped his face clean. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He moved along the gallery, guiding himself by the wall, moving carefully since he did not know just where the floor planks might be rotten or even missing, until he came to a window. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remember the two of them were in full uniform—Metias with his jacket open and shirt hanging loose; Thomas neatly buttoned up, with his hair carefully slicked back. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

He squatted on the floor and began to pick up the jigsaw pieces, carefully, one by one. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

He carefully tore the drawing from his book. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“I worry about you, Louise,” she said, mopping carefully and not looking at me. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many of the scholars were seeing him for the first time, and you could almost feel their carefully cultivated skepticism fail. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He climbed carefully along one of the branches, holding tight to his broomstick, trying to see through the leaves. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Calder held the box carefully in both hands. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

She took it carefully from his fingers; they did not touch each other. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I watched her carefully for the rest of the day, but nothing ever gave away her murderous intentions. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Even so, Rhonda took him carefully about the waist and said, “Quick, one of you bring me a chair.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I weigh my options carefully, think everything through. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

She carefully, placed' it on her shoulder and turned to Victor again. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

She picked up the pillow and moved it carefully to the foot of the bed. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

Each of the Richardsons, as Mrs. Richardson carefully laid the photos out on the table in a line, knew which was meant for them, recognized it instantly, as they might have recognized their own faces. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I watched Mama and her hand carefully over the following days, and I thanked Inti when the skin healed without scarring. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

So George took his time, carefully and meticulously handcrafting a single sculling shell from Norwegian pine and mahogany. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He had got out of the cedar chest his old black evening tailcoat, that he had been married in, and brushed it carefully, and put it on, too. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

She retied the cord that held it bunched at her neck, then wiped her sweaty hands carefully on the woven cloth of her garment. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I had looked carefully at every hideous, nightmare face just to be sure. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s creepy to think of someone sticking that letter carefully in Mrs. Sharpe’s bushes.” Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

They went up to it carefully, keeping an eye on the grove in case another one should fall. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

They were all fashionably dressed and carefully made up, and several of them were married. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Kaede looked at Taisin, who was gradually realizing the severity of the situation, and said, “We must go very carefully, on our hands and knees. Don’t try to rush it.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“A sensible reason not to fall,” Grandma agreed, moving carefully downward. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

‘Joey, you have to listen to me carefully,” she said in a calm radio voice. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mom stopped pacing and watched me carefully. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

She brought the children to play with Baby, and each time, after they left Olanna asked Ugwu to search Baby’s hair carefully for lice. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Following an early breakfast she tied her sandals carefully, anticipating the walk to Annabella’s. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I found this typewriter up here, and a desk, and I moved things around very carefully until I could sit here and type. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

He owned half- a-dozen Western suits, and I spent many an hour carefully making the crease in his trousers. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sat on his shins with his back to them, tapping carefully with a hammer. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

His bottom lip between his teeth, he walks slowly and carefully, making not a sound. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

“Lovely weather,” Beowulf added, carefully selecting a little shell-shaped cake from the tray. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

He trotted into the house with the wood and interlaced it so carefully in the wood-box that two armloads seemed to fill it to overflowing. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had washed all his glassware and instruments carefully. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

She coaxed it carefully back over the cliffs edge, a huge shiver passing through her body as the board passed over solid ground. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

He looked down at her, and carefully he removed his hand from over her mouth, and she lay still. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the lad emerged from the cabin with Lemore by his side, Griff looked him over carefully from head to heel. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Several long boxes of comic books were stacked against the wall, each carefully labeled. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

On a low stool before one of them sat Rekh the goldsmith, using a pointed blowpipe to direct the heat onto a golden ornament he held carefully in copper tongs. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Every week she carefully clips the nails of his ten fingers and toes. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

There is a forest of such trees, carefully filed on his bookshelves. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The whites I separate carefully, and take upstairs to my mother, who makes them into meringue cookies. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t long afterwards that the curtain on the small window at the back of the Professor’s store was pushed very carefully to one side. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The second edition of Of Natural Magic had been worked through carefully to remove possible causes of offence. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Keeping his head upright, he reached carefully into the display case and felt around until his hand found the dark brown Hershey’s bars. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

He walked between the trailing butts, therefore, the conch held carefully between his two hands. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Alexander. Pleased to make your acquaintance,” Alexander said carefully, with a bow. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

He did not need any money, for he had the money he had gotten from Mary’s purse; but he wanted to cover his tracks carefully. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

And he promised to check out the office carefully to make sure there were geeks working without ties and jackets. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

With one blow, she stole Matt’s carefully prepared speech. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lina kept a hand against the damp wall and placed her feet carefully. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then—I kept watching carefully—she pulled herself together, smiled and said: “It’s just as well the fences at Hailsham aren’t electrified. You get terrible accidents sometimes.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Under immense pressure, Powers managed to keep steady, gauging his answers carefully and burying his most important secrets deep inside. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

As they went around, they stepped carefully over the tumbling rod, which was tumbling over and over on the ground. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Good afternoon, ma’am,” says the patch, tipping his hat and picking his way carefully across the ruined garden. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Outwardly, I had carefully cultivated my status as the funny, nonthreatening guy, but secretly I had the hugest crush on Zaheera. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

So I tied my hair back, carefully reassembled myself—I didn’t like pinning my scarf in place, so I usually wrapped it loosely around my head, tossing the longer ends over my shoulders—and reemerged. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I thought,” Eleanor said carefully, “that I might even look around. Old houses are usually cheap, you know, and it’s fun to make them over.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Just inside the little door in the hollow log Pa built a fire of tiny bits of bark and moss, and he laid some of the chips on it very carefully. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Did he think it through as carefully as he should have when he took a multi-million-dollar position on a method of breeding “super cattle” by hormone injection and embryonic implant? Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tendai still had his Scout knife, so he carefully cut a small opening and looked out. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

For years his intricate affairs had rolled along smoothly; he and his partners, his backers, his help, the people on his team—they had all proceeded cautiously, carefully, conservatively, successfully. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hassan paged through the front section and finally folded the paper carefully to reveal only a small black-and-white picture of a thick-haired bespectacled white male. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

I went to the cage and carefully lowered it to the floor. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was at this point that Ratwatte began to speak carefully, because he was about to make the kind of cultural generalization that often leaves us uncomfortable. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

I look at the hundreds of long pine needles, each perfectly aligned with the next, each end carefully pushed into the loose soil, forming a curved snake that flows in and out of the ground. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

She carefully removed the hard lump of sweetness from her mouth, stuck it back in its leaf just inside the pocket of her dress. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

He disappeared again, and Beetle crept carefully out on an overhanging branch to see where he had gone. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chase filled a smaller pot and carefully measured the water out over my sunflower. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

If those tourists had come to Tiwanaku at its height, walking through the miles of raised fields surrounding it to the city’s carefully fitted stone walls, they would have been delighted by its splendor. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I sheepishly glanced over at him as he carefully removed old tape from a box and pulled the top back like the Mona Lisa might be inside. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

They watched the moon carefully and calculated calendar days with more fervor than when they added up their gambling tabs. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

She dished up a bowl of oatmeal from a pot that hung by the side of the hearth, then carefully set it in front of me. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I faced Mecca with the help of a line I scratched into the pale yellow ground and carefully kept up. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“My father made this,” I say carefully, to be sure. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“I want you to listen carefully,” he said softly. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

The old man looked carefully in the glimpse of vision that he had. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were like gifts to the lonely boy; he read them over again and again, and then placed them carefully in the big envelope containing the President’s letter. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

He always listened intently to my questions, nodding and then pausing carefully before answering. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Bailey and Poppet take a more leisurely route, choosing platforms to climb at random, crawling up bits of white netting and maneuvering carefully through narrow passages. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He began to reach for it, but the abbot, who was watching William carefully, stopped him. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

They lift their glasses carefully and slowly drink. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I watched intently, remembering Mama’s words: If you observe carefully, dear, you won’t have to ask. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I studied them carefully, and then I remembered reading how Wernher von Braun had built rockets when he was a youngster. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Diffidently Ranofer raised the latch, opened the gate just wide enough for them both to squeeze through, and closed it carefully behind them. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Monsieur Tabard straightened his bow tie and carefully stepped forward. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

I suspected there was a great tally board in that methodical mind of his, carefully marking down the hours each person worked. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

When they arrived at the first hive, Jinny showed Ess how to raise the lid carefully, so as not to pinch her fingers. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Wrapping her carefully in my T-shirt so she can’t see, thrash, and hurt herself, I place her far back under the overhang where she can recover from the scare of being handled by people. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hello, sister,” the man said carefully in English. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mullet Fingers peeled off the plastic wrapper and scooped out a handful of ground beef, which he carefully rolled into six perfect little meatballs. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Crowds of people surrounded it, and Mr. Arable had to drive very carefully in order not to run over anybody. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Orders whispered sharp and quiet—boats hauled back onto their racks, oars put away, all of it carefully dried off with dust sheets, which we hid beneath the floorboards afterward. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

When we were about halfway down the staircase to the second floor, Danny stopped and looked carefully around. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Next day, which we spent in loading and packing the sledge very carefully, he said, “If you raised the Star Ship, when might it come?” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

She turned around and I carefully gathered her hair into my hands. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I placed the guns carefully on the floor of the trunk. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

What I do not drink I guard carefully. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

In order to provide raking and flanking fire along every wall, forts needed to be designed on the page, with carefully measured angles and distances. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Back East, Malcolm X carefully read and then signed the publication contract, and he withdrew from his wallet a piece of paper filled with his sprawling longhand. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Queen took up her needle again, and pushed it carefully through. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He aimed carefully at the red, then hit. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Matt turned carefully, searching for another sharp bone. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Roy carefully guided his bicycle around the pickup truck, then took off at full speed. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was sitting at a perfect piano, it turned out, with its surfaces carefully dusted, its internal wires precisely tuned, its eighty-eight keys laid out in a flawless ribbon of black and white. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“First you chopped a handhold, then a kneehold, and then chopped off ice hastily but carefully, with an occasional sea washing over you,” Worsley explained. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

In spite of the fact that our volunteers were carefully screened before they were selected to defy, the police managed to penetrate not only our local branches but some of the batches of defiers. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

As a weeder, your job was to carefully pick away the undergrowth that could choke the cane stalks and stop them from growing tall enough, or that might attract vermin. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Aren’t you just the cutest thing,” I murmur to him as I carefully remove the covering for the panel. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I went carefully back inside the cottage, retrieved the lantern, set it carefully on my small table next to my bed. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

We walk slowly, carefully, until my hand touches the rail, leading us to the attic door. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

She watched carefully to be sure no one got more than his share. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Nothing more was said of it, but we watched them carefully and prayed that it would be so. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

They climbed on up the bone-white rocks, Will measuring the distance carefully until he estimated that they would be well inside the cave. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He watched her carefully, alert to every little flutter of her fingers. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Genie stood by the dresser and opened the truck door, carefully, of course. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

With his keen senses, he riffled through the contents of the packs without opening them, carefully avoiding the thing at the bottom of the smaller one. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Minnie walked out the front door and apologized for the appearance of the yard as I carefully stepped onto the porch. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

She carefully watched the bones and shells roll and come to a stop. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I carefully let out a breath and loosen my fingers. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“We must therefore think carefully about who we send away, and who remains. We must give them those who cannot work.” Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

My mother puts her box carefully in the cube. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I listen carefully and ask questions and give them suggestions. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He carefully turned his head, wincing, to look at me. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

He had managed to save one last piece of honeycomb and had wrapped it carefully in a leaf. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was thin, five foot nine at most, with a carefully manicured mustache. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

The suit had been carefully tested in the laboratory, and it was safe against all predictable radiation levels. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

There she carefully slipped it onto a wire hanger and hung it under Papá’s black-and-white coat. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

My face was carefully unsurprised, patient for the rest. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

She held it carefully with both hands while she drank, then replaced it and withdrew the gloves from the pack. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

We stow the things carefully in our boots; we have to take them to protect our feet against treading on wire and broken glass on the other bank. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the conductor waved his arms, he molded the air like handfuls of soft clay, and the musicians carefully followed his every direction. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Raising one arm he carefully formed an exaggerated obscene gesture, aiming it emphatically at the pickups. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Winnie pulled out the cork from the mouth of the bottle, and kneeling, she poured the precious water, very slowly and carefully, over the toad. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

By now, of course, that treasure had disappeared into the cellar of his house and was carefully locked in the heavy safes that Capricorn had fitted there. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

If you look carefully enough, you will see that people usually do start counting with zero. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Then I wiped each finger carefully with my linen napkin which was still quite clean. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

He just places his hands carefully in his pockets and begins to stroll, assuming I'll follow him, and because I don't have a choice, I do. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

On the way, I carefully picked up the gun by its handle, using my dress. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Dumbledore, however, looked carefully down at his own menu, then said very clearly to his plate, “Pork chops!” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Scythe Faraday opened the vial and carefully removed the pill. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Ghosh offered to take the upper berth, climbing barefoot up the ladder, his suit carefully folded away, so that Ashoke had the window to himself. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Life which we can no longer distinguish; life carefully buried up to its forehead in the carcass of a dead world. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

There they prized it open and took out all the seeds—flat pale ovals as big as Mary’s little fingernail—and examined each one carefully. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

She timed the process carefully, washing off the relaxer in exactly twenty minutes, but her hair remained kinky, its denseness unchanged. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He laid the cravat on Mr. Sharpe’s bed and folded it carefully, running his thumbs over the creases. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then he carefully packed up the game, as if he were packing up the town and getting ready to hit the road before he got older and deeper in debt. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She very carefully kept her own excitement under control. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He ducked behind cars, carefully peering through glass windows and above hoods. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

He paused for a moment, as if considering his next words carefully, then continued. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

She always removed it to bathe or swim, but carefully replaced it when her skin was dry. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well I just thought—last night after the railroad work—” “You thought you might sign up?” he went on, looking carefully away. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the midst of the pandemonium Gershom Bulkeley quietly reached for the copybook, studied it carefully, and turned a shrewd, deliberative eye upon Kit. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

But she knew Michael’s route had been carefully plotted to avoid guns and airfields, and that their most dangerous moment had probably been when they crossed the shipping convoy. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

I am carefully noting and recording all details. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Holding his discovery as carefully as his fingers could, Mario lifted the insect up and rested him in the palm of his hand. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I put the vase on the kitchen table and carefully lowered the flowers into it. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

She made her way up the tree, working carefully to avoid snagging her new dress. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He carefully sits down in the recliner, pie plate in his lap, and digs in for the first bite. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

He listened carefully, but today it was just the “NO,” pleaded to the father over and over. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

She’s a small, serious woman with carefully bobbed hair and pressed slacks and a pendant necklace you see on church ladies, but she grips Annabelle’s hands and looks her dead straight in the eyes. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He looked around, hoping to find Jack, but saw instead that Blunt was making his way toward him, stepping carefully around the grave. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Like this,” he said to Joaquin one afternoon, and had tucked his thumb carefully around Joaquin’s small hand so that it was a perfect, solid fist. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

When I had her carefully wrapped up I put my shoes on her feet and then began very gently to wake her. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Jessie carefully positioned the water bottle in the wire cage, aimed the spout into the base of the funnel, then unscrewed the bottle cap. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

She is carefully dressed, with gold jewelry at her ears and throat, a navy apron wrapped around her waist, gleaming black leather shoes. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

In addition, he said with a wink, lis-tening carefully would enable us to get information out of inmates, get them to tell us things “when they don’t even know it!” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The papers were in English, which my uncle could not read, so the man read them to him and translated them into Krio as I waited quietly and listened carefully. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grandma waved for him to follow and started walking, picking her way carefully along the rocky floor of the ravine. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

As she put the gun down carefully next to the bar of yellow soap, her hand accidentally touched the muzzle. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Drive carefully” was all Mia said, and Lexie bounced out, wallet in hand, and in a moment her Explorer revved outside. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He was going to think about Eleanor sitting in class, thinking about him, carefully writing his name someplace she thought only she would see. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

A perfect cube five feet high, the altar in our camp was capped with a triumvirate of carefully selected pointed stones, above which rose a ten-foot wooden pole crowned with an elegant juniper bough. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Mom took the tickets from Mr. Otto and looked them over carefully. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

At the top of a fresh page, she carefully recopied the cipher she’d printed from the Book Scavenger website a few days ago. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He came back and carefully made us each a flute with the tip of his penknife. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

We stepped carefully so’s not to slip as we settled the gear on board. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

She carefully walks down the stairs, which wind around a corner. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

The community was so meticulously ordered, the choices so carefully made. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

As I carefully unfolded the map, trying to smooth the creases, I saw a pinhole in a corner. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Milking,” Jonathan said, speaking carefully, first pointing outside, then making milking motions with his hands. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Mama sighed and continued her work, slowly, carefully, on Angeline’s shawl. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

He paused and looked carefully at me again. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

I try to stay six feet away from her while we walk, our steps slow as we carefully try not to slip. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

She slipped her hand slowly into her furs till she was sure the alethiometer was still there, and then carefully withdrew the spy-fly tin and slipped it down into her fur boot. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Pa skinned the deer carefully and salted and stretched the hides, for he would make soft leather of them. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

He climbed down carefully, cradling everything in a net bag he found in the galley. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

She wore neatly pressed clothes and scuffed but carefully polished high heels, read books like Praying Your Way to Prosperity, and was superior with the drivers and ingratiating with the editors. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Kabuo sat in his prison cell now and examined his reflection carefully. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Think carefully, my son. Was there anything special you noticed about this rat?” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

But the dress she wrapped up carefully in its greasy rag-coverings, and she shuffled back to the hut to hide the lovely thing away. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

His bloodshot eyes studied Nailer carefully, a snake waiting to strike. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Marti watched as a CIA technician, toiling away in the cramped embassy office, carefully assembled a dead-drop package designed to look like a beat-up pack of cigarettes. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The bodies of the past emperors were guarded carefully and brought out on special occasions. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Their beautiful hats and gorgeous leather jackets were carefully arranged on chairs. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went to his room, against my judgment, and found him throwing his carefully tended clothes into a pillowcase. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He put his hand in the can and carefully grabbed the tiny goldfish and put it in the jar. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

He folded the letter, put it in its envelope, and placed the envelope carefully in his inside pocket. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She watched how the flesh under the mayor’s chin bulged in and out as he spoke, and then she turned her eyes from this unpleasant sight and looked carefully around the room. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The extra time in the car was throwing off our carefully calibrated intermix ratio. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Bands along the stem were carefully beaded in black and yellow. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

The clipping is a theatrical review, an article carefully removed from the London Times. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Slowly, carefully, she began to undo his braid; It took a long time. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Hazel paused a moment, as if she hadn’t already thought about this very carefully. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Curzon listened carefully as I told how Madam and her husband bought us. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That is no way to treat something so valuable. It must be somewhere. Look carefully.” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Isobel lifts the hat carefully from the box, the long ends of the ribbons spilling in a waterfall around it. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Elsie carefully flips through the pages until she finds an entry for the Black Book. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Serves me right,” I say, picking up the painting carefully so it won’t rip. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Bod led Scarlett carefully up the steps, through the hill, into the jutting black masonry of the Frobisher mausoleum. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

The carefully planned operation quickly turned to disaster. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I hoist the suitcase onto the bed, unzip it, and, as I start to empty it, see another gift inside, carefully wrapped up in a shawl. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

His father listened carefully, asking only a few questions. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

She had climbed this path often before, but always slowly, placing her feet carefully. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

When I finished mixing Mom’s drink I put the Amaretto away and carefully carried the drink to her. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sat on an upright chair and held out his arms, and Sister Fenella put Lyra very carefully on his lap. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

As we U-turned in front of the school, she added, very carefully, “Your IEP form disappeared somewhere between Lake Windsor and here. It’s the kind of thing we should probably never mention again.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Now I want you to listen very carefully. I’m going to need you to get away from your friends; do you think you can do that? Answer yes or no.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Lillian was in a slip at her dressing table carefully applying her makeup. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The word I cut out stuck to my sweaty fingertips, and I carefully placed it on the floor, where my zine supplies were spread out around me. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

The doctor grants all the conditions but one: Vincent cannot leave whenever he wants because he needs to be watched over carefully. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

It was the half-hour break after their homework and before their French tutor arrived, and Ojiugo was making jam sandwiches, carefully cutting off the crusts. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

April put her eyelashes away carefully in her big bag and they went back to looking at books. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I reach for the top of the car and wince as I carefully lower myself to the seat. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

So if we look carefully at the text of the Little Commentary we find, in telegraphic form, what will become the argument of On the Revolutions. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I tear the page out, carefully, and hand it to her. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

I held the front door open as Mama carefully carried out her pot by both handles, making sure not to spill the cooked beans. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Thor just as carefully swept the rest of the pastries up, and they vanished, to the sound of munching, under the veil. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Miss Forcible looked into it carefully, shook her head, and looked into it again. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

I don't think my sister derived any pleasure from blowing my carefully crafted reality to pieces, but maybe she couldn't handle being alone in her teen angst. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Katherine listened intently as her brother-in-law described the work, her thumb cradling her chin, her index finger extended along her cheek, the signal that she was listening carefully. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Pocock paused and stepped back from the frame of the shell and put his hands on his hips, carefully studying the work he had so far done. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

My mother, for her part, kept every one of these letters, binding them carefully in neat bundles with green tape, but this was her own secret. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon they were loaded with everything they had packed so carefully the night before. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

She carefully laid the staff across the front passenger seat, got in, and drove away. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Calder understood and carefully lifted the last layer of velvet. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Corey, on the other side of the table, carefully placed fondant decorations on the iced cupcakes. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z